想象作品，比如小说、戏剧、电影、神话和传奇要比真实的叙事作品更能精确而有意义的展现人类的经历。因为虚构作品的作者们重点刻画现实而不是通过文学手段报道现实，所以他们的创作具有更加深远的意义。

1. Admittedly, most fictional works rely on historical settings for plot, thematic, and character development.

2. Only imaginative works can bring an historical period alive—by way of creative tools such as imaginary point of view.

3. Only imaginative works can provide meaning to historical events—through the use of devices such as symbolism and metaphor.

4. Examples of important films underscore the point that creative accounts of the human experience hold more lasting significance than bare factual accounts.

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为了真正理解你自己的文化----无论你如何地定义它----都至少需要了解另外一种文化，并且该文化与你自己的文化是截然不同的。

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1. Staying within one culture makes one take for granted everything that the culture provides.

2. Knowledge of another different culture provides one with an opportunity to compare alternative ways of life and make choices.

3. In an age of globalization, one should learn to tolerate cultural differences.

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