We looked at how language influences culture through the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis and discussed the three types of norms – folkways, mores, and taboos – which govern our daily life.

我们探讨了语言是如何通过萨丕尔-沃影响文化的，并讨论了三种类型的规范——习俗、德规范禁忌——这些规范支配着我们的日常生活。

Writing soon evolved from a means of providing trading information to preserving the oral histories that were integral to every culture and their customs, ideas, morals and social structures.

书写很快从提供贸易信息的手段演变为保存每个文化中不可或缺的口头历史，包括其习俗、观念、德社会结构。

However, legend tells of a wise sage who watched the people who came to the temples and was horrified to see that, despite pretending to follow ethical Hindu practices, those same people had no mercy for the poor and unfortunate.

然而，传中一位睿智的圣人看着来到寺庙的人们， 惊恐地发现， 尽管装遵循印度教的德习俗， 但这些人对穷人不幸的人毫不怜悯。