英国

SaladHands30 - Guardian Soulmates 长见识了，原来英国的征婚启事是这样写的。对未来另一半的要求，不写身高，长相，职业，收入，而是性格！ What I’m looking for Oh dear, I’m cracking now… I guess I’d really just like to meet a man who is unapologetically silly; who never orders Vanilla, thinks Magnolia is ‘safe’ or insists we print a map; a man for whom I’d pull an all-nighter on a school night; who walks or cycles instead of getting the tube; who will leave me utterly speechless and wanting to know more; who drinks proper beer and thinks he can surf, is able to order wine in a restaurant and can teach me to ski better, eats all major food groups, has more than one pair of shoes and climbs mountains; who thinks Foster the People are the best thing to happen in 2011 so far, but will make me leave work early on a Monday to see an unknown band in Brixton; who manages to get us two places for a new Supper Club on a Tuesday; who doesn’t watch TV at normal times but will spend Sunday in bed with iPlayer; who suggests camping in Cornwall one weekend and will dance with me til our feet bleed the next weekend; is my biggest critic and my greatest fan (and who I respect for both); agrees that cats are vain and fickle but would secretly love to get one, call it Carlos and try to make it love us rather than the branded offal we feed it; looks irresistible in a suit (but isn’t wearing one in his profile picture); makes my married best friend wish she was sleeping with him and my mum wish he was her son; unafraid to kiss me to make me shut up and yet can make me talk when I’ve clammed up; someone who just gets it, and gets me; and when I’m with him I forget to check my blackberry or my moral code. ...

SaladHands30 - Guardian Soulmates 长见识了，原来英国的征婚启事是这样写的。对未来另一半的要求，不写身高，长相，职业，收入，而是性格！ What I’m looking for Oh dear, I’m cracking now… I guess I’d really just like to meet a man who is unapologetically silly; who never orders Vanilla, thinks Magnolia is ‘safe’ or insists we print a map; a man for whom I’d pull an all-nighter on a school night; who walks or cycles instead of getting the tube; who will leave me utterly speechless and wanting to know more; who drinks proper beer and thinks he can surf, is able to order wine in a restaurant and can teach me to ski better, eats all major food groups, has more than one pair of shoes and climbs mountains; who thinks Foster the People are the best thing to happen in 2011 so far, but will make me leave work early on a Monday to see an unknown band in Brixton; who manages to get us two places for a new Supper Club on a Tuesday; who doesn’t watch TV at normal times but will spend Sunday in bed with iPlayer; who suggests camping in Cornwall one weekend and will dance with me til our feet bleed the next weekend; is my biggest critic and my greatest fan (and who I respect for both); agrees that cats are vain and fickle but would secretly love to get one, call it Carlos and try to make it love us rather than the branded offal we feed it; looks irresistible in a suit (but isn’t wearing one in his profile picture); makes my married best friend wish she was sleeping with him and my mum wish he was her son; unafraid to kiss me to make me shut up and yet can make me talk when I’ve clammed up; someone who just gets it, and gets me; and when I’m with him I forget to check my blackberry or my moral code. ...

英国也有月光族，英文叫：Moonlighting，意思是：白天一份工作没法养家，需要在夜晚再打一份或者两份工，披星戴月，故有此名。以前，白领阶层爱面子，现在也不的不moonlighting。据BBC报道： 据伦敦金融城里一家权威咨询公司Capital Economics的统计，眼下额外兼职的月光族人数达到115万，比信贷紧缩开始咬手前增加了5%。而且，中产阶级成为中坚力量，律师、经济师、电脑软件工程师、市场经理等等都加入了兼职大军。 为自由职业者提供服务的网站，Setyourrate.com的创建人卢克•阿维埃特（Luke Aviet）说，以前，访问他的网站的主要是想赚点零花钱的退休人员和大学生，不过，“过去三个月来，发生的一个巨大转变是，中产阶级之流大批登陆。最典型的是电脑工程师，会计师提供按小时收费的服务。” ...

英国在过去的这个周末收获了17枚奖牌，包括8枚金牌，已经创造了88年奥运会上最好的成绩。举国欢庆，英国各大报章都头版庆祝。《每日电讯》报的标题是：Great to be British!（伟哉，英国人！） 看来在对待金牌的问题上，西方人也不能免俗。冠军头衔是一个符号，至今仍然有很多国家需要它，用它来团结国民。

在葡萄牙失踪的英国小女孩曼德琳，其嫌疑人竟然是她的父母。 在英国的时候，满大街都是这个小女孩的照片还有警方的悬赏通告，我和同学们看到之后都议论：人在葡萄牙失踪的，你在英国找什么呀？ 《卫报》最新报道，葡萄牙警方传讯了曼德琳的母亲KATE和其父之后，今天正式宣布把他们作为嫌疑人拘捕，并不得保释。原因是葡警方借到了从伯明翰犯罪科学实验室传来的化验结果。此前，警方在KATE的鞋子和租用的汽车上发现了血迹，并送到英国进行DNA化验。 警方怀疑，KATE可能是无意中造成曼德琳意外死亡，为了掩盖过失，与其父把女孩抛尸并报案。警方对KATE开出条件，只要她认罪，可以从轻发落，刑期不超过两年，但KATE坚持说自己无辜，拒绝了这个条件。 ...

英国人说的最温暖人心的一句话，不是I love you. 而是Don’t worry. Don’t worry，不用担心，稍微学过两天英语的人都明白。但从英国人嘴里说出来，却有着别样的含义。 Don’t worry，在英国人嘴里往往不是空洞的安慰，而是实实在在的帮忙。 一次，我在图书馆借书超期，网上一查要罚款5镑，我问图书管理员，是不是现在就要交罚款。他说：Don’t worry。回去再一查，欠款被免了。 ...

I will miss the UK keyboard on which the key of ‘@’ is near the right shift-key instead of sharing the same space with ‘2’; thus makes it very convenient to input an e-mail. 我会想念英式键盘，@不在‘2’上，而在右shift键的上方，从而使得输入e-mail地址非常容易。在这方面，美国人真2。 I will not miss the TV stations in UK which not only charge viewers license fee, but also often nag at students by sending them no-license-then-sue-you letters. 我不会想念英国的电视台，连“八心八箭”都没有，还要收什么电视执照费，而且还经常给学生发威胁信，上写“不买执照就告你。”