英国生存指南：手把手带你游英国

If in doubt, mimic the body language.
如果有疑问，请模仿肢体语言。

Even if you're fluent in English, you may experience linguistic difficulties in the UK.
即使你英语流利，在英国也许还是会遇到语言困难。

Regional dialects vary extensively in the space of a few miles, resulting in bafflement even among locals.
相隔几英里的地方，方言就可能大不同，即使本地人也会感到迷惑。

If you can't understand what a British person is saying, it's fairly safe to assume it's either a). something about the weather (see climate above), or b). an apology.
如果你听不懂一个英国人在说什么，你可以放心做出两种假设，A，在谈论天气（参见之前的天气部分）；B，在道歉。

British people love apologizing: they're sorry to trouble you, sorry they can't be more helpful, sorry about the rain and sorry about invading your country in 1762, or whenever it was.
英国人喜欢道歉：他们很抱歉麻烦你，很抱歉不能帮你，很抱歉下雨了，很抱歉在1762年入侵了你的国家，总之任何时候都在道歉。

They also love apologizing when it's not even their fault: they're sorry that you bumped into them, sorry you knocked them to the floor and sorry that you are repeatedly thwacking them over the head and telling them to stop apologizing.
哪怕不是自己犯的错，他们也喜欢道歉：你碰到了他们，他们会道歉；你撞倒了他们，他们会道歉；你不停地拍他们的头让他们别道歉了，他们还是会道歉。

Be warned though, it's contagious.
不过要小心，这是会传染的。