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花了快兩個月查資料、問朋友長輩的看法、整和自己的想法，
還改了好多次英文文法跟單字的問題。
我第一次如此認真地寫完一篇作文，當然會一直保持這樣的努力下去(握拳)!!
*如果有寫到相關題目而搜索看到這篇文章的人，可以拿來參考，但請不要抄襲!
拿一篇不是自己花心思寫的文章複製貼上交出去，是在浪費自己的生命跟降低自
己的水準。
A World Heritage site, which is of outstanding cultural or natural importance to the common heritage of humanity, is a place listed by UNESCO[1] . It is important for a country to have at least a World Heritage site because having a World Heritage means not only showing a national identity but also getting more attention from around the world. Furthermore, it is an honorable duty to protect the unique and irreplaceable property belonging to the international community. For these reasons, the Taiwanese government decided to apply for a World Heritage site, and has chosen potential sites for World Heritage since 2000. Until 2009, there are 17 sites listed in the official document. The Council for Cultural Affairs of Taiwan has been holding a series of course lectures to promote the strength of individuals and the community self-identity, and advancing some basic survey and protection. However, no matter how many efforts the Taiwanese government may make, it is almost impossible for Taiwan to have a World Heritage site because having a membership of the United Nations is necessary to apply for.
Why has the Taiwanese government made efforts to apply for a World Heritage site? In the Taiwanese government’s position, there is another meaning of gaining world heritage recognition. Because of the Chinese government, Taiwan isn’t considered as a country in international situations. Therefore, the Union Nations hasn’t accepted Taiwan’s application to become a member of the UN, and without a membership of the UN makes the process of applying for a World Heritage site more difficult. If the Taiwanese government can succeed in applying for World Heritage site listing, it is a big step for declaring our own national sovereignty.
For the common people, especially my parents’ generation, they think that World Heritage is just a kind of commercial advertisement to improve the tourist industry, but not to preserve Taiwan’s own culture because most Taiwanese people have experienced the period of martial law and the history of this period was manipulated. After World War II, Japan returned Taiwan and Penghu islands to China. The Kuomintang (KMT) party, the governing party at that time, reigned over Taiwan with the high-pressure rule , and the administration was extremely corrupted compared with the previous Japanese rule. It caused the 228 Incident, an anti-government uprising in Taiwan that began on February 27, 1947. Tens of thousands of people were killed, and the incident became a taboo topic of discussion in the entire martial law era. One year later, the KMT was defeated in the Chinese Civil War against the Communist party of China, and withdrew from mainland China to Taiwan in 1949. In order to completely control people natively living in Taiwan, the KMT announced the martial law and fabricated some parts of the history of Taiwan and China.
Before declaring the martial law ended in 1987, there was no freedom to talk about the truth of what happened in the past forty years. Some parts of the history that my parents learnt from their textbooks were proved fake, and some were described by prejudiced views. In order to reconstruct the lost part of the Taiwanese history, there are a lot of people in my parents’ generation striving to find out what are true. For them, to understand the Taiwanese history deeply is more important than to apply for a World Heritage site. It is also ironic that the government that twisted the Taiwanese history wants to be proud of its own history.
Comparing the Taiwanese government and people in the older generation, many people in my generation are quite indifferent to what are happening around them. If you ask someone in twenties in Taiwan whether there is any World Heritage site in Taiwan or not, in all likelihood the answer will be “I don’t know”. After telling them about what World Heritage is, their answer may change to “We should have a World Heritage site”, but they will seldom think what the purpose to apply for a World Heritage site is and the historic background is as well. Furthermore, I consider people in my generation don’t identify themselves with their own country. The main reason is: We don’t know what exactly happened to our parents in the past sixty years, and we don’t care because when we were a child, our parents admonished us not to ask questions, especially things about politics and history in Taiwan. It is a pernicious influence passed from our parents to us.
Right now, people in Taiwan enjoy the freedom of democracy, but the circumstance of alienation from our own history of the last sixty years remains. In order to change the situation of people in my generation being indifference to our history and to reconstruct the lost part of our history, I consider that applying for a World Heritage site is a better way because the Taiwanese government has already chosen 17 potential sites for World Heritage and been holding many lectures. However, the promotion of World Heritage was limited to people who specialize in culture preservation. The common people and the locals seldom know in Taiwan there are so many places worthy to be registered as a World Heritage site. If the government changes the promotion from one-way lectures to interactive contests which can let people directly join the activities, there will be a lot of people attracted to participation in the promotion and to having new ideas coming up with. For example, holding a Taiwan’s World Heritage promotion contest which is similar to science fairs in high schools can raise students’ interest in retracing the history of the potential World Heritage sites. By retracing the history, students can feel direct connection between themselves and the homeland, and strengthen the cultural identification. With more historic background of Taiwan, they develop more affection for their own country. In the future, these students will be proud of being a Taiwanese and like to share the best part of Taiwan with people around the world. Therefore, no matter the application for a World Heritage site is successful or not, the purpose to bring out people’s consciousness of identifying themselves to Taiwan can be fulfilled.
