Chapter 101 About Pop Culture (1)
(2005 Shanghai Volume)

composition test questions
Read the prompts below and write an essay as required.

In recent years, in addition to classroom teaching, the following phenomena have also entered our field of vision in large numbers. Please take a look at a set of social wide-angle lenses: Lens [-]: Martial arts novels have been popular for generations of readers. long spiritual tradition.Romance novels often intertwine Mood for Love and sentimentality, which is why the works attract many young readers.

Scene [-]: Popular songs such as "Middle School Times" and "You at the Same Table" sang the lives of many students, childishness and maturity, youth and growth, pursuit and confusion, which is a difficult complex.There is always a place for it on the green grass of the campus.

Shot [-]: Up to now, advertisements have become overwhelming, and even world famous songs have entered the advertisements of some brands.As a result, highbrow classical music has become a commodity rather than a musical melody to some teenagers' ears.

In addition, there are various cartoon audio-visual products, Korean dramas, leisure newspapers and fashion shows, etc.Therefore, it is necessary to examine and analyze today's cultural life, and talk about how they are affecting your growth...

[Notice]

Please write a composition of no less than 800 words (do not write poetry).The topic is self-made.

Question Analysis
The composition topic of the 2005 Shanghai volume is very close to the life of candidates, and at the same time, it is also a relatively open, broad, and easy-to-write composition topic.Due to the fierce collision between Chinese and Western cultures, foreign cultures have penetrated into all aspects of social life, and the real cultural life has become more complicated.Candidates should use rational eyes to examine the topic, use dialectical thinking to analyze, do not arbitrarily affirm or deny popular cultural phenomena such as martial arts novels, romance novels, pop songs, cartoons, audio-visual products, etc. Examine and distinguish", have their own unique understanding and insights, so as to improve their cultural literacy and enhance their ability to distinguish and appreciate.

To write this topic well and get a high score, the key is to use a dialectical point of view to review, formulate, and analyze the problem.Candidates can explain it positively or negatively, or even combine positive and negative to analyze the reasons why popular culture is popular and the relationship between popular culture and classic culture.According to the prompts of "examining and analyzing" and "discussing" their "influence..." in the topic materials, it is best to choose an argumentative style, which is easier to deduct questions and shine.

Writing Ideas Tips
When writing, the entry point should be small, and it should not be exhaustive.For Shot [-] and Shot [-], candidates can write about how to view popular culture and analyze the reasons why popular culture is popular; for Shot [-], because it is about the impact of advertisements on classic culture, what is discussed in Shot [-] and Shot [-] It's not a level issue.Candidates must use the point of view of "examination and discrimination", analyze carefully, and think rationally, so that they can go deep into the bone marrow and be superior to others.In the writing, candidates can talk about the influence of novels by Jin Yong, Gu Long, Liang Yusheng, etc. on their own growth, or the inspiration of works by Qiong Yao, Liu Yong, San Mao, and Wang Guozhen on their lives; they can write about Black Cat Sheriff, Transformers, Olympic You can write about fashion shows and advertisements; you can even talk about your views on popular songs by Little Tigers, Jolin Tsai, Dolan, Jay Chou, Stefanie Sun, etc. Candidates can even go deep into To the core, analyze the causes and effects of the "cold current" of "Korean dramas"; analyze the role of leisure newspapers in relieving people's stressful life; connect with the cultural literacy of the people, and talk about the significance of fashion shows and sports competitions and its role.Of course, candidates can also dig for gold in "Besides..." and write about other cultural phenomena not mentioned in the materials, as long as they can connect with their own growth and closely combine the "three lenses" to narrate, explain, Lyrics and discussions, not written as poetry, are all in line with the meaning of the title.

Full score sample essay
Soul Comes Back
(a candidate from Shanghai)

A fruit without a seed cannot survive in nature, and an ear of rice without a grain of rice always raises its ignorant head.What about people who have lost their souls?In this era of the media's turmoil, in this era of true culture and fake culture, have we been blinded by the prosperity and lost our minds?
Kant said: There are always two reasons, which are in the palm of the hand; reverence and awe, and renewal with the sun; the upper is the stars, and the lower is the virtue.But today, when we just sit on the grass and look up at the floating clouds growing in the sky at 45 degrees (Guo Jingming), who can understand the awe in the hearts of the philosophers of the past?When the "simple" "Mouse Loves Rice" became popular all over the country, who would regain the yellowed touch of "Qingqing Zijin, leisurely my heart"?

Today's cultural life often tends to be simple and childish.It is undeniable that youth literature can indeed bring a dreamlike touch, and popular songs are also a pastime after dinner, but if all these become the mainstream of culture, when a person is immersed in it and cannot extricate himself, it is hard to imagine that he can face reality directly. Let the mind and body grow healthily together.

