你们可以看看教科书后面的时间表，看看不同文化背景下同一时间发明的东西，就知道我所说的了。

You can look at the timeline charts in the back of your textbook to see when things were invented in different cultures at about the same time to see what I'm talking about.

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我的中国文化背景，启发我另辟蹊径：如此不同途径地去理解“图”。

My Chinese cultural background inspired me to find a simple and special way of doing the assignment.

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但是我觉得真正的原因来还是自于美国工作狂文化背景下对于诸如睡觉此类浪费时间的行为的一种蔑视。

But I think the real answer lies in our workaholic culture's contempt for a time-waster like sleep.

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So why I didn't necessarily say to myself "These people are just wrong!", I discovered there were many things about other communities and cultures that I just didn't know.

我并没有对自己说,“这些人肯本就是错了！“,相反，我发现了许多,我原先根本不知道的,有关别的社区和文化背景的事情。

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