P：Have you adapted to the lifestyle in China?

你适应了中国的生活方式了吗?

K：Yeah, almost. But there is one thing.

嗯,差不多,只是...

P：What?

只是什么呢?

K：I still wonder what privacy meant for Chinese people. I don't mean to say that there's no privacy in China, but...

我还是不明白隐私对中国人到底意味着什么.当然我并不是说中国没有隐私,只是...

P：What is it?

怎么了?

K：Some of my Chinese colleagues just share their personal stories in front of others.

有些中国同事在别人面前还谈论私人的事情.

P：That makes you feel uncomfortable?

让你感觉很不舒服?

K：Yeah. we never do that in a public office.

是啊.我们从来不在公共办公室里谈论私事.

P：Perhaps that's because we hold different ideas about privacy.

也许是因为我们的隐私的认识不一样吧.

K：I have felt that. One day when i was in a queue, reading a newspaper story, the man behind me peered through my shoulder and stared at the newspaper I was holding.

我已经感觉到了.有一天我排队的时候在读报纸,站在我身后的人就隔着我的肩膀,看起我手中的报纸.

P：Well, that's not rare. I've seen people reading at others' newspaper while taking a metro or a bus.

哦,这可不新奇.我就看到过有人坐地铁或公交车的时候读别人的报纸.

K：Just stare at the newspaper holding in the hands of the one next to him?

就盯着旁边那人手里的报纸那样看?

P：Yeah.

对.

K：Oh, I'm shocked.

哦,我觉得挺吃惊的.