2013.01.05 A 类
Some people spend more time reading books, while others prefer to watch TV. The former group are more likely to develop creative imaginations and have a much better grasp of language skills. Do you agree or disagree?
Reading books and watching TV are two main channels to cultivate imagination and develop language skills during people?s whole lives. Nowadays, a controversial issue about whether individuals reading books for enjoyment are more capable of practicing their vision and taking a command of languages has been into fierce discussion. In my opinion, reading can better people?s imagination and language abilities. To begin with, from books, readers are able to grasp the author?s concepts and ideas, This can be illustrated by Harry Porte which plays a pivotal role in capturing readers? imagination. Another merit of reading is that people can hone their language abilities, especially in expanding vocabulary and improving writing skills. For instance,********The master piece reflects the author?s
Admittedly, watching television programs helps to practice viewers? imagination as well as speaking and listening capabilities, which can be illustrated by the authenticity and the vividness of such TV shows, intensifying people?s appreciation abilities and encouraging the audience?s imitation. Accordingly, individuals? vision can be inspired and their spoken language can be furthered. However, TV programs, mostly TV episodes, are mainly originated from books and tend to just represent the ideas of the directors. Consequently, watching such shows may stifle televiewers? creativity and imagination.
To sum up, although watching TV may have certain positive impacts on viewers? imagination and language skills, reading books are able to develop individuals? such capacities better, I believe, due to the diversity and detailedness of books. The point is that people are supposed
to read more, not regarding studying as a burden, but reading for pleasure, which is the most important factor readers should consider.
2013.01.10 A 类
It is said that work is the most important thing of people's life. Without the success of career, life will become meaningless. To what extent do you agree or disagree with the opinion?
Many of people in modern society devote a lot of time to working, since they regard career success as the most significant part in life. However, has it come to a point that it has taken over our life? This is the question that requires a close examination.
No one can deny the importance of work to a person. Obviously ,employment not only supports us and our families economically, but also helps us establish our self-esteem and pride when we see our job as an opportunity to make a contribution to our community. In other words, we fulfill our social value through a job. However, the belief that occupational endeavor makes our life meaningful and rewarding does not necessarily lead to the assumption that without a satisfying career, life is meaningless. Life is not only about work. Instead, there are many other factors that influence our well-being. Family life, personal hobbies, religious pursuit, friendship and even rest and recreation also contribute to our happiness. If these aspects are not in balance with working life, there can be little chance to embrace a successful career. Those who overly focus on career tend to suffer from some problems, such as health issues, fear of failure, bad interpersonal relationship, materialism and so forth.(也可例举拓展)
All in all, while work is an important part of life, it is not the only thing we have to do in our life. There are other things we can enjoy. The key is the balance between working and personal life which helps us take the most advantage of our mundane life.
2013.01.12 A 类
In some countries, the parents expect children to spend long time in
studying both in and after school and have less free time. Do you think it has positive or negative effects on children and the society?
Nowadays, parents pay closer attention to children?s academic performance. As a result, some teenagers are ordered to continue acquiring knowledge from course books, even during their spare time. Personally, it has more negative effects on children and the society.
Admittedly, acquiring knowledge as much as possible would be high on today?s students? agenda, especially in this competitive world. Higher educational resource is always limited; as a consequence, it is absolutely justified to allocate the opportunities of sharing advanced learning resources to those who perform well in academic study.
However, on no account should we ignore its drawbacks. Firstly, it should be taken into consideration that students will suffer stifling academic stress. Most importantly, if their free time were occupied for further knowledge acquisition, then they would have no time to relax their bodies and ease their minds. In the long run, some adolescents tend to totally collapse, seeking some unfavorable approaches to releasing pressure, such as gambling, getting drunk and even committing suicide. Secondly, we should by no means overly emphasize the improvement of academic performance. Realistically, the cultivation of team spirit and interpersonal skills are also supposed to attract parents and educators? attention. Otherwise, the youngsters are more likely to encounter difficulties when they collaborate with colleagues for any group assignment. Words fail to express how important communicational skills are in this rapidly changing world. So, it is far from enough if the students only predominate in the field of study.
Overall, there is no denying that parents and teachers are supposed to join forces to help children become well-rounded adults in the near future, which is not only reflected in their academic performance, but also on their skills when they cooperate with others.
2013.01.19
A 类
Childcare is an important task for nations. It is suggested that all mothers and fathers should be required to take the childcare training courses. To what extent do you agree or disagree with the statement?
Childcare skills, which used to pass from generation to generation, nowadays have been developed into some formal courses in many countries and young parents are encouraged to register in these programs. I personally support such action.
The development in one's early stage of life is so vital that free access to professional childcare programs, which are not only about nutrition, for all parents should be available. It is proved by many researchs that young parents equipped with sufficient childcare knowledge about childcare can better protect their infants or toddlers from various risks, detect possible warning signs of development delay, better understand a child's emotional needs and help establish healthy eating habits. Overall, these parents tend to help children grow to their fullest potential physically, emotionally and intellectually and these advantages would affect the future life of their children for long term. It is certainly true that our grandparents never attended any parenting classes and they raised our parents with no major regret. It seems that we could keep this tradition, learning from our parents. However, this is impractical in modern society. The decreasing birth rate and smaller scale of families means that the young generation have no chance to help mum take care of their little siblings or little chance to witness the process and learn from other adults how to raise a baby properly.
It is also understandable that working parents are sometimes not in a position to get involved in formal parenting courses, especially fathers who usually dedicate most of their time to their work and leave little time to their families. Nevertheless, such obstacles can be removed by flexible ways of delivering childcare courses, such as the Internet, TV or radio. Or the courses can last for a few years since young couples consider starting a family. In addition, research findings suggest that the increasing involvement of fathers in interactive activities with children helps with
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