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1、CultureEnglishisakindoflanguage,it’salsoaculture.IoncethoughtthattheEnglish-speakingpeople’scultureissimple,becauseofits’shorthistory.However,theideaisdefinitelywrong.Everycultureoriginsfromtheancestors’wisdomandmanygenerations’jointefforts,itdeservesourrespect.Englishcultur
2、eshaveits’spirits.Therearealotofthingsweshouldlearnabout.ThankstoProfMoyeandProfOsbornethatgiveusagoodchancetohaveaccesstomoreEnglishcultures.Inthefirstclass,IwasimpressedonthebeautifullettersthatProfMoyeshowedus.Itisamazing.IhavebeenusedtoappreciatingdifferentfontsofChinese
3、words,anditneveroccurredtomethatEnglishlettersshouldbewritteninthisway.It’shardtorecognize,yetit’slovelytoenjoy.Theword“LIBER”,whichmeans“LIBRARY”,ProfMoyesaidthatevenmanyAmericansdon’tknowit.Itdoesmakemesurprised.HetellsusthestoryofBeowulf,aherooftheGeatsinScandinavia.Andth
4、ere’salsoanepicpoem,whichwrittentocomplimenthim.TheKenningandSynecdocheoftheancientpoembringusanewideaofpoem-writing.Aroundthestory,thereismuchknowledgetograsp.ThenamesofKingandplaceatthosetimesarestrangetoremember.Andbecauseweareforeigntothewest,someoftheancientthingscanbec
5、onfused.Weseldomlearnedaboutitbefore,andweknewverylessaboutthat;however,inthiscase,wehavemoreintereststolearnmore.Besidestheabove,there’rebeautifulRunes,theyaresimplesymbols,buttheystandforcertainmeans,justliketheancientChineseinscriptionsengravedonbonesortortoiseshellsofthe
6、ShangDynasty.Allofthosearejustthebeginning;welearnaverysmallpieceofthebeginning,wewillhaveameaningfultryonourowninthefuture.ProfOsbornegivesusavividdescriptionofmodernAmerican’sfoods.Shebroadensourhorizon.Atthebeginning,Ithoughtitwouldbeveryeasy,becauseweeatfoodeveryday,andw
7、ehavewatchedfoodsonAmericanTVshowsandTVserials.ButtheFOODisnotjustFOOD.There’sculturebehindit.ThefirstthingisthattherearesomefoodsthatcanseldombeeateninChina,likecollard,gumbo,friedgreentomatoesandsoon.Ievencan’ttelltheirnames.Foodhassomethingtodowithholidays.Peopleeatdiffer
8、entfoodsondifferentholidays,NewYear’sDay,Valentine’sDay,Easter,Independence
