How does culture of the country influence peoples lifestyle

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How does culture of the country influence
peoples lifestyle?

• What Russians think of England

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Almost all have an opinion of the British.

• We watch British TV programmes, see James Bond
  films and read detective stories by Agatha
  Cristie.
• Children read British books like
  Winnie-the-Pooh and Alice in Wonderland.

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Britain images

• When we think of the country, we think of London
  which itself is covered with fog. The average
  British man wears a bowler hat and carries an
  umbrella. He waits in a queue for the bus, eats
  fish and chips, and drinks a lot of tea. He has a
  servant everyone in Britain does and he has
  great respect for the Queen.

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The behaviour of the British

• Everyone admires the behaviour of the British,
  although no one would ever want all their social
  rules. We think of the British as being perfectly
  polite and proper, always knowing which fork and
  knife to use, always saying please, thank you
  and excuse me.

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The English language

• The British are quaint, but in a nice way.
  British English has words and structures that
  have not been used in the US for a long time, so
  it sounds old-fashioned or formal.
• Britons are also famous for their reserve and
  their stiff upper lip, i.e. for not showing
  their feelings in public.

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People who have been to Britain have some
negative impressions to add to the positive.

• The British are snobbish and do not seem very
  friendly. The famous British reserve seems cold
  to Russians who communicate in an open
  enthusiastic way.

• Overcooked food, the smallness of the houses, and
  the weather which is always dull or rainy, are
  other favourite complaints of visitors to the
  old country.

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• But in spite of these facts, the view of
  Britain is, in general, very positive and for
  many tourists, going to Britain is almost like
  going home.