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The English, as a race, are very different from all other nationalities, including their closet neighbors, the French, Belgians, and Dutch. It is (36) that living on an island which is (37) from the rest of Europe has much to do with it. (38) , a lot of European people want to ask about the (39) . It may be interesting and sometimes, or we may say, (40) stated that the Englishman( including the Scots) has (41) so many attitudes and habits which (42) him from other nationalities. That is what we called the national (43)
Broadly speaking, the Englishman is a quiet, shy, reserved such a person who is fully relaxed only among people he knows well. The Englishman is somewhat different. (44) You only have to witness a city train rely morning or evening to see the truth of this. You often see such an image, that is, the serious-looking businessmen and women sit reading their newspapers or having a light sleep in a corner, no one speaks, even if you want to have a talk. They pay no attention to you. In fact, to do so would seem most unusual.
In many parts of the world it is quite normal to show openly extremes of enthusiasm, emotion, excitement, etc. , often accompanied by appropriate gestures.
(45) . But he tends to display his feelings far less and this is reflected in his use of language. Imagine a man commenting on the great beauty of a young girl.
(46) . The Englishman will flatly state "urn, she’s all right". This special use of language, particularly common in England, is known as restrained statement.