Patrick寫的8/20 A類范文

來(lái)源：環(huán)球教育網(wǎng) www.ielts.com.cn 2005-9-16

Dear All:

    Cultural anthropology曾是我中學(xué)時(shí)的最愛(ài),愛(ài)讀Margaret Mead和Ruth Benedict，也曾想過(guò)本科象Yo Yo Ma那樣去Harvard讀人類學(xué),最終因?yàn)榕庐厴I(yè)找不到工作而放棄了。八月份真的hit the jackpot,每道題都是我一度很感興趣的話題,無(wú)論8/6號(hào)的環(huán)保,8/13號(hào)的認(rèn)知心理學(xué)還是8/20號(hào)的文化人類學(xué)......像往常一樣為學(xué)生寫了范文,也像往常一樣貼在網(wǎng)上。

    8/20 essay question：
    Some people think that people who move to new countries should accept the new culture as their own,rather than live in separate minority groups and in different lifestyles.Do you agree or disagree?

    點(diǎn)題: 典型的argumentation，采用折衷式觀點(diǎn)（既要接受主流文化，又要保持自身文化特性）會(huì)更好寫一些,而且讓文章更具思辯性

    高分關(guān)鍵詞:acculturation (noun)集體層面上的文化適應(yīng) transculturation個(gè)人層面上的文化適應(yīng) cultural diversity文化多元化 national unity and cohesion 國(guó)家的凝聚力 disintegration (noun) 瓦解 be culturally assimilated into(移民)成為其目的國(guó)文化的有機(jī)部分

    Successive immigration waves in preceding centuries have rendered numerous countries multi-racial.Over the process,the issue of massive acculturation had been cast into sharp relief.Hence the intense controversy over immigrants' attitudes toward the recipient culture.Some contend that immigrants should not just cloister themselves in separate minority groups,but accept the culture of their host countries as their own.Personlly, I think this view has both merit and demerit.

    On the one hand,it is manifest that adjusting themselves to the local culture and mores is vital to the survival,self-sufficiency and success of the internationally-relocated.First and foremost,ready availability of the very kinds of food,shelter,clothing and tranportation that they were once so used to in their home countries is largely non-existent in their immigration destinations.Their dietary,dressing,dwelling and transportational preferences must be substantially altered to fit into new material environments.Secondly,it is highly improbable that a new immigrant's academic excellence or occupational prowess can get recognized fully if his/her conduct and values are deemed "foreign" by his/her     teachers,classmates or supervisors and colleagues.Behavioral, linguistic,and conceptual adaptation to the mainstream culture of the host country ensures that he/she can grow and prosper academically or professionally.In addition,immigrants' acculturation is key to the national unity and cohesion of their host countries.History has proven repeatedly that multi-racial countries consisting of ethno-centric groups clinging indiscriminately and insensibly to their own values and convictions could rarely avert the fate of disintegration 

    Yet on the other hand,there can exist disadvantages or perils if immigrants desert their own cultural identities altogether.In the first place,they would suffer severe identity crises if they abandon their own cultural characteristics,which help them validate and
re-affirm themselves.And the dreadful sense of rootlessness,insecurity and     disorientation ,in turn,produces frustration about the transculturation     process,depression or the undesired eventual return to one's home country.In the second place,the voluntary abandonment of their native cultures erodes their affinity for their countries of origin.When attachment to the culture of their home countries is gone,their motherland would be little more than just a geographical proper name to them.Lastly, multi-ethnicity can serve to enrich a nation's culture immensely and total rejection of immigrants' native cultures only undermines the inherent cultural diversity of multi-ethnic nations.Consider the quintessential immigration country --the US,which is often dubbed "tossed salad"for its marvelous cultural heterogeneity.What if Jewish Americans ceased to commemorate hanukkah,Italian American restauranteurs removed pastas from their menus and Irish Americans were indifferent to the observance of Saint Patrick's Day?

    To conclude,I concede that it is in the best interests of the immigrants to get culturally assimilated into their host country.However,it would be a shame if they just turn their backs on their ancestral cultures.Thus，on balance,immigrants ought to make every effort to acclimatize themselves to their host culture;but nevertheless,they should also love,honor and cherish their own cultural backgrounds,which in large part characterize themselves