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UNIT 5 Culture Shapes Us
第五单元 文化塑造我们
Lesson 38: One Country,Many Cultures
第38课：一个国家，多种文化
THINK ABOUT IT!
想一想！
How many cultures does China have?
中国有多少文化？
How many can you name?
你能叫出多少名字？
What are some of the interesting things in your culture?
你们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.
加拿大是许多文化的故乡。
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来到北美。
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:
其余的人来自世界各地：
Asia,Europe,Africa,Central American,South America and Australia.
亚洲、欧洲、非洲、中美洲、南美洲和澳洲。
Although Canada has two official languages - English and French -
尽管加拿大有两种官方语言——英语和法语——
most Canadians do not speak both.
大部分加拿大人不都会这两种语言。
Many immigrants speak two languages,
许多移民会说两种语言，
but they speak the language of their first country and,usually,English.
但是他们会说他们的母语，通常是英语。
Canada welcomes cultural differences in the people who live there.
加拿大欢迎居住在那里的人们的文化差异。
So what is a Canadian?
那么加拿大人是什么样的呢？
That's a little hard to describe.
要描述有点难。
Canada does not have one culture — it has many.
加拿大并不是只拥有一种文化——它有很多种。
It is important that people from different cultures can live together in one country.
重要的是来自不同文化的人们却能够居住在同一个国家。
Is there a "Canadian" food?Not really.
有一种“加拿大的”食物吗？事实上没有。
Is there a "Canadian" religion?No.
有一种“加拿大的”信仰吗？没有。
Is there a "Canadian" kind of music?No again.
有一种“加拿大的”音乐吗？仍然没有。
Is there a Canadian way of understanding the world?Yes.
有一种“加拿大的”世界观吗？是的。
Canadians believe that people must respect and tolerate each other
加拿大人认为人们必须互相尊重和忍让
and help each other keep different languages,religions and customs alive.
以及互相帮助来使不同的语言、信仰和风俗习惯有生机。
In Canada,people from many cultures live together.
在加拿大，来自许多不同文化的人生活在一起。
These dancers are from a First Nation in Canada.
这些舞者来自加拿大的土著民族。
People from First Nations lived in North America "first"-
土著民族的人们第一个在北美生活——
before other people came to North America.
在其他人来到北美之前。
LET'S DO IT!
做一做！
Canada can be described as "bilingual" and "multicultural".
加拿大可以被描述为“双语”和“多文化”的国家。
It also has a group called "First Nations."
它还拥有一个叫“原住民”的群体。
In a group,try to find out what these three terms mean.
小组试着找出这三个词是什么意思。
Do you have friends from different ethnic groups?
你有来自不同民族的朋友吗？
Have you seen some on TV?
你在电视上看到过吗？
What different customs do they have?
他们拥有什么样不同的风俗？
Write down your answers to these questions
写出你对这些问题的答案，
and read them to your group or the rest of the class.
读给你们组的成员或班上的其他同学听。
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