The document discusses several British traditions and customs. It notes that traditions play an important role in British life and that the British are proud of their traditions. It then goes on to describe some key character traits of British people, including caring, citizenship, fairness, responsibility, trustworthiness, and respect. The document provides examples of how British people demonstrate these character traits. It also discusses some cultural differences between Britain and other countries, and highlights traditions like the importance of tea and domestic pets in British culture.

2. BRITISH TRADITIONS
and CUSTOMS
Every country has its own traditions
and customs.
In Britain traditions play a very
important role in the life of people.
The British are proud of their
traditions and keep them carefully.

3. Character traits (miserliness, pedantry and intolerance) are part of
the basic orientation of the character.
They are libidinal or passionate strivings in the character structure of a
human being.
Individualism is the moral stance, political philosophy, ideology, or
social outlook that stresses "the moral worth of the individual.

4. Character Traits of English
people
Caring
Citizenship
Fairness
Responsibility
Trustworthiness
Respect

5. Good Character
Trustworthiness
Caring/Compassion
Citizenship Fairness/Justice
Good
Character
Responsibility Respect

6. Caring/Compassion
Concern for others
Compassionate and Empathetic
Thankful
Forgiving
Volunteer work
Being aware

7. Citizenship
Pursue the common good
Get involved
Protect the environment
Respect our nation
Play by the rules
Pledge of allegiance and national anthem
Recycle, conserve water and electricity

8. Responsibility
Duty Be dependable
Accept the Do your share
consequences Don’t pass the
Do your best blame to others
Persevere
Take charge

9. Trustworthiness
Be truthful to yourself
Be honest
Keep promises
Keep secrets
Don’t gossip
Be a good friend
Be dependable

10. Fairness/Justice
 Treat all people equally
 Choose without prejudice or favoritism
 Be open-minded and impartial
 Get all the facts first
 Take turns
 Play by the rules- don’t cheat
 Listen with an open mind
 Don’t blame others
 Don’t have favorites

11. Respect
 Treat others the way you want to be treated
 Dignity, privacy and freedom
 Judge character
 Be tolerant
 Non-violent resolutions
 Be courteous
 Listen to others
 Don’t insult other people
 Don’t judge too quickly

12. STOP
 Can you think of a way you have shown to
have a good character?
 Can you think of a way today that you can
work on you character?
 Who is an example to you in your life of
someone with good character? Why?

13. People who exemplify some of
these character traits are:
 Mother Teresa  Helen Keller
 Martin Luther King Jr.  Rosa Parks
 Anne Frank  Lance Armstrong

14. The most important differences
 For British people it is
taboo to ask personal
questions to each other.
 British people always
change clothes for the
dinner.
 The British can listen to
the speaker attentively, but
it does not mean that they
understand you.

15. Traditions are very important
for the British
 Left-hand transportation
 English breakfast is famous for it is
solidity
 British value home and relatives
 British love animals
 Sport games-golf, cricket,polo
 The most important holidays are
Christmas and Easter

16. Englishmen's home
People all over the world know
the saying:
“The Englishmen’s home is his
castle”.
They like to live in small
houses with a small garden.
A typical feature of an English
house is a fireplace, that's why
many of them prefer the open
fire to central heating.

17. It is known that the
English are stay-at-
home people. “There
is no place like home”,
they say. When they
don't work they like to
spend their days off at
home with their
families.

18. Tea-drinkers
The English are tea-drinkers.
They have it many times a
day. Some Englishmen have
tea for breakfast, tea in
lunch time, tea after
dinner, tea at tea-time and
tea with supper. Some
English families have "high
tea" or big tea and no
supper. The Englishmen
always drink tea out of
cups, never out of glasses.

19. English people like domestic animals. Every
family has a pet: a dog, a cat or a bird.

20. Do Russian and British cultures
have similarities?
 There some similarities in Russian and
British cultures
 People of these countries have interest in
each others literature
For example festival “Pushkin in
Britain”, festival of Russian poetry.

21. Our hypothesizes
 If you know English  It is not enough to
language you will know only English you
understand the British have to study culture
people without too.
difficulties.

22. It is not enough to know only language for
understanding people, it is important to know
their culture
 It is important to study
linguistic and cultural
guides, the
Internet, and visit
other countries.