This passage introduces to us that Fudan University allocate housing to sophomores according to the result of survey on students adaptability, with an aim to creat harmony in the dormitory.
The practice has its advantages. As everyone can expect, it can creat a good harmony and favourable environment in the dormitory, since the stuents in the same room share similar temperaments, hobbies, habits and so on. This will largely decrease the unavoidable conflicts caused in daily life. However, if we students have the chance to choose whom to live with,
we will certainly choose someone who we can easily get along with, and this will limit us to develop a very important ability, that is, dealing with people with different personalities and characteristcs. And this is vital in our future life.
In my opinion, it is unnecessary for schools or universities to adopt this dormitory arrangement plan. In fact, they should allow students chances to get along with people of all kinds, and provide students with some practical instructive courses on communication skills at the same time.
A poor boy got help from a young woman. Years later, he saved her life as a doctor and didn't charge any money for the treatment as a payment for her kindness.
After I read the story, I was shocked by the kind-hearted strangers. How great they are!
This story reminds me of a similar experience. One day, on a bus, an old lady suddenly fell from her seat. At this moment, everyone on the bus got up from their seats and ran up to her.
Having checked the situation of the lady, we decided to send her to the hospital. So the driver drove the bus to the hospital and all of us stayed with the lady till the doctor announced that there was nothing serious with her.
In my opinion, the modern society is in great need of kind-hearted people, because there are so many people in trouble. As long as everyone is given their love, this world will become a better human. * * Dear Sir or Madam,
I am writing this letter to apply for the position of volunteer in 2010 Asian Games.
From the news article, I know the Volunteer recruitment for the Asian Games to be held in Guangzhou has launched, and my heroine Chen Xiexia has registered as the first volunteer.
As a high school student in Guangzhou, I feel very proud that our city will be the host city of 16th Asian Games. I think it will be a best opportunity for the whole Asian world to know the modern Guangzhou. Since I was born and grew up in Guangzhou, I know the local customs and culture very well. If I become a volunteer,
I will show those foreign guests around Guangzhou, introducing the famous local food to them. Moreover, I have a good knowledge of English and a good command of Japanese. So there will be no difficulty for me to provide language service to those foreign guests. Most importantly, I love sports very much and I am very warm-hearted. Therefore, I think I am qualified to be a volunteer for the Asian Games.
I look forward to hearing from you soon.
Yours truly,
Li Ping Dear Sir,
Please consider me as an applicant for the position of the Senior IT Manager which you describe in the advertisement. I know you need a senior manager who masters a professional knowledge of JAVA programming and computer science and has an overall sense of managing and making decisions. Relevant working experience and degree are also a must.
I would be interested in exploring the possibility of obtaining such a position within your firm. I think I'll prove to be a real find for you. I received a Bachelor of Science degree in computer programming from University in June, 1998. Since September, 1994 I have been participating in Professional Training Program as Programmer Trainee and have gained a great deal of experience in computer applications. Details of the academic courses I have taken are contained in the enclosed resume.
Although I have a work experience of 10 years as IT manager in a high-tech company, I am willing to work hard and learn and challenge myself to a new height.
May I have an appointment for an interview with you to discuss my qualifications in detail? I’d very much appreciate the chance to talk to you and to get your opinion on whether I am qualified for the job you offer.
If you can grant me the honor to work for your company as a secretary for two months, I'd feel obliged. Thank you for reading my application letter.
I’m eager for your early reply.
Sincerely,
Li Hua Dear Mr. John Smith,
Thank you for your letter of 29th of September. I learn from your letter that you’re dissatisfied with the poor facilities in our hotel, especially the air-conditioner and the bathroom, as well as the unprofessional behavior of our working staff.
I am very sorry to hear that you had such an unpleasant stay in our hotel. I am investigating the points you raised in your letter and I will be checking the behavior of our staff here. This is the first time we have received a complaint of this nature and I am surprised and shocked at your experience.
The Luxury is a five-star hotel, which prides itself on the quality of its service. I will be training staff on how to deal more professionally with our guests and I would like to take this opportunity to apologize for any inconvenience the poor service may have caused you.
We appreciate your constructive comments, which allow us here at the Star to improve our service to our guests. I can assure you this will not happen again.
I am enclosing a voucher for a free 2-night stay at our hotel so that you can experience the very best of what we have to offer.
