英國人的性格英文(The-Character-of-the-English)

Characterofthe

EnglishTypicalEnglishcharacterreservedmodesthumoroussportsmanshipconservative1Thebest-knownqualityoftheEnglishisbeingreserved.

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reservedreserved:adj.(ofapersonorhischaracter)slowtoshowfeelingsorexpressopinions,disposition,manner,etc.寡言的；矜持的；

ReservedPersonTheEnglishseemtobequietmostofthetime.Whenmakingajourney,theymaytrytheirbesttofindanemptyseatorcompartment.(車廂)However,theyarereallyhumanandpleasedwhenotherpeoplesucceedinbreakingthesilence.★2th

modest

2Withintheirhearts,theEnglishareperhapsnolessconceitedthananybodyelse,butintheirrelationswithotherstheyvalueatleastashowofmodesty.

Modest：Adj.謙虛的，謙遜的，謙恭的

modestyCloselyrelatedtoEnglishreserveisEnglishmodesty.Withintheirhearts,theEnglishareperhapsnolessconceitedthananybodyelse,butintheirrelationswithotherstheyvalueatleastashowofmodesty.Self-praiseisfelttobeimpolite.與英國人的緘默密切相關(guān)的是英國人的謙虛。在英國人的內(nèi)心，他們的自負(fù)不亞于任何其他的民族。但在與別人交往時(shí)，他們注重謙虛，起碼要表現(xiàn)出一種謙虛的姿態(tài)。自夸被認(rèn)為是不禮貌的。“I’mnotbad.”

“IthinkI’mverygood.”

“Well,I’mveryfondofit.”Ifapersonisverygoodattennisandsomeoneaskshimifheisagoodplayer,hewillseldomreply“Yes,”becausepeoplewillthinkhimconceited.Hewillprobablygiveananswerlike,“I’mnotbad,”or“Well,I’mverykeenontennis.”Evenifhehadmanagedtoreachthefinalsinlastyear’slocalchampionships,hewouldsayitinsuchawayastosuggestthatitwasonlyduetoapieceofgoodluck.

如果一個(gè)人網(wǎng)球打得很好，當(dāng)有人問他是不是一個(gè)網(wǎng)球好手時(shí)，他很少會(huì)回答說“是”，因?yàn)槿绻卮稹笆恰?，人們?huì)認(rèn)為他很自負(fù)。他很可能會(huì)這樣回答：“還不錯(cuò)?！被蛘摺拔矣X得我還行?！被蛘摺班?，我挺喜歡打網(wǎng)球。”即使他在去年當(dāng)?shù)氐木W(wǎng)球錦標(biāo)賽上打入了決賽，他也許會(huì)說只是碰上了好運(yùn)氣。

"IknowthetroubleIamcausingyou,butwouldyoumind。。。?"

"Idon'treallyliketoaskyou,but。。。"

3TheconservativenessoftheEnglishisfamousallovertheworld.However,theEnglishneverthinkitisimproper.

Conservative:Adj.守舊的，保守的

★3thconservativeTheconservativenessof

theEnglishTheEnglishdoesnotusemetricsystemwhichworksasacommoncriterionintheworld,instead,theyusemile.

Englandisoneofthefewcountrieswhostillkeepsthemonarchy（君主政體）.theEnglishrefusedtousecentralheating,theypreferfireplaceandelectricstove.

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Humorous4ThesenseofhumorishighlyvaluedinEngland.

Itsstarting-pointisself-dispraise,anditsgreatenemyisconceit.Itsobjectistheabilitytolaughatoneself---atone’sownfaults,one’sownfailure,evenatone’sownideals.BritishHumorEnglishhumorAmanaskedforamealinarestaurant.Thewaiterbroughtthefoodandputitonthetable.Afteramoment,themancalledthewaiterandsaid:----"Waiter!Waiter!There'saflyinmysoup!"----"Pleasedon'tspeaksoloudly,sir,"saidthewaiter,"oreveryonewillwantone."EnglishhumorAnEnglishteacherwrotethesewordsonthewhiteboard:"womanwithouthermanisnothing".Theteacherthenaskedthestudentstopunctuatethewordscorrectly.Themenwrote:"Woman,withoutherman,isnothing."Thewomenwrote:"Woman!Withouther,manisnothing."Mr.Bean(搞笑）憨豆先生在火車上（Mr.BeanonaTrain)_標(biāo)清.flv★5thsportsmanship5Likeasenseofhumor,thisisanEnglishidealwhichnotallEnglishmenliveupto.sportsmanship：n.運(yùn)動(dòng)精神Boxing,rugby（英式橄欖球）,football,hockey（曲棍球）,tennisandcricket（板球）

wereallfirstorganizedandgivenrulesinBritain.Rulesaretheessenceofsport,andsportsmanshipistheabilitytopracticeasportaccordingtoitsrules,whilealsoshowinggenerositytoone’sopponentandgoodtemperindefeat.Sportsmanship“straightfromtheshoulder”isusedtodescribeawell-aimed,strongcriticism“belowthebelt”isusedtodescribeanunfaircriticismOneofthemostelementaryrulesoflifeis“neverhitamanwhenhe’sdown”

SportsmanshipHesecretlylooksdownonmoreexcitablenations,andlikestothinkofhimselfasmorereliablethanthey.

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