| 标题 | 《英语散文》Strength of cultures: East and West |
| 范文 | In particular, given the advanced IT and diversified management systems, co-operation and co-ordination within a community are becoming crucial for success. One classic example is the Jewish people with their various achievements resulting from their unity and mutual help in addition to their abilities, thanks to the distinctive heritage of their religion and culture. This has contributed greatly to the Jewish people's success in science and financial fields. Likewise, Eastern societies generally treasure the wellbeing of the family and, by extension, that of the nation and the state. So the Chinese have been taught to emulate their ancient role models who would gladly be the first to bear hardships before everybody else and the last to enjoy comforts. Therefore, it is imperative for Singapore to ensure that cultures of East and West complement each other for its own good, since a "rootless" society would be in great peril. Nevertheless, Singaporeans should learn the "aggressiveness" and other strengths from the West to complement their own fine Eastern tradition, as suggested by Prof Yang. Then we can hope to score even more and greater achievements in the coming century. (The author is visiting professor of physics at NUS and member of Chinese Newspapers Resource Panel. Translated by Allen Zhuang) 东西文化的“长”与“短” ● 潘国驹
一方面东方社会，传统上重视教育，同时也有强烈的家庭观念。在这个基础上，子女的教育显得异常重要。
另一方面，杨教授认为西方传统与东方传统有不同的内涵，他提出在美国的物理学界，会比较勇敢提出新的看法，敢于挑战学术权威。
而且他认为几乎所有的科学家们都很“aggressive”。他说“aggressive”并没有中文译词，这说明在中国文化内没有类似“aggressive”的作风或态度。 如果我们勉强地解释，其中文意思为激进、攻击性。也许可以概括为个人奋斗的威猛作风。
面对21世纪的来临，了解东西方文化的优点和缺点，对新加坡社会有很大的意义。 新加坡是亚洲的新兴国家，多元种族，再加上深受西方文化及科技的冲击，我们更应全面深入了解东西方文化的区别，分歧以及它们之间的融汇性。
因为我们面对的竞争者是受西方的传统教育的学者，他们一个特点是尽量宣扬本身的长处。 在东方人看来是不谦虚的作法，从现实结果看，西方的作风是占优势，不突出自己的成就，就不能生存，也不能发挥本身的才华。 东方伦理是否全部不符合现代高科技社会？答案是否定的。取得成就，对科技有突破，除了个人的智慧才华外，还需要多种因素。
尤其是资讯发达，管理多样化的情况下，更需要社群的合作与协调。 |
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