Another undercurrent of current cultural life is the mediocrity and impetuous noise.Every day, a large amount of entertainment news makes people chew on celebrity gossip and gossip, and various "speed reading classics" and "great wisdom in small stories" are often listed as bestsellers.So much so that some people worriedly said, when Lotte took the initiative to throw herself into her arms, what troubles did Werther have?
A person can endure the poverty of material life, but he cannot but pursue the nobility of spiritual life.In addition to providing temporary sensual entertainment, similar cultural fast food, what else can stay in the heart, and how many ripples echo in the heart lake?
The lack of individual spiritual culture is regrettable, but when it becomes the absence of overall spiritual belief, it is a sad and even terrible situation.The old three cardinal principles and five constant principles in China have been broken, and the new cultural order has not yet been fully established.Have we, living in this environment, also become a lost generation?Fortunately, the humanistic spirit has not been completely lost.When the young volunteer Ma Hua lost his life in the Meili Snow Mountain, he brought the poet's idealism there and became a benchmark on the spiritual snow peak.When Kunqu opera caused a sensation on university campuses, people could not help but believe that traditional cultural classics still have a magnetic attraction for young people who grew up under McDonald's.

It is not enough for a person to only have this life, he should also have a broader spiritual world.For teenagers, the spiritual soul may not be far away, but deep in their hearts covered by numerous pseudo-cultures.

Soul Xi, come back.

score review
The most prominent feature of this article is the use of rhetorical questions.Starting from the second natural paragraph, the author uses rhetorical questions repeatedly to analyze the popularity of popular culture and the serious consequences caused by popular culture in a pertinent and thorough manner, which makes the full text full of strong critical color.In addition, the author has a unique vision and a sharp pen; the language is highly speculative and full of philosophical meaning;

wonderful words
Kant said: There are always two reasons, which are in the palm of the hand; reverence and awe, and renewal with the sun; the upper is the stars, and the lower is the virtue.But today, when we just sit on the grass and look up at the floating clouds growing in the sky at 45 degrees (Guo Jingming), who can understand the awe in the hearts of the philosophers of the past?

Every day, a large amount of entertainment news makes people chew on celebrity gossip and gossip, and various "speed reading classics" and "great wisdom in small stories" are often listed as bestsellers.So much so that some people worriedly said, when Lotte took the initiative to throw herself into her arms, what troubles did Werther have?
Growth needs careful care
(a candidate from Shanghai)

One day, when I was so excited, I casually flipped through selected poems: The Yuan is light and white, the suburbs are cold and the island is thin, and there are many postures, but the confidence is invincible.Suddenly, dynamic music wafts from the neighboring room.After distinguishing, it turned out that the children in the next room were learning to sing hot love songs.Disappointed, disappointed!I can't help feeling: Don't lose the cultivation of culture and humanistic care in the process of growing up.

Taking a closer look at the current society, we can't help but feel more worried.Poems and songs gave way to popular songs, and Peking Opera and Kunqu Opera gave way to Japanese and Korean dramas.Goethe and Kant are hard to find, but romance and martial arts are popular.Even if it is a nightmare of obscenity and violence, it is all in one accord.Yu Gu couldn't bear to see with his eyes, and couldn't bear to hear with his ears.If there is no influence of culture, there will be no sound personality; if there is no sound personality, there will be no ambition.People have no ambitions, what is it?If the whole country is like this, the country will not be a country.

At present, some famous songs and sentences are falsified for commercial purposes, while the appreciation, quotation and combination of different art categories must be subject to a lofty theme-beauty.Schiller's "Ode to Joy" was composed by Beethoven and was widely sung; the world famous song was used as a commercial song, both of which are also re-creations of artistic themes, but the effects are completely different.The former is the sublimation of aesthetics, while the latter is the destruction of aesthetics.Only things such as the former can allow us to obtain beauty education, edification and enjoyment of beauty as we grow up, and to cultivate our temperament.

Our growth must get rid of the disturbance of vulgar things and be nourished by traditional culture.There is a saying that read history on a soft day, and read scriptures on a firm day, which means that when the will is slack, reading history can reveal the will: counselors and strategists are in the three-inch tongue of the country; gold and iron horses are in blood and tears for thousands of miles.Reading history books can cultivate awe-inspiring righteousness, and it also refers to reading scriptures to cultivate one's character when you are arrogant and violent: Lao Zhuang's way is pure and inaction, right and wrong; Bodhi's heart, Lingtai is empty and dust-free.Reading scriptures can shape the virtue of tranquility and frugality.In the vast sea of ​​books in our country, there are endless treasures, which are the real nutrients for our growth.

