英語經(jīng)典美文誦讀100篇：076.conservatism of the english people
[00:12.50]Conservatism refers to the acceptance of anything familiar and refusal of anything strange or foreign.
[00:20.13]There are numerous facts that tell the conservatism of the Englishmen.
[00:25.08]The monarchy as nominal head of the state still exists in the highly developed capitalist country.
[00:31.87]The national anthem was, is and will be in the near 1000 years the old “God Save the King (or Queen)”.
[00:41.55]English judges as usual wear long wigs in law courts, as shown in many films shot in Hong Kong.
[00:49.47](As a colony of the British Empire, Hong Kong was once forced to adopt the British legal system.)
[00:56.20]Despite the fact that the feudal class is a term of only history significance,
[01:01.63]noble titles are conferred on distinguished persons, who would accept the titles as something of the greatest honor.
[01:09.88]Many Englishmen still spend lots of money keeping dummy fireplaces that are of no value at all,
[01:16.39]although their rooms are heated by gas or electric fire. They find it difficult to say goodbye to the past.
[01:25.59]As the first country to complete the industrial revolution, Britain refused to introduce decimal system until 1971.
[01:34.50]Pence, shilling, pound and inch, foot, yard... all these are hard to be forgotten.
[01:41.64]English people are always suspicious of any new plans of the government.
[01:46.76]Today they are still doubtful of the Europe integration plan,
[01:50.79]thus they are reluctant to allow pound to be integrated into Euro Dollars.
[01:56.39]Never talk about any kind of reform to an Englishman, he would surely be silent and keep away from you!
