Essay questions 5

思考题 Essay questions

By answering the questions below, state your views on government and state intervention in the economy. No less than 500 words. (请你从以下几个方面谈谈你对计划经济的看法；不得少于500字。)

• Lei Feng 1964 and Hibiscus Town 1986 are two different historical films. Which one struck you as more interesting and true? Why? (《雷锋》1964 和《芙蓉镇》1986是两个非常不同历史影片。哪个故事更真实可信？为什么？)

• What ought to be the extent to which a government intervenes in the economy of a nation? Is it something like how it is represented in Lei Feng or depicted in Hibiscus Town? Given human nature what it is, which system is more reasonable, planning economy or market economy? (个人利益和集体/国家利益的关系应该是什么样的？ 应该像电影《雷锋》里的那样，还是应该像胡玉音所想象的那样？计划经济和资本主义自由市场经济哪一个更符合人性？)

• Which one of these two films do you think is more relevant to today’s American culture and society? Why? (你觉得这两个电影中那一个对当今美国社会和文化更有现实意义？为什么？)