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Travel Etiquette出行禮儀
Kenya
肯尼亞
Don't disrespect religion: "Almost everyone you meet is religious; religion here is always on fashion, so if someone asks you if you are religious, don't take offense because it is common for everyone to follow a religion, and around 80% of the population are Christians."
不要蔑視宗教:“幾乎你遇到的每一個人都是信教的;宗教在這里一直都很盛行,所以要是有人問你信不信教,千萬別介意,因為這里人人信教是很尋常的,全民有80%的人是基督教徒。”
Don't be impatient: "Hardly anything runs on time, with an exception of a couple of business meetings and bank closing hours and most other businesses. Everything runs late, don't get pissed off or impatient, learn to go with the flow, things will happen, just not on time."
不要不耐煩:“除了少數(shù)商務(wù)會談、銀行下班及其他業(yè)務(wù),這里幾乎沒什么事是準時的。凡事都會遲到,所以不要生氣或不耐煩,入鄉(xiāng)隨俗吧,事情總歸要辦的,只不過遲一些罷了。”
Don't call someone by their first name: "Miss, Mrs, Mr., Dr. and Engineer so and so (mostly the surname) are totally accepted. If you want to call someone whose name you don't know, refer to them as madam or sir. You get quite a lot of bonus points for that. Only refer to someone by their first name if they introduce themselves as such."
不要對人直呼其名:“你可以加上小姐、女士、先生、醫(yī)生、工程師等稱呼,大部分時候可以直接加上姓氏。如果你不知道對方姓名,那就稱呼為女士或先生。這能為你贏得不少好感。只有當對方要求時,你才可以直呼其名。”
【知識點津】
take offense
例句:
I grieved that he shouldtakeoffense.
他竟然動怒,使我感到遺憾。
surname n.姓,姓氏;別名,綽號
例句:
Her first name was Mary. I don't know what hersurnamewas.
她的名字叫瑪麗。我不知道她姓什么。
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