有關英語的文化英文作文怎麼寫
❶ 求 關於 外國文化的英語作文
略談中西方飲食文化差異
餐飲產品由於地域特徵、氣侯環境、風俗習慣等因素的影響,會出現在原料、口味、烹調方法、飲食習慣上的不同程度的差異。正是因為這些差異,餐飲產品具有了強烈的地域性。中西文化之間的差異造就了中西飲食文化的差異,而這種差異來自中西方不同的思維方式和處世哲學。中國人注重「天人合一」,西方人注重「以人為本」。
這里簡要從下面三個方面談談中西方飲食文化的差異。
一、兩種不同的飲食觀念
對比注重「味」的中國飲食,西方是一種理性飲食觀念。不論食物的色、香、味、形如何,而營養一定要得到保證,講究一天要攝取多少熱量、維生素、蛋白質等等。即便口味千篇一律,也一定要吃下去——因為有營養。這一飲食觀念同西方整個哲學體系是相適應的。形而上學是西方哲學的主要特點。西方哲學所研究的對象為事物之理,事物之理常為形上學理,形上學理互相連貫,便結成形上哲學。這一哲學給西方文化帶來生機,使之在自然科學上、心理學上、方法論上實現了突飛猛進的發展。但在另一些方面,這種哲學主張大大地起了阻礙作用,如飲食文化。在宴席上,可以講究餐具,講究用料,講究服務,講究菜之原料的形、色方面的搭配;但不管怎麼豪華高檔,從洛杉磯到紐約,牛排都只有一種味道,無藝術可言。作為菜餚,雞就是雞,牛排就是牛排,縱然有搭配,那也是在盤中進行的,一盤「法式羊排」,一邊放土豆泥,旁倚羊排,另一邊配煮青豆,加幾片番茄便成。色彩上對比鮮明,但在滋味上各種原料互不相干、調和,各是各的味,簡單明了。
中國人是很重視「吃」的,「民以食為天」這句諺語就說明我們把吃看得與天一樣重要。由於我們這個民族幾千年來都處於低下的生產力水平,人們總是吃不飽,所以才會有一種獨特的把吃看得重於一切的飲食文化,我想,這大概是出於一種生存需要吧。如果一種文化把吃看成首要的事,那麼就會出現兩種現象:一方面會把這種吃的功能發揮到極致,不僅維持生存,也利用它維持健康,這也就是」葯補不如食補」的文化基礎;另一方面,對吃的過份重視,會使人推崇對美味的追求。
在中國的烹調術中,對美味追求幾乎達到極致,以至中國人到海外謀生,都以開餐館為業,成了我們在全世界安身立命的根本!遺憾的是,當我們把追求美味作為第一要求時,我們卻忽略了食物最根本的營養價值,我們的很多傳統食品都要經過熱油炸和長時間的文火飩煮,使菜餚的營養成分受到破壞,許多營養成分都損失在加工過程中了。因而一說到營養問題,實際上就觸及到了中國飲食文化的最大弱點。民間有句俗話:「民以食為天,食以味為先」。就是這種對美味的追求,倒使我們忽略了吃飯的真正意義。
中國人在品嘗菜餚時,往往會說這盤菜「好吃」,那道菜「不好吃」;然而若要進一步問一下什麼叫「好吃」,為什麼「好吃」,「好吃」在哪裡,恐怕就不容易說清楚了。這說明,中國人對飲食追求的是一種難以言傳的「意境」,即使用人們通常所說的「色、香、味、形、器」來把這種「境界」具體化,恐怕仍然是很難涵蓋得了的。
中國飲食之所以有其獨特的魅力,關鍵就在於它的味。而美味的產生,在於調和,要使食物的本味,加熱以後的熟味,加上配料和輔料的味以及調料的調和之味,交織融合協調在一起,使之互相補充,互助滲透,水乳交融,你中有我,我中有你。中國烹飪講究的調和之美,是中國烹飪藝術的精要之處。菜點的形和色是外在的東西,而味卻是內在的東西,重內在而不刻意修飾外表,重菜餚的味而不過分展露菜餚的形和色,這正是中國美性飲食觀的最重要的表現。
在中國,飲食的美性追求顯然壓倒了理性,這種飲食觀與中國傳統的哲學思想也是吻合的。作為東方哲學代表的中國哲學,其顯著特點是宏觀、直觀、模糊及不可捉摸。中國菜的製作方法是調和鼎鼐,最終是要調和出一種美好的滋味。這一講究的就是分寸,就是整體的配合。它包含了中國哲學豐富的辯證法思想,一切以菜的味的美好、諧調為度,度以內的千變萬化就決定了中國菜的豐富和富於變化,決定了中國菜菜系的特點乃至每位廚師的特點。
二、中西飲食對象的差異
西方人認為菜餚是充飢的,所以專吃大塊肉、整塊雞等「硬菜」。而中國的菜餚是「吃味」的,所以中國烹調在用料上也顯出極大的隨意性:許多西方人視為棄物的東西,在中國都是極好的原料,外國廚師無法處理的東西,一到中國廚師手裡,就可以化腐朽為神奇。足見中國飲食在用料方面的隨意性之廣博。
