Sorry to offend you.
starting to notice...
開(kāi)始注意到、意識(shí)到……
I am a little rushed.It's about time...
. No, but you should call me!是……的時(shí)候了
Differences in Manne
Is there any quicker way t
just the other day...
幾天前……
You can take...
It depends on...
Jay: You know what, Tom, I've only been here for a few
5. Well, I had a really great time.
days but I'm starting to notice how people from
For the most part...
different cultures behave in different ways.
Tom: It's about time.
It is best not to I really enjoyed myself....
Jay: Just the other day I noticed one of the workers in your
company going through someone else's desk. I went
I had a wonderful evening.
over and asked what he was doing and he told me
Jay:
that he was looking for something. What I meant to
Thank you for showing me a good time.
say was he should stop what he was doing.
Tom: Going through other people's things is considered
He is cute, but I didn't have a very good time on our
Jay: I'm a little rushed. Is there any quicker way to get
rude almost everywhere. Howeverdate. , in some cultures it
there?
Jay: Well, you should know that foreign guys tend to
may be accepted more than in others.
be more forward than Taiwanese guys.
Jay: In America, going through other people's belongings
Catherine: Oh, does that mean they'll also want to move
is illegal. You can be sued for invading other's privacy.
quickly?
Jay: Yeah, it's possible. The other thing is that
杰: 你知道嗎,湯姆,我才到這兒幾天而已,但是已經(jīng)發(fā)覺(jué)
foreigners may seem more open-minded. But
到許多文化差異。
that's just because they grew up in a different
湯姆: 也該是時(shí)候了。
culture.
杰: 幾天前,我看到一個(gè)員工在翻搜另一個(gè)人的辦公桌。我
Catherine: I've heard that foreign guys are all really romantic
走過(guò)去問(wèn)他在做什么,他說(shuō)他正在找一樣?xùn)|西。我的意
and treat women with great respect.
思其實(shí)是要他停止他當(dāng)時(shí)的舉動(dòng)。
Jay: That is simply a baseless rumor! Just kidding
湯姆: 不論在何處,翻搜別人的東西大概都會(huì)被視為無(wú)禮的舉
though, it actually does tend to hold true...
動(dòng),但是在某些文化當(dāng)中卻可以被接受。
generally speaking anyway.
杰: 在美國(guó),亂動(dòng)別人的私人物品是違法的。侵犯他人的隱
私可能會(huì)被告上法庭。