高级听力 Unit 7 Part 3

一个美国人在伦敦生活后的体验，文章被访者称，认为英国的年轻人更加的愤世嫉俗，那么，到底哪里愤世嫉俗呢？且听且看。

An American in London

F: What were things in Britain that you find most strange when you first arrived?

M: Well, the first thing is driving on the wrong side of the road ... that was very strange because you have this automatic reflex when you go out into the street to look one way and a couple 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.

F: Someone said that Britain and the United States are divided by a common language. Have you had any difficulties with the language here?

M: Oh, yeah -- tremendous amount of difficulty but I’m starting to pick it up now -- all the lingo and slang and all those -- but there’s definitely a difference.

F: Can you give me any examples?

M: Well, I'd say some of the biggest ones would be the word “queue” which means in America “line”. I never heard the word “queue” before. What you call “chips”, I call “French fries”. I never heard them called “chip”. There’s so many words that are different. Ah, “crisps” which mean “potato chips”. Yeah, 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 “crisps” and not French fries, it’s very confusing but just some of the expressions like “mate” you know and “love”. They’re funny. You don't hear them. You don’t hear them in America.

F: What about with young people, with people your own age, I mean, do you notice differences there?

M: I do notice some differences, I think the younger people in Britain are -- they seem to be much more radical than the younger people in the United States. I noticed that. Ah, the dress is different. I see a lot of males here with earrings 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. So many of the young people wear black clothing. 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.

F: You don't like that?

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