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ONMarch17therewillbeanexplosionofgreenacrosstheWorldincelebrationofStPatrick’sDay.TheIrishtraditionallyweargreenonthisday,asthecolorisassociatedwithIreland.
Butthereareothers,non-Irish,whousetheoccasiontomakejokesabouttheIrish.Theyusethestereotype(成见)oftheIrishashot-tempered(脾气暴躁的)drinkers,wholovetofightandwilldoanythingtoavoidaday'swork.
However,todaytheIrisharemoreoftenadmiredfortheirmusicaltalentandmanyotherabilities.It’snoaccidentthatmanyoftoday'smostpopularmusicgroups,suchassingerEnyaandrockbandU2,areIrishbornandbred.LonelyPlanetreadersevenrankedIrelandin2007asthefriendliestcountryintheworld.
SowheredidthenegativeIrishstereotypecomefrom?Fromthe19thcenturywhenitwasabadtimetobeIrish.
Irelandthenwaspoverty-strickenandstarving.ManyIrishmovedtotheUnitedStatestoescapefamine,buttheretheyhadtocompete---occasionallywiththeirfistsforjobsandhousingwithotherimmigrantgroups,suchastheItalians.ItwasontheUS’streetsthattheIrishearnedtheirreputationforstreetfighting.
ThestereotypeoftheIrishasbigdrinkersmaybeunfair,butIrelandcanboast(为……自豪)itsfairshareoffamousdrinks.ItwastheIrishafterallwhocreatedoneoftheworld’sbest-lovedbeers,Guinness