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■BritishSociety，PeopleandCulture

&edKingdom

&edKingdomismadeupoffland，Sd，Wales，andNortherisimportantnotonlytoknowthesegeographis，butalsseyandnationalismperceivedbythepopulationsofthesefournations。

&erms“English”and“British”dohesamething。“British”indieland，Sd，WalesorNorthernIreland。“Eespeland。PeoplefromSdare“SWales“Welsh”andfromNorthernIreland“Irish”。Makesurethatyoudon’teos，orNlish”。

◆TheClassSystem

Althoughifelefrroundshavehadmoreopportuoreceivehigheredu，wealthdistributionisgandmoreupardmobilityistakiheBritishclasssystemisstillverymupletealthoughinamoresubsciouslayingfieldisleveliishstillseemtoclassifypetoclass。

olongersimplyrelatedwithwealthorwhereoheBritishareabletosortoutsomeone’sberofplicatedvariableswhicludedemea，mannersandent。

◆AMulticulturalSociety

ey，sinceWorldWarII，Britainhasbeeinglydiverseasithasaodatedalargenumberofimmigrants，particularlyfromitsformeriessudia，PakistaIheblehnicgroupsadifficulttoexplain“Britishness”nowadaysaebreaksoutwithiionastowhatnoosesaBriton。

&iffUpperLip

&ishhavebeenhistoricallyfamousfortheirstiffupperlipand“blitzspirit”asdisplayedduringtheGermanbombingsofWorldWarII。This“griudeinthefaceofhardshiporembarrassmentuestobealivetoday。

Asanatiosdoousesuperlativesandmayerriblyvigorouswhehisdoesheydoroioheydoodisplaythempublicly。Theyusuallydonotshowaffelyandfreely，and，unlessyouknowsomeonewell，mayifyouplaaroundtheirshismostofteespeilymembersintheprivae，ratherthaninpublic。You’llseethattheBritishprefertokeepafewfeetofdistahemselvesaowhomtheyarespeaking。Ifyouhavehumiliatedsomeogetheirfacialexpression。

&ishareveryservativeandprivatepeople。Privacyisextremelyimportaishwillnotnecessarilyshowyouaroundtheirhomeand，infact，maykeepmostdoorsclosed。Theyhopeothersrespecttheirprivacy，whiotaskingpersohequestion，“Whereareyoufrom?”mayberegardedasao“place”thepersononthesocialorclasssclosefriendsdonotaskobviouslypersoions，particularlygone’sfinancialsituatioionships。

Thereisanappropriatewaytobehaveinmostsituatioisharesticklersforfollowingprotocol。TheBritishareabitmorereservedintheirbodylanguageaureswhilespeaking。TheyaregenerallymoreunfriendlyahanNorthandSouthAmeridSouthernEuropeans，andmayobeasopehebeginning。Ittakesloablishfriendship;however，oablishedtheytendtobedeepandmaylastovertimeanddistance。

■BritishEtiquetteands

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◇Theisthehandshake。

&ishmightseemalittlerigidandformalatfirst。

◇Avoidleasitmakespeoplefeelembarrassed。

&illsomeritualstoadheretowhenintrodugpeopleinabusinessormoreformalsocialsituation。Thisisoftenaclassdifferehe“upperclass”adheriandingtraditions:introdugerpersontoaroduceapersoustoapersous;whentwopeopleareeandrank，iheoneyoukheotherperson。

◆GiftGivie

◇GiftsareexgedbetweenfamilymembersandclosefriendsforbirthdaysandChristmas。

&bevaluable，butitshouldusuallyshottofihatcaterstothereceiver’sis。

◇Ifiosomeoisaboxofgoodchocolates，agoodbottleofwineorflowers。

◇Giftsareopenedwhenreceived。

◆Die

◇Unlikemaures，theBritisheiheirhomes。

◇AlthoughtheBritishattachgreatimportauality，youmayarrive10-15mihaodinner。However，bepunctualifgoi。

◇Tablemaial，i。e。uselefthandtoholdtheforkandthekherighthaing。

◇Theforkisheldtinesdownsofoodisremovedontothebackofthefork。Ittakestimetomasterthisskill。

&andinguntilshowntositdown。Youmaybedirectedtoaparticularseat。

◇Donotplaceyourelbowsoable。