加利福尼亚州桑尼维尔市有名的李艾维`李在论坛上发布了一个问题：“哪些方面英国人比美国人做得好呢？”她总共列举了23个例子来赞扬英国，这些例子涵盖食物，音乐，10英镑纸币和插头插座各方面……
1. They call hamburger beef burger because it's clearly made of beef.
英国人称汉堡包为“牛肉汉堡”，因为很明显汉堡包是用牛肉制成的；
2. They call soccer football because it's clearly played with the foot.
英国人足球叫“football”，因为足球很显然是用脚来踢；
3. Their sockets can be switched off because it's easier, safer and more energy efficient.
英国的插座可以关掉，这样更方便，更安全，更节能；
4. They look at the day first, as in dd/mm/yy instead of mm/dd/yy because for around 30 days in a row, the month is the same as yesterday.
英国人日期表达方式首先是XX号，比如说XX号/XX月/XX年，而不是XX月/XX号/ XX年，因为一个月连续30天，XX月每天都是相同的；
5. They have the full English breakfast while we have the full sugar and preservatives cereal.
英国人有丰富的英式早餐，但是我们的早餐是含有过量糖分和防腐剂的谷物；
6. They have portion control, resulting in higher life expectancy while we have supersized everything (because why not?), resulting in obesity.
英国人控制饮食，因此他们的平均寿命很长，但是我们任何东西追求越大越好（为什么不呢？），所以导致很多人很胖；
7. They have nice relaxing afternoon teas with custard cream biscuits while we drown ourselves in Starbucks just to maintain functionality.
英国人的下午茶是奶油冰淇淋饼干，然而我们只能去星巴克补充能量；
8. Their native sports, football, rugby, cricket are adopted internationally while our sports reside mainly in America.
英国人有足球，橄榄球，板球等传统运动，且均被国际采用，但是我们的运动只有美国人民玩；
9. They have 28 days of paid holiday by law, not including maternity leave, sick leave, etc. while we have 10.
英国人有28天法定带薪假期，不包括产假，病假等，但是我们只有10天；
10. They have free universal healthcare, praised as the best in the world, while we remain the only developed country (out of 33) that doesn't.
英国人享有被全世界称之为最好的全民免费医疗保健，但是我们是唯一没有此项福利的发达国家（23个发达国家）。
11. They have Charles Darwin on their £10 note while we are 42 per cent creationist.
英国人在10英镑纸币上印有查尔斯·达尔文画像，但是我们是神灵论者；
12. They produced Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit, Chronicles of Narnia, Sherlock Holmes while we produced Twilight.
英国人制作了《哈利波特》、《指环王》、《霍比特人》、《纳尼亚传奇》、《福尔摩斯》等著名电影，但是我们只有《暮光之城》；
13. They produced Adele, David Bowie, Elton John, Mick Jagger, Coldplay, Radiohead, Muse, Queen, Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Kinks, The Smiths, The Libertines, The Who? (The British), The Waterboys, The Buzzcocks, The Sex Pistols, The Clash, The Zombies, The Cure, while we didn't.
英国有很多国际巨星，阿黛尔、大卫·鲍伊、艾尔顿·约翰、米克·贾格尔、酷玩乐队、之声司令、缪斯、皇后乐队、平克·弗洛伊德、齐柏林飞船、披头士、滚石乐队、奇想乐团、史密斯乐团、浪子乐队、谁人乐队、水男孩合唱团、新浪潮乐队、性手枪、碰撞乐队、僵尸乐队、治疗乐队……但是我们没有；
14. Their national animal has a full head of mane while ours is bald.
英国人的国宝是头上长满鬃毛的红胸鸽，但是我们的国宝是白头海雕(秃鹰)；
15. They know how to primly and properly queue while we mass frenziedly.
英国人知道如何整齐有序的排队，但是我们整个一团糟；
16. They know how to primly and properly apologise, for everything.
英国人知道如何对一切事情礼貌，绅士的表达他们的歉意；
17. They know how to primly and properly drive on the wrong side of the road.
即使在错误的车道上，英国人也知道如何安全，恰当的行驶；
18. They know how to appreciate the sun because though the sun never sets in the British empire, it rarely shines in the motherland.
英国人对太阳充满感激，因为尽管英国没有每天艳阳高照，但是偶尔天晴还是让会英国人很开心；
19. They make better and greater varieties of chocolates, cheeses, cakes, alcoholic beverages and dishes．
英国人会做各种各样的巧克力，奶酪，蛋糕，美酒饮料和菜肴；
20. They have a greater grasp of sarcasm, irony, self-deprecating humour and also, the entire English language.
英国人对各类情绪，如挖苦，讽刺，自嘲式幽默和整个英式语言都能很好的驾驭；
21.They beat us at politeness and profanity at the same time.
我们（美国人）在礼貌和不礼貌方面都败给了英国人；
22. The English accent is more attractive than the American accent. This is just an indisputable fact of nature.
英式英语比美式英语更好听，这是不争的事实。
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