Are good manners relevant in this day and age? More so than ever, with cell phones, body piercings, e-mails, and other 21st-century accessories. Now the authors of Things You Need to Be Told offer more advice-pertinent to today's issues, and filled with both hilarious wit and practical common sense.
【作者简介】
Lesley Carlin is a New Englander-in terms of both Her Birthplace and Her Tempera-ment. After seven years of Catholic School,which she fondly compares to Chinese Wa-ter Torture, she enrolled at a small Massa-chusetts prep school, whence she graduated a
【目录】
Acknowledgements
Introduction
CHAPTER ONE:All Yield to the Etiquette Volvo: Your Beautiful Automobile and How to Drive It Politely
Selecting an Automobile: What You Should Be Driving
What You Should Not Be Driving
What Color Car?
Automobile Accoutrements
"Decorating" One's Car
Should I Personalize My License Plate?
General Principles of Driving
Parking
At Home
On the Street
In Parking Lots
Being Polite to Your Passengers
Being a Polite Passenger
“But, Officer, I Didn't Mean to…”:
Interactions Avec les Gendarmes
Activities One May Not Engage in Whilst Driving
Accidents
Other Forms of Transportation
Pedestrian Etiquette
Pedestrians Versus Cars
Bicycle Etiquette
What You Should Wear While Riding a Bicycle
Scooters, Skateboards, and Inline Skates
Vespas
Questions and Answers on Various and Sundry
CHAPTER TWO:“Where the Boys Are”:Boys and Chivalric Behavior
The Elements of Chivalry
Style for Boys
How to Buy Beautiful Flowers
Charming,Yet Inexpensive,Ideas for Dates
Dates You Shouldn’t Go On
Questions and Answers on Various and Sundry
CHAPTER THREE:“l’m Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a LeRer”:Letters for All Occasions
Review:Supplies
Supplies You Do Not Need
The Standard Thank-You Note
The Horribly Belated Thank-You Not。
The Thank-You Note for the Unwanted
The Thank-You Note for Monev
The Thank-You Note for The Thing-That-You.
Can’t-Identify
The Second(Follow-Up)Thank.You Note
The Bread-and-Butter Letter
The Bread-and-Butter Letter for When You Had a Really
Terrible Time
The Condolence Letter
The Condolence Note for a Young Person/Babv/
Miscarriage
The Formal Regret to an Invitation
The Informal Response to an Invitation
CHAPTER FOUR: That's Entertainment!
CHAPTER FIVE: It's Money,Baby!
CHAPTER SIX: Gifts and Greediness
CHAPTER SEVEN: Miscellaneous Matters of Importance Redux
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