英国酒吧文化论文

Pub Culture in Britain

As a saying goes,if you haven’t been to a pub,you haven’t been to Britain.Pub culture is a particular and essential part of British culture.

In European continent,Open-air coffee shop is the best choice for social activity.But in Britain,owing to the rainy climate,pub takes place of Open-air coffee shop.In fact,the word ‘pub’ can date back to the Victoria Age,pub was called public house by then.At

that time people from one

place to another place also is

limited to use carriage—the

traditional means of

transportation , many place is remote, but the people who had a long journey need a short place to inhabit . Then, a kind of little business hotel which built by local people began to appear. The hospitable host often took out his drinks to entertain the journey of the traveler in the sitting room. As the change of time, more and more people coming and going, the original little sitting room has been unable to accommodate more people, so, the host will expand the space of the sitting room, then people called it "PUBLIC HOUSE“.Today’s pub is short for public house.Excluding pub,there are other names of pub,such as the ale

house, the inn, the tavern, the gin palace etc.

The name of pub is another story.For

traditional British pub,you can never see words like

bar or pub on its shop sign.Instead,traditional pubs

always have beautiful name.For exmaple,the crown

and lion is commenly seen on the shop sign.The

crown represents the king or queen. Many pubs are

named after individual kings and queens.The Red

Lion ,the pub name became popular after James the

First ordered a red lion to be displayed outside all

public places.We can see the historical meaning in

their names.Many pub’s name is as exquisite as a poetry,such as Lamb and Fl ag, The Rose and Crown, The Fisherman’s Cot, The Sailor’s Return,etc.These name make up a ancient scene of British history.

The way of British people ordering in the pub quite diff ers from the way in our mind. British people have its unique way.Amazingly for the British, who love queues, there is no f ormal line-up.Because the bar staff are skilled at knowing who se turn it is. You are permitted to try to attract attention, but t here are rules about how to do this. Do not call out tap coins on the counter, snap your finger or wave like a drowning swi

mmer. Do not scowl or sigh or roll your eyes. And whatever y ou do, do not ring the bell hanging behind the counter——this is used by the landlord to signal closing time. The key thing is to catch the bar worker's eyes. You could also hold an em pty glass or some money, but do not wave them about. Do a dopt an expectant, hopeful, even slightly anxious facial expres sion. If you look too contented and complacent, the bar staff may think you are already being served.Another tip is always saying "please" and trying to remember some of the British b ar staffs petty hates. They do not like people to keep others waiting while they are making up their minds or wondering ab out which one to chose. They don't like people standing idly a gainst the bar when there are a lot of customers wanting for service. And they do not like people who wait until the end of the order before asking for such drinks as Guinness stout wh ich take considerably longer to pour than other drinks.While yo u are familiar with these tips,you may have a good time in th e pub.But actually,these are far less than enough. One Dutch tourist who spent six months visiting 800 of Britain's 61,000 p ubs and interviewing 50 publicans and bar workers and more than 1,000 customers said :" I cannot understand how the Brit