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Tell me, do the Englishmen improve as you get to know them? Oh yes. Oh good. Once you have made a friend, it's a friend for life, but it takes a very long time. I'll tell you something very important. An Englishman in America is respected. Everyone wants to talk to him. We're inquisitive. We love his accent and his country. But Americans in England are thought to be a little inferior because of their loud behavior and their language. One thing I've learned is that English people like a certain body distance. When I was talking to someone, he would move away and I thought "Do I smell? Am I boring him?" The reason was, you see, Americans stand closer when they're talking. Again, English people like a certain body distance.
告诉我，当你逐渐了解英国人的时候，他们有所改善吗？ 是的。 太好了。 当你结交了一位朋友，他会是一辈子的朋友。但是，这需要很长一段时间。我将会告诉你一些很重要的事实。一位在美国的英国人是受欢迎的，每个人都想和他交谈。我们很好奇，我们喜欢他的口音和他的国家。但是在英国的美国人却因为他们吵闹的行为和他们的语言，被认为是低人一等。我所知道的一个事实就是，英国人喜欢一段肢体上的距离。当我和某人说话时，他会走开，我在想“我身上有味道吗？我让他感到无趣了吗？”原因就是，你明白的，美国人在他们谈话时站的很近，再者，英国人喜欢一段特定的身体距离。 ——译文来自: 一季槿树花开