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关于礼貌这件小事 Being Polite

  I walked with a friend to the newsstand[书报摊,报刊亭] the other night, and he bought a
  paper, thanking the owner politely. The owner, however, did not even acknowledge it.
  “A sullen[阴沉的] fellow, isn't he?” I commented as we walked away.
  “Oh, he's that way every night,” shrugged[耸肩] my friend.
  “Then why do you continue being so polite to him?” I asked.
  And my friend replied, “Why should I let him determine how I'm going to act?”
  
  一天晚上,我和朋友走到一个报摊。他买了一份报纸,然后很有礼貌地向摊主表示感谢,对方却毫无反应。
  “真是个阴沉的家伙,对吧?”我们走开时我评论道。
  “噢,他每天晚上都这样,”朋友耸耸肩。
  “那你干嘛还对他那么有礼貌呢?”我问道。
  朋友回答说:“我为什么要让他来决定我应该如何待人呢?”

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