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1、AspectsofEnglishLife:QueuingAspectsofEnglishLife:QueuingTheEnglishexpecteachothertoobservetherulesofqueuing,feelhighlyoffendedwhentheserulesareviolaed,butlacktheconfidenceorsocialskillstoexpresstheirannoyanceinastrightforwardmanner.Inothercountries,thisisnotaproblem:inAmerica,whereaqueue-jump
2、erhascommittedamisdemeanourratherthanacardinalsin,theresponseisloudandprescriptive:theoffenderissimplytold'Hey,you,getbackinline!'orwordstothateffect.Onthecontinent,thereactiontendstobeloudandargumentative;insomeotherpartsoftheworld,queue-jumpersmaysimplybeunceremonioulypushedandshovedbackint
3、oline--buttheendresultismuchthesame.Parodoxically,itisonlyinEngland,wherequeue-jumpingisregardedasdeeplyimmoral,thatthequeue-jumperislikelytogetawaywiththeoffence.TheEnglishhuffandpuffandscowlandmutterandseethewithrightousindignation,butonlyrarelydotheyactuallyspeakupandtellthejumpertogotothe
4、backofthequeue.QueuingisalmostanationalpastimefortheEnglish,whoautomaticallyarrangethemselvesintoorderlylinesatbusstops,shopcounters,ice-creamvans,entrances,exits,andlifes.In1946,theHungarianhumoristGeorgeMikesdesccribedqueuingasEnglish'nationalpassion.''Onthecontinent,'hesaid,'ifpeoplewaitin
5、gatabusstoptheyloiteraroundinaseeminglyvaguefashion.Whenthebusarrivestheymakeadashforit...AnEnglishman,evenifheisalone,formsorderlyqueueofone.'Inaupdateoverthirtyyearslaterin1977hecomfirmedthatthiswasstillthecase.Afternearlyanotherthirtyyearsnothingmuchseemstohavechanged.Theauthoressofthebook
6、said,'Idoitmyself.Whenwaitingaloneforabusoratataxistop,Idonotjustloungeaboutanywhereroughlywithinstrikingdistanceofthestop,aspeopledoinothercountries--Istanddirectlyunderthesignfacinginthecorrectdirection,exactlyasthoughIwereattheheadofthequeue.Iformanorderlyqueueofone.'Inmanycases,queue-jump
7、ingiseffectively'nippedinthebud'bynon-verbalsignalsalone.Whensomeoneisconsideringjumpingaqueue,thequeuerswillstartglancingathimsideways,throughnarrowed,suspiciouseyes.Thentheyshuffleabitclosertothepersoninfrontofthem,justincasethejumpermightt
