issue207 （超时了，55555）

雪夭UID: 142334

207"Rituals and ceremonies help define a culture. Without them, societies or groups of people have a diminished sense of who they are."
还是一道BT的题目，不过估计应该比昨天的状态好，come on~~~~谢谢


Can rituals and ceremonies help us to define a culture and individual value? The speaker claims so. I concede that, in some cases, ritual and ceremonies can reflect the characteristic of society. However, people should touch with a community in various ways in order to understand the cultural traditions. Nevertheless, a person must realize that definition of individual is not depending on such simple style.

Granted, because the roots of cultural are usually preserved by ritual and ceremonies so that they can help people to establish a general perspective of nations. When it comes to religious ritual, such as special ceremony of Christianity in churches, people can observe the main belief and sincerity in a nation. In addition, ceremony also plays a significant role in politics, which can represents the spirit of countries. Taking the presidential candidate ceremonies in America as an example. Such solemn actions express the democracy and justice, which are the crucial characters of the strong nation. In the process of development, government, environment, realm and status are changing continuously, however, piths of culture are inherited and new ideas are added in ritual and ceremonies. By observing them, people can learn the background of culture, the evolution of public and the recent situation of society. Therefore, ritual and ceremony really define a culture to some extent.

However, if a person desire to gain in-depth understand and careful analysis of cultural tradition, the range of these actions is not enough for limited space and time; on the contrary, other perspective, such as youth and festival can guide he or she into a clear world. At the youth level, youngsters who walk in front of trend more or less represent the culture of a nation. For instance, fast food, pop music and Internet create a new century, which pursue rapid pace, communication, and information rather than slow speed and much more leisure time. Obviously, youth are brilliant pillars of nations so that their ideas and behavior might reflect the culture directly. At the festival level, some special day can represent the character of citizens, such as Carnival which express people’s passion and extrovert in the countries. Considering the complex of culture, there are many aspects can defined it rather than ritual and ceremony only.

In addition, the process of people’s recognition of themselves does not merely depend on ritual and ceremony, which is too broad to make a concept of self-knowledge. If people attempt to understand their ability and know who they are, they should listen to others evaluation and comments, which can help them understand own impression in others mind and individual value in society. And another way of self-knowledge is how to introspect personal life. A person should know what goal he or she pursues, what defects and merit he or she has and what role he or she plays in society. After establishing individual capability and value, a person would never feel confused eventually. All in all, to better define a person, external condition and internal ability should make effect together.

Understandably, ritual and ceremony only serve as a way of defining a civilization; in contrast, people should understand culture by touching with the whole society, especially human behavior and traditions. Furthermore, self-knowledge is based on social environment and individual evaluation what can confirm the real value of a person.

莫名NUID: 146481

207"Rituals and ceremonies help define a culture. Without them, societies or groups of people have a diminished sense of who they are."

Can rituals and ceremonies help us to define a culture and individual value? The speaker claims so. I concede that, in some cases, ritual and ceremonies can reflect the characteristic of society. However, people should touch with a community in various ways in order to understand the cultural traditions. Nevertheless, a person must realize that definition of individual is not depending on such simple style.

Granted, because the roots of cultural are usually preserved by ritual and ceremonies so that they can help people to establish a general perspective of nations. When it comes to religious ritual, such as special ceremony of Christianity in churches, people can observe the main belief and sincerity in a nation. In addition, ceremony also plays a significant role in politics, which can represents(represent) the spirit of countries. Taking the presidential candidate ceremonies in America as an example. Such solemn actions express the democracy and justice, which are the crucial characters of the strong nation. In the process of development, government, environment,(government和environment 都是实词，感觉development和它们用在一起很突兀) realm and status are changing continuously,(; ) however, piths of culture are inherited and new ideas are added in ritual and ceremonies. By observing them, people can learn the background of culture, the evolution of public and the recent situation of society. Therefore, ritual and ceremony really define a culture to some extent.

