Issue207 文化类，交同主题作业。

bridgewalkerUID: 208595

Issue207  第11篇 这篇的确不是太好写！
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作者：Bridgewalker     共用时间：65分     540 words
2005年7月28日
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Rituals and ceremonies help define a culture. Without them, societies or groups of people have a diminished sense of who they are.
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Position: I agree with the speaker to the extent/degree that ritual and ceremony can be helpful in cultural defining. Yet, it is too bold to assert that societies or social groups would diminish their sense of selfness. In fact, when it comes to defining cultural identity, ritual and ceremoney are far from being the only means, or even the greatest.

B1: I agree with the speaker insofar as R&C are helpful in preserving cultural identity.

B2: Nor are R&C the only means to retain cultural identity.

B3: The most powerful force in defining cultural identity is the history of certain societies or groups.

Conclusion: In order to strength the self identity, education, especially the formal system, should be applied to fulfill/carry out this task.

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The speaker asserts that rituals and ceremonies are necessary for societies or social groups to preserve their cultural identities. I agree with the speaker to the extent that ritual and ceremony are helpful in self defining in cultures. Yet, it is too bold to assert that sense of selfness will be diminished in the absence of ritual and ceremony. In fact, when it comes to defining cultural identity, ritual and ceremony are far from being the only means, or even the greatest.

To begin with, I agree with the speaker insofar as ritual and ceremony are helpful in representing cultural identity. Ritual and ceremony are formalized behaviors and rules set for special occasions. Assisted by them, we can easily distinguish different cultures and groups. In other words, they are obvious indicators of different cultures, and can remind people which groups/cultures they belong to. Take marriage ceremony for instance, when seeing a bride holds the arm with the groom walking peacefully and sacredly down through the passage/aisle in a holy church with the choir singing ritual songs, we could immediately identify it as Christians' observance for wedding celebration. In this process, the young couple regard themselves as Christians, and this self-sense is strengthened by the ceremony simultaneously. In a word, ritual and ceremony is useful in cultural identity definition.

However, nor are ritual and ceremony the only means for retaining cultural identifications. There are many other ways in daily life that perform as cultural definers, such as languages, food habits and dresses, etc. People who can speak Chinese fluently and write chinese characters are most likely brought up in Chinese culture. Similarly, we can also identify chinese people through their cooking style and use of chopsticks while eating. Furthermore, people from traditional Islamic world can be recognized effortlessly by their special costumes only at a glance.

Moreover, it is history that plays the dominant role in defining cultural identity. Philosophically speaking, it is the past that defines us today. Only the past can tell us who we are and where we are from, in which lie the essence of self definition. History, whether handed down by storytellers from one generation to another in primitive cultures or taught by teachers in classrooms in industrialized societies, acts as the fundamental material to form and reinforce the concept of selfness. It is history represented by stories, books, relics, monuments, sites, memorials, etc. that reminds us who we are. Societies and groups of people who do not cherish their own histories will truly be diminished of their sense of self identification. Thus, it is recognition of history’s importance that leads most countries to let their young children know their nations’ past whether glorious or not. In some extreme cases, took the current Japanese government for example, they rewrite the history of World War Two in textbooks in order to emphasize their identity of Yamato and the spirit of traditional Shinto religion.

In sum, ritual and ceremony are helpful and necessary in defining cultural identification. However, there are many other ways in our everyday life, say, languages, dresses and dietary habits, etc. to fulfill this task. Most importantly, it is the history that defines our sense of selfness, without which our cultural identities will truly be diminished.

[ Last edited by bridgewalker on 2005-7-31 at 18:56 ]

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Position: I agree with the speaker to the extent/degree that ritual and ceremony can be helpful in cultural defining. Yet, it is too bold to assert that societies or social groups would diminish their sense of selfness. In fact, when it comes to defining cultural identity, ritual and ceremoney are far from being the only means, or even the greatest.

B1: I agree with the speaker insofar as R&C are helpful in preserving cultural identity.

B2: Nor are R&C the only means to retain cultural identity.

B3: The most powerful force in defining cultural identity is the history of certain societies or groups.

Conclusion: In order to strength the self identity, education, especially the formal system, should be applied to fulfill/carry out this task.

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The speaker asserts that rituals and ceremonies are necessary for societies or social groups to preserve their cultural identities. I agree with the speaker to the extent that ritual and ceremony are helpful in self defining in cultures. Yet, it is too bold to assert that sense of selfness（自我认知好象不是这样写的self-identity）will be diminished in the absence of ritual and ceremony. In fact, when it comes to defining（define） cultural identity, ritual and ceremony are far from being the only means, or even the greatest.

To begin with, I agree with the speaker insofar as ritual and ceremony are helpful in representing cultural identity. Ritual and ceremony are formalized behaviors and rules set for special occasions. Assisted by them, we can easily distinguish(+between) different cultures and groups. In other words, they are obvious indicators of different cultures, and can remind people which groups/cultures they belong to. Take marriage ceremony for instance, when seeing a bride holds the arm with the groom walking peacefully and sacredly down through the passage/aisle in a holy church with the choir singing ritual songs, we could immediately identify it as Christians' observance for wedding celebration. In this process, the young couple regard themselves as Christians, and this self-sense is strengthened by the ceremony simultaneously. In a word, ritual and ceremony is useful in cultural identity definition.(宗教=？文化，是基督教徒就是一种文化上的认同？)

However, nor （不能在无neither 下用吧）are ritual and ceremony the only means for retaining cultural identifications. There are many other ways in daily life that perform as cultural definers, such as languages, food habits and dresses, etc. People who can speak Chinese fluently and write chinese characters are most likely brought up in Chinese culture. Similarly, we can also identify chinese people through their cooking style and use of chopsticks while eating. Furthermore, people from traditional Islamic world can be recognized effortlessly by their special costumes only at a glance.（我有个疑问，到底自我定义是什么，没有给出一个肯定的定义，是一种属于一个集体的感觉，一种文化的沉淀，需要明确以下）

Moreover, it is history that plays the dominant role in defining cultural identity. Philosophically speaking, it is the past that defines us today. Only the past can tell us who we are and where we are from, in which lie the essence of self definition. History, whether handed down by storytellers from one generation to another in primitive cultures or taught by teachers in classrooms in industrialized societies, acts as the fundamental material to form and reinforce the concept of selfness. It is history represented by stories, books, relics, monuments, sites, memorials, etc. that reminds us who we are. Societies and groups of people who do not cherish their own histories will truly be diminished of their sense of self identification. Thus, it is recognition of history’s importance that leads most countries to let their young children know their nations’ past whether glorious or not. In some extreme cases, took the current Japanese government for example, they rewrite the history of World War Two in textbooks in order to emphasize their identity of Yamato and the spirit of traditional Shinto religion.

In sum, ritual and ceremony are helpful and necessary in defining cultural identification. However, there are many other ways in our everyday life, say, languages, dresses and dietary habits, etc. to fulfill this task. Most importantly, it is the history that defines our sense of selfness, without which our cultural identities will truly be diminished.

写得很不错，思路和例子都是，摸版感很强，不知好还是不好，光从第一句主题句，区分不了你与别人的文章，但词语用的很灵活。
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bridgewalkerUID: 208595

没有限时写啊！而且该过！