Britons spend six months talking about the weather!
This fact probably doesn't come as a surprise to those of you studying in Britain!
We love talking about the weather, well actually, mostly complaining.
An annoying rain shower or a day when it's too hot to use the underground are our favourite topics of conversation!
Read through the article and then try and fit the words in the correct gaps!
I must go, it's an unseasonably warm day outside and I must join my fellow Londoners in getting a tan!
Lesson by Caroline
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Findings
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This article includes a well-known idiom that means to start a conversation with a new person. Can you find it?
Do you love talking about how cold June was or how sunny May was before it?
Do not worry. You are not _1_!
British people spend an _2_ of six months of their lives talking about the weather, according to a new survey.
2,000 people were interviewed and it was discovered Brits spend much longer talking about the weather than that other national _3_ - football.
Weather was the most common subject to break the _4_ when meeting strangers or even at business meetings.
Philip Eden, a well-known weatherman, was not surprised by the _5_.
"I think it's a part of our national psyche," he said. "We are a fairly reserved sort of people and talking about the weather is an easy thing to do.
The British weather itself played a part too, he said.
"Because of the _6_ of the British weather, it gives us the chance to talk about something different every day."
However, he also worried for the future of weather-related chat: "I think we are becoming more disconnected from the weather because we sit around in air-conditioned _7_ all day."
These are not the missing words.
Survey - Asking a group of people questions to find out their behaviour or views.
Brits - Casual word meaning British people.
Weatherman - A man who presents the weather forecast on television.
Psyche - The deepest thoughts, feelings or beliefs of a person or group.
Reserved - People who do not often talk about or show their feelings or thoughts.
What are the 7 missing words? Write your answers below:
