A Christmas tree, in other words, is a sign that can only be understood intelligibly in terms of a certain cultural understanding.

也就是说，它仅仅用于，也仅仅在一定的文化背景中,才能有意义，被理解。

耶鲁公开课 - 文学理论导论课程节选

But at the same time we might have very different experiences and that was amplified with students coming from different cultures altogether.

但与此同时,我们的经历却非常不同,而这一点因为同学们各自不同的,文化背景又被扩大化。

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

I think it's just important because they give them a sense of where they came from and it also sort of gives value to their backgrounds.

我认为这很重要,因为地图让孩子们意识到,自己是从哪来的,同时让他们的文化背景更有价值。

麻省理工公开课 - 媒体、教育、市场课程节选

And most people are heterosexual There's a considerable amount that varies cross-culturally of people who are bisexual But the real puzzle is exclusive homosexuality ? So, why?

多数人都是异性恋的,而且不同文化背景下…,还有很多双性恋者,但真正的难题在于绝对同性恋,为什么呢？

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

And one of the things that's striking is, how similar the experience is from person to person and from culture to culture-- that they've got some notion, as they were dead on the operating table, of leaving their body.

而其中最振奋的就是,不管一个人的,生活经验及文化背景,有多相似,他们都能感受到,当他们在手术台上死去,身体已经逝去

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

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。

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

What I tried to do was to encourage the children not only to learn about a new culture, the Japanese Culture, from this Star Festival, but to also start thinking about what their own background was.

我所做的就是鼓励孩子们,不仅仅是通过七夕节来，了解全新的日本文化，而更要开始思考,自身的文化背景。

麻省理工公开课 - 媒体、教育、市场课程节选