Chinese New Year starts with the New Moon on the first day of the new year and ends on the full moon 15 days later. The 15th day of the new year is called the Lantern Festival, which is celebrated at night with lantern displays and children carrying lanterns in a parade.
The Chinese calendar is based on a bination of lunar and solar movements. The lunar cycle is about 29.5 days. In order to "catch up" with the solar calendar the Chinese an extra month once every few years. This is the same as adding an extra day on leap year. This is why, according to the solar calendar, the Chinese New Year falls on a different date each year.
New Year's Eve and New Year's Day are celebrated as a family affair, a time of reunion and thanksgiving. The celebration was traditionally highlighted with a religious ceremony given in honor of Heaven and Earth, the gods of the household and the family ancestors.
The sacrifice to the ancestors, the most vital of all the rituals, united the living members with those who had passed away. Departed relatives are remembered with great respect because they were responsible for laying the foundations for the fortune and glory of the family.
The presence of the ancestors is acknowledged on New Year's Eve with a dinner arranged for them at the family banquet table. The spirits of the ancestors, together with the living, celebrate the onset of the New Year as one great munity. The munal feast called "surrounding the stove". It symbolizes family unity and honors the past and present generations
Russia is equipped with a cloud color, and autumn is indifferent. Autumn, it represents a harvest, representing enthusiasm, also represents the joy of harvest.
Autumn, the beginning of the harvest, the end of life. It does not represent the end of life, but still has enthusiasm and beauty. The fields, the roadside, autumn is everywhere, but not, there are trees around, flat is gold, and the tree is also gold. The golden small hand palm is floating in the air, and it will fall in flat, no matter where it is embroidered, it is like a few golden flowers to give me a song, indicating that I have a happy.
Autumn, a beautiful picture, the sunset, the autumn wind, the flowers, the fruit, the fruit, the moon is high. Autumn, the blossoming flower, floating in the air, like a butterfly, falling in the stream, the Buddha is a golden boat. Autumn, the little fan, sagged the summer hot, fanned the singing song, fanned green blanket.
August autumn high wind anger, roll on my house triple. When the autumn is high, occasionally hit the floor, and the white brightened raindrops jumped into the house.
Jin Gui fragrance, spend a good month. In this beautiful festival in Mid-Autumn Festival, whether it is a moon, eat moon cake, is pinned. the sea is promoted to the moon, the end of the world. Mid-Autumn Festival, will pass our thoughts to people we worry. As Su Shi said: How many times is it in the moon? Write yourself.
Spring Walnut Plum Blossom Day, autumn rain and pendant leaves.I love you autumn, I love you the fruit fragrance, I love your autumn wind, I love you, I love you.
At the time of the holiday, the mood is extremely excited, thought to be able not to read, carefree play two months. For the first, two weeks, I hide in my room every day, except for three meals and the day is upstairs. From the third week, I thought I was bored at home and spent all day staring at the computer. Without the students and the teachers, the sound of lang lang was not heard, and everything around them became dull and empty.
Haven't the past one month, start looking forward to opening, remembering with the classmates together of the happy time, feel good long time, never felt such a long time.
In the second month, she followed her sister to the university of technology, where she was studying, to study and make lessons. Perhaps this time will pass a little faster, as if to kill time. The university is large, with four Bridges, three dining halls, two supermarkets, a library, a swimming pool, a store, a bookstore, a barbershop, a newsstand... Oddly enough, there is a kindergarten. I do my homework in the library, read books, and surf the Internet in my dormitory at night. Every day you can go to the supermarket to buy snacks, you can go to the off-campus for a cold drink every week, you can go shopping three times a month, and you can go to the movies. At first, I thought the life of college students was very laid-back. Then I found out that I was going to do research reports, write essays and be busy every day. College life is good, more meaningful, a good memory.
The summer vacation is finally over, and finally we can see the lovely classmates!
This summer is the end of another summer vacation.
Recently, every morning when I wake up, I find my air-conditioner automatically turned off. I didnt understand why at first, but soon I learned that there is a great shortage of electricity sup*** in our citymy air-conditioner turned off because of a power failure midnight.
With the rapidly developing industry and the ever increasing population, demand for electricity sup*** is soaring. Besides, summers in recent years are much hotter than before, so most working places and households are air-conditioned, which consumes additional electricity.
Faced with such a hard nut, we have to find ways to crack it. Above all, in western areas of China, there is surplus of electricity sup***. So, cities that are thirsty for electricity may ask for remote help. Then, when we have electricity, we should remember to save it. Set your air-conditioners at 270C and you wont feel less comfortable than when they are at 260C. In fact, some factories already shift their working hours to avoid the peak time of electricity-consuming. My parents dont work from Monday through Friday as beforethey work from Sunday through Thursday and have/take the following two days off instead. This is also a way out, isnt it?
With the coming of summer vacation, the barrier of summer is open!
After a storm comes a calm, a gorgeous rainbow hung up the sky quietly, as if the two towers on the set up of hongqiao, compete with the hot sun, a piece of new colors for summer, summer vacation on the vitality for the students, even the trees were happy move, enjoying the good fight. Oh, it's time to go out and live up to the good times.
Driving to the beach, it was a view of the sea. Far away, a few fishing boats rippling in the wind, a cluster of microwaves in the sea. Bare feet, tread on the sand, walk to the beach, the wave of the wave of the wave is coming towards you, the wave is like thousands of tongues licking your little feet. Hire on a bamboo raft, support the central to the sea, plunged into the water, free to swim hundreds of meters, to float on the surface of the water, looking at the blue sky white clouds, with the same good sunshine, everything all have no, encircled the your only water day, sunshine... Enjoy the warmth of nature! It was getting dark, and the red sun was falling into the sea at a point, and the waves were flashing a flash of red light. It's time for dinner. Find a small hotel nearby and eat a seafood meal. Wow, that's great!
When night comes, turn on the computer, check the news on the Internet, and talk to your friends. Have a wonderful summer night, the stars out of the window in the blink of an eye to you, bright moon through the clouds, reminds you of蟐moth moon fairy story, the gigolo knit. Suddenly, a dull thunder interrupted my thoughts, and a bright light pierced my eyes, and silently closed my eyes. I know that tomorrow will be a bright day for me!
——专四英语写作作文优选【五】篇
Should Universities Give Priority to Practical Courses for Students?
Because of the demands in the job market, students with "hot" degrees such as computer science or finance are more likely to get a job than students with a "cold" degree like geography. Some people say that universities should give priority to practical courses for students. But I think that traditional courses are equally important and universities should not give priority to practical courses.
