What, exactly, attracts summer visitors to Britain?

Jill Eckersley asked six tour guides to sum up their customers reactions to the natives. Here is what they think of us... ___________________ Well, Scandinavians expect the British to be eccentric. They dont mind having to wait an hour for a bus, because they think its so typically British. But the first impression they get is a bad one theres so much litter around. Swedish holiday brochures even caution clients not to expect the same standards of cleanliness in English hotels. They also find London Transport ludicrously expensive. ___________________ Curiously enough, the French are impressed by English food. Its probably because theyre expecting it to be terrible. Germans are pleasantly surprised to find that England looks less poverty-stricken than they expect, and often ask how we can afford to keep up the monarchy and all our ceremonial tradition. They admire Britain and the British, though they think were old-fashioned. The Japanese seem to notice the way so many clocks on public buildings show different times. They cant understand why no one bothers to correct them. ___________________ The first thing the Italians notice when they come to Britain, apart from the weather, is the number of houses. Most urban Italians live in flats, even in the suburbs. They think the British must be very honest too, as so many houses have glass front doors. They cant believe the London newspaper-sellers who leave a pile of papers and a tin for customers money. They adore the countryside and notice all kind of things like how few children seem to play in the streets, how rarely British drivers sound their horns, and how oddly English women dress! Jellje meg X-jellel, igaznak vagy hamisnak tartja-e az albbi lltsokat! TRUE 1. A skandinvok szerint az angolok klncek. 2. Angliban rkig kell vrni egy buszra. 3. Az angol utck igen tisztk. 4. A londoni kzlekeds nevetsgesen drga. 5. A francikat elborzasztja az angol konyha. 6. A nmetek szerint az angolok rgimdiak. 7. Az angol rk mindig pontosak. 8. Az olaszok tbbsge kertes hzban lakik. 9. Az olaszoknak tetszik az angol vidk. 10. Az angol nk furn ltznek. FALSE

Szszedet Angol exactly to attract, -ed, ~ visitor tour guide Magyar pontosan vonz, csbt, csalogat ltogat Angol to caution, -ed, ~ client standard cleanliness transport ludicrously expensive curiously enough to be impressed food probably terrible Magyar figyelmeztet, v, int gyfl, megbz szabvny, minta, tpus, modell tisztasg (utas)szllts nevetsgesen drga, kltsges klnskppen, furcsa mdon elg(g) nagy hatssal van tel, lelem valsznleg, taln rettenetes, iszony, borzalmas, szrny kellemesen meglepett ltszik, tnik, kinz kevsb nincstelen, szegnyes gyakran, sokszor kzplet klnbz, klnfle rt, megrt zavar, bosszant, terhel kijavt, helyesbt vmin kvl, vmitl eltekintve vrosi

idegenvezet sszead, sszegez, to sum up, summed, ~ sszefoglal customer vev, vsrl, gyfl reaction native well to expect, -ed, ~ eccentric to mind, -ed, ~ impression litter around Swedish Scandinavian holiday brochure to afford, -ed, ~ to keep up, kept, ~ monarchy ceremonial tradition to admire, -d, ~ though reakci, vlasz hazai nos, ht, jl vr, gondol, hisz klnc, furcsa foglalkozik, trdik benyoms

szemt pleasantly krltte, krs-krl, to be surprised megkzeltleg svd to look, -ed, ~ skandinv szabadsg, nyarals, nnepnap brosra, fzet megengedhet magnak, mdjban van fenntart monarchia szertartsos, nneplyes hagyomny, szoks csodlkozik, csodl, bmul (m)br, habr, noha less poverty-stricken often public building different to understand, understood, ~ to bother, -ed, ~ to correct, -ed, ~ apart from urban

Angol old-fashioned to seem, -ed, ~ to do sg to notice, -d, ~ way clock to think, thought, ~ honest too as glass front door to believe, -d, ~ like few child, children rarely driver

Magyar rgimdi, rgies ltszik, tnik szrevesz, megfigyel t, md ra gondol, vl, kpzel becsletes, szinte, nylt, rendes, jraval

Angol weather to live, -d, ~ flat even suburb newspaper-seller to leave, left, ~

Magyar idjrs l, lakik laks mg klvros jsgrus otthagy, elhagy halom, raks, kteg, csom bdogdoboz, konzervdoboz imd, rajong vidk, vidki tj fajta, fle megszlaltat krt, duda klnsen, furcsn n, nk ltzkdik

szintn, is; tl, nagyon a pile of mivel; mint veg bejrati ajt hisz, gondol, vl mint kevs gyerek, gyerekek ritkn sofr, jrmvezet tin to adore, -d, ~ countryside kind of to sound, -ed, ~ horn oddly woman, women to dress, -ed, ~