However, if a person desire to gain in-depth understand (understanding) and careful analysis of cultural tradition, the range of these actions is not enough for limited space and time; on the contrary, other perspective, such as youth and festival can guide he or she into a clear world. At the youth level, youngsters who walk in front of trend more or less represent the culture of a nation. For instance, fast food, pop music and Internet create a new century, which pursue rapid pace, communication, and information rather than slow speed and much more leisure time. Obviously, youth are brilliant pillars of nations so that their ideas and behavior might reflect the culture directly. At the festival level, some special day can represent the character of citizens, such as Carnival (,) which express people’s passion and extrovert in the countries. Considering the complex of culture, there are many aspects can defined it rather than ritual and ceremony only.（如果这段在讲cultural tradition, 那么youth这个方面是否不太恰当，我觉得youth不能算是tradition, 只能是contemporary culture）

In addition, the process of people’s recognition of themselves does not merely depend on ritual and ceremony, which is too broad to make a concept of self-knowledge. If people attempt to understand their ability and know who they are, they should listen to others(‘) evaluation and comments, which can help them understand own impression in others(‘) mind and individual value in society. And another way of self-knowledge is how to introspect personal life. A person should know what goal he or she pursues, what defects and merit ( 我不太确定这里是否能这样用，还是应该说which goal，但what defects and merit读上去又挺通的，楼主能否告诉我一下这种用法是否一定对) he or she has and what role he or she plays in society. After establishing individual capability and value, a person would never feel confused eventually. All in all, to better define a person, external condition and internal ability should make effect together.(我觉得这里不是external condition， 而是communication with others)

Understandably, ritual and ceremony only serve as a way of defining a civilization; in contrast, people should understand culture by touching with the whole society, especially human behavior and traditions. Furthermore, self-knowledge is based on social environment and individual evaluation what can confirm the real value of a person.（结尾很概括）

so猫UID: 148633

我来说说逻辑
body1中的例子我觉得用得不对 ritual ceremony从题目上来看 应该是文化方面的 有一定历史的 在我看来 跟现代的一些制度(比如就是你谈到的总统选举制度) 应该不是一回事吧~

雪夭UID: 142334

youth 那段是将cultre，住要是我前几天写了另外一个题目，没注意上来就cultural tradition了，反射性，ft
( 我不太确定这里是否能这样用，还是应该说which goal，但what defects and merit读上去又挺通的，楼主能否告诉我一下这种用法是否一定对) 这个我一写出来就这样了，说实话我对语法很感冒
external condition那个时候我是觉得外部条件对他的定义，现在想想好象广泛了点，你说的比较对

能给全文的逻辑和主线一点建议吗？这个题目最近上外遇见几次，又是我自己比较怕的，想看看大家的意见，谢谢你的修改，最近太忙了，马上考试所以给别人改的时间也不多：（

雪夭UID: 142334

最初由 so猫 发布
[B]我来说说逻辑
body1中的例子我觉得用得不对 ritual ceremony从题目上来看 应该是文化方面的 有一定历史的 在我看来 跟现代的一些制度(比如就是你谈到的总统选举制度) 应该..

以下省略...... [/B]

我分不清楚ritual和custom还有其他的节日性的东西，盛典礼仪，那那种什么毕业典礼也是吗？猫猫例子给个看看，我想到的也就是宗教意识了，朝圣是不是啊？

so猫UID: 148633

我记得这篇我自己好象也写过 或者是提纲写过很详细的那种
看起来很眼熟的说
当时我的观点 好象是R&C 可以让人更有对某一个特定GROUP的归属感吧~~
差不多 有点宗教方面的意思 还有一些一个民族或者是国家特定的某些节日和庆典~~

雪夭UID: 142334

有没有米国比较能说明的节日啊
我本来还想写端午节，重阳的，可惜八会英语啊
可是要写节日的话好象就是我后面那段里面的custom，感觉不是一样的东西啊，应该象那中藏族什么哈达啊，还有洗礼那种才是八

libbyUID: 151455

One purpose of ritual and ceremony is to preserve cultural identity. However, this is not their only purpose, nor are ritual and ceremony the only means of preserving cultural identity.
A. I agree with the speaker insofar as one purpose of ritual and ceremony in today's world is to preserve cultural identity.
B. Preserving cultural identity cannot be the mere purpose of ritual and ceremony. In fact, isolated cultures that do not need to distinguish themselves to preserve their identity nevertheless engage in their own distinct rituals and ceremonies. The initial purpose of ritual and ceremony is rooted not in cultural identity but rather superstition and spiritual belief.
C. Ritual and ceremony are not the only means of preserving cultural identity.
这不是我写的，你可以参考一下！

雪夭UID: 142334

这个提纲怎么把后面那句话给扔了啊？

libbyUID: 151455

我觉得cultural identity就代表societies or groups of people，而在你的issue里你‘, a person must realize that definition of individual is not depending on such simple style.’ 感觉你把它定义为单个的个体了！我觉得应该是代表一个群体！

雪夭UID: 142334

我再琢磨一下，刚开始的时候我把那个定义成人对自己的价值平定了