英语六级段落翻译练习：文化

　　Culture is a very broad concept, and it is extremely difficult to define it strictly and exactly. Generally speaking, culture is a social phenomenon, which is a product created by people for ages. And it is also a historical phenomenon, which is sediment of social history. To be exact, culture is national and ethnic history, geography, local customs and practices, traditional custom, lifestyles, literature and arts, behavioral norms, the way of thinking, values and so on, which can be inherited. And it is also a kind of ideology of inheritance, which is widely recognized in communication of human beings.

　　【重点表达】

　　人们长期创造形成的产物 a product created by people for ages

　　确切地说 to be exact (=exactly speaking 注：由于前文用到了generally speaking，故本处换种表达方式。)

　　风土人情 local customs and practices