unit-3-whatever-happened-to-manners-課文翻譯-綜合教程一

1、Unit3WhateverHappenedtoMannersDoyourememberatimewhenpeoplewerealittleniceralittlesofteralittlegentlerwitheachotherIcertainlydoIfeelthatmuchofthewldhassomehowgottenawayfromthat.IseesuchadifferenceinNewYkCityfexamplefromwh

2、enIfirstmovedheremethan20yearsago:peoplerushingintoelevatswithoutgivingthoseinsideachancetogetofffirstneversaying“Thankyou.“whenothersholdadoopenfthem“Please.“whentheywantacowkertohthemsomethingnevergivingawavenodofappre

3、ciationwhenanothermotistletsthempulloutintotraffic.Wegetlazyinourlazinesswethinkthatsomethinglikeasimple“Thankyou.“doesntreallymatter.Butitcanmatterverymuch.Thefactisthatnomatterhownicelywedresshowbeautifullywedecateourh

4、omeshowlovelyourdinnerpartiesarewecantbetrulystylishwithoutgoodmanners.InfactIthinkofgoodmannersasastofhiddenbeautysecret.HaventyounoticedthatthekindestmostgenerouspeopleseemtokeepgettingprettierTheybecomeCaryGrantLauren

5、Bacallrightbefeoureyes.Itsfunnyhowthathappensbutitdoes.Takethelonglostartofsaying“Thankyou.“Likewearingalittlelipstickmakingsureyourhairisneatgettingintothehabitofsaying“Thankyou.“canmakeyoufeelbetteraboutyourselfthenyou

6、lookbettertoeveryonearoundyou.Agraciousmannernotonlysetsanexcellentexamplefyourchildrengrchildrenbutitaddspricelesspanachetoyourimage.PositiveThankingOfcoursesaying“Thankyou.“doeswondersfthepersononthereceivingendtoo.Ire

7、centlygotathankyounotefromaguestwhoattendeda40thbirthdaypartythatFrankIhostedfFranksdaughterinlaw.ThenotewaslovelyenoughbutevenlovelierwasthefactthattheguesthadalsoincludedarecipefadishIdcomplimentedheronatanearliergathe

8、ring.Itwasasweetgesturethatmademefeelterrificputmeinagreatmood.Whatagift!Manyofusknowweshouldwritethankyounotesbutwethinkwedonthavethetimeenergy.NowIknowweallhavebusylivesbutIbetthenotemyguestsentmedidnttakelongtowrite.I

9、fyoufeellikeafeelbecauseyouveputoffsendingacardwriteanotethatsays“IshouldhavedonethistwoweeksagobutIdidntwanttoletanotherdaygobywithouttellingyouhowmuchIenjoyedyourparty.“Itsmuchbetterthannotwritingatall.MagicWdsJustaspo

10、werfulasathankyounoteisthesimplephrase“Excuseme.“Dontyoujusthateitwhensomeoneknocksanenmouscarryonbagintoyourheadwhenhesbarrelingdowntheaisletoboardanairplane—thendoesntbothertosayhessryButwhensomeonedoesstopturnaroundge

11、nuinelyapologizesdoesntitmeltawaymost—ifnotall—oftheirritationyoufeltSamefholdingthedoopenfotherswhenyouseetheirhsarefull.Illevendothisfahotelbellmancarryingmyluggage.Justbecausehisjobistocarrymybagsdoesntmeanhedoesntapp

12、reciatealittlegesturethatmakeshislifeaweebiteasier.punctualityisnotathing我的。這種甜美的姿態(tài)使我感覺好極了，心曠神怡。多好的禮物??！我們許多人都知道應(yīng)該寫感謝信，但都認(rèn)為沒有時間或精力去寫。我知道現(xiàn)在大家生活都很忙，但是我打賭這位客人送給我的感謝信并沒有花很長的時間去寫。如果你感覺你遲發(fā)了明信片，就寫一對感謝信?？梢赃@樣寫“兩周前我就應(yīng)該做這件事了，但是我不想再讓

13、另一天溜走而沒有告訴您，我對您的聚會有多喜歡”。這比什么都沒寫要好得多。魔力話語魔力話語和感謝信一樣簡單有力的話語是“對不起”。當(dāng)有人匆忙地登機，走過狹窄的過道時隨身攜帶的包砸了一下你的頭也不說聲“對不起”，你不覺得這很討厭嗎？但當(dāng)有人停下來轉(zhuǎn)過身真正道歉時，難道不會平息你的大部分——如果不是全部——的惱怒嗎？同樣的事，當(dāng)你看見他人手上都是東西時為他們把著門。我甚至?xí)榱嘀倚欣畹娘埖觊T童這樣做。僅僅因為他的工作是拎我的行李，并不意味著

14、他不會感謝一下讓他的生活變得更容易一些的動作。而且準(zhǔn)時也不是只有在過去的事情。比如，午餐約會準(zhǔn)時就向與我們見面的那個人表明，我們珍視他／她的寶貴時間就像珍視我們自己的一樣。將禮貌帶回家將禮貌帶回家看在上帝的份上，我們不應(yīng)忘記對自己的家人也彬彬有禮。那是最重要的，因為那些人是我們最愛的人。如果晚上在你的伴侶枕邊放上一張卡，為了他／她為你所做的充滿愛意的事寫上“謝謝你”或者僅僅說句“我愛你”該是多么美好的一件事?。⊥瑯?，為你珍愛的人帶回家最