Insights into British Culture: Food, Education, Transportation, Sports

Other British Cultural Aspects
British Food
Education
Transportation
Sports
Superstitions
Wedding ceremonies
British Food
Mealtimes :
 
- changed/ ridiculed
 
- different from Europe/no long
 
breaks/meal at midday/off work 5:30
 
- Sundays/ family day/ Sunday lunch/
 
typical British food
 
- confusion about meal name
  
a. (dinner, supper, tea, high tea, 
 
  
    brunch…)
  
b. part of country/ social class
Breakfast
 
- much bigger/ fried or simple/ porridge ‘Scotland’
Lunch
 
- 12:30-1:30/ packed lunch/ canteens at schools/
 
   cafe
Dinner
 
- 6:30-8:30/ taste changing/ typical dinner: meat &
 
   two veg/ potato
Afternoon Tea
 
- 4 p.m./ tea and scones (cream tea)/ afternoon tea
 
   (sandwiches)
High Tea
 
- 6 p.m./ early evening/ sweet foods/ savories/ now
replaced with supper
Tea
 
with milk & sugar
Typical English food:
 
(fish & chips/ Bangers and mash/ Yorkshire
 
pudding/bread and butter/ Shepherd’s
 
pie/ haggis/ Black pudding/pie)
Education in England
Education
required (6–16)
Free (5-18) / state schools/ 90% children
Private schools/ independent
School year/ 39 weeks/ 3 terms
Children start 6/ at 11 - high school (secondary)
GCSE (exam)- General certificate of Secondary Education
Technical college/ or 2 more years/ A levels exam/ University
Holidays
Summer/ 6 weeks (July to sep)
 Winter & spring / 2 weeks
Uniforms:
Required
Boys (black trousers/ white shirt/ tie/ logo)
Girls (skirt/dress)
School day:
8:55 – 4 p.m.
Higher Education:
Oxford and Cambridge / middle ages
University of London
A levels required
Transportation
Airports
  
London/ 5 international/ Heathrow/
Airlines
  
British Airways/ English flag line
Trains
  
fastest communication/ reasonable
Automobiles
  
roads/ primary domestic travel routes/ most ppl travel by car/
 
left-hand side
Subways
  
1
st
 city in world / underground/ the ‘tube’
Buses
  
red double-decker/ London
Taxis
  
famous London Black taxis
Sports
Most sports originated in U.K.
  
Soccer (top)
  
Cricket (England’s national sport)
 
golf (Scotland)
  
tennis/ table tennis
  
rugby (Wales)
  
polo (india)
  
rowing (university boat race)
  
fishing
  
swimming
Superstitions
Ladder
Black cat
Mirror
Magpie
Spill salt
Umbrella indoors
13
New shoes on table
Stairs
Touch wood (good luck)
Weddings
Primeval/ unchanged rites of passage
Matchmaker
  
ridiculed/ compatibility/ dowry/ computer- common interests/ never disappeared
Giving the bride away
  
monetary gain/ symbol of blessings and support
Why a wedding ring
  
symbol of unending love/ Egyptians
3
rd
 finger on left hand
  
vein-heart/ commitment
Why ‘White’ ?
  
Romans/ purity and joy
Why the ‘veil’ ?
  
subordination of a woman to man/ red in Rome/ Yellow in Greece/ lifting veil - dominance
Why a ‘wedding cake’ ?
  
Romans/ fertility
Why a ‘trousseau’?
  
French/ bundle/ personal possessions/ dowry
Why the ‘honeymoon’ ?
  
captured bride/ 30 days/ honey
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Discover unique aspects of British culture such as mealtime traditions, education system, transportation modes, and popular sports. From British food mealtimes to educational structure, iconic transportation methods, and sports like soccer and cricket, explore the rich cultural heritage of Britain.

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  • Education
  • Transportation
  • Sports

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  1. Other British Cultural Aspects British Food Education Transportation Sports Superstitions Wedding ceremonies

  2. British Food Mealtimes : - changed/ ridiculed - different from Europe/no long breaks/meal at midday/off work 5:30 - Sundays/ family day/ Sunday lunch/ typical British food - confusion about meal name a. (dinner, supper, tea, high tea, brunch ) b. part of country/ social class

  3. Breakfast - much bigger/ fried or simple/ porridge Scotland Lunch - 12:30-1:30/ packed lunch/ canteens at schools/ cafe Dinner - 6:30-8:30/ taste changing/ typical dinner: meat & two veg/ potato Afternoon Tea - 4 p.m./ tea and scones (cream tea)/ afternoon tea (sandwiches) High Tea - 6 p.m./ early evening/ sweet foods/ savories/ now replaced with supper

  4. Tea with milk & sugar Typical English food: (fish & chips/ Bangers and mash/ Yorkshire pudding/bread and butter/ Shepherd s pie/ haggis/ Black pudding/pie)

  5. Education in England Education required (6 16) Free (5-18) / state schools/ 90% children Private schools/ independent School year/ 39 weeks/ 3 terms Children start 6/ at 11 - high school (secondary) GCSE (exam)- General certificate of Secondary Education Technical college/ or 2 more years/ A levels exam/ University Holidays Summer/ 6 weeks (July to sep) Winter & spring / 2 weeks

  6. Uniforms: Required Boys (black trousers/ white shirt/ tie/ logo) Girls (skirt/dress) School day: 8:55 4 p.m. Higher Education: Oxford and Cambridge / middle ages University of London A levels required

  7. Transportation Airports London/ 5 international/ Heathrow/ Airlines British Airways/ English flag line Trains fastest communication/ reasonable Automobiles roads/ primary domestic travel routes/ most ppl travel by car/ left-hand side Subways 1stcity in world / underground/ the tube Buses red double-decker/ London Taxis famous London Black taxis

  8. Sports Most sports originated in U.K. Soccer (top) Cricket (England s national sport) golf (Scotland) tennis/ table tennis rugby (Wales) polo (india) rowing (university boat race) fishing swimming

  9. Superstitions Ladder Black cat Mirror Magpie Spill salt Umbrella indoors 13 New shoes on table Stairs Touch wood (good luck)

  10. Weddings Primeval/ unchanged rites of passage Matchmaker ridiculed/ compatibility/ dowry/ computer- common interests/ never disappeared Giving the bride away monetary gain/ symbol of blessings and support Why a wedding ring symbol of unending love/ Egyptians 3rdfinger on left hand vein-heart/ commitment Why White ? Romans/ purity and joy Why the veil ? subordination of a woman to man/ red in Rome/ Yellow in Greece/ lifting veil - dominance Why a wedding cake ? Romans/ fertility Why a trousseau ? French/ bundle/ personal possessions/ dowry Why the honeymoon ? captured bride/ 30 days/ honey

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