1.
我们中国人会再三地请客人多吃饭桌上的菜,以表明我们好客?/p>
As a proof of our hospitality
?/p>
we Chinese will
repeatedly ask our guests to help themselves to the dishes on the table.
2.
正是通过倾听人们的谈话和观察他们的举止,我们才加?/p>
了了解社会的能力?/p>
It is by means of listening to what
people say and observing how they behave that
we’re
strengthened our own capacity to underst
and society.
3.
安全感常常来自对环境的熟悉,所以人们对于陌生的环境
往往会抵制或避开?/p>
One
?/p>
s sense of safety comes from
familiarity with the environment
?/p>
so people have the tendency to resist or avoid new situations.
4.
我们常常对某地区的人产生偏见甚至敌意,这是由?/p>
我们不熟悉他们?/p>
We tend to show prejudice against or
even hostility towards people from a certain region
?/p>
which can be attributed to the fact that we
are unfamiliar with then.
5.
我觉得直接拒绝是一种礼貌,而我父母却很少说“不?/p>
?/p>
以免使对方为难?/p>
I believe it is polite to decline
directly
?/p>
while my parents seldom say
?/p>
No
?/p>
so as not to embarrass others.
6.
知识积累有两种方式:
亲身体验和间接体验?/p>
能为我们打开
不同文化世界的阅读属于间?/p>
体验?/p>
There are two means to build up knowledge
?/p>
to get it personally or by second-hand experience
?/p>
Reading
?/p>
which opens up a new world of different cultures for us, belongs to second-hand expe
rience.
1.
奥运旗帜白色背景上印着五个相连的彩色圆圈,代表五大洲?/p>
Against the white background
?/p>
the Olympic flag features five interlinked color circles
?/p>
represe
nting the five continents.
2.
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He narrowly missed the gold medal
by 0.02 seconds. Those who had witnessed the race could not help giving a sign.
3.
长跑比赛是对耐力的一大考验。运动员不仅流汗?/p>
还会流泪,甚至流血?/p>
Long-distance race is a hard
test on tolerance. The athletes shed not only sweat, but also tears, and even blood.
4.
绊到另一个选手的脚,他摔倒在跑道上,但他很快爬起来,
一瘸一拐的走到终点?/p>
Having tripped over another
athlete’s
foot, he fell down on the track, but he soon rose to hie feet and limped to the finish lin
e.
5.
故事的最初版本是这样的:那个助理教练因为率队打赢
了与古巴队的比赛而一夜成名?/p>
The original version
of the story goes like this, the assistant coach rose to fame overnight by leading his team to con
quer Cuba.
6.
有些运动员承认以提高竞技成绩为名服用过兴奋剂?/p>
而且他们的教练也不对这种违法行为
表示异议?/p>
Some sportsmen confessed that they had taken dope in the name of improving
performance
?/p>
and that their coaches showed no disagreement with such illegal acts.