'The local' is the name he *gives *give to the pub nearest to his house.

There, he meets all his friends and talks *of *about his wife, the weather, his holidays or *that's *what's in the newspaper.

If his friends *won't be *aren't there, he talks *to *at the barman.

English pubs are different *of *from bars in *other *others countries.

A lot of people *meet *meets in them - rich people and poor people, old people and young people.

In the oldest pubs, there's a man *play *playing the piano, and everyone sings old songs.

An English pub's usually very noisy and full of smoke from cigarettes.

Most people *drink *are drinking beer.

You can *ask *ask for 'bitter' or 'mild', but mild is a workmen's beer and a lot of pubs *doesn't *don't sell it now.

The beer's *drunk *drink from a small tankard that holds half a pint *beer *of beer or from a large tankard that holds a pint of beer.

A lot of foreigners *doesn't *don't like English beer because it isn't *drunk * drinking cold.

But the English say that good beer is *as *like good red wine - you shouldn't *drink *to drink it cold!

When you *'ll want *want a drink in a pub, there isn't a waiter who *brings *brought you drink to your table.

You must *go *to go to the bar and ask the barman for your drink.

You *pay *to pay for your drink when you *order *will order it - before *you *you'll drink it; and then you carry it to your table yourself.

But a lot of people don't sit at the tables; they like *stand *to stand near the bar.

It's there that you'll *hear *listen the *most *more interesting conversation.

Pubs are open from eleven o'clock *in *of the morning to three o'clock in the afternoon, and from half-past five in the evening to eleven o'clock.

If you *want *'ll want a drink at *other *another time, you must *drink *to drink coffee or tea!

*On *At ten to eleven every *evening *evenings, the barman *shout *shouts: "Last orders, please!"

Everybody *rush *rushes to the bar *because *to buy a last drink.

Then, at eleven o'clock, the barman shouts: "Time, gentlemen, please!"

This *mean *means that it's the time when the pub must *close *to close.

You *mustn't *needn't leave the pub *since *until ten past eleven, but the pub isn't allowed *to sell *sell any more drinks.

Thirsty people *who *what arrive *too *to late are often vary *hangry *angry.

Sometimes pubs in *country *the country sell drinks *until *since midnight or one o'clock, but someone must always *to stand *stand near the window to *say *tell the barman if a policeman's coming!

After the pubs close, a lot of young English people *have *are having parties at their homes.

Some of them go to dance - but they must usually *drink *to drink coffee.

There are even restaurants *that *what aren't allowed *to sell *selling beer or wine!