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As a popular pastime among older Chinese people, public square dancing(guang

游客2024-11-07  9
问题    As a popular pastime among older Chinese people, public square dancing(guang chang wu)has grown into a national fad in China in recent years. From the excerpts, you can find that while it has developed into a positive form of exercise, the practice has also generated widespread public complaints over loud music and disruption.
   Write an article of NO LESS THAN 300 WORDS, in which you should:
   1. summarize briefly the opinions from both sides:
   2. give your comment.
   Marks will be awarded for content relevance, content sufficiency, organization and language quality. Failure to follow the above instructions may result in a loss of marks.
   Excerpt 1
                           A Healthy Pastime
   For many senior citizens, square dancing has become an important part of their daily life. The entertainment not only provides them with a chance to exercise, but also a time to feel connected in a group.
   " I am very glad that I developed this hobby, and I joined the group dancing in a park near my home two years ago," says Wang Chunxiao, a 53-year-old retired factory worker from Shenzhen. She tells gbtimes how square dance has changed her, "By following the dance moves with the music playing, I feel very relaxed and it’s an effective way for me to get more positive energy in life. "
   For many senior citizens, square dancing reminds them of the "good old days" when they were young. A time when revolutionary songs and dances were popular. Passion runs high when they dance to the music nowadays and relive those days.
   "The happiness not only comes from dancing itself, but also from seeing old friends and meeting new people," says 55-year-old Huang Yaozhen from Beijing, who loves square dancing. "I made a few good friends by going to square dance and I feel a sense of community when dancing together with my fellow friends. "
   Due to the results of weakened family and neighborly relationships during the urbanization process, the elderly have fewer means to socialize with others, while square dancing provides a platform for them to fulfill the need to communicate with each other, according to Yunnan Info Daily.
   Excerpt 2
                        Disputes over Noise
   Not everyone can embrace and enjoy this type of square dancing as the elderly groovers do. This dance craze often leads to complaints over the loud music they blast that breaks the tranquility of local neighborhoods.
   "The loud music really annoys me in the evenings," says Chen Yong, who lives in Fengtai District, Beijing. "We have reported the square dancing to the property management team several times, but since they took place in a public square, they can’t do anything substantial about it. "
   "We have also asked the dancers to turn down the music, but I can still hear it from where I live," says the 32-year-old Chen. " Now I close all the windows in the evenings and this helps to block the noise a bit. "
   Although most people have adopted peaceful solutions when it comes to disputes caused by square dancing, sometimes the unbearable noise has resulted in more aggressive responses from the locals.
   According to Beijing Youth Daily, an irritated man in Beijing used three Tibetan mastiffs to chase off the elderly dancers after not being able to sleep well for days in 2013. And last year residents in a neighborhood in Wenzhou raised 42,300 yuan to buy a speaker to play loud music at the same time that retirees were dancing in order to "fight back".
   Write your article on ANSWER SHEET FOUR.
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答案                   Square Dancing in the Right Direction
   With a growing number of Chinese people being concerned about fitness and health, square dancing, which often involves many elderly people dancing collectively outdoors to loud music, has become increasingly popular in China. But unfortunately, it has also grown into a national controversy because of the din it creates.
   Due to the desire to maintain physical fitness and the lack of leisure activities they can indulge in, for senior citizens in China, especially aged women, to dance together is a good way to get some exercise as well as to socialize. However, a spate of recent reports on confrontations between people practicing square dancing and neighborhood residents have shown that many young and middle-aged people don’t support the practice in neighborhoods.
   In my opinion, square dancing is indeed a good way of keeping fit, and yet there is no denying that to some extent, it has a negative influence on our society for its disturbance to other residents and occupation of public spaces. Accordingly, in view of these facts, we need to do a lot that may contribute to coordinating the conflict. First, local governments should draw up rules and standards to regulate square dancing by designating specific areas for the dancers and setting noise limits. Second, square dancers should try to put themselves in others’ shoes. All the negative comments on square dancing are about reckless practicing without caring about public benefits. So whatever your choice of entertainment is, it is important not to affect other people’s lives. Square dancing is no exception. Third, senior citizens’ frantic love for square dancing also reflects the dearth of recreational activities and their desire for companionship. Therefore, it’s appropriate for us to show more concern to our older family members and spend time with them more often to enrich their spiritual life.
   Finally, I believe, in the near future, with proper management, China’s grannies will dance in the right direction and in a more socially responsible way.
解析    本题讨论的话题是风靡全国的广场舞，命题是社会大众关注的焦点。选段1从老年人角度出发，认为广场舞是一种健康的娱乐活动，不仅可以锻炼身体，而且给中老年人提供了与人交流的机会。而选段2则提到了广场舞引起的噪音扰民问题，以及由此导致的居民与广场舞者之间的暴力冲突事件。本题要求简要概括所给材料中的两种观点，并发表自己的看法。在具体行文方面，考生可以开篇点题，然后简要概括材料中的观点，之后提出自己的观点，并给出足够的论据支撑；最后总结全文，重述论点。
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