【正确答案】
D
【答案解析】[听力原文]
Host: Today I'll be talking to Caroline Tiger who has just published a book on modern manners. Caroline, if you asked people a few decades ago for examples of bad manners, they might have mentioned refined points of etiquette, like using the wrong fork for their dinner salad. But time has changed, is that right?
Tiger: Yes. {{U}}It's not so much about the formal etiquette any more as the fact that people are really busy, and are just rushing around from work to the supermarket to the next appointment and the next meeting, and don't have time to really stop and think about some of the things they are doing.{{/U}}
Host: Let's talk about one of the most pervasive etiquette questions these days, at least from my perspective, and that's cell phones. How do we use them in a way that's polite and considerate?
Tiger: You know, {{U}}first you have to assess where you are, and if you are in a public space, you want to be aware that there are people around you, and that may not want to listen to your twenty-minute conversation about what you did the day before.{{/U}} I think it's a good rule of thumb to really keep it short and keep it quiet.
Host: And are there places where cell phones really should absolutely never be used?
Tiger: Oh, definitely. I don't really think people should use them in a train. It's absolutely necessary in a train, and other mass transit, and most definitely at the movies or at the theater, cell phones should be turned off.
Host: Now another phenomenon of recent years is the work cubicle as opposed to the traditional four-walled office with a door. You have a number of rules for being a good cubicle neighbor. What are some of the most important?
Tiger: Remember that cubicle walls are not actual walls. They resemble fabric more than an actual wall and noise travels pretty easily through them, so keep your voice down, be aware of your neighbors, keep personal calls to a minimum.
Host: What are some of the concerns we should have when we're writing email?
Tiger: {{U}}Check and recheck who it's addressed to before you send it.{{/U}} It also depends on who you are writing to. {{U}}If it's a business email, you want to use the right punctuation and grammar and treat it as if it were a regular business letter that's on paper.{{/U}}
Host: And what about those mass forwarded we all get either from friends or people we don't know at all?
Tiger: Right. It's the kind of cyber version of the old chain letter. Those should be kept at a minimum. {{U}}Everybody has so much spam and junk mail, so the last thing they want to get is a forwarded story or a list of jokes, because the chances are they're not going to have time to read it.{{/U}} Think before you send. Maybe a good rule of thumb is "count to ten" before you hit the "Send" button.
Host: Speaking of "counting to ten," you also write about anger management and road rage. How do we avoid it ourselves. What can we do not to be one of those aggressive drivers?
Tiger: It's a product of not feeling in control. So you may want to put on some kind of music that relaxes you, practice some deep breathing while you are sitting there to calm yourself down, and do not say anything that may anger somebody because you never know what their reaction's going to be.
Host: Speaking of dates in these days of male and female equality, how do we deal with the question of "Who initiates the date and who pays?"
Tiger: That really depends on the person. I think, as you said, these are days of gender equality which is fantastic and the woman can ask for the date as well as the man, {{U}}(15) {{/U}} {{U}}I think whoever has initiated the date should be the person who pays for the date.{{/U}}
Host: How about you personally? Is there any one kind of rude behavior that especially irritates you?
Tiger: {{U}}I think it would be the "Umbrella Etiquette" where people have this huge golf umbrella that could, you know, fit a family of five and they're walking down a crowded city sidewalk and kind of taking up the whole thing.{{/U}} That was really what pushed me to write the book.
Host: Thank you for talking with us.
Tiger: Thank you.
[解析] 本题考查对于录音的总结能力。选项A、B、C在对话中没有提及，因此选择D，意为“人们变得粗俗和不文明了。”