Passage 53
学霸导读 世界各地的文化差异在不同的行为习惯上便能体现，但不管身在何地，“善意”却是世界共通的。
Manners Around the World
Every culture has set rules about how people should act. Patterns of good behavior, or manners, show respect and c 1 for others. Yet the details of how to express respect vary.
Greeting people cheerfully is almost always c 2 polite. But it’s more important in some cultures than others. For example, when you enter a store in France, you should always greet the person working there. O 3 cultures also value greeting people. But of course the greetings vary as people speak different languages.
When I was growing up in the United States, I once p 4 in a performance at my church. Afterward, someone gave me a compliment, but I felt like I had done a bad job. So I said, “No, I didn’t do that well.” My mother got my attention and told me that was very r 5 . Later I learned that refusing a compliment is a 6 and even approved of in China, but not in America.
Some of the biggest cultural differences have to do with table manners. In North America， it’s polite to eat as q 7 as possible. That means chewing with your mouth closed and not slurping （ 出声地喝 ） your soup. The same goes for burping （ 打嗝 ）. But in parts of Asia， slurping shows that you are enjoying your meal. And burping is a s 8 of being full and content.
There are also differences in how people eat across cultures. For example, in North America and Europe, people use forks to bring food to their mouths. But in Thailand, a fork is only used to push food onto a spoon. In India and the Middle East where people eat with their hands, eating with the left hand is frowned upon. This is b 9 the left hand is considered unclean.
Yet there are also s 10 points across cultures. Saying “please” and “thank you”, for example, is almost always polite. If you show appreciation and try to follow local customs, people will generally respond well. Showing kindness can bring people together, no matter what culture they come from.
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高频词汇
vary /'veəri/ v. 相异，不同；变化，改变
compliment /'kɒmplɪmənt/ n. & v. 赞扬；称赞
approve /ə'pruːv/ v. 赞成；同意
content /'kɒntent/ adj. 满意的；满足的
frowned /fraʊnd/ adj. 皱眉的
frown upon sth. 不赞成，不同意