俄罗斯

　　(来源：沪江英语)

　　Do they really have bears as pets in Russia? Do they swim in icy water? Do they still play balalaikas and never ever smile to foreigners? Here you may learn something new about this weird country – Russia。

　　俄国人真的把熊当成宠物吗？他们在冰水里游泳？他们还弹奏三弦琴，从不对外国人笑？下面你能学到关于俄罗斯这个奇怪国家的一些新东西。

　　1. Until 2011 in Russia, any drink that was under 10% alcohol was not considered an alcoholic beverage, just a regular drink。

　　2011年之前，酒精含量10%以下的饮料在俄罗斯不算酒，只算常规饮料。

　　2. A Russian man once drank three bottles of vodka, then jumped out of a 5 story window, walked back up, and jumped again。

　　有个俄国男人喝了三瓶伏特加，从五楼窗户跳下，爬起来上楼，再跳一遍。

　　3.Russians have a word “Zapoi”to describe several days of continuous drunkenness during which one withdraws from society。

　　俄语中有个单词Zapoi，指连续醉酒好几天，和社会脱节。

　　4. In Soviet Russia, prisoners would get tattoos of Lenin and Stalin, because guards weren’t allowed to shoot at images of national leaders。

　　在苏联时期，囚犯们纹上列宁和斯大林的纹身。因为卫兵不能对国家领袖的图像开枪。

　　5. Russia is the same size as Pluto. In fact Pluto is even a bit smaller with its surface area of roughly 16,650,000 square kilometers。

　　俄罗斯和冥王星的面积一样大。事实上，冥王星的面积大约是16650000平方公里，比俄罗斯还要小一点。

　　6. 110 people in Russia (0.0000007% of the population) own 35% of all wealth。

　　占俄罗斯总人口0.0000007%的110人占有整个国家35%的财富。

　　7. There’s a museum in Russia that hires cats to protect its artworks against rodents. Cats have been protecting the State Hermitage of Saint Petersburg since 1764.

　　在俄罗斯，有座博物馆雇佣猫来对付啮齿类动物。圣彼得堡的埃尔米塔日博物馆从1764年开始就由猫咪守护啦。

　　8. In Russia, women outnumber men by 11 million。

　　在俄罗斯，女人比男人多一千一百万。

　　9. Lawyers in Russia threatened to sue Warner Bros. because Dobby the house elf closely resembled Russian president Vladimir Putin。

　　俄罗斯律师威胁起诉华纳兄弟公司，因为家养小精灵多比长得像俄罗斯总统普京。

　　10. In Russia, if you step on somebody’s foot accidentally, you are expected to put your foot out so they can equally step on yours。

　　在俄罗斯，如果你不小心踩到别人的脚，要把自己的脚伸出去让别人踩回来。