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Passage Three
段落三
Proverbs, sometimes called sayings, are examples of folk wisdom.
諺語格言，有時被稱為語錄，它們是民間智慧。
They are little lessons which older people of a culture pass down to the younger people to teach them about life.
老一代人傳承給后代關于人生的經驗太少了。
Many proverbs remind people of the values that are important in the culture.
許多諺語提醒人們，價值觀是重要的文化。
Values teach people how to act, what is right, and what is wrong.
價值觀教導人們如何去做，什么是對的，什么是錯的。
Because the values of each culture are different, understanding the values of another culture helps explain how people think and act.
因為價值觀、文化不同，所以了解另一種文化的價值觀有助于解釋人們如何思考和行動。
Understanding your own cultural values is important too.
了解你自己的文化價值也很重要。
If you can accept that people from other cultures, act according to their values, not yours, getting along with them will be much easier.
如果能夠理解其他文化、價值觀，根據他們的價值觀行事，你會在跨文化交際中避免很多麻煩。
Many proverbs are very old. So some of the values they teach may not be as important in the culture as they once were.
一些諺語年代久遠。有些價值觀隨著時代的變遷可能重要性也發生了改變。
For example, Americans today do not pay much attention to the proverb “Haste makes waste”, because patience is not important to them.
例如，今天的美國人不在意欲速則不達這個諺語了，因為耐心對他們來說并不重要。
But if you know about past values, it helps you to understand the present. And many of the older values are still strong today.
但如果你知道過去的價值觀，它可以幫你了解目前的狀況。許多老一輩的價值觀今天仍起作用。
Benjamin Franklin, a famous American diplomat, writer and scientist, died in 1790, but his proverb “Time is money” is taken more seriously by Americans of today than ever before.
本杰明·富蘭克林，美國著名的外交家、作家和科學家，死于1790。但他那句時間就是金錢的諺語在現在更受美國人的重視。
A study of proverbs from around the world shows that some values are shared by many cultures. In many cases though, the same idea is expressed differently.
世界諺語的研究顯示，一些價值觀由許多共同的文化組成。盡管在大多數情況下，同樣的想法表達不同。
Questions 33 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard.
基于你聽到的回答問題33至35。
Question 33. Why are proverbs so important?
問題33. 為什么諺語這么重要？
Question 34. According to the speaker, what happens to some proverbs with the passage of time?
問題34. 根據作者所說，隨著時間推移諺語發生了什么？
Question 35. What do we learn from the study of proverbs from around the world?
問題35. 從世界諺語研究看，我們了解到了什么？
