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What were the things in Britain that Dr. Mathew found most strange when he first arrived?
What were the things in Britain that Dr. Mathew found most strange when he first arrived?
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2012-03-23
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What were the things in Britain that Dr. Mathew found most strange when he first arrived?
British Student: Good evening, Dr. Mathew. Thank you for coming and sharing some of your feelings here with us.
Mathew: Good evening.
British Student: What were the things in Britain that you found most strange when you first arrived?
Mathew: Well, the first thing is driving on the wrong side of the road . . . that would be the . . . that was very strange because you have this automatic reflex when you go out into the street to look one way and a couple of times I did that and I almost got hit by cars and bikes and all, you know. It’s dangerous. It really is dangerous. And you have to teach yourself to look the other way.
British Student: Someone said that Britain and the United States are divided by a common language. Have you had any difficulties with the language here?
Mathew: Oh, yeah…tremendous amount of difficulty but I’m starting to pick it up now. . all the lingo and slang and all thee. . . but there’s definitely a difference.
British Student: Can you give me any example?
Mathew: Well, the big. . . I’d say some of the biggest ones would be the word "queue" which means "line". I never heard the word "queue" before. Um. . . what you call "chips", I call "French fries" . I never heard them call "chips". Um there’s so many um. . . words that are different. Ah "crisps" which means "potato chips". Yeah, that’s. . . we call them "potato chips" or "chips" in America. You call them "crisps" here. So when I heard the word "chips", I was thinking of "chips", I was thinking of "crisps" and not "French fries" . . . you know. . . it’s very confusing but. . . um. . . but just some of the expressions like. . . er. . . " mate "you know and "love" . Those. . . you know. . . they’re funny. You don’t hear them. You don’t hear them in America.
British Student: What about with young people. . . with people your own age. . . I mean, do you notice differences there?
Mathew: I do notice some differences. . . or. . . I think. , all. . . I think the younger people in Britain are. . . they seem to be. . . much more radical than the younger people m the United States. I noticed that. Ah. . . the dress is different. I see a lot of males here with earrings in one of their. . . in one of their ears. You don’t see that in America that much. Some maybe here and there, but not, not like you see it here. Ah. . . so many of the young people wear black clothing, you know, I don’t. . . you don’t see the other colors. At home you see all different types of bright colors. . . and in England you see so much black. Especially on the women.
British Student: you don’t like that?
Mathew: Not really. It’s just my own preference. I like. . . I’d rather see different colors here and there. . . not all. . . not all one color. Everyone looks like Madonna.
British Student: When you say "radical" . . . do you. . . are you just thinking of clothes or of anything else?
Mathew: Um. . . no, I think. . . er. . . radical as in going against the norms. . . could you say? Not only in clothing but I think in politics too whereas in America. . . er. . . you don’t find that as much. Oh, also, another difference is the younger people are. . . they are more politically aware on a larger level. See a lot of the Americans. . . they are aware of . . . er. . . government of the United States and maybe a few other countries but not as many countries in Europe or they just have a vague understanding of how those other countries are run. . . not as widespread. Whereas here, I think that they. . . or. . . the kids get to know about how different countries are run at a much younger level and they know all about the United States and how it’s run.
British Student: What do you think the reasons are for that?
Mathew: Um. . . that’s a good question. . . um. . . well, l think that the reasons are…just because of the Press, you know the newspaper. You hear so much about America here that people are…they are into it. . . they want to know what it’s about and how it’s run. And so many of our policies in America affect Britain that they want to understand how policies are made and all that and seeing that doesn’t work on the other level like Britain’s policies don’t . . . I mean, they can affect us, but not to as great an extent and therefore you don’t hear as much about Britain and people don’t know as much about it.
British Student: Well, thank you Dr. Mathew.
Mathew: You are welcome.
选项
A、Because American policies are good examples to follow.
B、Because British polices have no effect on Americans.
C、Because they have good chance to travel a lot.
D、Because they can know a lot from reading newspapers.
答案
D
解析
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