摘要：9月10日雅思寫作考試真題大作文，考察的為社會類話題，要求考生討論傳統思維模式值不值得堅持下去，看看范文是怎樣回答此題。

Many customs and traditional ways of behavior are no longer relevant to the modern life and not worth keeping. Agree or disagree?

很多習慣和傳統行為方式和現代生活不再有關，不值得再堅持下去了。你同意還是不同意?

參考范文：

The issue of whether to follow traditional culture is a multifaceted and sensitive one facing the development of technology.It is difficult to say who has the right to judge whether tradition or sticking to modern culture is more appropriate.

Modern ideology pays attention to the acquisition of individual wealth.In other words,people nowadays are more likely to make every endeavor to acquire knowledge and cultivate their work capability to find a niche in today's competitive society for otherwise they would get marginalized.This means that aggressiveness and selfishness would also be generated from this as people in all likelihood are too obsessed with money without consideration of others especially their family.It is an unfortunate fact that an increasing number of young adults are now choosing to work or further study far away from their hometowns.There are environmental issues to be considered as well.Advancing manufacturing ability and improving living standard lead to massive consumption of products,people are also swung by advertisers to purchase excessive items such as household appliance.

In this respect,traditional cultures are probably necessary to solve these negative effects.Values passed down from the old ages,on the other hand,highly focuses on the balance between individuals and surroundings such as natural environment and social circle.It was certainly the case in the past that local people lived harmoniously with their neighbors without worrying about being invaded not locking up tightly their doors at night.They show respect to each other and there are less lucrative relations among people because they live a tranquil ways of life rather than today's business world.Traditional culture also deems family a paramount part of people's lives.Family cohesion results from this can positively contribute to the well-being of family members as they can gain a sense of belonging to a group.It is also a common situation that people living in the past tend to cherish their belongings by repairing and using it again and thus very much help the reduction of natural resource waste.

I therefore believe that modern culture which is not necessarily always conducive should be upheld together with traditions because we can learn lessons from it and improve our modern way of life.

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