Issue208 大家看看有没3.5吧...

susan8940UID: 160449

TOPIC: ISSUE208 - "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."
WORDS: 416          TIME: 0:55:00          DATE: 2007-3-22

I fundermentally agree with the author that people's attitudes and interests may be revealed by their appearance and activity, by which we definetely can tell something about a society's ideas and values. However, some other conditions should also be taken into consideration.

First, the way people dress, look and act does tell something about their attitudes and interests. For example, the habit of a youngster to listen to MP3 when walking shows his/her strong interests in music. And the girls wearing Korean style clothes must be crazy about Korean popularity. By contrast, it is hard to imagine a person who always avoids mentioning certain movies is really crazy about them. Anyway, people’s behaviors are mainly directed by their thoughts and evaluations, therefore, their selection of dress or behavior does reveal part of their interests and ideas.

Further, the appearance and behavior of the citizens do show certain ideas and evaluations of the society. Since people's appearance and behavior can show their attitudes and interests, if the majority of people in a society share similar or the same behavior or appearance, of course we can judge the values and ideas of the society. For example, if most citizens prefer wearing casual clothes, it may represent favor of free-style life, otherwise, more serious manner may be more respected. Similarly, if most citizens in a country treat morning exercises as routines, the society may highly evaluate the merits of sports.

However, we can never neglect the possibility on whether people are free to select whatever they want to dress and certain behaviors are not forbidden. In some autarchies, like old Germany ruled by Hitler, people's behavior even appearance are strictly regulated. For example, during the Second World War, German soldiers are ordered by Hitler to search and kill Jews, even though they may hate doing so, they can hardly disobey such order. Hence, such behavior does not necessarily show their own ideas and values, even those of the society. When it comes to the democratic society, certain regulations may still be maintained, for example, high schools may ask its students to wear uniform, which may not be the exact attitude and interests of students. Therefore, only when the freedom of citizens are guaranteed can we make certain conclusions from their decisions in appearance and behavior.

In sum, although people's appearance and behavior may show their attitudes and interests, we may not get the true ideas and values of the society before making detailed and complete research about the society.

styUID: 2276272

I fundermentally agree with the author that people's attitudes and interests may be revealed by their appearance and activity[ appearances and activities], by which we definetely can tell something about a society's ideas and values. However, some other conditions should also be taken into consideration.

First, the way people dress, look and act does tell something about their attitudes and interests. For example, the habit of a youngster to listen to MP3 when[while] walking shows his/her strong interests in music. And the girls wearing Korean style clothes must be crazy about Korean popularity. By contrast, it is hard to imagine a person who always avoids mentioning certain movies is really crazy about them〔这句比较生涩，可再加句说明]. Anyway, people’s behaviors are mainly directed by their thoughts and evaluations, therefore, their selection of dress or behavior does reveal part of their interests and ideas.

Further, the appearance and behavior of the citizens do show certain ideas and evaluations of the society. Since people's appearance and behavior can show their attitudes and interests, if the majority of people in a society share similar or the same behavior or appearance, of course we can judge the values and ideas of the society. For example, if most citizens prefer wearing casual clothes, it may represent favor of free-style life, otherwise，more serious manner may be more respected[.Otherwisely,more serous manner citizen have, more respected might there be 不知可否]. Similarly, if most citizens in a country treat morning exercises as routines, the society may highly evaluate the merits of sports. [这段例子写的可以，还可以比较古代的穿着和他们的思想与现在的西装和开放的思想；　甚至还可以写职业上，如看见穿黑袍的就知是神父，是天主教还是基督；穿白褂，是医生护士；　　还有就是民族，他们的服饰反应了思想、信仰。〕

However, we can never neglect the possibility on whether people are free to[改成from可能好些]select whatever they want to dress and certain behaviors are not forbidden. In some autarchies, like old Germany ruled by Hitler[such as the Germany when it is ruled by Hitler ], people's behavior even appearance are strictly regulated[even前加and]. For example, during the Second World War, German soldiers are ordered by Hitler to search and kill Jews, even though they may hate doing so, they can hardly disobey such order. Hence, such behavior does not necessarily show their own ideas and values, even those of the society. When it comes to the democratic society, certain regulations may still be maintained, for example, high schools may ask its students to wear uniform, which may not [加reveal]be the exact attitude and interests of students. Therefore, only when the freedom of citizens are guaranteed can we make certain conclusions from their decisions in appearance and behavior.

In sum, although people's appearance and behavior may show their attitudes and interests, we may not get the true ideas and values of the society before making detailed and complete research about the society.

