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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