在陌生地方的歌剧踪影

Opera in the strangest places

在美国有一则讽刺某些族裔自我中心观念的笑话：无论这一天世界上发生了什么事情，犹太人一家聚在一起的时候，总会探讨这个问题：“对犹太裔来讲，这是好事，还是坏事？”

There used to be an old joke in America about the singlemindedness of ethnic groups. No matter what happened in the world during the course of the day, Jewish families would discuss the events with one question only： ＂Is it good for the Jews, or bad for the Jews？＂