“土里土气”英文怎么说
<p>世界各地存在一个普遍现象，那就是城市居民和农民之间互相瞧不起，用一些贬低对方的名称称呼对方。美国人在这方面也不例外。住在像纽约这种大城市的居民往往把农民看成是一些土里土气、脑子很简单，而且容易上当受骗的人。这些城里人经常把农民称为：<span word="hick">hick</span>。<span word="Hick">Hick</span>这个字和中文里的乡下佬差不多。但是，一个<span word="hick">hick</span>并不见得一辈子做乡下佬。请听下面这个例子：</p><p>例句-1: <span word="See">See</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="well">well</span>-<span word="dressed">dressed</span> <span word="man">man</span> <span word="across">across</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="room">room</span>? <span word="That">That</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="Mr">Mr</span>. <span word="Green">Green</span>. <span word="When">When</span> <span word="he">he</span> <span word="came">came</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="New">New</span> <span word="York">York</span> 20 <span word="years">years</span> <span word="ago">ago</span>, <span word="he">he</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="only">only</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="hick">hick</span> <span word="fresh">fresh</span> <span word="out">out</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="cornfields">cornfields</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Kansas">Kansas</span>. <span word="But">But</span> <span word="he">he</span> <span word="turned">turned</span> <span word="out">out</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="lot">lot</span> <span word="smarter">smarter</span> <span word="than">than</span> <span word="he">he</span> <span word="looked">looked</span>; <span word="they">they</span> <span word="say">say</span> <span word="he">he</span> <span word="made">made</span> <span word="ten">ten</span> <span word="million">million</span> <span word="dollars">dollars</span> <span word="last">last</span> <span word="year">year</span> <span word="trading">trading</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="stock">stock</span> <span word="exchange">exchange</span>.</p><p>这个人说：你瞧屋子那边那个衣着很讲究的人。那是格林先生。二十年前他来纽约之前，只不过是勘萨斯州种玉米的乡巴佬。他当时虽然看起来不怎么样，但是脑子却非常灵活。他们说，去年他通过买进卖出股票就赚了一千万美元。</p><p>下面是一个人在回顾他大学时代的一个同学：</p><p>例句-2: <span word="My">My</span> <span word="roommate">roommate</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="my">my</span> <span word="freshman">freshman</span> <span word="year">year</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="real">real</span> <span word="hick">hick</span>. <span word="He">He</span> <span word="came">came</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="town">town</span> <span word="so">so</span> <span word="small">small</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="didn">didn</span>'<span word="t">t</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="stop">stop</span> <span word="light">light</span>, <span word="a">a</span> <span word="building">building</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="elevator">elevator</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="movie">movie</span> <span word="theater">theater</span>.</p><p>他说：大学一年级时和我住一个房间的那个同学真是个乡下佬。他的老家是一个非常小的镇，那里连红绿灯都没有，没有一个楼里有电梯的，甚至连电影院都没有。</p>
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