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第十单元 文化交流 cultural exchange 第一部分 Section one口译实践 text interpreting 文化差异 史密斯教授，您写的关于《美国丽人》的影评深受读者的欢迎，这次请您为我们谈一下中国和美国两国的文化差异，或者东西方文化的差异 Professor Smith，movie reviews you writing about film called American Beauty are popular among readers, please tell us about the culture difference between the Chinese and American cultures. Or the culture difference between the East and the West. This is a really broad topic. I dare begin my discussion by talking a bit more about the film you mentioned. Actually, I have noticed a very interesting difference between many Chinese and Americans in understanding the title of the film. 这个话题很广。我想先从你提到的电影谈起。事实上，我注意到许多中国人和美国人在理解此片名时有一个非常有趣的差别。 是吗? Yes? In your country, the translation of the film’s title goes as A Beautiful Lady, or even Beauty is Guilty. While to most of the Americans, I’m afraid the reaction toward this title would be mixed or confused, for they cannot decide what exactly the phrase might indicate. American Beauty in fact and in the first place is a type of rose bearing large, long-stemmed purplish-red flowers. And the flowers usually remind people of romance, love, beauty in its abstract sense, and vigor and vitality of a nation, etc. But this interesting image on the film’s poster has failed to make any sense to many Chinese viewers. 你们国家将这部电影片名译成《一个美丽的美国女士》，甚至译成《美丽有罪》。但大多数美国人对于这样的片名反应颇为复杂，他们颇感困惑，难以断定这些词究竟意味着什么。其实American Beauty首先指一种美国红玫瑰，一种生有长颈的紫红色的大花。这种花会让人想到浪漫、爱情、抽象意义上的美，它还表示民族的勃勃生机等。我认为，这种见于电影海报的有趣意象，许多中国观众却未能理解其中的含义。 你说的没错。至少我就没注意到这个意思！我想这是文化差异造成的，是吗？ That’s right. At least I didn’t get that. Is this due to cultural differences? Yes, 是的 那就请您给我们讲讲导致文化差异的原因吧 can you tell us the reason of the culture differences, please? cultural differences arise from the differences in region, race, history, environment, and the levels of economy, science and technology。 文化差异是由地域、种族、历史和环境的差异造成的，也是由经济和科技水平的差异造成的。 这听上去还停抽象的，您能给我们举些例子吗？比如说您在中国执教期间，您觉得在教学方面有不同吗？ It sounds abstract, Can you offer us some examples? For instance, during y