Bryson and Paxman stand for common misconceptions about the weather-speak among the English.Both commentators, somehow, are missing the point.The English weather conversation is not really about the weather at all.English weather-speak is a system of signs,which is developed to help the speakers overcome the natural reserve and actually talk to each other.Everyone knows conversations starting with weather-speak are not requests for weather data.Rather, they are routine greetings,conversation starters or the blank “fillers”. In other words, English weather-speak is a means of social bonding.
72.The author mentions Dr.Johnson's comment to show that ________.
A.most commentators agree with Dr.Johnson
B.Dr.Johnson is famous for his weather observation
C.the comment was accurate two hundred years ago
D.English conversations usually start with the weather
73.What does the underlined word “obsession” most probably refer to?
A.A social trend.
B.An emotional state.
C.A historical concept.
D.An unknown phenomenon.
74.According to the passage,Jeremy Paxman believes that ________.
A.Bill Bryson has little knowledge of the weather
B.there is nothing special about the English weather
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