问答题 2.  Nowadays, more and more young people tend to celebrate western traditional festivals, such as Valentine's Day, Christmas. Are Western festivals undermining Chinese culture? The following are the supporters' and opponents' opinions. Read carefully the opinions from both sides and write your response in about 200 words, in which you should first summarize briefly the opinions from both sides and give your view on the issue.
YES NO
As Western festivals become increasingly
popular among young people, they tend to
get confused between Western festivals and
traditional Chinese festivals for lack of the
recognition of their own cultural identity. For
example, a pupil once absurdly mistook the
statue of Confucius as Santa Clans.

With foreign media infiltrating into people's
daily life through various social networks,
western cultures are even accepted as the
dominant moral values by some young people. 		Indeed, there are an increasing number of people going
for Western festivals. But that doesn't mean every one
of them has a thorough understanding of the cultural
backgrounds behind these festivals. While for Chinese
people who are deep rooted in Chinese culture, they
know very much about the origins of traditional Chinese
festivals.

Recent years have witnessed more and more regulations
and laws to protect the Chinese traditional festivals, for
example, Tomb-sweeping Day and Mid-autumn Day have
been legalized as national holidays.
【正确答案】[范文]
   
Will Western Festivals Undermine Chinese Culture?

   In recent years, an increasing number of young people have been fascinated to celebrate western festivals, such as Valentine's Day and Christmas. Some people are worrying that Chinese culture might be undermined by western festivals for lack of their own cultural identity. And the increasingly important role western festivals play in Chinese people's daily life also threatens traditional Chinese festivals. While some believe it won't happen because Chinese people have a better understanding about their own culture than they know about western culture and national awareness has also been enhanced to protect traditional Chinese culture.
   First, young people like to celebrate western festivals just because these festivals are fresh and interesting to them. Once they get used to them, they will lose interest in them. While the traditional Chinese festivals will be celebrated no matter whether people are interested or not, because they belong to our own culture. Second, our country has set these traditional Chinese festivals as legal holidays so that people can have several days off from their work. People, especially young ones, like to have holidays on which they don't need to go to school or work. Therefore, they will be counting the days when a traditional Chinese festival is coming and planning how to celebrate the festival.
   In one word, western festivals will not undermine Chinese culture, but just add some fun into our daily lives.
【答案解析】 考生在下笔之前应先审题，明确写作要求：针对“越来越多的人热衷于过西方节日”这一热点，探讨西方节日是否会削弱中国传统文化的地位。首先考生应总结正反方观点，然后给出考生个人观点。文章结构可安排如下：
   第一段：简要概括正反方观点，并表明自己的观点：西方节日不会削弱中国传统文化的地位。
   第二段：陈述原因：中国的传统节日属于中国人自己的文化，无论这些节日有趣与否，人们又是否对这些节日感兴趣，国人还是会庆祝这些节日；由于越来越多的中国传统节日被列为国家法定节假日，人们会对这些节日充满了期待。
   第三段：重申观点——西方节日不会削弱中国传统文化的地位。相反，它会给我们的日常生活带来欢乐。