by Matthew Brown What is normal and acceptable in one culture can seem bizarre and scary to outsiders.
一個文化中被視為理所當然的習俗，在外人眼裡可能顯得既怪異又恐佈。
Traveling to a new place with a culture very
different from your own can
result in some
shocking new experiences. This month, National Geographic Channel brings you an exciting series called
Taboo. For this series, NGC travels the world to
examine practices that are normal for some, but scary and strange to the rest of the world.
"Taboo:
Initiation Rituals" looks at the way some cultures celebrate the
passage from one phase of life to another. For example, teenage boys in a part of Brazil have to
go through a ritual that you
are unlikely to see in our part of the world.
In order to be seen as men by the tribe, they have to put their hands into gloves
filled with hundreds of giant
stinging bullet ants.
Despite the
excruciating pain, and probably a certain amount of fear, they must put their hands into the gloves
again and again.
Other tribes around the world have their own initiation
rites. In one area of Papua New Guinea, boys have to swallow about 60 centimeters of
raw cane down their throat. By completing this task, the boys
symbolically die as boys and are reborn as men.
Skin decorating has become more
mainstream in many parts of the world in recent years. For many
tribespeople, however, marking the body has long been a normal and traditional practice. "Taboo: Skin Deep" looks at some cultures that practice
scarification. In one violent initiation practice, also
taking place in New Guinea, teenage boys have their skin cut over a thousand times. After their chests, backs, arms, legs, and
buttocks have been sliced
over and over, their skin
looks similar to a
crocodile's
hide.
Normal practices can be
amazingly different from one culture to the next.
Tune in to Taboo to find out how different your life could have been if you had been born somewhere else!
1.
Based on what the article says, what does the Taboo series show us?
(A) Different cultures have their own ways of doing things.
(B) Everything is normal in cultures all over the world.
(C) Some cultures do violent things for no reason.
(D) Some cultures punish boys for growing up. 2. Why do some tribes force boys to be stung by ants?
(A) It is basically a fun game.
(B) If the ants sting them, that means they are human.
(C) It shows that they like pain.
(D) It shows they are ready to be adults. 3. What does the article say about the experience of the boys who must put their hands into ant-filled gloves?
(A) They get a little bit hurt, and they feel terror.
(B) They feel like men, and they feel no fear.
(C) They feel pride and a lot of pain.
(D) They get badly hurt, and they probably feel rather afraid. 4. What difference between popular skin decorating and skin decorating in tribes is mentioned in the article?
(A) Popular skin decorating has no meaning.
(B) In tribes, skin decorating has been going on for a very long time.
(C) In tribes, skin decorating is only used for rites of passage.
(D) Popular skin decorating is painless. 
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