Daily Etiquette and Behavioral Norms: A Guide to Cultivating Good Manners

Practice listening for 15 minutes a day, effortlessly improving your skills! This book features carefully selected 2-minute passages with moderate difficulty, suitable for beginners. Through four progressive stages — pre-listening, catching keywords, sentence-by-sentence comprehension, and overall retelling — you can understand over 90% of the content. With consistent practice, small improvements will accumulate into major progress, rapidly boosting your English listening ability! Below is a collection from Qicai.com of beginner-friendly listening materials, ideal for junior high and high school students (beginner level).

It is good to be polite. People like you more when you are polite. Always say please and thank you. If you ask for some milk, you should say 'please, may I have a glass of milk?' When someone gives you the milk, you should respond with 'thank you.' It is not difficult to be polite. Being polite makes social interactions smoother and leaves a positive impression. Small acts of courtesy, such as greeting people properly and using polite phrases, reflect your respect for others and can enhance relationships. Simple expressions like 'please' and 'thank you' demonstrate consideration and kindness, which are fundamental to good manners. You should not push or shove people. You should cover your mouth when you cough or sneeze. You should address people properly. If you are trying to get someone's attention, you would say 'excuse me.' You wouldn't say 'hey you.' These actions show mindfulness and consideration in public spaces. Physical etiquette, such as avoiding forceful behavior, and verbal etiquette, like speaking respectfully, contribute to a more harmonious environment. By being aware of your behavior and how it affects others, you help create a positive social atmosphere. There are table manners. That is where you eat properly and politely at the dinner table. You don't shove food into your mouth. You don't reach over other people's plates. You don't talk with your mouth full. Observing table manners ensures respect and comfort for everyone at the table. Proper eating etiquette is not only about following rules but also about demonstrating self-control and consideration. Practicing these habits consistently helps establish a reputation of politeness and social awareness. All of these things are common sense. Being polite is mostly thinking about how you would like to be treated. You wouldn't want people to be impolite to you. It is not polite to point at people. It is not polite to burp out loud. It is not polite to use someone else's things without asking first. Being polite just comes naturally if you have been brought up in a home where everyone was polite. Respecting others' personal space and belongings, controlling bodily behaviors, and treating people considerately reflect internalized values of courtesy and empathy. Good manners are cultivated by repeated practice and mindful upbringing.