It'sreallytruewhatpeoplesayaboutEnglishpoliteness:it'severywhere．Whensqueezingpastsomeoneinanarrowaislepeoplesay"sorry"．WhengettingoffabusEnglishpassengerssay"thankyou"ratherthanthedriver．InGermanypeoplewouldneverdreamofdoingthesethings．

Afterallsqueezingpastotherssometimescan'tbeavoided．andthebusdriverismerelydoinghisjob．IusedlothinkthesamewaywithoutquestioningituntilIstartedtravelingtotheBritishIslesandcametoappreciatesomemorepolitewaysofcommunicatingwithpeople．

PeoplethankeachothereverywhereinEnglandallthetime．Whenpeoplebuysomethinginashopcustomerandretailassistantinmostcasesthankeachothertwiceormore．InGermanyitwouldbeexceptionaltohearmorethanonethankyouinsuchaconversation．Britishstudentsthanktheirlecturerswhenleavingtheroom．EnglishemployersthanktheiremployeesfordoingtheirjobsasopposedtoGermanswhowouldnormallythinkthatpayingtheirworkersmoneyisalreadyenough．

AnotherthingIobservedduringmystaywasthatEnglishpeoplerarelycriticizeothers．EvenwhenIwasworkingandmistakeswerepointedouttome．myemployersstressedseveraltimesbutnoneoftheirexplanationswereintendedascriticism．IthasbeenmyimpressionthatbyavoidingcriticismEnglishpeoplearemakinganefforttomakeothersfeelcomfortable．Thisalsoisshowninotherways．BritishmenstillopendoorsforwomenandBritishmenaremorelikelytotreatwomentoamealthanGermanmen．However1doneedtopointoutherethatthisappliestoEnglishmenabitmorethanitwouldtoScottishmen'Yesthelatterareabittightfisted．

1.Whatistheauthor'sattitudetowardsEnglishpoliteness?

A．Heappreciatesit B．Hegivesnopersonalopinion

C．Hethinksitisartificial D．Hethinksitgoestoofar．

2.WhatcanwelearnaboutcustomersandretailassistantsinGermany?

A．It'salwaysaretailassistantwhosaysthankyou．

B．Acustomerneversaysthankyoutoaretailassistant．

C．Theyalwayssaythankyoutoeachother．

D．Theymaysaythankyouonlyonce．

3.WecanlearnfromthelastparagraphthatScottishmen_____．