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Most of us may still hold a happy memory in our minds: when we were young, the Spring Festival was celebrated with the company of the flaming sparks and the loud explosions of firecrackers. But because of the numerous disasters caused by them, governments in some big cities have completely banned the firecrackers in the downtown areas.
Some people are sad about this decision. They argue that they will lose the tradition of the Spring Festival. Regardless of the fires and the damage to human bodies caused by firecrackers, they only focus on the pleasure firecrackers can bring about.
With the development of the modern society, more and more changes will take place in our lives, some of which may be great challenges against the traditions, but we should support the government’s policy under the consideration of the whole society. What’s more, upon stepping into the new century we should celebrate the Spring Festival in a more civilized way .
My view on advertisements
In the modern information era, one can’t avoid being surrounded by various kinds of advertisements. They serve as a direct bridge between manufacturers and consumers. By advertising, manufacturers can easily introduce their products and attract the attention of consumers. On the other hand, consumers will have more opportunities to get to know more about the things they are interested in.
However, there are still lots of people who complain that many of the words in advertisements are rather misleading. Some manufacturers spend far too much money on advertising their products without trying to promote the quality of their goods. To make things worse, some people even use false descriptions in their advertisements for the sake of making money.
Perhaps it is not advertising that should be blamed. Rather we need to strengthen advertising law. Only under the firm control of government, can advertisements benefit people in the broadest sense.
Generation gap
Nowadays, many young people are complaining that their parents can not understand them very well. They say that their parents take care of every aspect of their lives, leaving them unable to have their private space. Yet, parents are worried that their children don’t show any respect to them and never give them any trust.
Consequently, a household phrase is spreading. It is the “Generation Gap”. By using this phrase, both the young and the old have found a good explanation for their misunderstanding of each other, yet they don’t bother to take any measures to cover the distance between them.
In my opinion, I think we should first admit that there are indeed some differences between parents and children. Then, we should try to take some time to communicate with each other frequently. Not only the parents, but also the kids should be equal when exchanging their views. Only by their joint efforts, can the parents and children bridge the generation gap between them.
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Science and Human Life (2009-01-19 17:26:30)转载▼
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With the development of science, human life has changed tremendously. People living in the 18th or 19th centuries would never imagine the advanced household appliances we are now able to enjoy. Every aspect of our lives, for instance, in the field of medicine or agriculture, has witnessed the great improvement through the application of science.
However, many people complain that science has also brought disasters to human life. Some evil scientists have used their knowledge to do some illegal things. They may use science for the creation of weapons to destroy thousands of lives in wars; they might also use their knowledge to produce drugs to make a lot of money for themselves.
Generally speaking, science has provided us with many valuable things. But if used wrongly, it can also lead to harm. We should try to keep science under our control and put it to the best use for mankind.
Lucky numbers
Some people think lucky numbers like “6” or “8” will bring them good luck, because they bear a similar pronunciation to the related Chinese characters which mean good luck. As a result, some young couples choose a date in which there is a “6” or “8” to hold their wedding, while many shops choose such dates to celebrate their opening ceremony.
However, it is rather ridiculous to think numbers can bring good fortune to people. One’s success has nothing to do with the number one chooses, but is rather related to one’s own efforts. Numbers are only numbers. We should not attach too much importance to them. If you really think a lucky number can bring good luck to you, simply choose it, but don’t forget to still go out of your way to make your own effort. Without your own contribution, good luck won’t simply fall on you automatically.
College Students Going to Rural Areas (2009-01-22 09:05:04)
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There is a common phenomenon in recent years, more and more students are willing to go to some rural areas to put their knowledge into practical use. In 1993, the number of students going to rural areas was only 5% of the total number of graduates, however, five years later, that percentage has more than doubled.
Upon thinking about the reasons for this change, we may find some interesting things. First of all, with the development of society, college students have changed their way of thinking. They are becoming more practical. If they can get a better paid job and if they are more likely to have a nice future in the rural areas, they will no longer stick to the ideal of becoming a citizen in big cities. On the other hand, the government also advocates the choice of working in the rural areas, which encourages more young students to leave the big cities.
