英语翻译A young Bristish woman went to Hong Kong to work,and at

英语翻译
A young Bristish woman went to Hong Kong to work,and at the time of her arrival she knew nothing about the Chinese culture or language.On her wayto school one day,she went to the bank to get some money.The bank clerk asked her if she had had her lunch.She was very surprised at such a question because in the British culture it would be regarded as an indirect invitation to lunch.Between unmarried young people it can also indicate the young man's interest in dating the girl.So since this banke clerk was a complete stranger to the British girl,she was very taken aback,and quickly said that of the teahcers asked her the same question.By now she realized that it could not be an invitation,but was puzzled about why they asked it.In the following days she was asked the same question again and again,and she spent many hours trying to work out why so many people keep asking her this.Finally she came to a conclusion：the people must be concerned about her health.She was rather thin at the time,and so she concluded they must be worrying that she was not eating properly!Only much later did she discover that the question had no real meanning at all—it was only a greeting.

一个年轻的英国妇女到香港去工作,刚到那里的时候,对中国文化或语言她一窍不通.一天,在去学校上学的路上,她想去银行取钱,银行的工作人员问她是否吃过午餐,她当时很吃惊：“为什么会问这样的一个问题呢?”因为在英国,询问别人是否吃过午餐的行为会被看成是间接地邀请别人去吃午餐.在未婚的年轻人之间,也可以表明男生想与这个女生约会.于是对这个英国女孩来说,银行的工作人员是完全就是一个陌生人,所以她非常吃惊,并且快速回答说：“我们老师也问了我同样的问题.”到现在,她才意识到那不是一个邀请,但是困扰她的是：为什么他们会那样问呢?在接下来的几天里,同样的问题一次又一次地问到她,于是她就花了好几个小时想尽力去弄懂很多人都这样子问她的原因.最后,她得出一个结论：这些人肯定是关心她的健康.当时的她很瘦,所以她推断,他们肯定是担心她饮食不规范!很长一段时间后,她才发现,原来那根本不是一个实际有意义的问题,那仅仅只是一声问候.