In the United States，if you make it to the ripe old age of 101 or 102， Willard Scott will wish you happy birthday on national television.In England，the Queen herself will send her congratulations.This fairly new custom is known as “the Queen's Telegram” and assures centenarians(people at least 100 years old) that they will receive a birthday telegram from the queen on their onehundredth birthday.The telegram is so longed for by some Brits that one 98yearold woman was recently proved to have faked her age by two years just to receive the telegram.

　　High Tea

　　High tea was first enjoyed by the English working class during the 1700s.This tradition began as a practical attempt to hold off hunger pains between breakfast and supper，as eating just two daily meals was common at the time.It was called “high” tea because it was usually taken sitting on top of stools in a tea shop or standing at a counter or buffet table.Today，high tea has become a more elegant and popular tradition that is practiced in fine hotels and restaurants around the world.

　　Public Houses

　　Visiting a pub is one of Britain's oldest forms of entertainment.The idea for the first public houses was brought to Britain thousands of years ago by the conquering Roman army.The first pubs served wine， but after the discovery of hops(啤酒花) in the 14th century，pubs began to serve mainly beer and ale(麦芽酒)，as they do today.

【高考英语同步练习 周末自主测评二十一 Units 3~4 Films and film events 译林版选修8】相关文章：

★ （安徽专用）2014届高考英语一轮复习方案 作业手册（20）模块7 《Unit 20 New Frontiers》（含解析） 北师大版必修1

★ 2014届高考英语一轮复习课时作业(七)必修2Module 1《Our Body and Healthy Habits》（外研版）

★ 2014届高考英语一轮复习课时作业(五)必修1Module 5《A Lesson in a Lab》（外研版）

★ 【北师大版】2014届高考英语一轮复习指导课时作业：Unit 11 B卷 Word版含解析

★ 【三维设计】2017届高考英语（江苏专用）二轮复习课件：必修3 Unit 3《Back to the past》

★ 【三维设计】2017届高考英语（江苏专用）二轮复习课件：必修1 Unit 3《Looking good feeling good》

★ （安徽专用）2014届高考英语一轮复习方案 作业手册（14）模块5 《Unit 14 Careers》（含解析） 北师大版必修1

★ 四川省2016届高考英语一轮复习课时作业（47） Module 5 The Conquest of the Universe 外研版选修8

★ 2014届高考英语一轮复习课时作业(二十九)必修5Module 5《The Great Sports Personality》（外研版）

★ 【北京专用】2014届高考英语一轮复习方案课时作业：必修5 Unit 3 Life in the future