英語乾貨 盤點各國文化禁忌:別在法國說英語!

Norway 挪威

Don't stare at naked people: "People are pretty relaxed about nudity, and both men and women will for example change on public beaches without any attempt at covering themselves up. You are however expected to look away."

不要盯著裸露的人：「人們覺得裸體很自在，比如在公共沙灘上，男人女人都不會穿一絲半縷，但你絕不能盯著人家看。」

Japan 日本

Don't stand on the wrong side of the escalator: "In Tokyo you stand on the left. In Osaka you stand on the right. Follow what other people are doing."

電動扶梯上不要站錯邊：「在東京要站在電動扶梯的左邊，在大阪則站在右邊。別人怎麼做你就怎麼做吧。」

Russia 俄國

Don't give an even number of flowers as a gift: "That's for dead folks. Proper bouquet will have 1/3/5/7 flowers."

不要送偶數的鮮花作為禮物：「那是送給死人的。適合的花束一般有1/3/5/7朵花。」

Singapore 新加坡

You can get fined for a lot of things in Singapore, including: feeding the birds, spitting, urinating in public, smoking in public, having your pet in public, eating or drinking on public transportation, and littering, among other things。

在新加坡，你可能會因很多事情而被罰款，包括：餵鳥、隨地吐痰、公共場所小便、吸菸、遛寵物、公共運輸上吃東西喝飲料、扔垃圾等等。

New Zealand 紐西蘭

"Kiwis are proud of Lord Of the Rings!"

「《指環王》是紐西蘭人的驕傲!」

Don't freak out about people not wearing shoes: "It's perfectly normal to go about in public places without footwear, and in some cases a shirt."

看到有人光腳，請別大驚小怪：「公共場所不穿鞋甚至不穿上衣在這裡很正常。」

India 印度

Don't make physical contact with the opposite sex: "Hugging and handshakes are still frowned upon in most parts of the country among members of opposite sex. Unless the local offers to hug or handshake, don't."

不要跟異性有肢體接觸：「在印度大部分地區，擁抱和握手仍會遭到異性的反對。除非本地人主動跟你擁抱或握手，否則千萬別。」

France 法國

Don't expect people to speak English: "The French educational system is bad at teaching foreign languages, with an excessive focus on reading and writing compared to conversational skills. Many older people will only know a bit of bad and heavily accented English and/or possibly German or Spanish."

別奢望法國人講英語：「法國教育體系在外語教學方面並不怎樣，較之於會話技能，閱讀和寫作則顯得被強調過頭了。很多老人只懂一點蹩腳的、口音很重的英語，或者德語、西班牙語。」

Germany 德國

Don't wish someone a happy birthday before the actual day: "The origin is a superstition that something bad will happen to them (they might die) before their birthday if you do, however this rule is not limited to superstitious people. Even bright, rational Germans will feel uncomfortable because it's just not done."

生日未到之前不要祝人生日快樂：「原本的迷信是，如果你這麼做，對方可能會遭遇不測(可能會死)，但不只是迷信的人相信這點。哪怕是積極理性的德國人提前收到生日祝福，心裡也會覺得不爽的。」

United Kingdom 英國

Don't cut in line: "Queue jump — this is the only crime that the population would consider bringing back capital punishment for."

不要插隊：「插隊是唯一能讓英國人恨得希望恢復死刑的行為。」

Ireland 愛爾蘭

Don't say "Top of the morning to you": "I don't know how this phrase became associated with Irish people, perhaps it was used in the distant past. But it's not now, and it's just really irritating."

不要說「給您問早安」。「我不知道這句話跟愛爾蘭人有什麼淵源，可能是老早以前的用法吧。但現在這麼說真的很討厭。」

來源：http://edu.sina.com.cn/en/2014-04-14/112279869.shtml

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