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1、Lecture4(PartOne)TheEnglishCharacterEnglishCharacteristics(1)TootherEuropeans,thebestknownqualityoftheBritish,andinparticularoftheEnglish,is‘reserve’.Areservedpersonisonewhodoesnottalkverymuchtostrangers,doesnotshowmuchemotion,andseldomgetsexcited.Itisdifficulttog
2、ettoknowareservedperson;henevertellsyouanythingabouthimself,wherehelives,howmanychildrenhehas&whathisinterestsare.ReasonsfortheEnglishReserve(1)ItisbelievedthattheEnglishreservehasmuchtodowiththeweatherinEngland.Themeteorologicalconditionsarespecialandtheweatheris
3、changeable&unpredictable.InEngland,itissaidthatonecanexperience4seasonsinthecourseofasingleday.TheuncertaintyabouttheweatherhashadadefiniteeffectupontheEnglishman’scharacter.Ittendstomakehimcarefulcautious&restrained.TheEnglishweatherhasalsohelpedtomaketheEnglishm
4、anadaptable.ReasonsfortheEnglishReserve(2)OtherpeoplethinkthattheEnglishreservehassomethingtodowiththefactthatBritainisanislandthatisseparated/isolatedfromtheEuropeanContinent.TheisolationhascontributedtothecautiousnatureoftheBritishpeople.Theytendtobeveryshy,rese
5、rvedandeasilyembarrassed.Theyarenotoutgoing.Therefore,peoplefromotherpartsoftheworldmaythinkthemnoteasytogetalongwith.EnglishCharacteristics(2)CloselyrelatedtoEnglishreserveisEnglishmodesty.Withintheirheart,theEnglishareperhapsnolessconceitedthananybodyelse,butint
6、heirrelationswithotherstheyvalueatleastashowofmodesty.Self-praiseisfelttobeill-bred.Self-depreciationistypicallyEnglish,&mixedwiththeirreserve,itoftenproducesasortofgeneralairofindifferencewhichappearstoforeignersasapose,difficulttounderstand&evenirritating.Englis
7、hCharacteristics(3)ThefamousEnglishsenseofhumorissimilar.Itsstarting-pointisself-depreciation&itsgreatenemyisconceit.Itsidealistheabilitytolaughatoneself---atone’sownfaults,one’sownfailures&embarrassments,evenatone’sownideals.TheEnglishdonotlaughatacrippleoramadma
8、n,atragedyoranhonorablefailure.Sympathyoradmirationforartisticskillarefelttobestrongerthanlaughter.EnglishCharacteristics(4)Sincereserve,ashowofmodesty&
