Todd: When I was in Thailand I had experiences with bribery, and we don’t really have it with government officials in the U.S., but I have to admit I thought it was really convenient, because let’s say you are driving and you get a speeding ticket, or you do something wrong, in Thailand you would just pay ten dollars, twenty dollars and the whole incident was forgot. In my culture were brought up to think that that’s really bad but I have to admit, I liked the fact that you would pay a little money, and then it was not on your record, because in the United States if you get a speeding ticket, or you do anything wrong then it’s on your record, and it’s permanent and that can affect your insurance payment and things like that, so it was this really weird feeling where I felt odd doing it, and I felt awkward doing it because it wasn’t part of our culture, but at the same time I thought it was almost convenient. Have you ever had experiences like that?
托德：我在泰国时经历过贿赂，美国政府官员一般不接受行贿，不过我要承认，我认为这种方法的确很方便，比如说你驾驶时被开了张超速罚单，或者是因为其他违规行为被开罚单，在泰国你只要付10美元或20美元就可以解决了，这件事就结束了。可是在美国，这种行为被看作是不好的行为，不过我承认，我喜欢这种付点儿小钱然后不做记录的做法，在美国，如果你收到超速罚单，或是有其他违规行为，那就要被记录在案，而且这一记录是永久存在的，可能会影响你的保险偿付，所以，我对贿赂有种奇怪的感觉，因为我接受的文化里没有这种行为，所以我觉得这样做很奇怪，不过同时我认为这种做法非常方便。你有这种经历吗？