In order to learn a language well, we should also learn about the country as well as the cultures and lifestyles of the people who speak it.
To what extent do you agree or disagree?
我完全贊成這個斷言，即：要學好一門語言，我們還應該瞭解這門語言的國家、文化和人民的生活方式。
I fully support the assertion that to learn a language well, we should also learn about the country as well as the cultures and lifestyles of the people who speak it.
先來看看我們一般情況下是如何定義真正學好一門語言的。按照我的理解，學好一門語言意味着能夠妥當地使用它。這裏，對於妥當使用它而言，我們需要知道：由於文化上的差異，很多東西會因此而非常不同。比如，中國人常透過問吃了嗎?來表達問候，而這對於西方人來講便構成了午飯或晚飯的邀請。因此，缺乏了對不同國家文化方面的`知識，就會引起對所發送或接收到的資訊的錯誤理解，結果便會導致誤解。這樣一來，我們就不能說我們講得妥當，再進一步，我們就不能說我們講得好。
Lets first see how we normally define learning a language really well. By my understanding, learning a language well would mean being able to speak the language in a proper way. Here, with speaking it properly, we need to know that due to cultural differences, many things are just so different from culture to culture. For example, the Chinese often greet each other by asking Have you taken your meal? which, to the Western ears, would make an invitation to lunch or dinner. Therefore, the lack of a knowledge of the cultures of different countries will give rise to wrong interpretations of the message issued or received and as a result, lead to misunderstandings. In this way, we can not say that we are speaking the language properly and further, we can not say that we speak it well.