英文原版对话1000个:1004 Touchy Feely-英语课

时间：2019-02-14 作者：英语课 分类：原版英语对话1000个

英语课

　　Nick: You've lived in three different parts of the world, so is there any difference between each part in terms of physical contact?

　　Cheryl: Yeah, I have lived in Hong Kong, Guam, and the U.S. Hong Kong is in Asia. Guam is in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, and the U.S. is American culture. So in Hong Kong I think most people would not touch each other, just give each other a little bow. I find that a bow is very common in Asia. If you're very good friends, you wouldn't really hug. Hugging I think is a very American thing to do. I think you would just touch each other on the shoulder, or give each other a side embrace. A mini-hug.

　　In Guam, you would definitely greet your friends and family with a kiss on the cheek. A handshake is much too formal for island culture because Island culture is so relaxed and laid-back. You would only do a handshake with business partners or in a really formal setting, but usually a kiss on the cheek is what you receive and give when you see your family and friends.

　　In the U.S., hugging is most common I think for friends and family, but if you're not friends and family, a handshake would probably be the most common.

　　Nick: Is a handshake always the same or is there different styles of handshake?

　　Cheryl: From what I've observed, Guam has American culture so Guam handshakes and U.S. handshakes are the same. I think in Hong Kong, it's got a bit of a British background, so that's also very similar. I don't see any difference with the handshake.

　　Nick: So, what about young people? Is there a different way they interact 1 physically 2 with each other?

　　Cheryl: Yes, definitely. In Guam, I always see people do a fist bump 3 for close buddies 4 of theirs. Girls would definitely hug and give each other a kiss. In Hong Kong, I don't see the fist bump often. I don't think I've ever seen it at all actually, but for close friends, I think a side embrace, or a semi-embrace would happen, but mostly just some form of touch or acknowledgement of the other person.

　　I think it's also very common for people of the same sex to hold hands in Asia and just be friends. Woman and woman hold each others hand if they are very, very, very good friends, and it's apparently 5 very normal. I don't know about a guy holding another guy's hand, but if a woman and a woman hold each other's hands, it does not signal that they are together as a couple. It might just signal that they are very, very good friends or sisters.

　　Nick: In Australia that would be very strange.

　　Cheryl: Yes, it would, wouldn't it. Even in America and Guam.

1 interact

vi.相互作用，相互影响，互通信息

All things are interrelated and interact on each other.一切事物互相联系并相互作用。
The policeman advised the criminal to interact with the police.警察劝罪犯与警方合作。

2 physically

adj.物质上，体格上，身体上，按自然规律

He was out of sorts physically,as well as disordered mentally.他浑身不舒服，心绪也很乱。
Every time I think about it I feel physically sick.一想起那件事我就感到极恶心。

3 bump

v.（against,into）碰，颠簸；n.碰撞，隆起物

I heard a bump in the next room.我听到隔壁房间传来“砰”的一声。
He got a bad bump on his forehead.他碰得前额隆起一个大包。

4 buddies

n.密友( buddy的名词复数 )；同伴；弟兄；（用于称呼男子，常带怒气）家伙v.（如密友、战友、伙伴、弟兄般）交往( buddy的第三人称单数 )；做朋友；亲近（…）；伴护艾滋病人