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Write five features of the English national character (in order of importance). Compare them with your group-mates.

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Write five features of the Russian national character (in order of importance)

Write five features of the English national character (in order of importance). Compare them with your group-mates.

3. Read the text about the English national character. What features are typical of the Russians, the Spaniards, the French, the Germans, the Americans? Do you agree with this opinion?

ENGLISN NATIONAL CHARACTER

Almost every nation has a reputation of some kind. For example, it has been generally recognized that the Russian peo­ple are generous, open-hearted, kind; the Spaniards are said to be noble and very proud; the French are supposed to be amo­rous and light-minded. The Germans are believed to be very efficient but rather dull; the Americans are considered to be boastful, energetic, technically-minded and easy-going.

Now, what about the Eng­lish? What is a typical English­man like? Many people, especially those who never lived in England, picture the Englishman so:

A tall, slim, fair-haired gen­tleman, with regular aristocratic features and a look of superior­ity in his blue eyes; conscious of his historic mis­sion “to rule the world”; formal, cold, very reserved even in his relations with his fellow Englishmen; living in reasonable luxury in his suburban country house which is supposed to be his “castle” and going on short round-the-world trips in a private yacht, now and then, just to prove that Britain still remains the country of great sailors; very conservative in his po­litical and social views; well-bred, polite, quiet, reticent in speech; fond of sports and animals; and at last, possessing a great sense of humour, a special “Eng­lish type” of humour, often dif­ficult to understand for for­eigners.

Many books and articles have been written on this subject by different authors, both English, giving first-hand information, and foreign, who have lived in Britain long enough to know.

Some of them are full of praise and admiration for this country and its people, others are rather critical; some present a serious study of the subject, others are just humorous; some are true to fact, others may be erroneous.

All of them help us to understand better and get to know these people.

 

 

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