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根据以下材料回答题 Ihavenoticedthatchildrenarenotevenbeingschoolinsocialgraces.AtaSundaybrunch,aclownwasmakingballoonaaimalsforthechildren.61)Myfriend'sdaughter,Sarah,stoodbymewaitingforherturn.Thechildrengrabbedtheirballoonsonebyoneandran.62)Iwastheonlya-dultpresentwhoprompted"Whatdoyousay"whentheclownhandedSarahherballoon.Theclownbeamedatus,gratefulhehadactuallybeenacknowledged.
Idon'tblamethechildren,however.Theyemulatewhattheysee.63)Andwhattheyaresee-ingisasocietyfocusedsolelyonacquisition--beitanotherdrinkinarestaurantoraspaceonacrowdedfreeway--withouteverstoppingtothankthesource.
Rudelanguageisnowsocommonthatitisacceptedbehavior.AndI'mnottalkingabouttheobviouslybluevocabularyinbooksandmovies,orthatdamnisconsideredharmlesscomparedtowhatelsehasbecomeacceptable.I'mreferringtoinconsideratewordchoice.Forexample,whilediscussingastoryideawithaneditor,averyyoungstallmemberaskedifIwasthe"chick"whohadcalledforinformation.Isaidnothing,knowingthatashowofdispleasurewouldhavelabeledmeoversensitiveratherthanhimrude.
64)Mostpeopletodayfeelproudtohavebuiltasocietythattreatstheraces,sexes,andeco-nomicclassesmoreequallyeverbefore.And,yes,wehavemaderealstridesintheseareas.Butisn'titironicthatthesesamepeopledon'tfreditnecessarytosay"Excuseme"toanoldercouplewalkingveryslowlyinfrontofthem,beforezoomingaroundthecouple.'?
It'snotnecessarytoprovideyetanotheranalysisofthedisintegrationofthefamilyorthebreakdownofthesocialfabricorthepriceofdemocracytoexplainwhathashappenedtooursocie-ty.Thematterathandissimplytothankthenextpersonwhoprovidesahelpinghandwhennee-ded.Inacrowdedword,mannersareveryimportant.Small,friendlyhumaninteractionshelpeasetheeverydaystressofhavingtohurry,tryingtosqueezeontoacrowdedthoroughfare,standinginonemorelinetodealwithaclerkofsomekind,orcallingacustomerservicerepresentativeforthethirdtimeaboutamistakeonabill.Mannersmakeusawarethateverythingwehavederivesfromasource.65)Arewereallysopressuredthatwecannotstoptoobservesimplecourtesy?
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