“有形”的社会问题：
儿童失学(deprived children)、非法的毒品交易(the unlawful traffic in drugs/ Increasing of the population on drugs is directly? connected with the illegal transaction of drugs. Anyone sharing a needle to inject heroin, cocaine or any other drug, runs a risk of becoming infected with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. Many drugs are also linked to injuries and death in a variety of ways: impaired driving, criminal activity, assaults, suicides and other high-risk behavior. Used properly, many drugs can be beneficial. They help treat our illnesses. But used irresponsibly, they create many more problems than they solve. Remember: The Greek word for drug meant both medicine and poison.)、刺激品(Stimulus/ Coffee, tea, alcohol, sleeping pills, tobacco and chocolate anything that can change our moods, feelings or behavior should be considered a drug. Heavy drinking, as we know, can damage the liver, brain, stomach and other organs. Heavy smoking damages the lungs and heart. Many drugs, like heroin, alcohol and cocaine, can be fatal at high doses.)、环境污染(environmental pollution/ Along with the economical unceasingly development, environmental pollution which results from the enterprises in the development more and more seriously endangers the national economy and the people's livelihood of China, which is called the industrial workshop of the world.)、假冒伪劣产品泛滥(counterfeits and unqualified products)、消费者权益保护(the consumer rights and interests protection/ The consumer rights and interests protection call is continuously sent out, correspondingly, the related laws and regulations should formulate as soon as possible, and expected them to effectively implement as far as possible.)、人口过多(The overpopulation already seriously endangered to the national survival and the development.)、公共安全(public security)、贫富差距(the gap between rich and poor/ China's fundamental problem is a dependency on growth combined with a widening gap between rich and poor, imbalances that the Communist Party calls China's "most serious social problem." We should properly handle the interests of different sectors, so that all the people can share the fruits of reform and development.)、社会福利(social welfare)、社会保障基金(social security fund/ The deterioration in economic and social security has largely emerged with the rapid socio-economic transition and social reconstruction including mass migration. I recommend that there is a need to develop social policy which is specifically focused on a comprehensive lowest living security system. The establishment of social insurance fund system may cause these unemployed to draw the lowest living expense, the Minimum Living Standard Scheme (MLSS) or dibao, to safeguard social stability.)、经济萧条(economical depression)、高失业率/就业难(the high unemployment rate/ with tens of millions of farmers needing to be relocated to cities, millions of workers laid off from State-owned enterprises, and with legions of young people entering the workforce, China faces its greatest challenge of reducing unemployment, which is a dangerous social problem on many levels. By developing some labor-intensive industries, our government should create the massive employment opportunity. Laid-Off Workers also must strengthen own study in order to found a new work to realize re-employment.)；
“无形”的社会问题：
如文化交流(cultural exchange)、文明冲突(civilization conflict/ People of different civilizations, such as Islamic civilization, Christian civilization or Chinese civilization, have different views on the relations between God and man, the individual and the group, the citizen and the state, parents and children, husband and wife, as well as differing views of the relative importance of rights and responsibilities, liberty and authority, equality and hierarchy. These differences are the product of centuries. They will not soon disappear. They are far more fundamental than differences among political ideologies and political regimes.——Harvard University's Samuel Huntington)、全球化(globalization/ Just as US goods flooded world markets in the post-Word War II era, US culture is now penetrating every continent through the dramatic growth of mass communications such as music, television, films and the Internet, as well as through the penetration of American corporations into foreign countries.)、互联网 (Internet Age/ The arrival of the Internet has speeded up globalization. currently in China, many Internet cafes, especially those without licenses, admit juveniles in violation of relevant regulations and spread unhealthy information online. They have brought great harm to the mental health of teenagers and interfered with the school teaching, which has aroused strong reaction from the public. China has shut down more than 8,600 unlicensed Internet cafes across the country since February when it launched a nationwide check on all Internet cafes, according to Minister of Culture Sun Jiazheng. Any such place allowing juveniles to enter or allowing unhealthy information to spread through the Internet will face rigid, severe penalty. A recent tragedy in this regard happened in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality on March 31, when two junior middle school students were crushed to death by a train when they fell asleep on the train track after surfing the Internet for over 48 hours in a cafe.)、拜金主义(Mammonism/ There is a Chinese saying: "Ren wei cai si, niao wei shi wang." (As the birds die in the quest for food, humans die in the quest for money))、亲情丧失(the losing of affection/ QINQING (FAMILIAL LOVE AND RELATIONSHIP) AMONGST TRADITIONAL CHINESE: At the root of Commercialism is the paramountcy of self-interest of the individual.)、人情冷漠(social indifference/ Individualism, selfishness and indifference to collective interest and to the affairs of fellow human beings are the fatal weakness of modern society)、精神空虚(the void spirit/ A lot of people who commit suicide are result from their void spirit.)、信誉低下(the low credit)、道德败坏(Moral corruption)、缺乏友爱(fraternal scarcity/ )、不懂礼貌(ill manners/ Another irritating phenomenon in China today is the absence of courtesy.)、没有教养(ill breeding)、传统美德(traditional virtue/ For decades, we have made more criticism than inheritance of our own traditional culture and more negative than confirmative. We should certainly learn from the West, but it is of equal importance that we retain virtues of our own. The Confucian Tradition(The Three Essential Confucian Values: I. Filial Piety II. Humaneness III. Respect for Ritual),)、铺张浪费(extravagance and waste/勤俭节约industry and economy/ The Chinese government, therefore, is promoting the concept of a thrifty society and frugal economy as a matter of urgency. Chinese laws and regulations concerning energy conservation currently in operation leave a lot to be desired.), 迷信(superstition/ Superstition is China's worst enemy--a shadow which only the pure light of science will be able to dispel. In China, like in India, people can spend money to get their favourite numbers of the allotted telephones. A great number of Chinese people would spend money to get number "8" and to avoid number "4". This is because, in Chinese language, the sound "fa" for "eight" is homonymous to the word for "getting rich", while the sound "si" for "four" is homonymous to that for "to die". In the past, the ancient Chinese used to burn some paper symbolically for the dead, wishing that the departed souls would not be short of money to spend in Heaven or hell. This custom has completely lost its original touch of symbolism, but becomes a stupid indulgence in superstition and show. Here is another example of how the development of material culture can pollute the spiritual culture.)、政治问题(President Hu's three slogans - "Harmonious Society" (he xie she hui) and "Scientific Development Perspective" (ke xue fa zhan guan) domestically, and "Peaceful Rise" (he ping jue qi) internationally. Harmonious Society stresses social and political reform and seeks fairness and equity across China's diverse populations and geographies; Scientific Development Perspective stresses integrated sets of solutions to arrays of economic, social and environmental problems, and seeks the rectification of economic imbalances and the institutionalization of sustainable development; and Peaceful Rise conveys that no matter how strong China will become, it will remain a bulwark of stability in the world and it will never threaten its neighbours. )、善与恶(There is no objective criterion to distinguish between good and evil. The objective criterion in judging human behavior should be “Selfishness” and “Altruism”. Was the behavior of the Japanese kamikaze pilots in World War II - good or evil? For the Japanese military, it was good, but for the American military, it was evil. Obviously, it was altruistic.? So, this question is a stupid, meaningless one as there is no answer.)、自由、平等与安全(Too much social freedom will lead to insecurity. When people have the freedom to drink and drive, it will also lead to more accidents. When everyone has the freedom to carry firearms, then personal security is threatened. The main purpose of legislation is to ensure a fair competition. Law is man-made limitation. It imposes limitation on people’s social freedom, therefore social freedom and equity are contradictory to each other.) |
