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我又写了一篇
立场是:坚决反对!
提纲:
b1:城市不一定代表一个国家的文化传统
b2:即使一个国家的文化传统主要位于城市,政府在这方面的财政支持也未必能保证这个城市thrive!!
Issue10: 401 words 50 minutes
Governments must ensure that their major cities receive the financial support they need in order to thrive, because it is primarily in cities that a nation's cultural traditions are preserved and generated.
I strongly disagree with this statement for the reasons that governments’ financial supports may be helpful to the flourish of a city but may help little in the preservation and development of a nation’s cultural traditions.
Firstly, I doubt that whether every nation’s cultural traditions primarily locate in its major cities. For some developed industrial nations such as America ,Japan and so on, it may be true, since the majority of population and traditional cultures of these nation congregate in their major cities. However, for some nations such as China where the number of city residents only accounts for a small proportion of its total population and their cultural traditions scatter everywhere both in broad countries and historical cities, it is not the case. To the former, funding the cities may be beneficial to the development and preservation of cultural tradition if the money allocated by the government is ensured to spend in this aspect. To the later, the financial aid to the major cities may accelerate their modernization, which could undermine the traditional cultures. For example: The ancient city, Xi’An , where more than 10 dynasties had ever set their capitals there, nowadays it has gradually become a more and more modern city as the new buildings are mushrooming every day among which the traditional buildings are submerged. Furthermore, some cultural traditions such as a minor race’s rituals and ceremonies are often ignored by the public just because they don’t live in big cities but in remote areas. Thus, nowhere in the nation has the need of financial support from the government to keep their traditions than in such remote areas.
Secondly, I concede that it is primarily in cities that a nation’s cultural traditions are preserved and generated. What’s more, the financial aids from the government are spent in protecting and developing its cultural traditions. However, no solid evidence suggests that the major cities must receive financial support to preserve and develop their cultural traditions in order to thrive. On the one hand, cultural traditions in big cities such as the famous and grand historical buildings can attract so many tourists, who can contribute the revenue to maintain their preservation. On the other hand, the prosperity of one city’s cultural traditions doesn’t represent its flourish of the city. After all, the well development and preservation of cultural traditions are just one index that indicates its flourish. Rather, many other imperative social problems such as unemployment, violence, traffic blocks and so on in a city should be more financially supported
All in all, for the two reasons above, the financial aid from the government to help major cities in a nation to develop and preserve their cultural traditions may be a waste of citizens’ tax. It is ridiculous to claim that a city, in order to thrive, must receive financial support from its government at the excuse of preserving its cultural traditions.
[ Last edited by fhxywei on 2005-6-25 at 22:32 ] |
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