【问】 (1) I don’ t like his manner.

(2) Where are your manners?

句(1)中的manner与句(2)中的manners意思是否相同?

【答】 句(1)中的manner是指个人的言谈举止、风度(personal way of action)，一般使用单数形式：

1. She had a kindly smile and a manner wholly natural.(Dreiser)

她具有一种和蔼的微笑和完全自然的举止。

2. The judge had been impressed by his manner.... (EED)

他的风度给法官留下了深刻的印象。

3. He has an absent-minded manner(Sinclair).

他有一付心不在焉的样子。

4. The teacher's manner was strict and formal.

这位教师的态度严肃而庄重。

句(2)中manners是指由社会所约定的“礼貌”(social behaviour)，一般以复数形式出现：

1. It is bad manners to interrupt. (MED)

打断别人的谈话，是没有礼貌的。

2. Don't they teach any manners at that school? (FWF)

难道那个学校不教学生礼貌吗?

请做下面的英语试题：

“Mr Bundy is so strange today.” “Your manners_____too. ”

A. like this is B. are like his

C. like he is D. like him are (TOEFL，70.10)