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1、Characterofthe EnglishInyourmind,whatisanEnglishlike?conservativegentleself-conceitedcoldpolitepracticalsportsmanshiphumorousTypicalEnglishcharacterreservedmodesthumoroussportsmanshipconservative1Thebest-knownqualityoftheEnglishisbeingreserved.★1threservedreserved:adj.(ofapersonorhis
2、character)slowtoshowfeelingsorexpressopinions,disposition,manner,etc.寡言的；矜持的；ReservedPersonTheEnglishseemtobequietmostofthetime.Whenmakingajourney,theymaytrytheirbesttofindanemptyseatorcompartment.(车厢)However,theyarereallyhumanandpleasedwhenotherpeoplesucceedinbreakingthesilence.★2th
3、modest2Withintheirhearts,theEnglishareperhapsnolessconceitedthananybodyelse,butintheirrelationswithotherstheyvalueatleastashowofmodesty.Modest：Adj.谦虚的，谦逊的，谦恭的“I’mnotbad.”“IthinkI’mverygood.”“Well,I’mveryfondofit.”"IknowthetroubleIamcausingyou,butwouldyoumind。。。?""Idon'treallyliketoas
4、kyou,but。。。"3TheconservativenessoftheEnglishisfamousallovertheworld.However,theEnglishneverthinkitisimproper.Conservative:Adj.守旧的，保守的★3thconservativeTheconservativenessof theEnglishTheEnglishdoesnotusemetricsystemwhichworksasacommoncriterionintheworld,instead,theyusemile.Englandisone
5、ofthefewcountrieswhostillkeepsthemonarchy（君主政体）.theEnglishrefusedtousecentralheating,theypreferfireplaceandelectricstove.★4thHumorous4ThesenseofhumorishighlyvaluedinEngland.Itsstarting-pointisself-dispraise,anditsgreatenemyisconceit.Itsobjectistheabilitytolaughatoneself---atone’sownf
6、aults,one’sownfailure,evenatone’sownideals.TheEnglish’sHumorEnglishhumorAmanaskedforamealinarestaurant.Thewaiterbroughtthefoodandputitonthetable.Afteramoment,themancalledthewaiterandsaid:----"Waiter!Waiter!There'saflyinmysoup!"----"Pleasedon'tspeaksoloudly,sir,"saidthewaiter,"orevery
7、onewillwantone."EnglishhumorAnEnglishteacherwrotethesewordsonthewhiteboard:"womanwithouthermanisnothing".Theteacherthenaskedthestudentstopunctuatethewordscorrectly.Themenwrote:"Woman,withoutherman,isnothing."Thewomenwrote:"Woman!Withouther,manisnothing."★5thsportsmanship5Likeasenseof
8、humor,thisis
