学术英语 社科Unit5五单元原文及翻译

UNIT 5 Sociology Matters

1.Culture is the totality of learned,socially transmitted customs,knowledge,material objects,and behavior.It includes the ideas,values,customs,and artifacts of groups of people.Though culture differ in their customs,artifacts,and languages,they all share certain basic characteristics.Furthermore,cultural characteristics change as cultures develop ,and cultures infuence one another through their technological ,commercial, and artistic achievements.

文化是指社会传播学，海关，知识，材料的对象，和行为。它包括思想，价值观，习俗，和人群的文物。尽管文化在他们的习俗，文物，和语言不同，但是他们都有一些共同的基本特性。此外，当文化发展时文化特征也在变化，并且文化通过他们的技术，商业，艺术成就相互影响。

Cultural universals文化共性

2.All societies,despite their differences,have developed certain general practices known as cultural universals.Many cultural universals are ,in fact,adaptations to meet essential human needs ,such as people’s need for food ,shelter,and clothing. Anthropologist George murdock compiled a list of cultural that included athletic sports, cooking ,funeral ceremonies,medicine,and sexual restrictions.

所有的社会，尽管他们的差别，已经形成了一定的一般做法被称为文化的共性。事实上，许多文化的共性是为了满足人类基本需求的适应性，如人们所需要的食品，住房，和服装。人类学家乔治默多克编制了一份文化清单，包括体育运动，烹饪，葬礼仪式，医学，和性的限制。

3.The cultural practices listed by Murdock may be universal,but the manner in which they are expressed varies from culture to culture.For example,one society may let its members choose their own marriage partners.Another may encourage marriages arranged by the parents.

默多克上市的文化习俗可能是普遍的，但是他们的表达方式因文化的不同而不同。例如，一个社会可以让其成员选择自己的婚姻伴侣。另一个可能鼓励父母包办的婚姻。

4.Not only does the expression of cultural universals vary from one society to another,it may also change dramatically over time within a society. Each generation ,and each year for that matter,most human cultures change and expand through the processes of innovation and diffusion.

不仅是从一个社会到另一个社会文化普遍性表达的变化，它也可能在一个社会中随着时间的推移发生巨大的变化。对于这个问题每一代人和每年，大多数人的文化通过创新与扩散过程改变和扩大。

Innovation创新

5.The process of introducing a new idea or object to a culture is known as innovation. Innovation interests sociologists because of the potential social consequences of introducing something new. There are two forms of innovation: discovery and invention. A discovery involves making known or sharing the existence of some aspect of reality.The finding of the DNA molecule and the identification of a new moon of Saturn are both acts of discovery.A significant factor in the process of discovery is the sharing of newfound knowledge with others.By contrast,an invention results when existing cultural items are combined into a form that did not exist before.The bow and arrow ,the automobile,and the Internet are all examples of inventions.

介绍一个新的想法或对象到一个文化的过程称为创新。社会学家对创新感兴趣因为介绍新东西的潜在的社会后果。创新主要有两种形式：发现和发明。发现涉及已知的或共享的现实的某些方面的事物。DNA分子的发现和新的土星的卫星识别都是发现的两种行为。发现过程的一个标志是新知识与他人分享。相比之下，当现有的文化项目组合成的一种形式，这种没有存在过时一个发明产生。弓和箭，汽车，和互联网是所有发明的例子。

Globalization,diffusion,and technology

全球化，传播，和技术