First, both practical and traditional courses are needed in our country. Students who do well in different courses can help to develop different aspects of our country after their graduation. For example, our society needs not only people who can help to develop economy and technology, but also people who can contribute themselves to literature and education. Second, if universities give priority to practical courses, more students will choose those "hot" degrees. When these students graduate, they will have to fight harder for a job because there will be too many applicants with the same degrees. This will in turn cause an imbalance of sup*** and demand in the job market.
In one word, both practical courses and traditional courses are important, and universities should not give priority to either side.
My dormitory room is on the second floor. it is small and crowded. the dark green walls and the dirty white ceiling make the room seem dark, and thus even smaller than it is, as youwalk into the room, you are stopped short by my bed which fills half of the room.
The two large windows over the bed are hidden by heavy dark gold drapes. against the wall on your left, pushed into a corner behind the head of the bed, is a large bookcase which is crammed with papers, books, and knick-knacks, wedged in between the bookcase and the wall opposite the bed is a small grey metal desk. it has a brown wooden chair which seems to fill the left end of the room.stuffed under the desk is a wooden wastepaper basket overflowing with paper and debris. the wall above the bookcase and desk is completely taken up with two small posters. on the right hand of the room is a narrow closet with clothes,shoes, hats, tennis racquets, and boxes bulging out of its sliding doors. everytime i walk out of the door, i think, ’now i know what it is like to live in a closet.
Free Admission To MuseumsRecently, museums in mounting numbers become admission-free to the public both home and abroad. The purpose of this practice is to offer more opportunities for citizens to explore and get easy access to the world of history, culture and knowledge.Although free admission to museums enjoys distinct advantages, it also brings harmful effects. In the first place, these valuable cultural relics displayed may be damaged or destroyed consciously or unconsciously by the crowds. In the second place, it becomes a huge economic burden for museums to run as usual without any profits from the visitors.It is my view that free admission to museums is of utmost significance. For one thing, we should appeal to our authorities to legislate strict laws and regulations to protect these museums. For another, we should cultivate the awareness of people that museums are extremely vital to us humans. It is high time that we attached great importance to our motherlands' splendid and glorious culture of more than five thousand years.
Competition is a common phenomenon in our society . We compete when we play games, we try to do better than others in our study, and there is constant competition for jobs, fame, wealth and so forth. Therefore,we can say that, in a certain sense, competition is one of the motive forces of the development of our modern society.
It is often believed, that competition and cooperation are in opposition to each other. Some people stress competition, without which, in their eyes, there is no responsibility, no drive and ultimately, no progress. Others advocate cooperation whatever they do. They are of the opinion that the dependence of people on one another has increased, without which the society we live in can not keep going smoothly. In reality, we find that in many cases competition goes hand in hand with cooperation. Lets take a football game for example. During the game, one team is competing against the other, but each member of the team must cooperate with his teammates. Otherwise, they would lose the game no matter how skillful each individual player might be. It is clear that competition has much to do with cooperation.
As far as I’m concerned, I do not agree with the view that competition and cooperation are always in conflict with each other. In my opinion, while advocating competition. We should never forget cooperation. In our social life, cooperation is especially necessary because most work is fulfilled with or through other people. So Ive come to the conclusion that competition are equally important.
Due Attention Should Be Given to Spelling What is hot for 20xxin our colleges? It is the spelling mistakes. Countless students lack due attention to spelling. Taking a look around, we can find examples too numerous to list, the one may be “challenge”.
Freshman and sophomore almost write this word as “chanllege”. How careless they are! Why such a phenomenon sweeps every university?
Some experts attribute it to students' inattention, because students always pay no attention to spelling. However, other experts argue, the teachers should be blamed for this situation. In my opinion, it is far beyond any reasonable doubt that both of them should exert themselves to change the spelling mistakes.
Confronting with this situation, I maintain that the spreading of the spelling mistakes has extremely negative effects on the education. For one thing, the special age that none of students can spell correctly will come soon. For another, while communicating with foreigners, we will be laughed at the spelling mistakes made by ourselves. As a result, due attention should be given to spelling immediately.
——最新的教育话题专八写作优选【5】篇
Throughout the millennia, students of all ages in China have had to endure the miseries of learning by rote. Teachers have stifled creativity in the pursuit of the accumulation of facts, and parents have forced children to spend mind-numbing hours cramming for exams. But for the past year, the government has been experimenting with what could amount to revolutionary changes in China's classrooms. The aim is to make education more pleasant, more useful and, above all, to challenge students to think for themselves.
What has prompted the reforms is a belated recognition that China's education system is failing to produce enough innovative thinkers. In addition, students are dee*** unhappy. A survey conducted by the Education Ministry five years ago found more than 80% of students disliked school. Dropout rates have been rising in rural areas-partly for economic reasons but also because of the stultifying atmosphere of their classrooms. Exam pressures frequently lead to . According to a survey last year among senior secondary-school students and university freshmen in one area, more than 50% had considered killing themselves.
Several other countries in East Asia, including Japan, South Korea and , are grappling with similar problems. But the implications of China's reform efforts are particularly profound. China's traditional education methods are ideally suited to a political culture that requires citizens to submit blindly to authority. By encouraging students to question their teachers and regard them as equals (even official literature now talks of fostering a “democratic” atmosphere in classrooms), China could be ushering in a new kind of relationship between the rulers and the ruled.
The problem is making it work. The government has set ambitious targets with few resources to ensure that the country's more than 10m primary- and secondary-school teachers acquire the skills and determination to change the habits of a lifetime. The reforms started in September 2001 with about 420,000 primary- and junior secondary-school students (out of a national total of more than 215m) taking part in 38 experimental zones around the country. In September this year, participation increased to 9.1m pupils in 572 zones. These figures will double next year. The Education Ministry's original idea had been to implement the reforms nationwide by 2010. But according to Liu Jian of the ministry's National Centre for School Curriculum and Textbook Development, employers from a variety of enterprises said they wanted a quicker timetable. So now the target is 2005.In 2004, similar experiments will start in secondary schools.
My first Job before I started at university,I took my first job as a waitress in a nice restaurant.At the night before my first day.I was too excited to go to sleep and as a result,I got up late in the morning.I threw on my clothes and rushed over to the restaurant.In a great hurry,I didn't hear clearly the head waiter's instruction that we should go into the kitchen through one door and out from the other.
So when I took two plates of eggs and bacon and an orange juice out to the restaurant,I went straight towards the wrong door and collided with another waiter coming in!Worst of all was that I wore a pair of smart shoes but with high heels! A few hours later I was in agony yet had no time to change them. By the time we finished serving dinner at about 10:30 I was completely exhausted. Nevertheless, I learnt something through my experience.
With the rapid development of technology and people’s demand for education mounting, so-called e-learning, or on-line long distance education, has become very popular and important in China. In some areas, e-learning has played a role traditional classroom education cannot accomplish.
