关于文化的英语作文.docx
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关于文化的英语作文
关于文化的英语作文
TheTraditionalCulture
Withtherapidlydevelopingofthesociety,culturehavechangedgreatly.Inthecity,noonecanescapefromthefastpace.Andasaresult,thetraditionalculturearebelievedbeinglost.However,whythetraditionalculturearebeinglost?
First,weeatthepopularizedfastfoodandenjoythepopularized"fastfood"culture.Sincewegetusedtosuchfastthingsthatmanytraditionalthingshavebeenignored.Second,wehavebroughtupmanyothercultures,thoseculturearemorepopularthanouroweculturefortheyoungpeople,theyinterestintheotherculturesbecausethoseculturesarenewthingsandtheyoungsarecuriousaboutnewthings.Andyoungpeoplestandforthefutureculture.Somanypeoplebelievethatthetraditionalculturewillgraduallybelost.
Tosometraditionalculturesthatareondecline,wehavetakenactivemeasurestoconservethem.Expertshaveeupwithproperadviceonprotectingsuchcultures.Manyvolunteershavededicatedthemselvestostudyingthem.Firstandforemost,moreandmorepeoplehavediscernedtheimportanceofthetraditionalculture.Therefore,wearesurethatoureffortswillleadtoabrilliantfuture.
Ifaculturewantstogainaneternallife,itshouldchangeitselftocatertothepeopleinitsage.Sodoesourtraditionalculture.Traditionalculturesadheringtomodernmeansappearrigorous.Forexample,wemakeCDsforclassicmusicsothatitcannotonlymeetmodernneedsbutalsospreadfurtherandmoresuessfullyinthemodernworld.Theappearanceoftraditionalculturechanges,buttheessencewillneverchangeandwillbewellaepted.
关于文化差异的英文作文
TheculturedifferencesbetweentheEastandWest.
Asweknow,therearesomanydifferencesbetweencultureoftheEastandWestthatIcannotlistalloftheirdifferentaspects.Iwillfocusonthedifferencesofdietcustomandteachingsystem.Foryourbetterunderstanding,IwillsetexamplesofChinaandAmerica.
ItisnodoubtthatitisatraditiontousechopsticksforChinese.ButpeopleinAmericaprefertoforksandknives.Thisdifferentresultisbasedondifferentfoodtheyarelike.Americanschoosetoeatbeefsteak,bread,andsalad,whileChinesepeoplechoosenoodles,pancakesandrice.Whatismore,thecustomofdrinkingteainChinaanddrinkingcoffeeinAmericaarestandoutparticularly.However,thereisatrendthatthefoodinbothcountrieshasbeenmixture.Forexample,thecoffeeandbreadhaveintroducedtoChina.ThefamousKFCisverypopularatchildren.ThegapofteachingsystembetweenChinaandAmericaisbig.Chinesestudentsalwaysplainabouttheirhomework.Toomuchhomeworkhaslimitedthetimetoexerciseandrelax.They
havetorecitemanythingsastogetahighmark.Homeworkesthefirsttothem.
Inmyopinion,thestudyinAmericaismoreinteresting.Teacherspayattentionstotrainingstudentsskillsinthinkinginrealasticlifenottoemphasisontheimportancesofmemories.Inaaddition,therateofgoingtoschool,thesalaryofteaching,andthejobofgruduatesarequitedifferent,too.IshouldsaythatChimagovernmentshouldmakegreateffortstoimproveitsteachingsyetem.Iamalsoexpecttobeoneday,theWestgivemorecheerstoourcountry.
关于古埃及文化的英文演讲
CultureofEgypt
TheCultureofEgypthasfivethousandyearsofrecordedhistory.AncientEgyptwasamongtheearliestcivilizations.Formillennia,EgyptmaintainedastrikinglyplexandstableculturethatinfluencedlaterculturesofEurope,theMiddleEastandAfrica.AfterthePharaonicera,EgyptitselfcameundertheinfluenceofHellenism,foratimeChristianity,andlater,ArabandIslamicculture.Today,manyaspectsofEgypt'sancientcultureexistininteractionwithnewerelements,includingtheinfluenceofmodernWesternculture,itselfwithrootsinAncientEgypt.
Language
TheAncientEgyptianlanguage,whichformedaseparatebranchamongthefamilyofAfro-Asiaticlanguages,wasamongthefirstwrittenlanguages,andisknownfromhieroglyphicinscriptionspreservedonmonumentsandsheetsofpapyrus.TheCopticlanguage,theonlyextantdescendantofEgyptian,istodaytheliturgicallanguageoftheCopticOrthodoxChurch.
The"Koiné"dialectoftheGreeklanguagewasimportantinHellenisticAlexandria,andwasusedinthephilosophyandscienceofthatculture,andwaslaterstudiedbyArabicscholars.
ArabiccametoEgyptintheseventhcenturyandEgyptianArabichassincebeethemodernspeechofthecountry.OfthemanyvarietiesofArabic,itisthemostwidelyspokenseconddialect,probablyduetotheinfluenceofEgyptiancinemathroughouttheArabic-speakingworld.
