issue208 [0710G-summer小组]第六次作业by sanliangmm

sanliangmmUID: 2363921

ISSUE 208--"The way people look, dress, and act reveals their attitudes and interests. You can tell much about a society's ideas and values by observing the appearance and behavior of its people."

[Outline]:部分肯定，但认为作者下结论太武断，还需要考虑其它的情况
1.承认人们的服装行为能反映人们的态度兴趣，但是还需考虑专制社会，人们的服装行为是屈从于统治者而不是自身理念
2．承认人们的服装行为也能反映社会的价值观与理念：
（1）穿着反映出一个国家或者社会总体的审美观点
（2）人们的行为也在一定程度上揭示了社会所提倡和认同的价值观和理念
3．但是仅仅从人们的穿着行为来看社会价值是不全面的，因为不同group的人群有不同的标准，还要从道德观念等方面来看

I fundamentally agree with the speaker's broad claim that the way people look, dress, and act is a mirror image of their attitudes and interests, which further reveal the social ideas and values. However, In my opinion, the speaker generalizes too hastily without considering the situation in oppressed societies or in some other respects the habits and customs of people's appearance and behavior are not accurate indicators of their attitudes and values-which should be discussed in a more detailed analysis.

I concede that the speaker is on the correct philosophical side of this issue. After all, the way people dress and act could, more or less, expose their attitudes and interest. On one side, in most circumstances, people are inclined to choose clothes and fashion styles according to their yearning life style and to their appetite and interests. For example, people who favor classical literature in China might be apt to dress cheongsam, while people who favor Hip-Pop fashion might tend to wear baggy jeans slung low along the waist. Yet, in the notion of the manner in which people behave also lies my first contention with the speaker who neglects a crucial distinction in oppressed societies. That is, in some autocratic societies, where people display a panoply of rituals, behaviors, and manners of dress for their oppressors not for their individuality and own attitudes--such as in old China, the speaker's claim is thus to be unilateral and arbitrary.

Turning next to the dictation function of the people's behavior and appearance on social rituals and values, I have to admit that certain aspects of the outward appearance and behavior of a culture's people do inform us of their hidden social values and disciplines. Firstly, people's dressing can be the clear illustration of the social criteria of aesthetics. Chinese people would like to dress themselves formally under most circumstances in order to show their sobriety and moderation. Americans prefer anything that could express their individuality and diversity. The French, who are prestigious for their romantic dispositions, are famous for their impressive fashion style in their explicit way of expressing love. Judging from this aspect, we could tell about specific nation's aesthetic appetite by their inclination in dressing. Secondly, the behavior of people also reveals what the society encourages and advocates. There is a telling example to bolster this point. As we all know, the sense of gentlemanly conduct is the symbol of British, which originated from the Industrial Revolution. Since the behavior of high moral quality of good breeding beyond the law makes a person positively involved in the community, the tradition of gentlemanly behavior preserves and becomes the indication of British.

In spite of the fact that people's habits, rituals and dressing styles do provide signals about social values, we should be circumspect that defining social attitudes only by public behavior and appearance might result in misunderstanding and confusion. Because people in a society are divided into various groups by status, interests, consanguinity and political view, each would exert a distinguishing or even reverse value system in behavior and appearance. If we wrongly choose one group of people to identify a society, we will go astray with no doubt. Therefore, when it comes to the fundamental elements of the value of a society which seems to be complex and vague--such as moral disciplines--which require a continuously observation and study, we need to rely on other respects like historical records and other statistical evidence to indicate the overall characteristic of these elements.

To sum up, while the statement has merit, it amounts to an unfair generalization, for the reason that the speaker fails to take the way into account that people look, dress and act belie their true attitudes and values in oppressed societies. Besides, when it comes to the definition of social values, only considering the factor of people's behavior and appearance might be misleading unless we study by a case-by-case analysis.

[ 本帖最后由 sanliangmm 于 2007-7-23 12:41 编辑 ]

laststrikeUID: 2318203

文字，语法纠错我不在行。只能谈谈观点：
First, 三个观点都很鲜明。However, 展开的第一Body感觉不像是在说appearnance+behavior 在影响人，而是在说社会影响appearance+behavior. For example, people who favor classical literature in China might be apt to dress cheongsam. 感觉完全是喜好影响个人。反过来说，In China people who favor cheongsam, a traditional Chinese clothing, which is akin to American jeans, creates an sense of advocating classical literature.

Second, 第二个Body也是这个毛病。For instance,Americans prefer anything that could express their individuality and diversity. 感觉完全是人在影响社会。换成Those who highly advocate individuality and diversity, such as American, directly influence the world to put emphasis on developing  individuality and diversity.