據西方的植物學者的調查,中國人吃的菜蔬有600多種,比西方多六倍。實際上,在中國人的菜餚里,素菜是平常食品,葷菜只有在節假日或生活水平較高時,才進入平常的飲食結構,所以自古便有「菜食」之說,菜食在平常的飲食結構中佔主導地位。中國人的以植物為主菜,與佛教徒的鼓吹有著千縷萬絲的聯系。他們視動物為「生靈」,而植物則「無靈」,所以,主張素食主義。
西方人在介紹自己國家的飲食特點時,覺得比中國更重視營養的合理搭配,有較為發達的食品工業,如罐頭、快餐等,雖口味千篇一律,但節省時間,且營養良好,故他們國家的人身體普遍比中國人健壯:高個、長腿、寬大的肩、發達的肌肉;而中國人則顯得身材瘦小、肩窄腿短、色黃質弱。有人根據中西方飲食對象的明顯差異這一特點,把中國人稱為植物性格,西方人稱為動物性格。
三、飲食方式的不同
中西方的飲食方式有很大不同,這種差異對民族性格也有影響。在中國,任何一個宴席,不管是什麼目的,都只會有一種形式,就是大家團團圍坐,共享一席。筵席要用圓桌,這就從形式上造成了一種團結、禮貌、共趣的氣氛。美味佳餚放在一桌人的中心,它既是一桌人欣賞、品嘗的對象,又是一桌人感情交流的媒介物。人們相互敬酒、相互讓菜、勸菜,在美好的事物面前,體現了人們之間相互尊重、禮讓的美德。雖然從衛生的角度看,這種飲食方式有明顯的不足之處,但它符合我們民族「大團圓」的普遍心態,反映了中國古典哲學中「和」這個范疇對後代思想的影響,便於集體的情感交流,因而至今難以改革。
西式飲宴上,食品和酒盡管非常重要,但實際上那是作為陪襯。宴會的核心在於交誼,通過與鄰座客人之間的交談,達到交誼的目的。如果將宴會的交誼性與舞蹈相類比,那麼可以說,中式宴席好比是集體舞,而西式宴會好比是男女的交誼舞。由此可見,中式宴會和西式宴會交誼的目的都很明顯,只不過中式宴會更多地體現在全席的交誼,而西式宴會多體現於相鄰賓客之間的交誼。與中國飲食方式的差異更為明顯的是西方流行的自助餐。此法是:將所有食物一一陳列出來,大家各取所需,不必固定在位子上吃,走動自由,這種方式便於個人之間的情感交流,不必將所有的話擺在桌面上,也表現了西方人對個性、對自我的尊重。但各吃各的,互不相擾,缺少了一些中國人聊歡共樂的情調。
所以,歸根結底還是感性與理性之間的差異。但是,這種差異似乎在隨著科學的發展而變的模糊。越來越多的中國人以不再只注重菜的色、香、味,而更注重它的衛生與營養了。尤其是在經歷了非典以後。還有,人們因為越來越繁忙的工作,覺得中餐做起來太麻煩,不如來個漢堡方便等。這樣一來在飲食上差異也就不太分明了。
❷ 關於中國傳統文化的英語作文
Culture of China
The Culture of China is home to one of the world's oldest and most complex civilizations. China boasts a history rich in over 5,000 years of artistic, philosophical, political, and scientific advancement. Though regional differences provide a sense of diversity, commonalities in language and religion connect a culture distinguished by such significant contributions such as Confucianism and Taoism. Confucianism was the official philosophy throughout most of Imperial China's history and strongly influenced other countries in East Asia. Mastery of Confucian texts provided the primary criterion for entry into the imperial bureaucracy.
