【词汇大师】粗鲁(1/2)

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谁都不喜欢粗鲁没礼貌的人！而面对粗鲁的人最好的方式就不去当一回事，不去做任何回应！
TIPS
本篇听写主持人讲述的故事，是需要听写的内容。
主持人的话①And neglecting to say things like 'please,' 'thank you,' or 'I'm sorry,' is the first example of bad manners you write about in this book. What makes those lapses so irritating?
HINTS
punctuation
illusion
politenessWhen we write e-mails to each other without punctuation, that is a bit rude, because the reader has to do all the work of working out what we were trying to say. So I did always think punctuation was in some ways a branch of manners. But whereas punctuation is all about rules, this is about the illusion of rules  if you hold the door open, someone should say thank you.
And what we're beginning to realize is that other people don't accept that that's the rule. They have a different rule, which is never speak to anybody. And if anybody speaks to you, tell them in the roughest possible terms to go away.
It's just so interesting that people don't notice the gap. It seems very straightforward. They are only words, why don't people say them? Once you look into it, of course, you realize that politeness and being aware of other people is not just to make the other person feel better. It is to make one's self better. It is to give a sense the world is a safe place. If everybody obeys the same rules, then the world seems safe.