Hello People! We are back.
And today it's gonna be a pretty funny episode , I think
我覺得今天這集應該會蠻好笑的
So we're gonna delve into and explore a few funny...?
所以今天我們會深入研究跟探索一些好笑的...？
Would you say funny?
你會說是好笑嗎？
Funny, interesting, weird habits
好笑、有趣、奇怪的習慣？
Funny, weird, strange?
好笑、奇怪、怪異？
that Asians have that maybe Westerners won't understand.
西方人可能無法了解的亞洲人的習慣
All right. The first one has to do with food, and just like eating a general.
好。第一個是跟食物有關的，概括吃的部分
Cuz I think you guys might have heard about, you know, you're not supposed to stick your chopsticks vertically in your rice, well it's just rude.
因為我覺得你們可能有聽過, 你不應該把筷子直的插在飯上，因為那很沒禮貌
And also, I've heard that people are just wondering why, especially for Japanese, they like slurp their noodles really loudly, whereas in the West, that's considered RUDE!
還有，我也聽過有人很疑惑為什麼，特別是日本人, 他們"吸”麵吸得很大聲, 但是在西方國家，這是非常無禮的！
Because actually in Japan, it's a sign of, like you're enjoying the meal. so you're actually, the louder the noise that you make, the better.
因為其實在日本，這是代表你很享受餐點, 所以其實你發出越大聲的聲音越好
Apart from that, I think there's alse like, you know, when you're at the dinner table, um I think, Asian culture, we all share the food.
除此之外，我也有聽說, 當你要吃飯的時候，亞洲文化中我們都會共享食物
We all have our individual rice, and then just a whole bunch of dishes
我們都有自己的一碗飯，然後就是一堆菜餚
Whereas in the West, you stick to your own plate
反之在西方，你只會吃你自己盤子裡的食物
Or the closest thing is probably what we do during Thanksgiving, you have like a bunch of food on your table, and you're like sharing things, everything is like family size
或者最接近的狀況或許是我們在感恩節的時候做的, 桌上有很多食物、大家可以一起分享，每個東西都是家庭號的
And then all you do is really like, pass the mash potatoes, or pass the peas, or the sauce, and that's the closest you really get to like sharing food.
然後大家會傳遞馬鈴薯泥、豆子或是醬料, 然後這大概是最接近「分享食物」的狀況了
When I was at home in Australia, my friend was telling me how her neighbor, she like was driving down the road, and her neighbor had chickens hanging in the clothesline.
我在家鄉澳洲的時候, 我的朋友說她在開車的時候，然後她的鄰居把雞掛在曬衣繩上
Like an entire chicken? Yeah, I think so
是全雞嗎？ -對啊，應該是
Just like hanging in the clothesline waiting for it to dry, or like ripen, or something, or like crisp up, Idon't know.
就是掛在曬衣繩上等它曬乾、或是熟之類的，或者是等它變脆，我不知道
Next one, hahaha, the good-old squat.
下一個，哈哈哈，我們熟悉的"深蹲"
Okay, no but seriously, this is a pretty serious issue.
好，但是認真的，這是一個蠻嚴重的問題
What do you mean? It's not an issue. Because in college, I would go to the toilets, and like, there's a lot of Asian students, right, we have a lot of international student, and there would be signs on the back of the door, that said, "Please, no squatting on the toilet"
你什麼意思啦，那哪是一個問題！ -因為在我大學，我去廁所的時候，我們學校有很多亞洲學生，我們有很多國際學生, 然後在門後會有標示寫著："拜託，請不要蹲在馬桶上"
There's actuallysome held reason behind it.
這其實有一些蠻確切的原因
It says that squatting is better for you, in terms of it improves your digestion, and also your bowel function.
有人說蹲著對你比較好，因為可以促進消化還有腸胃的運作
Not sure how I know that
我不確定我怎麼知道的
So we should all start squatting
所以我們應該都開始"深蹲"！
Not that type of squatting.
不是那種"蹲"
Thw next one on our list, is especially Chinese people from Mainland China, they talk really loudly.
下一個列出來的，特別是中國來的華人，是他們講話非常大聲
I don't really know why they do that, but I remember when I was working before my boss was like wondering if people who are next us were like fighting with one another
我不知道他們為什麼要這樣，但是我之前工作的時候, 我的老闆很疑惑我們旁邊的人是不是在吵架
Because they were like talking really passionately, and they were really loud, that's just how they talk.
因為他們非常激動的在講話，而且又很大聲，但那就是他們講話的方式
And actually, a lot of the time they have a lot of like, their faces look really angry as well
然後其實，很多時候他們的臉也會看起來很生氣
Cuz they're like,(weired noises), but then they're actually talking about, like flowers or something.
因為他們就像是（奇怪的聲音），但是他們其實可能在聊關於花之類的話題
We're not just saying, because it is a fact that they do talk louder.
我們不是只是在說說，他們真的講話比較大聲
And I think there's a lot of theories, like you know, in China, there's a lot of people, so in order to be heard, and you know, speak to each other in public places, you have to speak louder in general to get your message across.
然後我覺得好像有很多推測，像是在中國有非常多的人，所以為了要可以被聽到，還有在公共場所對話, 你通常都需要講大聲一點才可以讓對方知道你的訊息
so maybe, when they came here, they thought it was the same thing, so Probably, and especially when you go, like Chinese restaurants, some Chinese restaurant, like you have to flag them down and you just have to be like, "Hey", you know, like really loudly, otherwise they can't hear you.
所以或許，當他們來到這裡，他們也覺得是一樣的狀況，所以或許是，而且特別是當你去中國餐館，在某些中國餐館, 你會需要攔截他們然後＂嘿！＂這樣大聲的叫，不然他們聽不到你
Okay, so another one might be pretty obvious to some people, it's removing the shoes.
好的，所以另一個可能對一些人來說蠻明顯的，那就是脫鞋
To me, it's just so obvious.
對我來說，這非常明顯
Like, you don't want your house to get dirty
你不會想要讓你房子被弄髒
That's why when you go to an Asian person or Asian family house, they always have extra slippers
這就是為什麼當你去亞洲人或是亞洲家族的家, 他們永遠都會有多的拖鞋
If you're not comfortable just walking around with your socks, then you can wear these slippers
如果你只穿著襪子走不舒服的話，那你就可以穿拖鞋
But I was told, actually, that it's pretty common in some European and South American countries too. so it's not jsut Asia.
但是有人跟我說，其實這在一些歐洲還有南美洲國家也很常見, 所以不是只有亞洲
I don't know, I think it's just, I don't think this is a cultural thing, I think it's more like hygienic reason.
我不知道，我覺得這不是一個文化問題，比較像是衛生問題
I really think it's about the cleanliness. Yeah.
我真的覺得這是攸關清潔 -對啊
Another one we kind of picked up is, you know,
另外一個我們學到的是
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