Visitors to Britain may find the best place to sample local culture is in a traditional pub. But these friendly hostelries can be minefields of potential gaffes for the uninitiated.
An anthropologist and a team of researchers have unveiled some of the arcane rituals of British pubs -- starting with the difficulty of getting a drink. Most pubs have no waiters -- you have to go to the bar to buy drinks. A group of Italian youths waiting 45 minutes before they realized they would have to fetch their own. This may sound inconvenient, but there is a hidden purpose.
Pub culture is designed to promote sociability in a society known for its reserve. Standing at the bar for service allows you to chat with others waiting to be served. The bar counter is possibly the only site in the British Isles in which friendly conversation with strangers is considered entirely appropriate and really quite normal behavior. "If you haven’t been to a pub, you haven’t been
A. tradition
B. friend
C. danger
D. research
Visitors to Britain may find the best place to sample local culture is in a traditional pub. But these friendly hostelries can be (1) of potential discourtesies and offenses for the (2) .
An anthropologist and a team of researchers have unveiled some of the mysterious (3) of British pubs—starting with the difficulty of getting a drink. Most pubs have (4) waiters—you have to go to the bar to buy drinks. A group of Italian youths waiting 45 minutes (5) they realized they would have to (6) their own drinks. This may sound inconvenient, but there is a (7) purpose.
Pub culture is designed to (8) sociability in a society (9) . its reserve. Standing at the bar for service (10) you to chat with others waiting to (11) . The bar counter is possibly the only (12) in the British Isles in which friendly conversation with strangers is considered (13) app
A. minefields
B. battlefields
C. paradises
D. occasions
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