英国人和美国人一直都是各种鄙视对方,尤其是英式英语和美式英语已经成了彼此吐槽的点。美国人说英式英语呆板,英国人笑话美式英语不正宗。其实这个也是个取向问题,没有个定论。小编为您介绍英国比美国好的20个点。
1.They call hamburger beef burger because it's clearly made of beef.
英国叫汉堡为牛肉堡,很明显因为它是牛肉做的。
2. They call soccer football because it's clearly played with the foot.
英国管足球(美英:soccer) 叫足球 (英英:football ),因为它明显是用脚踢的。
3.They use the SI system because so does the rest of the world.
英国用SI系统(国际单位制,就是米、千克、秒等)因为世界上其它国家用的就是这样的计量单位。
4.Their sockets can be switched off because it's easier, safer and more energy efficient.
英国的插座有开关,因为这样更简单,安全而且节能。
5.They look at the day first, as in dd/mm/yy instead of mm/dd/yy because for around 30 days in a row, the month is the same as yesterday.
英国的日期显示先看日子:日/月/年,而不是月/日/年,因为每个月大概30天里面,月份都是不用变的。
6.They have the full English breakfast while we have the full sugar and preservatives cereal.
英国有英式早餐,美国的只有糖和防腐剂麦片。
7.They have portion control, resulting in higher life expectancy while we have supersized everything (because why not?), resulting in obesity (this is why not).
英国的食物都分分量的,所以英国人的预期寿命都比较长,而美国的什么东西都只有加大份(毕竟价钱一样啊为什么不加大)然后导致肥胖(这就是原因)。
8.They have nice relaxing afternoon teas with custard cream biscuits while we drown ourselves in Starbucks just to maintain functionality.
英国有最棒的下午茶,美国只能在星巴克为了维持生命而啃奶油冰淇淋饼干。
9.Their native sports, football, rugby, cricket are adopted internationally while our sports reside mainly in America.
英国有本土的运动:足球、橄榄球、板球,而且都是国际化的,而美国的运动只有自己在美国玩。
10.They have 28 days of paid holiday by law, not including maternity leave, sick leave, etc. while we have 0.
英国有28天法定带薪假期,而且还不包括产假、病假等,美国却只有10天。
11.They have free universal healthcare, praised as the best in the world, while we remain the only developed country (out of 33) that doesn't.
英国有被誉为世界上最好的全民免费医疗系统,而美国是世界上其他33个没有全民免费医疗的国家里唯一一个发达国家。
12.They produced Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit, Chronicles of Narnia, Sherlock Holmes while we produced Twilight.
英国有哈利波特,指环王,霍比特人,纳尼亚传奇3,福尔摩斯,然而美国只有暮光之城。
13.They produced Adele, David Bowie, Elton John, Mick Jagger, Coldplay, Radiohead, Muse, Queen, Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Kinks, The Smiths, The Libertines, The Who? (The British), The Faces, The Waterboys, The Buzzcocks, The Sex Pistols, The Clash, The Zombies, The Slits, The Stone Roses, The Cure while we didn't.
英国有阿黛尔,大卫·鲍伊,艾尔顿·约翰,米克·贾格尔, 酷玩乐队,电台司令,缪斯女神,女王,平克·弗洛伊德,齐柏林飞艇,披头士,滚石乐队,Kinks, 史密斯夫妇,浪子,谁人乐队(英国), 脸, 水男孩,Buzzcocks等等等等,而美国啥都没有。
14.Their national animal has a full head of mane while ours is bald.
英国的国家标志性动物是有一头浓密鬃毛的霸气狮子,美国是秃顶的秃鹰(bald eagle)。
15.They know how to primly and properly queue while we mass frenziedly.
英国知道应该端庄且正确的排队,而美国就是乱挤。
16.They know how to primly and properly apologise, for everything.
英国知道应该如何端庄且正确的道歉——为所有事情。
17.They know how to primly and properly drive on the right side (wrong side) of the road.
英国知道如何端庄且正确的用和美国相反的方向开车。
18.They have a greater grasp of sarcasm, irony, self-deprecating humor and also, the entire English language.
英国有强大的嘲讽技能,自嘲式幽默,还有英式英语。
19.They beat us at politeness and profanity at the same time.
英国同时在礼貌和粗俗上碾压我们。
20.The English accent is more attractive than the American accent. This is just an indisputable fact of nature.
最后不争的事实就是:英式英语口音比美式更加吸引人,
这20条就体现了美国人对英国无比的羡慕。英国人有礼貌、富有绅士风度就能直接体现这个国家的国民素质极高。再加上28天带薪假期和全民免费医疗等高福利就是人民的福音。看完这些估计美国人民也蠢蠢欲动了,你还不心动吗?英镑汇率已经8.8了,破9也是时间问题了,您还在等什么?移民英国就是现在!!!
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