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In August 2015, the Ministry of Education in China issued a policy, encourag

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问题     In August 2015, the Ministry of Education in China issued a policy, encouraging the colleges to list the traditional Chinese culture as a compulsory course. This policy was applauded by many believing those courses will cultivate students’ awareness of traditional Chinese culture. However, this policy also met some disagreements. The following are opinions from two sides. Read the excerpts carefully and write your response in about 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.
Experts
    Lu Hongli, of Tongzhou’s Teacher Research and Training Center: Traditional Chinese culture should not lose its grip on young Chinese as it is good for their moral development and the cultivation of their character. Some wisdom delivered through the Chinese classics might help the young deal with the challenges in their own life. We try to find innovative ways to instill traditional culture into students, such as chanting the classics with morning gymnastics and holding couplet-writing competition. They gradually develop an aesthetic sense of Chinese classics and the spirit of Chinese culture.
    Zhang Jian, Secretary-general of the China Traditional Culture and Art Center: Traditional Chinese culture will inevitably be included in China’s college entrance examination. That will provide a stimulus for students in primary and middle schools to learn traditional culture. And consequently it is very logical and coherent for the colleges to open some traditional Chinese culture compulsory courses. But testing is not the ultimate goal. The learning process will undoubtedly improve students’ moral standards and nurture their love for China’s cultural legacy.
Students
    Zhang Jiawei: I think it is not bad to have some traditional Chinese culture courses in colleges. But I don’t think it is necessary to have them as compulsory courses. Because when we talk about compulsory courses, students will pay more attention to the grades or credits they can get from the courses. More often than not, the case will be like, the teachers will provide a list of questions and answers before the exams. And the students just learn those answers. In that case, they will not really learn some traditional Chinese culture, instead they just learn some answers and forget them the next day after the exams.
    Xiao Huahua: I like to have some traditional Chinese culture courses in my college. But I don’t like the idea of having them as compulsory courses. In my college, sometimes one or two famous experts on traditional Chinese culture deliver some lectures on different topics. When they come, many students attend their lectures and I enjoy those lectures greatly. Their lectures help me know something about various aspects of traditional Chinese culture. Once I remember we had a very elegant lady show us chadao, how to perform the traditional Chinese way of having lea. I was quite amazed by the practice. After her performance, I went online to search some information and videos about chadao. I find it very interesting. So I think it is a matter of interest and should not be something compulsory.
    Write your response on ANSWER SHEET FOUR.
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答案     Should Traditional Chinese Culture Be Listed as a Compulsory Course in Colleges?
In recent years, Chinese students’ English learning craze has, to some extent, led to the neglect of their mother tongue, especially China’s traditional cultural legacy. So there has been a pressing call for a school system that lists traditional Chinese culture as a compulsory course in colleges to instill traditional Chinese culture into the youth. However, the topic has put forward a large-scale discussion.
    A number of experts on traditional Chinese culture hail this new trend. They hold that traditional Chinese culture embodies the wisdom and moral standards of China’s long history, therefore, there is no doubt that the young college students, who are at a critical stage of their life, can make the best use of the wisdom to guide their future life. Besides, only by having young people learn traditional Chinese culture can the cultural legacy be preserved and passed on to next generations. However, many college students disapprove of listing traditional Chinese culture as a compulsory course. They propose that attending some lectures on traditional Chinese culture also creates better effects, because taking the exams for compulsory courses deprives all the fun and interest of learning traditional culture, reducing the fantastic classics to cold lifeless questions and answers.
    Balancing the two sides, I am inclined to agree with the latter. For one thing, I suggest that greater importance should be attached to teaching traditional Chinese culture to college students, however, a compulsory course is anything but an effective method to cultivate traditional Chinese culture among youngsters. Instead, effective and creative ways of teaching should be innovated to make the classics more appealing. Teaching traditional Chinese culture should be combined with contemporary issues in the hope that students can utilize the ancient wisdom to solve current problems. For another, traditional Chinese culture comprises such a variety of aspects that it’s extremely difficult to choose what should be taught as a compulsory-course. Therefore, it’s a better idea that the students have a glimpse of a certain aspect of traditional Chinese culture by attending lectures, and dig into it further if it interests them.
    To conclude, as President Xi said, "China’s cultural genes should be planted in the minds of the young", traditional Chinese culture should be taught to youngsters, especially college students. However, it should not be listed as a compulsory course.
解析 本题讨论中华传统文化课程是否应成为大学必修课这一问题，属于文化教育类话题。题目要求简要概括所给材料中的两种观点，并发表白己的看法。在具体的写作过程中，考生可以开篇指出社会现象，并提出论题：中华传统文化课程是否应成为大学必修课；第二段简要阐述正反两种观点；第三段重点阐述自己对这一问题的看法，并说明理由；最后一段总结全文，重申观点。
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