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When was the last time you stopped to have a friendly chat with your neighbour, or paused to open the door for someone, or gave up your seat on the bus to an elderly person? If you have to stop to think, then it was too long ago.
Ian Gregory, the founder of the Polite Society, is the sort of person who does it every day and thinks that the world would be a better place if we all did the same. What we need, he says, is a touch more courtesy. Our society is full of rude, inconsiderate and selfish people who wouldn’t give you the time of day even if your life depended on it. He’s absolutely right, of course, but isn’t that “a sign of the times”? Well, he thinks there is something that is going wrong with the way we live our lives and interact with one another, especially on the roads, where an estimated 47 per cent of accidents can be traced back to some act of discourtesy.
There is nothing that legislation can do about this; there’s nothing that money can do about it either. You can’t impose a personality on a nation and say: “Well, let’s all be nicer to one another”. But the only way you are going to get anything effective done about it is if you persuade enough people that they can be happier, more successful individuals if they are more considerate to one another in their business, in their love lives, in their family lives, in everything.
You see, we are brilliant at discovering things, learning how to use computers, etc., but in terms of behaviour towards one another we are no better than cavemen.
There is nothing that legislation can do about this; there’s nothing that money can do about it either. You can’t impose a personality on a nation and say: “Well, let’s all be nicer to one another”. But the only way you are going to get anything effective done about it is if you persuade enough people that they can be happier, more successful individuals if they are more considerate to one another in their business, in their love lives, in their family lives, in everything.
You see, we are brilliant at discovering things, learning how to use computers, etc., but in terms of behaviour towards one another we are no better than cavemen.
READING COMPREHENSION
Read the text and the instructions to the questions very carefully. Answer all the questions in English.
1. Write a summary of the text in English, including the most important points, using your own words whenever possible. (approximately 50 words, 1 point)
2. Find words or phrases in the text that correspond in meaning to the following (1 point; 0.25 each)
- a) class/ type
- b) politeness
- c) more pleasant
- d) excellent.
3. Complete the second sentence of each pair so that it has the same meaning as the first one. (2 points;
0.5 each)
- a) “Let’s all be nicer to one another,” he said.
- He suggested ...
- b) There is nothing that money can do about it.
- Money can’t ...
- c)You can’t impose a personality on a nation.
- A personality...
- d) We are brilliant at discovering things, but in terms of behaviour we are no better than cavemen.
- Although .....
4. Answer the following questions in your own words, as far as possible. Your answer must be based on
the information given in the text. (2 points: 1 point each).
- a) Why does the writer think that people today are no better than cavemen?
- b) What specific example of the consequences of inconsiderate behaviour does the writer mention?
WRITING
5. How do you think we as individuals should change our everyday behaviour in order to make a better
world? (Approximately 120 words; 3 points)
RESPUESTAS
2.
- a) class/type = sort
- b) politeness = courtesy
- c) more pleasant = nicer/more considerate
- d) excellent = brilliant
3.
- a) He suggested that we /they should all be nicer to each other/ He suggested everyone being nicer to each other./ He suggested being nicer to each other./That everyone be nicer to each other.
- b) Money can’t do anything about it.
- c) A personality can’t be imposed on a nation.
- d) Although we are brilliant at discovering things, in terms of behaviour we are no better than cavemen.
4.
- a) Because, since we are rude and selfish and since we only think of ourselves and have no sense of politeness to others, we behave like primitive men/people.
- b) As an example, the writer mentions the fact that a lot road accidents are caused by rude, inconsiderate attitudes/actions.
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