Thursday, October 15, 2009

Week 7.(Face and Politeness)

Oh my, this week review almost slips my mind.
Hum... Politeness... Where do I start.....
Politeness is a must for us to portray at the right time and place required. Through our face expression, one can tell if we are being polite or not.

I believe that all of us when face with any difficult situation, we would want to resolve it as peaceful and as polite as we can in order not to agitate the other person . Eg, when in a movie cinema and the person in front or at the side is talking on the phone. You would not say out something rude or say something off the record like “Humm, i wonder where the noise is coming from” as you know something bad will happen afterwards. Instead, you reply with a negative politeness, like “Sorry to bother you, could you lower down your volume please” with the sorry look on your face.

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