Name: 你在韓國最大的文化衝擊是什麼？[2023年版] (What’s Your Biggest Culture Shock in South Korea? [2023 ver.])
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What has been your biggest culture shock in Korea?

您在韓國受到的最大文化衝擊是什麼？

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Some of the things I'm a bit like, nah, not necessary and it's maybe a bit too strict and maybe preventing freedom a little bit, but...

有些事情我覺得沒必要，也許有點太嚴格了，也許有點妨礙自由，但是...

It's the same here as in Greece, where after you've been to the toilet, you throw the paper in the bin instead of inside the toilet.

這裡的情況和希臘一樣，上完廁所後，把紙扔到垃圾桶裡，而不是馬桶裡。

That's the biggest culture shock, I think.

我認為，這是最大的文化衝擊。

It was like 80-something degrees, 87 degrees.

氣溫大概在 80 多度到 87 度之間。

Today, I asked people, what has been your biggest culture shock in Korea?

今天，我問大家，你們在韓國受到的最大文化衝擊是什麼？

For lunch today, I was eating like a chicken soup and they had like a whole chicken in the soup.

今天中午，我吃的是雞湯，湯裡有一整隻雞。

I haven't used chopsticks a lot back in America and I was struggling quite a bit to eat the soup.

在美國的時候，我還沒怎麼用過筷子，吃湯的時候很費勁。

I'm used to seeing like smaller bits of chickens.

我習慣於看到像小雞一樣的小塊。

Like it's weird seeing the whole animal right there.

就像看到整隻動物在那裡一樣，感覺很奇怪。

The meat came off the bone very well, so it was a little easier to eat with chopsticks.

肉很容易從骨頭上脫落，所以用筷子吃起來更方便一些。

我覺得對我來說，很多時候都是盯著看。

Because I know there's a lot of foreigners here already, so I thought when I came here, I wouldn't notice it.

因為我知道這裡已經有很多外國人了，所以我想我來的時候不會注意到這一點。

But people will stare a lot, especially the older people.

但人們會經常盯著看，尤其是老年人。

They'll stare and like look at you and if you look at, if you see them, they'll still be looking.

他們會盯著你看，如果你看，如果你看到他們，他們還會看。

Like in the U.S., people smoke cigarettes, but not as much.

像在美國一樣，人們也吸菸，但不那麼多。

It's not that common, especially like inside the clubs or like the bars, like everywhere.

這種情況並不常見，尤其是在俱樂部或酒吧裡，到處都是。

Especially during, like in the middle of the day, like during lunch or something, you'll see a huge group of people from the office or something all just smoking together.

特別是在一天當中，比如吃午飯的時候，你會看到一大群人從辦公室或其他地方聚在一起抽菸。

And that's like, that was really shocking to me.

Like some of our friends will be hanging out with them for a couple hours and they'll smoke like five or like six or something in two hours or something.

就像我們的一些朋友會和他們一起玩上幾個小時，然後他們會在兩個小時內抽上五、六根菸什麼的。

Especially when they are drinking, like they smoke more often, right?

尤其是在他們喝酒的時候，就像他們經常吸菸一樣，對嗎？

I would say the amount of couples that walk around.

我想說的是走來走去的情侶數量。

You don't notice at home, like in the U.S., obviously there's couples, but you don't notice as much as here.

在國內你不會注意到，就像在美國一樣，顯然也有夫妻，但你不會像在這裡一樣注意到那麼多。

And sometimes I feel like people are just in a couple just to say they're in a couple.

有時我覺得，人們只是為了說自己是情侶而在一起。

Like, yeah, that's what I feel like sometimes.

Even like guys, they'll ask like, I don't know, it's like, hold your hands so quickly.

即使是男生，他們也會問，我不知道，就像，這麼快就握住你的手。

Like you just met them and I'm just like, I don't know you like that.

就像你剛認識他們，而我卻不瞭解你。

Yeah, some, a lot of people, they're more straightforward too here.

是的，有些人，很多人，在這裡也更直接。

So like going out on a date, like usually I'll just like, if it's the first day, I'll just walk with you.

所以就像約會一樣，如果是第一天，我通常會和你一起走。

But usually they want you to hold their arm or like hold their hand.

但通常他們會希望你挽著他們的胳膊，或者握著他們的手。

And I'm just like, I need time to get comfortable with that.

我只是想，我需要時間來適應這一點。

看到這一幕，我的心都要跳出來了。

It makes me uncomfortable, but I guess it's a different culture.

這讓我很不舒服，但我想這是一種不同的文化。

Also the buttons in the restaurant to call the waiters.

還有餐廳裡呼叫服務員的按鈕。

You just kind of like awkwardly look over and try to like call over a waiter.

你只是尷尬地看了一眼，然後試著叫服務員過來。

Everybody wears pants here, even though it's scorching hot and super humid.

這裡的每個人都穿褲子，儘管天氣悶熱潮溼。

Yeah, a winter jacket in the middle on like a sunny day.

是啊，在陽光明媚的日子裡，中間還穿了件冬衣。

It was like 80 something degrees, 87 degrees.

Another thing is the driving around like drivers.

另一個問題是像司機一樣開車兜風。

They don't seem to care about pedestrians as much as they would in the U.S.

他們似乎不像美國人那樣關心行人。

I've seen cars driving up on sidewalks and there's mopeds driving around on the sidewalks.

我見過汽車在人行道上行駛，也見過輕便摩托車在人行道上行駛。

And like even down this thing, I've almost been hit a couple of times just driving around.

就連我開車兜風的時候，都差點被撞上好幾次。

They definitely just go on and expect you to get out of the way.

他們肯定會一意孤行，希望你能讓開道路。

One of the other things that I noticed is like the customer service is way better here.

我還注意到，這裡的客戶服務要好得多。

Like if they're not doing anything, they'll actually help you.

比如，如果他們什麼都不做，他們就會真的幫你。

We mistakenly went to a CrossFit gym instead of like a regular gym like where we work out and stuff.

我們誤打誤撞去了 CrossFit 健身房，而不是普通的健身房。

Instead of like just turning us away, the man there, he helped us like find an actual gym.

那裡的人沒有直接把我們拒之門外，而是幫我們找到了一家真正的健身房。

In the U.S., they definitely would have just been like, oh.

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