When you start talking about good and had manners you
immediately start meeting difficulties. Many people just cannot
agree what they mean. We asked a lady, who replied that she
thought you could tell a well-mannered person on the way they 【S1】______.
occupied the space around them-- for example; when such a
person walks down a street he or she is constantly unaware of 【S2】______.
others. Such people never bump into other people.
However, a second person thought that this was more a
question of civilized behavior. as good manners. Instead, this 【S3】______.
other person told us a story, it he said was quite well known, 【S4】______.
about an American who had been invited to an Arab meal at 【S5】______.
one of the countries of the Middle East. The American hasn't 【S6】______.
been told very much about the kind of food he might expect. If
he had known about American food, he might have behaved 【S7】______.
better.
Immediately before him was a very flat piece of bread that
looked, to him, very much as a napkin(餐巾). Picking it 【S8】______.
up, he put it into his collar, so that it falls across his shirt. 【S9】______.
His Ar host, who had been watching, said of nothing, but 【S10】______.
immediately copied the action of his guest. And that, said this
second person, was a fine example of good manners.
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