When you cough or sneeze, you’d better turn your head away from others and cover your mouth with the full part of your hand.
当你咳嗽或打喷嚏时，最好把头转向一边避开他人，并用手掌完全捂住嘴巴。
And then, you should say, “Excuse me.”
然后，你应该说一声“不好意思”。
This seems so simple, but it is surprising how many kids have never been told to do this.
这看起来很简单，但令人惊讶的是，竟然有那么多孩子从未被教导过要这样做。
Actually, I notice adults all the time who cough and sneeze in public without placing a hand over the mouth.
事实上，我经常注意到成年人在公共场合咳嗽或打喷嚏时也不用手捂住嘴。
One important thing I point out to the kids is that after they sneeze or cough on their hands, they should wash their hands as soon as possible.
我向孩子们强调的一件重要事情是，当他们对着手打喷嚏或咳嗽后，应尽快洗手。
If not, they will be passing those germs along to everything and everyone they touch.
否则，他们会把细菌传播给所接触的每一件物品和每一个人。
If you come to a door and someone is following you, hold the door.
如果你走到门前且身后有人跟着，请扶住门。
If the door opens by pulling, pull it open, stand to the side, and allow the other person to pass through first, then you can walk through.
如果门是向内拉的，请拉开门站到一侧，让他人先通过，然后你再走进去。
If the door opens by pushing, hold the door after you pass through.
如果门是向外推的，请在自己通过后扶住门。
After a few weeks of seeing kids try to get through doors in the school and watching them enter restaurants as the door hit other people, I knew I had to discuss the problem with my students.
在连续几周看到孩子们在学校里过门以及进餐厅时门撞到别人之后，我知道必须和学生讨论这个问题了。
Teaching them small acts of kindness, such as letting someone else go through a door first as they hold it open, may seem unimportant, but it can go a long way toward helping students realize how to be polite and thank others.
教导他们一些小小的善举，比如扶着门让别人先行，看似微不足道，却能极大地帮助学生学会如何礼貌待人及感谢他人。
Once they’ve been told, they’re halfway there.
一旦有人教导了他们，他们就成功了一半。
When we have to go up moving stairs, we will stand to the right.
当我们乘坐自动扶梯上行时，应靠右站立。
That will give others who are in a hurry a choice of walking up the left-hand side of the moving stairs.
这样能让赶时间的人选择从自动扶梯左侧步行上楼。
When we are going to enter a lift, the underground, or a doorway, we will wait for others to exit before we enter.
当我们要进入电梯、地铁车厢或门口时，应等待里面的人出来后再进入。
After college when I moved to London, I was surprised at how polite everyone was in the subways.
大学毕业后搬到伦敦时，我对地铁里人们的彬彬有礼感到惊讶。
I was even more touched when I traveled to Japan.
当我去日本旅行时，更是深受感动。
In both places, people made efforts to make way for others.
在这两个地方，人们都会主动为他人让路。
On moving stairs, everyone stood to the right and walked to the left.
在自动扶梯上，大家都靠右站立、靠左行走。
On lifts, everyone would stand over to the side and allow others to exit before they would begin to enter.
在电梯里，大家都会站到一侧，让里面的人先出来，然后再开始进入。
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