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Confusing accents and odd public transport habits have been listed among the biggest culture shocks for people moving to the UK.
難懂的口音和奇怪的公共交通習慣雙雙躋身外國人到英國後感受到的最大文化衝擊之列。
　　 
Users of online message board Reddit were asked "What is biggest 'culture shock' you've ever received either after moving or while vacationing to a new place?" by user thechosenone16 - and responded with a number of humorous observations about life in Britain.
"There are no closets in the UK," posted user SurfeitOfPenguins in one entry.
"Livable space of houses is maybe a one-foot radius around each radiator. Either the sky is completely overcast, or the sky is blue with one single cloud and that cloud is raining.
➺ radius --n.半徑，半徑範圍；有效航程，範圍，界限
參考例句：
➾ He has visited every shop within a radius of two miles.
　周圍兩英里以內的店鋪他都去過。
➾ We are measuring the radius of the circle.
　我們正在測量圓的半徑。
➺ radiator --n.暖氣片，散熱器
參考例句：
➾ The two ends of the pipeline are connected with the radiator.
　管道的兩端與暖氣片相連接。
➾ Top up the radiator before making a long journey.
　在長途旅行前加滿散熱器。
➺ overcast --adj.陰天的，陰暗的，愁悶的；v.遮蓋，（使）變暗，包邊縫；n.覆蓋，陰天
參考例句：
➾ The overcast and rainy weather found out his arthritis.
　陰雨天使他的關節炎發作了。
➾ The sky is overcast with dark clouds.
　烏雲滿天。
　　
"Accents are a big deal. A native Brit can pinpoint a person's place of birth, annual salary, and parentage going back three generations within moments of hearing another Brit speak."
➺ pinpoint --vt.準確地確定；用針標出…的精確位置
參考例句：
➾ It is difficult to pinpoint when water problems of the modern age began.
　很難準確地指出，現代用水的問題是什麼時候出現的。
➾ I could pinpoint his precise location on a map.
　我能在地圖上指明他的準確位置。
　　
Redditor Dondo666 also pointed out the difference between the British accents as depicted onscreen, and how they are in real life.
➺ pointed --adj.尖的，直截了當的
參考例句：
➾ He gave me a very sharp pointed pencil.
　他給我一支削得非常尖的鉛筆。
➾ She wished to show Mrs. John Dashwood by this pointed invitation to her brother.
　她想通過對達茨伍德夫人提出直截了當的邀請向她的哥哥表示出來。
➺ depicted--描繪，描畫( depict的過去式和過去分詞 )； 描述
參考例句：
➾ Other animals were depicted on the periphery of the group. 
　其他動物在群像的周邊加以修飾。
➾ They depicted the thrilling situation to us in great detail. 
　他們向我們詳細地描述了那激動人心的場面。
　　
ListenDry, an Indian user from UAE, reported on Britons' obsession with manners, having visited London in 2012.
➺ obsession --n.困擾，無法擺脫的思想(或情感)
參考例句：
➾ I was suffering from obsession that my career would be ended.
　那時的我陷入了我的事業有可能就此終止的困擾當中。
➾ She would try to forget her obsession with Christopher.
　她會努力忘記對克里斯多夫的迷戀。
　　
For French Redditor pompompompompom, it was British toilets that made for a source of cultural confusion.
Coming from further afield, a Tawainese Redditor made observations about British dining habits on public transport.

文章來源：外國人到英國後感受到的文化衝擊