本帖最后由 MELODYSKIING 于 2012-1-18 22:21 编辑
1.18Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? We should never be impolite to another person.
Parents often told us to be polite to others, to say hello to aunts and uncles initiatively, offering help to friends, using polite words such as “Thank you” and “Please”, apologizing when we do something wrong. The polite manner reflects one's good personality. Gentleman will never be impolite although they may be angry about the person. Similarly, we should never be impolite to another person as well, even though the person may cheat us, betray us or do harm to us.
Polite manner shows our respect to others. Respect is of fundamental importance in the communication of others. We make friends and sign contracts based on trust and respect. Universally acknowledged that students should respect their teachers; children should respect their parents; staffs should respect their leader. On the other hand, a boss must respect his or her clients and a judge should respect the criminal, as well. We should not be impolite to others for the excuse that they are younger or on the lower level. Besides, we may also benefit from our politeness to others. When we ask our colleague for help, we can say "Would you please help me print out these documents?" or "Print them out for me!" The former one is more polite, which is in the tongue of asking while the later one is a bit rude, which is in a command manner. Obviously, my colleague will be happier to hear the former one, especially when I am not the boss. As a result, she will be glad to help me and I can get the documents faster, even in high quality.
There is no doubt that we ought to be kind to the one who are kind to us. Sometimes, however, people may betray us or cheat us, making us angry or upset. We should be polite to those who do harm to us, as well. As the Confucius' saying goes, "Treat the person who is kind to you with kind heart and treat the person who is bad to you objectively." Being polite is the basic manner in the conversation with others, which is nothing to do with the way how others treat us. We can oppose their opinions and have the rights to get angry about their behaviors. Nevertheless, we should always treat them in a polite manner with expectation, as we are all human beings, who have the right to require respect. We might hate and criticize the thieves, but we should treat them in the polite manner on the trial.
In conclusion, as politeness is a way to show respect, no matter whether one is younger or in a lower level and no matter whether he or she is kind to us, we should NEVER be impolite to another person.
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