本帖最後由 S202 於 2013-11-24 01:50 AM 編輯 1、经常忘记锁门(原因有四:治安好;家中没有余钱;床底下没藏赃款;有财产保险)。 No... I might have forgotten to bring my key twice in the past 20 years.2、钱包里的现金不超过50加币(一是人穷;二是电子金融发达,小到杂货店,远到乡村都可以刷卡;三是广泛使用信用卡先消费后付账)。 No... I always keep at least $100 cash in my wallet plus 2-3 credit cards3、每周买彩票梦想中大奖(因为除了买彩票有机会发财,干什么都不能发财,又无灰色收入,即使当公务员),越是老人越爱买彩票(买个梦,图个乐)。 No... I don't take chance and believe it.4、每年至少见会计师两次,第一次是报税纳税,第二次是咨询如何少纳税。 No... I don't need an accountant... I file my income tax online myself.5、每天喝咖啡,最爱Tim Hortons(加国本土品牌咖啡)。 No... I prefer Starbucks or one of those instance coffee that I can make home.6、如果遇见4个加国人,其中必定1个单身、1个离异有孩、1个有同居恋人(异性,也有的是同性)、1个结婚有两孩子,但他们每个人养至少一条狗或猫。 Possibly agreeNo... I always keep an umbrella in my car8、上扶手电梯永远靠右边站立(左边让给心急的赶时间的人)。 That's called manner... and that's how I learned in my childhood in Hong Kong.9、住高楼大厦会失眠(加拿大是个大农村,哪里都是矮矮的,不习惯)。 No... and this is ridiculous especially when I lived up on an highrise building in my past life. True but this is not something that you found only in Canada. This is what you called manner.11、开车遵守交规,即使深夜无人的时候也要等红绿灯。一上车就找安全带系,无论开车还是坐车。 True but also, not only applicable in Canada also everywhere in the world but CHINA!12、分类投放垃圾(可回收、不可回收、电池、废电器等),无论在公共场所还是在家里。 True too but again, whoever thought it's a Canadian thing would only because mainland CHINA people had no such knowledge.13、进出商场或办公楼的大门时,回头检查有没有来人,有人就把着门等候。
Same as #8Again... it's very common... not only applicable for Canadians.15、80加币的衣服不等打5折绝对不买,800加币的Iphone刚上市就买。 No... this only applies to the 5% population.16、特别小气,哪怕旧餐具也舍不得扔,收拾干净后甩卖或赠送,一天劳累所得还不够买个批萨。 No... I don't see this happened around the people around me nor did I know anyone do this.17、每个圣诞节送家人、朋友、同事、助理或雇员礼物或贺卡。 Possibly true18、每次度假或回母国探亲回来后都给同事或雇员带小纪念品。 No... very unusual nowadays.19、跟左邻右舍或狭路相逢的人微笑,不管认识不认识。 Same as #10.20、售房搬家的时候,买盆花或小装饰品,写一张充满祝福和温情的贺卡,留给后来的新主人。 No comment21、穿衣注意场合不注意品牌和价钱。日常着装特别老土,也叫朴素吧,进教堂或婚丧嫁娶却男西装女礼裙礼帽,,正式派对绝对考究,老妇少女一律晚礼服露肩挤胸香水首饰的,鬼节(Halloween)派对奇装异服怎么夸张独特怎么来。 No comment22、和朋友外出吃饭AA制;寿星邀请你去餐馆参加生日派对,AA制;同事生日聚餐,AA制,唯一的寿星不出钱,其他人一起分摊。(所以加国的饭局是开心的真情的,绝对不是应酬,能够在一桌吃饭的绝对是情投意合的哥们姐们,不用礼尚往来,不用讲排场、排座次,没有公款消费) Possibly agree23、邀请最尊贵的客人到家里吃晚餐而不是去餐馆。(除非最亲近的人才被邀请到家里,即使同事几十年也未必知道对方家住哪里) No... this is not very true.24、当妈的都会做蛋糕或打理园艺;当爸的都会修房、修车或换水管、整草坪(一是加国人工很贵,二是加国以自己动手为荣)。 No... this also applies to North American family.25、男人不敢轻易结婚生子。一是婚后必须以家庭和孩子为重心,与妻共同完成一切家务、抚育子女,没有保姆,也不依赖父母;二是离婚一次,男人就破产一次,每次要分一半财产给女方,支付孩子和前妻的生活费,所有的前妻都有份儿继承他的遗产。更不敢养二奶小三,养不起。 No comment26、父母不提供18岁儿女上大学的费用,不给儿女买房子,不带孙子,不跟儿女住,不靠儿女养老。 Possibly true for westerners27、万事预约。看病、修车、理发、旅游,哪怕和老朋友吃饭,甚至打的都要预约。 Same as #1128、没有加班或公关应酬,如果业务需要一般是白天会面或吃工作午餐。 No... this might only be applicable in the 70s.29、喜欢度假(Vacation)而不是旅游(Travel)。度假是家人朋友选一个地方住一周两周,旅游是到处跑观景点拍照。冬天也爱度假,工薪酷爱去古巴(热带,五星服务又超级便宜);中产酷爱去佛罗里达;退休老人或有孩子的夫妇酷爱坐邮轮Cruise。 No... not only Canadian also any other Westerners30、圣诞节前捐赠食品或粮食给“Food Drive”(慈善机构,参与的企业或商店、教堂会放一个写着Food Drive的食物收集箱于门前,常年给穷人提供食物); Possibly agree31、旧衣服洗干净打好包,送到衣服捐赠箱里(衣服捐赠箱一般放在大超市门前,是慈善机构的收集点); Possibly agree32、为至少一个自己信任的慈善机构捐款(只有3000多万人口的加拿大至少有85000个慈善机构,是全球最喜欢捐款的国家之一); 51.CA 加国无忧 Possibly agree33、不关心本国政治,只在选举投票之前,关心哪个政党让自己少交点税,哪个政党浪费了自己交的税。 Possibly agreeNo... this is ridiculous35、一生至少为这些机构或活动之一做过义工:教堂、医院、学校、社区、市政、老人院、家暴避难所、流浪者之家、癌症基金、乳腺癌基金、残疾基金、音乐节、电影节、演唱会等等。 Possibly agreeNo... that depends on what province you live in.
Conclusion: as a Canadian who lives in Canada for 20 yrs the above statements are kind of ridiculous. This is ridiculous because the person who originally posted this was probably a Chinese from Mainland China and did not have much living experience in the outside world. It's a bit sad when he/she found 8, 10, 11, 12, 13 (or more) were only Canadian things. |