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Biletul Nr. 5: Bacalaureat 2005

The text discusses the Englishman's tendency to talk about the weather, suggesting that such conversations often serve as social fillers rather than genuine expressions of enjoyment. It highlights the unpredictability of the English climate as a catalyst for this behavior and raises questions about the implications of a more stable climate on social interactions. The excerpt emphasizes the complexity of communication and the nuances behind seemingly simple remarks.

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Biletul Nr. 5: Bacalaureat 2005

The text discusses the Englishman's tendency to talk about the weather, suggesting that such conversations often serve as social fillers rather than genuine expressions of enjoyment. It highlights the unpredictability of the English climate as a catalyst for this behavior and raises questions about the implications of a more stable climate on social interactions. The excerpt emphasizes the complexity of communication and the nuances behind seemingly simple remarks.

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Bacalaureat 2005

Biletul Nr. 5

1 Read the text below and do the following tasks:


a. state the central idea of the fragment;
b. comment on the underlined sentences.

Living in so temperamental a climate, with so many exceptions to so many


rules to be discussed, it is no wonder that the Englishman talks a lot about the
weather. But one thing about which the stranger should be warned is that when
the Englishman appears to be talking about the weather he is often not talking
about the weather at all . When he says "Lovely weather for the time of year!". He
may just possibly mean that he is enjoying the sunshine. It is at least as likely,
though, that he means nothing by it whatsoever, but is merely filling in the time
until he can decently bid you goodbye. It is not easy to jmagine what would
happen to the Englishman if the climate of his country suddenly began
dependable, and lost its value as a topic of conversation. However, as long as it
continues to be unreliable, as long as it remains 'not what it used to be", the
social small
talk of England is secure , and the stranger can amuse himself by trying to decide
when the people who talk about it mean less than they are actually saying, when
they mean more, and when they are genuinely enraptured by the fact that it is
(as can sometimes happen, even in England) "lovely weather for the time of
year".
(Monica Redlich, Everyday England)

2. Descnbe a person or personality you admire and give reasons


for your choice. Explain how/ whether she /he has influenced
you?

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