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The word
"pub" is short for the public house. There are about 60,000 1in
the UK (53,000 in England and Wales, 5,200 in Scotland and 1,600 in Northern Ireland).
One of the 2 pubs,
Fighting Cocks, is in St. Albans, Herts.
Pubs are 3 social meeting places. Pubs are an important part
of British life. People talk, eat, drink and 4 there. Pubs often have two bars.
5is
quieter than the other. Many pubs have a garden. People 6 sit there in summer. Children can also go to pub
gardens 7their parents. Groups of friends normally
8‘rounds' of drinks. One of them will buy drinks for all the members of
the group there. It is sometimes hard to 9 drinks when pubs are busy. People do not queue
(排队) there, 10 the
staff will usually try to serve (招待) people who are waiting
the longest at the bar first. If you spill(弄洒) a stranger's
drink by accident, it is polite to buy another drink for him immediately.