这种冲突，提高对文化间差异的敏感性并不意味着我们需要失去自己文化的特性。Cultural conflicts occur as a result of misinterpretations, stereotypes and prejudice. Preventing these conflicts is possible with increased sensibility to cross-cultural differences. Developing intercultural sensitivity does not mean that we need loss our cultural identities.
24. 在一种文化中生活无疑是一种具有教育意义的经历，在海外旅游和生活时，人们学会了第二种语言，发现了不同的风俗，并遇到新的价值观。许多在其他国家生活的人发现面对外国文化，可以使他们更好的洞察自己的社会。当面临不同的价值观，信仰和行为时，他们能够更深地了解自己，懂得社会，有助于形成自己的特性。当另一种文化所形成的鲜明对照，为反映我们自己的文化提供一面镜子。Living in another culture is undoubtedly and educational experience. While traveling and living abroad. People learn second languages. Observe different customs, and encounter new values. Many people who have lived in other countries feel that exposure to foreign cultures enable them to gain insight into their own society. When facing different values, beliefs, and behaviors, they develop a deeper understanding of themselves and of the society that helped to shape their characters. The striking contrasts of a second culture provide a mirror in which one’s own culture is reflected.
Unit 7
1. 父亲是个全能的巧手，很快就收集到了做第一辆篷车的材料，这辆篷车的车顶和两边是薄铁皮做的，很不舒服，妈妈告诉我这车夏天像火炉冬天像冰窖。 Father was in every way a “handyman”, and soon got together materials for his first caravan. This caravan
had its roof and sides made of thin sheets of iron, and was far from comfortable. My mother has told me that in the summer it was baking hot and in the winter terribly cold.
2. 随便哪个小孩都会告诉你罗宾汉是一个英雄。是一个劫富就穷的高贵的抢匪。多么的罗曼蒂克！事实上，他是个微不足道的抢匪，他的部下是一帮骗子和酒鬼。他甚至还骗了一个18岁的女孩没有行教堂礼和他同居了7年。 Any kid will tell you that Robin Hood was a hero-a noble bandit who robbed the rich in order to give to the poor. How romantic! In reality, the original Robin Hood was a small-time mugger, and his men were a brand of crooks and drunks, Robin Hood even deceived an 18-year old girl into living with him for seven years without the benefit of clergy.
3. 音乐一直是为某一特殊群体的观众服务的。不过如今社会阶层越来越多，音乐风格按年龄，民族，阶层，教育划分的社会的各个组成部分而设。尤其是流行音乐，融合了各种音乐类型，正如社会的不同元素之间存在着摩擦，有时喜爱的不同音乐类型之间也有摩擦。 Music has always served specialized audiences, but now the social layers have multiplied, and musical styles address the subdivisions of society by age, ethnicity, class, and education. Popular music, especially, comprises a broad mix of different genres. Just as there are frictions between elements within the society, there are sometimes frictions between their favored types of music.
4. 在一个世纪后，在18世纪70年代，一个叫詹姆士威尔默特的牧师告老返乡到故乡沃威克郡，将他的余生投入到对他两个最钟爱的作家弗朗西斯。培根和威廉。莎士比亚的研究中。从对莎士比亚戏剧的研究，他得出结论，莎翁一定是个博学的人，因此一定有大量的藏书。 More than a century latter, in the 177-s, a clergyman named James Wilmot
retired to his native Warwickshire, and devoted his declining years to the study of his two favourite writers. Francis Bacon and William Shakespears. From the study of Shakespeare’s lays, Wilmot had concluded that he must have been a man of wide learning. And must therefore have possessed a considerable library.
5. 6月20日午夜钟声一敲响，世界各地的哈利。波特迷将争够超过1千万册的》哈利波尔与凤凰令《书店将延长营业时间至半夜，送货公司将抽调临时雇员和准备更大的送货车。相关玩具，游戏，DVD跌其他商品将铺天盖地。 Wherever in the world the clock strikes midnight on June 20th, Mr potter’s followers will flock to get their paws on one of more than 10 million copies of “Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix” Bookshops will open in the middle of the night and delivery films are drafting in extra staff and bigger trucks. Related toys, games, DVDS and other merchandise will be everywhere.
