捷克斯洛伐克真的已经不是一个国家了!

2019-07-10 08:46:39 每日学英语

There are tons of misconceptions about different countries and nationalities that many people still believe. For example, a lot of people think that Russia is always cold, that people in Spain constantly eat paella, and that people in Peru have llamas as pets. But these things are simply not true. So, Reddit users decided to reveal which stereotypes about their countries are completely false.

我们对其他的国家和民族其实有许多根深蒂固的误解。例如，很多人认为俄罗斯总是很冷，西班牙人经常吃海鲜饭，秘鲁人养大羊驼作为宠物。但这些都不是真的。因此，Reddit用户决定揭露那些关于他们国家的完全错误的刻板印象。

Greece 希腊

Multiple YouTubers, when they heard about Greece, they were like, “Is this still a country?” or even “What is it?” Everyone else thinks that we only eat Greek yogurt, feta, olives, drink wine, and use olive oil. Oh, and that we dance and break plates all day long. We most definitely do not do that.

许多youtube网友，在他们听到希腊时，都会问“这个国家还存在呢?”，更有甚者“它是啥?”。许多人认为，我们只吃希腊酸奶、羊乳酪、橄榄、葡萄酒和橄榄油。哦，还有我们整天跳舞和摔盘子。其实我们绝对没有那样做。

Peru 秘鲁

People actually think we have llamas as pets and live in huts.

人们还真的会认为我们住在棚屋里，还养大羊驼作为宠物。

Spain 西班牙

Not everyone in Spain dances flamenco, bullfighting is not that popular, and we don’t eat paella every day.

不是每个西班牙人都跳弗拉门戈舞，斗牛也没那么受欢迎，我们也不是每天都吃海鲜饭。

That we have a “siesta” every day. It’s not true, sometimes we have 2. Joking, I never have a nap after lunch, but it’s true that most of the old people do.

我们每天都午睡一次。不是这样的，我们有时候会午睡2次。开玩笑的，我从来没有在午饭后午睡过，但大多数老年人都午睡是真的。

Normally most shops are closed from 12/1 PM to 4/5 PM, so you have time to go home, have lunch with your family, and take a nap before returning to your job. I would say that this is because of the temperature. In the middle of the day, it is SO hot in the summer that is impossible to do anything, so people take refuge in the shadows during these hours. In fact, during all of August, the whole country is completely paralyzed and nearly nobody is working. Just the touristic places are open, but most factories and companies close for the whole month. Now that I think about it, I always thought that it was like that all over the world.

正常情况下，大多数商店从中午12/1点就关门了，直到下午4/5点，所以这些时间你就可以回家，和家人一起吃午饭，然后在回去工作之前打个盹。我认为这是因为温度的关系。夏天，每到中午的时候，天气都十分炎热，什么都做不了，所以人们在这段时间躲在阴影里。事实上，八月份，整个国家都处于瘫痪状态，几乎没有人在工作。只有旅游景点是开放的，但大多数工厂和公司都是关门的。现在回想起来，我一直以为全世界都是这样的。

Estonia 爱沙尼亚

People think that either we are all Russians, everyone speaks Russian, or our language and culture are very similar to Russian. All of these are false, most young people can barely say a few swear words in Russian and the older generation only knows some because they were under Soviet rule in their youth. Others believe that the Baltic states share the same culture and language. Estonian is a completely separate language, most closely tied to Finnish and little bit to Hungarian (Latvian and Lithuanian are in a completely different language tree). Some people also seem to have the idea that we live in a post-Soviet dystopian world which is underdeveloped, with no internet, and no clean water; while Estonia is actually one of the most developed IT countries in the world (and we have plenty of water, not to worry).

人们认为，要么我们就是俄罗斯人，每个人都说俄语，要么就是我们的语言和文化与俄罗斯的非常相似。其实这些都不对，大多数年轻人也就勉强能用俄语说点脏话，而老一辈知道一些俄语，因为他们在年轻时处于苏联的统治之下。另一些人认为，波罗的海国家拥有相同的文化和语言，但其实爱沙尼亚语是一种完全独立的语言，与芬兰语关系最密切，与匈牙利语关系不大(拉脱维亚语和立陶宛语属于完全不同的语系)。有些人似乎还认为，我们生活在后苏联时代的反乌托邦世界里，那里不发达，没有互联网，没有干净的水;爱沙尼亚实际上是世界上最发达的IT国家之一(不用担心，我们有充足的水资源)。

Ethiopia 埃塞俄比亚

People think our country full of hungry people.

人们认为我们的国家到处都是饥寒交迫的人。

Living in Ethiopia currently — it has one of the fastest growing economies in the world right now, has recently appointed its first female president, and is experiencing a large amount of infrastructural growth! Of course, the rural areas are still facing a myriad of health, nutrition, and water issues, but the country is in a really progressive upswing. Pretty exciting.

正生活在埃塞俄比亚——它目前是世界上经济增长最快的国家之一，最近任命了首位女总统,而且正在经历大量的基础设施建设增长!当然，农村地区仍然面临着大量的健康、营养和水的问题，但这个国家正处于一个真正进步的上升阶段。非常振奋人心。

Kenya 肯尼亚

People have somehow got it into their heads that this country is made up of wild animals and runners.

不知何故，人们总觉得这个国家是由野生动物和赛跑运动员组成的。

Austria 奥地利

It is amazing how many people confuse Austria and Australia. (for those that just had to read that sentence twice.)

竟然有那么多人把奥地利和澳大利亚搞混，真的是挺让我震惊的。(对于那些人，麻烦你把这句话读两遍)

We don’t run around in lederhosen* all year round and drink beer all day. Also, 99% of the people here can’t yodel. And even though we’re known for the Alps, not all of Austria has high mountains. We don’t have kangaroos, we’re truly sorry for Hitler, and we try to make people think he’s German.

我们不会一年四季穿着皮短裤到处跑，也不会整天喝啤酒。而且，99%的人都不会。虽然我们以阿尔卑斯山而闻名，但并不是所有的奥地利都有高山。我们没有袋鼠，我们真的为希特勒感到遗憾，并且试图让人们认为他是德国人。

Romania 罗马尼亚

That Romania is full of gypsies when in fact, they make up about 3% of the population.

人们认为罗马尼亚到处都是吉普赛人，而实际上吉普赛人只占总人口的3%。

The Czech Republic 捷克共和国

Some people still think we are Czechoslovakia, we split in 1993.

有些人仍然认为我们是捷克斯洛伐克，我们在1993年就分开了。

Liechtenstein 列支敦斯登

“Wait, what’s that? Is it a city?” “No, it’s a small country in between Switzerland and Austria.” The only thing we have going for us is that half the world doesn’t even know we exist “等一下，这是啥?是个城市吗?”“不，它是瑞士和奥地利之间的一个小国。”大概我们唯一的优势就是，世界上有一半的人甚至不知道我们的存在。

Mongolia 蒙古

No, we don't still live in yurts and ride horses every day.

不，我们现在不住在蒙古包里，不是每天都骑马。

Indonesia 印度尼西亚

Tourists always think Bali is a country.

游客们总是认为巴厘岛是一个国家。

Which popular stereotypes about countries can you easily prove wrong?

你能轻易证明哪些关于国家的刻板印象是错误的?

捷克斯洛伐克真的已经不是一个国家了!

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