新标准大学英语综合教程3课文翻译和课后习题答案 unit 8

e in these?times has e. It's apparently no different from the break?our ancestors enjoyed from the mundane affairs of their daily?lives.РTextР9 Most of the world follows the Gregorian calendar, including?us, in their day-to-day lives. So the festivals and special?events in that calendar are bound to influence us. That we,?like many South, Southeast Asian, Middle East and perhaps?some indigenous American people, follow the lunar calendar?for our festivals is a different matter altogether.РTextР10 We cannot afford to be left untouched by the?festive spirit of the West, which doesn't mean?we follow the West blindly. Not everything about?their culture may be good, but decadence is not?the sole preserve of the West. No culture in the?world is free of decadence and that includes?Chinese culture.