New standards of filial piety released by the Chinese government specifying 24 requirements for dutiful children have triggered a heated discussion. The new standards include spending holidays with parents, visiting them regularly, calling them once a week, and cooking for them. Should filial piety be regulated What"s your opinion Read carefully the opinions from both sides and write your response in about 200 words, in which you should first summarize briefly the opinions from both sides and give your view on the issue.
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Putting forward the filial piety standards is aimed to promote the traditional Chinese virtue of respecting the elderly. China has a long history of stressing filial piety, which forms the core of family values. Compared with the traditional filial devotion, the new standards are more up to date and relevant to modern society. The new standards are an inno- vative way of inheriting the essence of filial culture. The modern society lays great stress on the le- gal regulation while filial piety which depends on people"s moral sense and inner discipline seems unable to prevail. What we need now is a code of conduct that helps to persuade people to practice filial piety. These standards do not intend to force people to obey filial principles by law, but provide them with a guideline.

As a moral requirement for human beings, filial piety is unlikely to have perfect standards. Real filial piety is not something to be shown off to others, but something buried deeply in one"s heart. Due to dif-ferent living and working environment, the ways of practicing filial piety may be different. It is unwise to require every child to follow the same standards. Besides, the new standards are not feasible in modern days as many people live far away from their parents and have little time besides work. The implementation of these new filial stand- ards is not the right solution to the problem of China"s aging population. As for the government, it is more effective to build up more staterun nursing homes rather than issue filial standards in order to solve the problem.

问答题In recent years, the traditional printed newspaper has faced a serious challenge. The Christian Science Monitor became the first national newspaper to shut down its print edition, and recently, the world-famous magazine Newsweek announced that it would soon cease publishing on paper and shift to an online-only format. Will the printed newspaper one day be replaced by the online newspaper Some believe so while many still hold an optimistic view on the future of traditional newspapers. Read carefully the opinions from both sides and write your response in about 200 words, in which you should first summarize briefly the opinions from both sides and give your view on the issue. 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.YESNOThe new media, such as the Internet and mobilephone applications, have exerted a great influence on peo-ple s life. The online newspaper is fast, instant, and con-venient, while the printed newspaper often responds slowlyto the latest news. People are now used to reading onlinenewspapers on smart phones, and few people have thepatience to wait for printed newspapers.The online newspaper is also environment-friendly,which is in accord with the trend of saving energy in to-day s world. The printed newspaper consumes a largenumber of natural resources, and will, in the long term,be gradually replaced.The multiple services, such as posting commentsand finding related news through the links provided byonline newspapers, have greatly enriched people sreading experiences and know-ledge. Traditional news-papers can hardly compete in this sense.There are still a large number of people inthe world who have no access to the Internet.For these people, the printed newspaper is animportant way to know about the latest eventsat home and abroad.Although the printed newspaper can notbe as fast-responding as the online news-paper, it still can provide many in-depthreports and analytical articles for readers.Many column writers are invited to writespecial feature reports for printednewspapers. The online newspaper, on the otherhand, is only suitable for fast reading.Many readers prefer to read printed news-papers because they do not like staring at thecomputer or cell phone screens. Printed news-papers are also preferred by the elderly people.

问答题Will culture be ruined if it is used to earn tourism revenue This has been intensely discussed for years. The following are the proponents and opponents opinions. Read carefully the opinions from both sides and write your response in about 200 words, in which you should first summarize briefly the opinions from both sides and then give your view on the issue. 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.YESNOFood, festivals, costumes and other noticeable ele-ments of a culture are highlighted to entertain tourists.Tourists show no respect to the locals and may causedamage to the unique nature of a culture.Cultural commercialization has made the sacred el-ements of a culture commonplace and tourists are en-couraged to attach little importance to a unique tradi-tion, which cannot be found elsewhere.Too much tourism may harm the quality of the traditionand heritage of a place. Due to the unplanned and mis-managed growth of cultural tourism, an ever-boomingplace might gradually become the victim of its own suc-cess. By and by,the unique culture of that place may loseits attractiveness, which can eventually lead to declineand fall of its cultural identity.Providing economic incentives for culturalpreservation is unarguably one of the main con-tributions of tourism. To many tourists, cultureand history are their first consideration whenchoosing a destination. Their mindset has beenadopted by many tourism sites and their moneyhas been subsequently used on cultural pro-tection, including the maintenance of key his-torical sites.Tourism can make an indigenous cultureknown to the world and rally support worldwideto protect it. Needless to say, tourism addsvalue to a scenic spot by serving as a drivingforce in boosting that place s economy.