Approximately 90 per cent of the world’s new information is stored and retrieved in English. It is vital for China to use the Olympics as a catalyst to boost English acquisition to prepare itself or the digital revolution. To prepare for the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, at least 6 million Chinese, including staff for the organizing committee, and in the service, retail, police, volunteer, technical and medical support sectors, reportedly need to improve their English language skills.
E-learning breaks down the barriers of time and location, integrating education resources. When compared with traditional ways of teaching and learning, it is far more cost-effective for both the teachers and the students.
Li Ming and Wang Ying are two students of Senior Three. They both work hard and but they have different learning methods.
Li Ming often sleeps in class instead of listening to the teacher. As a result, he misses lots of points that the teacher makes and it usually takes him more time to finish his homework. So he has to stay up late and doesn’t get enough sleep.
However, Wang Ying has quite a different way of learning. She listens attentively and tries to catch everything that the teacher says in class. Because of this, she spends less time doing her homework, which makes it possible for her to go to bed early.
In my opinion, Wang Ying learns more effectively in class and has more free time to enjoy herself, so I prefer her learning method.
星期六的时候，我很早就起床了，因为我要看浙江电视台少儿频道的安全教育节目。早上8：10分左右开始的。第一部分是当发生地震时我们应该如何避险；第二部分是当火灾发生时我们应该怎样正确逃生；第三部分是在马路上行走时应该注意哪些问题；第四部分是我们不应该到哪些地方去游泳，当有人发生溺水时我们应该如何营救；第五部分是其他一些校园安全防范常识。我以为是八点半开始的，所以我起晚了一点，当我打开电视开始看的时候，我不知道放了到哪个部分了，所以我就一边看电视一边看通知单。
看完电视我知道了当发生地震的时候如果我们在校园里的话，我们得趴在桌底下，不要动，保护好自己的头，要闭上眼睛。如果在家里发生地震的话，我们得拿上枕头在某个角落蹲着，把枕头放在头了，闭上眼睛。
当发生火灾的时候，我们得象以前演*那样如果在学校我们得用袖子捂住口鼻。排好队跑到操场上，之后再迅速离开学校。如果在家里发生的话，我们得用湿毛巾捂住口鼻，直接下楼，不能乘坐电梯，不然会困在那里。
我还知道了怎么过马路和其他的安全知识，我觉得这些知识对我们非常有帮助，我牢牢的记在心里。
On Saturday, I got up very early, because I want to see Zhejiang TV children's safe education program. 8:10 am to start around. The first part is how we should hedge when an earthquake occurs; the second part is how we should escape when the fire occurs; the third part is the problem that should be paid when walking on the road; the fourth part is what we should not Where to go swimming, when people drowning when we should be how to rescue; the fifth part is some other campus security precautions. I thought it was starting at half past eight, so I got a little late. When I started watching TV, I did not know where to put it, so I watched the TV while watching the notice.
Watching the TV I know when the earthquake when we are on campus, we have to lie under the table, do not move, to protect their own head, to close your eyes. If there is an earthquake at home, we have to take a pillow in a corner squatting, put the pillow on the head, close your eyes.
When there is a fire, we have to go to the previous exercise if we had to cover our mouth and nose with our sleeves. Row of teams went to the playground, and then quickly leave the school. If at home, we have to cover his nose and mouth with a wet towel, directly downstairs, can not take the elevator, or will be trapped there.
I also know how to cross the road and other security knowledge, I think this knowledge is very helpful to us, I firmly in mind.
——专四英语写作(5)份
Some people prefer to spend their lives doing the same things and avoiding change. Others , however, think that change is always a good thing. Discuss both these views and give your own opinion.
Over the last half century the pace of change in the life of human beings has increased beyond our wildest expectations. This has been driven by technological and scientific breakthroughs that are changing the whole way we view the world on an almost daily basis. This means that change is not always a personal option, but an inescapable fact of life, and we need to constantly adapt to keep pace with it.
Those people who believe they have achieved some security by doing the same, familiar things are living in denial. Even when people believe they are resisting change themselves, they cannot stop the world around them from changing. Sooner or later they will find that the familiar jobs no longer exist, or that the ‘safe’ patterns of behavior are not longer appropriate.
However, reaching the conclusion that change is inevitable is not the same as assuming that ‘change is always for the better.’ Unfortunately, it is not always the case that new things are promoted because they have good impacts for the majority of people. A lot of innovations are made with the aim of making money for a few. This is because it is the rich and powerful people in our society who are able to impose changes(such as in working conditions or property developments ) that are in their own interests.
In conclusion, I would say that change can be stimulating and energizing for individuals when they pursue it themselves, but that all change, including that which is imposed on people, does not necessarily have good outcomes.
We all know that vehicles are the major source of air pollution in cities. To solve the headache, people have taken a variety of steps, but the result is not satisfying. Here, one way to solve the problem is to set gas thrifter in vehicle.
Setting gas thrifter in vehicle not only decreases the consumption of gas which is a major source of air pollution but also slows down the cost of possessing a vehicle which makes millaye price lower. Thereby, all vehicles set gas thrifter will make air have a lower carbon dioxide content deriving from burning gas and coal. The less carbon dioxide, the less air pollution. Therefore, through setting gas thrifter, vehicles will bum lower gases, and the problem will partly be solved.
Despite other ways to solve the problem, I think the best way is to set gas thrifter in vehicle for both effect and practice.
As the development of the media, people are affected by the TV and commercial ads, they keep their eyes on the amusement all the time, so they will become a fan. Especially for the teenagers, they chase for the idols. Idols bring the great effect on the public, their power is huge.
Today, weibo is very popular for people to share the information. The celebrities open their accounts and they record their lives on it. Many fans will keep their eyes on their idols’ accounts, they want to know everything about their idols. When the celebrities post the news about helping the poor people, then the fans will try their best to help the poor people. The fans will follow their idols’ words.
As the power from idol is so effective, so the idol should keep the positive image to the public.
The idols have the responsibility to keep the positive image, so that their power can be used in the proper way.
A Major Advantage/Disadvantage of the Information Age
As everyone knows, the information age has brought us countless benefits, but when it comes to its major advantage, people may hold different views. As for me, the major advantage of the Information Age is that it makes it easy for individuals to have instant access to all kinds of information. In the past, for instance, if a student was meant to compose a thesis, he was supposed to bury himself in piles of books in the library, and probably after several days’ or even several months’ searching, he still could not find the materials he wanted. But now it is a totally different story. The advanced techniques of the information age have spared us all those troubles. What we need to do is just sit in front of the computer and search for our target information on the Internet rather than struggle painfully in numerous books. More excitingly, we don’t have to waste several days or even months waiting. Usually the information we need will be transferred to us in seconds. The information age can not only bring convenience to students in searching of materials, but also help people in all walks of life, save their energy and enhance their efficiency. Now since we’re in an economy based around the manipulation of information, I have every reason to believe that this advantage of the information age will play an even greater role in the future.
