—________.I'm just going in the same direction.

　Generally speaking, a British is widely regarded as a quiet, shy and conservative (保守的) person who is 1only among those with whom he is familiar. When a stranger is present, he often seemsnervous，2embarrassed. You have to take a commuter train (通勤车)any morning or evening to 3 the truth of this. Serious－looking businessmen and women sit reading their newspapers or 4off in a corner; hardly anybody talks, sinceto do so would be considered quite offensive (冒犯的)．

5 ， there is an unwritten but clearlyunderstood code of behavior, which, once 6 ， makes the offender immediately theobject of7.

One of the few things we can say about the British with certainty is that a Britishtakes a(n)8 to the discussion of their weather and that, if given achance, he will talk about it9. Some people argue that it isbecause the British weather10 follows forecast and thus becomes asource of interest to everyone. This may be so. Certainly a British cannot havemuch 11 in the weathermen, whose predictions, in many cases,12to be wrong! The man in the street seems to be as accurate—or as inaccurate—asthe weathermen in his 13.

Foreigners may be surprised at the number of references 14 weather that theBritish make to each other in the course of a single day. Very oftenconversational greetings are 15 by comments on the weather. “Niceday, isn't it？”“Beautifulday！”may well be heard instead of “Good morning, how are you？”16 the foreigner mayconsider this exaggerated (夸大的)and comic, it is worthwhile pointing out that it could be used to his17.If he wants to start a conversation with a British but is 18 to knowwhere to begin, he could do well to mention the state of the weather. It isa(n)19 subject to which a response may well be 20 ofeven the most reserved of the British.

       Selena Gomez and I are scheduled to meet at a low－key coffee shop in Encino. Not wanting to keep the superstar waiting, I arrived at nine, 20 minutes early. As I was catching up on e－mails, Selena quietly scooted into the seat next to me. No bodyguard. Not even a drop of makeup. She was ten minutes early and so inconspicuous that no one else in the restaurant looked up so much. Selena was wearing Bebe shorts. She had a baby face and ordered a hot chocolate.

      After making small talk about what she wore for the shoot, she dived into the subject of her career. Selena declared 2012 the year of movies. She filmed three: Spring Breakers, a drama; The Getaway, an action flick; and Hotel Transylvania, a comedy. Each is a marked move away from the teen style that made her a household name.

        Now that her Disney days are behind her, Selena is at that unstable point in a child star's career where she is trying to grow up—both as a person(she turned 20 in July)and as an artist. “Being part of the Disney Channel was such a blessing, and I'm super happy with what my show accomplished, but acting is something I would like to take on more seriously.” She continued, “I don't necessarily feel accomplished. I want to create a whole different persona when it comes to acting.”

        Selena has been working fulltime since she was seven years old and scored a role on Barney&Friends. In 2007, when she was offered the lead in Wizards of Waverly Place, Selena, her mother, and her stepfather uprooted from Grand Prairie, Texas, to LA, where they are settling now.

        Remember Mr. Bean? The creation of British comic actor Rowan Atkinson has been away {#blank#}1{#/blank#}a while. But now he is back, in a new movie {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(call) Mr. Bean'sHoliday.

        The film {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(release) next Monday in the UK. Our hero and his peanut－sized brain are off on a vacation to the south of France. What trouble will he cause this time?

        Mr.Bean first appeared in 1990, and the idiot hero has been a hit around the world ever since. Why has the character enjoyed {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(succeed) with people of different cultures? One reason is that there is very little dialogue in the stories andthus no language barrier. The sight of Mr. Bean as a barber making {#blank#}5{#/blank#}horrible mess of some poor customers' hair doesn't need translating.

        But there is a {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(deep) reason. Although he is British and the stories generallytake place in British settings, Mr. Bean is really nationless. People from different cultures laugh at {#blank#}7{#/blank#} for the same reason that earlier generationslaughed at comic star Charlie Chaplin. It is physical humor {#blank#}8{#/blank#} draws on thetimeless appeal of everything going wrong.

        Mr.Bean breaks social rules {#blank#}9{#/blank#} he goes—he jumps the queue, tries to cheat inexams—something we all secretly want to do {#blank#}10{#/blank#} dare not.