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1、美国名人人类学家玛格丽特米德MargaretMead,1901-1978:APublicFaceofAnthropologyplaystopmutemaxvolume00:00-15:25repeatByJeriIynWatson2010-1-16VOICEONE:mSteveEmber.VOICETWO:MargaretMeadAndmShirleyGriffithwithPEOP1.EINAMERICAinVOASpecialEnglish.Todaywetellaboutoneofthemostinfluentialsocialscientistsofthelastcentury-the

2、culturalanthropologistMargaretMead.(MUSIC)VOICEONE:PeoplearoundtheworldmournedthedeathofMargaretMeadinnineteenseventy-eight.Ayearlater,thepresidentoftheUnitedStates,JimmyCarter,honoredthesocialscientistwithAmericashighestawardforcivilians.AnotherhonorcamefromavillageinNewGuinea.Thepeoplethereplanted

3、acoconuttreeinhermemory.MargaretMeadwouldhavelikedthat.Asayoungwoman,shehadstudiedthelifeandtraditionsofthevillage.MizMeadreceivedsuchhonorsbecausesheaddedgreatlytopublicknowledgeofculturesandtraditionsindevelopingcountries.Manypeopleconsiderherthemostinfluentialsocialscienceresearcherofthetwentieth

4、century.Yetsomeexpertssaidherresearchwasnotscientific.Theysaidshedependedtoomuchonobservationandlocalstories.Theysaidshedidnotspendenoughtimeoncomparativestudies.Theybelievedherfameresultedasmuchfromhercolorfulpersonalityasfromherresearch.VOICETWO:MargaretMeadsharedherstrongopinionsaboutsocialissues

5、.Shedenouncedthespreadofnuclearweapons.Shespokeagainstracialinjustice.Shestronglysupportedwomensrights.Throughoutherlifesheenjoyedtakingrisks.MizMeadbeganherstudiesofculturesinanunusualwayforawomanofhertime.Shechosetoperformherresearchinthedevelopingworld.ShewenttoanislandvillageinthePacificOcean.Sh

6、ewentalone.Theyearwasnineteentwenty-five.AtthattimezyoungAmericanwomendidnottravelfarawayfromhomebythemselves.Theydidnotaskstrangerspersonalquestions.Theydidnotobservebirthsanddeathsunlesstheywereinvolvedinmedicalwork.MargaretMeaddidallthosethings.(MUSIC)VOICEONE:MargaretMeadwasborninnineteen-oh-one

7、inPhiladelphia,Pennsylvania.Herfatherwasaprofessoroffinance.Hermotherwasasociologist.Fewwomenattendedcollegeinthosedays.However,MargaretMeadbeganherstudiesinnineteennineteenatDePauwUniversityinGreencastle,Indiana.Shesoondecidedthatlivinginasmalltowndidnotimproveonesmind.SoshemovedtoNewYorkCitytostud

8、yEnglishandpsychologyatBarnardCollege.Shegraduatedinnineteentwenty-three.VOICETWO:MargaretMeadin1928onacanoewithchildrenonManusisland,inwhatisnowpartofPapuaNewGuineaMargaretnextdecidedtostudyanthropologyatColumbiaUniversityinNewYork.Shewantedtoexaminetheactivitiesandtraditionsofdifferentsocieties.Sh

9、elaterearnedmastersanddoctoratedegrees.MizMeadstudiedwithtwofamousanthropologists:FranzBoasandRuthBenedict.MisterBoasbelievedthattheenvironmentpeoplegrowupin-notfamilygenes-causedmostculturaldifferencesamongpeople.Thisbeliefalsoinfluencedhisyoungstudent.MargaretMeadaskedtodoresearchinSamoainthePacif

10、icOcean.MisterBoaswasconcernedforhersafety.Buthelethergo.HetoldhertolearnabouthowyoungSamoanwomenwereraised.VOICEONE:Ingraduateschool,Margarethadmarried1.utherCressman,whowasstudyingtobeaclergyman.HewenttoEuropetocontinuehisstudies.ShewentalonetoSamoainnineteentwenty-five.SheworkedamongthepeopleofTa

11、uIsland.Thepeoplespokeadifficultlanguagethathadneverbeenwrittendown.1.uckily,shewasabletolearnlanguageseasily.MizMeadstudiedthelivesofSamoangirls.Shewasnotmucholderthanthegirlsshequestioned.Shesaidtheirlifewasfreeoftheangerandrebellionfoundamongyoungpeopleinothersocieties.ShealsosaidSamoangirlshadse

12、xualrelationswithanyonetheywanted.Shesaidtheirsocietydidnoturgethemtolovejustoneman.Andshesaidtheirsocietydidnotcondemnsexbeforemarriage.MargaretMeadsaidshereachedthesebeliefsafterninemonthsofobservationinSamoa.TheyhelpedmakeherbookComingofAgeinSamoaoneofthebest-sellingbooksofthetime.MizMeadwasjustt

13、wenty-sevenyearsoldwhenherbookwaspublishedinnineteentwenty-eight.ManyAmericanreaderswereshockedbyherobservationsaboutthesexualfreedomenjoyedbyyoungSamoanwomen.VOICETWO:Severalsocialscientistslaterdisputedherfindings.AustraliananthropologistDerekFreemanwroteabookwhichcriticizedherwork.Thebookwaspubli

14、shedinnineteeneighty-three,fiveyearsafterherdeath.HewrotethatMizMeadmadeherobservationsfromjustafewtalkswithtwofriendlyyoungwomen.Hewrotethattheywantedtotellinterestingstoriestoaforeignvisitor.Buttheirstorieswerenotnecessarilytrue.MisterFreemansaidSamoansocietyvaluedayoungwomanwhohadnothadsexualrela

15、tions.HesaidTauIslandmenrefusedtomarrywomenwhohadhadsex.However;manypublishedreportsaboutthedebateraisedquestionsaboutMisterFreemanscriticism.Afteryearsofdiscussion,manyanthropologistsconcludedthatthetruthwouldprobablyneverbeknown.(MUSIC)VOICEONE:AfterninemonthsamongtheSamoans,MargaretMeadreturnedto

16、theUnitedStates.ShemetastudentfromNewZealand,ReoFortune,onthelongtriphome.Hermarriageto1.utherCressmanended.ShemarriedMisterFortune,alsoananthropologist,innineteentwenty-eight.TheywenttoNewGuineatoworktogether.Itwouldbethefirstofseventripsthatshewouldmaketotheareainthenextforty-sevenyears.VOICETWO:ThetwostudiedthepeopleofseveralareasofNewGuinea.Shepublishedanotherinfluentialbook,SexandTemperamentinTh