Summary: book "Britain for Learners of English", James O'Driscoll
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| Port Out Startboard Home. The best cabins on a ship. A Multicultural society The third reason for caution about generalizations relates to the large scale immigration to Britain from places beyond the four nations since the second world war. It its cities at least, Britain is a multicultural society. There are areas of London, for example, in which a distinctively Indian way of life predominates, with Indian shops, Indian clothes and Indian languages. The Metric Martyrs are a British advocacy group who campaign for the freedom to choose what units of measurement are presented. Two greengrocers were prosecuted by the EU for selling their produce by the pound and not by the metric weights. They received a lot of popular support and financial help. The British have by the way hundred meanings of the word sorry. Distributing prohibited | Downloaded by Ngan Tien (nganctddongnai@yahoo.com.vn) lOMoARcPSD|2347954 Chapter 6: Political life The first thing you have to know about the British is to never discuss either religion or politics. Never trust a politician said by areal British person. Politicians do not have a good reputation with the British people. To describe someone as a politician is to criticize him or her, suggesting alack of trustworthiness. They don’t hate them, they’re not overly fond of them either. They just regard them with suspicion. People are not really shocked when the government is caught lying. On the other hand, they would be very shocked indeed if it was discovered that the government was doing anything definitely illegal. The first rule of politics is Never Believe Anything Until It’s Been Officially Denied. In Britain, it is generally accepted that politics is a dirty business. But, nevertheless, the British HATE/LOATHE coalitions. A hung parliament, something we basically have in the Netherlands always. There is the government and the parliament. The government runs the country. Has responsibility for developing and implanting policy and for drafting laws. It is also known as the executive. The parliament is the highest legislative authority in the UK. It has responsibility of government and examining debating and approving new laws. Also known as the legislature. Download 0.78 Mb. Share with your friends:
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