I am a science professor . I teach at a university in the United States. Students call me Professor Singh. One day, my wife and I wanted to go out for dinner. We wanted to try a new restaurant.

When we got to the restaurant, the manager asked me to take off my hat. I was angry. I told him it was not a hat and I could not remove it. The manager would not listen. He said that I had to remove my hat or he would not serve us food. My wife and I left the restaurant.

In the United States, men take off their hats. This shows good manners. It is a sign of respect. The manager wanted his customers to use good manners in his restaurant. He felt that Professor Singh did not show him respect.

Professor Singh is a Sikh from India. Sikh men must wear a turban at all times. Their turbans are symbols of pride. For a Sikh, removing his turban is disgraceful . Professor Singh wore his turban because of his religion . He would not take off his turban to eat in the restaurant.

我是一位在美国大学任教的自然科学教授，学生们称呼我为“辛格教授”。有一天，我和妻子去外面吃饭，我们想尝试一家新餐厅。

我们到了餐厅，结果那里的经理让我把帽子摘下来。我当时很生气，告诉他那不是帽子，我也不能把它摘掉。可他不听，说如果我不摘帽子的话就不为我们提供食物。于是我们就离开了那家餐厅。

在美国，男人摘帽是为了表示礼貌，也是一种尊敬别人的标志。经理希望客人在进入餐厅时能表现得彬彬有礼，而他觉得辛格教授对他不尊重。

辛格教授是来自印度的锡克教教徒，信仰该教的男子必须时刻佩戴头巾，这种头巾是尊严的象征，对他们来说，摘下头巾意味着耻辱。辛格教授戴头巾是出于宗教原因，他不会因为进餐厅吃饭而摘下头巾的。