Issue208 【challenge yourself】第四次作业by linyunf

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Issue208提纲
基本同意，社会的价值观和想法能从人们的穿着和行为中看出来。但有时会出错。
1人在成长的过程中形成价值观和想法，在这个过程中，社会和家庭的价值观引导人们形成相同的价值观，从而使得人们在今后的生活工作中自然而然地学习父母家庭以及社会的穿着和行事风格和价值。
（1）中国和美国人对待老人的不同方式可以看出两个社会的不同价值观。中国人比较注重尊敬老人，在老人老时，子女都会照顾他们和他们住在一起，从中看出中国人更注重家庭关系，尊老。而美国人在老人年岁大时，仍旧单过，子女不会和他们住在一起，而是让他们自己生活。表现出美国社会注重独立的观念和价值观。

（2）同样，从人们的穿着也能看出人们的兴趣，反应出社会的思想。比如中国在改革开放以前，不穿西装，因为社会会抵制这样的穿着，可以看出当时中国社会的保守。但当改革开放后，30年后的今天，我们在街上可以看到更多的不仅是西装，还有法国的时装，美国的休闲装等，这能看出社会的进步，社会以更开放的观念接受外来文化，人们的思想也更积极。同样，朝鲜的人们穿西装的不多，虽然不能说他们保守，但却能反应出这个社会对外来事物的排斥和恐惧。

2但是，有的时候却不尽然：
在人的成长过程中，所受到的教育和接触的事情不一定会相同，导致有些人形成的观念与其他人的不同，因此必须观察更多的样本，才能得到结论
因此，如果我们能够用科学的样本来观察人们的行为和穿着，那我们能够重中了解人们的想法和观念，从而更好的与他们交流。

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: 532          TIME: 01:06:52          DATE: 2008-7-31 15:32:39

The speaker contends that as people's attitudes and interests reflects on the way people look, dress, and act we can know more about the society's ideas and values by looking their appearance an behavior. Although the speaker may overlooks the scientific procedure of making a conclusion, on balance I agree with this contention.

To begin with, I think how people develop their values and ideas accounts for why the contention is deductive. After all, Values and ideas in the making are always formed by people's education from their parents with traditional ideas and the whole society's inherent values. When we are young, what our parents and teachers say and the way they deal with affairs influence us in large measure. Those values and idea become accepted when we grow up and direct our wearing and doings.

For example, how people in China and America treat the aged tell values of the two countries.  Chinese will live with their parents and look after them when they grow old because it is the tradition that passes off generation by generation. However, in handling the same things Americans will probably leave their parents alone or put them in rest house. If it is necessary, they would also give them some money to keep their basic living. What Americans rarely do is taking their parents home and take care of them personally. Form the contrary phenomenon, we can find that Chinese are more respect to their elders and Americans pay more attention on the value of independence.

Another example involves what people wear. Before the year of Reform and Open, people in China would not be willing to take on western suits not only because the country banned the import and manufactures of the garments but also the whole society resisted all western objects and values. But 30 years after the maintenance of policy made by the country's decision maker, no one will feel surprising when they see people wear all kinds of clothes include western suits and latest fashion of Paris in every streets in China. The change reveals the transform of the values of Chinese people from preservation to openness and tolerance.

When we observe what the people in North Korea wear we cannot help to think that they are still rejecting the outside world and the society is still backward looking. In fact, North Korea does keep in touch with few countries and the people there are more ossified.

Admittedly, if we are not able to conclude a society by scientific procedure we will fail to discover the real ideas and values there. For instance, if we get impression of a country only by television that always has their own tainted consideration we will get improper impression of another country's ideas. When I find a French graduate asks his Chinese classmate in one of the best university in France whether Chinese people use computer now I can imagine what the French mass media tells their people and what France people think about the ideas of Chinese people.

To sum up, only by scientific procedure can we unearth a society's values by observing the appearance and behavior of the people and interactive with them more effectively.

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The speaker contends that as people's attitudes and interests reflects on the way people look, dress, and act we can know more about the society's ideas and values by looking their appearance an behavior. Although the speaker may overlooks the scientific procedure of making a conclusion, on balance I agree with this contention.

To begin with, I think how people develop their values and ideas accounts for why the contention is deductive. After all, Values and ideas in the making are always formed by people's education from their parents with traditional ideas and the whole society's inherent values. When we are young, what our parents and teachers say and the way they deal with affairs influence us in large measure. Those values and idea become accepted when we grow up and direct our wearing and doings.

For example, how people in China and America treat the aged tell values of the two countries.  Chinese will live with their parents and look after them when they grow old because it is the tradition that passes off generation by generation. However, in handling the same things Americans will probably leave their parents alone or put them in rest house. If it is necessary, they would also give them some money to keep their basic living. What Americans rarely do is taking their parents home and take care of them personally. Form the contrary phenomenon, we can find that Chinese are more respect to their elders and Americans pay more attention on the value of independence.

Another example involves what people wear. Before the year of Reform and Open, people in China would not be willing to take on western suits not only because the country banned the import and manufactures of the garments but also the whole society resisted all western objects and values. But 30 years after the maintenance of policy made by the country's decision maker, no one will feel surprising when they see people wear all kinds of clothes include western suits and latest fashion of Paris in every streets in China. The change reveals the transform of the values of Chinese people from preservation to openness and tolerance.

When we observe what the people in North Korea wear we cannot help to think that they are still rejecting the outside world and the society is still backward looking. In fact, North Korea does keep in touch with few countries and the people there are more ossified.

Admittedly, if we are not able to conclude a society by scientific procedure we will fail to discover the real ideas and values there. For instance, if we get impression of a country only by television that always has their own tainted consideration we will get improper impression of another country's ideas. When I find a French graduate asks his Chinese classmate in one of the best university in France whether Chinese people use computer now I can imagine what the French mass media tells their people and what France people think about the ideas of Chinese people.

To sum up, only by scientific procedure can we unearth a society's values by observing the appearance and behavior of the people and interactive with them more effectively.

你的观点很新颖也很深刻，和我写得和看到的文章都不相同，
逻辑和论证上都挺好的，不过有些段落可以合并就会显得文章更加紧凑了。好文章！