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Ice, Ice, Baby 冰，冰啊，宝贝 Think about any beverage, adult or otherwise, that you’ve ordered in your life. What’s the primary ingredient, regardless of what beverage you’ve ordered? If you said sugar, you’re close, but that’s not it. It’s ice, of course! Lots and lots of ice! Europeans think that our ice-intensive drinks are totally bizarre. As it so happens, they like things lukewarm over there. 无论你年纪如何，想想任何你所点过的饮品。无论你点了何种饮料，里面的主要成分是什么呢？如果你回答说是糖，那么你已经离正确答案不远了。当然应该是冰啦！许多许多冰！欧洲人觉得我们（美国人）饮料中含冰巨多这点非常奇葩。如果它就这么发生的话，欧洲人倒喜欢喝温点的东西。 Air Conditioning 空调 Well, have you ever noticed how uncompromisingly cold your working environment is? As it so happens, not all of the world’s buildings keep the AC turned up so high. When Europeans step into America buildings, they feel like they’re stepping into the Antarctic. 你可曾注意到你的工作环境是有多彻骨寒冷？说起来，并非世界上所有的建筑物里都会把空调风开得这么大。当欧洲人走进美国人的大楼里，他们会觉得自己进入了南极。 The Working Week 工作周 Have you ever felt like 40-hours per week is just too damn much? You’d be surprised about how much it’s taken to get the working week down to that level here in the United States. At any rate, things just simply aren’t that way over in old Europe. The standard is much more relaxed, and there’s a cultural belief that having vacation time, and taking time away to raise a family, is valuable! | 
