The Navajos put much emphasis on communion with nature.Their life is spiritually rich but materially poor.They have no intention of improving on life of their ancestors.The whites go to the other extreme.They are greedy for material wealth and become poor in spiritual life
The Navajos put much emphasis on communion with nature. Their life is spiritually rich but materially poor. They have no intention of improving on life of their ancestors. The whites go to the other extreme. They are greedy for material wealth and become poor in spiritual life
4.Could you explain the last paragraph?(Out in the vastness of land and sky,you can look out infinitely,into space,and somehow you can see so far that you begin to see---inside of you. And there is your happiness..)(在广袤的天地中 你可以极目远望，凝视苍弯，你看得那么远，竟在不 知不觉中开始看到—一 你的内心世界那便是你 的幸福所在
4. Could you explain the last paragraph? (Out in the vastness of land and sky, you can look out infinitely, into space, and somehow you can see so far that you begin to see --- inside of you. And there is your happiness.)(在广袤的天地中, 你可以极目远望,凝视苍弯,你看得那么远,竟在不 知不觉中开始看到——你的内心世界.那便是你 的幸福所在
Facing great nature,you want to become a small part of it what you see is the calmness before worldly temptation and the recovery of self- consciousness.In that way,you find your own happiness
Facing great nature, you want to become a small part of it what you see is the calmness before worldly temptation and the recovery of selfconsciousness. In that way, you find your own happiness
People in different cultures have different ways of life and different value systems.This essay captures the essence of the Navajo culture viewed from an American perspective. I grew up hearing about Indians from my father,who was born in 1860,when we still called some of the United States "Indian territory."My father fought and killed Indians;he thought it was his duty to win the West:He later told me:It was their land.We took it.We gave the Indians a choice:be bleached white ---or die. The Navaios were pushed back and put on reservation (another word for prison)on lands that the whites deemed worthless.And there they have remained, until now quite isolated
People in different cultures have different ways of life and different value systems.This essay captures the essence of the Navajo culture viewed from an American perspective. I grew up hearing about Indians from my father, who was born in 1860, when we still called some of the United States "Indian territory. " My father fought and killed Indians; he thought it was his duty to win the West: He later told me: It was their land. We took it. We gave the Indians a choice: be bleached white --- or die. The Navajos were pushed back and put on a reservation (another word for prison) on lands that the whites deemed worthless. And there they have remained, until now quite isolated
I went to live with the Navajos in early 1972.The reservation is a vast land,stretching west out from Albuquerque to the Grand Canyon and from near Tucson and Phoenix on the south to near Salt Lake City on the north.Once you are on the reservation, you are at least 200 miles from any place you've ever heard of. I became acquainted with a young woman,Bessie Yellowhair,and I lived with her family,in a hogan--- shaped like an igloo and made of mud and sticks Bahe Yellowhair,the father,and the entire family are
I went to live with the Navajos in early 1972. The reservation is a vast land, stretching west out from Albuquerque to the Grand Canyon and from near Tucson and Phoenix on the south to near Salt Lake City on the north. Once you are on the reservation, you are at least 200 miles from any place you've ever heard of. I became acquainted with a young woman, Bessie Yellowhair, and l lived with her family, in a hogan--- shaped like an igloo and made of mud and sticks. Bahe Yellowhair, the father, and the entire family are