今天的这段对话，在讨论隐私，
 
中西方对个人隐私的认识有什么不同
 
来听今天的讲解:
 
A: have you adapted to the lifestyle in China?
 
你适应了中国的生活方式了吗?
 
B: yeah,almost. But there is one thing.
 
嗯,差不多,只是...
 
A: what?
 
只是什么呢?
 
B: I still wonder what privacy meant for Chinese people. I don't mean to say that there's no privacy in China, but...
 
我还是不明白隐私对中国人到底意味着什么.当然我并不是说中国没有隐私,只是...
 
A: what is it?
 
怎么了?
 
B: some of my Chinese colleagues just share their personal stories in front of others.
 
有些中国同事在别人面前还谈论私人的事情.
 
A: that makes you feel uncomfortable?
 
让你感觉很不舒服?
 
B: yeah. we never do that in a public office.
 
是啊.我们从来不再公共办公室里谈论私事.
 
A: perhaps that's because we hold different ideas about privacy.
 
也许是因为我们的隐私的认识不一样吧.
 
B: i have felt that. One day when i was in a queue, reading a newspaper story, the man behind me peered through my shoulder and stared at the newspaper I was holding.
 
我已经感觉到了.有一天我排队的时候在读报纸,站在我身后的人就隔着我的肩膀,看起我手中的报纸.
 
A: well, that's not rare. I've seen people reading at others' newspaper while takng a metro or a bus.
 
哦,这可不新奇.我就看到过有人坐地铁或公交车的时候读别人的报纸.
 
B: just stare at the newspaper holding in the hands of the one next to him?
 
就盯着旁边那人手里的报纸那样看?
 
A: yeah.
 
对.
 
B: Oh, I'm shocked.
 
哦,我觉得挺吃惊的.