" I bet the weather is 35 degrees, what's your bet?" Andrew said. " I don't know, I think it is 32 degrees." " Okay, let's have a look. " Then he asked google:" What's the temperature for today?" It showed 29 degrees. So he said:" Huh, I lose 5 dollars."
" I bet we would not have enough oil to get us home. What's your bet?" " It should be alright." Then he lost the bet and gave me five dollars.
" I noticed that you guys like to bet a lot, is that right?" I asked Chris. " Yeah, we bet on everything. On every Friday, we would bet one dollar who would walk into our office first, you know there are thirty of colleagues in other department, but we would bet on that."
在我来澳大利亚之前,基本上没有做什么准备工作,所以对这边的情况几乎处于完全不了解状态。过来后,Andrew跟我赌过几次了,我才明白这是他们文化的一部分。第一次时,我觉得好奇,连天气也要打赌,觉得好玩。第二次时,有点不习惯,又要bet ,怎么那么喜欢打赌。第三次时,内心开始有点反感了。因为我讨厌赌博,可能电视剧看多了,赌博让人失去理智,倾家荡产,所以觉得那是一个很不好的习惯。自己不感冒,还有点反感。
直到昨天跟Gaily的堂妹、妹妹见面,去卫生间,看到了“ Gambling too much? They say Aussies will bet on anything." 我才明白Andrew的行为。那是他们的习惯,对什么都要堵一下。他们有时并不是一定要堵钱,只是觉得好玩,所以不管什么事情,都喜欢这样。我才来澳大利亚两周多,所以不太习惯他们这种习惯…
有些时候,我们总觉得别人的文化好,殊不知自己的文化也不错。在中国的时候,尤其是我身边的朋友,基本没有什么沉迷于赌博的,所以也没有觉得是个什么大问题。但是来到这边后,不管是年轻人,还是中年人,亦或老年人,常常喜欢bet,而且听说在澳大利亚这是个比较严重的问题…当然,每个国家,每个文化都有自己好和不好的方面。只是在赌博问题上,中国暂时还没有澳大利亚这么普遍,又或许只是我还没有发现那一方面的问题而已?
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