I look forward to receiving you again at the Luxuary very soon. Yours sincerely, Li Hua A shameful lie
The author’s little son told a lie by saying that his sister pushed him and made his clothes dirty but she didn’t. Finally he told the truth and apologized to his sister.
This reminds me of my story which happened last Wednesday. Feeling tired and cold, I stayed 30 more minutes in bed after being awakened by the alarm. As a result, I was late for school that morning. Unfortunately the head-teacher was in the classroom when I arrived.
He asked me why I was so late. I thought quickly and said that I had been caught in a traffic jam. He didn’t scold me but just told me to be careful on the way.
I couldn’t calm down to study with mixed feelings of what I had done. I’ve told myself to be honest. It’s obviously wrong to tell such a lie. But I was afraid of being scolded. Maybe the best way is to go to school on time in the future. Try to solve the problem actively
The author tells us his unfortunate experience of losing his job recently. He hasn’t told his parents about it because he believes that he should and he can solve it by himself.
This reminds me of my experience. Last term my English teacher asked me to lead my classmates through the reading exercises in the morning. However, when I did it, they began to talk, sleep or even eat snacks if the teacher was not in the classroom.
At first I felt really depressed. But anyway I made up my mind to solve the problem actively. Maybe I couldn’t help the students who had little interest in English, so I focused my attention on the students who wanted to improve. Once I started making connections on those students, they did improve and the other students paid more attention to my lessons. Naturally I became a better teacher and we all made rapid progress in English. Self-esteem changes our life
Inspired by the writer’s words, the former beggar turned into a wealthy and successful merchant. With this instructive story, the writer tries to show us the magic of self-esteem in our lives.
Such successful stories can be seen or heard all over the world, of which my neighbor Mr Li is one example. Mr. Li was caught in a traffic accident and had one leg cut off when he was still a boy. He had been quite down for a while. However,
his mother’s words inspired him and he was determined that he should not remain so forever and that he should live with dignity and self-esteem though others may look down upon him.
He found himself interested in computer and made up his mind to devote all of his effort to it.
With many years going by, he gradually made his fame in computer program designing. Now he is a well known program designer in our city.
Such is Mr. Li, an excellent and successful example of self-esteem. Never give up
The story mainly tells us how Xue Xiao survived the earthquake and got the name “Cola Boy”. The reason why Xue could survive and be remembered by all Chinese is that he didn’t give up his life and always kept an optimistic attitude.
Although I am much luckier than Xue without going through the terrible earthquake, I have to meet and conquer some difficulties in study and life. The high school where I am studying is boarding school. Before I entered it, I had never lived alone without the care of my parents. Thus, the first week of boarding school life was almost unbearable.
At that time my first thought was to quit the boarding life and go back to live at home. But after a period of adaptation and my painful perseverance, I gradually got used to every aspects of new life.
Meeting difficulties is process of pains and challenges, but conquering difficulties always bring us the sense of accomplishment which nothing can surpass. Therefore, I believe nothing is impossible to a willing heart.
Value relationships
We seldom have the right attitude towards the relationship which exists and is helpful in our daily life. It is not until friendship is away that we begin to know how to treasure it.
As for me, I also have the similar experience, when I was in junior middle school.
My deskmate, Lihua, who was once my best friend, transferred to the other school because of his parents’ job change. I was very sad for a long time. I wasn’t brave enough to express my gratitude to him for his help with my English because I didn’t have a good relationship after I quarreled with him over his breaking my favorite toy. At that time, I didn’t
forgive her although she apologized to me.
There is no doubt that it was my own fault. I should have accepted her apology. What’s more, she didn’t mean to break it. Not until Li Hua was leaving did I realize I was selfish. I can get another new toy but I can’t get another Li Hua again.
It seems to me that we should treat our friends with more forgiveness no matter what happens.
Be confident all the time
The author tells us her experience of how she overcame difficulties to join an orchestra successfully. She concludes that confidence helps to realize her dream.
There is no denying that confidence plays an important role in our life. A convincing example that jumps into my mind is about English speaking. When I was a beginner, I was too timid and nervous to talk with my classmates in English. Fortunately my English teacher
told me it was beneficial to speak English
loudly in public and encouraged me to have a try.
So I did. Needless to say, it brought me a lot of confidence and I made great progress. It was also with the same confidence that I won the first prize in the English Speech Contest held in our school last month.
