专业英语八级写作-3及答案解析.doc

1、专业英语八级写作-3及答案解析 (总分：100.00，做题时间：90分钟)一、WRITING(总题数：1，分数：100.00)1.Directions: Tradition and modernization are incompatible. One must choose between them. To what degree do you agree with this statement? Write an essay of about 400 words.In the first part of your essay you should state clearly your ma

2、in argument, and in the second part you should support your argument with appropriate details. In the last part you should bring what you have written to a natural conclusion or make a summary.You should supply an appropriate title for your essay.Marks will be awarded for content, organization, gram

3、mar and appropriateness. Failure to follow the above instructions may result in a loss of marks.（分数：100.00）_专业英语八级写作-3答案解析 (总分：100.00，做题时间：90分钟)一、WRITING(总题数：1，分数：100.00)1.Directions: Tradition and modernization are incompatible. One must choose between them. To what degree do you agree with this st

4、atement? Write an essay of about 400 words.In the first part of your essay you should state clearly your main argument, and in the second part you should support your argument with appropriate details. In the last part you should bring what you have written to a natural conclusion or make a summary.

5、You should supply an appropriate title for your essay.Marks will be awarded for content, organization, grammar and appropriateness. Failure to follow the above instructions may result in a loss of marks.（分数：100.00）_正确答案：(参考范文 Tradition and Modernization can Be CompatibleThere is much debate over whe

6、ther tradition and modernization are compatible. Some people maintain that they necessarily conflict with each other, while others argue that it is possible to combine tradition and modernization in our pursuit of development. As far as I am concerned, these two forces undermine each other at times,

7、 but they can also compliment each other, if handled properly.Most people take it for granted that modernization and tradition are contradictory, which is true in a sense. Modernization, a popular yet a vague term, is generally understood as Westernization, which means individualist, rights-based de

8、mocracy, capitalism, and technological imperatives. Meanwhile, tradition comprises the whole complex of distinctive spiritual, material, intellectual and emotional features that characterize a specific society or a social group. It includes not only the arts and letters, but also modes of life, the

9、value systems and beliefs of the indigenous people. In this sense, it is only natural that modernization, as a foreign culture forced upon non-Western cultures, tends to cause damage to the tradition and arouse confrontation from the native people involved in this destructive and painful process. Wh

10、ere modernization marches on, we often see traditional customs disappearing, traditional value systems collapsing, traditional craftsmanship withering, and traditional ways of life disintegrating. As a result, modernization has not brought about prosperity and happiness at it promises to traditional

11、 societies. On the contrary, we are alarmed at the deterioration of the cities and disintegration of society-overcrowding; slum formation; breakdown of culture, community, and family; isolation of social and age groups, etc. -as well as the environmental destruction-water and air pollution; noise; d

12、estruction of wildlife, vegetation and land, etc.However, if we understand modernization as sustainable development, we must believe in the necessity and possibility of synthesizing modernization and tradition. Development can only flourish where it is rooted in the culture and the tradition of each

13、 country, since it is an all-encompassing process linked to each societys own values and calling for an active participation of individuals and groups who are both the authors and the beneficiaries of it. The success of Japan and the South-East Asian dragons, is a case in point. While espousing the

14、free enterprise system of the western development model, these traditional societies dosed it with more than a little government control, a form of paternalism alien to the West but totally in keeping with their own traditions. In the same vein, China is confidently pushing forward its development b

15、y synthesizing modernization and tradition.To conclude, it seems unavoidable that some traditional cultural elements will be lost in the process of modernization. Yet any external experience, technique or model cannot be successfully integrated by mere adopting or reproduction; it needs to be reinte

16、rpreted or reinvented in such a way that it can be absorbed through the filter of the societys cultural identity and value system. In other words, any traditional society, if it aims at sustainable development, should endeavor to maintain a mutually enriching relationship between the external modernization and the internal tradition.)解析：