OG-11的一句话

请问这一句话如何理解？

Indeed, the very act of telling their stories could force Native American narrators to distort their cultures, as taboos had to be broken to speak the names of dead relatives crucial to their family stories.

的确，讲故事的方式会迫使土生土张的美国作家歪曲他们的文化，正如一些忌口不得不打破，比如说出他们死去的重要亲人的名字。好像是GRE－NO里的短文章，本篇好像也是GRE８篇短文章的盖世难篇之一

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Indeed, the very act of telling their stories could force Native American narrators to distort their cultures, as taboos had to be broken to speak the names of dead relatives crucial to their family stories.我对这一句话百思不得其解。distort的意思在这里到底应该如何解释？到底讲故事的印第安人有没有（已经）打破禁忌？

1，讲故事的印第安人被迫歪曲文化（不讲真话），因为（讲真话）不得不打破禁忌。

2，讲故事的印第安人被迫破坏文化（讲真话），因为不得不打破禁忌。

to distort their cultures

曲解

to tianwan:

    I think that the second explanation is better.