昨天晚上跟老外一起吃饭,想起来一件旧事。
跟同事一起去英国出差,同事英语一般,但很健谈,晚上吃饭的时候跟白人老外Peter滔滔不绝,我就坐在旁边。
"Peter, you know, I didn't know there were so many colored before, so black. I thought there were only white in UK."
Peter不太自然地看了我一眼。同事 went on: "I thought colored not good, only white are good"
Peter又看我一眼,开始在座位上扭动。
同事因为英语实在一般,以上意思颠来倒去颠三倒四说了好几遍,说时快,那时迟,我有点傻眼,和Peter不停地对望。
同事went on: "I thought colored not good for your health..."
Hold on a second, what? health? 我赶紧问,"Jason, what are you talking about?"
梯秀,梯秀自啊,what do you think I am talking about? 就这种餐巾纸啊,我以前没见过这种黑不啦叽的。
我和Peter都笑得从凳子上掉下去了。