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-沃夫假说影响文化，并讨论了三种类型——习俗、道德和禁忌——这支配着我们日常生活。

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手演变为保存每个文化中不可或缺口头历史，包括其习俗、观念、道德和社会结构。

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，传说中一位睿智圣人看着来到寺庙人们， 惊恐地发现， 尽管假装遵循印度教道德习俗， 但这人对穷人和不幸人毫不怜悯。