Sunday, May 30, 2010

an attitude to getting cosmetic surgery

Today, more and more teenagers prefer to get cosmetic surgery because they pay attention to their physical appearance. All of young people hope to have a good appearance, but getting cosmetic surgery to improve their physical appearance has the risk. Thus, people have different attitude to treat getting cosmetic surgery. Sometime, it depends on different cultures.
There are a lot of reports of failed cosmetic surgery, so that people have a fear about cosmetic surgery. But the most important reason makes more American get cosmetic surgery that people dare to try cosmetic surgery despite the risks. On the other hand, having a good physical appearance makes people confident in the United States. They will have more chances to find good jobs.
However, in China, although a lot of teenagers aren't satisfied with their appearance, they are afraid of the risks. Besides the risks, some traditional customs make the Chinese not want to get cosmetic surgery. Moreover, if their children offer to get cosmetic surgery, elderly people will be angry with their children and try to prevent their children from getting it.
In my opinion, our bodies were gifts from their parents, so I don’t want to change their bodies. I think if people are confident, they should focus on improve their personality instead of physical appearance.

Thursday, May 27, 2010

immigrant

Nowadays, more and more immigrants move to the United States. The United States is an international country; moreover, we have to pay attention to the difference of cultures. There are some differences about the types of communication between China and the United States.
As an immigrant who have been the United States for one year, they focus on understanding nonverbal communication of the native English speakers because there are a lot of differences. First, in China, there are less eye contact and touch. For example, in China, if a teenager look at the elderly directly, he will be seem not respect the elderly. However, in the United States, people think more eye contact mean understanding and respect. Second, in the United States, people greet friends with a loving hug. But, in China, we never do that because people think hugging each other is really strange. Moreover, we don’t like people who take into our space.
On the other hand, a lot of native English speakers start to study second language that can help them understand immigrants well. In the United States, there are a lot of immigrants speak Spanish, and they cannot speak English very well. However, we are living in the same country, so native English speakers study Spanish that can get good communication between native English speakers and Spanish immigrants. Also, native English speakers can learn the different cultures.
In conclusion, though there are a lot of differences between the differnet cultures, we can try to learn and understand the different culture.