Fill in the Blanks British and the WeatherOnline version Talks on how the weather impacts British people by Ronne Magalhaes 1 flood mild issue followed truth provides drizzle aware explanations crops ? One aspect of the British stereotype is that we ? re always talking about the weather . That ? s an exaggeration , of course , but I ? d say there ? s a bit of ( 1 ) to it . For example when you see older people greet each other in the street , it seems that ? hello ? is often ( 2 ) straight away by a comment about the weather ? perhaps something like , ? it ? s turned out nice again ? or ? a bit chilly today , isn ? t it ? ? In my opinion there are two possible ( 3 ) for this preoccupation with the weather . Firstly , the weather in Britain is very changeable and often disappointing , so people tend to be more ( 4 ) of it . Secondly , the weather ( 5 ) a ? safe ? topic of conversation that fits in with the supposedly reserved nature of many British people . For some British people , however , the weather is a much more serious ( 6 ) than just the subject of small talk ? like farmers , for example , or the thousands of people who had to leave their homes in last year ? s ( 7 ) . I suppose it ? s a good thing that we have a generally ( 8 ) climate , though . Sure , ten hours of ( 9 ) can be a bit depressing , and it would be nice if the summers were a bit hotter , but at least we don ? t have hurricanes like the one in New Orleans a couple of years ago , or frequent droughts that destroy all the ( 10 ) .
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