Name: BBC六分鐘英文 (BBC 6 Minute English - Learn about cultural differences in 6 minutes)
Uploaded: 2017-10-23T03:40:07.000Z
Duration: 6 min 13 s

Neil: Welcome to 6 Minute English. In this

尼爾：歡迎收看《6分鐘英語》。在這個

programme we bring you an expressive topic

節目中，我們為您帶來了一個富有表現力的話題

Tim: And I'm Tim. So, we had an argument just before

而我'是蒂姆。所以，我們之前有一個爭論

Neil:  We did, Tim. But no hard feelings?

我們做到了，蒂姆。但是，沒有硬傷？

Tim: None. No hard feelings is something you say

to somebody you have argued with to say you'd still like

對某人你已經爭論說你''d仍然喜歡。

Neil: Like who's going to introduce the show.

Tim: Or who's going to choose the quiz question.

Neil: But we understand each other. That's the important

尼爾：但我們互相理解。這是最重要的

thing, isn't it? To fall out with somebody by the

way, is another way of saying to argue or disagree

with them. Did you know that you wave your arms

與他們。你知道嗎，你揮動你的手臂

蒂姆：不，我不知道我這樣做。

Tim: I know. Using gestures, or movements you make

蒂姆：我知道。用手勢，或者你做的動作

with your hands or your head to express what you are

用你的手或你的頭來表達你的意思。

countries but not in others. Then there are

some movements, like shaking your head, which

有些動作，比如搖頭，這一點。

mostly means 'no' but in some countries can mean the

大多是指'no'，但在一些國家可能意味著。

opposite. Neil: That's right. In which country does

相反。尼爾：那'是的。在哪個國家

shaking your head mean 'yes', Tim? Is it?

搖頭的意思是'是的&39;，蒂姆？是嗎？

Tim: No idea. I'll guess Greece. I do know that

蒂姆：不知道。我'會猜測希臘。我確實知道

in India people shake their heads to mean

Neil: There are plenty of gestures you need to be

careful with when you're meeting and greeting people

仔細與當你'會見和打招呼的人。

your own, to avoid offending people or making an

Tim: If you make a faux pas it means you say or

蒂姆：如果你犯了一個錯誤，意味著你說了或

do something embarrassing in a social situation.

在社交場合做一些尷尬的事情。

For example, our every day use of the thumbs-up

比如，我們日常使用的 "大拇指"。

signal might offend people from the Middle East.

信號可能會得罪來自中東的人。

Neil: And to offend means to make somebody angry

Tim: Let's hear now from Business Professor Erin

蒂姆：現在讓我們聽聽商業教授艾琳的意見。

Meyer talking about how easy it is to misunderstand

why some people behave the way they do in everyday

為什麼有些人在日常生活中會有這樣的行為？

situations when we don't belong to the same culture.

的情況下，我們不屬於同一文化。

Professor Erin Meyer: A while ago I was in Dubai

艾琳-梅耶教授。前段時間我在迪拜

students was driving me home after a session and the

學生們在一節課結束後開車送我回家，而我的學生們則在一節課結束後開車送我回家。

down her window, and she started shouting at someone

從她的窗戶上下來，她開始對某人大喊大叫。

was crossing the street with a big box of

在過馬路的時候，他拿著一大盒

cloth. And he started shouting back, and she

opened up the door, and they started gesticulating and

打開了門，他們開始指手畫腳，並。

wow, they're having a huge fight, I thought

哇，他們有一個巨大的戰鬥，我想。

maybe he was going to hit her. And she got

back in the car, and I said, well, what were you fighting

回到車裡，我說，好吧，你在打什麼？

we weren't fighting, he was giving me directions to

我們不是在打架 他是在給我指路

your hotel. And I thought that was a great example of

你的酒店。我認為這是一個很好的例子

how someone from another culture may misperceive or

另一種文化的人可能會如何誤解或誤解。

misunderstand something as a fight when in fact they

were just being emotionally expressive. '

Neil: Gesticulating. What does that mean?

尼爾：打手勢。那是什麼意思？

Tim: It means what I was doing earlier! Waving

your arms around to express what you're feeling.

你的手臂周圍，以表達你'的感覺。

Neil: Erin Meyer was worried because her student

艾琳-梅耶爾很擔心，因為她的學生... ...

and the man on the street were shouting and

gesticulating at each other. She thought they

were having a fight when in fact they were

Tim: And expressive means showing what you think

蒂姆：而表現力的意思是展示你的想法。

Neil: You were nodding in agreement, there, Tim.

尼爾：你在那裡點頭同意，蒂姆。

Which reminds me of our quiz question. In which

這讓我想起了我們的測驗題。其中

'yes'? Is it? a) Greece, b) Japan or c) Bulgaria?

'是'？a)希臘、b)日本或c)保加利亞?

Neil: That's the wrong answer I'm afraid. The right

尼爾：這恐怕是個錯誤的答案。正確的

answer is Bulgaria. In some Southeastern European

答案是保加利亞。在一些東南歐

areas such as Bulgaria and southern Albania,

保加利亞和阿爾巴尼亞南部等地區。

shaking your head is used to indicate 'yes'.

In those regions, nodding in fact means 'no'

在這些地區，點頭其實意味著'不&39。

Tim: OK, I hope I remember that next time I meet

蒂姆：好的，希望下次見面時能記住這句話。

OK, shall we look back at the words we learned today?

好了，我們來回味一下今天學過的單詞吧？

Neil: No hard feelings is something you say to

beaten in a game or contest to say you'd still like

在遊戲或比賽中被擊敗，說你'd仍然喜歡。

Tim: For example, I always get the quiz questions

蒂姆：比如說，我總能收到測驗題。

right, unlike you Neil. But no hard feelings, OK?

對，不像你尼爾。但不要有任何怨言，好嗎？

Neil: That's not a very realistic example, Tim,

尼爾：這不是一個很現實的例子，蒂姆。

But I'll let it go. Number two... to fall out

但我還是算了吧。第二條... 掉隊

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