首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
Cultural norms so completely surround people, so permeate thought and action, that we never recognize the assumptions on which o
Cultural norms so completely surround people, so permeate thought and action, that we never recognize the assumptions on which o
admin
2010-01-10
118
问题
Cultural norms so completely surround people, so permeate thought and action, that we never recognize the assumptions on which our lives rest. If birds were suddenly endowed with scientific curiosity they might examine many things, but the sky itself would be overlooked as a suitable subject; if fish were to become curious about the world, it would never occur to them to begin by investigating water. For birds and fish would take the sky and sea for granted, unaware of their profound influence because they comprise the medium for every act. Human beings, in a similar way, occupy a symbolic universe governed by codes that are unconsciously acquired and automatically different from the ways people conduct their affairs in other cultures.
As long as people remain blind to the sources of cultural norms, they are imprisoned within them. These cultural frames of reference are no less confining simply because they cannot be seen or touched. Whether it is an individual mentality that keeps an individual out of contact with his neighbors, or a collective mentality that separates neighbors of different cultures, both are forms of blindness that limit what can be experienced and what can be learned from others.
It would seem that everywhere people would desire to break out of the boundaries of their own worlds. Their ability to react sensitively to a wider spectrum of events and peoples requires an overcoming of such cultural parochialism. But, in fact, few attain this broader vision. Some have little opportunity for wider cultural experiences, though this condition should change as the movement of people accelerates. Others do not try to widen their experience because they prefer the old and familiar, seek from their affairs only further confirmation of the correctness of their own values. Still others avoid such experiences because they feel it dangerous to probe too deeply into the personal or cultural unconscious. Exposure may reveal how arbitrary many cultural norms are; such exposure might force people to acquire new bases for interpreting events. And even for those who do seek actively to enlarge the variety of human beings to communicate with, there are still difficulties.
Cultural near-sightedness persists not merely because of inertia and habit, but chiefly because it is so difficult to overcome. One acquires a personality and a culture in childhood, long before he is capable of comprehending either of them. To survive, each person masters the perceptual orientations, cognitive biases, and communicative habits of his own culture. But once mastered, objective assessment of these cultural processes is awkward, since the same mechanisms that are being evaluated must be used in making the evaluations.
(437 words)
选项
A、indicate that animals also have their respective cultures
B、explain that human beings occupy a symbolic universe as birds and fish occupy the sky and the sea.
C、illustrate that human beings are unaware of the cultural codes governing them
D、demonstrate the similarity between man, birds, and fish in their ways of thinking
答案
C
解析
论点与论据区分题。在第一段,作者将鸟儿和鱼儿同人类作类比,指出鸟儿和鱼儿对其赖以生存的天空和海洋的影响力毫无所知,正如人类对自己所沉浸其中的文化模式(cultural norms or codes)也是在不知不觉中受其影响的。
转载请注明原文地址:https://www.kaotiyun.com/show/6UdK777K
0
大学英语六级
相关试题推荐
Pollutionhasbecomeaseriousprobleminalmostallthebigcitiesoftheworld.Citypeoplearebecomingmoreandmoreworrie
【说明】假设你是英语培训班的负责人,为培训班写一出广告。【内容】1.培训班位于市中心理想地点;2.教职工体贴入微的关怀;3.有英语角、来访外宾交谈、口译实习等社会活动;4.小班上课,英语口语教材分级别;5.2010年6级英语考试通过率
Thispartistotestyourabilitytodopracticalwriting.YouarerequiredtowriteaLetteraccordingtothefollowinginforma
Itissaidthattheproblemofthegapbetweenthewealthyandpoor(address)________atthemeetingintheUNnextMonday.
Complainingaboutfaultygoodsorbadserviceisnevereasy.Firstofall,complaintsmustbemadetoaresponsibleperson.Gob
Today,mostcountriesintheworldhavecanals.Somecanals,suchastheSuezorthePanama,【B1】shipsweeksoftimebymakingth
A、Theweaknessofthepricesystem.B、Thecomplexitiesofthepricesystem.C、Credittermsintransactions.D、Resourceallocatio
Withtherecentrapidadvancesininformationtechnologies,(36)______researchersateverylevelandinevery(37)______haved
A、Lightrain.B、Heavyrain.C、Lightning.D、HeavysnowAM:Willthelightrainpreventthescheduledflightfromtakingoffonti
A、Measuringinfantintelligenceandbraindevelopment.B、Brainmaturationandemotionalgrowthininfants.C、Stimulatingthedev
随机试题
放疗病人在照射前后2h不进食,照射后静卧半小时。
下列关于制备含毒性药物散剂的说法错误的是()
根据五行相生规律,金的“母”行为
质量管理体系的理论说明是整个质量管理体系基础的总纲,它说明了()。
根据《民法通则》的规定,()可以开办个人理财业务。
甲乙丙三国企业均向中国出口某化工产品,2016年中国生产同类化工产品的企业认为进口的这一化工产品价格过低,向商务部提出了反倾销调查申请。根据对外贸易法律制度的规定,下列表述中,正确的是()。
人民警察应具备的心理素质,主要体现为()。
1892年,主张菲律宾独立统一的“菲律宾联盟”成立,其创建者是
Lotsofcreaturesalreadyreproducewithoutsex.SincethebirthofLouiseBrown,thefirsttest-tubebaby,in1978,(1)_____of
HowtoDevelopanOutlineI.ApreliminaryoutlineA.Definition:a/an(1)______listoftopicsandsubtopics(1)______covered
最新回复
(
0
)