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Culture is not just a matter of language

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问题 Culture is not just a matter of language; it involves the intellect, emotions, and—to me the most important of all—our senses. It is our instinctive responses that invariably reveal our cultural affiliations. Language is one obvious indicator; few people would shout out sudden pain and pleasure in a second language. But there are clear non-linguistic indicators as well, one of the most important being our preferences for food, particularly when feel unwell. All these can perhaps be summed up as “gut feelings”. Since these are responses uncamouflaged by our own or other people’s, manipulation and wishful thinking, they are very reliable.My two worlds not only sounded different, but also had different smells, textures and each moved to different rhythm. I was intrigued by the tangibility of that difference. It was like looking at two paintings, one a traditional Chinese landscapes, the other an impressionist work. Only I wasn’t just looking at them, I was living in a both of them simultaneously.
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解析文化并不限于语言那么简单，它包含了思想、感情和我认为特别重要的一环——感官反映。要知道自己的文化倾向，最准确的指标可以说是我们的直觉反映。语言固然是其中一种指标，因为没有多少人会用第二种语言来表达突如其来的痛楚或伤感。但同样我们也有非常明显的非语言指标，其中一项很重要的就是对食物的偏爱，特别是身体不舒服的时候想吃什么。上面所说的种种，大概可以概括地称为“本能感觉”。正因为这些反映完全不受我们自己或别人的希望支配和伪装，所以准确性很高。我的两个世界不但有不同的声音，而且有不同的气味、质感，更以不同的节奏运作。如此具体的分别，令当年的我感到很奇妙，那种感觉就像同时看着两幅画，一幅是传统中国山水画，另一幅是欧洲印象派作品。但有一个很重要的分别：我不是在看画，而是同时生活在两幅画中。
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