From what is mentioned above, we can safely draw the conclusion that confidence really makes a difference. Therefore it’s wise for us to stay confident all the time.
First aid knowledge required
In the passage the author introduces a way to know about giving first aid by keeping DR ABC in mind, which are short for some specific steps to do first aid.
As far as I’m concerned, first aid knowledge should be known to us all. Take myself for example. I know a little about giving first aid and when emergencies take place, I know what to do instead of standing by at least. In P.E. lessons, teachers may tell us what to do when we get hurt, and which virtually helps us a lot. That’s where I acquire my first aid knowledge.
Indeed, everyone is supposed to know how to give first aid. As many unpredicted accidents occur nowadays every day, we don’t know what will happen next and absolutely things are not under our control all the time. In case tragedies should take place, we can learn to be careful to avoid them; but once it comes to us, we must know how to deal with the situation. That’s why first aid knowledge is required.
In a word, all of us ought to know first aid and carry it out precisely when it is needed. Only in that way can we limit the damage to the least degree. Are men smarter than women? The study shows that men are smarter and at the same time more stupid than women. Women are doing better in academics than men maybe because the education system favors women’s learning style. Some insists that men are smarter than women in general. As is often the case, boy students learn arts of science much better, including physics, math, and chemistry and so on. What’s more, many boys are naughty and don’t spend much time in their study, but they can still do quite well in exams. However, others hold the view that women are smarter. As is stated in the passage, women are securing more firsts and seconds, while men more thirds. Besides, much more girl students are admitted to universities than boys.
In my opinion, there is not much difference between men and women in IQ, but they do have different learning styles. Generally speaking, it's not their IQ but their hard work that really matters. Is it good for students to be given extra lessons? The passage tells us that recently American schools have made some changes to extend students’ learning periods at school. It concludes that it is the educator not the time that has the largest effect on the students’ learning. The same thing happens in China. Students are being given more and more extra lessons during weekends and vacations. As we all know, everything has its own advantages and disadvantages.
Extra lessons give us more chances to seek help from teachers and to learn systematically, which finally helps us do better in exams. However, too many extra lessons can also bring some weaknesses. It can make us more dependent on teachers. Besides, it will spare us little time and freedom to develop our own interests, do some outdoors activities and make friends.
“All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.” We don’t want to be dull boys. We want to develop different interests and skills as well as learning knowledge. The author in the passage told us a story that a 5-year-old brother decided to donate his blood to save his sister who had a rare and serious disease though he misunderstood what the doctor said. Different people have different opinions about donating blood. Some people think it is a good thing. However, others don’t insist on donating blood. As to me, I am in favor of the first idea. The reasons for my choice are as the following: First, when it is right time, that is, when somebody may lack of blood and almost lose his or her life, we will donate blood in time to save his life. Second, we all are in the same family, so we should help each other. Third, if we can make some safe rules about donating blood, there is no problem in donating blood. It makes us feel safe.
From above analysis, I believe donating is a good thing. My opinion on reading The passage is about what the writer thinks about reading. In his opinion, the main purpose of reading is for pleasure.
On the whole, I agree with the writer. Reading is of great use to all of us, particularly reading good books, no matter how old we are. First, reading really gives us a lot of fun. We may forget our unhappiness while reading. Besides, we can enlarge our knowledge and broaden our views by reading. We can also learn something that can’t be learnt in class.
I think a good book is a good friend. In my spare time, I enjoy reading a lot of good books and magazines, such as Wisdom backpack, Reader’s Digest. The book that impressed me most is Story of My Life by Helen Keller, from which I have learned a lot about how to face difficulties in life. I hope that we young people can make better use of our time and read as many good books as possible.
The passage mainly talks about different opinions on selecting “Three-Goods” students in schools. Some people believe that the practice should be stopped while others disagree. There are still some other people who suggest that new standards be included.
In a way, what Mr Gu said sounds reasonable, but I don’t quite agree with him. As we know, most students need their idols at school and “Three-Goods” students can set good examples for them to follow. Besides, selecting “Three Goods” can encourage more students to work harder and behave better. In our school, selecting “Three-Goods” students is a long-term practice. In the past, academic performance was paid more attention to, but now some changes have been made, especially the standards. The school not only focuses on the students’ studies but also on their behaviors and other abilities, such as arts and science.
