Warming Up 白合 Further discussion 1.Chinese culture relics begin to leave China just as quickly as the western world arrives.What do you think of this statement? 2.Do you think it's possible to ignore influences from the rest of the world? 3.How can you conserve a culture and its traditions if it's under threat from global influences? END
Warming Up Further discussion 1. Chinese culture relics begin to leave China just as quickly as the western world arrives. What do you think of this statement? 2. Do you think it’s possible to ignore influences from the rest of the world? 3. How can you conserve a culture and its traditions if it’s under threat from global influences?
Text 分 Chinese or Western,it's a time to relax
Text Chinese or Western, it’s a time to relax
Text 宁合 Chinese or Western,it's a time to relax 月 1 It's that time of the year when the world seems to be caught in a trance-the trance of end-of-year celebrations.End-of-year,I said. 2 The problem seems to be exactly that.Why should we in China refer to the week between December 24 and 31 as the end of the year when ours(according to the lunar calendar)is at least a month away? Translation
Chinese or Western, it’s a time to relax 1 It’s that time of the year when the world seems to be caught in a trance – the trance of end-of-year celebrations. End-of-year, I said. 2 The problem seems to be exactly that. Why should we in China refer to the week between December 24 and 31 as the end of the year when ours (according to the lunar calendar) is at least a month away? Text
Text 月 3 We do so apparently because Christmas and New Year have become global festivals,not because they (especially Christmas)are essentially Western in nature and spirit,but because we can relax during those few days. 4 Nevertheless,some scholars and students have expressed concern over the increasing influence of Christmas on oriental,particularly Chinese,culture.Their fears may be justified to a certain extent.In fact,we Chinese do seem to attach a lot more time and attention to Christmas today than we did even a couple of decades ago. Translation
3 We do so apparently because Christmas and New Year have become global festivals, not because they (especially Christmas) are essentially Western in nature and spirit, but because we can relax during those few days. 4 Nevertheless, some scholars and students have expressed concern over the increasing influence of Christmas on oriental, particularly Chinese, culture. Their fears may be justified to a certain extent. In fact, we Chinese do seem to attach a lot more time and attention to Christmas today than we did even a couple of decades ago. Text
Text 5 For good or bad,the world has possibly undergone more changes in the past two decades than it did in the past two centuries.We have used more resources,burnt more fuel,caused more pollution and killed off more animals and plants as we have come closer to each other to form a truly global village.Television,we thought,was the last uniting factor till we got a feel for the Internet. Translation
5 For good or bad, the world has possibly undergone more changesin the past two decades than it did in the past two centuries. We have used more resources, burnt more fuel, caused more pollution and killed off more animals and plants as we have come closer to each other to form a truly global village. Television, we thought, was the last uniting factortill we got a feel for the Internet. Text