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 Britons are allowing their manners to slip as chivalry becomes a dying art, researchers claim. |
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Britons are allowing their manners to slip as chivalry becomes a dying art, researchers claim. More that eight out of 10 passengers refuse to give up their seats on the bus, train or Tube, a survey by health care provider Simplyhealth said. Around half of workers do not make cups of tea for colleagues while 86% of the nation do not offer to carry bags for others, it was claimed. According to the survey of more than 1,000 adults, the main causes of people not bothering were lack of time and stress at work. Jamie Wilson, of Simplyhealth, said: "Committing just half an hour a month to helping someone else can make a real difference to your life as well as theirs. "As a health care provider, we encourage our staff to get active in the community supporting others – in fact we give 100 days a year to staff to spend a day helping at a charity of their choice." Mental health expert Dr Christian Jessen said: "We all know that helping others is of benefit to them, but many people don't realise that getting active to help others can also improve your mental and physical wellbeing. "Simple activities like walking the neighbour's dog or helping in the garden help to burn calories and improve general fitness, leading to a healthier, happier nation." (Read by Renee Haines. Renee Haines is a multimedia journalist at the China Daily Web site.) (Agencies) |
日前一項調查稱，隨著騎士精神逐漸消亡，英國人漸漸喪失了他們的紳士風度。 由英國醫療服務提供商Simplyhealth開展的一項調查顯示，英國10名乘客中有8人以上在乘坐公交車、火車或地鐵時不愿讓座。 該調查稱，辦公室職員中約一半的人不幫同事泡茶，86%的人不會主動幫別人拿包。 這一針對一千多名成年人開展的調查表明，人們不愿幫助別人的主要原因是因為時間緊張、工作壓力大。 Simplyhealth的杰米?威爾森說：“每個月只需花半個小時的時間來幫助別人，就能使你和他人的生活大不一樣。” “作為醫療服務提供商，我們鼓勵我們的員工在社區中積極為他人提供幫助和支持——事實上我們一年會留出100天時間，讓員工有一天的時間來幫助自己選擇的一家慈善機構。” 心理健康專家克里斯蒂安?杰森博士說：“我們都知道，幫助別人能給他人帶來好處，但很多人沒有意識到，積極地幫助他人也可以改善自己的心理和身體健康。 “比如，幫鄰居遛狗或幫別人種花弄草這種簡單的活動有助于燃燒熱量，改善身體健康，從而營造一個健康快樂的國度。” 相關閱讀 Are Britons Conservative? 英國人保守嗎？ （中國日報網英語點津 陳丹妮 編輯蔡姍姍） |
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