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It is generally believed that nowadays young people lack the manners that their parents' generation
expects them to have. Although it is true that there is a difference in the generations,I do not believe that
it is fair'to say that today'syouths have bad manners.
In the first place,the fact that young people do not always shake hands only reflects a move away from
the formali-ties( 礼节) of the past. It does not show lack of respect,but simply the present trend towards more relaxed social com-
munication. Similarly,the way that we speak to each other is surely a manner of personal choice. Even
though we maynot greet each other formally,this has nothing to do with manners. Youngsters have simply
developed their own greet-ings.
Furthermore , I strongly oppose the opinion that young people are impolite and show lack of
consideration of others._____,most young people have perfect manners. Naturally,there are always
exceptions( 例外). Even older mem-bers of society can be ill-mannered at times.
As far as I am concemed,the complaints about young people today are entirely without foundation.
Although thereare different attitudes towards manners in the generations,that shouldn't be considered as
rudeness. I suppose that any-one who says such things has not really tried to speak to the young
generation. If he or she did,I am sure they wouldfind that we are just like everyone else.
To conclude,I think people wrongly regard the lack of formality as bad manners. After all,
youngsters follow exam-ples set by others,so maybe the world around us has become less formal.
1. What does the author think of the idea about youth's manners ? ( no more than 15 words)
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2. Which sentence in the text is closest in meaning to the following one?
Even old generation in the society sometimes would manner impolitely.
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3. Fill in the blank in Paragraph 3 with proper words.
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4. Why do the young not always shake hands when they meet each other? ( no more than 10 words)
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5. Translate the underlined sentence in the fourth paragraph into Chinese.
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