It is all very well to blame traffic jams, the cost of petrol and the quick pace of modern life, but manners on the roads are becoming horrible.

指责交通堵塞、汽油价格和现代生活的快节奏无可非议，但交通礼仪正变得越来越糟糕。

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The Abarth 500 has all the manners of the cute, modern Fiat 500 runaround upon which it is based—until you press the “sport” button.

这台基于菲亚特500的阿巴斯500，有着跟前者完全一样的，可爱而又现代的外观线条。

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Google has thanked an 86-year-old British grandmother who proved old-fashioned manners have a place in the modern world when she typed "please" and "thank you" in an Internet search.

谷歌近日向一位86岁的英国老奶奶表达了感谢，这位老奶奶在网络搜索时不忘写“请”和“谢谢”，证明了老式的礼貌在现代世界中依然有一席之地。

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Confirmation, then, that this was the real Stephen Fry, facing one of the dilemmas of modern manners - how to politely decline an offer of online friendship.

BBC: NEWS | Technology | Are my online friends for real?

Simon Fanshawe, author of The Done Thing, a book about modern manners, says the idea will only be embraced outside times of crisis if there are authority figures organising it.

BBC: Communal cabbing

In a comedy of manners set amid the chaos of modern Beijing, the characters have a hard time just keeping their heads.

CNN: OT ONLY DID HONG