In British English the floor of a building at street level is the ground floor and the floor above that is the first floor.

在英式英语中, 楼房地面与街道相平的楼层叫ground floor, ground floor上面的一层叫first floor.

He's waving the British flag.
他正在挥舞英国的旗帜。

She spoke in a mild sweet voice with a British accent, faintly Germanic in intonation.

她用柔和悦耳的嗓音说一口带德国腔的英国口音。

The British drink a lot of tea.

英国人喝很多茶。

※Action is the  last resource of those who know not how to dream.   Oscar Wilde, British dramatis   不善于想象的人一切乞求于行动。英国剧作家  王尔德  O .  
※The human species, according to the best theory I can form of it, is composed of two distinct races, the man who borrows, and the man who lends.——Charles Lamb, British essayist  按照我所能归纳的最好理论，人类是由两个截然不同的种族构成的，即借方与出借方。英国散文家兰姆,C.  
※The dullard's envy of brilliant men is always assuaged by the suspicion that they will come to a bad end.——Sir Max Beerbohm, British writer笨人对聪明人的嫉妒常因“他们不会善终”的猜测而得以减弱。英国作家  毕尔博姆爵士  M
※The reasonble man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable man persists in trying to adapt the world to himself, Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man.——George Bre4nard Shaw, British dramatist讲理的人使自己适应世界，不讲理的人坚持要世界适应自己，所以一切进步得靠不讲理的人。英国剧作家 肖伯纳.G.

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