“Peoplearerudertodaybecausetheyarerushedandmore‘timepoor’thaneverbefore,”saysPatsyRowe,“Manners_have_fallen_off_the_radar(雷达).”Duetoourstrongattractiontoelectronicequipmentitisawondermorepeopledon’twakeupeachmorningandgreetthesingingbirdswithacomplaint(抱怨)aboutthenoise.Herearesomeexamplesofrudeness.
Somepeopleprefertodoalmosteverythingovertheinternet.Tothem,dealingwithanactualhumanislikeanevolutionarystepbackward.Itfeelsveryslowbecausehumansdon’tworkat4Gspeeds.Whenyouhavedinnerwithfriends,youwilloftennoticesomeonepayingmoreattentiontohismobilephone.Wehaveprogrammedourselvestothinkthateverynewmessagebringslifechangingnews,sotakingcallsandcheckingourtextsaremoreimportantthantalkingtothepeoplewearewith.Whatisworse,somepeopleeventendtosendanonymous(匿名的)rudemessagesbyemail.
However,rudenessisneveracceptable.Don’tassumeitisOKtoberudeifthepersonyou’reintouchwithwon’trecognizeyou.Ifyouhavesomethingawfultosay,havethecouragetofacethepersonandsayit,writealetteroremailandsignit,orforgetit.Upsettingpeoplewithunsignedmessagesiscruelanddisgusting.
Weshouldn’tblametechnologyforourshortcomings.Technologyisheretohelpus,butweshouldnotallowittotakeoverourlives.Animportantstepiaacknowledgingourshortcomings.Peoplespendalotoftimepointingoutbadmannersbutitwouldbeevenmorehelpfulifwe’dpubliclyacknowledgegoodmannerswhenweseethem.
【小题1】WhatcanbeinferredfromtheunderlinedsentenceinParagraph1?