台北是許多外國人長住在台灣的首選地方，若是剛從英國搬來台北，便會發現在「住」這方面和英國的差距滿大的。
Tái běi shì xǔ duō wài guó rén cháng zhù zài tái wān de shǒu xuǎn dì fāng, ruò shì gāng cóng yīng guó bān lái tái běi, biàn huì fā xiàn zài `zhù’ zhè fāng miàn hé yīng guó de chā jù mǎn dà de.

英國的地緣面積約是台灣的七倍大，許多英國家庭有屬於自己的花園用來種花草或當作孩子們戶外玩耍的地方;倫敦是一座大城市，也能時常見到大片的綠地與公園，讓住在附近的市民們放假也有休閒活動的區域。不過，台灣只是一座小島，再加上台北是一座繁忙且人口密集的城市，幾乎都被高樓大廈佔滿，沒有多餘的地方可以興建大片的公園。
Yīng guó de dì yuán miàn jī yuē shì tái wān de qī bèi dà, xǔ duō yīng guó jiā tíng yǒu shǔ yú zì jǐ de huā yuán yòng lái zhòng huā cǎo huò dàng zuò hái zi men hù wài wán shuǎ de dì fāng; lún dūn shì yī zuò dà chéng shì, yě néng shí cháng jiàn dào dà piàn de lǜ dì yǔ gōng yuán, ràng zhù zài fù jìn de shì mín men fàng jià yě yǒu xiū xián huó dòng de qū yù. Bù guò, tái wān zhǐ shì yī zuò xiǎo dǎo, zài jiā shàng tái běi shì yī zuò fán máng qiě rén kǒu mì jí de chéng shì, jī hū dōu bèi gāo lóu dà shà zhàn mǎn, méi yǒu duō yú de dì fāng kě yǐ xīng jiàn dà piàn de gōng yuán.

住在英國的這幾年來，目前尚未見過蟑螂，對從小到大在台灣長大的我感到非常的吃驚。這其實和之前文章中提及過的台灣與英國氣候差別有關係。英國的花草比較多所以在夏天的時候偶爾會有蜜蜂或蚊子;相反地，台灣天氣炎熱又潮濕，若沒有保持乾淨，那些蚊蟲或蟑螂容易滋生在家裡。
Zhù zài yīng guó de zhè jǐ nián lái, mù qián shàng wèi jiàn guò zhāng láng, duì cóng xiǎo dào dà zài tái wān zhǎng dà de wǒ gǎn dào fēi cháng de chī jīng. Zhè qí shí hé zhī qiáng wén zhāng zhōng tí jí guò de tái wān yǔ yīng guó qì hòu chā bié yǒu guān xì. Yīng guó de huā cǎo bǐ jiào duō suǒ yǐ zài xià tiān de shí hòu ǒu ěr huì yǒu mì fēng huò wén zi; xiāng fǎn de, tái wān tiān qì yán rè yòu cháo shī, ruò méi yǒu bǎo chí gān jìng, nà xiē wén chóng huò zhāng láng róng yì zī shēng zài jiā lǐ.

這兩大原因是自己和朋友每年夏天回台灣常常不適應的點，想必對初到台灣的英國人可能會更不習慣吧！
Zhè liǎng dà yuán yīn shì zì jǐ hé péng yǒu měi nián xià tiān huí tái wān cháng cháng bù shì yìng de diǎn, xiǎng bì duì chū dào tái wān de yīng guó rén kě néng huì gèng bù xí guàn ba!

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Foreigners who are going to stay in Taiwan for a long time would usually prefer to live in Taipei. If you’ve just moved to Taipei from the UK, you will realise that there is a huge gap between the two places in terms of ‘living.’

The geographical area of the UK is seven times the size of Taiwan. Many British families have their own gardens at home, where they can plant flowers and children can play outdoors. Also, London is a big city in which large green areas and parks are often seen, where citizens living nearby can enjoy leisure activities during their free time. However, Taiwan is a small island, and Taipei is a busy and densely populated city full of high-rise buildings, so there is no extra space to build large parks.

I have not seen any cockroaches for the past few years in the UK, which is a shock to someone who grew up in Taiwan. However, this is actually related to one of my previous articles about the climate differences between Taiwan and the UK. There are many flowers and plants in the UK in summertime, which naturally leads to an increase in bees and mosquitoes. On the other hand, the weather in Taiwan is sultry. If you do not keep your house clean, you’ll have to share it with cockroaches and mosquitoes.

Due to the two main reasons mentioned above, my friends and I have a hard time getting used to life in Taipei when we go back every summer, so I presume that the British who have just arrived in Taiwan might feel the same way.

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