【单选题】ItiswidelyknownthatanyEnglishconversationbeginswithTheWeather.SuchafixationwiththeweatherfindsexpressioninDr.Johnson’sfamouscommentthat“WhentwoEnglishmeet,theirfirsttalkisofweather.”ThoughJohnson’sobservationisasaccuratenowasitwasovertwohundredyearsago,mostcommentatorsfailtocomeupwithaconvincingexplanationforthisEnglishweather-speak.BillBryson,forezample,concludesthat,astheEnglishweatherisnotatallexciting,theobsessionwithitcanhardlybeunderstooD、Hearguesthat”Toanoutsider,themoststr ikingthingabouttheEnglishweatheristhatthereisnotverymuchofit.”Simply,thereasonisthattheunusualandunpredictable weatherisalmostunknownintheBritishIsles.JeremyPaxman,however,disagreeswithBryson,arguingthattheEnglishweatherisbynatureattr active.Brysoniswrong,hesays,becausetheEnglishpreferencefortheweatherhasnothingtodowiththenaturalphenomenA、”Theinterestislessinthephenomenathemselves,butinuncertainty.”Accordingtohim,theweatherinEnglandisverychangeableanduncertainanditattr actstheEnglishaswellastheoutsider.BrysonandPaxmanstandforcommonmisconceptionsabouttheweather-speakamongtheEnglish.Bothcommentators,somehow,aremissingthepoint.TheEnglishweatherconversationisnotr eallyabouttheweatheratall.Englishweather-speakisasystemofsigns,whichisdevelopedtohelpthespeakersovercomethenaturalreserveandactuallytalktoeachother.Everyoneknowsconversationsstartingwithweather-speakarenotr equestsforweatherdatA、Rather,theyareroutinegreetings,conversationstartersortheblank”fillers”,Inotherwords,Englishweather-speakisameansofsocialbonding.Accordingtothepassage,JeremyPaxmanbelievesthat__________.A、BillBrysonhaslittleknowledgeoftheweatherB.thereisnothingspecialabouttheEnglishweather]C.theEnglishweatherattr actspeopletotheBritishIslesD.Englishpeopletalkabouttheweatherforitsunccrtainty
【单选题】ItiswidelyknownthatanyEnglishconversationbeginswithTheWeather.SuchafixationwiththeweatherfindsexpressioninDr.Johnson’sfamouscommentthat“WhentwoEnglishmeet,theirfirsttalkisofweather.”ThoughJohnson’sobservationisasaccuratenowasitwasovertwohundredyearsago,mostcommentatorsfailtocomeupwithaconvincingexplanationforthisEnglishweather-speak.BillBryson,forezample,concludesthat,astheEnglishweatherisnotatallexciting,theobsessionwithitcanhardlybeunderstooD、Hearguesthat”Toanoutsider,themoststr ikingthingabouttheEnglishweatheristhatthereisnotverymuchofit.”Simply,thereasonisthattheunusualandunpredictable weatherisalmostunknownintheBritishIsles.JeremyPaxman,however,disagreeswithBryson,arguingthattheEnglishweatherisbynatureattr active.Brysoniswrong,hesays,becausetheEnglishpreferencefortheweatherhasnothingtodowiththenaturalphenomenA、”Theinterestislessinthephenomenathemselves,butinuncertainty.”Accordingtohim,theweatherinEnglandisverychangeableanduncertainanditattr actstheEnglishaswellastheoutsider.BrysonandPaxmanstandforcommonmisconceptionsabouttheweather-speakamongtheEnglish.Bothcommentators,somehow,aremissingthepoint.TheEnglishweatherconversationisnotr eallyabouttheweatheratall.Englishweather-speakisasystemofsigns,whichisdevelopedtohelpthespeakersovercomethenaturalreserveandactuallytalktoeachother.Everyoneknowsconversationsstartingwithweather-speakarenotr equestsforweatherdatA、Rather,theyareroutinegreetings,conversationstartersortheblank”fillers”,Inotherwords,Englishweather-speakisameansofsocialbonding.Accordingtothepassage,JeremyPaxmanbelievesthat__________.A、BillBrysonhaslittleknowledgeoftheweatherB.thereisnothingspecialabouttheEnglishweather]C.theEnglishweatherattr actspeopletotheBritishIslesD.Englishpeopletalkabouttheweatherforitsunccrtainty



