Attitudes of respect, modesty and fair play can grow only out of slowly acquired skills that parents teach their children over many years through shared experience and memory. If a child reaches adulthood (1)(with) recollections only of television, Little League and birthday parties, then that child has little to(2)( draw on) when a true test of character comes up—say, in a (3)(文章原文为prickly,考卷无此选项,答案为irritating) business situation. “(4)(Unless )that child feels grounded in who he is and where he comes from, (5)(everything) else is an act,” says etiquette expert Betty Jo Trakimas. q=D8 Nz
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Can playing hide-and-seek really teach a child about manners? Yes, say Trakimas and others, because it tells children that their parents care enough to spend time with him, he is loved and can learn to love(8)( others). “Manners aren’t about using the (9)(right) fork, agrees etiquette instructor Patricia Gilbert-Hinz. “Manners are about being kind—giving (10)(compliments), team-playing, making sacrifices. Children learn that (11))through )their parents.” t[|t0y8
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While children don’t (!12)(automatically) warm to the idea of learning to be polite, there’s no reason for them to see manners as a bunch of stuffy(13)( restrictions) either. They’re the building blocks of a child’s education. “(14)(Once) a rule becomes second nature, it frees us,” Mitchell says. “How well could Michael Jordan play basketball if he had to keep(15)( reminding )himself of the rules?” (V\N1T,f
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Judith Martin concurs. “A polite child grows up to get the friends and the dates and the job interviews,” she says, “because people respond to good manners. It’s the language of all human behavior.” m'"H1~BW
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