Some people believe that it is the responsibility of individuals to take care of their own health and diet. Others however believe that governments should make sure that their citizens have a healthy diet. Discuss both views and give your opinion. Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own experience or knowledge.

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All
celebrations
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of different festivals are unique depending on their cultural backgrounds and geographical locations. Some
celebrations
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,
however
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,
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some surprising
similarities
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. In
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case, the
Chinese
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celebration
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of New
Year
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and the Western
celebration
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of
Christmas
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. Some may think that these two
celebrations
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have nothing in common because of their different cultural background.
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, these two
celebrations
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share
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many
similarities
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. One important similarity between the
celebration
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of New
Year
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and
Christmas
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is the importance of kinship.
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highlight of the evening is spent around the dining table talking with family and friends. In China, millions of
people
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leave their workplaces
on
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different vehicles to be with their families. In the West,
people
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also
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travel from everywhere back to their homes to celebrate
Christmas
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together.
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the number of
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traveling
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is less than in China. But in both cases, celebrating together with family
the
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driving force for the
people
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to travel around during the cold
winter time
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. Another similarity between
Christmas
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and New
Year
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is the wishing for prosperity and luck. In the West, the typical
Christmas
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rite is to attend mass or carol service to remember Jesus's birth and to wish for a good start
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the
next
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year
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. In the East, the
Chinese
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New
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is welcomed with lion and dragon dances in parades through the streets. Compare to the silent mass in the West, the dances are loud with the aim to push away evil spirits and
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in prosperity as well as luck for the
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ahead.
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, both
celebrations
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share
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an important aspect, the food. For
Christmas
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, the typical food includes turkey, different kinds of cakes of other
foods
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with religious
meaning
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meanings
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. In China, the
foods
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are chosen carefully based on the symbolic meaning of their name or appearance.
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, fish is always present during
Chinese
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New
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meals because the
Chinese
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word for fish has the same sound as the word for abundance.
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,
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foods
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have become an important way to wish for a prosperous new
year
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.
Although
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the Western
celebration
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of
Christmas
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and the
Chinese
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celebration
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of the new
year
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have many differences, they
also
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share
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some remarkable
similarities
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in many aspects.
For example
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, both
celebrations
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denote the importance of kinship, the wishing for a better
year
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, and the importance of
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foods
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. Even though some
people
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believe that there are no
similarities
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between the two
celebrations
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, a closer inspection can still show that they have more in common than not.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • health-conscious decisions
  • self-discipline
  • informed choices
  • personal accountability
  • regulating food industries
  • implementing policies
  • healthy eating
  • public health campaigns
  • subsidies for healthy food
  • enabling environment
  • accessible
  • affordable
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