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Tohelp,ornottohelp?ThathasbecomeadilemmainmodernChina.AccordingtoarecentsurveybyChinaYouthDaily.76.1percentoftherespondentssaythatourcurrentsocietyrpvidesa“badenvironment”forgoodpeopledoinggooddeed.ThefollowingarticleisabouttheprevalentfearofhelpingoldpeopleinChina.Readitcarefullyandwriteyourresponseinabout300words,inwhichyoushoud:1summarizebrieflytheopinionsfrombothsides;2giveyourcommentMarkswillbeawardedforcontentrelevance,contentsuffciency,organizationandlanguagequality.Failuretofollowtheaboveinstructionsmayresultinalossofmarks.Lately,China’sMinistryofHealthissuredgridelinesonhowtohandlecasesofelderlyfalling.Butinsteadofaddressingtheworrisomelegalliablilityissue,itfocusesmainlyonmedicalconsequencesofafallandofferstechnicalsolutionstodifferentfallscenarios,whilealsotellingpeopletoovercomeembarrassmentandpsychologicalfearofhelping.Thishasfurtherinflamedcitizenswhofeelinadilemmabetweenwantingtohelp,andhavngfearofbeingtakenadvanbtageoffortheirkindness.FallingdownisaleadingcauseofdeathforChinesecitizensaged65andabove,accordingtoYangMaowei,AssociateProfessoroftheFirstHospitalofChinaMedicalUniversity.However,inrecentyears,therehavebeenfrequentreportsofsuchdeathsinpublicplaceswithnoonehelpingthevictims,Yandsaid.ItseemsthatChinesepeoplehavebecomereluctanttohelpbecausetheyworrythatthepersontheyhelpmaylaterturnaroundandsuethem,asthatiswhat’sbeenhappeninganumberoftimesinrecentyears.Asaconsequence,severalelderlyhavebeenlefttodieinthestreetswithpeoplepassingbyorwatching,butnothelpingthem.Onelineintheguidelinesthatparticularlyirkednetizenssaid,“whetherornottolendahanddependsonthesituation.”AftertheMinistry’sgudelinescameout,SinaWeiboconductedapoll,askingpeoplewhethertheyarestillwillingtohelpanelderlywhohasfallen,consideringtheMinistry’sguidelines.Ofthe5,031whovoted,only20percentsaidyes,while43percentsaidno.andtheremainding38percentsaid,they’renotsure.SomepeopleleftcommentsexpressingtheirinnerconflictsanddisillusionmentoverChina’sslidingmoralvalues.“Idarenothelp,butI’llruntoapublicphoneboothtocall120,theemergencynumberinChina,andaskforanambulance.”“Ican’tevenprotectmyownsafety.HowcanIhavetheabilitytotakecareofothers?It'sreallyfunny!”“Toputitfrankly,itreflectsthedegenerationofsociety’smorality.Theculturehasnodirection,themoralityhasnbobottomline,andthetrustbetweenpeople,andbetweenpeopleandthegovernmentistoolow.”“UnlessIwereBillGates,Iwouldhelpforsure.”“Iwouldcertainlyhelpbefore.NowI’mreallyabitafraid.”“Intoday’sChinesesociety,traditionalvaluesandvirtueshavebeeneradictedcompletely.Nomatterwhatguidelinesareissued,whenonbereallystandsatacriticalpoint,thelawwillnotprotectthepoorpeople.”“There’snowayout.Thestateeducatesusthisway,andnowitturnsaroundtoaccuseusofhavingnomorality.Isn’tthatridiculous?Whethertohelpisnotamoralissue,butthecruxofChina’scurrenteducation.”“Atpresent,China’ssocialvaluesarelost,andmoralityisruinedtothepointofnationaldoom.”MyViewonOnlineEducationTheinfluenceofonlineeducationontraditionalteachingmethodissohugethatcollegestudydoesn’tkeepfixedforuniversitiesandstudents.Opinionsaboutthisissuevary.Someuniversities,suchastheUniversityofWashington,arefence-sitters(意见中立之人).Theydeemthatonlineeducationstandsachanceofprovidingamoreefficientlearningstyleforself-directedlearnersonthepositiveside,butitmightfailtoachievethesameeffectofintellectualcommunity.Whilesomestudentsheappriseonitsconvenience,flexibility,andindependence,otherspointoutthatonlineeducationisabsentofteacher-studentinteraction,anindispensiblepartoflearningprocess.Asformyself,Iamoftheopinionthattheadvantagesofonlineeducationoutweighitsdisadtantages.Firstly,comparedwithtraditionalwaysoflearningincollege,onlineeducationismoreflexible.Ratherthanbeingrestrictedinclassrooms,learnerscansighupforanycoursetheyareinterestedinaslongastheyhavetheaccesstotheInternet.Besides,learnerscantaketheonlinecoursesrepeatedlyincasetheyfeelperplexed.Amoreimportantfactisthatonlineeducationisasdemandingastraditionaleducation.Ontopoftheteachingsessions,thelectureralsoassignshomework,whichisneverlessthanthatassighedinclassrooms.What’smore,variousquizzesandexamsaretakenregularlytoassesswhetherlearnersseizetheknbowledgetaught.Lastbutnottheleast,contrarytotheopponents,asforthedemeritofonlineeducation,Ipresumethatlackofteacher-studentinteractionexertsnomajorimpactonstudy.“Lack”doesnotmean“no”.AsismentionedbyChangHanyiandYangYang,thelecturermakesofficehoursforface-to-facemeetingwithstudents.Allinall,inmyview,withthefurtherdevelopmentoftheInternetandmobileclients,onlineeducationwillbecomemorepopuplarwithoutquestion.Weshallmakethebestuseoftheadvantagesofonlineeducationandbypassitsdisadvantages.