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Passage Three
段落三
Proverbs, sometimes called sayings, are examples of folk wisdom.
谚语格言，有时被称为语录，它们是民间智慧。
They are little lessons which older people of a culture pass down to the younger people to teach them about life.
老一代人传承给后代关于人生的经验太少了。
Many proverbs remind people of the values that are important in the culture.
许多谚语提醒人们，价值观是重要的文化。
Values teach people how to act, what is right, and what is wrong.
价值观教导人们如何去做，什么是对的，什么是错的。
Because the values of each culture are different, understanding the values of another culture helps explain how people think and act.
因为价值观、文化不同，所以了解另一种文化的价值观有助于解释人们如何思考和行动。
Understanding your own cultural values is important too.
了解你自己的文化价值也很重要。
If you can accept that people from other cultures, act according to their values, not yours, getting along with them will be much easier.
如果能够理解其他文化、价值观，根据他们的价值观行事，你会在跨文化交际中避免很多麻烦。
Many proverbs are very old. So some of the values they teach may not be as important in the culture as they once were.
一些谚语年代久远。有些价值观随着时代的变迁可能重要性也发生了改变。
For example, Americans today do not pay much attention to the proverb “Haste makes waste”, because patience is not important to them.
例如，今天的美国人不在意欲速则不达这个谚语了，因为耐心对他们来说并不重要。
But if you know about past values, it helps you to understand the present. And many of the older values are still strong today.
但如果你知道过去的价值观，它可以帮你了解目前的状况。许多老一辈的价值观今天仍起作用。
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·富兰克林，美国著名的外交家、作家和科学家，死于1790。但他那句时间就是金钱的谚语在现在更受美国人的重视。
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.
世界谚语的研究显示，一些价值观由许多共同的文化组成。尽管在大多数情况下，同样的想法表达不同。
Questions 33 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard.
基于你听到的回答问题33至35。
Question 33. Why are proverbs so important?
问题33. 为什么谚语这么重要？
Question 34. According to the speaker, what happens to some proverbs with the passage of time?
问题34. 根据作者所说，随着时间推移谚语发生了什么？
Question 35. What do we learn from the study of proverbs from around the world?
问题35. 从世界谚语研究看，我们了解到了什么？
