則 の英文を読んで, 下の設問に答えよ。
Hf you have just gone through a Swing door in a public place
shop、do you generally hold the door open for the next person behind yo
even though a stranger? Most British people do so automaticallY。 and
according to my observation most Japanese do not. ///
Tn Britain we think of a stranger in the street, or in 4 shop, as a fellow
human beingtowhomweshouldbe[l 1 ]. Looking at Japanese behavior
in public places, hoWever, it seems that they think of strangerSs aS 2
who must be pushed aside if one is in a hurry.
Again、 in a train、Japanese YOung men sometimes SDYaWl acroOSS SeatS.
Noonedaresto[ 3 ].
Tn Britain it is very rare: Tdonotsay that it cannot happen、but it is
旧erethereisno[ 4 ]forposters such as the "Spreading Peacocト
which was widely displayed in Japan a Ittle time back. !
magnificent peacock sitting in an electric car、SDreading itS t:
next seats and inconveniencing the people on each side.
Tn an electric train in Britain、 some people are standing because the
carriage is full, those sitting yill always adjust their position、so that they
take up as ittle[ 5 ]as possible. In this way they create Some SDare FOOm。
and a few of the standing ones can now sit down. In such cases、Japanese tend
to disregard the[ 6 ]ofothers. Afew yearS ago 1 saw in a full electric train
in Tokyo an elderly man standing、 and a young man SDrawled acrOSS two SeatS
jast in front of him. The latter could easily have just sat wp straight, and made
room for the old man to sit down, but he dd not move. The elderly man Was
holding himself upright. andTcould see by the Way his chin was drawn in that
ne might have been a soldier. Finally he said to the youngster: “You should
make a room for an elderly man. The young man replied angrily、“"1T am a
paSSenger and You are a DaSSenger. 1 am in this seat and I will stay here.′ Phe
_elderly man said something [ 7 ]to him、and the other jumped up iR a fr 3
and caught him by the arm. The train was just coming intoa station, and th
