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Câu hỏi: Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 24 to 30.
In most discussions of cultural diversity, attention has focused on visible, explicit aspects of culture, such as language, dress, food, religion, music, and social rituals. Although they are important, these visible expressions of culture, which are taught deliberately and learned consciously, are only the tip of the iceberg or culture. Much of culture is taught and learned implicitly, or outside awareness. Thus, neither cultural insiders nor cultural outsiders are aware that certain "invisible" aspects of their culture exist.
Invisible elements of culture are important to us. For example, how long we can be late before being impolite, what topics we should avoid in a conversation, how we show interest or attention through listening behavior, what we consider beautiful or ugly. These are all aspects of culture that we learn and use without being aware of it. When we meet other people whose invisible cultural assumptions differ from those we have learned implicitly, we usually do not recognize their behavior as cultural in origin.
Differences in invisible culture can cause problems in cross-cultural relations. Conflicts may arise when we are unable to recognize others’ behavioral differences as cultural rather than personal. We tend to misinterpret other people's behavior, blame them, or judge their intentions or competence without realizing that we are experiencing cultural rather than individual differences.
Formal organizations and institutions, such as schools, hospitals, workplaces, governments, and the legal system are collection sites for invisible cultural differences. If the differences were more visible, we might have less misunderstanding. For example, if we met a man in a courthouse who was wearing exotic clothes, speaking a language other than ours, and carrying food that looked strange, we would not assume that we understood his thoughts and feelings or that he understood ours. Yet when such a man is dressed similarly to us, speaks our language, and does not differ from us in other obvious ways, we may fail to recognize the invisible cultural differences between us. As a result, mutual misunderstanding may arise.
Which of the following would most likely result in misunderstanding?
A. Strange behavior from someone speaking our language.
B. Unusual food being cooked by foreign visitors.
C. Strange behavior from someone speaking a foreign language.
D. Learning culture about our own culture in school.
In most discussions of cultural diversity, attention has focused on visible, explicit aspects of culture, such as language, dress, food, religion, music, and social rituals. Although they are important, these visible expressions of culture, which are taught deliberately and learned consciously, are only the tip of the iceberg or culture. Much of culture is taught and learned implicitly, or outside awareness. Thus, neither cultural insiders nor cultural outsiders are aware that certain "invisible" aspects of their culture exist.
Invisible elements of culture are important to us. For example, how long we can be late before being impolite, what topics we should avoid in a conversation, how we show interest or attention through listening behavior, what we consider beautiful or ugly. These are all aspects of culture that we learn and use without being aware of it. When we meet other people whose invisible cultural assumptions differ from those we have learned implicitly, we usually do not recognize their behavior as cultural in origin.
Differences in invisible culture can cause problems in cross-cultural relations. Conflicts may arise when we are unable to recognize others’ behavioral differences as cultural rather than personal. We tend to misinterpret other people's behavior, blame them, or judge their intentions or competence without realizing that we are experiencing cultural rather than individual differences.
Formal organizations and institutions, such as schools, hospitals, workplaces, governments, and the legal system are collection sites for invisible cultural differences. If the differences were more visible, we might have less misunderstanding. For example, if we met a man in a courthouse who was wearing exotic clothes, speaking a language other than ours, and carrying food that looked strange, we would not assume that we understood his thoughts and feelings or that he understood ours. Yet when such a man is dressed similarly to us, speaks our language, and does not differ from us in other obvious ways, we may fail to recognize the invisible cultural differences between us. As a result, mutual misunderstanding may arise.
Which of the following would most likely result in misunderstanding?
A. Strange behavior from someone speaking our language.
B. Unusual food being cooked by foreign visitors.
C. Strange behavior from someone speaking a foreign language.
D. Learning culture about our own culture in school.
Điều nào sau đây có thể gây hiểu lầm nhất?
A. Hành vi kỳ lạ từ ai đó nói ngôn ngữ của chúng ta.
B. Thức ăn bất thường được nấu bởi du khách nước ngoài.
C. Hành vi kỳ lạ từ ai đó nói ngôn ngữ nước ngoài.
D. Học văn hóa về văn hóa riêng của chúng ta trong trường.
Thông tin:
Yet when such a man is dressed similarly to us, speaks our language, and does not differ from us in other obvious ways, we may fail to recognize the invisible cultural differences between us. As a result, mutual misunderstanding may arise. (Nhưng khi một người đàn ông như vậy ăn mặc giống chúng ta, nói ngôn ngữ của chúng ta, và không khác chúng ta rõ rệt, chúng ta có thể không thể nhận ra sự khác biệt văn hóa vô hình giữa chúng ta. Hậu quả là, sự hiểu nhầm lẫn nhau có thể xảy ra.)
A. Hành vi kỳ lạ từ ai đó nói ngôn ngữ của chúng ta.
B. Thức ăn bất thường được nấu bởi du khách nước ngoài.
C. Hành vi kỳ lạ từ ai đó nói ngôn ngữ nước ngoài.
D. Học văn hóa về văn hóa riêng của chúng ta trong trường.
Thông tin:
Yet when such a man is dressed similarly to us, speaks our language, and does not differ from us in other obvious ways, we may fail to recognize the invisible cultural differences between us. As a result, mutual misunderstanding may arise. (Nhưng khi một người đàn ông như vậy ăn mặc giống chúng ta, nói ngôn ngữ của chúng ta, và không khác chúng ta rõ rệt, chúng ta có thể không thể nhận ra sự khác biệt văn hóa vô hình giữa chúng ta. Hậu quả là, sự hiểu nhầm lẫn nhau có thể xảy ra.)
Đáp án A.