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Issue207
贴一下自己的观点: 开始没有想到美国是移民国家,里面有很多的文化冲突. 文化冲突导致很严重的社会问题。 一方面, 不少保守的美国人认为移民应该美国化;另一方面, 不少移民不愿意放弃自己的语言及民族特点,不愿意被美国化。这样,如果 把 "diminished sense of who they are" 放到美国国内重点论述,就比较好解释了.就是移民在逐渐放弃一些自己的文化. 个人觉得在世界范围内有点难说透.
提纲: 因果 + 是非 (issue 5.5 归为 事实题, 有道理,但我那样挤不出牙膏)
同意: Rituals and ceremonies 确实是文化组成的一部分, 他们大多是传统文化的一部分,有利于让人们民族感增强,更有社会归属感, 也让本民族文化更有吸引力。
反对: 1 (由原因不能推出结果) 除了 Rituals and ceremonies, 还有各式各样的传统节日,服装,食物; 另外,文化是由传统文化和现代文化组成的, 而现代文化中的很多元素也在提醒着人们的自我意识;此外, 不同的民族有不同的肤色, 面部特征, 语言等都提醒着人们本民族的独特性。
2 人们自我意识的减少也不见得是因为少了仪式; 移民国家的民族融合. 互联网,媒体等.
总结: 在像美国这样的移民国家,各个 groups of people 的民族自我意识不见得是坏事。但是,一些传统的 Rituals and ceremonies也是可以 pass down
As the author of the statement indicates, rituals and ceremonies help define a culture. Rituals and ceremonies symbolize tradition culture. Through them, people go through the customs passed down by their forefathers and therefore obsessed with a strong sense of belonging. Besides, these rituals and ceremonies are attractive to visitors who wanted to experience a different culture. . Even so, I do not agree with the author's indication that people have a diminished sense of themselves without rituals and ceremonies. ( 题目的话都被引用了,是不是不好啊?)
The reality is that rituals and ceremonies are not the only part of a tradition culture, there are other elements like tradition festivals, music, sports, cloth, food and so forth that make up the tradition culture as well. Through these tradition celebrations, people's conscious of who they can be aroused as well. What is more, a culture mainly is made up of two aspects: the traditional culture and the contemporary culture. Both of them have a potent influence on people's conscious of who they are. Ceremonies and rituals are only contained in traditional culture. However, Contemporary culture, such as the mainstream of artwork, fashions, and the problems in the current society are different from one group to another. Besides, they are other factors, such as facial feature, languages and dialects that make people from different groups or societies distinctive. As a result, not only rituals and ceremonies but also many respects in a culture can help people to realize who they are.
Another aspect need to be considered is that the diminishing of people's awareness of who they are might not directly connected with the absence of rituals and ceremonies. That is to say, even with rituals and ceremonies, people still give up the usual practice that their forefathers do, and are melted into the mainstream culture. This phenomenon is commonly seen in migrated countries such as The United States and Canada. It is true that many migrated groups of immigrants have given up their own culture and Americanized. As we all know, the early immigrants of America mainly come from European countries like England, German and Norway. Nowadays, the offspring of these Europeans are the most Americanized and have given up their original culture. Even if they do the ceremonies and rituals in their original Germany or French style, which would only remind of them of their roots but the fact that they regard themselves as Americans rather than Europeans is self-evident. As the saying goes" Do in Rome as Romans Do", it is quite understandable that many immigrants from other ethnic group have given some part of their own culture and taken in American culture. Gradually, their awareness of their original ethnic groups is melting. Besides migration, the globalization of economy and the World Wide Web and the bombarded media have provided people ways to know about the world and to be known by the world. Consequently, people in the East and the West are sharing a lot of similarities and thus their sense of self are not so strong as before.
In conclusion, the diminishing of sense of self is not always a bad thing. This phenomenon might indicate the integration of the migrated countries like the United States and Canada. The less conscious of a certain group could reduce the conflicts among other groups. However, the ceremonies and rituals should still be passed down, which can help people to know their roots and improve tourist industry.
[ Last edited by esmeiras on 2005-7-21 at 15:31 ] |
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