介绍:
Decoding Respirator Cultures
As the global pandemic speeds up, many are wondering about the effectiveness of masks and when it’s appropriate to wear them. Most people from the East believe that wearing a mask is essential to control the spread of the novel coronavirus pneumonia (NCP). But people in the West generally would argue that, unless one is already ill, wearing a mask is simply unnecessary.
随着全球流行病的加速蔓延，许多人都想要了解口罩的有效性，以及何时应该戴口罩。大多数东方人都认为戴口罩对于防控新冠肺炎疫情至关重要。但西方人则普遍表示，除非已经生病，否则戴口罩是没有必要的。
In Eastern countries like China, mask-wearing is engrained in their cultures. In fact, people in the East wear masks not just to protect themselves from illness but also for a variety of other reasons. In many Asian countries, masks are worn in many scenarios in daily life, such as doing housework or visiting patients in the hospital. They can give people the comfort of being protected. In recent years, they are worn simply for cosmetic reasons. Young people in Japan, for example, wear masks as a fashion statement, expressing their personal style through unique designs and patterns.
戴口罩在中国等东方国家的文化中根深蒂固。事实上，东方人戴口罩不仅仅是预防生病，还有种种其他原因。在许多亚洲国家，人们在日常生活中在很多情况下会戴口罩，如做家务或去医院探病等等。戴口罩让人们有种受保护的安全感。近年来，很多人戴口罩仅仅是为了美观。比如，日本年轻人将戴口罩视为一种时尚，通过口罩上独一无二的设计与样式来展现自己的个人风格。
Whether from the East or the West, social culture and peer pressure have played an important role in one’s decision about whether or not to wear a mask. That’s because human beings are social creatures who take into consideration what other members of society think of us.
不论来自东方还是西方，社会文化与同辈压力都大大影响了个人是否戴口罩的决定。因为人类是社会生物，会考虑其他社会成员对于自己的看法。
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