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The different culture between Chinese and English( slang) 1. You have matches Once, I took two cocktail in the bar and back room to enjoy, on the way I encountered(偶然遇到) a lady, she have a look and said with a smile: “You have matches?” I hesitated before replied : “I‘m sorry, I gave up smoking fifteen years ago, so there is no match（火柴）. She immediately knowing that I misunderstood her meaning, it seems to be a bit sorry to say: Its a joke. After that, I have one opportunity to ask an American friend for advice. He said: “ She intentionally make fun with you because she saw your hands are occupied . This is a very common joke just to ask if you need help. 2. Turn the table My relative and his wife are being to divorce（离婚，分离） because of quarrel. Happily they reconciled（和解） at end. I told my American friend this new. The friend very excited and said, “Thank God, thank God. He turned the table”. That made me feel very uncomfortable. Does she mean my relative is rude? I just said: “No, no, he is very gentle, he is a gentleman.” Looking at my face unpleasant, my friends become enlightened（顿悟） at once. So she use another way to explain to me. I finally understand, she said my relatives to reverse the situation . “Turn the tables on someone” means to suddenly take a position of strength or advantage that was formerly held by someone else 反败为胜,转弱为强, For example: She played badly in the first set, but then she turned the tables on her opponent and won the match. 3. Wearing two hats My friend introduced his colleague Marry to me .He said : “She is wearing two hats., I said it is funny, she didnt wear any hat. Marry laughed without any words. But my friend read me. He knew I do not understand. Then he help me find out. Marry is a manager in a hospital department, in addition, she has her own business but not really wearing two hats. 4. Take sth with a grain of saltA friend Allen and his Chinese wife talk about a popular herb, His wife says t