the speaker contends that with the development of technology, our traditional cultures will evaporate. i concede that the rapid development of technology has already given our lifestyle a radical change and has made the abyss between our racial stripe and the assimilated world smaller and smaller. beyond this concession, however, i find the speaker`s contention indefensible.
opposite to the speaker`s idea that technology and tradition are everything but compatible, i contend that traditional culture is like an impetus to science and technology. the story of qian xuesen "father of our rocket history," is a persuasive example.qian xuesen`s wife is a musician who majors in traditional german music. however, the seemingly immense difference between science and art makes them much closer rather than alienated. "! get a much broader vision from the traditional german music," qian xuesen told us, "and the help ! get from it to my scientific research is significant. "
how do we explain the aid of tradition to science and technology? i think that the reason lies in tradition itself. it is saturated with not only a kind of lifestyle or some dialects, but also a pofound and infinite ideology and a useful and special methodology which is substantial to both science and technology.
i disagree with the speaker for another reason as well, traditional culture is also an influential factor of the world`s development. the speaker argues that the development of technology will inevitably make the tradition disappear, which implies that traditional culture can do nothing to the development. this idea is totally wrongheaded. the existence of traditional culture, in other words, the variety of races is an essential agent of the deve