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1、ShouldWeCelebratetheWesternFestivals？其一Nowadays，WesternfestivalssuchasChristmasandValentine'sDayaregainingincreasingpopularityinChina,especiallyamongcollegestudents.Butwhetherweshouldcelebratethesefestivalshasbecomeasubjectofheateddiscussion.SomebelievecelebratingWes
2、ternfestivalsisasignofglobalization.TheyarguethatChinaneedstotakeinvariousforeignculturessoastoblendintothemodernworld.AndcelebratingWesternfestivalsisagoodopportunityfortheChinesetoknow moreaboutothercultures.However,othersbelievethattheWesternfestivalsthreatenakind
3、ofculturalaggression.Therefore,weshoulddrivethemoutlesttheyshouldundermineourtraditionalculture.Inmyopinion,ascollegestudents,weshouldpreservethetraditionalChinesecultureaswellasstayopentoWesternones.Therefore,whilelaying emphasisonChinesefestivals,wecouldalsoabsorbf
4、oreignelements. 其二WhetherweChineseshouldcelebratethewesternfestivalsornothasbeenasubjectofheateddiscussionandargumentamongpeopleofallranksrecentyears.Somesaythatit’simproperforthewesternfestivalstobecelebratedinChinabecausesuchafestivalasChristmaspossessesstrongrelig
5、ioussenseandcolors.TheyaredeeplyconvincedthatontheonehandthepopularityofthewesternfestivalsinChinaistheresultoftheforeignculturalinvasionandtheinfiltration1oftheforeign“softforce”.Ontheotherhand,moreandmoreChinesepeople,especiallyyoungpeople,havelosttheirinterestinou
6、rtraditionalChinesefestivalslikeMid-autumnFestival,Dragon-boatFestival,Tomb-sweepingDay,DoubleNinthFestivaletc.,showingclearlythatsomecountrymenhavelosttheirself-confidenceinournationalcultureandcustoms.Attheadventofthewesternfestivals,suchasChristmas,Valentine’sDay,
7、Mother’sDayandsoforth,afestiveairscarcelyseenbeforeappearsacrossthecountry,attractingthousandsuponthousandsofChinesepeople.Ingeneral,theChineseyoungmenalmostdon’tknowtheprofoundimplicationsofourtraditionalChinesefestivals,insteadtheyarefamiliarwiththewesternfestivals
8、andgoafterthemlikeaflockofducks,whichhasbroughtaboutaseriousshocktotheChinesetraditionalcultureandthesenseofthecommunity.Ifthesitua
