Bruce Lee, one of the person that I admire most, was widely regarded as the most influential martial artist in the 20th century. I like many kinds of martial art. Though, Bruce is the person I appreciate most because I myself, as a Chinese, feel proud of him for he had made a great impact on martial arts in the world.
I also like his philosophy of martial art. He claimed that every thing in the world has its own rules to live; however, it's not always necessary to follow them. Sometimes people get trapped because they just know how to obey the dead rules and don't know how to find other ways out. Like martial art, there are limitless ways to create one's style. Bruce broke the original rules of martial art, absorbed almost all kinds of martial art from other schools around the world, and then created his own style - Jeet Kune Do. Some other martial artists may admire him, but some don't. Undeniably, though, he is a great man at carrying forward the cultures of martial art.
I like him not because he is also a Chinese like me. It's about the work he had made and the words he had said. Actually, I know many things of Bruce Lee not because I’ve read a lot of books or articles about him, but gained many information from my master, who has taught me Jeet Kune Do for 2 and a half years. I was taught a lot of things which are not only about martial art itself, but also learned the truth about how to live with right aspects of treating other people.
I also like his philosophy of martial art. He claimed that every thing in the world has its own rules to live; however, it's not always necessary to follow them. Sometimes people get trapped because they just know how to obey the dead rules and don't know how to find other ways out. Like martial art, there are limitless ways to create one's style. Bruce broke the original rules of martial art, absorbed almost all kinds of martial art from other schools around the world, and then created his own style - Jeet Kune Do. Some other martial artists may admire him, but some don't. Undeniably, though, he is a great man at carrying forward the cultures of martial art.
I like him not because he is also a Chinese like me. It's about the work he had made and the words he had said. Actually, I know many things of Bruce Lee not because I’ve read a lot of books or articles about him, but gained many information from my master, who has taught me Jeet Kune Do for 2 and a half years. I was taught a lot of things which are not only about martial art itself, but also learned the truth about how to live with right aspects of treating other people.
1 意見:
"one of the persons that". While there is nothing wrong with this, once the plural /-s/ is added, most native speakers would say "people" instead of "persons". Another way to say it to avoid the usage problem is "one person I admire most".
I find it difficult to appreciate why people are especially proud of the achievements of others who come from the same country, ethnic group, or external appearance group (the "s/he looks like me" group). This is merely a personal point of view. Frankly, if I personally had nothing to do with the achievements of someone like Bruce Lee -- an exceptional man by most standards, I've read -- I would not find any reason to be proud of his/her achievements. What have I got to be proud of? Sharing the same skin color, hair type, family name, ethnic origin, culture, language? I can certainly feel proud of my own achievements and proud of the achievements of my children (if I had any positive influence on their success, that is), but I am never proud of the achievements of anyone I have not fathered or mentored in any way on their road to achievement and success. I just don't identify with groups of strangers. I hold my head high or low based on my own personal successes and failures. I don't see how I can or why I should be allowed to or forced to share the successes and failures of persons with whom I share nothing of significance.
"Bruce broke the original rules" is a common way of saying this kind of thing, but I personally find it rude. I don't think it's polite to call a stranger by his or her first name unless I'm asked to do it. I ask everyone in all my classes to call me Bill, so that's fine, but I don't think that Bruce Lee asked you to call him Bruce. The other way to do this is to use his last name and say "Lee broke the original rules". Adding the title "Mr" is not necessary, and, if fact, it might even be seen as ironic and sarcastic if it's clear that whoever uses "Mr Lee" does not respect Bruce Lee. Your use of it wouldn't be suspect, of course, because it's clear from your post that you do respect him a great deal. It's still overly polite in informal English, though.
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