The fact that educated Americans in general no longer share understandable background knowledge is a chief cause of their inability to communicate effectively.
テレビは重要な教養の源になることも出来、その教育放送は多くの学校で高く評価されている。
Television could be an important source of culture, and its educational broadcasts are valued in many schools.
その医者は教養のある人だ。
The doctor is a man of culture.
教養のある人によくあることだが、彼はポップスより古典音楽が好きだ。
As is often the case with educated people, he likes classical music better than popular music.