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NarratorListen to part of a talk in an anthropology class.Now get ready to ans
NarratorListen to part of a talk in an anthropology class.Now get ready to ans
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2024-01-03
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Narrator
Listen to part of a talk in an anthropology class.
Now get ready to answer the questions. You may use your notes to help you answer. [br] According to the professor, what does an ethnocentric person tend to believe?
Narrator
Listen to part of a talk in an anthropology class. Professor
Culture shock can be an excellent lesson in relative values and in understanding human differences. But why does culture shock occur? That’s because we’re not prepared for these differences. Because of the way we are taught our culture, we are all ethnocentric. Ethnocentrism is the belief that one’s own patterns of behavior are best, to be specific, the most natural, beautiful, right or important. When we say one is ethnocentric, it means that his outlook or world view is centered on his own way of life, while, therefore, other people, to the extent that they live differently, live by standards that are inhuman, irrational, unnatural, or wrong.
There’s no one in our society who is not ethnocentric to some degree, no matter how liberal and open-minded he or she might claim to be. People will always find some aspect of another culture distasteful, I mean...it may be others’ sexual practices, a way of treating friends or relatives, or...simply, a food that they cannot manage to get down with a smile. This is...I should say, not something we should be ashamed of, because it is a natural outcome of growing up in any society. However, as anthropologists who study other cultures, it is something we should constantly be aware of, so that when we’re tempted to make value judgments about another way of life, we can look at the situation objectively and take our bias into account.
Ethnocentrism can be seen in many aspects of culture—myths, folktales, proverbs, and even language. For example, in many languages, especially those of non-Western societies, the word used to refer to one’s own tribe or ethnic group literally means "mankind" or "human". This implies that members of other groups are less than human. For example, the term Eskimo...is used to refer to groups that inhabit the arctic and sub-arctic regions. However, it is an Indian word used by neighbors of the Eskimos who observed their strange way of life but did not share it. The term means "eaters of raw flesh", as such is an ethnocentric observation about cultural practices that were normal to one group and repulsive to another. On the other hand, if we look at one subgroup among the Alaskan natives, we find them calling themselves Inuit, which means "real people" -they obviously didn’t think eating raw flesh was anything out of the ordinary. Here, then, is a contrast between one’s own group, which is real, and the rest of the world, which is not so "real". Both terms, Eskimo and Inuit, are equally ethnocentric—one as an observation about differences, the other as a self-evaluation. However, Inuit is now seen as a more appropriate term because of its origin.
Now, shifting from language to myths and folktales, we find a good example of ethnocentrism in the creation myth of the Cherokee Indians. According to this story, the Creator made three clay images of a man and baked them in an oven. In his haste to admire his handwork, he took the first image out of the oven before it was fully baked and found that it was too pale. He waited a while and then removed the second image—it was just right, a full reddish brown hue. He was so pleased with his work that he sat there and admired it, completely forgetting about the third image. Finally he smelled it burning, but by the time he could rescue it from the oven it had already been burnt, and it came out completely black!
OK, let’s see food preferences. Food preferences are perhaps the most familiar aspect of ethnocentrism. Every culture has developed preferences for certain kinds of food and drink, and equally strong negative attitudes toward others. Now, can anyone of you give us an example?
Student A As far as I know, in Southeast Asia, the majority of adults do not drink milk, and in China, dog meat is a delicacy.
Professor Well, what if in American culture?
Student B Of course, to many Americans, it’s inconceivable that people in other parts of the world do not drink milk, and eating a dog is enough to make most Americans feel sick.
Professor That’s it. Certain food preferences also seem natural to us. We usually do not recognize that they’re natural only because we have grown up with them; they’re quite likely to be unnatural to someone from a different culture. And it is interesting to note that much of ethnocentrism is in our heads and not in our tongues, for something can taste delicious until we are told what it is.
Now get ready to answer the questions. You may use your notes to help you answer.
24. What is the talk mainly about?
25. According to the professor, what does an ethnocentric person tend to believe?
Listen again to part of the lecture. Then answer the question.
Professor
Both terms, Eskimo and Inuit, are equally ethnocentric—one as an observation about differences, the other as a self-evaluation. However, Inuit is now seen as a more appropriate term because of its origin.
26. Why does the professor say that the term Inuit is more appropriate than Eskimo?
27. According to the Cherokee Indians, who was first created by the Creator?
28. According to the talk, which of the following are true about food preferences?
Listen again to part of the lecture. Then answer the question.
Professor
However, as anthropologists who study other cultures, it is something we should constantly be aware of, so that when we’re tempted to make value judgments about another way of life, we can look at the situation objectively and take our bias into account.
29. What can be inferred about the professor’s attitude toward ethnocentrism?
选项
A、Culture shock is a good lesson for people from different cultures.
B、People should prepare for the differences between cultures.
C、One’s own culture is superior to all other different ones.
D、Other ethnic groups have the same customs.
答案
C
解析
本题为细节题,要求考生能够抓住听力材料中阐述和说明文章论点的事实和细节。题目问:根据教授的解说,一个有民族优越感的人往往会有怎样的想法?A项的意思是文化冲突对来自不同文化的人来说是一个很好的教训;B项的意思是人们应该对不同文化问的差别有思想准备;C项的意思是自己的本族文化优于所有其他的不同文化;D项的意思是其他民族有着相同的风俗习惯。根据教授对民族优越感这一概念的解释:“When we say one is ethnocentric,itmeans that his outlook or world view is centered on his own way of life,while,therefore,otherpeople,to the extent that they live differently,live by standards that are inhuman,irrational,unnatural,or wrong(如果一个人有民族优越感,这意味着他的世界观是以他自己的生活方式为中心的,因而,若发现其他人的生活方式与其不同,则认为他们的生活准则是野蛮的、不理性的、不自然的或是错误的)”,则可以认定选项C为正确答案。
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