My younger cousin got in trouble at school for kicking some other students. When asked why he did it, he responded that he had been imitating his favorite cartoon character. He had seen this behavior and decided to act similarly. His parents had enormous difficulties getting him to stop. This showed me that TV shows can be more influential than parents. Finally, young people often feel like they have nothing in common with their parents, so their parents' influence in their live decreases. Young people think their parents do. For example, many parents are not as proficient as their children are at using modern technology. They might not even know how to surf the Internet or use an MP3 player. This gap in knowledge makes it very hard for them to find common ground with their parents. In conclusion, modern media and the world of technology have much stronger influences on young people than their parents do. As young people get more absorbed in television, movies celebrities, and their friends, parents should expect to continue losing more control over their children.Many believe that outside influences have stronger effects on young people than their parents do. This, however, is a mistaken belief.
——专八考试翻译题型满分练* (菁华5篇)
首先，最为重要的无疑是讲课的内容。不论是在选修课还是必修课，老师都要求学生掌握基本的知识，或是学*一些他们感兴趣的知识。那些怀疑老师水*有问题的人纯属无稽之谈。那些能够上台讲课的老师，都是一些拥有数年教学和研究经验的资深老师。对于大学生来说，学生应该记笔记并认真听讲，只有这样他们才能提高自己。从这一方面说，当学生认真听讲时，他们就不再会重视老师的能力。
Firstly what * is undoubtedly the contents for students.In compulsory courses or selective courses，students are required to acquire basic knowledge or want to learn what interests them. It is ridiculousto suspect that professors are disqualified.When professors can stand in front of students and are givinglectures，they are experienced and know more than students after years of research and teaching. For college students，they are required to attentively listen to professors and take notes so that they canimprovethemselves.In this sense， when students are busy absorbing what professors are instructing in class，they will become less fussy about professors’delivery skills.
总结，我们从不同角度进行了总结，我们不能仅仅认为教授方式比内容重要，或是反之。有趣的教学方式能够让老师在学生心中声名大噪。大学生也不应该忘记他们还需要在课堂上获得知识。
On all accounts， as we can reach different conclusion from different perspectives， we can not sim* determine delivery ability *more than the contents or vice verse.While interesting teaching styles andcontent-loaded contents make professors popular among students，college students should not forget that they are required to acquire knowledge in class.
在大学，人们常说学生能够根据自己的兴趣来选择专业。但是，事实上大学生必须要学*一些必修课程，以及其他选修课程。有时，老师会发现学生上课时注意力不集中，所以，老师很难与学生进行课堂互动。许多人认为如果老师口若悬河，教授能力惊人，那么这样的课堂将会非常有趣。对于这些学生来说，老师讲课的内容将会变得不再重要。但是，我们不能够仅仅把它区分成哪个重要，哪个不重要。我们必须做出细致的分析。
In college，it is claimed that students are given the right to select their courses in line with their personal preferences.But，in actuality，college students have to take some compulsory courses and some required selective courses.On those occasions，professors will find in their lectures students are absent-minded and hence interactions with students in class can not be easily achieved.Some people think that if professors are eloquent enough and have excellent delivery ability，their class will be interesting.Forthese students，the contents of professors’lectures seem less important.However，we can not sim* assume that which one is more important than the other.We should make specific ***ysis.
第二，对于老师来说，他们有责任认真备课，并有效地将知识传授给学生。拿些知识能够满足学生的需求，老师的输出能力能够激起学生的兴趣，并抓住学生的注意力。事实上，学生无法依据自己的兴趣爱好选择喜欢的课程。老师应该努力备课。当然，每一名老师都有自己成熟的教学方法。但是，每一时代的学生有着不同的需求和性格;老师只能将自己的风格传授给所有的学生。在过去，学生会认为老师的讲课方式很有趣，现如今，学生可能不会喜欢这样的方法，认为这太过时。
Secondly，for professors，it is their responsibility to have a full preparation for lectures and to deliver effectively the contents of their lectures to student.While the contents can fulfill students’needs，excellent delivery skills will arouse students’interest and hold their attention for a long time.Given the fact that students can not select their favorite courses according to their own interests and preferences，professors should make more efforts to prepare for lectures.Of course，each professor has formed his own style after years of teaching. But students in different periods have different characters andneeds;professors can not sim* ap* their styles to all students. While students in the past might regard professors’ delivery style funny， current students are likely to dislike the style and consider it outdated and manipulative.
Cell phone has altered human relations. There is usually a note on the door of conference room, which reads "close your handset|." However, the rings are still resounding in the room. We are all common people and has few urgencies to do. Still, we are reluctant to turn off the phone. Cell phone symbolizes our connection with the world and reflects our "thirst for socialization." We are familiar with the scene when a person stops his steps to edit short messages with eyes glued at his phone, disregard of his location, whether in road center or beside restroom.
我想不起来哪一个熟人没有手机。今天没有手机的人是奇怪的，这种人才需要解释。我 们的所有社会关系都储存在手机的电话本里，可以随时调出使用。古代只有巫师才能拥有这 种法宝。
手机刷新了人与人的关系。会议室门口通常贴着一条通告：请与会者关闭手机。可是会 议室里的手机铃声仍然响成一片。我们都是普通人，并没有多少重要的事情。尽管如此，我 们也不会轻易关掉手机。打开手机象征我们与这个世界的联系。手机反映出我们的“社交饥 渴症”。最为常见的是，一个人走着走着突然停下来，眼睛盯着手机屏幕发短信。他不在乎停在马路中央还是厕所旁边。
为什么对于手机来电和短信这么在乎?因为我们迫切渴望与社会保持联系。
——专四写作必背经典句 30句菁华
1、Nothing is more important than perseverance in achieving success.
2、I don’t imagine anything we cannot do so long as we persist.
3、There is no denying that our economy is developing by leaps and bounds.
4、It is universally acknowledged that what he has done was a mistake.
5、Science is to the human mind what air or water is to the body
6、A life without a friend is a life without a sun.
7、We shall do our utmost to change and reverse the current situation.
8、Under no circumstances should we reveal our secret.
9、There is no one but longs to communicate with others.
10、So precious is time that we can’t afford to waste it.
11、The situation will worsen unless some steps are taken to stop it.
12、Time is more than money.
13、We should spare no effort to make a success of our career.
14、It pays to take part in social works in order to know the outside world better.
15、We should bring home to people the value of working hard.
16、The condition of our traffic leaves much to be desired.
17、Despite many obvious advantages of bicycle, it is not without its problem.
18、From what has been discussed above, we may safely draw the conclusion that advantages of bicycle far outweigh its disadvantages and it will still play essential roles in modern society.
