No culture can flourish in isolation. How much a country or a nation contributes to the culture of humanity is increasingly determined by her ability to absorb foreign cultures and renew herself.

一个国家、一个民族对人类文化贡献的大小，越来越取决于她吸收外来文化的能力和自我更新的能力。

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You apply to the chance of the 2008 Olympics to make your traditional culture absorb the advantage of the west culture, and make it various and globalized.

你们想借助2008年奥运会使贵国的传统文化吸收西文化的优点，使之多样化、国际化。

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America's ability to absorb the world's talent is the crucial advantage no other culture can match-as long as America doesn't forfeit this advantage with visa rules written mainly out of fear.

吸纳世界上最优秀的人是美国的核心竞争力所在，这是其他文化所无法比拟的，当然前提是美国不因为害怕而限制签证的发放。

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Well then, you must not be a Twitter user or pay attention to the new media circles that continue to absorb a larger piece of the pop culture pie.

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Former capital Kyoto, in particular, is known worldwide as one of the most beautiful places in Japan, and it's the place to absorb the maximum amount of architectural beauty, culture and history in the shortest amount of time.

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So if an intelligent, sociable individual now needs to absorb a lot more inputs from the popular culture, what gives?

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