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1、Lecture4(PartOne)TheEnglishCharacterEnglishCharacteristics(1)TootherEuropeans,thebestknownqualityoftheBritish,andinparticularoftheEnglish,is‘reserve’.Areservedpersonisonewhodoesnottalkverymuchtostrangers,doesnotshowmuchemotion,andseldomgetsexcited.Itisdifficulttogettoknowa
2、reservedperson;henevertellsyouanythingabouthimself,wherehelives,howmanychildrenhehas&whathisinterestsare.ReasonsfortheEnglishReserve(1)ItisbelievedthattheEnglishreservehasmuchtodowiththeweatherinEngland.Themeteorologicalconditionsarespecialandtheweatherischangeable&unpredi
3、ctable.InEngland,itissaidthatonecanexperience4seasonsinthecourseofasingleday.TheuncertaintyabouttheweatherhashadadefiniteeffectupontheEnglishman’scharacter.Ittendstomakehimcarefulcautious&restrained.TheEnglishweatherhasalsohelpedtomaketheEnglishmanadaptable.ReasonsfortheEn
4、glishReserve(2)OtherpeoplethinkthattheEnglishreservehassomethingtodowiththefactthatBritainisanislandthatisseparated/isolatedfromtheEuropeanContinent.TheisolationhascontributedtothecautiousnatureoftheBritishpeople.Theytendtobeveryshy,reservedandeasilyembarrassed.Theyarenoto
5、utgoing.Therefore,peoplefromotherpartsoftheworldmaythinkthemnoteasytogetalongwith.EnglishCharacteristics(2)CloselyrelatedtoEnglishreserveisEnglishmodesty.Withintheirheart,theEnglishareperhapsnolessconceitedthananybodyelse,butintheirrelationswithotherstheyvalueatleastashowo
6、fmodesty.Self-praiseisfelttobeill-bred.Self-depreciationistypicallyEnglish,&mixedwiththeirreserve,itoftenproducesasortofgeneralairofindifferencewhichappearstoforeignersasapose,difficulttounderstand&evenirritating.EnglishCharacteristics(3)ThefamousEnglishsenseofhumorissimil
7、ar.Itsstarting-pointisself-depreciation&itsgreatenemyisconceit.Itsidealistheabilitytolaughatoneself---atone’sownfaults,one’sownfailures&embarrassments,evenatone’sownideals.TheEnglishdonotlaughatacrippleoramadman,atragedyoranhonorablefailure.Sympathyoradmirationforartistics
8、killarefelttobestrongerthanlaughter.EnglishCharacteristics(4)Sincereserve,ashowofmodesty&
