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发表于 2009-12-7 14:10:36
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The extended family becomes less important in modern society than the past.
The extended family becomes less important in modern society than the past. Disagree: 1. 工作压力大,人们更加希望从亲人那里得到支持。中国的传统春节,一直是关注的焦点,因为大家还是非常重视亲情和大家庭。如果只是为了3口到4口之家,完全没有必要到处跑。 2. 亲情是没有条件的,友情有时候需要交换。比如说,当你搬家的时候,你的一个表哥知道你现在囊中羞涩,所以他送了一张床给你。你不需要很快回报他,因为你们之间互相信任。而如果另外一种情况下,你的一个普通朋友送了一张床给你,他会希望你很快就有等值的东西甚至就是金钱回报他。因为,你们关系是朋友。当我上大学的时候,我有一个cousin来看我,给了我一千元钱作为零花,我非常的感激。每年过年的时候我都希望到她家去看看她。我们的extended family并没有减少重要性,相反,因为我们的姐妹减少了。表姐妹之间的感情反而更加加深了。 3. 最后,很多在海外工作或学习的人,都特别惦记家人,他们甚至一完成学业就回国,很大一部分原因是因为他们的祖籍在中国的某个地方。家谱上有他们的名字,他们很重视extended family。 Because they origin from somewhere in China. Have their names on the family tree
With the development of the modern society, the life’s pace becomes increasingly fast, the extended family numbers have less communications than before. Therefore there is a saying that someone argues “the extended family is less important than before. To some extent,It is reasonable. The extended family numbers have no leisure time to keep touch with each other at ordinary times; on the contrary, they can only get together in holidays like the Christmas day; what’ worse, for the young couples, they only put efforts to their own enterprises and enjoy themselves, however, they don’t choose to have a child. For the olds, when the children grow up living for their own business, they can only stay and live with their spouses. For all these appearances(phenomenon), It seems that the individuals become more independent, but I know they are lonely. Many people do not live with their relations. Actually, they may have more spare time they can spend by themselves and do not need to take account into others. In their own apartments, they can do everything if they like. But in the other side, sometimes they may feel lonely. You can image a situation that in a small family they have no brothers and sisters, the one can only face the time whatever it good or hard by himself until they get married. They can only talk with their spouses, So in the normal time, many people would prefer surfing on net or even watching boring TV programs by themselves to talking with a friend . The relations would never desert you and be helpful in time of adversity . The small family may be more flexible than the large, but it isn’t wonderful. It couldn’t be stable when it faces disasters like the illness, the fire and other misfortunes. Furthermore, the tends the society develops towards are interdependent and in needs the individuals to make cooperation. In this sense the extended family numbers are the best choice. Many famous enterprises were built and managed by large families, such as Rockefeller family, Morgan family and so on. I think an important reason is the numbers in an extended family know and belief each other better than others. The relations may settle down in different regions, and with the quick pacing modern life,they can’t get together easily. But the extended family is still important, and they may keep touched by modern instruments like telephone, internet and so on. All in all. Counting all the above points, I could make a conclusion that the extended family is still important |
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