Change
变化
1. What do you think are the main changes over the past twenty years in China?
1. 你认为过去20年中国主要的变化是什么？
Great changes have taken place in China in the past twenty years because of reform and opening up. In my opinion,the main changes include the improvement of people's living standard and their attitudes toward life. Twenty years ago,Chinese people's living standard was very low. Almost all the daily necessities couldn't meet people's basic needs. Even if people had money,the chances were that there was nowhere for them to buy what they wanted. Furthermore, family members of three or even four generations lived under one roof,and sometimes parents might share the same room with their married children. Nevertheless,people can buy whatever they like nowadays. Most people live in big houses and some have their personal cars. As for the attitude towards life, in the past,people,men and women,old and young,held that they should save money for their future, so they spent less money on clothes and food let alone traveling. But now, people enjoy traveling with their family members during the holidays. They pay greater attention to the quality of life?
过去20年中国因为改革开放而发生了巨大的变化。依我看来，主要的变化包括人民生活水平的提高及他们对生活的态度。20年前，中国人民的生活水平非常低。几乎所有生活必需品都不能满足人民的基本需求。即使一个人有钱，可能也没有地方能买他们想买的东西。此外，三代甚至四世同堂的家庭，有时父母可能会和他们已婚的子女合住同一房间。然而现如今人们可以买任何想买的东西。大多数人住在大房子里面而一些人有他们的私车。至于对生活的态度，过去的人们，无论男女老幼，都认为应为未来攒钱，因此他们省吃俭用更不用说旅游了。但是现在，人们享受假期里全家去旅游。他们更注重生活品质。