如果不读 New York Times(美国)或Globe and Mail(加国), 也应该争取能毫无困难地阅读Calgary Herald或Chicago tribune等英文报纸。
5 学会高贵
主流人士街上遇见他人,立刻微笑和问候“Good morning”。我们应该每天对镜子锻炼自己的表情,显出一种自信,高贵,有微笑的脸孔。遇见人应该笑着说:“How’re you doing?”,“How’s it going?”,“Nice day, isn’t it?”,不管是不是喜欢这个人。当别人需要你提出意见和建议时,你应该说:“It’s great!”“你做得非常非常好。”
有人谷歌“主流”,于是说:主流有时候是一个代表“种族至上主义”的观点或“霸权文化”观点的一个码字…(Main stream is sometimes a codeword used for an actual ethnocentric or hegemonic subculture point of view, especially when delivered in a culture war speech。)本人认为这是一个断章取义的说法。
也有人说:主流可以定义为“what works for you”(切实可行就是主流)。既然如此,便不必为它困恼了。
老木, Being of modest means, we can only afford Florida. (Although I think 好吃不懒做 is in Hawaii, and her dishes make me want to go there. 好吃, am I right? Are you in beautiful Hawaii?)
You forgot to mention vacations. Mainstream people take vacations, twice in six months, once in Hawaii, and once in Florida. They also read a book while vacationing in Hawaii... hahaha, you confessed this before you started to write blogs.