西方绅士文化

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The origin of

“

gentleman

”

300

The characteristics of gentleman

800 1.200

2.200

3.200

4.200

The development of

gentlemanliness

400

The influence of

gentlemanliness 300

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As regard to English gentlemanliness, it is not only a historical but also a

cultural

topic .in

some

degree

,there

is

too

much

to say .while,

in

the

following statement ,I will emphasis on three aspects ,such as :The origin

of

“

gentlemanliness

”

,

The

characteristics

of

gentlemanliness,

The

advantage of

gentlemanliness

we should learn.

1.

The origin of

“

ge ntlemanliness

”

。

Gentleman culture of Britain has two sources which are noble spirit and culture concept of value

of middle class. With the development and change, gentleman culture has endowed modern value.

gentleman is the essence of Britiain culture and the value tendency of British people who accepted

it as a standard in daily life. As to the concept of gentleman ,perhaps it is not the surface detail that

values. For many centuries, the meaning of gentleman has experienced a very big change. Let's

have a look of the meaning of gentleman. Its old-fashioned meaning is ,a man from a high social

class, especially one whose family owns a lot of property. Its temproary meaning is, a man who

always behaves towards other people in a polite and honourable way and who can be trusted to

keep his words.

In the past, they should wear suitable cloth which must accord with their status. and the situation.

It would be fine if they are introverted and humorous. They obey the rule that called lady first .In

the modern society , they should take care of their appearance and costume. man must avoid being

coarse ,women must avoid being gingerbready. They must have a courtesy manner.

The English are proud of their well-mannered and courteous behaviour. how they became that way

.

at primary school,students were taught good manners before anything else!

you

the

politest

child

would

receive

a

badge

every

week

for

being

nice

to

the

rest

of

the

Europe in the Middle Ages there was an idea called

men and women should treat each other. People thought that a man should treat a woman as if she

were a kind of goddess , and not really a human being at all.

it comes to gentleman ,there are many typical characteristics we

may think of. no matter

good

or bad ,they are all

having been exists in

history. In the strict sense ,I want to talk about it in ten aspects.

(1) The first thing we may think of is about curse .Swearing is a big no-no. It

shows that you don't have the vocabulary to express your thoughts

appropriately. Furthermore, it is always very crude and impolite to be vulgar.

(2) Speaking loudly is what you should do when you are making a speech .in

the world of gentlemen ,there is no information about it .When you speak

loudly, it raises the stress level among company. It always implies that you

can't reason with people and rely on

also draws attention -- negative attention.

(3) In some degree ,everyone may make mistakes ,so do not laugh at others'

mistakes . Laughing at others' mistakes is perhaps one of the cruelest things

one can do. When you mess up, the last thing you want is for someone not

only to bring it to your attention, but to ridicule you on top of that. Gentlemen

know that to err is human , to forgive is God.

(4) Spitting is not appropriate in our daily life ,not to mention the world of

gentleman. while still a lot of men do this almost subconsciously. Spitting is

very crude and not too pretty to look at. Do not spit in public unless you want to

look like you were raised in a sewer.

(5) Being

a gentleman ,losing your temper is absolutely rude .When you lose

your temper, you are showing everyone that you can't control your emotions. If

you can't even control yourself, then how can you possibly control anything

else? Keep your cool at all times (it won't be easy but it is worth the effort) and

people will take positive note of your levelheadedness.

(6) Respecting your elders is what a gentleman should do .In fact, you should

respect others as you would like them to respect you. I am specifying elders

because it seems that today, young men think they know it all. Well, they don't.

Just think of yourself five years ago... you're much smarter and experienced

today, aren't you? Of course, yet you thought you knew it all five years ago.