Prof. Drd. Daniela Angelica DorobanţuImagine you are in Cambridge for a summer course, and you are staying with a British family. Do you know enough about British culture to cope?
1. You’ve just arrived. What do you say and do?
a) Say Hello to every one in the family.
b) Say Hello and shake hands with everyone.
c) Say Hello and shake hands with the mother and father of the family.
2. Your landlady asks you if you’re hungry and if you like Welsh Rabbit. What is it?
a) The animal cooked in tomato sauce.
b) Grilled cheese on toast.
c) A type of cake.
3. The next morning you come down and see your landlady in the kitchen. What do you say?
a) Good morning
b) Good morning Mrs.
c) Good morning madam.
4. You have to catch a bus to the language school. You arrive at the bus stop and wait next to the stop. Suddenly you see that all the other people there are looking at you angrily. Why?
a) You’re listening to your walkman and walkmans are not allowed in the street in Britain.
b) British people queue at the bus stop. The first person to arrive stands next to the stop, the second person stands behind the first person and the third behind the second and so on. And they get on the bus in that order. You went straight to the front of the queue. In Britain this is called ‘pushing in’ and is very impolite.
c) Your mobile phone is ringing. British people always turn their mobile phones off when they’re in public.
5. Your lessons are from 9.30-1.00 and the school organises sports from 2.30-5.00 every afternoon. You need to get to the shops. When is the best time to go?
a) Before lessons – British shops are open from 8-12.30 and 1.30-5.30.
b) In the evening – shops in Britain stay open till 8 p.m.
c) At lunchtime. Shops in Britain are usually open from about 9.30-5.30.
6. You notice that a lot of people seem to call you “love”. Your landlady said it, a shop assistant said it, and a person you asked for directions in the street said it. Why?
a) It’s quite usual in Britain to call people who you don’t know “love”.
b) They like you a lot.
c) You didn’t understand correctly. They really said something different.
7. After school, some other students invite you to go for a walk. But you don’t want to be late for dinner with your host family. Do you have enough time?
a) Yes, for an hour or so. Dinner will probably be at about 7.
b) No problem. British people rarely eat before 8.30.
c) No. Dinner will probably be at about 6pm. You have to go straight home.
8. It’s Sunday lunchtime – the most important meal of the week. You're having roast lamb, potatoes and carrots, a mixed salad and strawberries. On the table there’s a little pot of mint sauce – vinegar containing chopped mint leaves. What do you do with it?
a) Put a small spoonful on the roast lamb.
b) Put it on the mixed salad.
c) Put it on the strawberries.
Quiz Answers
1 c (or possibly a); 2 b; 3b; 4 b; 5 c (b - on some days in large towns); 6a, 7 c (possibly a); 8a.
1. You’ve just arrived. What do you say and do?
a) Say Hello to every one in the family.
b) Say Hello and shake hands with everyone.
c) Say Hello and shake hands with the mother and father of the family.
2. Your landlady asks you if you’re hungry and if you like Welsh Rabbit. What is it?
a) The animal cooked in tomato sauce.
b) Grilled cheese on toast.
c) A type of cake.
3. The next morning you come down and see your landlady in the kitchen. What do you say?
a) Good morning
b) Good morning Mrs.
c) Good morning madam.
4. You have to catch a bus to the language school. You arrive at the bus stop and wait next to the stop. Suddenly you see that all the other people there are looking at you angrily. Why?
a) You’re listening to your walkman and walkmans are not allowed in the street in Britain.
b) British people queue at the bus stop. The first person to arrive stands next to the stop, the second person stands behind the first person and the third behind the second and so on. And they get on the bus in that order. You went straight to the front of the queue. In Britain this is called ‘pushing in’ and is very impolite.
c) Your mobile phone is ringing. British people always turn their mobile phones off when they’re in public.
5. Your lessons are from 9.30-1.00 and the school organises sports from 2.30-5.00 every afternoon. You need to get to the shops. When is the best time to go?
a) Before lessons – British shops are open from 8-12.30 and 1.30-5.30.
b) In the evening – shops in Britain stay open till 8 p.m.
c) At lunchtime. Shops in Britain are usually open from about 9.30-5.30.
6. You notice that a lot of people seem to call you “love”. Your landlady said it, a shop assistant said it, and a person you asked for directions in the street said it. Why?
a) It’s quite usual in Britain to call people who you don’t know “love”.
b) They like you a lot.
c) You didn’t understand correctly. They really said something different.
7. After school, some other students invite you to go for a walk. But you don’t want to be late for dinner with your host family. Do you have enough time?
a) Yes, for an hour or so. Dinner will probably be at about 7.
b) No problem. British people rarely eat before 8.30.
c) No. Dinner will probably be at about 6pm. You have to go straight home.
8. It’s Sunday lunchtime – the most important meal of the week. You're having roast lamb, potatoes and carrots, a mixed salad and strawberries. On the table there’s a little pot of mint sauce – vinegar containing chopped mint leaves. What do you do with it?
a) Put a small spoonful on the roast lamb.
b) Put it on the mixed salad.
c) Put it on the strawberries.
Quiz Answers
1 c (or possibly a); 2 b; 3b; 4 b; 5 c (b - on some days in large towns); 6a, 7 c (possibly a); 8a.
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