Kate Fox - Watching the English.pdf

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1、KateFoxWatchingtheEnglishWATCHINGTHEENGLISHTheHiddenRulesofEnglishBehaviourKateFoxHODDER&STOUGHTONKateFox,asocialanthropologist,isCo-DirectoroftheSocialIssuesResearchCentreinOxfordandaFellowoftheInstituteforCulturalResearch.FollowinganerraticeducationinEngland,America,Ire

2、landandFrance,shestudiedanthropologyandphilosophyatCambridge.‘WatchingtheEnglish...willmakeyoulaughoutloud(“OhGod.Idothat!”)andcringesimultaneously(“OhGod.Idothataswell.”).Thisisahilariousbookwhichjustshowsusforwhatweare...beautifully-observed.Itisawonderfulreadforboththe

3、Englishandthosewholookatusandwonderwhywedowhatwedo.Nowthey’llknow.’BirminghamPost‘Fascinatingreading.’OxfordTimes‘Thebookcaptivatesatthefirstpage.It’sfun.It’salsoembarrassing.“Yes...yes,”thereaderwillconstantlyexclaim.“I’malwaysdoingthat”’.ManchesterEveningNews‘There’saqu

4、alitativedifferenceintheresults,thetellingdetailthataddsrealweight.Foxbringsenoughwitandinsighttoherportrayalofthetribetoraisemanyasmileofrecognition.Shehasatalentforobservation,bringingasharpandhumorouseyeandeartoeverydayconventions,fromthechoreographyoftheEnglishqueueto

5、thecuriousetiquetteofweathertalk.’TheTablet‘It’safascinatingandinsightfulbook,butwhatreallysetsitapartistheinformalstyleaimedsquarelyattheintelligentlayman.’CityLife,Manchester‘Fascinating...EveryaspectofEnglishconversationandbehaviourisputunderthemicroscope.WatchingtheEn

6、glishisathoroughstudywhichisinterestingandamusing.’WesternDailyPress‘Enjoyablegoodfun,withunderlyingseriousness–abooktodipintoatrandomandrelishforitsmanyacuteobservations.’LeicesterMercuryAlsobyKateFoxTheRacingTribe:WatchingtheHorsewatchersPubwatchingwithDesmondMorrisPass

7、porttothePub:TheTourist’sGuidetoPubEtiquetteDrinkingandPublicDisorder(withDrPeterMarsh)WATCHINGTHEENGLISHTheHiddenRulesofEnglishBehaviourKateFoxHODDER&STOUGHTONCopyright©2004byKateFoxTherightofKateFoxtobeidentifiedastheAuthoroftheWorkhasbeenassertedbyherinaccordancewithth

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