美国文化脱口秀 第296期:老外最费解的中国习惯
时间：2019-02-15 作者：英语课 分类：美国文化脱口秀
英语课
晚上洗澡、喝热水、囤塑料袋，这些我们习以为常的习惯老外尽然觉得很奇怪！？今天，我们就说说10大最让老外费解的中国习惯。
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Bizarre Chinese habits incomprehensible to foreigners: 让老外费解的中国怪习惯Bizarre／weird: 古怪
Use chopsticks for everything: 一双筷子、万种可能Use chopsticks to beat eggs: 用筷子打蛋
Egg beater: 打蛋器
But it's so practical to use chopsticks. You don't need another piece of equipment: 可是 用筷子很方便啊，不需要再买一个专门打蛋的工具。
Beat eggs: 打蛋
Beat someone up: 打人
Can't live without hot water: 生活离不开热水Use boiling water to clean bowls and chopsticks: 用热水烫碗筷Love to drink hot water: 爱喝热水
I'm half and half with you on this: 我一半一半It depends on the weather: 看天气
I'll drink hot water in winter, cold water in summer: 冬天喝热水、夏天喝冷水But most foreigners only drink cold water: 不过大多数外国人只喝冷水You got local: 你已经本土化了
Kettle: 烧水壶
Love to sterilize 1：热爱消毒
Many kitchens have something that looks like an oven, but is a sterilizer 2: 很多人厨房里有个像烤箱的东西，其实是消毒柜Foreigners think dish soap is good enough: 老外觉得洗洁精就可以了You need to sterilize utensils 3 with boiling water or sterilizer before using them: 洗好的碗筷用之前还是要烫一下消毒老外最费解的中国习惯
中国人讲卫生有什么奇怪呢？Jenny受不了，吐槽一下美国人的坏习惯Wash sneakers in washing machines: 美国人把球鞋丢到洗衣机里洗跑题了, 说回我们中国人的习惯
Lots of plastic bags at home: 家里都是塑料袋Stock up on plastic bags: 囤积塑料袋
hoarder 4:囤物狂
But you can use them as garbage bags: 但是可以当垃圾袋啊Obsessed 5 with keeping home clean: 绝对注重家里卫生Take off your shoes when visiting other people's homes: 去别人家做客时，要脱鞋I think that makes a lot of sense. It keeps the house clean: 我觉得这很正常，这样脏东西不会踩到房间里Switch clothes after getting home: 回到自己家也要先换衣服Outside clothes are dirty, full of germs. You need to switch them after getting home: 穿出去的衣服很脏，都是细菌。回家要换掉When Americans swicth clothes at home, it's either because they've been working outside or they want to be comfortable, not because of germs: 美国人回家如果换衣服，基本是因为在外面劳作、衣服都是泥土；或者他们想换舒服的居家服，不是怕把细菌带回家Weird exercise habits: 奇怪的保健运动
Walk backwards 6 while clapping hands: 边倒走边拍手It promotes health: 这是养生
My take on this is...: 我对这件事的理解是I get it: 噢，我明白了
Playgrounds for old people: 社区有老年人健身的小花园We do it to work our joints: 要活动关节
So many Americans don't exercise and have to use electronic wheelchairs: 好多美国人不走路、不运动，需要用下面这种电动轮椅车
vt.使不结果实；使绝育；使无效；杀菌，消毒
- Antiseptic is used to sterilize the skin before giving an injection.杀菌剂被用于在注射前给皮肤消毒。
- He pricks the blister on his heel with a sterilize needle.他用一根消过毒的针扎破他脚后跟上的水泡。
n.消毒者，消毒器
- Lately, a new type of sterilizer has appeared on the market. 最近，一种新型的灭菌器问世了。 来自辞典例句
- I think it's better to buy a steam sterilizer. 我觉得你最好买个蒸汽的消毒器。 来自互联网
器具，用具，器皿( utensil的名词复数 )； 器物
- Formerly most of our household utensils were made of brass. 以前我们家庭用的器皿多数是用黄铜做的。
- Some utensils were in a state of decay when they were unearthed. 有些器皿在出土时已经残破。
adj.心神不宁的,鬼迷心窍的,沉迷的
- He's obsessed by computers. 他迷上了电脑。
- The fear of death obsessed him throughout his old life. 他晚年一直受着死亡恐惧的困扰。