Culture Shocks in Germany! 🇩🇪 UK vs Berlin Life | Easy English 211 · Easy English
对比英国与德国生活差异，涵盖饮酒文化、自行车道、现金支付和电子音乐等话题，适合练习日常对话和文化理解。
Hiya, welcome to a new episode of slow, easy English.
嗨，欢迎收看新一期《Slow, Easy English》节目！
Now, at this moment, myself and easy are in the city of Berlin,
此刻，我和易正在柏林这座城市里。
Germany, and we wanted to find contrasting things between the UK and Germany.
我们想找出英国和德国之间的差异（即具有对比性的特点）。
Here we go.
开始吧。
So, one of the first things you will notice that's very different in Germany compared to the UK is the drinking culture.
首先，你会注意到德国与英国在饮酒文化方面存在显著差异。
Shops like this, called Ashpati, or Ashpaid Kauf, are places where you can buy bottles of alcohol and drink in the public,
像这样的商店，被称为 Ashpati 或 Ashpaid Kauf，是你可以购买酒精饮料并在公共场所饮用的地方。
which is very illegal in the UK.
这在英国是绝对违法的。
Although people do do it, the culture here is a lot more accepting,
虽然确实有人会这么做，但这里的文化要更加包容（即对这种行为持更开放的态度）。
they even outside Ashpati, put out small tables and chairs or benches, where you can enjoy your tasty,
他们甚至在阿什帕蒂（Ashpati）的外面摆放了小桌子、小椅子或长凳，让你可以在这里品尝美味的食物。
tasty beer.
这啤酒味道真不错！
Another thing that is very different to the UK is bike lanes.
与英国截然不同的另一点是自行车道的情况。
They are basically very, very wide bike lanes where people can drive their scooter or bicycle
这些基本上就是非常宽的自行车道，人们可以在上面驾驶他们的滑板车或自行车。
and in comparison to the UK, that's not happening.
与英国相比，这种情况并没有在英国发生。
In Brighton or in London, I think, meets you.
我想，无论是在布莱顿还是在伦敦，我们都会见面。
You are cycling in London a lot.
你在伦敦经常骑自行车。
It's way more dangerous than on these very wives.
这比那些所谓的“妻子”（或指代对象）本身危险得多。
Basically, they have their own little street.
基本上，他们有自己的小街道。
Here is another drinking -based difference.
这是另一个与饮酒相关的差异。
This place is closed and currently it's half past five.
这个地方已经关门了，现在是下午五点半。
In the UK, pubs would be already be open since 11 a .m.
在英国，酒吧通常从上午11点就开始营业了。
And it's a Saturday.
今天是星期六。
And it's a Saturday.
而且今天是星期六。
Where is everybody?
大家都去哪儿了？
This place apparently opens around eight o 'clock and goes on until much later into the early hours of Sunday.
这个地方似乎在早上八点左右开门，一直营业到周日凌晨的很晚。
Another fun thing is this.
另一件有趣的事情是这样的。
Cash only.
仅接受现金支付。
In the UK, it's very normal to have cars, contactless everywhere.
在英国，拥有汽车是很普遍的现象，而且几乎所有地方都支持非接触式支付（即无需使用实体银行卡或二维码）。
Contactless is everything.
非接触式技术就是一切。
But also, do you allow to smoke in here?
另外，这里允许吸烟吗？
What the hell?
这到底是怎么回事？
What's going on in Germany?
德国到底发生了什么？
And one thing we can't forget that all Berliners love.
还有一件我们绝对不能忘记的事情——所有柏林人都非常喜爱它。
That doesn't really exist in the UK.
这种情况在英国其实并不存在。
It's the love for techno music.
这就是对电子音乐（techno music）的热爱。
So, before we go back to this week's episode, we would just like to quickly invite you to try our conversation calls.
在我们回到本周的节目内容之前，我们想快速邀请大家尝试一下我们的在线通话服务。
It's a place where you can practice speaking English on a weekly basis on Zoom.
这是一个你可以每周通过 Zoom 平台练习说英语的地方。
And we're joined by one of our amazing conversation members, Adrian, Adrian.
我们有一位非常出色的对话参与者加入我们的讨论，他就是阿德里安（Adrian）。
How long have you been a conversation member of us for?
您已经是我们这个讨论小组的成员多久了？
So, I joined the English conversation call in March.
于是，我在三月份加入了那个英语交流电话会议。
And I have to say that I love the atmosphere.
我必须说，我非常喜欢这里的氛围。