英国人比美国人做得好的方面
<p>英美两国尽管文化较接近，但也存在着一定的差异。</p><p>加利福尼亚州桑尼维尔市有名的李艾维`李在论坛上发布了一个问题：“哪些方面英国人比美国人做得好呢?”她总共列举了23个例子来赞扬英国。</p><p>1. <span word="They">They</span> <span word="call">call</span> <span word="soccer">soccer</span> <span word="football">football</span> <span word="because">because</span> <span word="it">it</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="clearly">clearly</span> <span word="played">played</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="foot">foot</span>.</p><p>英国人足球叫“<span word="football">football</span>”，因为足球很显然是用脚来踢;</p><p>2. <span word="They">They</span> <span word="call">call</span> <span word="hamburger">hamburger</span> <span word="beef">beef</span> <span word="burger">burger</span> <span word="because">because</span> <span word="it">it</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="clearly">clearly</span> <span word="made">made</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="beef">beef</span>.</p><p>英国人称汉堡包为“牛肉汉堡”，因为很明显汉堡包是用牛肉制成的;</p><p>3. <span word="Their">Their</span> <span word="sockets">sockets</span> <span word="can">can</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="switched">switched</span> <span word="off">off</span> <span word="because">because</span> <span word="it">it</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="easier">easier</span>, <span word="safer">safer</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="energy">energy</span> <span word="efficient">efficient</span>.</p><p>英国的插座可以关掉，这样更方便，更安全，更节能;</p><p>4. <span word="They">They</span> <span word="look">look</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="day">day</span> <span word="first">first</span>, <span word="as">as</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="dd">dd</span>/<span word="mm">mm</span>/<span word="yy">yy</span> <span word="instead">instead</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="mm">mm</span>/<span word="dd">dd</span>/<span word="yy">yy</span> <span word="because">because</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="around">around</span> 30 <span word="days">days</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="row">row</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="month">month</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="same">same</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="yesterday">yesterday</span>.</p><p>英国人日期表达方式首先是<span word="XX">XX</span>号，比如说<span word="XX">XX</span>号/<span word="XX">XX</span>月/<span word="XX">XX</span>年，而不是<span word="XX">XX</span>月/<span word="XX">XX</span>号/ <span word="XX">XX</span>年，因为一个月连续30天，<span word="XX">XX</span>月每天都是相同的;</p><p>5. <span word="They">They</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="full">full</span> <span word="English">English</span> <span word="breakfast">breakfast</span> <span word="while">while</span> <span word="we">we</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="full">full</span> <span word="sugar">sugar</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="preservatives">preservatives</span> <span word="cereal">cereal</span>.</p><p>英国人有丰富的英式早餐，但是我们的早餐是含有过量糖分和防腐剂的谷物;</p><p>6. <span word="They">They</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="portion">portion</span> <span word="control">control</span>, <span word="resulting">resulting</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="higher">higher</span> <span word="life">life</span> <span word="expectancy">expectancy</span> <span word="while">while</span> <span word="we">we</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="supersized">supersized</span> <span word="everything">everything</span> (<span word="because">because</span> <span word="why">why</span> <span word="not">not</span>?), <span word="resulting">resulting</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="obesity">obesity</span>.</p>
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