Quora精選：法國人有什么匪夷所思的習(xí)慣？

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Society:社會(huì)方面- We do the Bise (kiss on the chicks) when greeting women. Number of kisses vary depending on the area you are in France, 2, 3 or 4 kisses. When greeting family you kiss everyone either male or female. 我們和女士打招呼的時(shí)候行貼面吻。在法國有很多種貼面吻的方式，在不同地區(qū)各有不同，可能吻2-4下，當(dāng)我們和一家人見面的時(shí)候，和每個(gè)人都打招呼，無論男女。- There is free health care有免費(fèi)健康保險(xiǎn)。- Public school is free, you can have University degrees and never paid a dime (only admin cost, few hundreds)公立學(xué)校免費(fèi)，直到拿到大學(xué)文憑都可以不用花錢（除了幾百塊注冊(cè)費(fèi)用）。- Generally when people get married and stay at family (not hotel), people invited would do a trick in their bed or during the night after wedding. This tradition starts to get lost, I think it was mainly in the country side一般來說，人們結(jié)婚時(shí)待在家里的時(shí)候（不是賓館），被邀請(qǐng)的人要在他們睡覺的時(shí)候或者結(jié)婚之后的晚上鬧洞房。這種傳統(tǒng)可能要消失了，可能主要在鄉(xiāng)村保留。- French have a lot of social benefits and still think pessimistic towards the future (not a generality but seems more apparent when coming back for a visit)法國人享受很多社會(huì)福利，卻仍然對(duì)未來比較悲觀（不是很普遍但是每當(dāng)回來探望的時(shí)候這種感受就愈加強(qiáng)烈）。- There are lot of random traditions around the country. Getting chased by bull in a village (south), dress up as girl if you are a man and man if you are a girl and kiss everybody during the night during carnival (north-east), and more.這個(gè)國家有很多罕見的傳統(tǒng)。在村子里被公牛追趕的時(shí)候（南部），要男扮女裝，在狂歡節(jié)的夜晚男人要假扮成女人親吻每一個(gè)人，還有很多。

 

Work:工作- French work 35h /week法國人一周工作35小時(shí)。- By default you have 5 weeks off every year. The more experienced you get and the more additional days you get off.一年有五周缺席的機(jī)會(huì)。越有經(jīng)驗(yàn)?zāi)愕募倨谠介L(zhǎng)。- When you are paid monthly, you get an extra day off every month 如果你拿月薪，你可以每個(gè)月額外多放一天假。- People can retire at age of 62大家62歲退休。- EDF (Public Electricity) / SNCF (Public Train Transportation) workers retire at 55國家供電系統(tǒng)，公共鐵路交通工人55歲退休。。- When arriving at work you need to greet everyone that works with you. Handshake/Bise depending of the gender. Can take a long time if you are working in a big department.到公司的時(shí)候你需要和每個(gè)同事打招呼。根據(jù)性別行握手、貼面禮。如果你工作的部門人很多這可能要花很長(zhǎng)時(shí)間。- All businesses are closed on Sunday (vary a bit for touristy spots)周日所有商店都關(guān)門（有些旅游景點(diǎn)可能不一樣）。

 

Transportation:交通方面- Pedestrians seem to cross a street wherever/whenever they want行人想什么時(shí)候，想在哪過橫道都隨他們。- You can travel to many countries either by train or plane for less than $100花不到100歐你可以乘火車或者飛機(jī)去很多地方。- Motorways are private in France and you need to pay to use them (generally expensive)在法國摩托車道是私人的，想用的話要花錢（都很貴。）- You need to drive at least 20 hours with an instructor prior being able to pass your driving license想要拿到駕照你要和教練至少開20個(gè)小時(shí)車。

 

Drink:喝的- You got to get red wine with your cheese, that's a fact!你需要就著紅酒吃奶酪，這是事實(shí)。- People drink aperitif prior dinner (1 or 2), it could be any type of long drink. Generally done when having people over or during weekend.在晚飯之前要喝開胃酒（1-2杯），一般來說有人拜訪或者周末的時(shí)候會(huì)多喝一些。- Also works after dinner, digestif (help you digest, well that what we think). Generally sweeter alcohol, just one glass.晚飯后也喝酒，餐后酒（我們是這么想的，幫你消化）。一般來說更甜一些，只喝一杯。- French do not drink red wine outside dinner法國人只在晚餐的時(shí)候喝紅酒。

 

Food:食物方面- Meals take place usually at the same time everyday. People would rarely eat between meals and generally wait meal time even if hungry通常每天用餐時(shí)間一致。人們很少在每一餐之間吃東西，即使餓了也會(huì)等到開飯時(shí)間再吃。- Dinner time is usually around 8pm晚上8點(diǎn)左右吃晚飯。- When invited for a dinner, people usually bring flowers and wine收到邀請(qǐng)的時(shí)候，大家經(jīng)常帶一些花和紅酒。- It's a common thing to have a 4 courses meal: Starter + main dish + cheese + desert. (Lunch & Dinner)每一餐基本都是4道：前菜+主菜+奶酪+甜點(diǎn)（午餐和晚餐）。- Some catholic people would do a cross on the bread prior cutting it一些天主教徒會(huì)在切面包之前在胸前劃十字。- We do not put bread up side down on the table as to respect it. From the expression: Il faut travailler pour gagner son pain = need to work to earn the bread為了表示對(duì)面包的尊重我們不會(huì)把它顛倒著放。表示：面包得來不易。- Kids' snack could be just spreading butter on bread and powdering powder chocolate on top of it. Or take a piece of baguette and push a piece of chocolate bar in the middle.把黃油淋在面包上，再撒上可可粉可能就是孩子的零食了?；蛘吣靡粋€(gè)法棍中間夾一塊巧克力。- Pregnant women eat unpasteurized cheese孕婦吃生奶酪。

 

Restaurant/Bar:餐廳/酒吧- Tips are not a thing in France. Few euros are usually the norm if any are left depending of the price of the meal (never a percentage)在法國小費(fèi)都不算什么。根據(jù)菜的價(jià)錢每個(gè)人都會(huì)留下幾歐元的小費(fèi)。- You need to ask the waiter/waitress for the bill or anything you want. They do not check on you every time你需要問服務(wù)員要賬單或者問其他你需要的事情。他們不會(huì)每時(shí)每刻都替你檢查。- When asking for a coffee, you are served with an espresso 當(dāng)你要咖啡的時(shí)候，端上來的都是濃咖啡。- You can drink in a bar with your parents when you are 1616歲的時(shí)候可以在父母陪同下在酒吧喝酒。

 

（翻譯：Jessie）

(來源:滬江)