Culture refers to the social heritage of a people --- the learned
* o; s2 ]7 c" o- H, ]7 Z; l- Cpatterns for thinking, feeling and acting that characterize a
. L0 s5 ^9 e+ m2 j; M( fpopulation or society, include the expression of these pattems in ___1____
$ N" [" c8 u& b1 n$ tmaterial things. Culture is compose of nonmaterial culture --- ____2____" R/ i5 r. ^# c# N& d! Q
abstract creations like values, beliefs, customs and institutional5 ^7 Q# d: E$ W1 G
arrangements - and material culture - physical object like ____3____
0 L9 J- Q3 c! a9 w+ c! `5 _) s/ M2 u! Acooking pots, computers and bathtubs. In sum, culture reflects' N" w$ O \6 S/ [5 d( ?" w
both the ideas we share or everything we make. In ordinary ____4____) X9 P# L: X# g7 \7 {4 ^
speech, a person of culture is the individual can speak another ____5____ U+ B: _9 H+ z
language - the person who is unfamiliar with the arts, music, ____6____+ k6 Q- ^: `, X+ E( _& x$ n* r
literature, philosophy, or history. But to sociologists, to be& b5 R% ~" {7 Q. W
human is to be cultured, because of culture is the common world ___7____( u' w8 o2 z8 C& B( C' `8 z+ ~
of experience we share with other members of our group." x; t8 h* w. p) Z$ m. R9 W9 I& w
Culture is essentially to our humanness. It provides a kind ____8____
: F; Z, @" w- T! f0 s* ]of map for relating to others. Consider how you fred your way: c+ w# z9 L5 c# j1 u+ x* W# m5 }
about social life. How do you know how to act in a classroom," J7 G1 s8 l z& `% t, v; ~
or a department store, or toward a person who smiles or laugh ____9____* A% I" J0 i- k8 q) B# R4 ?
at you? Your culture supplies you by broad, standardized, ____10____
* W2 J* ]: A. P, \ready-made answers for dealing with each of these situations.
* g' { R+ ~ RTherefore, if we know a person's culture, we can understand2 G2 [( f0 C; P( L* K' o
+ b: T- y, c6 A$ p+ X# rand even predict a good deal of his behavior。 |