With the rise of Western economic and military power beginning in the mid-19th century, Western systems of social and political organization gained adherents in China. Some of these would-be reformers rejected China's cultural legacy, while others sought to combine the strengths of Chinese and Western cultures.
China is a unified nation consisting of many different ethnic groups. Fifty-six different ethnic groups make up the great Chinese national family. Because the Han people accounts for more than ninety percent of China's population, the remaining fifty-five groups are generally referred to as "ethnic minorities." Next to the majority Han, the Mongolian, Hui, Tibetan, and Uygur peoples comprise the largest ethnic groups. Although China's ethnic minorities do not account for a large portion of the population, they are distributed over a vast area, residing in every corner of China.
Particularly since the implementation of China's opening and reform policy, the central government has increased investment in minority areas and accelerated their opening to the outside world. This has resulted in an upsurge of economic development in these areas. Each of China's ethnic minority groups possesses a distinctive culture. The Chinese government respects minority customs, and works to preserve, study, and collate the cultural artifacts of China's ethnic minority groups. The government vigorously supports the development of minority culture and the training of minority cultural workers, and fosters the development of traditional minority medicine.
The relation among China's ethnic groups can be described as "overall integration, local concentration, mutual interaction." Concentrations of ethnic minorities reside within predominantly Han areas, and the Han people also reside in minority areas, indicating that there has been extensive exchanges among China's ethnic groups since ancient times. With the development of the market economy, interaction among ethnic groups has become even more active in the areas of government, economics, culture, daily life, and marriage. Linked by interdependence, mutual assistance, and joint development, their common goals and interests creating a deep sense of solidarity, China's ethnic groups resemble a great national family, together building Chinese civilization.
❸ 有關文化習俗的英語作文
你就說一下中西方餐飲方面的習俗差異吧,比方中國用筷子,西方用刀叉。
❹ 「外國文化」英語作文怎麼寫用欄目的格式
題目是一直變的,而且經常是社會熱點,但是題目類型是不變的,你可以找點作文模板。
列舉幾種
一、圖表題
一般是給個背景,比如在網上作調查,給你一個根據調查結果整理的柱狀圖或者餅圖,讓你描述結果並且提出自己的觀點。
一般開頭都給出了,首先一句話簡單描述背景,然後接著把圖表的所有信息描述出來。接著換一段給出自己的觀點。觀點加理由,理由在兩到三點。
二、漫畫題
給一幅漫畫描述一種社會現象。首先一到兩句話描述漫畫內容,接著指出漫畫的寓意,即諷刺了什麼現象。換一段分析現象產生的原因。最後一段寫自己的觀點,兩到三點。
三、觀點類
給個話題,給出別人正反的觀點,並要求給出自己的觀點。
闡述話題,加上兩派人的觀點和理由,這些題目的表格里都會有。分段加上自己的觀點,自己的觀點一定不能是模稜兩可的中立觀點,必須是很明確的。
四、寫信或者介紹等短文
這種都有背景,靈活性比較強,但是有列舉出需要包括的要點,只要大概翻譯處所有要點,再加上自己的一兩點補充就可以了。
❺ 關於文化差異的英語作文
關於東西方文化差異的英語作文The culture differences between the East and WestAs we know ,there are so many differences between culture of the East and West that I can not list all of their different aspects.I will focus on the differences of diet custom and teaching system.For your better understanding ,I will set examples of China and America. It is no doubt that it is a tradition to use chopsticks for Chinese.But people in America prefer to forks and knives.This different result is based on different food they are like .Americans choose to eat beefsteak,bread,and salad,while Chinese people choose noodles ,pancakes and rice.What is more,the custom of drinking tea in China and drinking coffee in America are stand out particularly.However,there is a trend that the food in both countries has been mixture.For example,the coffee and bread have introced to China.The famous KFC is very popular at children.The gap of teaching system between China and America is big.Chinese students always complain about their homework.Too much homework has limited the time to exercise and relax.They have to recite many things as to get a high mark.Homework comes the first to them.In my opinion,the study in America is more interesting .Teachers pay attentions to training students skills in thinking in realastic life not to emphasis on the importances of memories.In a addition,the rate of going to school ,the salary of teaching ,and the job of gruates are quite different,too.I should say that Chima government should make great efforts to improve its teaching syetem.I am also expect to be one day ,the West give more cheersto our country.
