Quora精選：印象深刻的文化沖擊

Quora精選：印象深刻的文化沖擊

What Is Your Most Memorable Cultural Shock

What is your most memorable cultural shock？

你印象最深的文化沖擊是什么？

獲得516好評的答案@Balraj Rathod

In summer of 2015， I was in Helsinki， Finland for an internship①internship 英 ［'?nt??n??p］ 美 ［'?nt?n??p］n. 實習生；（美）實習期；實習醫(yī)師職位. Although， I had read that Finnish②Finnish 英 ［'fi ni?］ 美 ［'fi ni?］ adj. 芬蘭的，芬蘭語的 n. 芬蘭人，芬蘭語people are reserved and like to stay within their space， I had not expected it to be this：

2015年夏天，我在芬蘭首都赫爾辛基實習。雖然我之前聽說過芬蘭人比較冷淡而且不喜歡別人闖入自己的空間，但是我沒想到會是這樣：

At a bus stop： You are alone in the shade of the stop and that is your space. No one will come to bother you.

在公交車站：你一個人站在站牌陰影下，而這就是你的空間，沒人會來打擾你。

Inside a bus： You enter a bus and see that all the window seats are occupied. You don't have a seat and have to stand. Respect that space！ （This is rather extreme， but you definitely get anxious as to where should you sit.）

在公交車內(nèi)：你上了一輛公交車，然后看到所有靠窗的位子都有人了。雖然旁邊還有位子，但是你就沒位子了，必須得站著。因為要尊重個人空間！（這很極端，但說到坐哪里，你一定會感到很焦慮。）

You are scared to shout to the driver to stop the bus： I was running to catch the bus and signaled the driver by my hands to stop the bus. I entered the busand saw all eyes were turned to me. I have never felt so guilty of anything.

你不敢朝司機大喊讓他停車：我跑過去攔公交車還揮手示意司機停車，當我上車之后看到所有人都轉(zhuǎn)過來看著我。我從來沒有這么內(nèi)疚過。

I caught my Finnish neighbor sneaking into③sneak into偷偷摸摸地進入his room and pretending that he didn't see me in the hallway：

我當場看到我的芬蘭鄰居偷偷進他自己的房間還假裝沒在玄關(guān)看到我：

There was seemingly no traffic and I decided to cross the road while the light was still red. I looked back and saw a man shaking head in discontent④discontent 英 ［d?sk?n'tent］美 ［，d?sk?n't?nt］ n. 不滿adj. 不滿的vt. 使不滿. I waited for it to turn green next time onward.

路上看起來沒有車輛，所以我決定在紅燈的時候過馬路。我回過頭看到一個男人在很不滿地搖頭。所以我等到綠燈了才往前走。

Finns don't like small talk. You ask general questions and a long， detailed answer follows.

芬蘭人不喜歡閑聊。你問普通的問題會得到一串又長又詳細的回答。