欧美人文风情第377篇: 撕掉社会标签

 It's easy to put people in boxes. 我们很容易将人分类。

There's us, and there's them: the high earners and those just getting by, those we trust and those we try to avoid. 这是我们，那是他们：赚很多钱的人和那些凑合着过日子的人、那些我们信任的人和我们想避开的人。

There's the new Danes and those who've always been here, the people from the countryside and those have never seen a cow, the religious¹ and the self-confident. 新丹麦移民与土生土长的丹麦人、乡下来的人与连一头牛都没看过的人、宗教信仰者与自信而无须信神的人。

There are those we share something with and those we don't share anything with. 有些人和我们有些共同点，也有些人与我们完全不同。

Welcome. I am going to ask you some questions today. Some of them might be a bit personal, but I hope you will answer them honestly. 欢迎。我今天会问你们大家一些问题。有些问题可能有点私人，但我希望你们能诚实回答这些问题。

Who in this room was the class clown²? Who are stepparents? 谁是班上爱耍宝的人？谁是继父或继母？

And then suddenly, there's us: we who believe in life after the death, we who've seen UFOs, 接着突然地，就有了我们：相信来生的我们、看过UFO的我们，

and all of us who love to dance, we who've been bullied³, and we who've bullied others. 还有都爱跳舞的我们、被霸凌过的我们，以及霸凌过他人的我们。

And then there's us: the lucky ones who've had sex this past week, we who are brokenhearted, we who are madly in love, we who feel lonely, 接着还有我们：在过去一个星期有上过床的幸运儿、失恋心碎的我们、爱得火热的我们、感到孤单的我们、

we who are bisexual, and we who acknowledge⁴ the courage of others, we who have found the meaning of life, and we who have saved lives. 双性恋的我们，还有能认可他人勇气的我们、找到生命意义的我们，以及拯救过性命的我们。

And then there's all of us who just love Denmark. 接着，还有我们大家，就只是爱着丹麦的我们。

So maybe there's more that brings us together than we think. TV 2 Danmark All That We Share 所以也许，能将我们牵在一起事情远比我们想象得更多。TV 2 Danmark。你我共享所有

 

1 religious   

adj.宗教性的，虔诚的，宗教上的；n.修道士，出家人

参考例句：

• She is very religious person who goes to church every Sunday.她十分虔诚，每个星期天都上教堂。
• It is hard for me to reject religious beliefs.要我抛弃自己的宗教信仰是困难的。

2 clown   

n.小丑；丑角

参考例句：

• Doesn't the clown look funny!这小丑看上去真是滑稽！
• A clown's job is to amuse the spectators.小丑的工作就是娱乐观众。

3 bullied   

adj.被欺负了v.恐吓，威逼( bully的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• My son is being bullied at school. 我儿子在学校里受欺负。
• The boy bullied the small girl into giving him all her money. 那男孩威逼那个小女孩把所有的钱都给他。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 acknowledge   

vt.承认...的权威，告知，收到，报偿

参考例句：

• With so much evidence against him he had to acknowledge his error.在这么多的证据面前，他不得不承认错误。
• It is ungracious of me not to acknowledge your help.你大力帮助而我尚未表示谢意，十分失礼。