In my opinion, the practice of selecting “Three-Goods” students is necessary but a new system is needed. Only in this way will it have a better effect on the students. How to protect yourself in an earthquake
According to the report, a strong earthquake hit Sichuan province. Many people died, injured, or were listed as missing. Government began to help the homeless people.
Earthquakes occur without any warning and may be so violent, but you can protect yourself in the majority of situations.
(1) If an earthquake happens while you are watching television, lie down and curl up in the fetal position next to a sofa, or large chair.
(2) If you are in bed during the night and an earthquake occurs, simply roll off the bed. A safe void will exist around the bed.
(3) If you are trapped in debris move as little as possible so that you don't kick up dust. Cover your nose and mouth with a handkerchief or clothing.
(4) Tap on a pipe or wall so that rescuers can hear where you are. Shout only as a last resort.
(5) Try to get into an open area away from trees, buildings, walls, signs and power lines if outdoors.
It is reported in the passage that scores of people were killed or injured in two separate fires. One happened at the Mingdian Western- style Restaurant in Dongguan City and the other in an apartment building in Wenzhou City.
A serious fire may destroy a whole building or even a whole city, leaving people homeless. What’s worse, it can injure or kill people. Just in a very short time, the property that you have struggled for a whole life may be burnt to ashes.
In our daily life, taking precautions is of very great importance to prevent fires. At school, we can never use electrical appliances or light candles in the dormitories or classrooms. When it comes to home safety, we should always remember to turn off the gas before going out. Keep a fire extinguisher available at any time at home.
In case of fire, first of all you should keep calm. If possible, use a piece of wet cloth to cover your nose and escape the building using the stairs instead of the lift as soon as possible. Union is strength
A father asked his sons, who often quarreled with each other, to break one stick and a bundle of sticks which were tied together to show them the importance of unity.
I am deeply moved by the lesson the father gave, in fact such cases are often seen in our daily life. In our school, there are always some basketball matches between classes. Teamwork plays a very important role in them. One team is sure to fail if its members don’t play as a team, so the five players must be well organized and play together.
Besides the players, all our classmates go and cheer for them. Even if our team loses the game, we all give our players encouragement instead of complaints. It’s our support that inspires them to try their best and never give up during the matches. Therefore, as a member of the class, we should make every effort to make our class a warm family.
In conclusion, we are strong when we stand with one another and thus it is hard for us to be defeated, just as the fagot in the story mentioned above. Keep your promise
The writer tries to tell us that once we make a promise, we must keep it and never break it. If we break it, we’ll lose respect and friends.
Please try to imagine: one day you have an appointment with your friend to go somewhere and ask your friend to wait for you. But you forget it! Your friend has waited for you for a long time there and in the end he gets very angry. What’s more, you do not say sorry to him. After that, he no longer trust you and keep away from you, you must feel very upset.
On the contrary, if you always keep your promise, the people around you will think it worth to keep friendship with you. So you will be able to make more and more friends.
In my opinion, keeping a promise is very important. If you keep your promise, you will be able to let other believe in you and you have more opportunity to lead to success. It you can’t, you lose your chance to gain other’s trust and it will cause you trouble. Success results from hard work
The passage mainly tells us that American people respect those who succeed through their own efforts, and that even those who are rich will try to do everything themselves and take pride in it.
Having read this passage, I felt surprised that Americans though considered the wealthiest in the world, still focus so much on succeeding through their own efforts and I felt somewhat ashamed of some of my friends who never think of achieving their goals by working hard themselves. Instead, they hold the view that if they are to succeed,
their parents or relatives must help them in some way or another. Even worse, some girls think that marrying a rich man can help get what they want in life, like money, fancy clothes and so on. They never dare to take up challenges and easily give up in face of difficulties.
As far as I’m concerned, success should result from our own hard work. What should be kept in mind is that only if we really work hard can we be well armed to face hardships of all kinds and succeed eventually.
My view on food safety
The passage tells us that the eggs suspected of being laced with melamine, which were added into dairy products and caused 4 deaths, have been removed by retailers and this raised further worries about food chain in China.
The fake and poor-quality food has harmed greatly the interests of the buyers and caused great losses to the producers. Moreover, sometimes the poor-quality as well as the contaminated food can cause great harm and even deaths to the consumers who pay a lot of money for it. Besides, this may also ruin the reputation of the enterprises, and some of them are even made bankrupt.
