在美国的衣食住行(Clothing,Food,Shelter and Transportation in USA)

现在是美国东部时间2009.12.15中午13：40，也就是中国北京时间2009.12.16凌晨2：40。我坐在马萨诸塞州 波士顿市中心的图书馆二楼的咖啡屋里为大家大概介绍一下我美国这边的见闻。
(It's 13:40 pm Dec. 15th. 2009 of EST in USA and 2:40 am Dec. 16th. 2009 of BJT in China now. I am here at the States' Best Cafe located at the 2nd floor of Boston Downtown library in Massachusetts introducing something interesting in USA for you all briefly.)

衣(Clothing)
据我观察，美国这边有80%以上的衣服都是产自中国，而且这边的衣服尺寸要比中国的大一些，价格就和中国的差不多。还有这边的那些外套的拉链，都是安装在左边的，而中国的都是右边，可能这边的左撇子太多了吧。呵呵
(According to my knowledge, more than 80% of the apparel selling here are made in China. And the sizes of the clothes here are bigger than those in China, yet the prices are almost the same. Moreover, the zips of the coats are fixed at the left side here while right side in China. I guess the reason probably is there are too many left-hand people here. LOL)

食(Food)
这边的饮食和中国的相差甚大，而且价格都蛮贵的，去餐馆吃的话，还要给小费（占餐费的10% ）。还有他们很多时候是直接用手拿来吃，这在中国似乎无法接受。这边很兴喝饮料和甜品，一般是饭前饮料（所有饮料都会放冰；你在餐馆叫了一杯水，如果你不另外交待，他们一定会给你一杯放有冰块的水，无论是夏天还是冬天），饭后吃甜品，而且甜品超级甜。
(It's quite different of the food between America and China. And the food here are more expensive than that in China. If you enjoy your meal at restaurants, you should pay for the tips, usually accounting for 10% of your meal price. Interestingly, people here love to enjoy their meal using their hands directly which seems not acceptable in China. Furthermore, It's very normal to have the meals with drinks and desserts. Be careful, they love to add ice into the drinks. If you order a glass of water without any request, they will absolutely give you a glass of water with ice, no matter it's in summer or winter. They enjoy the desserts after meal. The desserts are super sweet!!)

住(Shelter)
这边的大部分住房都是很低的，一般是一两层，而且大多是用木材搭建的，不过很漂亮。对于那些高楼大厦，大多数是商业区域。美国人很懂得享受生活，每个家里都有冷气和暖气，有洗碗机（不用手工洗碗），有洗衣机烘干机（衣服拿进去洗后，用烘干机烘干，然后就可以直接拿来穿了，不用晾衣服），这些和中国有些差异。
(Most living houses here are pretty low, usually one or two floors, and most of them are bulit by wood. However, all of them are pretty nice. Most of the tall buildings in the cities are business buildings here. I found that American know how to enjoy the life. For examole, each home has cooler, heater, dishwasher, washing machine and clothing dryer, which means you can dress the clothes directly after drying without airing outside. All of these are quite different from those in China.)

行(Transportation)
美国的路很发达，但公共交通工具，只有大城市才发达。如果在一些小城市或小镇，是没有地铁，没有公车，也没有的士。因为这边平均每个美国人家庭都拥有3部车，他们的私家车比人还要多。所以如果住在小城市，自己没有一部车，就像没了腿一样。但庆幸的是，这边的车超级便宜，我前阵子买了一部二手美国reno小车，8成新，3000美金（约2万人民币）。
(The road system here are impeccable, however, the public transportation are unconvenient except in big cities. There are no subways, no buses and no taxi in small cities and small towns. Because each American family have 3 cars averagely. There are more cars than people here! If you live in small city without having your own car, you will find you can't go anywhere. However, it's lucky that the cars here are pretty cheap comparing with China. I bought a nice car couple days ago, which costed me $3,000, about 20,000RMB.)

希望以上一些介绍能让你更了解美国这边的文化。
(Hope the introduction above make you better understand the American culture.)

嗯嗯，很不错哦！
让我更近一步了解了美国生活。。

Thank LONDON for this article about the basic necessities in U.S.A.
     感谢London这篇有关美国衣食住行方面的文章。

Obviously, your English is getting better and better, and I guess your spoken English also made great progress.I am quite envious that you'll soon be able to speak fluent American English.However,please do not forget our native dialect.LOL
    很显然，你的英语越来越好了，我想你的口语也进步很多吧，我很羡慕你将很快能够说一口流利的美式英语,但请千万别忘了我们的家乡话,哈哈。

We all look foward to your next article. Could you talk about your study next time,as for as i know, America's educational methods with China's educational is very different as well the teacher's teaching methods,whether it made you feel more receptive to it when you had your first lesson in U.S.A?
   我们都期待你的下一篇文章，下次能不能谈谈你的学习呢？据我所知，美国的教育跟中国的教育，老师的教学也是不一样的，你是否觉得这种教学方式更容易接受当你在美国上第一节课的时候？

感谢你的分享，学习了

回复 3# 卫青


    Nice English, Buddy.

