[Express English] ─ What do you associate with the colour white?－看BBC學英文

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上個禮拜，我們討論的是，藍色會讓你聯想到什麼？這個禮拜，我們來聊一聊，很多人都喜歡的白色呢？對你本身又代表什麼意義？當你看到白色的時候，你第一個聯想到的東西是什麼？

文章裡面，有人說白色就讓人想到世界和平，因為它純淨無暇，完全沒有任何紛擾雜念。也有人說白色就讓人想到白紙和念書，我想這個人應該是個努力拼學業的學生，腦子已經被書本佔據了！後來又有人說白色就讓人想到投降的時候，要舉白旗，表示認輸。其實，白旗也是象徵提出和平或和解的意思。

白色可以代表很多東西，對我來說，白色是雪、雲、海浪、沙灘、衛生紙，這些東西都有個共通點，就是很潔白無暇。白色總是給人這樣的感覺，所以連很多3C產品都推出白色的機種，而且都比其他顏色賣的還要好呢！

文章網址:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/general/expressenglish/2012/02/120220_ee_white.shtml

What do you associate with the colour white?

Here's what people in London said:

Man 1: Peace 'cos it's the absence of all other colours.

Man 2: Looking around I'd probably say paper and studying, 'cos paper is white.

Man 3: A flag that people use to surrender.

Presenter: Have you ever had any times when you felt like waving a white flag?

Man 3: There have been times when I've had so much homework that I'm thinking: "Should I just not do any of it and just show them the white flag?" But in the end I've managed to overcome it.

Let’s dig in!

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In this article, people are mainly discussing about the relation of white colour and the first thing that comes to their mind. In terms of the colour, Man 1 thinks that white is the absence of all other colours. That is, when all the other colours are gone, white is the only thing that remains.

Some people think that white means surrender. Waving a white flag means giving up on something and proposing peace. That is also the impression that people usually have about white, which is pure and peaceful. It is a color of neutral. It is also the start of many things. When we write this article, we start from white paper. When we draw a picture, we start from a white canvas. White is the basics of everything in the world.