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1、Streeteatsinthenews公共场所“进餐族”：文明与文化的博弈InlateFebruary,amainlandtouristcausedadisturbanceonaHongKongsubway.Thereason?Eatinginpublic.今年二月底，一位大陆游客在香港地铁里引发一场风波。事发原因便是在公共场所进食。InHongKongitisillegaltoeatonthesubway,andwhenthetouristwasscoldedbyaHongKonglocal,thesituatione
2、scalatedintoaverbalslingingmatch.在香港地铁上进食是明令禁止的。当这位游客遭到一位香港市民训斥后，状况升级为一场激烈骂战。Pleasewatchthevideo.Remarks:BothofthemIdon’tthinkwhoareright.Basedonthisridiculouscase,itisobviouslythatitcasedbyculturebarriersandthelackofcommunication,evendiscrimination.Weshouldn’tsu
3、pportoneofthembutgetacorrectunderstandingofthis.Wecanusethischancetocorrectourattitudetoallkindsofpeopleandtreateveryonethesame.Theanotherimportantwayiscommunication.Withpeacefulreasonableandpatientcommunication,theendofthiscasewouldnotbeworseasthat.Don’tforgetth
4、edifferentcultureandthefunctionofcommunication.Kidsdon’trespecttherules,snackinthemetro.Ofcourse,shehadthewrongfirst.However,asthesayinggoes:Ignorancecanbeforgiven.Althougheatinginthemetroisnotcivilized,isquarrelcivilized?Asthechild’sparent,sheshouldcautionagains
5、therchildintimeinsteadofshoutingabuse.Meanwhile,theHKpersonshouldlearntounderstandandhumility.InNewYorkCity,eatingonthesubwayisalsocontroversial.Theyarguethat“streetfood”isanimportantpartofNewYork’scultureandhistory.Banningitsconsumptioninpublicareassuchasthesubw
6、aywouldhavenegativeeffects.在纽约，在地铁内进食也是颇受争议的。此外，他们还表示“街头食品”是纽约文化和历史的重要组成部分。在地铁等公共场所对这些食品说“不”将带来负面影响。Streetfood,andeatinginpublicplacesisanentrenchedculturalpracticeincitiesasdiverseasNewYork,BeijingandParis.在诸如纽约、北京、巴黎这样的城市中，街头食品与公共场所进食都是一种根深蒂固的文化惯例。Butwhilecommo
7、n,ithasbeentraditionallythoughtofasthedomainofthelowerclasses.Eatinginpublicwas(andinsomeplaces,stillis)associatedwithuncivilized,poorerpeople.但话又说回来，尽管十分普遍，这类行为却一直被看做是下层阶级的行为。人们曾经将在公共场所进食这一行为与野蛮，贫穷联系起来。一些地方现在依然如此。（这就是所谓的刻板印象）“ToVictoriansociety,immigrantstreetpe
8、ddlerswere“hucksters,”anamethatretainsawhiffofmoraljudgmenttothisday.” “对于维多利亚社会而言，这些身为街头小贩的外来人口被看做是“叫卖小贩”，直到现在，这一词汇还是带有一点道德评判的意味。InAustralia,streetfoodisnotso