19、There is a general discussion these days over education in many colleges and institutes. One of the questions under debate is whether education is a lifetime study.
20、Now people in growing numbers are beginning to believe that learning new skills and knowledge contributes directly to enhancing their job opportunities or promotion opportunities.
21、Many experts point out that physical exercise contributes directly to a person's physical fitness.许多专家指出体育锻炼直接有助于身体健康。
22、A proper parttime job does not occupy students' too much time. In fact, it is unhealthy for them to spend all of time on their study. As an old saying goes: All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.一份适当的业余工作并不会占用学生太多的时间。事实上，把全部的时间都用到学*上并不健康，正如那句老话：只工作，不玩耍，聪明的孩子会变傻。
23、It is indisputable that there are millions of people who still have a miserable life and have to face the dangers of starvation and exposure.无可争辩，现在有成千上万的人仍过着挨饿受冻的痛苦生活。
24、In fact, we have to admit the fact that the quality of life is as important as life itself.事实上，我们必须承认生命的质量和生命本身一样重要。
25、Now, it is generally accepted that no college or university can educate its students by the time they graduation.现在，人们普遍认为没有一所大学能够在毕业的时候教给学生所有的知识。
26、This is a matter of life and death—a matter no country can afford to ignore.这是一个关系到生死的问题，任何国家都不能忽视。
27、From what has been discussed above, we may safely draw the conclusion that advantages of bicycle far outweigh its disadvantages and it will still play essential roles in modern society.通过以上讨论，我们可以得出结论：自行车的优点远大于缺点，并且在现代社会它仍将发挥重要作用。
28、There is a general discussion these days over education in many colleges and institutes. One of the questions under debate is whether education is a lifetime study.当前高校和研究机构关于教育问题存在着大量争论，其中一个问题就是教育是否是个终身学*的过程。
29、It is commonly thought that our society had dramatically changed by modern science and technology, and human had made extraordinary progress in knowledge and technology over the recent decades.人们普遍认为现代科技使我们的社会发生了巨大的变化，*几十年人类在科技方面取得了惊人的进步。
30、Now people in growing numbers are beginning to believe that learning new skills and knowledge contributes directly to enhancing their job opportunities or promotion opportunities.现在越来越多的人开始相信学*新的技术和知识能直接帮助他们获得工作机会或提升的机会。
——英语专八作文通用10篇
According to the two pictures presented, it can be observed that. In the left picture,…… . A the same time, as the right one shows. Different people have different views on…… .
Some people support by claiming that…… . In their opinion,…… . In addition,…… . Meanwhile, there are some people, especially young men, who…… . Their reasons are quite different, sometimes for…… , sometimes for…… , sometimes sim*** for…… .
In my point of view, both sides are partly right. To thoroughly ***yze this problem, we should take into consideration of all relevant aspects, so as to make the right decision. Therefore, my conclusion would be that…… .
Some time ago, China’s Ministry of Education banned university students from renting private accommodation during their studies. To this people’s attitudes differ shar***. What do you think? Write an essay of about 400 words.
In the first part of your essay you should state clearly your main argument, and in the second part you should support your argument with appropriate details. In the last part you should bring what you have written to a natural conclusion or make a summary.
You should sup*** an appropriate title for your essay.
Marks will be awarded for content, organization, grammar and appropriateness. Failure to follow the above instructions may result in a loss of marks.
Sample
TREAT STUDENTS AS ADULTS, NOT CHILDREN
Some time ago, China’s Ministry of Education banned university students from renting private accommodation during their studies. This has given rise to a heated discussion. Some people, especially school management and most parents, embrace such a ban, while others criticize it fiercely. Personally, I am against the ban.
First, most college students are adults and should enjoy the right to choose where to live. In banning off-campus housing, the education authorities seem to believe that college students, most aged 18-22, should be treated as children, rather than adults. Some administrators claim that students lack self-control and cannot make proper decisions for themselves. This is surely not fair treatment for such a bright young generation. If these students didn’t attend colleges, but worked in companies or joined the army, they would be treated as adults.
Secondly, private accommodation is indeed preferable to living on campus for many students. It is true that living on campus promotes a sense of belonging by being closely connected with other students. This could truly be a valuable part of the four-year college education. Students living on campus also have easier access to vast school resources, such as libraries, computer rooms and various evening seminars. But crowded dormitories, high noise levels, early electricity curfews and other strict codes also make dorms less attractive. At least dorms are not the right home for everyone.
Off-campus housing, meanwhile, offers a greater degree of freedom. That is especially true for self-motivated students, students studying late for important tests or working late on academic projects. Many students living off-campus also share rooms. They have to negotiate contracts, pay utilities and probably cook for themselves. All help prepare students to better manage their study and life. In fact this also conforms to most schools’ creed that students should be in touch with the real world as much as possible.
One of the motives for the housing ban is that education authorities hope this will help prevent students from cohabitation and having sex during school years. But since students can now legally marry in schools, why should they be banned from having sex? Reality tells us that this is wishful thinking. Banning sex among students has been and will be a mission impossible. This is probably why some schools have installed condom vending machines on campus or provide free condoms in school clinics, which tells students to have safe sex, rather than no sex.
To sum up, we should treat students as adults instead of children. Though there might be problems in allowing students to leave off campus, we should not give up eating for fear of choking, as the Chinese idiom says. In today’s diversified world, schools should show respect to students in making their own choices. After all, schools are not military barracks and students are not soldiers.
Different people have different hobbies. Some like singing some like playing and others like collecting.?
I like collecting things too. But I don’t like collecting stamps or coins. And instead I like collecting cartoon books drawn by Japanese. I like them because the pictures in the books are all very beautiful and many stories are exciting and nice.?
Many parents and teachers don’t think that the cartoon books are very good for students but I don’t agree with them. I know some of them are not good but just some. Beauty always needs to be discovered. The books include many kinds of life and spirit and also many things we have never heard about before. Besides that I also like collecting beautiful pictures VCDs photos etc.?
When I see some good things I’ll save money for them. When it’s enough I’ll buy them and bring them home. I always put them on a shelf and keep them clean and tidy.
Yesterday was the first day of the new semester. Everything here is new to me. Our school is an old school, but it is very beautiful.
There are new students in my class who are excellent. I feel a little sad because I am too ordinary. But now think about it, it is a good thing.
I believe that if I can study with such excellent students, I will also be very good. I don't know why Microsoft chose me as the student committee, but I know it's a good opportunity to improve my ability. All I can do is try my best in the future.
I believe that when I do something wrong, Microsoft and my classmates can help me, because they are very happy to work and study with them. I'm really glad that I'm not an excellent student in this class, but I can do the same thing like others. I'm sure I won't let anyone down.
