求写两篇英语作文,水平达到CET-4即可.一、依照下列要求写一篇不少于150字的作文;1、列举中西节日类型2、你的观点3、列举支持你的观点WhichHolidaystoCelebrate,theChineseorWestern?二、依照下列

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求写两篇英语作文,水平达到CET-4即可.
一、依照下列要求写一篇不少于150字的作文;
1、列举中西节日类型
2、你的观点
3、列举支持你的观点
Which Holidays to Celebrate,the Chinese or Western?
二、依照下列要求写一篇不少于150字的作文
1、当代中国家庭发生了许多变化
2、发生这些变化的原因
3、你如何看待这些变化
The Changing Family Life in China
回答要求：作文水平达到CET-4即可,回答必须是两篇完整的文章

Answer 1

Which Holidays to Celebrate,the Chinese or Western?
The traditional Chinese holidays are an essential part of Chinese culture.Many holidays are associated with Chinese mythology and folklore tales.Among the popular Chinese festivals are Spring Festival,Lantern Festival,Dragon Boat Festival,Mid-Autumn Festival,Tomb-Sweeping Festival and the Double Ninth Festival.Western holidays are becoming increasingly popular,while Chinese traditional holidays are being somewhat neglected.In my opinion,we ought to celebrate Chinese holidays instead of Western holidays.Chinese tradition should be preserved and promoted holidays at the same time teaching to let younger generation understand the meaning and significance behind each tradition.However,this does not discount the fact that we ought to be tolerant and open to learn and understand the Western holidays,like Christmas and Thanksgiving.These holidays have their own merits and significance.
The Changing Family Life in China
Since the days of Confucius,however,a great deal has changed,especially so following since the creation of the People's Republic.In 1950,the new communist rulers introduced a new marriage law; it outlaws age-old practices like adultery,bigamy,the bartering of brides and dowry.
Family life in China has undergone equally radical changes in the post-Maoist era.The first single parent's club in China was recently set up in Beijing,reproductive services have been made legal for single women,telephone advice lines for gays have been set up in Shanghai,and the Divorce Club of Shanghai was launched on Valentine's Day this year.Chinese family life is increasingly reflecting trends in the West.
One-Child Policy - A unique aspect of family life in China is the country's one-child policy,which has been enforced by the authorities since about 1978 and which restricts families in the cities to one child only.Nevertheless,the one-child policy has had a profound effect on the relationship between parents and children,the status of women,marital prospects,education,urban planning and even the design of cars.The one-child policy has succeeded in bringing down the birth rate from 26 percent to 8 percent a year.However,it has resulted in a serious sex-ratio imbalance in China today - 120 boys for every 100 girls born.
Infidelity - While families are spreading out to wherever work can be found,marital infidelity and especially cohabitation have become so predominant that the new marriage law of 2001 explicitly condemns bigamy and polygamy.
Postponement - Young educated urban professionals are postponing marriage until they can afford to buy an apartment and provide well for a child.The average marrying age is now 28 for men,27 for women.Chinese citizens are required by law to care for their elderly parents,and being an only child adds to the pressure.Nuclear norm - The nuclear family is quickly becoming the norm,especially in the cities,where 60 percent of families consist only of parents and children.The first generations of offspring born under the one-child policy still have aunts and uncles and cousins,but many of their children will not.
Change,not decline - All in all,family life in China is changing but is not by any means in decline.There is more emphasis on personal choice and freedom,more equality of the sexes,and there is an even stronger bond between parents and children than under the collective security of the Maoist era.Parents are prepared to make huge sacrifices for their children,partly because "always in the back of their mind is old age security",says Melody Lu.
It is the daughter-in-law that is usually the primary provider of care for the elderly has also changed the status and value of women within the family.And even though the trend is towards a smaller family unit,the proverbial Chinese family business is one institution that continues to thrive.Chinese family businesses account for one-third of the names on the Fortune-500 list of the world's biggest companies.