You can tell I'm Bri­tish

True Brit

How do you do? Plea­sed to meet you. If you are a vi­si­tor to our coun­try, I ex­pect by now you have rea­li­zed why we call it Great Bri­tain: our long and glo­rious his­to­ry; the un­spoilt be­au­ty of our land­scape: the rich va­rie­ty of our wea­ther, not to men­ti­on our un­ri­val­led achie­ve­ments in cri­cket and foot­ball. Then there are our che­ris­hed tra­di­ti­ons: af­ter­noon tea at four, roast beef on Sun­day, and warm beer until 11pm. And there’s us, with our old-world cour­te­sy and to­leran­ce. Oh, and our sense of hu­mour. I mustn’t for­get that. We do like a good laugh!

As for me, well, I’m so many feet and in­ches tall, and I weigh so many sto­nes, pounds and oun­ces. My pe­trol comes in gal­lons and my milk in pints - from a milk­man. I pay for them, of cour­se, in pounds ster­ling. My home is my cast­le and I ‘Do-it-Mys­elf’. I only hope I live to pay off the mort­ga­ge on it. My gar­den is my re­crea­ti­on and a sanc­tua­ry to many end­an­ge­red spe­cies, not least of all mys­elf!

Ex­pres­si­ons to learn
Well done! You de­ser­ved to win.

Avoid say­ing
What is that in metres/kilos/li­tres?

From: The How To Be Bri­tish Collec­tion, M. Ford, P. Legon , Brigh­ton 2003

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