Unit 5 Attitudes 123

Unit 5: Attitudes
1. Stereotype and change

- Britain is popular as “a land of traditions”
- Its reputation is also based on what can be seen in public life, centuries of political
continuity, and attendant ceremonies.
a. A land of traditions
- In the early 1990s, red buses were privatized.
- Different companies want to paint their buses in their colors. However, many people were
against this change, and the government ruled that all buses must be painted red.
 They believe keeping that color for buses is better for the tourist trade.
Đưa hai hình ảnh vô giúp tui luôn nha
Red Buses Routemaster
b. Political continuity
- It refers to preserving an intact and smoothly functioning government or political system
over an extended duration.
- Here are some examples: đưa ba hình vô slide giúp tui nha
c. Attendant ceremonies
- It refers to various formal events where attendants play specific roles.
- During such ceremonies, attendants including members of the royal family, clergy, and
dignitaries, participate in highly structured and traditional events.
đưa ba hình vô giúp tui luôn nha
The royal family - - The clergy For The dignitaries

example,
during King
Charles III’s coronation, attendants include pages of honor, ladies in attendance, and various
political and foreign dignitaries.
- Đưa hình vô giúp tui luôn nha
d. Queuing
- The British do form queues when waiting for something, but it does not mean they enjoy
it.
- In 2007, supermarkets reported that no less than 65% of shoppers in Britain had
personally witnessed, or even been victims of “queue rage”
Đưa hai hình vô giúp tui luôn nha
Queuing “Queue rage”
 It is wrong to conclude that the British are patient people.
A land of change đưa hai hình vô giúp hân luôn nha
- In contrast, in the British’s private everyday lives, they are probably less inclined to follow
tradition than people of most other countries.
- There are fewer local parades or processions with genuine folk roots than in most other
countries.
- The English language has fewer sayings or proverbs in common everyday use than many
other languages.
Local parades or processions with Sayings or proverbs in common

genuine folk roots everyday use
- There are many examples of supposedly typical British habits that are simply not typical
anymore.
 A bowler hat ( đưa hai hình vô giúp hân)
In the past, the stereotype of the image of the London “city gent” includes the wearing
of a bowler hat.
This type of hat is not commonly worn for a long time.
A bowlerhat A city gent
 Food and drinks

Cái này đưa sáu hình này lên slide nha
Past: Breakfast with a large fry-up (cereal, milk, toast, butter, marmalade, all washed
down with tea)
There are 6 meals a day including breakfast, brunch, lunch, tea break biscuit, dinner, and
supper.
Now: The British just have cereal, tea, and toast, even less 3 meals
Đưa ba hình lên slide
The meal that the British have every morning is also called “continental breakfast”
Traditional afternoon tea
Đưa hai hình lên giúp hân
with biscuits, scones, sandwiches, or cakes has always been a minority activity for retired or upper-class
people.
2/ English versus British
- Due to the dominance of the English culture, habits, attitudes, and values among the
peoples of the four nations are very similar.
- However, they are not identical, sometimes it is hard to know whether one describes the
British as a whole or just the English.
- Among many people in Britain, there exists suspicion of education and high culture.
For example, teachers and academic staff, although respected, do not have as high a status
as they do in most other countries.
Đưa hình lên giúp hân luôn nha
- Both upper and working class in Britain were not interested in their children going to
university,
- it is still unusual to arrange extra private tuition for their children, even if they can easily
afford it
- đưa hình lên giúp hân luôn
- People in Britain don’t like to know things. For example, passionate about quizzes, which are
among the most popular of all TV programs
- Most pubs and social clubs hold regular quiz nights. They are proud of factual knowledge
rather than abstract thinking or scholarship.
- Đưa hai hình lên giúp hân luôn nha
- Anti-intellectual attitudes can be found in all four nations, but better seen as a specifically
English characteristic, not a British one.
3/ A multicultural society
- A large-scale immigration to Britain from places beyond the four nations since the Second
War diverges from traditional British attitudes.
- For example, areas of London in which a distinctive Indian way of life predominates with
Indian shops, Indian clothes, and Indian language.
Đưa hai hình lên giúp hân luôn
 It is still possible to talk about British characteristics in general and how they contributed
to British life and attitudes. They have made people more informal in their behavior and
they changed the nature of the corner shop.

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Unit 5: Attitudes

1. Stereotype and change

Red Buses Routemaster

The royal family - - The clergy For The dignitaries

 It is wrong to conclude that the British are patient people.

A land of change đưa hai hình vô giúp hân luôn nha

Local parades or processions with Sayings or proverbs in common

A bowlerhat A city gent

 Food and drinks

Traditional afternoon tea

Đưa hai hình lên giúp hân

2/ English versus British

Đưa hai hình lên giúp hân luôn

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