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Lesson 8 — Cultural understanding
Explain a cultural difference without treating either side as the default.
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You can talk about how people behave differently, without treating either side as wrong.
ふるまいの違いについて、どちらかを否定することなく話し合える。
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What has surprised you most about another culture?
ほかの文化について、いちばん驚いたことは何ですか。
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Takeaway
Nobody thinks of their own rules as rules. That is what makes them so hard to see.