language barriers may cause cultural barriers between two westerners, let alone when it happens between an easterner and a westerner.
问:「语言上的障碍使两个西方人都会产生文化隔阂,更不要说一个东方人和一个西方人之间的隔阂。」
it has been told by many writers. perhaps the best-known was a young easterner , owen wister.
他们的故事由许多作家所描绘,也许其中最着名的是一位年轻的东方人,他叫欧文。
he is an easterner .
他是东方人。
some initial psychological studies suggest that when an easterner goes west or vice versa, habits of thought and perception quickly begin to change.
一些早期心理研究表明当一个东方人去西方或者相反,思维习惯和认知能力很快就会改变。
if you're looking at an elephant in the jungle, the westerner will focus on the elephant and the easterner is going to be more thinking about the jungle scene that has the elephant in it.
如果看一只在灌木丛中的大象,西方人看到的是大象,东方人想到的是里面有一只大象的灌木丛。
an easterner or city person who vacations on a ranch in the west.