求 英语演讲稿 中西方文化 300词

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1.Western students enjoy a seemingly relaxed educational experience.This,however,is not the case for students in Asia,who face crushing workloads and are often very disciplined.In the first part of her Globalist.
China has a long history of standardized tests,beginning with the ancient imperial exams initiated during the Sui Dynasty.Shelly Chen is at the top of the class at the Shanghai foreign language school,one of the city’s best middle schools.Already near fluent in English,she is studying German and ranks among the highest in her grade in physics.Her goal is to get a full scholarship to Harvard to study biochemistry.It is not only Western expatriates that grow anxious when hearing about students like Shelly.
Throughout England,politicians,parents and pundits worry that the industriousness and discipline of kids in the East are leaving relatively relaxed Westerners trailing behind.Though there is some debate surrounding the statistics,it is widely believed that North America is failing to produce sufficient graduates in sciences and engineering.
Chinese students are taught that all questions have but one right answer and there is little room for debate.North American education needs to move away from an emphasis on fun,flexibility and individual learning styles.Instead,it has to shift towards a more strict,disciplined teaching environment that math and science,in particular,seem to demand.This shift can be discerned even in Canada,where there are no college entrance exams,and where,standardized testing,memorization and rote learning have long been frowned upon.
2.Comparisons between Chinese and Western Culture
China dates its civilization back to five thousand years ago.Through these centuries,Chinese people have developed as a hard-working,brave,warm-hearted and neutral nationality.While most of the western people built up their countries several hundred years ago,they are characterized by liberty,opening,enterprising and risk-taking.Some detailed comparisons between Chinese culture and western one will be discussed as follows.
Wushu,known in the West as Kongfu,is a traditional folk sport.It's Chinese martial arts and is characteristic of various barehand and armed combat techniques.People practice it to build up body and protect themselves.Qigong and Taijiquan are also popular sports widely spread in China.On the other hand,the western are more interested in such sports as baseball,softball,tennis ball,golf,etc.Some need a team spirit,some need speed,and others need patience and luck.
Chinese opera,Beijing Opera for instance,is a comprehensive performing art.It combines music,singing,dialogues,acrobatics and martial arts.You must be fascinated by peculiar costumes,colored facial painting and excellent fighting scenes.The performers must spend many years practicing to guarantee the proficiency.However,the western opera doesn’t include much action and facial painting,most of the opera are music,singing,dialogues and the usual life performance,just telling the viewers what happen in a story.
Chinese traditional medicine is based on the theory of Yin (negative) and Yang (positive).If the balance in a person between Yin and Yang is disturbed,he is sure to become ill.Observing,listening and smelling,inquiring and palpating are four diagnostic methods.The medicine is mainly made from herbs,animals and minerals that are directly collected from nature.It must be boiled with water before the sick person takes it.On the contrary,the western doctors use high-tech equipment to diagnose the exact ill parts,prescript troches which can be directly swallowed with warm water,and maybe give an injection if necessary.
The celebration of Spring Festival,Chinese Lunar New Year,has a history of two thousand years.Before the day,people working in other places will go home for the reunion supper,"Tuanyuanfan".After the midnight,people set off firecrackers and fireworks,believing that they will drive away the evil spirit.During the holiday,people will visit their relatives and friends.Qingming,Dragon boat,Mid-Autumn festival are also Chinese popular festivals.On the other hand,in the West,Christmas Day is the most important festival.Before the day,they buy Christmas trees decorated with colored flash lamps,and spend the day with their family; the children will wait all night for Santa Claus to send them presents.Valentine's Day,Easter,April fool's Day,Thanks-giving Day are western popular festivals.