Now，I know what you’re thinking—we have rain in China and we have umbrellas too.Certainly，I will never forget the way it rained when I lived in Beijing: The streets became rivers at once and the sky was full of lightning for hours on end.People ran for cover under bin bags，the shops were emptied of their plastic raincoats within seconds and I found myself soaked from head to foot，my poorly­chosen skirt and T­shirt turned totally see­through.

　　来源：www.ziyuanku.comThis would never have happened in Britain.

　　For one thing，during my year in Beijing，it only really rained about 10 times.

　　But although we never get a Beijing­style washout in London，the drizzle that does fall is there all the time.Even when the sky is perfectly blue，you can be sure it’s going to cloud over and start drizzling again within the hour.

　　来源：www.ziyuanku.comAnd when it does，there is chaos.Trains stop and buses break down as if this were the first time the local authorities had seen this wet stuff coming out of the clouds.

　　So—as with so many things in the UK—it’s up to ordinary people to sort themselves out.No self­respecting Briton will ever leave home without his or her “brolly”—as the umbrella is known to us.

　　A brolly has hundreds of uses，even on rare rain­free days.A real gentleman of London will use his umbrella as a walking stick.A traditional game of cricket(板球) can be played using an umbrella as a bat(球棒)．Nor do you ever have to be afraid of robbers—your umbrella doubles as a defensive weapon.

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