【Talk about English】 我们究竟是什么 (Episode6-5/5)
来自不同文化的人对待时间和空间的态度也会千差万别.跟本期主播Marc Beeby一起来开开眼界吧。Hints:
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http://t1.g.hjfile.cn/listen/201303/201303091005034534496.mp3Arabs don't have much space in public but they love to have big spaces inside their houses. They idealise large empty rooms with not much furniture because they don't like to be alone, they like to be with each other inside these big spaces.
Personal space is such an issue for Westerners and I think there are two main aspects of that. One is simply the physical space when you're talking to someone but another aspect of it which I think we value very highly is our privacy and our right to privacy. In the Middle East that is just not a value that people hold. Interestingly in Arabic they use the same word for lonely and alone therefore meaning that if you've chosen to be in a solitary state there is a problem with this, you must be unhappy. When I lived with Syrian families this would often be an issue because I might retire to my room to read and they would be worried about me so they'd come and want me to come and drink tea with them, which is very caring but it's a reflection of their hatred of being alone.
The Japanese on the other hand don't have much physical space, they have very small apartments and houses. But what they do with the space is very clever. The spaces are multifunctional. So during the day they'll have a sitting room where at night they'll remove all the furniture and it becomes a bedroom.
The typical Japanese house is basically one big room, could be dining area, living area, the place to entertain guests and then could be guestroom or even your bedroom. The generation before me hardly really had their own room when they are child, they shared the room, they always stayed with their parents. Parents know everything.
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