Speech---Culture Conflict
First,I want to share a piece of song <Chinese> of pop group S.H.E. I think it expressed the pride of being a Chinese,and the determination of spread Chinese and Chinese culture to all over the world,which is also the responsibility of me ,as a student of Teaching Chinese To Foreigners.I never thought there were something wrong in this song until last week.
One day I was on my micro blog,noticed that a famous host Dashan who came from Canada,can speak Chinese as well as natives,said in his blog,"one lyric of <Chinese>'Let the world listen to what we said carefully 'is stupid,shows the blind arrogance of Chinese". In the comments,the majority of netizens criticized his rudeness,thought it was wrong of him to make comment before understood this sentence totally.But I thought it was a little confusing,because in Chinese,you can understand this as "let the world obey what we said".but Dashan shoud have realized this is just a mistake made by lyricist.If he criticized all the Chinese is arrogant,he just made himself the target of public criticisim.
But when I closed my laptop,I still thought about this.This song isn't wrong, at the same time,I don't think Dashan is wrong.Who is wrong? Nobody.
What should I do when I meet this kind of culture conflict?
Different race,different color,different faith,this is the way how we get together in this world,not the reason for us to quarrel.Nowadays,culture conflict has led to a series of problems,from quarrel between netizens to war between 2 countries.Haven't we witness enough tragedies?Why can't we just take a step back and look at our culture and theirs objectively?We must realize the reason of culture conflict is always misunderstanding.Let the reason replace impulsion,let us realize the difference and appreciate other culture in a rational way.
[Please help me to correct the mistakes,and make it more idiomatic.Because I am going to take part in a English speech competition,the judge comes from Los Angeles]
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Speech---Culture Conflict
First, I want to comment on the song "Chinese" by the pop group S.H.E. I think it expresses the pride of being a Chinese, and the determination to spread Chinese language and culture all over the world; which is also my responsibility, as a student of Teaching Chinese To Foreigners. I never thought there was something wrong about this song until last week.
One day I was on my micro blog and read a comment by the famous host Dashan, who comes from Canada and can speak Chinese as well as natives. He said in his blog, "The lyrics 'Let the world listen to what we said carefully' are stupid, and show the blind arrogance of the Chinese". In the comments, the majority of netizens criticized his rudeness, thinking it wrong of him to comment before understanding this sentence totally. But I thought it was a little confusing, because in Chinese,you can understand this as "let the world obey what we said". Dashan shoud have realized this is just a mistake made by the lyricist. If he criticized all the Chinese as being arrogant, he just made himself the target of public criticisim.
But when I closed my laptop, I was still thinking about this.This song isn't wrong, but at the same time, I don't think Dashan is wrong either. Who is wrong? Nobody.
What should I do when I meet this kind of culture conflict?
Different races, different colors, different faiths: this is the way we are in this world, and they are not reasons for us to quarrel. Nowadays, culture conflict has led to many problems, from quarrels between netizens to wars between countries. Haven't we witnessed enough tragedy? Why can't we just take a step back and look at our culture and theirs objectively? We must realize the reason for culture conflicts is always misunderstanding. Let reason replace blind impulse. Let us realize the differences and appreciate other cultures in a rational way.
[Please help me to correct the mistakes,and make it more idiomatic.Because I am going to take part in a English speech competition: the judge comes from Los Angeles]
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Le Yunyi - congratulations on an excellent speech! It illustrates how easily it is to take umbrage when no offence or insult is intended. Semantic nuances can be easily misconstrued, even when we are very familiar with a language. Good luck in the competition. (I hope the judge from Los Angeles will "listen carefully to what you say"......)
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I have heared of their songs before: awesome! :D
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