It helps us understand Israel's God as the end product of familiar cultural processes, processes of convergence We see convergences of cultures all the time--and differentiation.

它帮助我们了解以色列的上帝,它作为相似文化过程的最终产品，集合的过程,我们一直能看到文化的融合，及保留差异。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

In the course of traveling, cultures encounter other culture and they often encounter cultures that are very different from their own.

在旅行过程中,文化与文化相互碰撞,而人们通常则会遇到,与其自身所处文化截然不同的另一些文化

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

So musical notation: the first grid pattern in Western culture-- but it does lock us in in interesting ways that we may-- you perhaps have never considered-- compared to how music is made in other cultures.

因此音乐记谱法,是西方文化中最早的网格图示,但这也限制了我们以某种有趣的方式,你们也许从来没有想过的方式创作,相对其他文化中音乐创作的过程而言

耶鲁公开课 - 聆听音乐课程节选