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1、TheBritishLikeTalkingAboutWeatherGenerallyspeaking,aBritishiswidelyregardedasaquiet,shyandconservativepersonwhoisrelaxonlyamongthosewithwhomheisacquainted.Whenastrangerisatpresent,heoftenseemsnervous,evenembarrassed.Youhavetotakeacommutertrainanymorningoreveningtowitnessthet
2、ruthofthis.Serious-lookingbusinessmenandwomensitreadingtheirnewspapersordozinginacorner;hardlyanybodytalks,sincetodosowouldbeconsideredquiteoffensive.Apparently,thereisanunwrittenbutclearlyunderstoodcodeofbehaviorwhich,oncebroken,makestheoffenderimmediatelytheobjectofcritici
3、sm.IthasbeenknownasafactthataBritishhasafancyforthediscussionoftheirweatherandthat,ifgivenachance,hewilltalkaboutitatlength.SomepeoplearguethatitisbecausetheBritishweatherseldomfollowsforecastandhencebecomesasourceofinterestandspeculationtoeveryone.Thismaybeso.AlsoaBritishca
4、nnothavemuchfaithintheweathermen,who,afterpromisingfine,sunnyweatherforthefollowingday,areoftenprovedwrongwhenacloudovertheAtlanticbringsrainyweathertoalldistricts!Themaninthestreetseemstobeasaccurate----orasinaccurate----astheweathermeninhispredictions.Foreignersmaybesurpri
5、sedatthenumberofreferencestoweatherthattheBritishmaketoeachotherinthecourseofasingleday.Veryoftenconversationalgreetingsarereplacedbycommentsontheweather.“Niceday,isn’tit?”“Beautifulday!”maywellbeheardinsteadof“Goodmorning,howareyou?”Althoughtheforeignermayconsiderthisexagge
6、ratedandcomic,itisworthwhilepointingoutthatitcouldbeusedtohisadvantage.IfhewantstostartaconversationwithaBritishbutisatalosstoknowwheretobegin,hecoulddowelltomentionthestateoftheweather.ItisasafesubjectwhichwillprovokeananswerfromeventhemostreservedoftheBritish.爱谈论天气的英国人一般说来
7、，人们普遍认为英国人安静、害羞和保守，只有面对熟人时才觉得放松。当有陌生人在场时，英国人似乎总是很紧张，甚至感到尴尬。在任何一个早上或是晚上，你坐上一辆通勤列车，就能体会到这是真的。神情严肃的商业男女坐着读他们的报纸，或在角落里打盹，几乎没人交谈，因为这样做将会被认为是相当无礼的。很明显，有一种不成文但却被大家明确理解的行为准则。一旦这种行为准则被打破，冒失鬼便会立即成为受批评的对象。众所周知，英国人有一种癖好，那就是爱讨论他们的天气。一旦有机会，他们会一直谈下去。有人辩解说，这是国为英国的天气从来无法预测，所以便成为所有人都感兴趣和乐于猜测的
8、话题。也许是这样吧。当然，英国人无法过于相信天气预报员，因为，在他们预报了第二天有晴朗的好天气后，通常他们的预报就会被给各地区带来降水的一片大西洋上空
