还能不能愉快地聊天了？当心加拿大5大禁忌话题！

提到移民，相信很多朋友都会首选加拿大。为什么是加拿大呢？因为那个地方针对中国移民长期推出宽松的移民政策，而且那国家福利，绝对不是盖的。当然，还有诸如离美国近啊，风景好啊等等一大堆原因。正是由于这些原因，说加拿大是除中国之外华人最多的国家一点都不为过。那到底有多少呢？曾经有人开过一个玩笑，说只要你去打听，问三个人至少会有一个人的七大姑八大姨或者同学朋友现在或曾经生活在加拿大。
      
既然已经有这么多中国人在加拿大生活，那掌握跟加拿大人交流的技巧就势在必行了。今天，小编就来跟大家聊聊，那些跟加拿大人打交道时要注意的禁忌。

1、Losing in Hockey
冰球比赛，赢了随便聊，输了，千万别提


Speaking of hockey, any time Canada loses a hockey game on an international stage, it’s best to keep quiet about the whole thing. Do you think that Brazilians were eager to discuss Germany’s 7-1 thumping of them at this years FIFA World Cup quarterfinals? Enough said.


冰球之余加拿大，就好像足球之余巴西，国球啊。所以，如果听说加拿大冰球队在国际比赛上输球了，你最好别去跟他们聊这个话题。就好像巴西人一定不愿意跟你聊世界杯上被德国人狂灌七个球的糗事吧。所以吗，这种事情，你懂的。

2、Comparing Canadians and Americans
别随便拿加拿大和米国去比较

Canadians are a modest bunch, and we blush easily under the spotlight. That’s why it’s unnecessary to bring up conversations comparing us to Americans. We get it: we’re friendlier, smarter, have better health care and more maple syrup than our friends to the south – so there’s really no reason to draw up silly comparisons between the two of us.


加拿大人通常十分低调，一般聚光灯下还没怎么秀就脸红了。这也是为什么聊个天什么的，就没必要再用美国衬托我们了。你懂得我们也懂得：和南方的朋友相比，我们人更好、更聪明、医疗体系更牛、枫叶糖浆更多更好吃——所以大家心里明白就行了，没有必要讲出来哈。

3、Religion and Politics
聊宗教和政治话题时要谨慎


I’m actually going to go ahead and break the second rule of this article, by making one serious note on a distinctive difference between Canada and the United States.It's simply this: religion and politics just aren’t as big of a deal in Canada as they are in the United States. While 76 percent of the Canadian population identify with being apart of a religious group, you won’t find much in the way of religion intervening with federal jurisdiction or spurring heated debates for that matter. Same with politics: most people consider these topics more or less of a private opinion, and simply don’t bring them up in conversation all too often.


那个啥，刚才说不让比较加拿大和米国，不过在这儿我还是要来比较一下哈。两国之间至少有一个最明显的差异。简单说来就是：在加拿大，宗教啊、政治啊，不像在米国一样真是个事儿。虽然加拿大76%的人口都有宗教信仰，但是在这里宗教绝对不会成为干扰联邦司法的话题或者激起那么热烈的讨论。政治也是一样：大多数的人认为这些话题的讨论多多少少算是私人观点，所以基本上不会很频繁地在对话里提到。

4、The Quebec Sovereignty Movement
魁北克主权这事儿，咱就别说了


The Quebec Sovereignty Movement is a political campaign that advocates for independent autonomy for the Canadian province of Quebec. The movement first emerged with the formation of the Parti Québécois, a Quebec provincial political party, in the late 1960s. Yes, that’s right: this crusade for an independent Quebec has lasted nearly 50 years now, with many Canadians feeling slightly annoyed by all the constant bickering coming out of it. At this point, I think most of us don’t care either way if Quebec leaves us or not! This is definitely a topic to stay away from.


魁北克独立运动是支持加拿大魁北克省独立自治的政治运动。这场运动最初伴随着魁北克人党的成立而开始；魁北克人党是上世纪60年代一个省级的政治团体——是的，这场为魁北克独立的圣战已经持续了将近50年了，许多加拿大人也因其中连续不断的小吵大闹略感厌烦。甚至从这个角度说，大多数加拿大人也不太关心到底这个省份是不是我们中的一份子了。所以，如果有点别的什么话题可说还是别讨论这个了。

5、The weather
这不是腐国，别随便聊天气


Asking about the weather is usually a desperate and awkward last-ditch conversation topic in most places around the world – but it’s especially bad in Canada. The answers are always: “yes, it’s cold out”, “yes, there’s a lot of snow this year (just like there is every year)” and “yes, you can use WD-40 to free up your frozen pant zipper”.


其实地球人都知道，如果要是已经开始聊天气了的话，那可真说明这段谈话已经到了尴尬绝望的最后时刻——但是这一点，在加拿大尤其明显！如果你要是不怕死真的开始聊天气，你得到的回答除了这些不会是别的：“是，外面很冷”，“是，今年雪下得挺大的（不过每年不都是这样）”或者是“嗯，你可以用WD-40（一种润滑油）把你冻起来的裤子拉链解开”……