英国人真的很有礼貌吗？
<p><span word="Are">Are</span> <span word="British">British</span> <span word="people">people</span> <span word="actually">actually</span> <span word="polite">polite</span>?</p><p>英国人真的很有礼貌吗？</p><p>获得53.8<span word="k">k</span>好评的回答@<span word="Jack">Jack</span> <span word="Fraser">Fraser</span>：</p><p><span word="Well">Well</span>, <span word="asking">asking</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="Brit">Brit</span> <span word="this">this</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="going">going</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="get">get</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="somewhat">somewhat</span> <span word="biased">biased</span> <span word="answer">answer</span> — <span word="but">but</span> <span word="I">I</span>'<span word="ll">ll</span> <span word="do">do</span> <span word="my">my</span> <span word="best">best</span>.</p><p>嗯，问英国人这个问题，得到的答案会有失偏颇，但我会尽量给出最好的答案。</p><p><span word="Like">Like</span> <span word="any">any</span> <span word="large">large</span> <span word="group">group</span> (65 <span word="million">million</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="us">us</span>), <span word="we">we</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="monolithic">monolithic</span> — <span word="some">some</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="us">us</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="right">right</span> <span word="arseholes">arseholes</span>. <span word="Some">Some</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="us">us</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="lovely">lovely</span>. <span word="However">However</span>, <span word="we">we</span> <span word="do">do</span> <span word="seem">seem</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="instinctive">instinctive</span> <span word="politeness">politeness</span> <span word="drilled">drilled</span> <span word="into">into</span> <span word="us">us</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="basic">basic</span> <span word="level">level</span>.</p><p>像任何大型群体一样（我们有6500万人口），我们也不尽相同，有些人很蠢，有些人很可爱。然而，我们被灌输的基本礼貌已经成为了一种本能。</p><p><span word="There">There</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="popular">popular</span> <span word="myth">myth</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="British">British</span> <span word="people">people</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="so">so</span> <span word="polite">polite</span>, <span word="they">they</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="apologise">apologise</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="you">you</span> <span word="if">if</span> <span word="you">you</span> <span word="bump">bump</span> <span word="into">into</span> <span word="them">them</span> <span word="whilst">whilst</span> <span word="walking">walking</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="street">street</span>. <span word="So">So</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="researcher">researcher</span> <span word="tested">tested</span> <span word="this">this</span> — <span word="she">she</span> <span word="travelled">travelled</span> <span word="all">all</span> <span word="over">over</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="world">world</span>…<span word="just">just</span> <span word="deliberately">deliberately</span> <span word="walking">walking</span> <span word="into">into</span> <span word="people">people</span>!</p><p>关于英国人的礼貌有一种很流行的说法：如果你在街上走的时候无意中撞到了英国人，他们还会向你道歉。所以一个研究人员检测了这件事的真假——她环游世界，故意去撞别人！</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="results">results</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="this">this</span> (<span word="hilarious">hilarious</span>) <span word="experiment">experiment</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="indeed">indeed</span> <span word="that">that</span> 80% <span word="of">of</span> <span word="people">people</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Britain">Britain</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="apologise">apologise</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="you">you</span> <span word="if">if</span> <span word="you">you</span> <span word="walk">walk</span> <span word="into">into</span> <span word="them">them</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="only">only</span> <span word="nation">nation</span> <span word="who">who</span> <span word="came">came</span> <span word="close">close</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="Japan">Japan</span>, <span word="with">with</span> <span word="something">something</span> <span word="like">like</span> 60% <span word="apologies">apologies</span> — <span word="though">though</span> <span word="she">she</span> <span word="did">did</span> <span word="note">note</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Japanese">Japanese</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="much">much</span> <span word="better">better</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="stepping">stepping</span> <span word="out">out</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="way">way</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="avoiding">avoiding</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="collision">collision</span>! <span word="So">So</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="statistics">statistics</span> <span word="do">do</span> <span word="seem">seem</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="indicate">indicate</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="we">we</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="reflexive">reflexive</span> <span word="need">need</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="say">say</span> “<span word="oops">oops</span> <span word="I">I</span>'<span word="m">m</span> <span word="sorry">sorry</span>”, <span word="even">even</span> <span word="when">when</span> <span word="we">we</span> <span word="know">know</span> <span word="full">full</span> <span word="well">well</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="your">your</span> <span word="fault">fault</span>!</p>
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