Tips:

complimentary 称赞的

cheers （英国口语）谢谢

ill-mannered 不讲礼貌的

disrespectful 不尊重他人的

split families 破裂的家庭

role models 榜样

 

Manners 文明礼貌 Good day.Nice to meet you.Pardon? I guess some people do like to use the word ‘thank you’ a lot. Another word we like to use often is ‘cheers’. That can be quite confusing because we also say ‘cheers’ when we clink glasses.And in some English speaking cultures, people say cheers instead of goodbye. A shortening for ‘cheerio’. Cheers. Today many go around the streets quarter dressed; people snack when and where they like: walking in the streets, sitting on the Tube or in buses. Ours could not be called a respectful society. Some argue that many people in Britain have become disrespectful.And it is especially young people who are disrespectful. So who is to blame? Suzy Hayman runs a charity for parents called Parent Line Plus. This is what she has to say about bad manners in Britain. There isn’t that much change from 50 years ago, it’s just that we now hear about it more. But I think that one thing that is different, of course, is the pressures on a lot of parents about work and about split families. And that there are a lot of parents who are absolutely struggling. Sue Kirkham is a head teacher of a school. This is what she thinks. I think young people now are spending more time with children their own age and less time in social settings, whether it be in the family or the community, where you’ve got mixed age people. And the demise of the family meal, and I think that is an important point, is one aspect of this.