Anthropology is the scientific study of people: how we live in groups, the cultures we make, and, in some branches, how our bodies and our long past look.

Anthropology人類學 is the scientific study of people是對人的科學研究：how we live in groups我們如何群居生活、the cultures we make我們創造的文化，and, in some branches以及在某些分支裡，how our bodies and our long past look我們的身體和久遠的過去是什麼樣子。

At university it often splits. Cultural or social anthropology looks at living people and meaning — food, family, belief, power. Biological or physical anthropology looks at bodies, evolution, and our nearest animal relatives. In some countries archaeology and language study sit under the same roof; in others they are separate.

At university在大學裡 it often splits這門學科常常分成好幾支。Cultural or social anthropology文化人類學或社會人類學 looks at living people and meaning研究活著的人和意義——food, family, belief, power食物、家庭、信仰、權力。Biological or physical anthropology生物人類學或體質人類學 looks at bodies, evolution, and our nearest animal relatives研究身體、演化，以及和我們最接近的動物親戚。In some countries在有些國家 archaeology and language study sit under the same roof考古學和語言學也放在同一個系裡；in others they are separate在其他國家則分開。

It sits next to history and sociology, but it often goes out into the field and stays with a community, or it looks far back at bones and tools.

It sits next to history and sociology它和歷史學、社會學相鄰，but it often goes out into the field and stays with a community但它常常走進田野、和一個社群住在一起，or it looks far back at bones and tools或者往回看得很遠，看骨頭和工具。

It is a university word. In everyday talk people use it loosely for “the study of cultures,” which is fair enough as a first picture, though actually the field is wider than that.

It is a university word這是一個大學裡的詞。In everyday talk日常對話裡 people use it loosely for "the study of cultures"人們常常鬆散地把它當成「文化的研究」，which is fair enough as a first picture當作初步的印象這樣說也可以，though actually the field is wider than that不過其實這個領域更廣。