腐国人民的酒吧时间
<p>在英国，很多人下班后都是直奔就近的酒吧，在温暖的灯光下把酒言欢，醉醺醺拂去一天的辛劳，然后再心满意足回家。饭后若闲来无事，又会赶往酒吧。许多人搬家找房子，房子的好坏无所谓，倒要仔细打听附近是否有好酒吧。英国人称酒吧为<span word="public">public</span> <span word="house">house</span>，即“公众之家”。然而，随着经济持续低迷，以及啤酒税、禁烟令、高昂的商业提成等原因，酒吧的生存空间逐步萎缩，酒吧文化岌岌可危。</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="church">church</span> <span word="can">can</span> <span word="go">go</span>, <span word="long">long</span> <span word="since">since</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="absence">absence</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="worship">worship</span>; <span word="the">the</span> <span word="local">local</span> <span word="shop">shop</span> <span word="can">can</span> <span word="go">go</span>, <span word="since">since</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="distant">distant</span> <span word="supermarket">supermarket</span>’<span word="s">s</span> <span word="cheapness">cheapness</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="worth">worth</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="petrol">petrol</span>; <span word="but">but</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="vanishing">vanishing</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="pub">pub</span> <span word="means">means</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="loss">loss</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="beating">beating</span> <span word="heart">heart</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="community">community</span>, <span word="in">in</span> <span word="town">town</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="countryside">countryside</span>. <span word="A">A</span> <span word="pub">pub</span> <span word="can">can</span> <span word="become">become</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="sort">sort</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="encapsulation">encapsulation</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="place">place</span>, <span word="containing">containing</span> <span word="some">some</span> <span word="small">small</span> <span word="grainy">grainy</span> <span word="photographs">photographs</span>, <span word="some">some</span> <span word="dog">dog</span>-<span word="eared">eared</span> <span word="posters">posters</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="last">last</span> <span word="year">year</span>’<span word="s">s</span> <span word="celebrations">celebrations</span>, <span word="its">its</span> <span word="snoozing">snoozing</span> <span word="cats">cats</span>, <span word="its">its</span> <span word="prettiest">prettiest</span> <span word="girls">girls</span> <span word="behind">behind</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="bar">bar</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="strangest">strangest</span> <span word="characters">characters</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="front">front</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="it">it</span>.</p><p><span word="History">History</span> <span word="before">before</span> <span word="the">the</span> 20<span word="th">th</span> <span word="century">century</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="scarcely">scarcely</span> <span word="taught">taught</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Britain">Britain</span> <span word="now">now</span>, <span word="but">but</span> <span word="pubs">pubs</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="meant">meant</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="preserve">preserve</span> <span word="it">it</span>. <span word="They">They</span> <span word="hold">hold</span> <span word="ghosts">ghosts</span>, <span word="myths">myths</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="memory">memory</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="kings">kings</span>. <span word="Their">Their</span> <span word="loss">loss</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="also">also</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="disappearance">disappearance</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="kitchen">kitchen</span>, <span word="or">or</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="sitting">sitting</span> <span word="room">room</span>, <span word="or">or</span> <span word="some">some</span> <span word="comfortable">comfortable</span> <span word="dim">dim</span> <span word="place">place</span> <span word="where">where</span> <span word="there">there</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="warmth">warmth</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="welcome">welcome</span>, <span word="where">where</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="man">man</span> <span word="exchanged">exchanged</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="own">own</span> <span word="hearth">hearth</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="another">another</span>. <span word="He">He</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="not">not</span>, <span word="however">however</span>, <span word="alone">alone</span> <span word="there">there</span>. <span word="In">In</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="pub">pub</span> <span word="he">he</span> <span word="met">met</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="fellow">fellow</span> <span word="men">men</span> <span word="and">and</span>, <span word="with">with</span> <span word="them">them</span>, <span word="formed">formed</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="society">society</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="musers">musers</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="drinkers">drinkers</span>. <span word="He">He</span> <span word="mingled">mingled</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="people">people</span> <span word="he">he</span> <span word="might">might</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="otherwise">otherwise</span> <span word="meet">meet</span>, <span word="had">had</span> <span word="words">words</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="them">them</span>, <span word="was">was</span> <span word="obliged">obliged</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="take">take</span> <span word="stock">stock</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="opinions">opinions</span>. <span word="In">In</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="highly">highly</span> <span word="stratified">stratified</span> <span word="society">society</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="worker">worker</span>, <span word="merchant">merchant</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="lord">lord</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="pub">pub</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="open">open</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="everyone">everyone</span>.</p>
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