专四专八 | 是否禁止西方化的地点命名？ - 专八写作
A residential community in a small city in China has been christened Venice. Another named Manhattan after the famous New York borough. These are just a couple of examples of the current phenomenon sweeping construction sites across China: naming them after Western landmark. Some worry that the trend is eroding local and traditional culture as well as confusing residents. The Chinesse goverrnment recently decided to standardize the naming of streets, residential communities and parks. From the following excerpts, you can find different opinions toward this decision.
Write an article of NO LESS THAN 300 words, in which you should:
summarize briefly the arguments on both sides;
express your own opinion, especially on whether foreign style names should be named.
Should Foreign Style Names Be Banned?
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The name of a place or a building usually carries cultural, social or historical signficance. However, many residential communities in China are christened Venice or Manhattan by real estate developers obviously in order to attract buyers. Such arbitrary naming after Western landmarks or cities reflects absence of loose government supervision and will erode traditional Chinese culture if it is not standardized. To rectify Western-style names, the most imoirtant thing is to work out applicable standards. Taking a prudent attitude is also significant since some so-called “weird” names are in fact historicallyand culturally important. I hold that regulating naming of buildings is necessary, but names with historic, cultural connotation should be retained.
Exotic names cause much inconvenience to people not only because they are relatively difficult to remember but also because they are in most cases used for the promotion purpose only. To be exact, besides a Western name, many residential communities in China have a standard name and it is this “duality” that causes confusion and inconvenience. From the cultural perspective, the mushrooming of Western-style naming to some extent means cultural invasion, or loss of cultural identify. Just as young Chinese get accustomed to prevailing Western foods such as Subway and McDonald’s, they are more likely to prefer Western names if such names become prevalent and consider Chinese names outmoded. If the weeping trend of deliberate naming was not reversed in time, the consequence would be more serious than expected. Therefore, it is essential to have clear standards in place to rectify arbitrary names.
To summarize, the act of deliberately naming residential areas should be banned. However, with that being said, I do not mean that all buildings with exotic names should be rectified. In fact, the names of those buildings which bear the memory of a historic period or some important figures should be retained.
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