国外版“从前慢”：为了鼓励社交，冰岛周四没电视_BEC初级作文

国外版“从前慢”：为了鼓励社交，冰岛周四没电视

北欧国家向来在人类发展指数、性别平等、社会福利待遇等方面在世界范围内名列前茅。

但如果有“社恐指数”这回事，它们可能也会拔得头筹。

传闻说1987年以前，冰岛每个周四都没有电视可以看，因为政府希望人们多出去社交。

也是，寒天冻地的，谁愿意没事儿在外头溜达啊，得用政策工具把人们逼出去才行。

国外版“从前慢”：为了鼓励社交，冰岛周四没电视1

Thursdays in Iceland were traditionally a day to connect with family and friends. This may sound strange, but until 1987, there was no TV broadcast in Iceland on a Thursday.

冰岛的星期四传统上来说是与家人和朋友联络感情的日子。听起来可能有点奇怪，但1987年之前，冰岛都没有周四的电视转播。

It’s believed that this came from a desire not to have a nation filled with TV-addicted zombies. As a result, many Icelanders born before 1987 joke that they were most likely conceived on a Thursday.

人们认为这是因为这个国家不能全都变成沉迷电视的僵尸。因此，许多1987年以前出生的冰岛人都开玩笑说，他们很有可能是在星期四被怀上的。

还有一种说法是，不止周四，过去有段时间中整个7月份都是没有电视可以看的。

If you were to visit Iceland in 1966, you would have noticed that nothing was shown on the country’s only state-run television station on Thursdays. The idea behind the decision was to reserve Thursdays as a day for socializing.