A reporter who has visited plants throughout Europe have an impression 【M1】______
on the pace of work is much slower here. Nobody tries too hard. 【M2】______
Tea breaks does matter and are frequent. Britons give a distinct impression 【M3】______
of going at their tasks in a more leisure way. 【M4】______
It certainly does not improve the gross national product or output
per worker. However, those visitors have noticed anything else about 【M5】______
Britain. It is a pleasant place.
Street crowds in Stockholm, Paris and New York move quickly and
silently heads down, all in a hurry, London crowds tend to walk at an easy pace.
Every stranger is struck by the patient and orderly way in that 【M6】______
Britons queue for a bus: if the saleswoman is slow and out of stock she
will be likely say, 'Oh dear, what a pity' ;, the rubbish collectors stop to chat 【M7】______
and called the housewives "Love" . Crime rises here as in every city but there 【M8】______
still remains a gentle tone and temper that is matched in Berlin, Milan or Detroit.【M9】_______
In short, what is wrong with Britain may also be what is right. Having
reached to a tolerable standard, Britons appear to be choosing leisure over goods. 【M10】______
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