Being Civil...

Transcript

• Box 1: You promised to be civil!
• Box 2: I am being civil!
• Box 3: You didn’t specify which civilization.

Vocabulary

• Civil (adj) /?s?v.?l/ polite an formal.
• Civilized (adj) /?s?v.?.la?zd/ describes a society or country that has a well developed system of government, culture, and way of life and that treats the people who live there fairly.
• Civilization (n) /?s?v.?l.a??ze?.??n/ human society with its well developed social organizations, or the culture and way of life of a society or country at a particular period in time.
• To specify (v.) /?spes.?.fa?/ to explain or describe something clearly and exactly.

from https://www.comicsenglish.com/comics/civil and mimiandeunice.com/2012/07/10/civil/