If foreign visitors were to bang on the table and hiss at the waiter for service in a New York restaurant, they would be fortunate if they were only thrown out.

• 如果一个外国客人在一家纽约的餐馆里咚咚地擂桌子，并朝着服务员嘘嘘，那么如果他们只被扔出门外就算很走运了。