To the question “Describe the Englishman”, many of you would answer: “Stiff, polite, love tea and always talk about the weather.” The opinion of most readers would be based on well-known stereotypes that are not always true.
An important role in creating such stereotypes is played by the literary works of the most famous Russian and English writers: the vivid artistic image of the heroes leaves a trace in our memory for a long time and forms an attitude towards a particular nation. Here is an example from the novel Orlando by the English writer Virginia Woolf:
1. We can't work on this project together: we are on different wavelengths. 2. My sister's very spoilt: she always gets her own way. 3. What was Sam ranting and raving about earlier? We could hear him in the next room! 4 . If you don't stand up to John, he'll just get worse. 5 . Vicky walks all over Tom, but he doesn't seem to mind. 6. Don't take all the gossip at face value. 7 . Haley has small talk down to a fine art . 8. It's no use trying to talk to Lily: she is in a world of her own at the moment.
Объяснение:
To the question “Describe the Englishman”, many of you would answer: “Stiff, polite, love tea and always talk about the weather.” The opinion of most readers would be based on well-known stereotypes that are not always true.
An important role in creating such stereotypes is played by the literary works of the most famous Russian and English writers: the vivid artistic image of the heroes leaves a trace in our memory for a long time and forms an attitude towards a particular nation. Here is an example from the novel Orlando by the English writer Virginia Woolf:
2. My sister's very spoilt: she always gets her own way.
3. What was Sam ranting and raving about earlier? We could hear him in the next room!
4 . If you don't stand up to John, he'll just get worse.
5 . Vicky walks all over Tom, but he doesn't seem to mind.
6. Don't take all the gossip at face value.
7 . Haley has small talk down to a fine art .
8. It's no use trying to talk to Lily: she is in a world of her own at the moment.