三、“武裝到牙齒”的回答

【Question 1】:

Do you think people need festivals?

分析：建議考生回答“是”。The answer is probably yes.

然后給出理由。Tell why it is so by giving some specific reasons.

【回答】: Absolutely. For one thing, people need to take some time off their normal duties and relax. There is always a holiday atmosphere during these times and that’s important. Also it gives an opportunity for people to socialize. And it’s a time for get together. Family reunion, in my opinion, is one of the most charming and exciting things about festivals. It strengthens family bonds.

【Question 2】:

Are there any traditional skills in your country?

思路拓展：考生可以考慮：What are they?

Do you think people try to learn these skills?

【回答】: Well, yes. We have all kinds of skills such as woodcarving（木雕）, sculpturing（雕塑）, paper cutting（剪紙）, sewing（縫紉） and knitting（編織）, cooking local food and so on. But less and less people nowadays are showing interest in traditional skills. I think the reason is that modern science and technology is developing with a faster pace than ever before. So many high-tech products and devices are available for modern consumers that they tend to think science and technology is what life is all about, and they tend to care less and less about the humanities, histories and traditions.

分析：由于傳統(tǒng)技術(shù)本身就是一種文化遺產(chǎn)（cultural heritage），因此技術(shù)其實(shí)是對(duì)傳統(tǒng)的一種繼承形式。由于現(xiàn)代科技的發(fā)展速度過快，導(dǎo)致人們產(chǎn)生“重科技、輕人文”的思維傾向；很顯然，該回答把人們不欣賞傳統(tǒng)技術(shù)的原因歸結(jié)為“科技發(fā)展 VS 人文傳統(tǒng)”的兩元對(duì)立。于是，在我們闡述原因的同時(shí)，就很巧妙地把隱藏在深處的humanities, histories and traditions推到了臺(tái)前，顯示出講話者的人文關(guān)懷。而在談到年輕人不再關(guān)心傳統(tǒng)技術(shù)的時(shí)候，也折射出對(duì)于傳統(tǒng)文化漸漸式微的一種憂慮之心。