聽(tīng)力每日練習(xí) listen 637 Refusing?and?Accepting?Gifts

 
2--I think in the American culture, you usually directly say whether you want or don't want something.
 
1--In China during Spring Festival, it's customary for relative to give younger children money. After celebrating at home, my parents used to take me to visit some of our relatives. When they offered me money, I always refused it until they shoved it into my pocket. That was the only way I could accept it. But now we can accept gifts directly and just say "thank you".
 
2--So the traditions and customs are changing?
 
1--Yes, I think these Chinese people are accepting the western culture.
 
2--How about you? Do you think it is important to learn some western customs?
 
1--Yes. We should learn western customs and cultures so we can establish friendships with people from different countries.
 
2--You're right. I think it's a good thing. It's meaningless and silly to try to understand people whose culture you do not understand.
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注解：
 
1.refuse拒絕
2.directly直接地
3.customary通常的

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譯文：
 
1--小時(shí)候，我媽媽常跟我說(shuō)如果別人給你禮物你應(yīng)該先拒絕然后再收下。
2--美國(guó)人通常直接說(shuō)想要或不想要。
1--中國(guó)春節(jié)有個(gè)習(xí)俗，親戚要給小孩子壓歲錢(qián)。在家里過(guò)完年以后，我父母會(huì)帶我去走親戚。他們給我錢(qián)的時(shí)候，我要盡力拒絕，直到他們把錢(qián)塞進(jìn)我的口袋。我必須這樣做，但現(xiàn)在我們可以大方地拿著，說(shuō)“謝謝”。
2--由此可見(jiàn)，人們的傳統(tǒng)習(xí)俗是在不斷變化的。
1--是的。我認(rèn)為中國(guó)人在逐漸地接受西方文化。
2--你覺(jué)得了解西方的傳統(tǒng)文化是很重要的嗎？
1--是的。我們要同世界各個(gè)民族建立友誼，我們就必須了解他們的文化。
2--我也覺(jué)得是這樣的。這樣很好。畢竟跟一個(gè)你根本就不懂他的文化的人談話，是很沒(méi)意思的。