Kissed By a Stranger
• Meiling, a 16-year-old Taiwanese girl, went to France last year to visit her cousin Emma.
• 美玲 ,一個 16歲的台灣女孩 ,去年到髮國拜訪他的表姊Emma.
• She loved everything about her trip except for the time she met one of Emma’s friends.
• 他喜歡這趟旅行中的每件事 ,除了他遇到 Emma其中一位朋友的那一次 .
• Meiling smiled and said hi, but the girl grabbed her shoulders and kissed both her cheeks.
• 美玲笑著說嗨 ,但那女孩抓住她的肩膀並親吻她的雙頰 . • Meiling was very surprised, and she didn’t know what to do.• 美玲非常訝異 ,他不知道該做甚麼 .
• Meiling was embarrassed by the experience because she never saw people kissing each other’s cheeks in Taiwan.
• 美玲因此次經驗而感到尷尬 ,因為他在台灣從來沒看過人們親彼此的臉頰 .
• However, for people in Europe and Latin America, this is a common practice.
• 然而 ,對於在歐洲及拉丁美洲的人 ,這是一項很常見的習俗 .
• People there kiss one another’s cheeks as a form of greeting when they meet their friends or family members.
• 在那裏的人遇到他們的朋友或家人時 ,會親彼此的臉頰當作打招呼的方式 .
• The ways of giving this kind of kiss vary from one place to another.
• Sometimes you may see people really kissing one another’s cheeks.
• Sometimes the cheeks touch but the lips aren’t used.
• Sometimes the faces don’t even touch at all, and the two people just make the kissing sound.
• In addition, people may kiss the cheeks one, two, three, or even four times.
Some guys use this confusion to steal a few extra kisses from beautiful women.
• They may say, “We kiss four times in my hometown.”
• Some women may take the joke even further and say, “In my country, we kiss eight times!”
• Like Meiling, you may not know how to react when someone suddenly kisses your cheek.
• However, your culture shock will just be a sign that you are experiencing something new.
• Try to relax and follow the local customs, and you will learn more about various cultures.
