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Travel Etiquette出行禮儀
Ireland
愛爾蘭
Don't say "Top of the morning toyou": "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'sjust really irritating."
不要說“給您問早安”。“我不知道這句話跟愛爾蘭人有什么淵源,可能是老早以前的用法吧。但現在這么說真的很討厭。”
Don't attempt an Irish accent: "To us there is no Irish accent; there are Cork accents, Dublin accents, Kerry accents etc. For us an accent contains reams of unspoken information about a person (Urban/Rural, social status) aside from the locational information."
不要學愛爾蘭口音:“我們不覺得自己有‘愛爾蘭口音’。愛爾蘭有科克口音、都柏林口音、克里口音等等。在我們看來,口音除了是地域標志,還能透露一個人不曾明說的信息,比如是城市人還是農村人、社會地位如何等等。”
Don't be cheap: "The classic is in arounds situation at a pub. If someone is offering to buy the first round, it is perfectly acceptable to say 'Oh I'm on a budget, I'll get my own.' It is not okto join the round and then not pay for one."
不要貪便宜:“最典型的就是酒吧買酒。如果有人提出請喝頭一輪,你可以說‘最近我在省錢,我還是自己買吧’,但你不可以接受別人的請客之后又不回請人家。”
Don't call the UK the mainland: "As far as we're concerned,Franceis the mainland."
不要把英國叫作“本土”。“在我們看來,法國才是本土呢。”
【知識點津】
budget n.預算;預算案;預算撥款;一束
例句:
TheBudgetdoes expose the lies ministers were telling a year ago.
預算案無疑揭穿了部長們一年前所說的謊話。
mainland n.大陸;本土
例句:
The island may be reached by boat from themainland.
這個島嶼可以從大陸乘小船到達。
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