We do not discuss the anatomical, physiological, and mental characteristics of man considered as an individual; but we are interested in the diversity of these traits in groups of men found in different geographical areas and in different social classes.

  • -- Franz Boas 弗朗茨·博阿斯

我们不讨论作为个体的人的解剖、生理和心理特征;但我们感兴趣的是,在不同地理区域和不同社会阶层的男性群体中,这些特征的多样性。

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I think in this, definitely, because you are feeling how it felt to live in a completely different time. The mannerisms and the way that people behaved was quite different.

我认为这是肯定的,因为你能感受到生活在一个完全不同的时代的感觉。人们的举止和行为方式是完全不同的。

For policy makers interested in using tax policy to stimulate investments or especially to smooth business cycle fluctuations, the results are not promising.

对于有意利用税收政策刺激投资,或特别为平滑商业周期波动的政策制定者来说,结果并不乐观。

Nashville was totally different than I ever dreamed. I had only seen the music business on television and been to a couple of concerts. I had no clue.

纳什维尔完全不同于我的梦想。我只在电视上看到过音乐行业,还去过几场音乐会。我不知道。

Progressive rhetoric has the effect of concealing social crisis and moral breakdown by presenting them as the birth pangs of a new order.

进步主义修辞学将社会危机和道德崩溃表现为新秩序的诞生之痛,从而起到了隐藏这些危机和道德崩溃的作用。

Unless you know a lot more about something than I do, I am not really that interested. I have too much information already.

除非你对某件事的了解比我多,否则我真的没那么感兴趣。我已经有太多的信息了。

In a sense, every form of expression is imposed upon one by social factors, one's own language above all.

从某种意义上说,每一种表达形式都是由社会因素,尤其是自己的语言强加于人的。