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1 Culture 2+2

2 Reference The Chambers Dictionary Published in Great Britain Chambers Harrap Publishers Ltd First published as Chamber Twentieth Century Dictionary 1901 This edition first published 1998

3 1.Cultivation : the result of cultivation: the state of being cultivated 2.Refinement in manners thought, taste, etc, loosely, the arts 3.A type of civilization 4.The attitude and values which inform a society 5.A crop of micro-organism-e.g.-bacteria, grow in a solid or liquid medium in a laboratory Vt. 1 to cultivate 2 to grow (living organism or cells) in a culture medium adj. 1 culturable- adj –cultural-adv. Culturally –adj. :cultured, cultivated: well educated, especially in the arts and humanities Dictionary Devotee N.

4 Dictionary Devotee Definition from British Cultural Studies Human creative achievements, i. e “the arts”. Human communication: the use of symbols that enable different groups of people to make sense of their lives. Human development: the “cultivation” of human minds to make us better people. — Ma Xiaoxu

5 Translation Talent WEN HUA  ‘ 文 ’ WEN : 即 ‘ 天文 ’ 和 ‘ 人文 ’ It means the regular pattern of the nature and the law of society  ‘ 化 ’ HUA : 即事物形态或意识的改变 It means the change of ideas The meaning of 文化 WEN HUA The wide sense: the differences between different societies of human beings. The narrow sense: the culture during people’s mind. For example, faith, technology, arts and moral. —Ma Tao

6 Experience Expert · Culture is a way of life In Britain, the shops closed earlier on the weekends than that is in China. In my opinion, the reason is that Briton have more concern on enjoying life and relaxing than Chinese. It is a different way of life from that is in China. — Li Bingtan

7 Web Page Wizard Culture generally refers to patterns of human activity and the symbolic structures that give such activities significance and importance. Cultures can be "understood as systems of symbols and meanings that even their creators contest, that lack fixed boundaries, that are constantly in flux, and that interact and compete with one another" Culture can be defined as all the ways of life including arts, beliefs and institutions of a population that are passed down from generation to generation. Culture has been called "the way of life for an entire society." [ As such, it includes codes of manners, dress, language, religion, rituals, norms of behavior such as law and morality, and systems of belief as well as the art.arts beliefsinstitutions mannersdresslanguagereligionrituals More information please visit http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culture#cite_note-2 — Chen Zhaoyi

8 Thanks for your attention ~ 2+2 11/10/08


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