第787期:令人大跌眼镜的国外超奇葩文化现象

 

之前《早餐英语》分享了在亚洲非常常见的文化现象，但却让外国人不太适应的一些习惯。其实这种”culture shock”全球范围都是有的。今天分享一个在Reddit上非常有趣的一个帖子，里面有30位网友列举了在本国看似非常正常，但是外国人会觉得很奇葩的一些现象。(30 People Expose The Things Their Country Finds Normal But The Rest Of The World Doesn't)

New Words:

Literally¹ adv.确实地; (加强即使字面意义并不真实的词语) 简直;

Afghanistan n. 阿富汗;

Rob v.抢劫; 掠夺;

The UK

Upset? Have a cup of tea

心烦意乱？喝杯茶

Happy? Cup of tea

开心吗？喝杯茶

Bored? Cup of tea

无聊的？喝杯茶

Literally any feeling? Cup of tea

有任何感觉？喝杯茶

Yes, I'm from the UK, tea is our answer to all of life's problems.

是的，我来自英国，茶是我们解决生活中所有问题的答案。

Afghanistan

阿富汗

Men holding hands in public as a display of friendship is normal in Afghanistan but super weird² in the west.

在阿富汗，人们在公共场合手牵手以示友谊是正常的，但在西方，这是非常奇怪的。

Brazil

巴西

Putting broken glass bottles on the walls around your house so burglars³ can't jump it and rob you. I moved to Canada and they don't even have walls around the houses!

把碎玻璃瓶放在你房子周围的墙上，这样窃贼就不会跳过去抢劫你了。我搬到了加拿大，房子周围连墙都没有！

1 literally   

adv.照字面意义，逐字地；确实

参考例句：

• He translated the passage literally.他逐字逐句地翻译这段文字。
• Sometimes she would not sit down till she was literally faint.有时候，她不走到真正要昏厥了，决不肯坐下来。

2 weird   

adj.古怪的，离奇的；怪诞的，神秘而可怕的

参考例句：

• From his weird behaviour,he seems a bit of an oddity.从他不寻常的行为看来，他好像有点怪。
• His weird clothes really gas me.他的怪衣裳简直笑死人。

3 burglars   

窃贼( burglar的名词复数 )； 破门盗窃者； 破门盗贼； 小偷

参考例句：

• The house had been ransacked by burglars. 这房子遭到了盗贼的洗劫。
• The burglars took to their heels when they heard the police arrive. 窃贼听见警察来了，拔腿就跑。