Friday, January 21, 2011

this is my home work can you help me? Taiwan's food, clothes, education and govrnment


this is my home work can you help me? Taiwan's food, clothes, education and govrnment?
Q1.what kind of food people eat in Taiwan? Q2. what kind of truditional clothes people ware in Taiwan? Q3. tell me please twhat is system of education in Taiwan? Q4. what system of govrnment in Taiwan? Q5. How make a praghraph about each Question And answer
Taiwan - 2 Answers
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1 :
1st site below has excellent info on food and clothing in Taiwan. 2nd site is very detailed about the history of the gov't of "the Republic of China"...also known as Taiwan. You may want to scroll way down to the paragraph titled {present" to learn about the urrent formof gov't. Last 2 sites are about the educatio system.
2 :
I've lived in Taiwan for a few years now. 1. People came to Taiwan from all over China, and they brought their regional cuisine with them. China is a big country. Saying "Chinese food" is almost like saying "European food", because there is such wondrous variety. In addition, international food is popular. Pizza is not to western taste (with very few exceptions)--they put corn, peas, squid, octopus, and other unusual items on it. Western food in Taiwan tends to be either lousy or expensive or both. Nobody makes better soup or better vegetables than you get over here, and nobody makes worse bread or worse cheese. The food in Taiwan is the best I have ever tasted, anywhere, bar none--and that includes my mother's house! 2. Taiwan is a modern country, and people do not wear traditional clothing. Many women put more effort into shielding themselves from the sun than western women do. Farmers and outdoor workers often wear "tradional" woven straw hats, and Buddhist monks and nuns wear relgious garb. School kids wear uniforms. Many people dress very fashionably in the big cities. Women don't wear clothing that is as revealing as western style (halter tops and so on are uncommon). A friend pointed out that "a dress is like a barbed wire fence. It protects the premises without obstructing the view." 3. Education is similar to but different from North American schools. There are no school janitors--the kids clean the school--toilets and all. There is more discipline, but teachers aren't allowed to hit kids. Lunch is provided to everyone--not just poor kids. The school day is longer--0700 to 1645. There is great emphasis on grades and exams. Elementary kids can't got to any junior high they want, and junior high kids cannot select their senior high. They have to write exams and qualify for admission. 4. Taiwan is a modern, prosperous democracy. There are free elections. The place was under martial law and one-party rule for a number of years, and there is still residual bitterness about the behaviour of the government during that time. There was no free speech during martial law, and even today many people are reluctant to give political opinions. The biggest political challenge for the government is relations with the Peoples Republic of China, as Beijing considers Taiwan to be a rebellious province. Some people in Taiwan want an independent country, others want reunification with China under acceptable circumstances, and some (a minority) consider that the Republic of China (Taiwan) is the legitimate government of all China--no different from the Free French during the Nazi occupation of France in WW2. 5. That's enough. I'm a schoolteacher in a junior high in Taiwan, and you should be doing your own homework. I hope I at least got you started.