中文翻译：
昨天是新学期的第一天这里对我来说一切都是新的我们的学校是一所老学校但是很漂亮我的班上有新同学他们都很优秀我觉得我有点难过因为我太*凡了但是现在想想，这是一件很好的事情，我相信如果我能和这么优秀的同学一起学*，我也会非常出色。我不知道为什么微软选择我成为学生委员会，但是我知道这是一个提高我能力的好机会。我能做的就是在未来尽我最大的努力。
我相信，当我做错什么事情时，微软和我的同学们都能帮助我，因为他们都是很高兴和他们一起工作和学*我真的很高兴我不是这个班的优秀学生，但我可以像其他人一样做同样的事情我相信我不会让任何人失望的。
Smoking should be banned Nowadays, tobacco is more harmful than drug to people's health, therefore many people think that smoking isn't banned that is a direct and primary reason to induce this kind of problem
The main reason is that tobacco is a silent killer to smokers According to a WHO report four million people die yearly from tobacco-related diseases, that is one death every eight seconds
Another reason is that more and more young people are under 18 years old who smoke cigarette have been blinded by the deceit of tobacconists Smoking among adolescents rose in the 1990s in several developed countries， such as China, Vietnam and Thailand Tobacco is a global threat Because of tobacco smuggling, the legal retailing and distribution systems are badly affected, and faced with increased lawlessness and heavy tax losses
In conclusion, smoking should be banned, because of the hazard it poses to people's health.
Since ancient times， there have been countless good sentences chanted because of concern. Wang Wei‘s concern for his relatives and friends is that he is alone in a foreign country and thinks twice about his relatives and friends every holiday； Li Bai’s concern for his hometown is that he looks up to the bright moon and bows his head to think about his hometown； Li Shangyin‘s concern for his lover is that he cuts the Western window candles but talks about the rain at night in Bashan. In today’s society， people‘s concern for their relatives and friends is no longer that of the moon， but that of using technology to release themselves The emotion of.
When people are worried about their relatives and friends， they just need to search out their mobile phones from their pockets， input the number of each other， and then press the dial key gently. When the other party is connected， they can hear his voice. Or online and his video， voice chat， very convenient， fast， do not have to suffer from Acacia.
When people miss their hometown， they only need to search the electronic map on the Internet and look at themselves by satellite
My hometown。 In the electronic map， you can see the local customs of your hometown， the great rivers and mountains of your hometown， and even what your relatives are doing in different places. It’s very convenient. You don‘t have to dream about the moon any more.
But now， can people’s concern be regarded as the real concern？ Is that kind of “continuous cutting and disorderly reasoning” sorrow？ Is that kind of “first smell tears full of clothes” concern？ Now the long—time relatives meet， without that sentence contains a strong feeling of “you have changed”. Now wandering around， there will be no more soil with the smell of native grass。 Now that couples have been separated for a long time， they will no longer stare at each other for a long time？ Although high technology is irreplaceable， the so—called concern of the ancients has gradually receded. I wonder if those scientists with advanced minds will invent 3D projection mobile phones in the future to make the image of each other appear in front of you.
High tech is a trend， it is as inevitable as the ebb and flow of the tide. Instead of rejecting high technology， we should accept it and develop with its development. But should we also leave a place for tradition？ Let that traditional， primitive feeling open up a virgin land in the modern society of high—tech flood， not be disturbed by it， and keep it forever.
And care， in this virgin land of the indigenous people， naturally should live in this for a long time. People don‘t use high—tech to release their concerns every day. That kind of concern is not a concern but a habit. I believe that in the long run， people will not have the feeling of “more timid near the countryside， dare not ask people”. How terrible that is！
Afteryouadoptedthesenseoffashionchasing,youmayconcentratemostofyourtimearguingwithyourfriendsonthecomparisonofthosefamousbrands,indulgingyourselfinsatisfyingyourvanityand,asaresult,youmayhavenotimenorinterestinacademicpursuitorcareerachievements.You’llbecultivatedintoasnobbishpeoplebyyourvanityandmayfinallybeabandonedbyyourcolleaguesorfriends.Judgingfromthereamsofevidencepresentedabove,wemayreasonablyarriveattheconclusionthatitisbynomeansadvisabletoclimbonthebandwagon.Followingfashionsblindlycanneverdousanygood.Weshould,instead,concentrateonotherreliablepursuitsthatcanactuallyshapeyourtasteandpavesthewayforyourfuturesuccessandenviablesocialstatus
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作文是决定语文考试成绩的“半壁江山”，因此作文的成败往往决定了整个语文考试的成败。那么怎样让考试作文得高分呢?我觉得以下几点必须注意。
