自分練習用、英語長文

(The best way of learning another language is to live among people who speak the language. )

The best way of learning another language is to live among people who speak the language.

(To be adequately understood, you wil have to learn thier language adequately.)

To be adequately understood, you wil have to learn thier language adequately.

(if their language is all you hear every day, )

if their language is all you hear every day,

(you will soon acquire a familaritary with it,)

you will soon acquire a familaritary with it,

(even if you are not exactly good at it,)

even if you are not exactly good at it,

(this will be of great benefit to you)

this will be of great benefit to you

(because you will know two culture.)

because you will know two culture.

(The greatest benefit ,however, will be the insight which it will give you into your own culture.)

The greatest benefit ,however, will be the insight which it will give you into your own culture.

(You will be able to look at foreign customs and traditions,politics,art,and music,in a new light)

You will be able to look at foreign customs and traditions,politics,art,and music,in a new light

(and with greater depth of understanding.)

and with greater depth of understanding.

(this is an effective and effortless way to study civilization.)

this is an effective and effortless way to study civilization.

(Many contemporary peoples have unique lifestyles.)

Many contemporary peoples have unique lifestyles.

(Though desert Arabs,African Pygmies,Peruvian moutaineers,and native New Yorkers)

Though desert Arabs,African Pygmies,Peruvian moutaineers,and native New Yorkers

(are basically the same species of human animal,)

are basically the same species of human animal,

(they have little in common and they could discuss almost nothing with each other.)

they have little in common and they could discuss almost nothing with each other.

(it is difficult to recognize sufficiently that cultural differences go very deep. )

it is difficult to recognize sufficiently that cultural differences go very deep.

(We have only to compare the behavior of a New Gunea native with that of a sophisticated Londoner )

We have only to compare the behavior of a New Gunea native with that of a sophisticated Londoner

(to get a small idea of this fact.)

to get a small idea of this fact.