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A large number of people move to Britain for different reasons

every year. Among them there are Kimiko, Xavier and Margaretha. They were interviewed about their lives in England.

They have different opinions on living there.

Kimiko Kinoshita Wood came to Britain as a

bride several years ago. There is much more freedom for women here,' she says.

'It is sometimes difficult for Japanese women to adjust.' For Kimiko, the change was easy because she is a translator and

speaks English fluently. Also, she has an English husband. 'Attitudes to women

are very different,' she says. 'Japanese wives come to Britain and after a

while they discover they can have a life of their own outside the home. They

don't have that kind of freedom in Japan.'

In Japan it is unusual

to see men shopping with their wives, helping in the house, or babysitting. But

Kimiko's husband, John, a shipping engineer, happily

lends a hand with the children. John says that Japanese husbands soon adapt in

Britain, and seem to relax more with their families.

Education is one thing

that worries Kimiko. In Japan, children go to school

six days a week and work much harder than English children. Another complaint

is that shops don't have many clothes for small women!

When Xavier Dupont came to Britain, his

friends in Paris said he'd hate it. However, Xavier, a 26-year-old chef, says

they were wrong.

'French people imagine

that Britain is a cold, miserable country where everyone dresses badly, you

can't see anything for fog, and the food is the worst on the planet. I don't

agree.'

Xavier insists that the

British look good because they don't follow fashion so seriously. He enjoys

shopping in Britain because there are so many fresh things in the supermarkets.

However, he has some

complaints. He thinks that British men don't show enough consideration or

appreciation of women. Also, he doesn't like British bathrooms where you stand

or sit in the bath to have a shower! Last of all, he feels that shops and

restaurants close far too often and far too early.

In Britain, Margaretha Simons can be a

full-time housewife, at home with her four children. It is unusual in her

native Norway because almost all Norwegian women go out to work. It is also

unusual in Norway to have more than two children. Margaretha, who is 43, met her British husband,

Noel, a university professor, while she was learning English in Cambridge.

Although she finds

British people friendly, she doesn't like everything. She thinks British houses

are not built well - even modern houses have a lot of draughts. Also, there is

too much litter on the streets and by the sides of the motorways. She likes

fresh British food, but at first she did not like the tea because it looked

cloudy and grey. Now she is addicted to it, and has cups of tea all the time!

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