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GRE issue 147

 
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TOPIC: ISSUE147 - "Tradition and modernization are incompatible. One must choose between them."
WORDS: 508 TIME: 00:45:00 DATE: 2011/4/9 17:15:26

The author suggests that "tradition and modernization are imcompatible.One must choose between them.".But I think that this opinion is too lopsided.In fact,in most cases,tradition and modernization is well combined and people in such an environment enjoy themselves a lot.So my opinion is that tradtion vs modernization is not water vs fire and they can exist in the same place at the same time.
To begin with,in many modern cities in the world like Paris,London or the "Big Apple",some historical architectures or museums which display many cultural relics are located there too.However,those old stuff which represents the traditional history of these cities don't make the places look old.In the opposite,the comparation between modern perspective and traditional view tells us the old splendid days of this place and the incredible modernization in nowadays.It is also a shock to each people including visitors or citizens that history is important and history keeps moving.
Not only architectures and cultural relics,traditional habit is also an issue.People nowadays get used to the Internet and therefore changed their daily habits a lot.In old days,people usually write letters,but now people uses cell phone or E-mail.Even some activities are becoming virtualized.Friends can share or record quite a lot through social network ,facebook for example.But can traditional activities be replaced by these new approach?I don't think so.Some traditional habit which help people build relationships between friends or relatives is vital.Grown children of old parents should visit their parents frequently.Some telephone calls or money has nothing to do with this.In some high-level social activities such as dancing party,traditional suit has no subsititute.So when we are used to modern daily life,never forget the traditional ones.
Finally,cultural is a system and we can not split them apart.No tradition,no modernization.Modernization in one time will soon become tradition after some time.While the tradition remainings today are superb and classical.Some classical novel such as Gone With the Wind is created in nearly a hundred years ago.However,people in modern socity is still in favor of this literal eric.Many inventions are created based on old inventions,some tradtinal tools.People who want to predict future can achieve nothing without the help of traditional history.Traditional and modernization are just like twin sisters.One improves the other while the other pushes one forward.Science study and research is also like this.We should learn traditional old knowledge accumulated through maybe thousands of years to build a stable base for future.Based on old traditional knowledge,scientists are able to work out new ideas to judge or improve old theories.So we can never say that scientific breakthroughs come from nothing.I'd rather say that modern scientific findings are a combinination of traditional theories and ideas generated from modern society.
In sum,tradition and modernization are inseparated.In fact, we have no choice between them.The only right way for us is to keep both old and new stuff in our mind.People who are extremely enthusiastic about new stuff need to know more about traditions in all fields to balance the time flash-back and those stubborn population who fears the modernization of society should show an open apptitude towards new stuff.

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