Unit17-5 文化差异

我们的外国客人在街上闲逛、观察了一阵子，发现这边的女性不喜欢晒太阳。他同时也注意到，这竟是亚洲文化的一部分，跟西方文有很大的不同。

Did you happen…？你恰巧……吗？

用来询问他人是否碰巧做了什么。

Did you happen to bump uUo the professor in the ballwy?
你刚好在走廊遇到教授吗？

That does it…够了

用在“当某人满足于某事，或某事已经超出极限”时。

That does it;I'm sick of his lies,
真是够了，我已经受够他的谎言了。

doesn't leave muchoption…没有多少选择

用来形容一个没有多少选择的情况。

That doesn't leave much option for him being stuck ui tllat situation.
他受困于那种情况之下，实在没有多少选择。

模拟对话

Keep the sun away!讨厌晒太阳

Jerry:Did you happen to bring an umbrella?I think it's raining outside.
杰瑞：你刚好带雨伞吗？我觉得外面在下雨。

Tom:That reminds me,I was going to ask you something What's the deal with womch carrying umbrellas when it's even raining?
汤姆：这倒提醒我要问你一件事，那些女人在晴空下也要带着伞到底是怎么回事？

Jerry:I think they just don't want to become dark from the sun.
杰瑞：我觉得她们只是不想被太阳晒黑。

Tom:Americans and Europeans love a good tan. Why has that not affected the people here?
汤姆：美国人和欧洲人都毫欢把皮肤晒成健康的小麦色。为什么这样的观念没有影响到东方人呢？

Jerry:I think it's the skin color.Because Americans and Europcans have a lighter colored skin,  the ladies here want to bc white. lt's a psycholog-ical thing.When you're dark you want to be white, and when you're white you want to be dark.
杰瑞：我觉得跟肤色有关。因为美国人与欧洲人的肤色比较浅，因此我们这边的女人就会想要变白。这是心理因素，当你很黑你就会想要变白，而当你很白的时候，你就会想晒黑一点。

词汇解说
umbrella (n.)雨伞
tan (n.)棕褐色的皮肤
psychological (adj.)心理的，精神的

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