Playing cricket is also meant to be synonymous with gentlemanly behaviour.

打板球也就意味着要举止得体。

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"All people, Americans, whoever, are at their most civilized when they're playing cricket," he explains.

他说：“所有人，不管是美国人还是其它什么人，在打板球时都是他们最文明的时候。”

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You see them eating at pavement restaurants with their children, playing cricket on the beach and whispering in the galleries.

你会看到他们与孩子们在街边餐馆就餐，在海滩上玩板球，在画廊里轻声低语。

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Traditionally, West Indians have not enjoyed playing cricket in England so early in the summer.

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