"()" "Sayings and Fun (New Edition)"

Author: Zhang Qing/Nationality: Mainland China
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Publish Date: 2006-01-01
Features: The Tower of London Guard
I have a classmate from London. One day after class, we went to the school café to relax. Incidentally, we started talking about the customs and cultures of different countries. Suddenly, he excitedly told me that his father had once been a "Beefeater." I was taken aback and thought, "A Beefeater is just someone who eats beef—what's so special about that?" However, to maintain basic politeness, I asked him politely, "Is your father a Muslim? Does he eat pork or chicken besides beef?" To my surprise, the moment I finished speaking, my classmate looked at me with a very strange expression, as if he didn’t understand what I was talking about. After further communication, I realized that the "Beefeater" he referred to was not someone who ate beef, but rather "the guards of the Tower of London, famous for their 16th-century uniforms." P17