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[00:00.06]Even so, you might want to give something extra to the porter,
[00:04.72]especially in a first-class establishment.
[00:07.88]The tipping system in Britain or in the West,
[00:11.03]consists of small extra payment of a 10th or an 8th of the price of bill given to certain employees.
[00:18.97]Apart from these special cases, gifts of money are given only cautiously.
[00:24.93]Drinking is a habit of the British people.
[00:27.86]Most men have the habit of drinking beer, wine and so on.
[00:32.95]British drinking habits are severely regulated.
[00:36.70]The licensing laws came into being at the end of World War I,
[00:41.45]governing the operating hours of all cocktail parties, pubs and inns.
[00:46.82]Restaurants, too, can sell alcohol only at these hours.
[00:51.79]The hours may vary in different localities and many pubs may stay open all day.
[00:58.15]The British have also become accustomed to tea-drinking.
[01:02.16]There is another type of drinking, the drinking of tea.
