Quora精選：你旅行時(shí)感受到最大的文化沖擊

What was your biggest culture shock while traveling?你旅行時(shí)感受到最大的文化沖擊

 

來(lái)自@Christine De Benedetto的回答：

Some of my family lives in Poland. I was visiting my aunt there and out shopping at Tesco. We went to the checkout line and I smiled widely at the cashier.我家有些人住在波蘭。當(dāng)時(shí)我去拜訪我的姨媽，然后一起去樂(lè)購(gòu)買(mǎi)東西。當(dāng)我們走到收銀臺(tái)的時(shí)候，我對(duì)著收銀員露出了燦爛的微笑。She gave me a dirty look and then started yelling at me. My Polish language skills aren't the best and I looked at my aunt in confusion.她輕蔑地看了我一眼，然后開(kāi)始對(duì)我嚷嚷。我的波蘭語(yǔ)不是很好，所以我就一臉疑惑地看著我姨媽。She responded to the cashier, “Relax, she is just an American. They are a lot less miserable than us Poles.”她對(duì)那個(gè)收銀員說(shuō)：“放輕松，她是個(gè)美國(guó)人。她們的日子沒(méi)我們這么慘?！盩he cashier was not used to smiles and pleasantries and just assumed that my smile was because I was making fun of her.那個(gè)收銀員并不習(xí)慣微笑和幽默，她以為我對(duì)她笑是在取笑她。

 

來(lái)自@Chris Northcutt的回答：

I'm American, and used to work in SE Asia for a company headquartered in London.我是個(gè)美國(guó)人，以前在一家總部位于倫敦的公司工作，工作地點(diǎn)是東南亞。On one summer trip to the London HQ I was staying in a nice hotel that included a traditional British breakfast. One morning I was seated near an American family, and thought my goodness they are so loud! I noticed others sometimes glancing at them.有一年夏天，我出差去倫敦的總部，當(dāng)時(shí)住在一家很不錯(cuò)的酒店里，酒店附送傳統(tǒng)的英式早餐。一天早上，我坐在了一個(gè)美國(guó)家庭的旁邊，當(dāng)時(shí)覺(jué)得“我的天啊，他們真夠吵的！”The children were all very well behaved but obviously very excited anticipating their first full day exploring London (I eavesdropped a little).孩子們都挺有禮貌，不過(guò)顯然對(duì)他們第一天的倫敦探險(xiǎn)感到非常興奮。（這是我不小心聽(tīng)到的）I realized if this had been a restaurant in the USA their speech volume would have been quite normal and acceptable , and I wouldn't have noticed. As I had not been around Americans for several months, I had become used to a lower decibel level while dining without realizing it. This was kind of a re-entry culture shock.我當(dāng)時(shí)發(fā)現(xiàn)，如果這是一家美國(guó)餐廳，他們講話的音量其實(shí)挺正常的，完全可以接受，而我也應(yīng)該不會(huì)注意到他們。但由于我已經(jīng)幾個(gè)月沒(méi)有在美國(guó)呆過(guò)了，我已經(jīng)習(xí)慣了分貝更低的就餐環(huán)境，而我自己還沒(méi)意識(shí)到。I made it a point to introduce myself, that it was refreshing to hear other Americans after so long away, and with a bit of a twinkle said it was very nice to clearly hear how excited they are about the day ahead. The parents picked right up on it, and I later heard them nicely and quietly telling their children they could still hear them even if they spoke more softly..我試圖去介紹了我自己，說(shuō)很高興在離開(kāi)了這么久之后能再次聽(tīng)到其他美國(guó)人講話，然后帶著點(diǎn)暗示對(duì)他們說(shuō)“能清楚地聽(tīng)到他們對(duì)這一天有多興奮，真是太好了。”家長(zhǎng)們馬上就會(huì)過(guò)意了，后來(lái)我聽(tīng)到他們和藹地對(duì)自家孩子說(shuō)：即使他們小聲說(shuō)話，爸爸媽媽也是聽(tīng)得到的。

 

來(lái)自@Odin Training的回答：

I wasn’t traveling but had moved to the UK from Canada.我并不是在旅行，不過(guò)我從加拿大搬到英國(guó)來(lái)了。I was standing at the bus stop with a few other people.我當(dāng)時(shí)正和其他一些人一起站在一個(gè)公交站。When the bus pulled up, it stopped right in front of me.當(dāng)巴士停下來(lái)的時(shí)候，正好停在了我面前。The doors opened and I go to step on the bus, then I feel a thud on my shoulder.門(mén)打開(kāi)之后，我馬上就上去了，結(jié)果感到有什么東西戳了我的肩膀一下。I turn around and an elderly lady was hitting me with her umbrella.我轉(zhuǎn)過(guò)身來(lái)發(fā)現(xiàn)一位老太太正在用她的雨傘戳我。When I looked at her she said something about not pushing in line.當(dāng)我看著她的時(shí)候，她告訴我不要插隊(duì)。I apologized and explained that I had just moved from Canada and there we just get on the bus from where it stopped.我道歉了，然后解釋說(shuō)我剛剛從加拿大搬過(guò)來(lái)，而我們那都是巴士停在哪就在哪上。She replied, “In England we respect the queue!” I didn’t even know what the word queue meant, but I soon learned that they do indeed line up for everything and they board the bus in the order they arrived at the bus stop.她回答道：“我們英國(guó)有排隊(duì)的規(guī)矩！”我當(dāng)時(shí)還不知道“隊(duì)”是個(gè)什么意思，后來(lái)才知道，他們基本真的干什么都排隊(duì)，而且他們上巴士的時(shí)候，是按到達(dá)車(chē)站的順序來(lái)排的。

 

（翻譯：能貓）

(來(lái)源:滬江)