1、题和立意凡考试作文必须审题，原因是考生要在同一环境下，作公*的竞争。审题，就是要对试题展现的所有内容作全面、准确的审读和理解，把命题者的意图读出来，把题目的各种限制审清楚，明确要我写什么，怎么写，写到什么程度，真正做到全面领会，深刻把握，不偏不漏、不折不扣地按要求写作文。高考作文评判明确规定，凡审题有问题的试卷最后得分一般都不超过二类卷最低分。由此可见，审题的准确与否是作文成败的关键因素。立意，就是要作者站在时代的高度，去观察、认识生活，提炼主题，使主题体现时代的精神，既反映时代，也作用于时代，跳动时代的脉搏，推动着时代的前进。文章的“意”， 其实就是作者在体验生活中逐步孕育而成的一种思想，是作者的主观认识与客观实际相“撞击”的产物，它反映作者的思想水*、认识水*以及在社会生活中形成的世界观、人生观、价值观等。*两年的作文教改提倡学生写真实生活、真实自我，有些同学忽视了对文章思想倾向的把握，看问题不全面，观点偏激，更有甚者由腐败现象而怀疑党的领导和党的政策。尽管当今的中国社会政治清明，言论自由，话说错了不会追查什么政治问题，但作为未来社会的建设者，正确的'是非观还是应该有的。这一点必须注意。
2、标题和段落标题是文章的眼睛，也是阅卷老师对文章的第一印象，特别是自拟题目写作，阅卷老师很看重考生所拟的标题。俗话说：“秧好一半谷，题好一半文”，可见题目的重要性。有些考生先写正文再拟标题，文章写好后也许是没有时间写标题，也许是忘了补写标题。虽然评分规定无标题扣2分，但实际结果却远非2分。有人曾做过这样的实验，将几篇写得较好的作文，按保留标题和隐去标题两种类型请两组老师分别予以阅卷，其分数差别一般都在5分以上。这是因为阅卷老师对无标题作文产生了一种心理距离，不知不觉便降低了分数等级。至于如何拟题，我觉得应做到这样几条：①确切。指符合文章内容，也指遣词造句符合规范)。②精练。指标题字数恰当。③生动。指题目能体现出一种活力，具有可读性，饶有情趣。④新颖。指有新视角、新思路、新感悟，能够给人一种新鲜感。⑤有意蕴。指有内在的含义。拟题方法多种多样，可以运用修辞拟题，可以引用俗语拟题，可以化用古语拟题，可以借用成语拟题，可以套用流行语拟题，也可以巧用其他学科公式或符号拟题等等，考生可以根据自己的情况灵活运用。段落：考试作文最忌首、腹、尾三段式的结构。把文章分为几段更好?千字以内的作文，我觉得分为5-8个自然段就可以了。因为自然段分得越自然，越显得你成熟老练。另外，要把每一段的首句写好。每一段的首句犹如人的眉目，把首句写好，“眉清目秀”，整个段落都显着精神。
3、文体和内容高考作文试题对文体的要求有两类：一类是规定必须写某种文体，如“写一篇议论文”;另一类是排除写某种文体，如“除诗歌外，其他文体不限”。考生必须按规定的文体去写。*几年高考作文题中“文体不限”，让考生自由选择文体，这里要特别注意，文体不限不是不要文体，而是要你在选择了一种文体后，一定要按这种文体特点写作，要写什么象什么。不可随心所欲，写成不伦不类的“四不像”文章。文章内容方面：不假思索就能想到的东西，绝对不要写;稍加思索想到的也不要写;花上几分钟，想别人想不到的内容来写。记叙文最好将主人公设定为自己，用第一人称入文，让“我”的激情在文章中闪光，情真意切，引起共鸣。议论文切忌大话、套话、废话，要避免空发议论，无病**，滥提口号，乱发号召，空表决心等等。作文可以虚构，“允许”编写故事，但不等于提倡“编写故事”，编写故事要做到“大胆想象，自圆其说”。滥编、胡编，绝对不会得高分。
4、开头和结尾应试作文的开头结尾，就是文章的刀刃。*时在课内外所学的各种开头结尾的方法完全可以用在应试作文上。不管你使用什么方法开头和结尾，必须做到开头起笔入题，结尾点明主旨。为了给评卷老师一个好的印象，开头结尾千万不要涂抹。有道是：良好的开端是成功的一半。可有些考生犯“入题慢”的毛病：有的把大段的原材料全部照搬;有的把本来简洁的原材料进行扩展;有的开篇摆材料，古今中外，慢慢道来。开篇松散，占去了大量的篇幅，后面的真正应该说的内容却“千呼万唤不出来”，有的只是一笔带过，草草收兵，比例严重失调，使老师难以衡量其实际写作水*。古人写文章讲究“凤头”、“猪肚”、“豹尾”，这是有一定道理的。可有些考生作文来不及刹尾，或用一句话硬断，或点上一串省略号，这样即使你雕出了“凤头”，壮大了“猪肚”，也会因为没有“豹尾”而不成其好文章，得不到高分。阅卷老师衡量一篇文章的好坏，首先是看其整体。所以，考生交给老师的无论如何也应是一篇完整的作文。
5、语言和字数考试作文语言要规范准确，具有个性和活力。不要文白夹杂;不要使用别人看不懂的方言和词汇;少用长句多用短句;可引进部分时代新词汇，引用名言警句，引用流行的通俗歌曲歌词，引用百姓口头民谣，但取向一定要积极向上，真正让语言亮起来。照理说，文章是表情达意的工具，有话则长，无话则短，似乎不应有字数的限制。但考试作文，作为一种特殊形式的作文，为了达到一定的考查目的，并考虑到考试时间等因素，一般对字数都作了规定。我们必须按照规定去做。限最低字数的，一定要写够数量或稍微超过50―100字才好。如果字数不足，虽然评分标准规定，不足字数的，每少50字扣1分，但实际情况是，字数不足往往被认为文章内容单薄，分数很难上档次。限最高字数的，不要超过。否则，给人一种臃肿的感觉，再说，作文写得长，花的时间多，解答前面的题用的时间少，必定会受到影响。如果没有限最高字数，一般就是以作文纸为限，即要在作文纸格子内行文。千万不要自作多情，超出作文格子，以免出力不讨好。
6、书写和卷面*年高考作文评分标准中，书写都占相当的比分。一般不要求写得好看，但要求书写整齐易辨认，一笔一画清清楚楚，不写草字。标点符号书写也要规范，特别是格式要正确，句号、逗号、问号、叹号、顿号、分号不要出现在一行之首;引号、括号、书名号前半不出现在一行之末，可以在这些符号后面挤着写一个字;引号、括号、书名号后一半不出现在一行之首，可以把这些符号挤在上一行之末。省略号、破折号占两个格，不能断开，写不下时挤在一行之末。至于作文的卷面，正如人的容貌一样，给人的印象是重要的，尤其是高考作文，卷面整洁与否直接影响着阅卷老师的心理和情绪，书写工整，卷面清洁，让人一看心中先喜三分，其结果是可想而知的。
7、检查与修改考试作文试题和其他试题一样，做完后也需要认真检查，看有没有笔误的错别字，有没有不通顺的句子，有没有需要调整的内容。审查发现了错别字、错用了词语一定要修改过来，对于句段该删的要删掉，该增的要增补，只是要改得清楚、整洁，使人一目了然。不能因为修改而影响了卷面的整洁。
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Happiness is important in our life. In fact, happiness is always around you if you put your heart into it.
I will never forget one thing. Once, I had a bad mark at a math test. I was shy and afraid to meet my parents. But when I got back home late, my parents knew what happened, they said to me: “It doesn’t matter, my child. Remember we’ll be always beside you when you need help. We believe you can be better next time. Never give up!” I was moved and made up my mind to work harder and harder.
I feel happy. Whenever I am in trouble, I can feel my parents’ love. I want to be a good child for my parents.
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In some countries, teenagers have jobs while they are still students. Do you think this is a good idea? Support your opinion by using specific reasons and details.
In many countries it is common for teenagers to take part-time jobs while they are still in high school, while in other societies this is virtually unheard of. In the latter situation, students are expected to spend all of their time on their studies and consider schoolwork their "job". In my opinion, students benefit more from a more balanced lifestyle, which may include working at a part-time job. Therefore, I believe that it is a good idea for students to work while studying.
While it is true that a student’s most important goal must be to learn and to do well at his studies, it does not need to be the only goal. In fact, a life which consists of only study is not balanced and may cause the student to miss out on other valuable learning experiences. In addition to bringing more balance to a student’s life, part-time work can broaden his range of experience. He will have the opportunity to meet people from all walks of life and will be faced with a wider variety of problems to solve. Furthermore, work helps a student to develop greater independence, and earning his own pocket money can teach him how to handle his finances. Finally, a part-time job can help a student to develop a greater sense of responsibility, both for his own work and for that of the team he works with.
