UNIT 5 Culture Shapes Us
第五單元 文化塑造我們
Lesson 38: One Country,Many Cultures
第38課：一個國家，多種文化
THINK ABOUT IT!
想一想！
How many cultures does China have?
中國有多少文化？
How many can you name?
你能叫出多少名字？
What are some of the interesting things in your culture?
你們文化里一些有趣的事情是什么？
What's the Canadian way of understanding the world?
加拿大了解世界的方式是什么？
Canada is home to many cultures.
加拿大是許多文化的故鄉。
Only three percent of all Canadians are from First Nations,
只有百分之三的加拿大人是土著民族，
but the people of the First Nations were there before other people came to North America.
土著民族先于其他民族來到北美。
More than half of Canadians have British or French ancestors.
一半多的加拿大人的祖先是英法人。
The rest have come from every part of the world:
其余的人來自世界各地：
Asia,Europe,Africa,Central American,South America and Australia.
亞洲、歐洲、非洲、中美洲、南美洲和澳洲。
Although Canada has two official languages - English and French -
盡管加拿大有兩種官方語言——英語和法語——
most Canadians do not speak both.
大部分加拿大人不都會這兩種語言。
Many immigrants speak two languages,
許多移民會說兩種語言，
but they speak the language of their first country and,usually,English.
但是他們會說他們的母語，通常是英語。
Canada welcomes cultural differences in the people who live there.
加拿大歡迎居住在那里的人們的文化差異。
So what is a Canadian?
那么加拿大人是什么樣的呢？
That's a little hard to describe.
要描述有點難。
Canada does not have one culture — it has many.
加拿大并不是只擁有一種文化——它有很多種。
It is important that people from different cultures can live together in one country.
重要的是來自不同文化的人們卻能夠居住在同一個國家。
Is there a "Canadian" food?Not really.
有一種“加拿大的”食物嗎？事實上沒有。
Is there a "Canadian" religion?No.
有一種“加拿大的”信仰嗎？沒有。
Is there a "Canadian" kind of music?No again.
有一種“加拿大的”音樂嗎？仍然沒有。
Is there a Canadian way of understanding the world?Yes.
有一種“加拿大的”世界觀嗎？是的。
Canadians believe that people must respect and tolerate each other
加拿大人認為人們必須互相尊重和忍讓
and help each other keep different languages,religions and customs alive.
以及互相幫助來使不同的語言、信仰和風俗習慣有生機。
In Canada,people from many cultures live together.
在加拿大，來自許多不同文化的人生活在一起。
These dancers are from a First Nation in Canada.
這些舞者來自加拿大的土著民族。
People from First Nations lived in North America "first"-
土著民族的人們第一個在北美生活——
before other people came to North America.
在其他人來到北美之前。
LET'S DO IT!
做一做！
Canada can be described as "bilingual" and "multicultural".
加拿大可以被描述為“雙語”和“多文化”的國家。
It also has a group called "First Nations."
它還擁有一個叫“原住民”的群體。
In a group,try to find out what these three terms mean.
小組試著找出這三個詞是什么意思。
Do you have friends from different ethnic groups?
你有來自不同民族的朋友嗎？
Have you seen some on TV?
你在電視上看到過嗎？
What different customs do they have?
他們擁有什么樣不同的風俗？
Write down your answers to these questions
寫出你對這些問題的答案，
and read them to your group or the rest of the class.
讀給你們組的成員或班上的其他同學聽。