interest. Put simply, regardless of a person's profession, position, status, identity or age, it is impossible for him or her to appear the same 24 hours a day unless a hypocrite (伪君子) or hiding failure to perform.

　　Privacy is normally regarded as personal information that is unrelated to others, or that a person is unwilling to reveal. Information such as a person's religion, belief, hobbies or personal activities may cause discrimination or embarrassment if they are unfavorably disclosed. People may lack of a sense of safety in a society where privacy cannot be properly protected.

　　One thing that impressed me most in a country where I emigrated twenty years ago was the personal space people left for others. For example, when people are queuing up they keep a quite distance from one another, unlike the Chinese always keep too close to each other and make their way by pushing and shoving and crowding.

　　Essential personal information may include a personal's political affiliation (联系), financial status, medical conditions, family affairs and so on. These ought to be appropriately protected, even by law. Concern for others' essential personal information is traditionally a way the Chinese care for others, but in a western country can be regarded as an offence.

　　A moral person should recognize and respect others' privacy, and others treat them the same way in return. Social ethics and a healthy culture are thus formed when moral people are evident. Respecting individuals' privacy is an important component of stable society and advocates the public getting along well with each other. In a way, privacy shouldn't be simply viewed as a personal concept at all; rather, it indicates how civilized a society is.

Learn to Respect Others' Privacy The degree of concern about privacy in China Before Reform and Opening up Influenced by ultra­left thought, everything related to "self" (1)________communism. After Reform and Opening up With the development of economy and China's increasing (2)________internationally, the concept of privacy is introduced. Categories of privacy ●Personal information or activities unrelated to others, if (3)________， may cause discrimination and embarrassment.

● Personal space is the region surrounding a person, whose (4)_ _______tends to be ignored by Chinese.

● Essential personal information includes some basic private information, an excessive concern over which may be considered (5)________． (6)______of respecting privacy ● People will feel a sense of safety in a society where privacy is under proper (7)________．　

● Respecting privacy plays an important role in creating a stable and (8)________ society.

● Respecting privacy is not simply public (9)________ sense but an indication of social (10)________.