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Savings
As we know, when senior students graduate from school, most of their reference books as well as textbooks, which are still in good condition are thrown away. What a great waste it is!
I suggest that we should recycle these books. On the one hand, recycling them can save a lot of natural resources, which can be reused to make textbooks. On the other hand, senior students may have made plenty of useful notes on the pages. They are very helpful to the following users. At present, the whole nation is called on to build an energy-saving society. I think it’s certainly meaningful to our long-term interests. In fact, in Australia and some other countries, recycling textbooks is popular, which gives us a good example.
My Views on Tradition
Many people, especially the aged hold the idea that we should stick to the traditions of our country, otherwise, they think we will lose our distinctive Chinese character. In their eyes, we should be proud of the great traditions left by our ancestors. We should maintain these old traditions in order to differentiate ourselves from other nations.
But many others are strongly opposed to it, they argue that we should not be confined to our own traditions. As to some traditions, they are clearly the obstacles to the development of our society, we should certainly not hesitate to give it up. While on the other hand, tradition may be improved through international communications. We should perhaps not be obsessed with our own traditions. On the contrary, we should be brave enough to take in all the valuable traditions that come from different nations. Only in this way, can our society be run properly and only in this way can we improve our own traditions.
Fast food
In recent years, China has witnessed the prosperity of fast food restaurants in big cities. It is quite easy for people to have meals at KFC or McDonald’s. At lunch time, it is hard to find seats in some fast food restaurants.
While so many small restaurants are worried about how to attract more customers, foreign fast food restaurants have rushed into China. Why can they draw so many people’s attention? Firstly, fast food is very fast and convenient. People can stuff themselves within several minutes. Secondly, the restaurants offering fast food also provide a very comfortable environment as well as a warm atmosphere. People can not only enjoy the food they have, but can also feel the foreign flavor the restaurants try to display.
However, most of the people who regularly go to fast food restaurants rarely realize the fact that, although the food may taste delicious, fast food usually has little nutrition. I think they should eat less for the sake of their health.
Books
Books play an important part in our daily life. There are numerous kinds of books and each one can be categorized according to its content.
Books are to human life like food to our bodies. Our lives become colorful because of the existence of books. By reading books, our knowledge can be enriched. From books, we can get to know many unfamiliar things; from books, we can learn how people live in other countries; from 3
books, we can broaden our minds and no longer be isolated in our own living circle… In short, books can provide us with so many things.
Yet some books are harmful to us. When reading them, we will be greatly affected. Therefore, try to choose good books and read them in a well-planned way.
Women in the Modern World
Women are playing an increasingly important role today. In many fields of society, you can easily find lots of outstanding women. With their actions and achievements, they have showed that women can do almost everything as equally well as men. Meanwhile, with the changes of their social role, the position of women in the family has also greatly improved.
Yet, there is still some discrimination against women. Some organizations refuse to have women employees. Even when women are accepted, they often do not enjoy equal pay for equal work. Furthermore, many husbands still consider their wives as their possessions.
In my eyes, women should try to get more opportunities to get educated and try to be independent both mentally and financially. They should never stop fighting for equal rights in society. Competition and Cooperation (2009-01-29 00:19:48)转载▼
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Competition is a common phenomenon in our society. We compete when we play games, we compete in our study, and we constantly compete for jobs, customers and profit, etc. We can say that competition is one of the motives of the development of society.
But we often find competition and cooperation go hand in hand. In a football game, one team is competing with the other. But each member of the team is cooperating with his teammates. In most cases, we can’t compete without cooperation. Thus they are equally important.
While we are advocating competition, we can’t forget cooperation. Nothing can be carried to an extreme. Pure and exclusive competition leads to failure. Only when competition combines with cooperation can it help in obtaining our goals and satisfying our needs.
Theory and Practice
When talking about the importance of theory and practice, some people think theory is rather empty and abstract, so we should try to practice a lot to obtain our goals; while others maintain that practice is rather too blind and what we really need is to understand profound theories.
