托福写作题目：有没有对他人不礼貌适当的理由?Is there a good reason to be impolite to another person?

　　托福写作参考范文：

　　In Japan, people bow their heads as a sign of being polite. In Germany, men kiss each other’s cheeks in demonstration of the same. No matter how big or small, acts of politeness form a huge part of our lives. As much as possible everyone wants to be always polite. But should this always be the case?

　　The golden rule states that we should treat others the way we want them to treat us. Thus, most people, through the course of their day-to-day interactions with other persons, strive to be polite. However, I believe there are always exceptions to the rule. Would you still be polite to someone who is trying to rob you? Would you still be polite to your boss who always humiliates you in the office even if there’s no reason to?

　　Respect begets产生 respect. The same can be said as well for politeness. In our efforts of showing to the world that we are indeed good individuals, we sometimes tend to forget that being polite should not be easily dispensed.礼貌不可以随便施予。 There is such a thing as personal respect. 这里涉及到个人尊严的问题。How can other people realize that you are a person who should be respected if you readily accommodate them even if they’re not treating you the same way? 如果你老是对别人有礼貌而别人不以礼貌的方式对待你，那别人怎么知道你需要被尊重?If this happens to me, I would certainly show a limited but definite level of impoliteness, not because I am really like that but because I deserve to be shown politeness too.

　　Let’s look at the big picture. 1984, a novel by George Orwell, depicts an abusive, certainly impolite, government composed of well, impolite officials. The reason they came to power is quite simple. The citizens were very gullible to the former’s propaganda and advances. Cut the long story short, an act of unnecessary politeness lead to the fall of that society’s standards and existence. If only people in that novel had been “necessarily” impolite. In reality, this is certainly also the case. Look around us. Many are suffering from problems that, in one way or another, were brought by being polite at all times—unfair job opportunities, rude neighbors, opportunistic friends.

　　At the core of every person, I sincerely believe that every man regardless of creed信条教义, status, or nationality, has a universal concept of what constitutes politeness. It is but fair to say that we should effectively respect and be polite to ourselves prior to being polite to others. That being said, under applicable situations like the ones stated above, there is a time and place that being impolite to another person is necessary.