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1、TheBritishCharacter吴娴Inyourmind,whatisanEnglishlike?conservativemodestself-conceitedcoldpolitepracticalsportsmanshiphumorousBecauseofgeography,history,cultureandotherreasons,thevariousnationalitiesintheworld,differentfromtheotherethniccharacter.Britainisnoexception,afte
2、rseveralyearsofsocialchange,theyformedtheirownuniquewayofthinkingandbehavior,withpeopleofothercountrieswithdifferentqualityandcharacteristics.Sumup,therearethefollowingcharactertraits:TypicalEnglishcharacterreservedEnglishsenseofhumormodestTheTypicalEnglishmansportsmans
3、hip1Thebest-knownqualityoftheEnglish.Andtheyarealsonotedforthecharacterconservative★1threservedreserved:adj.(ofapersonorhischaracter)slowtoshowfeelingsor expressopinions,disposition,manner,etc.寡言的；矜持的；conservative:adj.opposedtogreatorsuddenchange保守的，守旧的;adj.&n.保守党(的)The
4、majorityofBritishpeopleareunwillingtoacceptnewthingsbutold-fashionedconservativeideology.BritishConservativeknownaroundtheworld,theBritishviewtheirwayofdoingthingsisthebestandmostreasonable.SomesaytheBritishneed20to40yearstoaccepttheUnitedStatesisanewthing,thoughabitexa
5、ggeratedremark,butnotunreasonable.Britainhassofarnocommonmetricusedintheworldstillusemiles,until1971willbechangedtodecimalcurrency.Britainisarelativelysmallnumberoftheworld,oneofthecountriestomaintainthemonarchyanditsconservativeevident.Whentheinventionofcentralaircondi
6、tioningwhentheAmericans,theBritishrefusedtobeharmfultoacceptnewthings,continuetousethefireplaceandelectricstove.human:adj.showingthefeelings,esp.thoseofkindness,whichhumanbeingshave有人性的，有人情味的ExampleOntheotherhand,theyareperfectlyhumanbehindtheirbarrierofreserve,andmaybe
7、quitepleasedwhenafriendlystrangerorforeignersucceedsforatimeinbreakingthebarrierdown.另一方面，他们虽然外表上难以接近，但内心却有人情味，如果一个友善的陌生人或外国人打破沉默，英国人也可能非常高兴。Heseemsquitehumanwhenyouknowhim.CloselyrelatedtoEnglishreserveisEnglishmodesty.Withintheirhearts,theEnglishareperhapsnolessconcei
8、tedthananybodyelse,butintheirrelationswithotherstheyvalueatleastashowofmodesty.Self-praiseisfelttobeimpolite.I
