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opp12317 發表於 2015-6-28 04:59
再美好的事物還是有它的缺憾,不同的角度不同的觀點,就有不同的結果,好的部分可以學會習,不好的部分就自 ...
This is a direct quote from http://matadornetwork.com/, I will post all nine if asked, but here is the 9th one::
NINE AMERICAN HABITS I LOST WHEN I MOVED TO GERMANY:
9. Assumptions about Germans
A few months into my time in Leipzig, I started really feeling like I had the hang of things. I knew my way around, I was pretty well set-up at work and home, and most importantly, I felt like I had the German attitude figured out.
One morning, I was biking to a conference and felt like it was unusually difficult to keep the bike moving. “Jesus, I’m out of shape,” I thought, heaving my shaking legs around the wheels as I tottered slowly down the street.
While I was waiting at a red light, a man on the sidewalk flagged me down. “Ich spreche kein Deutsch,” I hissed, tired and irritated.
“Your tire is flat,” he said in perfect, clipped English, gesturing at my pitiful heap of a bike.
“I know that,” I lied, aggravated by this typical German statement-of-the-obvious. I tensed my foot on the pedal, ready to hurl myself forward as soon as the light turned.
The man paused and looked at me for a moment, unsure of whether to continue. “It’s just that, I have a pump,” he finally stammered, waving his hand almost apologetically at his backpack. “I could pump your tire for you.”
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