6. 你可能会问，什么是流行映月，一般来说，大多数摇滚音乐是要吸引对音乐不是很精通的听众，可以被认为是流行音乐。非流行音乐，如乡村音乐，要求有一定的欣赏技能。 What is pop music, you may ask, In very general terms, most rock music could be considered popular music because it is intended to appeal to a musically unsophisticated audience. Non-pop music, such as folk music, requires a certain amount of listening skills.
事实上，很多乡村音乐涉及对某一个民族或地区的特征的了解和欣赏。而这对外人来说并不容易。另一方面，流行音乐对大众来说简单易懂。流行音乐的美丽在于它有悦耳易记曲调，简单的内容和有感染力的节奏，初次听到也能欣赏。
In fact, a lot of folk music involves the understanding and appreciation of an
ethnic or regional identity which is not easily shared by people outside that group. Pop music, on the other hand, is simple and fairly easy for a general audience to appreciate. The charm of pop music is that it involves cachy melodres, uncomplicated texts, and infectious rhythm patterns that can be enjoyed the first time it is heard.
7.提高语言技能的一个方法是读书：小说，剧本，旅游书籍等，在阅读此类书籍时，你应当主要依靠上下文来帮助你理解。One way of improving your language skill is to read books like novels, plays, travel books and so on. When you are reading books of this kind, you should rely mainly on the context to help you understand.
8.研究显示汉字有助于激发孩子的思考能力，当孩子学习汉字时，他们的智力能力能够更好的发展Research show that Chinese characters may help to stimulate the thinking faculty of children. While they learn the characters, their intelligence develops faster.
9. 我喜欢各种各样的音乐，轻音乐使我的心灵充满快乐，乡村音乐以描写简单的主题为特色，描述乡村人们的日常生活和情感，流行音乐告诉我当代年轻人的所思所想I enjoy a large range of different types of music, light music fills my heart with joyfulness, country music features simple themes, describing day-to-day lives and feelings of country people. Pop music tells me what Contemporary young people are thinking.
10. 陈逸飞是当代中国艺术界的一个很重要的人物，他的用色给人以深刻的印象，他把现代和东方两种特色融合在他笔下的人物中。Chen yifei is an important figures in the contemporary Chinese art world. His use of color is quite impressive. He blends
both modern and eastern characteristics into his images.
11. 收藏家对各种不同的作品和细节都特别感兴趣，而艺术投资家是把多余的钱作为投资去购买艺术品，投资艺术同样会使你眼界开阔，心神愉悦。The collectors are extremely interested in all different pieces and their details while the art investors have the extra money to purchase art for the investment value. Investing in art also broads your mind and relaxes your sound.
12. 席琳迪翁可以被认为是上世纪90年代最有名的流行歌曲演唱家，她的过许多音乐大奖，其中包括格莱美唱片奖。美国音乐奖和其他一些大奖。她的声音为全世界千百万人所熟悉，Celine Dion can be regarded as the most famous popular vocalist of the 1990s. she has won many music awards including Grammy, American Music and others, Her voice is heard worldwide by millions of poeple
她12岁在加拿大魁北克的一个小镇开始音乐生涯，她以富有天赋的嗓音跨越了语言的障碍。今天她不仅在本国加拿大，而且在世界上许多国家都得到了赏识，谢林的嗓音收到全球的欢迎。Her music career began at the age of 12 in a small town of Quebec, Canada. Gifted with a truly great voice, she has crossed language barriers. Today, she is not only recognized in her native Canada, but in many countries around the world, Celine has a global voice.
13. 事实上一般来说，沉默的大脑中总是充满许多未表达的思想，这些人更可能成为成功的演讲家，而那些睿智健谈的人却因整日兜售犀利的口才而最终落得才思枯竭 Commonly, indeed, the silent man, whose brain is loaded with unexpressed ideas. Is most likely to be a successful public speaker than the brilliant talker who daily exhausts himself in sharp sayings.