美国文化口语秀(文本+MP3) 第296期:老外最费解的中国习惯

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：热爱消毒
Many kitchens have something that looks like an oven, but is a sterilizer: 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 with boiling water or sterilizer before using them: 洗好的碗筷用之前还是要烫一下消毒

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:囤物狂
But you can use them as garbage bags: 但是可以当垃圾袋啊
Obsessed 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 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