聽力每日練習(xí) listen 659 Impolite?Questions?for?foreigners

 
2--Why?
 
1--When I was young I was told it was impolite to ask westerners about their age and salary. So now I keep that in mind when I first meet foreigners.
 
2--It's true. Don't talk about age or salary. But in Chinese culture, it's OK to ask. It wouldn't be impolite to ask. People might just think this kind of question is a sign of one's interest in someone else.
 
1--You can even ask girls in China about their age. Besides I also heard that in western countries it is impolite to ask someone about his or her marital status. Am I right?
 
2--You're right. In addition, questions about religious beliefs are also considered taboo for westerners. The taboo is related to our need for privacy, something that westerners take very seriously.
 
1--That is one of the biggest differences between Chinese and Western cultures.
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注解：
 
1.common通常的
2.status狀態(tài)
3.privacy隱私

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譯文：

1--中國人之間可以打聽別人的年齡和收入，但我們和外國人交談的時候，就要盡量不問這些問題。
2--為什么？
1--小時候就有人告訴我向西方人打聽他們的年齡和工資是不禮貌的。因此當我和外國人初次見面的時候，我都會牢記這個原則。
2--對，我們不談年齡和收入。但在中國文化中，是可以問這些問題的。如果你向別人打聽這些，不算不禮貌。人們會認為你對別人的事比較感興趣。
1--正是這樣。連女孩子的年齡也能問。在西方，打聽有關(guān)別人的婚姻狀況也是非常不禮貌的。是嗎？
2--確實是這樣的。也有些西方人很忌諱別人打聽他們的宗教信仰，這些忌諱都與西方的隱私問題有關(guān)，所以他們非常重視。
1--這可能是東西方文化差異之一吧。