Both of these viewpoints have their own shortcomings. The former one only focuses on the importance of practice, but in fact, practice without the guidance of theory is just like a car without an engine. The latter one ignores the importance of practice. Paying no attention to the function of practice will only lead to empty words.
What we should do is to systematically combine these two viewpoints. In our practice, we should try to study the related theory to make our practice easier. While studying theories, we should try to think in which situations we can put the theories into reality.
Diligence (2009-01-31 19:11:52)
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Diligence is the key to success. It means persistent work and does not mean that we are to exhaust ourselves all day and night without any rest. The true meaning of diligence is the careful use of time for the purpose of self-improvement.
Many people strongly believe in luck, which is a serious mistake. If luck does exist, it will never fall upon lazy bones. There are also some people who think thatthey are far superior to others in intelligence and therefore, do not need to study hard. They are sure about their success, but too often they will be disappointed, as few of them can be successful only with their so-called cleverness.
In fact, time is always fleeting and can never be re-gained. The really cleverpeople are those who understand the importance of diligence and make it their habit.These people are on the way to success by their own efforts.
Cities or Countryside (2009-02-02 18:27:40)
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When asked whether they would prefer to live in a city or the countryside, people tend to have different ideas. People who are in favor of city life may think it is too isolated and rather backward to live in the countryside; while advocates for country life argue that the cities are rather crowded and dirty.
In fact, each way of living has its advantages as well as disadvantages. People living in the city can enjoy quick and convenient services, yet never will they have the fresh air breathed by the countrymen. On the other hand, though people living in the country will be close to nature, sometimes they will feel that they have been forgotten by modern society.
In my eyes, people should have the freedom to decide where to live. They can make their own decisions according to their own situation.
Part-time Jobs (2009-02-08 21:53:17)
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Nowadays, many students, including some high school students, would like to have some kind of part-time jobs. In their opinion, a part-time job can offer them a good chance to experience the real world outside schools. Additionally, they can get some money from doing this and therefore become somewhat more independent from their parents.
However, parents are worried that part-time jobs will influence the studies of students. They think students will not have enough time to learn and rest，and what’s more, they fear that early contacts with society, may lead to juvenile delinquency.
In fact, it is not a bad thing to take a part-time job, but students should never forget their main responsibility is to study well.
Don’t Spoil the Children (2009-02-09 08:19:09)
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For many years, the “one couple, one child” policy has been carried out in China and it has proved to be an effective way to control the rapid growth of the population in our country. However, the advantages are often accompanied by some disadvantages. For example, the only child becomes the center or even the “emperor” of the family. In order to provide a bright future for the only child, many parents or grand parents show too much love to them. They do almost everything for their children to wipe away any hardship from them.
Yet, when the spoiled children grow up, many of them greatly disappoint their parents. Some of them even commit crimes. Who should be blamed? I think parents should teach their children to bear hardships and tell them the correct way to communicate with others. Only by correct education, can the children be useful in the future.
Is Honesty Going out of Style? (2009-01-15 15:11:42)
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Most Chinese people are quite familiar with the story of “The three wolves cries”. We are taught to be honest when we are very young.
However, as we grow up, we find that it is difficult to be honest all the time. Sometimes, we are forced to tell lies, and other times, we find people who are dishonest can enjoy great pleasure while honest people have to suffer failures. And still there are times when we have to tell lies in order not to hurt others. Consequently, people wonder whether honesty is going out of style.
As far as I am concerned, honesty should always be an important feature valued by Chinese people. We should try our best to avoid telling lies (even white lies). Only in this way, is a fair society awaiting us.
Work and Rest (2009-01-14 23:38:05)
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Just as a famous saying says: All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. It is obvious that people should have adequate rest in order to work hard.
Yet some students, especially those who are preparing for the college entrance examination, are worried about their lessons and spend all their daytime going over them. In their eyes, they should sacrifice their rest time in order to get high scores on tests. As a result, they suffer greatly from poor health and some of them may do poorly in the examinations.
