BR 01: How to be an Alien

In England, the weather is always an interesting, exciting, subject and you must be good at talking about it. (p.7)

     I was interested in the English people's behave for others. Like Japanese people, they often talk about the weather when they see others. For them, talking about it is common, so they tend to judge them by their way to talk.  For example, in bad weather, there are two people and if one of them says, " I don't like the rainy day like today.", the other should say, " I think so." or " I agree with you." In other words, you have to be for a man or woman even if you don't think so. This situation is strange because the person forces his or her idea on the other.
     
     This book is in the Penguin Readers series. If you want to go to England, I recommend you to read it.


 Hopkins, Andy.＆ Potter, Jocelyn.(1999).  How to be an Alien.
Edinburgh: Pearson Education Limited.