吃狗肉的英文话题作文.doc

吃狗肉的英文话题作文 Personal Opinions about the Dog-meat Festival in Yulin So far,it is no longer news that people of Yulin, Guangxi province, cherish summer solstice tradition of annual dog-meat festival. However,animal rights groups denounce event as inhumane. From my point of view,I support people who hold the dog-meat festival. I will demonstrate my point in the following statements:the origin and misunderstanding of the festival,the reasons why people have the rights to hold the festival and what should be done to solve the divergence between the two arguing groups. First of all,I would like to introduce the origin of the festival in Yulin from the aspect of a Chinese rather than those western news media. Compared to the misunderstanding that the festival is specially held for people to eat dogs,actually the origin of the festival is an ancient summer solstice tradition for the minority in Guangxi province. In the theory of traditional Chinese medical science, dog meat is prized as a nutritious wintertime dish that doctors can prescribe to treat maladies such as impotence and poor circulation,and it takes its best effect combing with lychees. It is because of such historical and medical reasons that residents in Yulin cherish their citys dog-meat culture, which not only involves dog-meat hotpot but also lychees and strong grain liquor. Besides,the dogs to be eaten in this festival are typically dogs bred for meat,but not the pet dogs that most western news media have always claimed about. Second,it is turn to discuss about why people have the rights to hold such a festival. The question that whether people have the rights to eat dogs has intensified for years,and this year the opponents hold the opinion that canceling the festival is the future trend of civilization. It is interesting to probe the definition of civilization. Since the core values of the modern civilization are freedom,independence and equality,how to define the boundary of freedom?It comes to laws