回复 5# londonwu


    My English is so poor,  but i'm improving , your writing English is very useful for me even for other person who like speaking English, so pls come here more if you feel free,  i really appreciate your English article.

LONDON WU，卫青的英语都很好啊~~哪天谁帮我把四级拿下？自当酬劳！~~呵呵

i think the European people's life is mostly similar to USA. As most usa citiziens were immigrated from Europe. Ex. a lot of Spainish people in USA, they hundreds of years ago moved to North America and South America.
to understand well about the living styles, the best way is living there, to talk to the local people, to work with the people. IT is not that easy to get used to the life because culture differences,like foods, languages, habits...

By the way, speaking English is not that difficult and not that importent as some people think. The language is just a communication tool for me. You just open your month and speak. That is it.

回复 7# vewaals

呵呵，是不是呀，要吃大餐。

回复 8# stone

Ok, i agree with you,  each country has it own cultural accumulation, of course. their lifestyle, eating habits are different. Chinese people also can live a comfortable life  when our country  is rich enough, China becomes developed country.

回复 9# stone

Yes, another key, that  is creating an atmosphere of learning English, insist on your speaking and ensure you will learn well one day.

还是第一次了解了美国的衣食住行

卧虎藏龙！
去到美国还要重考驾照吧？

回复 14# 三相


    是的，他们不承认中国驾照。不过这边考驾照很方便。只有两部分：笔试和路试。
  考笔试不用提前预约，你自己到州政府网站下载笔试资料(Driver Guide)，自己复习，觉得可以了，就去考试中心登记考试，带着护照和学生证直接去就可以考了，笔试20道题，很容易并且是免费的。通过后，他们给你一份证明，说自己回去练车，满30天后回来考路试。 一个月后，觉得自己可以了，就直接去路考中心考试，不过要开自己的并有保险的车（不分自动波还是手波）去考试，路考也很容易，他们就让你直开，在有stop signs的地方要completely stop，在有yield signs的地方要slow down，大概开2分钟后，如没大问题，他们就马上给你照相，等5分钟后就可以拿驾照了，然后收你5美金（约30块人民币）手续费。

   totally，考一张驾照，只需30元。

Hey, Stone and 卫青, you two guys speak nice English. I am so glad to know that.

  Just as you guys know, English is a communication tool, however, it IS an extremely important tool for us who wanna connect with the world more closely.

  Hope you have a GREAT week. Thanks and Blessings.

回复 16# londonwu
还好我看得懂一些
看来学以致用非常重要，不然很容易荒废

回复 16# londonwu


    Thank you.

    By the way, do you have religious belief? I think now you believe in God ,  are you a Christian now?

    I'm Alex(卫青).

Most Jap dont speak english well. what i think is to show your mother language to all over the world. Speaking other language is OK. Why dont we think that the global language is not Chinses in stead of English? The world is always under the rules by powerfull cuntry. One day, it may be China. S0, the point is we need to be strong and powerful. Then Chinese (mandarine)becomes global. Keeping closd touch with people, would be mandarine,one day

看不懂,像前面的还好,有英文,还有中文

回复 19# stone


   Mandarine will be the global language one day, we can see more and more foreign people start to study.

了解了，也知道了咱们论坛里面还有好多位都是英语高手耶，
卫青是前阵子读的时候学的还是之前就会说这么多了？还会写。真让我佩服。
我最最羡慕就是懂英语的人啦。我最缺这个。

回复 22# why燕子

我是班门弄斧啦，有点基础而已。那你跟楼主多学习下。有空多让他写中英文的文章跟我们分享。

睇五明！

天书
   汗颜！

回复 25# Onlin2009


    不是有一些是中英文对照的么，别说中文也不明白

中文肯定明白啦。就是英文不明白。看起来还不是天书？

支持``看天书```

谢谢楼主的分享,让大家更深入的了解到外国的生活.

然同时向论坛各位英语高手们请教下"如何快速的提高写作能力与及口语"?

也就是说能在短期内取得较快的进步.

望各位高手们指点指点............

应该是和外国人在一起生活吧``这样能快一点``一边生活一边学习``