疯狂英语易背作文 18.My Views on Tradition

Many people especially the aged¹ hold the idea that we should stick to the traditons of our country. Otherwise they think we will lose our distinctive² Chinese character. In their eys, we should be pround of the great traditions left by our ancesters, we should maintain these old traditions in order to differentiate³ ourselves from other nations, but many others are strongly oppose to it. They argue that we should not be confine to our own traditions. As to some traditions, they are clearly obstacles to the development of our society. We should certainly not hesitate to give them up.

While on the other hand, tradition may be improved through the international communications.

We should perhaps not be obsessed⁴ with our own traditions. On the contrary, we should brave enough to take in all the valuable traditions that comes from different nations. Only in this way, can our society be run properly and only in this way, can we improve on our traditons.

1 aged   

adj.年老的，陈年的

参考例句：

• He had put on weight and aged a little.他胖了，也老点了。
• He is aged,but his memory is still good.他已年老，然而记忆力还好。

2 distinctive   

adj.特别的，有特色的，与众不同的

参考例句：

• She has a very distinctive way of walking.她走路的样子与别人很不相同。
• This bird has several distinctive features.这个鸟具有几种突出的特征。

3 differentiate   

vi.(between)区分；vt.区别；使不同

参考例句：

• You can differentiate between the houses by the shape of their chimneys.你可以凭借烟囱形状的不同来区分这两幢房子。
• He never learned to differentiate between good and evil.他从未学会分辨善恶。

4 obsessed   

adj.心神不宁的,鬼迷心窍的,沉迷的

参考例句：

• He's obsessed by computers. 他迷上了电脑。
• The fear of death obsessed him throughout his old life. 他晚年一直受着死亡恐惧的困扰。