❻ 有關文化的英語大學作文大全帶翻譯
In summary, as the symbol of human civilization, museums take up very significant positions in our lives. There are still many troubles need to be solved, however, I do believe that, as time passes, people will come to realize the value of museums eventually.
❼ 5篇關於傳統文化的英語作文
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The Dragon Boat Festival is one of the most popular traditional festivals celebrated in China, which is on the fifth of the fifth lunar month, also known as Duanwu Festival.It』s said that it is to commemorate the death of a Chinese patriotic poet, Qu Yuan, who was snared by corrupt officials in ancient China and finally committed suicide by drowning himself in the Miluo River to protest against them.端午節是中國傳統節日中最流行的節日之一,它是在陰歷五月的第五天。據說這是為了紀念一個中國的愛國詩人屈原的死,他被中國古代腐敗官員陷害最後在汨羅河投江自殺來表示抗議。
The traditions and customs held on this festival differ from place to place, but there are some common in them.First, the most famous and great tradition is holding Dragon Boat races, which are held by fishermen』s attempt to protect Qu Yuan』s body against attacking by fishes and other animals in the river by beating drums and row the dragon shaped boat.Nowadays dragon boat races have been an annual popular sport activity among people.In addition, making and eating Zongzi—a mpling made of glutinous rice and wrapped in bamboo or reed leaves—is also a popular custom ring this day.It can be made by many kinds of stuffing.What』s more, hanging herbs on the front door, drinking realgar wine and pasting up picture of Zhongkui—a mythic guardian figure in ancient china—are also popular ring the festival, which are mean to protect people from evil and disease.這個傳統習俗不同的地方有不同的慶祝方式,但也有相同的方面。首先,最出名的傳統就是舉行龍舟比賽,這是由漁民們舉行的,通過打鼓和劃龍形的船來保護屈原的身體免受魚類和其他動物的攻擊。現在龍舟賽是人們一年一度的流行的體育活動。此外,做和吃粽子——糯米面團,包著竹葉或蘆葦葉,在那一天也是 一個流行的風俗。它可以由不同種類的餡料製成。還有就是,門上掛著草葯,人們喝雄黃酒,在門前張貼中國古代神話人物鍾馗的圖片在節日期間也是很受歡迎的,做這些的意義是保護人們免受邪惡和疾病。
These customs and traditions have been changed a little in recent years, but they still make contribution to the spread and inheritance of Chinese culture.這些習俗和傳統,在最近幾年已經發生了一些變化,但他們仍然為中國文化傳承與傳播做貢獻。
❽ 有關文化的英語作文(可以是酒文化,菊文化......但必須是英文,300個單詞左右)
51TestBeer
51TestAmerican beer, with very few exceptions, varies from the mediocre to the terrible. There are not many types of beer in the US—"light" and "dark" are two terms commonly used.
51TestIt is therefore normal to order beer simply by brand name. In a restaurant, in fact, it is quite all right to order "a beer", and they will tell youwhat they have.
51TestIt is not necessary, either, to specify quantity when ordering beer. If it comes in bottles or cans, you will get a bottle or can, and if it's "on tap" you will get a glass, unless you order a "pitcher". The latter is very convenient thing to do, since you can then take the jug and glasses to your table and keep filling up without going back to the bar. (It is harder, however, to know how much you have drunk.)
51TestSome beer comes in bottles with tops that look as if they need an opener, but you can, in fact, screw them off by hand—though you have to be very careful not to hurt yourself. It is possible, in some stores and bars,to find a wide selection of beer from all over the world, especially Western Europe and Australia, and it is good fun to experiment with these.
51TestCocktails
51TestCocktails and "mixed drinks" are much more popular and rather stronger in the USA than in Europe, and visitors may not be familiar with some of the terminology. "On the rocks", as you probably know, means with ice, while "straight up" or "up" means neat and without ice.
There are hundreds of different cocktails, and there is no space here to list all the different names.
51TestThe Hard Stuff
51TestIn America "whiskey" means bourbon unless otherwise indicated. Bourbon is a rather oily spiritmade from maizeRye whiskey is called "rye" and Scotch
whiskey "Scotch".
51TestWine
51TestIn bars wine can often be bought by the glass. Don't be misled by names such as "Chablis" is used to refer to white wine, and "Burgundy" to red—Americans seem never to have heard of white Burgundy.
❾ 關於中國文化的英語作文,帶翻譯
hi!how are you today,i'm from china,so where your from? what is today.