英国的酒吧文化
visitors to britain may find the best place to sample local culture is in a traditional pub. but these friendly hostelries can be minefields of potential gaffes for the uninitiated.
访问英国的人会发现传统英国酒吧是最能领略当地文化的地方。但对于初来乍到的异国人来说，这些友善的酒吧却犹如潜藏着有惹事危险的\地雷区\。
an anthropologist and a team of researchers have unveiled some of the arcane rituals of british pubs——starting with the difficulty of getting a drink. most pubs have no waiters——you have to go to the bar to buy drinks. a group of italian youths waiting 45 minutes before they realized they would have to fetch their own. this may sound inconvenient, but there is a hidden purpose.
一位人类学家和一组研究人员揭示了某些鲜为人知的英国酒吧文化。人们首先遇到的困难是从买酒开始的。大多数英国酒吧都没有酒保，你得到吧台去买酒。一伙意大利年轻人等了三刻钟才明白他们得自己去买。这听上去似乎让人觉得不方便，可却有它深刻的内涵。
pub culture is designed to promote sociability in a society known for its reserve. standing at the bar for service allows you to chat with others waiting to be served. the bar counter is possibly the only site in the british isles in which friendly conversation with strangers is considered entirely appropriate and rea1ly quite normal behaviour. \can be found in a booklet, passport to the pub: the tourists' guide to pub etiquette, a customers' code of conduct for those wanting to sample \and culture\may fall flat. for example, if you are in a big group, it is best if only one or two people go to buy the drinks. nothing irritates the regular customers and bar staff more than a gang of strangers blocking all access to the bar while they chat and dither about what to order.
英国的酒吧文化