Our growth calls for the cultivation of humanistic character. The ancient sages practiced self-cultivation through quietness, cultivated virtue through frugality, and shaped their own character. This is a unique humanistic character.To be rich is to help the world, and to be poor is to be good for one’s own body. To some extent, it also contains the humanistic care of the universe. However, under the impact of the tide of commercialization, all the most simple humanistic qualities that are related to human survival have been ignored.The most typical example is the neglect of philosophy.The philosophical flourishing age of ancient Greece since Thales has long been "difficult to return to morning".The climax of classical philosophy also came to an abrupt end after Hegel.Philosophers are the loneliest people in the world.And philosophy has become a neglected wealth, "the unexamined life is not worth living".If our life journey lacks thinking about the value of existence and human ideals during our growth, we will be submerged in the tide of marketization and commercialization, and become a symbol that some philosophers worry about.

We live in an era with a large amount of information and growing material wealth, and we are more likely to fall into spiritual emptiness and soul wandering. Only by using beauty to cultivate taste, traditional culture to mold temperament, and humanistic character to guide life can we show The value of life, the journey of caring for growth, and the trajectory of standardized development.

score review
The title of the article is concise, the purpose of the topic is pointed out, and the point of view is clear.The topic of the article is natural, and the young children in the next room learn to sing hot love songs, which triggers the thinking about "growth needs careful care" in today's multi-valued world.In addition, candidates are able to use various materials proficiently, from poems and songs to popular songs, from Peking Opera to Kunqu Opera to Japanese and Korean film and television, etc., which shows the author's profound cultural accomplishment.In addition, a variety of rhetorical techniques such as contrast, quotation and use of famous poems, all make the article quite cultural and literary.

wonderful words
Taking a closer look at the current society, we can't help but feel more worried.Poems and songs gave way to popular songs, and Peking Opera and Kunqu Opera gave way to Japanese and Korean dramas.Goethe and Kant are hard to find, but romance and martial arts are popular.

There is a saying that read history on a soft day, and read scriptures on a firm day, which means that when the will is slack, reading history can reveal the will: counselors and strategists are in the three-inch tongue of the country; gold and iron horses are in blood and tears for thousands of miles.Reading history books can cultivate awe-inspiring righteousness, and it also refers to reading scriptures to cultivate one's character when you are arrogant and violent: Lao Zhuang's way is pure and inaction, right and wrong; Bodhi's heart, Lingtai is empty and dust-free.Reading scriptures can shape the virtue of tranquility and frugality.

Whatever is popular is also wonderful

(a candidate from Shanghai)

Open the best-selling book, swords and swords, life and death parting;

Turn on the TV, handsome men and beautiful women, grudges;
Passing by a video store, it's deafening, love to death.

Today we are surrounded by a large number of real cultures, and all kinds of cartoons, Korean dramas, fashion, and advertisements are overwhelming us.How should we respond?

I think we should affirm popular culture and guide it towards civilization, health and improvement, making it a classic of the times.

Why affirm pop culture?I think any kind of culture is a reflection of the social psychology and aesthetic requirements of contemporary people.For example, the popularity of martial arts novels reflects people's ideal of "Xia" in the era of speed that is cold and indifferent; in the crazy worship of idols, it reflects people's pursuit and yearning for external beauty with the improvement of people's quality of life; Into the advertisement, in fact, it also shows the recognition of the influence of elegant music.Maybe you don't take these cultures seriously, thinking that "Guzheng" and "Pipa" are more elegant than guitars, world famous books are more profound than romance novels, and sacrificed soldiers are more noble than idols.Admittedly, there is nothing wrong with these, but today is the 21st century, conforming to the trend of the times and keeping up with the pace of world informatization are the prerequisites for China to integrate into the world.Yes, popular culture is not as classic as traditional culture, but it would be wrong to deny popular culture.We must accept the existence of popular culture and affirm the meaning of its existence.

If it becomes popular, it will definitely attract dross.And we can't dismiss jade as a stone because of its flaws, we should give it appropriate guidance.

Swords and swords in martial arts novels are quite violent and bloody, but we should carry forward the "chivalry" spirit in them.In fact, I am also a fan of martial arts. I think that Jin Yong's novels punish evil and promote good, and they are unyielding.

From martial arts novels, we can draw other guiding methods.Such as the popularity of cartoons, the Chinese should create moral and educational cartoons with their own national characteristics for children to watch.For example, people are worried about fashion runway craze. We can hold "elderly runway shows" in neighborhood committees to enrich the lives of the elderly, and let young people understand that only the youth tested by the years is the true meaning of beauty.

When I was in elementary school, I watched Sun Wukong go through the clouds and into the rain, into the sky and into the earth, and I was determined to punish demons and protect justice.

When he was in junior high school, Qiao Feng, who watched "The Eight Parts of the Dragon", stood upright and loyal to the people, and wanted to be a righteous Chinese. To benefit the country's life and death with "resoluteness.

(End of this chapter)

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