In other words, we are interested in the anatomical and mental characteristics of men living under the same biological, geographical, and social environment, and as determined by their past.

  • -- Franz Boas 弗朗茨·博阿斯

换句话说,我们感兴趣的是生活在相同的生物、地理和社会环境中,并由他们的过去所决定的人的解剖和心理特征。

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I cannot help fearing that men may reach a point where they look on every new theory as a danger, every innovation as a toilsome trouble, every social advance as a first step toward revolution, and that they may absolutely refuse to move at all.

我不禁担心,人们可能会把每一种新理论都看成是一种危险,把每一项创新都看成是一种辛苦的麻烦,把每一项社会进步都看成是走向革命的第一步,而他们可能会完全拒绝前进。

Hugging trees has a calming effect on me. I'm talking about enormous trees that will be there when we are all dead and gone. I've hugged trees in every part of this little island.

拥抱树木对我有镇静作用。我说的是巨大的树木,当我们都死后,它们就会出现。我拥抱了这个小岛的每一个角落的树木。

There is no such condition as 'schizophrenia,' but the label is a social fact and the social fact a political event.

没有“精神分裂症”这样的病症,但这个标签是一个社会事实,而社会事实是一个政治事件。

I love movies, I've always been interested in them, but I wanted to wait for the right time to start acting.

我喜欢电影,我一直对电影很感兴趣,但是我想等到合适的时候再开始演戏。

Be a yardstick of quality. Some people aren't used to an environment where excellence is expected.

成为质量的标尺。有些人不习惯期望卓越的环境。

I'm interested in locating the holy grail of the minimum means to express the most complex ideas.

我感兴趣的是找到圣杯的最小方法来表达最复杂的想法。