首页
登录
职称英语
Aimlessness has hardly been typical of the postwar Japan whose productivity a
Aimlessness has hardly been typical of the postwar Japan whose productivity a
游客
2023-12-08
8
管理
问题
Aimlessness has hardly been typical of the postwar Japan whose productivity and social harmony are the envy of the United States and Europe. But increasingly the Japanese are seeing a decline of the traditional work-moral values. Ten years ago young people were hardworking and saw their jobs as their primary reason for being, but now Japan has largely fulfilled its economic needs, and young people don’t know where they should go next.
The coming of age of the postwar baby boom and an entry of women into the male-dominated job market have limited the opportunities of teenagers who are already questioning the heavy personal sacrifices involved in climbing Japan’s rigid social ladder to good schools and jobs. In a recent survey, it was found that only 24.5 percent of Japanese students were fully satisfied with school life, compared with 67.2 percent of students in the United States. In addition, far more Japanese workers expressed dissatisfaction with their jobs than did their counterparts in the 10 other countries surveyed.
While often praised by foreigners for its emphasis on the basics, Japanese education tends to stress test taking and mechanical learning over creativity and self-expression. "Those things that do not show up in the test scores such as personality, ability, courage or humanity are completely ignored," says Toshiki Kaifu, chairman of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party’s education committee, "Frustration against this kind of thing leads kids to drop out and run wild." Last year Japan experienced 2,125 incidents of school violence, including 929 assaults on teachers. Amid the outcry, many conservative leaders are seeking a return to the prewar emphasis on moral education. Last year Mitsuo Setoyama, who was then education minister, raised eyebrows when he argued that liberal reforms introduced by the American occupation authorities after World War Ⅱ had weakened the "Japanese morality of respect for parents."
But that may have more to do with Japanese life styles. "In Japan", says educator Yoko Muro, "it’s never a question of whether you enjoy your job and your life, but only how much you can endure." With economic growth has come centralization, fully 76 percent of Japan’s 119 million citizens live in cities where community and the extended family have been abandoned in favor of isolated, two-generation households. Urban Japanese have long endured lengthy commutes (travels to and from work) and crowded living conditions, but as the old group and family values weaken, the discomfort is beginning to tell. In the past decade, the Japanese divorce rate, while still well below that of the United States, has increased by more than 50 percent, and suicides have increased by nearly one-quarter. (439 words) [br] In the Westerner’s eyes, the postwar Japan was ______.
选项
A、under aimless development
B、a positive example
C、a rival to the West
D、on the decline
答案
B
解析
第一段第一句提到,“日本人几平没有什么盲目性,他们的生产力和社会和谐为美国人和欧洲人所羡慕”。故答案B“积极的榜样”更接近原文。
转载请注明原文地址:https://tihaiku.com/zcyy/3254854.html
相关试题推荐
Thetypicalroutineformoststudentsatcollegesiswakingup,goingtocla
Lawrence’srepresentativework______waspositivelytakenasatypicalexample
JackKerouac’snovel______,isconsideredadefiningworkofthepostwarBeatGe
AimlessnesshashardlybeentypicalofthepostwarJapanwhoseproductivitya
AimlessnesshashardlybeentypicalofthepostwarJapanwhoseproductivitya
Thetypicalroutineformoststudentsatcollegesiswakingup,goingtocla
KurtVonnegut’sSlaughterhouseFiveisatypical______novel.A、postmodernistB、mo
Mostmenliveinharness.Richardwasoneofthem.Typicallyhehadnoaware
Mostmenliveinharness.Richardwasoneofthem.Typicallyhehadnoaware
DanielDefoedescribes______asatypicalEnglishMiddle-classmanoftheeightee
随机试题
【B1】[br]【B4】A、possessedB、ownedC、endowedD、grantedC本题考查的是对动词词组的词义辨析。应该看出本题是被
Thispartistotestyourabilitytodopracticalwriting.Youarerequiredtow
A. B. C. D.
女性,38岁。G3P2,末次分娩于2003年5月25日,要求采取长效永久性避孕措
关于表面活性剂的表述错误的是A.表面活性剂分子在溶液表面作定向排列 B.表面活
我国股份有限公司发行境内上市外资股一般采取()方式。 A.全部网上定价发行
根据票据法律制度的相关规定,下列有关本票的表述中,正确的有( )。A.到期日是本
A.儿童佝偻病的发病率增加 B.空气传播疾病易于流行 C.病菌、病毒、蠕虫和
某上市公司董事会成员共11人,根据公司章程的规定对与其股东甲公司签订重要采购合同
经济合作与发展组织(OECD)日前公布的首份中国环境政策报告书披露,中国是全球第
最新回复
(
0
)