知乎精選：在英國可以在美國不行的事

What things can you do in the UK that you cannot in the USA?

有什么事你在英國可以做，在美國卻不可以做?

獲得827好評的答案@Ernest W. Adams

Eat real haggis. The stuff they sell in the USA isn't real.

吃正宗的羊雜碎布丁，美國賣的一點也不正宗。

Drive on the left.

靠左行駛。

Drink at 18. If the British tried to raise the drinking age to 21 the streets would be awash in the blood of dead politicians.

在18歲飲酒。如果英國把允許喝酒的年齡提高到21歲的話，大街上會因為政客之死而血流成河的。

Get health care free at the source without ever worrying about whether you can pay the bill.

從一出生就享受免費醫(yī)療，完全不用擔心自己能不能付得起醫(yī)藥費。

Watch TV without commercials.

看沒有廣告的電視節(jié)目。

Be graceful and courteous without someone assuming that means you're a wimp.

儀表堂堂，文質彬彬，卻沒有人會懷疑你是個窩囊廢。

Listen to incredibly erudite and detailed discussions about gardening on the radio.

在廣播里聽到非常專業(yè)詳細的關于園藝的討論。

Live in a house that was there before Columbus reached the New World.

住在一棟在哥倫布達到新大陸前就有的房子里。

Marry someone of a different race without anybody finding it odd.

和不同種族的人結婚，卻不會有人覺得很奇怪。

Be black without fearing that the police will shoot you.

雖然是黑人，卻不用擔心有警察會朝你開槍。

Use rhyming slang.

用押韻的俚語。

Visit buildings constructed by the Romans.

參觀羅馬人建造的建筑物。

Sleep in a real castle.

在真正的城堡里睡覺。

獲得201好評的答案@Ruth Alborough

Say 'Bloody hell' and not sound like a twat.

說“我的天哪”，聽起來卻不像娘娘腔。

獲得282好評的答案@Matthew Lawrence Chesterton

Swim to France.

游泳去法國。

獲得166好評的答案@Dan Brady

Go for years without ever seeing a gun, anywhere (TV and films not included)

不管在哪里，好多年都不會見到槍(電視電影里的不算)。

Not see many Canadians or Mexicans

遇不到很多加拿大人或墨西哥人。

獲得147好評的答案@Thomas Foster

Watch the Australian cricket team lose.

看澳大利亞板球隊輸?shù)舯荣悺?/p>

獲得109好評的答案@Julia Harrison

Go on holiday to Cuba.

去古巴度假。

Come back again.

還能回得來。