For all of these reasons, I firmly believe that most students would benefit from taking a part-time job while they are in high school. Of course, they must be careful not to let it take up too much of their time because study is still their primary responsibility. In sum, living a balanced life is the best way to be successful.
Faced with the question whether it is worthwhile to spend a year or two voluntee ？？ring in western China， many college students would probably shake their heads， seeing it as a waste of valuable learning time. However， I will give an affirmative answer without hesitation， because this experience can apparently benefit us in many ways.
First， it is a great opportunity for us to ap*** the knowledge we have acquired at college. Different from temporary part-time jobs， a longer volunteer work experience is truly fulfilling and rewarding. As English majors， we can learn to use and teach the language effectively in real classes; as education majors， we can experiment with those textbook theories in helping manage a school or instruct the younger; those who study engineering can take this chance to turn their ideas and skills into running machines， new bridges and broad roads. From this experience， we will better understand our schoolwork and even build up considerable expertise in our chosen fields.
Second， we can gain a great sense of satisfaction by making contributions in an underdeveloped region. Right now， the western China is suffering from both the short ？？age of resources and that of talents in its course of development. If we can step into the needed roles by sim*** sacrificing a year or two， we will be able to make some differ？？ence to the situation as a whole. Imagine how proud you will be when telling your fami？？ly and friends how you have taught the illiterate to read， and how you have helped to change the look of a backward town. Compared with the great sense of pride you feel， a year‘s time is just a small price to pay.
Third，we can establish a deep friendship with local people. On the one hand， if you truly love and help the people you work with， they naturally love and help you back. Take a senior I know for example， who served two months as a teacher in a dry northwestern town. During the period of water shortage， both his students and their parents voluntarily kept water for him， sometimes despite their own need. Recalling his days there， he said they were not easy but he could not help missing them. Probably many volunteers would feel the same as him. While we are giving care， support and help， we often get back more including a lasting friendship.
Therefore，I will readily sign up to volunteer in the western China despite various challenges I may meet. Think of the differences we can make there and the changes this experience can make to us， why not walk out of the ivory tower and step onto the promising land of our country？
Most of us can learn how to do something simple on our own with just a set of instructions. However, to learn about something more complex, it’s always best to have a teacher.
Teachers bring with them varied and useful backgrounds. They’ve been trained to teach individuals in different ways depending on their style. For instance, omen students learn better by discussing a topic. Others learn more by writing about it. Teachers can help students learn in the way that’s best of each student. A textbook or a manual can only give you one way of learning something. Plus they’re only as helpful as your ability to understand them. A good teacher can adapt her teaching to your needs.
Teachers help you focus on what you’re learning. If you’re learning something by yourself, it’s easy to become distracted, and go on to other activities. Teachers keep your attention on the subject. They also approach a subject logically, taking it one step at a time. On your own, it’s tempting to skip parts of the learning process you think you don’t need. That can binder your ability to really understand the subject.
Learning a subject on your own is a very narrow way of learning. You can only use the information you get from the textbook. With a teacher, you get the information in the written materials as well as the teacher’s own knowledge of the topic. Teachers can also provide extra materials to broaden the scope of what you’re learning.
There’s nothing wrong with studying on your own, and a learner can always benefit from some quiet study. For the best possible learning, though, a good teacher is the biggest help you can have.
Children should begin their formal schooling at an early age ?
People have different views on what children should do at a very early age. some think that children should begin their formal education and start to spend most of their time on studies. others believe that it is still time for young children to play. both views are based on respective ground.
Those who argue for the playing time for childern suggest that children at a very early age are still too young to focus their attention on learning. their brain may not be ready for serious studies such as comprehension and memorizing learning materials. these people are partially right, for it is true that young childern can hardly concentrate. their attention on one thing lasts for no longer than 15 minutes or so. but we can arrange classes for shorter periods, can’t we? and we can shift teaching subjects. through putting them to study, young children are occupied with learnging but not with playing.
Those who argue for chilldren’s earyly commencement for formal education believe that being put to studies, children can develop good habit of studying, for the process of learning helps develop children’s mental abilities like the ability to memorize, the ability to understand and the ability to do simple calculation. children’s habit of studying and love for learning are of great importance to youngsters because these two things set up the sound foundation for their future studies.
Having children start formal education at a very early age benefits young childern much more than sim*** letting them play most of their time. a good habits needs a long time to develop to become a second nature. more importantly, it is better to develop a good habit before a bad one may grow. similarly, the love for learning should take toots for before the love for playing is established.
Ambition is the decision one makes and the resolution with which he carries out that decision. It provides us with the required driving force to accomplish any undertakings in our life. Just as Joseph Epstein, a famous American writer put it,“And as we decide and choose, so are our lives formed.” Indeed, once we make up our minds to choose to do something, then our life becomes meaningful and specifically orientated. This notion of life, as far as I observe, is closest to truth and does ap*** to almost all aspects of life. First things first, ambition renders us a sense of mission.
No matter what decision you make you have to be responsible for your choice. Your choice procures you a sense of orientation, or more specially a sense of mission. And only a strong mission may enable one to accomplish greatness. Caesar of the ancient Roman Empire was urged by his ambition “I came, I saw, I conquered.” And became an unrivaled empire builder in the history of Rome. John Milton, stimulated always by his ambition that aimed at writing some “mighty lines” which England would unwillingly forget, had in due time secured his position as the second Shakespeare in the history of English literature. In the second place, ambition can bring one’s potentials to the full. Ambition may well serve as a catalyst activating one’s dormant potentials. Without ambition one’s potentials will remain slumbering like a dormant volcano.
A case in point is Ms Zhang Haidi, a Chinese Helen Keller. It was her ambition to be a useful person has turned the almost paralyzed Zhang Haidi into a well-accomplished figure whose achievements would dwarf those of some normal people aim at the sun, though, at worst, they may probably land on the moon. Influential as it is upon us, however, ambition must be channeled in the right direction. If wrongly directed, one’s ambition may bring havoc on him and others. Hitler, whose ambition was to conquer Europe by whatever evil means, finally turned him into a demon. It was this demon that almost cast Europe into an unfathomable abyss of anguish and suffering. Another case is Macbeth whose ambition was to become the king of Scotland. However, his ambition was materialized by the murder of King Duncan. Consequently, unbearable guilt and psychological agony drove him to his tragic doom.
To sum up, ambition can benefit us tremendously if wisely and correctly channeled, otherwise it may ruin others and ourselves. A poet says: life can be bad; life can be good; life can be dirty; life can be sad,; life can even be painful. In my mind’s eye, a person can make his life beautiful, meaningful and rewarding and stand out as a respectable personage if he is motivated by a well-orientated ambition.
