A magician (魔术师) was working on a ship. The audience (观众) would be (difference) every week, the magician did the same tricks over and over again. There was only one problem: parrot saw the shows each week and began to (understand) how the magician did every trick. Once he understood, he started shouting, "Look, it's not the same hat", "Look, he is (put) the flowers under the table." The magician was (anger) but couldn't do anything. It was, after all, the captain's parrot. One day the ship had accident and sank. The magician found (he) on a piece of wood in the ocean the parrot. They stared at each other with hate, but did not say a word. This went on for some (day). After a week the parrot said, "OK, I give up. Where's the boat?"

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Answer:

    People from other countries will find many different surprising things in Britain.

Greek: A man from Greece sees a special way of driving in Britain. People drive on the left in the British street, but the British people never feel surprised. The Greek man said, "I've been in Britain for nearly a month now. But at first, I couldn't always remember to drive on the left. Every time, my friend reminded me.”

    Japanese: Japanese people can't understand why British people keep their shoes on at home. In Japan, people walk in the room without shoes. If a visitor keeps his shoes on at home in Japan, the Japanese people think he is very impolite.

    Spanish: The Spanish people mind the way that the British people greet each other. They themselves seem to be afraid of touching. When they meet, they just smile or nod but never kiss or hug in Spain. But the British people think kissing is a very usual greeting when they meet!

    There is ail old saying: “When in Rome, do as Romans do.” When we go to a foreign country, we should follow the etiquette (礼节）of country.