[ 本帖最后由 sty 于 2007-3-22 23:49 编辑 ]

pippo1983UID: 172110

Issue208 大家看看有没3.5吧...
TOPIC: ISSUE208 - "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."
WORDS: 416          TIME: 0:55:00          DATE: 2007-3-22

I fundermentally (这个词慎用)agree with the author that people's attitudes and interests may be revealed by their appearance and activity, by which we definetely can tell something about a society's ideas and values. However, some other conditions should also be taken into consideration.

First, the way people dress, look and act does tell something about their attitudes and interests. For example, the habit of a youngster to listen to MP3 when walking shows his/her strong interests in music. And the girls wearing Korean style clothes must be crazy about Korean popularity. By （In）contrast, it is hard to imagine a person who always avoids mentioning certain movies is really crazy about them. Anyway, people’s behaviors are mainly directed by their thoughts and evaluations, therefore, their selection of dress or behavior does reveal part of their interests and ideas.

Further, the appearance and behavior of the citizens do show certain ideas and evaluations of the society. Since people's appearance and behavior can show their attitudes and interests, if the majority of people in a society share similar or the same behavior or appearance, of course we can judge the values and ideas of the society. For example, if most citizens prefer wearing casual clothes, it may represent favor of free-style life, otherwise, more serious manner may be more respected. Similarly, if most citizens in a country treat morning exercises as routines, the society may highly evaluate the merits of sports.

However, we can never neglect the possibility on whether people are free to select whatever they want to dress and certain behaviors are not forbidden. （这里应该有个代表全段的TS）In some autarchies, like old Germany ruled by Hitler, people's behavior even appearance are strictly regulated. For example, during the Second World War, German soldiers are ordered by Hitler to search and kill Jews, even though they may hate doing so,（汗，这里很牵强） they can hardly disobey such order. Hence, such behavior does not necessarily show their own ideas and values, （not mention）even those of the society. When it comes to the democratic society, certain regulations may still be maintained, for example, high schools may ask its students to wear uniform, which may not be the exact attitude and interests of students. (和社会的关系？)Therefore, only when the freedom of citizens are guaranteed can we make certain conclusions from their decisions in appearance and behavior.

In sum, although people's appearance and behavior may show their attitudes and interests, we may not get the true ideas and values of the society before making detailed and complete research about the society.

总体写得不错，4分估计有的，加油

chongxinlaiUID: 2235209

I fundermentally agree with the author that people's attitudes and interests may be revealed by their appearance and activity, by which we definetely can tell something about a society's ideas and values.[ However, some other conditions should also be taken into consideration.明白，可是你是不是想引起读者欲望，所以什么咚咚都不说。直接转折了]

First, the way people dress, look and act does tell something about their attitudes and interests. For example, the habit of a youngster to listen to MP3 when walking shows his/her strong interests in music. And the girls wearing Korean style clothes [must 看斑斑的意见，用may之类不是必然的口气比较好]be crazy about Korean popularity. [By contrast, it is hard to imagine a person who always avoids mentioning certain movies is really crazy about them.这个说法不是很好，a——b，不代表非a——非b，需要论证的] Anyway, people’s behaviors are mainly directed by their thoughts and evaluations, therefore, their selection of dress or behavior does reveal part of their interests and ideas.[再说说interests and ideas与thoughts and evaluations,的关系比较好]

Further, the appearance and behavior of the citizens do show certain ideas and evaluations of the society. Since people's appearance and behavior can show their attitudes and interests, if the majority of people in a society share similar or the same behavior or appearance, of course we can judge the values and ideas of the society.[这个论断是一个人代表自己，很多人都一样就代表社会怎么样了是吧] For example, if most citizens prefer wearing casual clothes, it may represent favor of free-style life, otherwise, more serious manner may be more respected. Similarly, if most citizens in a country treat morning exercises as routines, the society may highly evaluate the merits of sports. [好像应该反过来说，应为社会倡导，体现在大多数人的行为上，个人意见]

However, we can never neglect the possibility on whether people are free to select whatever they want to dress and certain behaviors are not forbidden. In some autarchies, like old Germany ruled by Hitler, people's behavior even appearance are strictly regulated. For example, during the Second World War, German soldiers are ordered by Hitler to search and kill Jews, even though they may hate doing so, they can hardly disobey such order. Hence, such behavior does not necessarily show their own ideas and values, even those of the society. When it comes to the democratic society, certain regulations may still be maintained, for example, high schools may ask its students to wear uniform, which may not be the exact attitude and interests of students. Therefore, only when the freedom of citizens are guaranteed can we make certain conclusions from their decisions in appearance and behavior. [没明白是想说什么however，人们的行为fails to reveals their attitudes and interests 只是反映了社会的态度？]

In sum, although people's appearance and behavior may show their attitudes and interests, we may not get the true ideas and values of the society before making detailed and complete research about the society.