General English. Ульянова О.В - 122 стр.

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The Englishman prefers his own house to an apartment in a block of
flats, because he doesn't want his doing to be overlooked by his
neighbours. "An Englishman's house is his castle."
American society seems to be much more informal than the British in
some ways, is characterized by less social distinction. Students do not rise
when a teacher enters the room. One does not always address a person by
his title, such as "Major" or "General" or "Doctor".
However, it is best to use a person's title when first meeting him/her, and
then allow the person to tell you how he/she wishes to be called.
They use first names when calling each other, slap on the back, joke and
are much freer in their speech, which is more slangy than the
conventional British English. You will often hear the word "Hi" (a form
of greeting among friends) used instead of the usual “Hello”, and
"Howdy" instead of "How do you do?"
Those who don't easily show these signs of friendship are called "snooty"
or snobbish." In contrast, people who show such simple signs of
friendship, particularly to their own economic and social inferiors, are
praised as "regular guys," or as "truly democratic." As a description of
character, democratic is generally used to signify that a person high social
or economic status acts in such a way that his or her inferiors are not
resided of their inferiority.
Слова для запоминания:
striking поразительный
feature черта, особенность
courtesy учтивость
disputing спор
to rush бросаться,
устремляться
excitedly взволнованно,
возбужденно
good-tempered уравновешенный
cheerful неунываюищй,
веселый
to boast хвастаться
to show off красоваться
to conceal скрывать
to mention упомянать
to overlook смотреть за,
наблюдать
distinction отличие
respectful уважительный
to slap on the back
похлопывать
по спине
inferior нижестоящий
to signify обозначать
to remind напоминать
inferiority низшее положение
consciousness сознание
to be likely быть склонным
superior выше стоящий
to observe наблюдать
social occasion социальная
ситуация
to remove (зд.) снимать

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