• 总的来说，英国人安静、内向、矜持，只 有在非常熟悉的人面前才会表现得轻松自 如。
• Overall, British people quiet, shy, reserved, and only in front of the person is very familiar with ease.
• quality of the British, and in particular of the English, is “reserved.” A reserved person is one who does not talk very much to strangers, does not show much emotion, and seldom gets excited. It is difficult to get to know a reserved person: he never tells you anything about himself, and you may work with him for years without ever knowing where he lives, how many children he has, and what his interests are. English people tend to be like that.
• 在其他的欧洲人看来，英国人，尤其是英格兰人的 最明显的特点是“沉默寡言”。一个沉默寡言的人 不大同陌生人说话，情感不大外露，也很少激动。 要想了解一个沉默寡言的人很困难：他从不谈及他 的身世，即使你与他工作数年，也许你不知道他家 住在哪里，有几个子女，有些什么兴趣爱好。英国 人往往就是这样。
• 在陌生人或是外国人面前他们常常显得拘 谨，甚至局促不安。
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• 英国人被认为是一个与其他民族大不相同 的民族，即使是他的近邻法国、比利时和 荷兰。
• The British is considered to be a very different from other ethnic people, even his neighbor France, Belgium and the Netherlands.
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• 不管是什么原因，总之说英国人在心态和 习惯上已经形成了明显区别于别国的特征 是公正合理的。
• Whatever the reason, in a word said the British on the attitude and habit has been formed the obvious difference in other countries' feature is fair and reasonable.
• 有人说英国天气的变化常常出乎天气预报 的预料，因此成了大家的兴趣所在和推测 的话题。
• Some people say that the British often changes in the weather to predictБайду номын сангаасthe weather forecast, thus became the topic of interest and speculation.
• 毫无疑问英国人没办法信任他们的天气专 家——天气预报员。
• There is no doubt that the British people can't trust their weather experts - weather forecasters.
• 很多时候他们说接下来几天会晴空万里、 阳光普照，但是从大西洋来的反气旋却给 整个地区带来了绵绵降雨。
• 据推断，居住在远离欧洲大陆其他国家的 岛屿上对这种差别的产生有很大影响。
• Deduced that the living on this island away from the rest of the continent, has a great influence on the differences.
• 他们会在一个晴朗的夏天早晨胳膊上挂着 一件雨衣手里拿着一把雨伞出门，因为多 变的天气会大中午的下起瓢泼大雨。
• They will be on a fine summer morning arm hung a raincoat with an umbrella in his hand out of the door, because of the changeable weather will noon under the pouring rain.
• Many times over the next few days, they say, could be clear and sunny, but from the Atlantic to the anticyclone brought continuous rainfall to the whole region.
• In front of strangers or foreigners they often seem to be inhibited, even embarrassed.
• 英国人对天气的痴迷是人所共知的事实， 只要有半点机会他们都会将这个话题进行 到底。
• British people's fascination with weather is a well known fact, as long as there is any chance they will put this topic through to the end.