12国文化禁忌

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Quora网站最近探讨了出行礼仪的问题，向世界各国人们发问：游客到他们国家游玩时绝对不能做哪些事情?

A new Quora thread addresses the issue of travel etiquette,asking people around the world what tourists should absolutely notdo when visiting their home countries.

下面请看Quora网站排名靠前的几个回复吧。

Check out some of the top Quora responses below.

Norway

不要盯着裸露的人：“人们觉得裸体很自在，比如在公共沙滩上，男人女人都不会穿一丝半缕，但你绝不能盯着人家看。”

Don't stare at naked people: "People are pretty relaxed aboutnudity, and both men and women will for example change on publicbeaches without any attempt at covering themselves up. You arehowever expected to look away."

送花作为礼物时，不要先拆开花束：“德国人会这么做。”

Don't unwrap flowers before you give them as a gift: "Germansdo this."

不要向人们打听教堂：“很多人根本不去教堂。这么问会显得冒犯、无礼，也特别奇怪。”

Don't ask people about church: "Most attend none, and askingthis is seen as intrusive, rude and downright weird."

不要奢望得到特别礼遇：“这里的人都很随意，人与人之间一般都直呼其名。哪怕是挪威首相也经常被人这么叫。”

Don't expect special treatment: "People are very informal hereand being on a first-name-basis with anyone short of the King isthe norm. Even the

prime-minister of Norway is most often referredto by first name."

Japan

不要给人小费：“日本文化中没有小费这个惯例。也不要留下零钱，不然日本人会追着还给你。”

Don't tip anyone: "Tipping is just not part of the culture.Don't even leave the small change. People will come running afteryou with it."

进别人家时不可以穿鞋：“如果你看到其他人脱鞋，那你也照做吧。”(注意：屋子门口有一小块地方叫“玄关”，通常比其他地方要低一些，是用来脱鞋子的。鞋子不必脱在外面。)

Don't wear your shoes in someone's house: "If you see otherpeople taking their shoes off, do the same. (Note: there's a smallarea right inside the entrance called a 'genkan' which is usuallyone level below the rest of the house, where you take off yourshoes. You don't take them off outside the house!)"

不要拥抱刚认识的人：“大部分人都不喜欢拥抱，尤其是老人。”

Don't hug people you just met: "Most people don't like it,especially older folk."

电动扶梯上不要站错边：“在东京要站在电动扶梯的左边，在大阪则站在右边。别人怎么做你就怎么做吧。”

Don't stand on the wrong side of the escalator: "In Tokyo youstand on the left. In Osaka you stand on the right. Follow whatother people are doing."

俄国

Russia

不要送偶数的鲜花作为礼物：“那是送给死人的。适合的花束一般有1/3/5/7朵花。”

Don't give an even number of flowers as a gift: "That's fordead folks. Proper bouquet will have 1/3/5/7 flowers."

不要一味依赖信用卡：“很多地方只接受现金。”

Don't rely on a credit card: "There are lots of places whichonly accept cash."

不要自以为人们支持政府的一切言行：“很多时候并不如此。但也不要批评我们的政府。我们自己总这么做，你就别插手啦。”

Don't assume the people support everything the governmentdoes: "Quite often we don't. Don't criticize our government. We doit a lot by ourselves, we don't need your help in that."

新加坡

Singapore