I travel a lot and I 1different "styles" of giving directions every time I ask "How can I get to the post office?"
In Japan, people use landmarks(（地面标志性建筑物）in their directions because most streets don't have names. For example, the Japanese will 2to travelers, "Go straight ahead and turn left at the hotel. The post office is across from the bus stop. "
In the countryside of the American Midwest, there are no towns or buildings in many places. 3 landmarks, people will tell you directions distance(距离). In Kansas, for example, people will say, "Go north two miles. Turn east, and then go 4mile. "
People in Los Angeles, California, have no 5 of distance. They measure (测量) distance in 6, not miles. "How far away is the post office?" you ask. "Oh," they answer, "it's about five minutes from here. "
It's 7that a person doesn't know the answer sometimes. What happens in such a situation? A New Yorker might say, "Sorry, I don't know." But in Yucatan(尤卡坦半岛), Mexico, no one answers "I don't know. "People in Yucatan believe that "I don't know" is 8. They usually give an answer, often a(n) 9one. A tourist can get very, very 10 in Yucatan!
