the british people -- say, in your university, when ... when you were studying?
p: i think that maybe chinese students are a lot more romantic. they have quite a romanticized vision of boyfriend and girlfriends.
u: you mean, if a boyfriend-girlfriend get together typically they'll expect to eventually get married or be together for life?
p: yes, in a way i think that in england a boyfriend/girlfriend is just something quite transitional -- it's just something that's going to move on and you don't think about it.
u: you know it's temporary, right?
p: that's it, yeah, but in china i think there's more a tendency to look towards a future, a major future with that person.
u: is that just -- you know, about western people being transitional and relationships being temporary -- is that just an idea that people have in ... about western relationships, or is that something that's true in your own experience, say with .... if you think about your friends, are they in relationships that they figure are probably going to last only a short time?
p: yeah, i think so. i think that it's a lot easier to move around between different partners. and it's ... it's not seen as .... there's not a stigma attached to doing that. i think that in china if you do that you're seen ... you're labeled easier. and it's ... it's something that people try and stay away from. especially ... especially girls. maybe .... i'm not saying that in england girls constantly have different boyfriends every week, but i think it's not as much of an issue.
u: say like .... before marriage, in england, it wouldn't be unusual for a girl to have maybe what, three, four, five boyfriends?
p: yeah. yeah, and that's seen as quite, quite acceptable. maybe not by her family as much but by ... socially ....
u: her peers.
p: her peers, yeah. it's ... it's quite fine. i suppose that in that sense it's quite a major difference.
u: what other significant points of difference are there between the chinese and the western people in your experience?
p: well, i'll say food.
u: yeah?
p: but that's partly cultural. and i think...
u: food ...? in what way? would you like to ....
p: well the food thing .... for example i .... before i came to china i think food was the major issue. people would say to me, oh you .... some of the things you'll have to eat .... you'll eat snake, monkey, which is quite .... i mean, i .... obviously it's not possible to eat monkey but this was .... i think people in england have got a strange idea of ... of food in ... in china. which is partly true.
u: but in england you ... you .... you have chinese food restaurants everywhere, don't you?
p: we do but it's a special type of english chinese, which has been tainted to suit the taste buds ....
u: the western palate.
p: yes.
u: well how about all the .... what about all the chinese people living in england? what do they eat -- in restaurants?
p: well i don't think they go to chinese restaurants. i .... unless it's a ... a... quite a spectacular one, where they maybe know that the people who ... who ... who work there .... they would mostly keep away from the chinese restaurants.
u: well, where'd the chinese people eat -- the italian restaurants?
p: i think so, yeah. pizza huts.
u: philip, thank you very much for joining us here at uriel yak, it's been a pleasure talking to you! and please tune in next time for our uriel yak show!
★★《2003年03月号-第39期-disc02-11》★★
anyone of us (stupid mistake)
written by jorgen elofsson/ per magnusson/ david kreuger
vocal: gareth gates
选自专辑：what my heart wants to say
i've been letting you down, down
girl i know i've been such a fool
giving in to temptation
i should've played it cool
the situation got out of hand
i hope you understand
it can happen to anyone of us
anyone you think of
anyone can fall
anyone can hurt someone they love
hearts will break
'cos i made a stupid mistake
it can happen to anyone of us
say you will forgive me
anyone can fail
say you will believe me
i can't take, my heart will break
'cos i made a stupid mistake
a stupid mistake
she was kind of exciting
a little crazy, i should've known
she must have altered my senses
as i offered to walk her home
the situation got out of hand
i hope you understand
it can happen to anyone of us
anyone you think of
anyone can fall
anyone can hurt someone they love
hearts will break
'cos i made a stupid mistake
it can happen to anyone of us
say you will forgive me
anyone can fail
say you will believe me
i can't take, my heart will break
'cos i made a stupid mistake
a stupid mistake
a stupid mistake
she means nothing to me
nothing to me
i swear every word is true
don't wanna lose you
the situation got out of hand
i hope you understand
it can happen to anyone of us
anyone you think o