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, there is an unwritten but clearly understood code of behavior, which, once
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, makes the offender immediately the object of
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.
One of the few things we can say about the British with certainty is that a British takes a(n)
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to the discussion of their weather and that, if given a chance, he will talk about it
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. Some people argue that it is because the British weather
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follows forecast and thus becomes a source of interest to everyone. This may be so. Certainly a British cannot have much
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in the weathermen, whose predictions, in many cases,
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to be wrong! The man in the street seems to be as accurate – or as inaccurate – as the weathermen in his
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.
Foreigners may be surprised at the number of references
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weather that the British make to each other in the course of a single day. Very often conversational greetings are
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by comments on the weather. “Nice day, isn’t it?” “Beautiful day!” may well be heard instead of “Good morning, how are you?”
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the foreigner may consider this exaggerated (夸大) and comic, it is worthwhile pointing out that it could be used to his
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