Two weeks ago I showed you a part 2
question about a situation in which you were polite.
Let's have a look at some related questions for part 3 of the test:
In your country’s culture, how do
you show that you are being polite?
We really value politeness and good
manners in the UK, and there are many types of polite behaviour. One of the
first things we learn as children is to say "please" and "thank
you". As adults, I think we are careful not to be too direct in the
language we use. For example, we would never say "Bring me the bill"
in a restaurant because this kind of direct instruction would sound rude. It
would be much more polite to say "Could we have the bill, please?".
Are we less polite with members of
our families than with people we don’t know?
I suppose it's normal to be a bit
more relaxed about politeness with family members. Most people tend to speak in
a more informal way at home; in the UK, we still say "please" and
"thanks", but it's fine to use colloquial language and things like
nicknames that you would never use with someone you didn't know.
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