Malaysia is a land of driving on the left, three-point British-style plugs and an elite with plummy English accents who can discourse knowledgeably on Boris Johnson’s career plans. There’s even still an ancient concrete cricket pitch on Merdeka Square, the spot in Kuala Lumpur where the Union Jack was lowered on the night of Malaysia’s independence in 1957. And the country’s prime minister, Najib Razak, is an old boy of Britain’s Malvern College and Nottingham University.
马来西亚采用英式三脚插头,汽车在道路左侧行驶,精英们用拿腔拿调的英语口音对鲍里斯•约翰逊(Boris Johnson,伦敦前市长、现任英国外交大臣——译者注)的职业计划发表内行的见解。吉隆坡的独立广场(Merdeka Square)甚至仍有一个古老的混凝土板球场。1957年,在马来西亚独立的那个夜晚,英国国旗(Union Jack)就在这里落下。该国总理总理纳吉布•拉扎克(Najib Razak)是英国马莱文学院(Malvern College)和诺丁汉大学(Nottingham University)的校友。