In conclusion, we should be aware that nothing is more valuable than health, which is the foundation of one’s success. With a poor health, one can hardly succeed in anything he does. Therefore, as students, we should have enough rest to ensure a healthy body to work and study. Homework (2009-01-13 12:29:46)
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Nowadays, more and more people in society have realized the importance of quality education, however, students in primary schools and high schools are still complaining that they are overloaded with too much homework.
In many teachers’ eyes, homework offers a good method to strengthen the knowledge the students have obtained, yet they ignore the disadvantages that homework brings. For one thing, too much homework will take up all the spare time of students’, leaving them unable to enjoy the rest of their lives; for another, too much homework will do great harm to students’ health, both physically and mentally.
It is high time that schools thought more about the function of homework and try to take practical measures to promote the all-round development of students.
Examinations (2009-01-12 13:07:45)
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There are many arguments about the advantages and disadvantages of examinations. Some people think that examinations can help them review the lessons regularly, while others maintain that too many examinations have frustrated them.
To me, I think an examination is a good thing for both teachers and students. Teachers can find out how much the students have grasped and then improve their teaching; students, on the other hand, will learn what their weak points are and then study even harder.
All in all, we should not waste time arguing whether examinations are good or not. What we should do is to try to improve the exam system and try to adjust it to our different requirements. Natural Resources (2009-01-11 23:03:37)
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For many years, we have been told that China is rich in various natural resources, so many people take it for granted that they are inexhaustible. People have not considered that one day some of these natural resources will be used up and that we will then be faced with energy crises.
As a matter of fact, many of the natural resources can not be replaced once used up, such as the coal mines, oil fields, etc. Energy crises will threaten our existence because of our excessive exploitation and because of the growing population.
Considering of the above, the government should try to take some actions to protect the natural resources, and people should be educated not to waste them.
The Advantages and Disadvantages of Surfing the Internet (2009-01-10 20:58:38)
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Opinions are divided on whether students should surf the internet after class. Some students regard it as a great helper. The main reasons for this are listed as follows, first, you can surf the Internet for any information you need in a short time without working hard in the library. Besides, it is convenient to communicate with others by using the Internet.
However, other students think that there are some disadvantages of the Internet, because there is also some information that is not good for the students. In addition, spending too much time playing games on line will not only have a bad effect on study but also do harm to our health.
Therefore, we should make proper use of the Internet. It is of great importance for us to separate good plants from wild weeds.
Can Money Buy Happiness? (2009-01-09 20:41:21)
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Nowadays, a lot of people in society think the more money they have, the more happiness they will obtain. As a result, they will try their best to get money, even without considering the law. But in my view, the greatest happiness lies in one’s satisfaction with one’s surroundings. So long as we can look at things with a happy heart, we can be happy. It has nothing to do with the amount of money we have. Therefore, people shouldn’t pay too much attention to the money. On the contrary, what they should do is to put their money to good use and try to have an optimistic outlook all the time.
On “Super Girls” (2009-01-08 20:04:08)
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Our class has recently held a heated discussion about the “Super Girls” phenomenon which was hot news in these years. The students show their different opinions about it.
62% of the students support it. They think that it provides a chance for those with talent for singing to show. In this way, some new singers can be trained and so it can promote the development of music. And it can also improve their consciousness of competition.
However, 38% of the students are against it. They believe that many students spend too much time and energy on the competition. Some students even long to become famous overnight and can’t concentrate themselves on studies. What’s worse, it can cause some students to worship their idols blindly.
In my opinion, we can have our preference, but we shouldn’t lose ourselves in the star-pursuing tide.
Why Do We Attend University? (2009-01-07 20:02:40)
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When we consider why we should attend universities, different people have different ideas.
In some students’ eyes, studying in universities means a bright future after graduation. They think 8
they are bound to find good jobs with a good college education.However, life in the colleges and the jobs that they can find are usually somewhat disappointing. Especially under the severe competition of today’s society, it is not very easy for a college graduate to find a satisfying job. As far as I am concerned, universities can provide good study opportunities and essential facilities for those who want to acquire knowledge for the construction of our country, and this is the reason why we attend the universities.
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