21. Traditional vs Modern

Losing traditional skills

• Because of industrialization and global trade, many traditions have disappeared
• Global advertising encourages everyone to buy the same products
• Most products are now made in factories
• Machinery has replaced skilled human labour
• Factory work is boring and leaves people feeling unfulfilled
• Goods are produced very quickly and in large numbers
• Products are cheaper, which means that more people can buy them

Examples

• Clothes are mass produced in standard sizes
• People wear similar clothes, rather than traditional costumes
• Jeans and T-shirt are now worn throughout the world
• Historic buildings took skilled craftsmen years to build
• Modern concrete, steel and glass buildings are built in only weeks or months
• There are fewer people who can create hand-made goods

Traditional customs

• Traditional customs are still important during weddings and religious festivals
• People wear traditional costumers and eat special foods
• It is important to maintain our different cultural identities
• We should celebrate festivals, teach traditional skills and protect historic places

丧失传统技能

• 因为工业化和全球贸易，许多传统已经消失
• 全球广告鼓励每个人去买一样的产品
• 大部分产品如今在工厂生产
• 机器已经替代了技能的人的劳动力
• 工厂工作是无聊的并且让人们感受不到有成就感的
• 产品被非常快速和大量地生产
• 产品更加便宜，这意味着更多的人可以买他们

例子

• 衣服以标准的尺寸被大量地生产
• 人们穿相似的衣服，而非传统服装
• 牛仔裤和 T 恤如今在全世界被穿
• 历史建筑花费有技能的匠人数年去建设
• 现在水泥、钢筋和玻璃建筑在仅仅几周或几月就建设完成
• 只有更少的人可以创造手工产品

传统服装

• 在婚礼和宗教节日上传统服装依旧重要
• 人们穿传统服装和吃特殊食物
• 保持我们不同文化特征很重要
• 我们应该庆祝节日、教授传统技能和保护历史地方