IntheUpperNileValley,aroundKomOmboandAswan,thereareabout300,000speakersofNubianlanguages,mainlyNobiin,butalsoKenuzi-Dongola.TheBerberlanguagesarerepresentedbySiwi,spokenbyabout5,000aroundtheSiwaOasis.ThereareoveramillionspeakersoftheDomarilanguage(anIndo-AryanlanguagerelatedtoRomany),mostlylivingnorthofCairo,andthereareabout60,000GreekspeakersinAlexandria.Approximately77,000speakersofBedawi(aBejalanguage)liveintheEasternDesert.
Literature
AncientEgyptianliteraturedatesbacktotheOldKingdom,inthethirdmillenniumBC.Religiousliteratureisbestknownforitshymnstovariousgodsanditsmortuarytexts.TheoldestextantEgyptianliteraturearethePyramidTexts:
themythologyandritualscarvedaroundthetombsofrulers.Thelater,secularliteratureofancientEgyptincludesthe'wisdomtexts',formsofphilosophicalinstruction.TheInstructionofPtahhotep,forexample,isacollationofmoralproverbsbyanEgyptianadministrator.TheauthorsoftheliteratureoftheOldandMiddleKingdoms(throughtothemiddleofthesecondmillenniumBC)seemtohavebeendrawnfromaneliteadministrativeclass,andwerecelebratedandreveredintotheNewKingdom(totheendofthesecondmillennium).Intime,thePyramidTextsbecameCoffinTexts(perhapsaftertheendoftheOldKingdom),andfinallythemortuaryliteratureproduceditsmasterpiece,theBookoftheDead,duringtheNewKingdom.
TheMiddleKingdomwasthegoldenageofEgyptianliterature.SomenotabletextsincludetheTaleofNeferty,theInstructionsofAmenemhatI,theTaleofSinuhe,theStoryoftheShipwreckedSailorandtheStoryoftheEloquentPeasant.InstructionsbecameapopularliterarygeeoftheNewKingdom,takingtheformofadviceonproperbehavior.TheStoryofWenamunandtheInstructionsofAniarewell-knownexamplesfromthisperiod.
DuringtheGreco-Romanperiod(332BC?
AD639),Egyptianliteraturewastranslatedintootherlanguages,andGreco-Romanliteraturefusedwithnativeartintoanewstyleofwriting.FromthisperiodestheRosettaStone,whichbecamethekeytounlockingthemysteriesofEgyptianwritingtomodernscholarship.ThegreatcityofAlexandriaboasteditsfamousLibraryofalmosthalfamillionhandwrittenbooksduringthethirdcenturyBC.Alexandria'scentreoflearningalsoproducedtheGreektranslationoftheHebrewBible,theSeptuagint.DuringthefirstfewcenturiesoftheChristianera,EgyptwastheultimatesourceofagreatdealofasceticliteratureintheCopticlanguage.EgyptianmonasteriestranslatedmanyGreekandSyriacworks,whicharenowonlyextantinCoptic.UnderIslam,Egyptcontinuedtobeagreatsourceofliteraryendeavour,nowintheArabiclanguage.In970,al-AzharUniversitywasfoundedinCairo,whichtothisdayremainsthemostimportantcentreofSunniIslamiclearning.Inthe12thcenturyEgypt,theJewishtalmudicscholarMaimonidesproducedhismostimportantwork.
Egypt'svastandrichliteratureconstitutesanimportantculturalelementinthelifeofthecountryandintheMiddleEastasawhole.EgyptiannovelistsandpoetswereamongthefirsttoexperimentwithmodernstylesofArabicliterature,andtheformstheydevelopedhavebeenwidelyimitated.ThefirstmodernEgyptiannovelZaynabbyMuhammadHusaynHaykalwaspublishedin1913intheEgyptianvernacular.EgyptiannovelistNaguibMahfouzwasthefirstArabic-languagewritertowintheNobelPrizeinLiterature.ManyEgyptianbooksandfilmsareavailablethroughouttheMiddleEast.OtherprominentEgyptianwritersincludeNawalElSaadawi,wellknownforherfeministworksandactivism,andAlifaRifaatwhoalsowritesaboutwomenandtradition.VernacularpoetryisperhapsthemostpopularliterarygeeamongstEgyptians,representedmostsignificantlybyAhmedFuadNigm(Fagumi)andAbdelRahmanel-Abnudi.
Religion
AncientEgyptianreligionwasapolytheisticsystemthatsawtheworldasinconflictbetweenforcesoforderandchaos.ThePharaoh,representativeoforderonEarth,wasseenasdivineanddescendedofthefalcongodHorus.TherewasastrongcultofresurrectioninthenextlifecenteredaroundthegodOsiris.
CopticChristianitybecamepopularintheRomanandByzantineperiods,andEgyptwasindeedoneofthestrongestearlyChristianmunities.Today,Christiansconstituteabout10%ofthepopulation.
IslaminEgyptcametothecountrywiththesuessorsofMohammed,andistodaythedominantfaithwith90%ofthepopulationadherents,almostalloftheSunnidenomination.
Visualart
Egyptianartinantiquity
TheEgyptianswereoneofthefirstmajorcivilizationstocodifydesignelementsinart.ThewallpaintingsdoneintheserviceofthePharaohsfollowedarigidcodeofvisualrulesandmeanings.EarlyEgyptianartischaracterizedbyabsenceoflinearperspective,whichresultsinaseeminglyflatspace.Theseartiststendedtocreateimagesbasedonwhattheyknew,andnotasmuchonwhattheysee.Objectsintheseartworksgenerallydonotdecreaseinsi
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