issue10 Ares战队第六次作业(by garyknight)

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10"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." 10． 政府必须保证主要城市用于发展的财政支持，因为国家的文化传统发源于并保留在这些主要城市

1)开头，表示部分同意。并不是所有的主要城市都拥有传统的文化。
2)的确，主要城市无论在政治、经济、文化等方面都具有优势。很多主要城市拥有着悠久的历史，由于其发展时间较长，现在也很繁荣。政府财政应该支持这些城市发展，一方面可以得到经济利益，另一方面也可以保护这个城市，甚至这个国家的传统文化。
3)但是也有很多大城市并不是文化的起源。有很多城市，例如巴西利亚、韩国的新首都等，这些城市的历史很短，一般出于政治目的兴建。政府也会给与这些城市大力支持，但并不是出于文化目的，而是出于政治目的。
4)同时，很多情况下，保留传统更完好的是在很多经济并不发达的小城市和农村地区，政府如果要保护文化的话，应该对这些地方也给与支持。
5)结尾。



    The speaker asserts that the major cities where a nation's cultural traditions are preserved and generated should be supported in finance by governments. I agree with the assertion that governments should provide stable financial support to these major cities though, the speaker unfortunately neglects two factors: 1) not all major cities are the places where cultural traditions are preserved and generated; 2) some small cities as well as countryside are better representative of traditions. We should take these factors into account; otherwise, the conclusion is unprecise and unpersuasive.
    Admittedly, it cannot be doubted that major cities-owning predominance in politics, economics and cultures-for which the government is responsible to sustain them by financial ways. It is a fantasy for many people to visit some metropolises, such as Beijing, New York, Paris, London, etc. which have unique history and tradition. The Forbidden City, which used to be ancient Chinese Emperors' Palace, is telling us a legend of a brilliant era. The Statue of Liberty, witnessing the friendship between the U.S. and France, is a favored symbol of libertarians. Buckingham Palace and Versailles Palace represent two distinctly different European cultures which allure millions of tourist to feel the atmosphere, full of history and tradition. Therefore, the governments should not be hesitated to support the cities to receive more revenue and to protect a city's, even a nation's traditional culture.
    However, there are many major cities, crucial to the nation as well, are absent of long history and traditional culture. Their origins are diversiform: political needs, newly discovered mines, eternal scientific experience and so on. Take Brasilia, the capital of Brazil, as an example, this young city, just 50 years old, was founded for better dominating the middle and west of the country. Although people appreciate Lucio Costa, the farther of this wonderful city, however, we cannot assert that Brazilian civilization derives from the capital. Nevertheless, Brazilian government never doubts the significance of this city and keeps financial support because it is indispensable in the nation's politics. Accordingly, it is rash to ascribe the stable financial support to the source of a nation's tradition; governments indeed have the responsibility to sustain their major cities, however, not for cultural causes all the time.
    Moreover, it is commonsense that more better preserved traditions are still alive in some small cities as well as countryside, but major cities. In modern cities in China, some ancient culture, namely some old manners, custom and belief, is nearly extinct in the flood of westernization, leaving some survivors in undeveloped cities and rural areas. As a consequence of the absence of living circumstance and base, though some cultural traditional used to be born in these big cities; they are not inevitable to go to end. Providing the government really intends to support the preservation of culture, it should invest to the undeveloped places just as it does to the major cities. It is sometimes more of urge to protect a nation's cultural than the economic development in the rural areas. In sum, governments should not neglect some small cities and countryside for the mere existence of tradition in such places.
    As I stated, not all the support to the major cities is due to the aim of cultural preservation. Meanwhile, the tradition, surviving in the undeveloped area, should not be overlooked. The local governments are equal to that of big cities to receive financial funds to protect a nation's tradition.