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发表于 2012-8-28 10:00:22
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TOPIC:The best way to learn about a foreign country is to read the newspapers and magazines from that country.
There are plenty of choices for you to know a foreign country, newspaper and magazines, Internet, TV etc. Some may hold the opinion that newspaper and magazines will be the favorable choice, however I can’t approve it entirely.
Of course, newspapers and magazine can offer you the latest information about a country. All the news events, from politics to live and healthy, are provided to meet readers’ requirement, who used to be local citizens. That is to say, their articles are written in a way based on the assumption that their readers, mostly local citizens, have already know their country well. In sum, newspapers and magazines are not reasonable methods to know a country deeply and completely.
If you want to learn about a foreign country, you should understand their culture and history. For example, you may read an article about the new decree that admit homosexual marriage in United State, nevertheless, it’s hard for you to understand what this means to Americans. The reason is that: you have no idea how homosexual people have been through. And the best way for you to understand it is to read some reference about it in the American history. As a result, you will really learn something about the country not just accepted the information passively.
Newspapers and magazines are the ways people get new massages from. So if you want to know some traditional ones, which is very essential to learn about a foreign country, it’s definitely not enough. Personally, I recommend reading some classic works or knowing them at least. For instance, Walden, one of the famous books that influences American, you should know that is about a new-established thinking style and why it’s important in American history. As modern technology developed, ways for us to access classic masterpieces are increasing. Library is no longer the single choice to get the source you want, instead, Internet serves with a more abounding storage of information in a more convenient way. Online encyclopedias are so popular and almost all information about the country can you find on it.
In addition, other media, like TV shows, still lies there as a choice to learn about the native citizens daily live. As for me, I like watching sit-coms, a popular comedy TV style in American. And Modern Family is one of my favorite. It is a comedy TV show produced by ABC TV station about the daily lives of three American middle class families. You can enjoy yourself watching the show with laughs and get to understand their lifestyle in the meantime. Taking one of the family in the story as an example, as a classic American middle class family, Phil, the father, earns the money for the family and Claire, the typical housewife, takes the responsibility to look after three kids. That is how American really live. By watching TV shows, movies or novels, you can learn more about the foreign country.
To sum up, newspapers and magazines are not the best way to learn about the foreign country. As I have mentioned above, it just one of the methods you can get some latest information on. To know the foreign country better, you should know the culture and history via different reference.
540w,這次寫超時間了。。差遠了
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