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According to a new survey of how Europeans behave while standing in line, the British are only about average at waiting politely in a queue.The French are actually the best at queuing, along with the Hungarians, according to the survey by MSM Marketing Research, a German company.
It's the Germans who just can't stand to wait for anything.They begin sighing loudly and shuffling about noisily if the line does not seem to be moving fast enough for them.Sadly it never moves fast enough for them.
The researchers studied 940 people across Europe.They observed their behaviour secretly as they waited in line to get tickets, to order fast food and to cash a check.The study showed that people who are good at forming queues feel that they move along faster.In Britain, for example, the average wait at a queue is about three and a half minutes.In Germany, where people hate queuing, people actually spend double the time as the English in queues of the same length.They get to the front of the queue without having thought out precisely what they want or without having the correct change.So they waste others' time by asking more questions and fumbling in their wallets.
"Politeness is greatly appreciated while people are standing in line,"said MSM survey expert Patricia Bas.They had asked a person to intentionally break into a queue in Britain to see what the reaction would be.People glared, cleared their throats and sighed loudly.But when the offender said in apologetic tones,"Oh, I'm terribly sorry.I didn't realize there was a queue.Do go before me", the mood in the queue immediately changed to kindliness."People suddenly smiled and said, 'Oh that's all right, one more won't matter' and they actually let the offender get away with it,"Bas said."They may have suspected he was lying, but they still treated him kindly."
1.What is the passage mainly about?(回答词数不超过7个)
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2.What will Germans most probably do after waiting some time in a long queue?(回答词数不超过10个)
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3.Why did the British people in a queue let the offender get away at last?(回答词数不超过10个)
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1.How Europeans behave while standing in line. Or:Europeans’ behavior(while waiting)in line. 关键词:Europeans, behave/behavior, line/queue 2.They usually begin to sigh loudly and shuffle about noisily. 关键词:sigh, shuffle 3.Because he apologized for his impoliteness/bad manners. 关键词:apologize |