Finally, 你的GRE词汇在里面完全展现出来了，不过老实讲their yearning life style读起来实在很别扭，因为我很少看到这样的用法。（可能我眼界不够开阔）感觉the life style they long for更好些。

sanliangmmUID: 2363921

你说的问题我当时没想到，我就觉得我说人们喜欢古典更爱穿唐装，那么反过来说穿唐装的人可能是那些喜欢古典的人，从而看出个人态度和喜好。我应该说的更直白一点，可能这种逆向思维也不适合老美:loveliness:

niuzhistUID: 2363220

ISSUE 208--"The way people look, dress, and act reveals their attitudes and interests. You can tell much about a society's ideas and values by observing the appearance and behavior of its people."

[Outline]:部分肯定，但认为作者下结论太武断，还需要考虑其它的情况
1.承认人们的服装行为能反映人们的态度兴趣，但是还需考虑专制社会，人们的服装行为是屈从于统治者而不是自身理念
2．承认人们的服装行为也能反映社会的价值观与理念：
（1）穿着反映出一个国家或者社会总体的审美观点
（2）人们的行为也在一定程度上揭示了社会所提倡和认同的价值观和理念
3．但是仅仅从人们的穿着行为来看社会价值是不全面的，因为不同group的人群有不同的标准，还要从道德观念等方面来看

I fundamentally agree with the speaker's broad claim that the way people look, dress, and act is a mirror image of their attitudes and interests, which further reveal the social ideas and values. However, In my opinion, the speaker generalizes too hastily without considering the situation in oppressed societies or in some other respects the habits and customs of people's appearance and behavior are not accurate indicators of their attitudes and values-which should be discussed in a more detailed analysis.

I concede that the speaker is on the correct philosophical side of this issue. After all, the way people dress and act could, more or less, expose their attitudes and interest. On one side, in most circumstances, people are inclined to choose clothes and fashion styles according to their yearning life style and to their appetite and interests. For example, people who favor classical literature in China might be apt to dress cheongsam, while people who favor Hip-Pop fashion might tend to wear baggy jeans slung low along the waist. Yet, in the notion of the manner in which people behave also lies my first contention with the speaker who neglects a crucial distinction in oppressed societies. That is, in some autocratic societies, where people display a panoply of rituals, behaviors, and manners of dress for their oppressors not for their individuality and own attitudes--such as in old China, the speaker's claim is thus to be unilateral and arbitrary.
这段话事例丰富，但是似乎把论题说反了，搞不清到底是谁影响谁

Turning next to the dictation function of the people's behavior and appearance on social rituals and values, I have to admit that certain aspects of the outward appearance and behavior of a culture's people do inform us of their hidden social values and disciplines. Firstly, people's dressing can be the clear illustration of the social criteria of aesthetics. Chinese people would like to dress themselves formally under most circumstances in order to show their sobriety and moderation. Americans prefer anything that could express their individuality and diversity. The French, who are prestigious for their romantic dispositions, are famous for their impressive fashion style in their explicit way of expressing love. Judging from this aspect, we could tell about specific nation's aesthetic appetite by their inclination in dressing. Secondly, the behavior of people also reveals what the society encourages and advocates. There is a telling example to bolster this point. As we all know, the sense of gentlemanly conduct is the symbol of British, which originated from the Industrial Revolution. Since the behavior of high moral quality of good breeding beyond the law makes a person positively involved in the community, the tradition of gentlemanly behavior preserves and becomes the indication of British.
这段写的很不错

In spite of the fact that people's habits, rituals and dressing styles do provide signals about social values, we should be circumspect that defining social attitudes only by public behavior and appearance might result in misunderstanding and confusion. Because people in a society are divided into various groups by status, interests, consanguinity and political view, each would exert a distinguishing or even reverse value system in behavior and appearance. If we wrongly choose one group of people to identify a society, we will go astray with no doubt. Therefore, when it comes to the fundamental elements of the value of a society which seems to be complex and vague--such as moral disciplines--which require a continuously observation and study, we need to rely on other respects like historical records and other statistical evidence to indicate the overall characteristic of these elements.

To sum up, while the statement has merit, it amounts to an unfair generalization, for the reason that the speaker fails to take the way into account that people look, dress and act belie their true attitudes and values in oppressed societies. Besides, when it comes to the definition of social values, only considering the factor of people's behavior and appearance might be misleading unless we study by a case-by-case analysis.
实在挑不出语法错误了！

词汇太丰富了，我当时写的时候好多地方的词老重复，就是对词汇的运用很不熟悉，得加紧提高了。

[ 本帖最后由 niuzhist 于 2007-7-24 12:31 编辑 ]