近期,一名来自中国贵州的大学老师“喝酒定成绩”的笑谈引发外媒关注,美国外交关系协会在近日发表的《亚洲一周焦点》中详述了此事,大意编译如下:
贵州安顺职业技术学院的一名中医讲师近期遭到学校停课查看的处分,原因是他告诉学生,以喝白酒的多少来定毕业成绩:喝一杯满分,喝半杯90分,喝一小口及格,不喝不及格。
根据一名在场的学生所说,老师告诉他们,“如果你们毕业后想做销售,必须会喝酒。”
当记者联系这位老师时,他声称没有告诉学生以酒量来定毕业考试成绩,而仅仅是想用喝酒的方式与学生们道别。
这一事件引发网友热议,有指责这位老师不尽为人师之责的,也有为其辩护的,认为老师的戏言被当了真,其实老师更多是想通过喝酒的方式,与学生联络感情,传授社会经验。不管如何,其中折射的中国白酒文化,意味深远。
Tips:酒文化是中华民族饮食文化的—个重要组成部分。作为一种精神文化它体现在社会政治生活、文学艺术乃至人的人生态度、审美情趣等诸多方面。与西方不同是,酒在中国人眼里更多的是当作一种交际的工具,饮酒之意不在酒,更在意饮用他后带来的美妙作用。(编译:刘小云)
Bonus系列摘自美国外交关系协会每周一期的“亚洲事务更新”,该栏目包罗万象,主要展现让外国人惊呆了的那些中国趣事儿。前两期内容包括《中国煎饼引领纽约新“食”尚》,《中国“剩女”的烦恼》。
Bonus: “When you do what you want in life,humiliation usually follows.” A lecturer in Chinese medicine at AnshunVocational and Technical College in Guizhou, China, was suspended this weekafter he told his students that their final grade was dependent on theirability to drink a shot of baijiu, a Chinese liquor made from sorghum that’sbeen said to taste like “liquid razor blades.” According to one student at thescene, the instructor told his students, “If you’re going to be doing sales,you have to be able to drink!” When contacted by reporters, the lecturerclaimed that he hadn’t told students that drinking was their final exam, buthad simply wanted to give them a send-off from his class.