Read the following passage carefully and then choose the best answer to each question. In most discussions of cultural diversity, attention has focused on visible, explicit aspects of culture, such as language, dress, food, religion, music, and social rituals. Although they are important, these visible expressions of culture, which are taught deliberately and learned consciously, are only the tip of the iceberg of culture. Much of culture is taught and learned implicitly, or outside awareness. ...
Trần Bảo Ngọc | Chat Online | |
04/09 16:47:08 (Tiếng Anh - Lớp 12) |
Read the following passage carefully and then choose the best answer to each question.
In most discussions of cultural diversity, attention has focused on visible, explicit aspects of culture, such as language, dress, food, religion, music, and social rituals. Although they are important, these visible expressions of culture, which are taught deliberately and learned consciously, are only the tip of the iceberg of culture. Much of culture is taught and learned implicitly, or outside awareness. Thus, neither cultural insiders nor cultural outsiders are aware that certain “invisible” aspects of their culture exist.
Invisible elements of culture are important to us. For example, how long we can be late before being impolite, what topics we should avoid in a conversation, how we show interest or attention through listening behavior, what we consider beautiful or ugly- these are all aspects of culture that we learn and use without being aware of it. When we meet other people whose invisible cultural assumptions differ from those we have learned implicitly, we usually do not recognize their behaviour as cultural in origin.
Differences in invisible culture can cause problems in cross-cultural relations. Conflicts may arise when we are unable to recognize others’ behavioral differences as cultural rather than personal. We tend to misinterpret other people’s behaviour, blame them, or judge their intentions or competence without realizing that we are experiencing cultural rather than individual differences.
Formal organizations and institutions, such as schools, hospitals, workplaces, governments, and the legal system are collection sites for invisible cultural differences. If the differences were more visible, we might have less misunderstanding. For example, if we met a man in a courthouse who was wearing exotic clothes, speaking a language other than ours, and carrying food that looked strange, we would not assume that we understood his thoughts and feelings or that he understood ours. Yet when such a man is dressed similarly to us, speaks our language, and does not differ from us in other obvious ways, we may fail to recognize the invisible cultural differences between us. As a result, mutual misunderstanding may arise
The word “exotic” in paragraph 4 could best be replaced by__________.
Lựa chọn một trả lời để xem Đáp án chính xác Báo sai đáp án hoặc câu hỏi |
A. foreign 0 % | 0 phiếu |
B. informal 0 % | 0 phiếu |
C. formal 0 % | 0 phiếu |
D. expensive 0 % | 0 phiếu |
Tổng cộng: | 0 trả lời |
Trắc nghiệm liên quan
- Read the following passage carefully and then choose the best answer to each question. In most discussions of cultural diversity, attention has focused on visible, explicit aspects of culture, such as language, dress, food, religion, music, and ... (Tiếng Anh - Lớp 12)
- Read the following passage carefully and then choose the best answer to each question. In most discussions of cultural diversity, attention has focused on visible, explicit aspects of culture, such as language, dress, food, religion, music, and ... (Tiếng Anh - Lớp 12)
- Read the following passage carefully and then choose the best answer to each question. In most discussions of cultural diversity, attention has focused on visible, explicit aspects of culture, such as language, dress, food, religion, music, and ... (Tiếng Anh - Lớp 12)
- Read the following passage carefully and then choose the best answer to each question. In most discussions of cultural diversity, attention has focused on visible, explicit aspects of culture, such as language, dress, food, religion, music, and ... (Tiếng Anh - Lớp 12)
- Read the following passage carefully and then choose the best answer to each question. In most discussions of cultural diversity, attention has focused on visible, explicit aspects of culture, such as language, dress, food, religion, music, and ... (Tiếng Anh - Lớp 12)
- Read the following passage carefully and then choose the best answer to each question. In most discussions of cultural diversity, attention has focused on visible, explicit aspects of culture, such as language, dress, food, religion, music, and ... (Tiếng Anh - Lớp 12)
- Read the following passage carefully and then choose the best answer to each question. In most discussions of cultural diversity, attention has focused on visible, explicit aspects of culture, such as language, dress, food, religion, music, and ... (Tiếng Anh - Lớp 12)
- Read the following passage carefully and then choose the best answer to each question. As heart disease continues to be the number-one killer in the United States, researchers have become increasingly interested in identifying the potential risk ... (Tiếng Anh - Lớp 12)
- Read the following passage carefully and then choose the best answer to each question. As heart disease continues to be the number-one killer in the United States, researchers have become increasingly interested in identifying the potential risk ... (Tiếng Anh - Lớp 12)
- Read the following passage carefully and then choose the best answer to each question. As heart disease continues to be the number-one killer in the United States, researchers have become increasingly interested in identifying the potential risk ... (Tiếng Anh - Lớp 12)
Trắc nghiệm mới nhất
- Tính đến năm 2020, Liên hợp quốc có bao nhiêu thành viên? (Địa lý - Lớp 11)
- Một khối gỗ hình hộp chữ nhật có các kích thước dài 10 cm, rộng 5 cm và chiều cao 4 cm. Đặt khối gỗ trên bàn theo cách nào thì áp suất gây ra trên bàn nhỏ nhất? (Khoa học tự nhiên - Lớp 8)
- Khối lượng nước trong ống đong được tính theo công thức (Khoa học tự nhiên - Lớp 8)
- Việt Nam là thành viên của các tổ chức liên kết khu vực nào sau đây? (Địa lý - Lớp 11)
- Điền vào chỗ trống: "Khi biết khối lượng riêng của một vật, ta có thể biết vật đó được cấu tạo bằng chất gì bằng cách đối chiếu với bảng ... của các chất." (Khoa học tự nhiên - Lớp 8)
- Tổ chức liên kết khu vực nào sau đây có sự tham gia của các nước ở nhiều châu lục khác nhau nhất? (Địa lý - Lớp 11)
- Đốt cháy 1,8 g kim loại M, thu được 3,4 g một oxide. Công thức của oxide đó là (Khoa học tự nhiên - Lớp 8)
- Công thức hoá học của potassium hydroxide là (Khoa học tự nhiên - Lớp 8)
- Công thức hoá học của acid có trong dịch vị dạ dày là (Khoa học tự nhiên - Lớp 8)
- Nước muối sinh lí (dung dịch NaCl 0,9%) được sử dụng nhiều trong y học và trong cuộc sống hàng ngày. Để pha chế 500g nước muối sinh lí ta cần: (Khoa học tự nhiên - Lớp 8)