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[1] The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
還改了好多次英文文法跟單字的問題。
我第一次如此認真地寫完一篇作文，當然會一直保持這樣的努力下去(握拳)!!
*如果有寫到相關題目而搜索看到這篇文章的人，可以拿來參考，但請不要抄襲!
拿一篇不是自己花心思寫的文章複製貼上交出去，是在浪費自己的生命跟降低自
己的水準。
A World Heritage site, which is of outstanding cultural or natural importance to the common heritage of humanity, is a place listed by UNESCO[1] . It is important for a country to have at least a World Heritage site because having a World Heritage means not only showing a national identity but also getting more attention from around the world. Furthermore, it is an honorable duty to protect the unique and irreplaceable property belonging to the international community. For these reasons, the Taiwanese government decided to apply for a World Heritage site, and has chosen potential sites for World Heritage since 2000. Until 2009, there are 17 sites listed in the official document. The Council for Cultural Affairs of Taiwan has been holding a series of course lectures to promote the strength of individuals and the community self-identity, and advancing some basic survey and protection. However, no matter how many efforts the Taiwanese government may make, it is almost impossible for Taiwan to have a World Heritage site because having a membership of the United Nations is necessary to apply for.
Why has the Taiwanese government made efforts to apply for a World Heritage site? In the Taiwanese government’s position, there is another meaning of gaining world heritage recognition. Because of the Chinese government, Taiwan isn’t considered as a country in international situations. Therefore, the Union Nations hasn’t accepted Taiwan’s application to become a member of the UN, and without a membership of the UN makes the process of applying for a World Heritage site more difficult. If the Taiwanese government can succeed in applying for World Heritage site listing, it is a big step for declaring our own national sovereignty.
For the common people, especially my parents’ generation, they think that World Heritage is just a kind of commercial advertisement to improve the tourist industry, but not to preserve Taiwan’s own culture because most Taiwanese people have experienced the period of martial law and the history of this period was manipulated. After World War II, Japan returned Taiwan and Penghu islands to China. The Kuomintang (KMT) party, the governing party at that time, reigned over Taiwan with the high-pressure rule , and the administration was extremely corrupted compared with the previous Japanese rule. It caused the 228 Incident, an anti-government uprising in Taiwan that began on February 27, 1947. Tens of thousands of people were killed, and the incident became a taboo topic of discussion in the entire martial law era. One year later, the KMT was defeated in the Chinese Civil War against the Communist party of China, and withdrew from mainland China to Taiwan in 1949. In order to completely control people natively living in Taiwan, the KMT announced the martial law and fabricated some parts of the history of Taiwan and China.
Before declaring the martial law ended in 1987, there was no freedom to talk about the truth of what happened in the past forty years. Some parts of the history that my parents learnt from their textbooks were proved fake, and some were described by prejudiced views. In order to reconstruct the lost part of the Taiwanese history, there are a lot of people in my parents’ generation striving to find out what are true. For them, to understand the Taiwanese history deeply is more important than to apply for a World Heritage site. It is also ironic that the government that twisted the Taiwanese history wants to be proud of its own history.
Comparing the Taiwanese government and people in the older generation, many people in my generation are quite indifferent to what are happening around them. If you ask someone in twenties in Taiwan whether there is any World Heritage site in Taiwan or not, in all likelihood the answer will be “I don’t know”. After telling them about what World Heritage is, their answer may change to “We should have a World Heritage site”, but they will seldom think what the purpose to apply for a World Heritage site is and the historic background is as well. Furthermore, I consider people in my generation don’t identify themselves with their own country. The main reason is: We don’t know what exactly happened to our parents in the past sixty years, and we don’t care because when we were a child, our parents admonished us not to ask questions, especially things about politics and history in Taiwan. It is a pernicious influence passed from our parents to us.
Right now, people in Taiwan enjoy the freedom of democracy, but the circumstance of alienation from our own history of the last sixty years remains. In order to change the situation of people in my generation being indifference to our history and to reconstruct the lost part of our history, I consider that applying for a World Heritage site is a better way because the Taiwanese government has already chosen 17 potential sites for World Heritage and been holding many lectures. However, the promotion of World Heritage was limited to people who specialize in culture preservation. The common people and the locals seldom know in Taiwan there are so many places worthy to be registered as a World Heritage site. If the government changes the promotion from one-way lectures to interactive contests which can let people directly join the activities, there will be a lot of people attracted to participation in the promotion and to having new ideas coming up with. For example, holding a Taiwan’s World Heritage promotion contest which is similar to science fairs in high schools can raise students’ interest in retracing the history of the potential World Heritage sites. By retracing the history, students can feel direct connection between themselves and the homeland, and strengthen the cultural identification. With more historic background of Taiwan, they develop more affection for their own country. In the future, these students will be proud of being a Taiwanese and like to share the best part of Taiwan with people around the world. Therefore, no matter the application for a World Heritage site is successful or not, the purpose to bring out people’s consciousness of identifying themselves to Taiwan can be fulfilled.
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[1] The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
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