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就像中国人见面时,彼此之间通过拉家常来互致问候一样,英美人特别是英国人见面时会很自然地说上一句“What’s the weather like today?”或“How is the weather today?”或“It’s fine today,isn’t it?”。形成这种习惯的主要原因,一方面是英国的天气变化无常,更为重要的原因是英国人不喜欢在别人面前谈论诸如年龄、个人收入、家庭等私人琐事,也不愿涉及当地的政治事务,谈论天气不会引起他人误解,也不会招致不必要的麻烦。英美人在谈论天气时,可谓花样繁多。
Just as the Chinese people meet each other, they often exchange greetings with each other, especially when the British and Americans meet each other, it is natural to say “What’s the weather like today?” Or “How is the weather today? ”or“ It’s fine today, is not it? ”. The main reason for the formation of this habit is that on the one hand the weather in the UK is volatile and the more important reason is that the British people do not like to talk about other private matters such as age, personal income, family, etc., and do not want to be involved in local political affairs , Talking about the weather will not cause any misunderstanding, it will not lead to unnecessary trouble. British and American people can talk about the weather when it comes to tricks.