issue208 高频严重超时痛苦万分急盼指点

zehuaUID: 199246

题目：The way people look adress and act reveal their attitudes and interests.You can tell much about a society's ideas and values by ovserving the appearance and behavior of the people.
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The speaker asserts that the way people look, dress and act reveals their attitudes and interests which can act as criteria for judging a society's ideas and values. In my opinion, this statement is partly true. Although sometimes we can tell much about a society's ideas and values by observing the appearance and behavior of its people, under certain circumstances this is not the case.

It might seem tempting to agree with the speaker on the basis that people's internal thoughts and values can be expressed through the external behavior and dresses. It is true that the way people choose their dresses can reflect their social status and their values. By judging from the uniform we can immediately distinguish a soldier from a policeman. A nobleman would typically wear refined dresses while a poor is most likely to put up austere clothes. Nowadays more and more youth choose eccentric clothing to identify themselves in a different group from adults wearing ordinary dresses. A nobleman will always act with gentleness while a churl will behave roughly. A middleclass man may be keen on playing violin, while a poor only cares about what he could eat at next meal. It is true that the way people look, dress and act can tell the ideas and values of a society.

However the foci would be too narrow if we overlook other factors affecting the way people look, dress and act. In other words, it is entirely possible that such way cannot reveal the ideas and values of a society under certain circumstances. The most compelling example is the widespread use of uniforms which make people look the same. How can you tell the ideas and values of a waitress from another, when they are wearing the same clothes, walking the same way and the same professional smile? Obviously people's ideas and values are hidden in such conditions. Another possibility is that people do not have the chance or freedom to choose their dresses and actions. In the 1950s Chinese mostly wear gray cotton clothing when there was simply no other colors to choose. In addition, anyone who tried to wear dresses with different colors would be treated as rebels. In such conditions everyone's ideas and values are covered. Therefore it is sometimes impossible to tell the ideas and values by observing people's look, dress and act.

Admittedly, such cases are very rare. Yet even if people are expressing their thoughts through dresses and actions, it is still likely that we fail to judge their ideas and values of a society. Judging people's thoughts from dresses and actions is a subjective process in which one must combine his observations with his own thoughts and values. It is entirely possible that one could fail to see the truth if he does not have acute eyes and a clever head. Moreover, one's background knowledge also plays a major role in this process. Finally, the results he obtained is probably a mixture of the true ideas and values of a society, along with his own knowledge. Therefore it is very difficult to know the real ideas and values of a society, which is purely objective.

In the final analysis, the speaker's statement is partly true. We are able to identify a society's ideas and values by observing the way people look, dress and act. However it is also likely that we fail under certain circumstances. Finally, even if people want to express their thoughts and feelings in this way, the observation is often mixed with the observer's own ideas and values.

zehuaUID: 199246

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zehuaUID: 199246

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ouymUID: 2109118

在论坛里逛了这么多天,我几乎觉得这是写的最好的一篇!
简单易懂!条理清晰!而且,第4段的观点很新颖,独到!
有些文章过分追求难词,反而俗了!

MALONSOUID: 194798

我觉得楼主第2段有点跑题了，例子中应该多强调一下整个社会的价值观，另外我觉得楼主这篇文章好像Argument哦，不知道ETS会不会喜欢。考虑到时间问题，建议将让步段放到后面，我不知有没有看懂，我觉得你这篇是大负小正的文章，这是我的issue208 给点意见。


Can we draw society's ideas and values by observing the appearance and behavior, such as look, dress, and act, etc, of its people? According to the speaker, the answer is positive. Admittedly, some factors will make the apearance and behavior less availabale to judge a society's ideas and value. Yet I generally agree the speaker's assertion, in that what we act and dress are largely determined by our inclinations, which can reveal the idea and values of a society.

To begin with, the trend of dressing style and appearance of a society can demonstrate its idea and values. It is nature that we would like to dress ourselves in the prevailing style of the society, which shows our belief, and prevents us from being regarded as eccentric or outdated. Therefore, it is not difficult for us to find numerous examples in history. For instance, in the early 20th century, Zhong Shan style coat is the most prevailing clothes for Chinese. Not only did such dress style reveal the respect to the admirable revolutionist Sun Zhong Shan, who toppled the Qing Dynasty, an autocratic regime, but also reflected the desire of Chinese--making China stronger, richer, and more democratic. Besides, let us turn to the time closer, during 1960s and 1970s, Western society witnessed a social movement which rebelled the tradition values and called for love, peace and personal liberty. Young people of that time were dressing in a Hippie style, with a long hair, blue jeans, and so forth. Thereby, from the appearance of its people, we are able to tell a society's ideas and values.

In addition, not only can the dressing style reflect the social ideas and values, but also behavior can serve this function. As human, each behavior or act is determined by our mind. Also, human is a social animal, our attitudes and interests, to some extent, reflect the social idea and values. For instance, the movement questing for the Civil Right in U.S revealed the values of equality and freedom. Also, its follower Anti-war movement, which finally played an important role to force the U.S government to retreat from Vietnam, reflected the common acknowledgement that the world needs peace and love. Apart from these, religion serves a good example to prove that the behavior can reflect a society's ideas and values. Hence, we can conclude much by observing the behavior of people, which can show a society's ideas and values.

Admittedly, I concede that there are other factors to determine the society's ideas and values, Only by the appearance and behavior may we make misinterpretation, especially in today's highly globalize world. In the large cities, there are hardly any differences between Hong Kong and New York, people there all ware the same style clothes, listen to pop musics, and watch Hollywood movies. However, we still can tell HK from NY by trivial behavioral differences. One need look no further than the dinner manners--In HK one will pay for all, while in NY, everyone pays their own bill, which reflects the difference in the philosophy of relationship between the western and eastern society.

To sum up, in some cases, only by the appearance and behavior may we make misinterpretation about the social ideas and values. However, I strongly agree that we can tell much about a society's ideas and values by observing the appearance and behavior of its people.

这是我的issue208 给点意见。

xiaowenzi118UID: 202887

我也觉得是这里写得最好的一篇了。正准备写呢，没想到撞到队长的大作呀。本来立场是赞同的，没想到这么多人写反对，可能是从反面写比较容易吧。