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England
- 1. ENGLAND SARAY BECERRA AIDA TURRILLAS LUCIAMACHO Mº ÁNGEL GARCÍA 1º BACHILLERATO
- 2. CUSTOMS English customs arevery different from the Spanish customs, here are some of them: 1- GREETINGS INSTEAD OF KISSES: while in Spain people usually kiss twice when they meet someone , in the UK the custom is exclusively to shake hands.
- 3. 2- PUNCTUALITY: Thistopic is completely true. The minium delay to get to an appointment should be made, it is considered as impolite to arrive late. 3- TV LICENCE: Anyone who owns a TV set has to pay an anual fee to finance the expenses of the BBC and if he doesn´t pay , the fine may be 1000 pounds. 4- The English queue for every thing and always respect their turn. 5- CASHBACK: It consists of a amount exceeding the purchase to pay with a card and receive the change in cash.
- 4. 6- TEA: Teatime is between 3 and 5 in the afternoon. It consists of tea, scones and jam.. 7- Schedules: In England the custom tends to be : Breakfast before work, lunch at work between 12 and 13:30 (a sandwich for example) and between 6 and 8 in the afternoon eating dinner. Stores open at 10 in the morning and close at 18:00 hours.
- 5. TRADITIONS England is acountry that keeps alive many traditions and that is because it has a lot of ethnic festivals. Some which stand out are for example, the celebration that takes place on St. George's Day, which is considereded the national patron of England , as well as Halloween or Easter. Christmas is celebrated on December 25th with a very special dinner for the whole family.
- 6. Another typical festivalis the Harvest Festival ,which is a celebration for the cultivated products, although this is a custom that takes places in almost all agricultural countries of the world. At present the tradition of the festival is to decorate the churches with baskets with fruits obtained from the earth, this celebration is usually done in the month of September. It is a day to honour all those men and women who were killed during the 2 World Wars.
- 7. GASTRONOMY The typical foodin England is characterized by sharing influences from China, India and other countries. In the field of fast food, the gastronomy of England has been able to make famous the fish and chips, which is a fried fish fillet, commonly cod or pollack, served with thick-cut chips in a paper cone. The most important food for the British is breakfast: scrambled eggs with bacon, sausage, tomato, grapefruit juice, toast of assorted breads and coffee. Dinner, is not served too late, it starts with a drink, main course and dessert.
- 8. These are themost well- known dishes: Fish and chips: It is a classic and probably the best known. Pasty: It's a meat pie with vegetables and potatoes. Roast beef: Any roasted pork or lamb, with elaborate sauces. Baked beans: carrots and brocoli, all cooked.
- 9. SOCIAL LIFE People inthe UK, due to their cimate and schedules, have a very quiet life and a sweet and social character. Popular pastime activities are watching series, movies, videos and listening to music. Among other hobbies, the British do many sports. All pubs in the small towns are decorated in the traditional style. In them you can have fun with games like darts and play snooker, which is a game very similar to billiards.
- 10. Despite all theactivities they do, they have a very quiet life. Their lives are performed more during the day than night. (Snooker)
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