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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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