British custom

Meeting: British people usually shake hands when they meet for the first time. Except for men and women in love, most people walk without holding hands. British people don't like others to interfere in their private lives.

When you visit an Englishman, you must knock at the door before you can go in. Gentlemen should take off their hats when entering the room, but women don't have to take off their hats indoors.

The topic that British people often talk about in daily life is the weather, which is often the first topic.

Ladies first, gentlemanly demeanor: In Britain, respecting women is an important aspect of showing gentlemanly demeanor. Ladies first is a well-known code of conduct.

Toilet and go to "100": The original meaning of the word toilet is a place to wash hands or faces, but its practical meaning is toilet. When the British go to the toilet, they don't simply say "go to the toilet". If you want to go to the toilet, you can say "go to the men's room" or "go to the women's room", or you can say "please forgive me for a few minutes" or "I want to wash my hands" and so on. Children say "I'm going to that place" when they want to pee. Among relatives and friends, "go 100" is the most commonly used expression.

Gifts and tipping: In Britain, tipping is limited to waiters and taxi drivers. In addition to meals and fares, you have to pay110 or 1/8. You should also pay a small tip after the hotel waiter or railway porter serves you.

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Festivals:

There are mainly Christmas, New Year's Day, Easter (one day in March-April, the first Sunday after the vernal equinox), Thanksgiving (165438+1the fourth Thursday in October) and other bank holidays (April, May, August and the Monday after Christmas). There are four uncertain dates related to other festivals.

In Britain, the birthdays of bank holidays and the Queen are quite special festivals.

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prescribe a diet

English people who are not good at cooking often have sandwiches or hamburgers at noon or evening. The best thing is to cook some clean beans to eat.

The following is my own observation:

Potatoes are the most common and commonly used food in Britain. Bake a big potato, cut it, and put different fillings (such as salad, meat sauce, etc. ) It's inside.

The more famous food in Britain is fish. French fries, golden fried fish are delicious, and wide French fries with crispy outside and tender inside (different from McDonald's), sprinkled with salt and British red vinegar, are delicious.

Local pudding is also a British specialty food.

Now Britain has colonized many countries before, so the food is also diverse. The most common is Indian kebabs. Adding various vegetables and sauces to the cake is a good choice for hot food (in Britain, dinner is divided into cold food or hot food).

Afternoon tea in Britain is very famous. Tea in Britain is mainly afternoon tea (around 4 pm, not 3 pm in Hong Kong 15), and eating high tea is also called meat tea (5-6 pm). Afternoon tea mainly includes refreshments, tea or coffee, while high tea generally has frozen meat, not necessarily tea.

British tea is famous, which should refer to Indian Darjeeling black tea and earl grey or Ceylon Highland black tea. At that time, this land was a British colony. Traditionally, the so-called British black tea is actually Ceylon black tea.

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Unlike us, Britain is a conservative and polite country, which may make you feel even a little cold and lifeless. The new generation of British people are crazy, but it is interesting that when they get old, they will become very traditional British people. And I feel that our children are very disciplined when they are young, but they often go out of line for freedom when they grow up.

British society is very systematic, and jumping the queue will be despised and looked down upon by everyone. In fact, none of them will do this.