不论你去到哪里,你都能碰上正在旅游的荷兰家庭!甚至是著名的登月家阿姆斯壮在他快要登陆月球的时候还遇到了Breda的一家人Mr and Mrs Van de Leeuwen and their two children, Jan and Frits!虽然NASA一直在否认这件事曾经发生过! [可以再扯一点么!]
网上的原文是:
The Dutch phrase ‘ja hoor’ has coursed several diplomatic incidents when English speaking diplomats have mistaken it for the Dutch diplomats calling them names (sometimes they were).
荷兰短语“ ja hoor(是啊)”已经引起了很多外交争端,因为说英语的外交人员以为荷兰外交官在辱骂他们(不过有些时候的确是的)。[calling them names是骂人的意思,如果是叫他们的名字应该是calling their names.呵呵]
我还找到了好玩的:
荷兰音乐第一次被大家发现是在二战时期,起初是一种“审讯”德国间谍的方式。人权运动禁止这种审讯方式后,人们才找到了荷兰音乐的另一种用途。顺便提一句,这也是为啥你在荷兰民歌手Frans Bauer的音乐会上永远看不到德国人。
原文:Dutch music was first invented during World War II as a means of ‘interrogating’ German spies. However, when the human rights movement put a stop to this practise another use had to be found for it. Incidentally this is why you will never find a German at a Frans Bauer concert.
Frans Bauer和Jack Bauer是亲戚。[狂汗啊。不知道Jack是谁的去美剧里找吧。]
原文:Frans Bauer and Jack Bauer are related.