Therefore, in my opinion, some drastic measures must be taken to prevent the production and sale of these poor-quality and contaminated foods. First, laws should be made to stop the production of these foods, and the producers and sellers of these foods should be punished severely. Second, our government should enhance the administration and supervision on foods. Third, people should learn more knowledge about food safety and refuse to buy any illegally-made or contaminated foods.
Be grateful to those helping you
One day, a crane thanked the young man who helped her, turning into his wife and making beautiful cloth for him to sell and get money. The tale shows that expressing one’s gratitude is a lovely quality.
I had such an experience of helping others. One evening, when a man was sadly walking along the street, our car passed and he stopped it and said he needed a ride badly. My father and I did as asked. He felt a little surprised. Seven days later, we got a letter from the man, saying,
“I got your car number and knew about your address with the police’s help. So, I write to you to thank you so much for helping me so that I was able to meet my dying wife just before she passed away. God bless you for helping me.” In fact, nobody can tell when he is in trouble. If everybody just looks on, what will our world be?
From the story above, I think, “If so for a crane, why not for man?” Nowadays, we do need the atmosphere of helping each other, which will be beneficial to building our harmonious society.
We should accept criticism
This passage states no matter how competent we are, we will be criticized if we have done something wrong because we are inexperienced. Our teachers and parents may warn us against possible troubles.
Sometimes, however, people really dislike criticism. They will make excuses when criticized because they feel they will lose their face if they admit that they are wrong. Or they will refuse to correct their mistakes because they think their seniors are splitting hairs. These people will regret if they refuse to accept other’s criticism.
As a student, to accept criticism is very important. When they refuse to accept criticism, on one hand, they will never find their shortcomings. If they do not think over other people’s words, they will never know what others see in them. On the other hand, they will become bad-tempered and rude. They will not respect their seniors. These are all bad behaviors for us students. Dear editor,
I am a reader from China. I recently read a news story in your paper that reports an ATM pays double the amount of money withdrawn from customers’ accounts, and therefore, many people come and wait in line to draw money there.
As a Chinese reader, I do admire the good manners of the gentlemen and gentle ladies, but I do think they lack honesty as citizens, which is essential to our society. In this point, they behave the same like some people in China.
As we all know, honesty is the best policy. If we want to have each other’s belief, we need show our honesty. But actions speak louder than words. Judging from this report, I have come to realize we all lack the awareness of honesty, both in China and the UK.
In China, there is a similar story which causes a heat discussion; some people think the customers are innocent, while some believe they are stealing money. And the court believes their behaviors are illegal. I agree to this opinion. How about your opinions?
Yours sincerely,
Li Hua Dear Amy,
I am writing this letter to share my feelings and thoughts on “peer pressure”.
You told me about your conflicted feelings on the first school day after a holiday. You don’t know what clothes to wear, whether to be the same as your friends or to be your own person.
I suffered the same worry as yours in China. Although we don’t have to be upset about clothes because all of us are required to wear school uniform, we are living under the peer pressure in other aspects, such as, hairstyle, schoolbags, shoes, stationery and even whether to find a boyfriend (girlfriend) or not. In our class, almost all the students wear the same brand of sneakers, Adidas, no matter rich or poor.
This phenomenon gives great pressure to the students from poor families, and finally may lead to worse stories, such as, stealing or dropping out school.
So I’ve made up my mind to be above the peer pressure. As an old saying goes, “Follow your own course, and let people talk.” We should be more confident about our own styles and taste. It is diversities that make the world more wonderful, don’t you think so?
I look forward to hearing from you soon. Yours truly, Li Ping Don't run away from home
According to the passage, our pressures from surroundings make us feel very bored and upset. Some people want to run away from home so that they won’t face so many stresses.
Since I was a child, I have lived with my loved family for 18 years. When I was suffering punishment from my parents, I often thought it was unfair for me and didn’t want to speak to them any longer. But I never had the decision to run away from home. I knew clearly that living alone was not so simple as I expected. What’s more, my parents love me so much, so do I.
I don’t think running away is the best of way to solve your problems or find your way out. As far as I am concerned, it is foolish for us to run away from home because we won’t get the real independence and freedom. Not until it is too late will we realize what we have done is very absurd. We should lessen our stresses in a proper way. Don’t be discouraged under stress. Home is the best place where we grow up.
Silence the Negative Voice
The author tells us that when people say we’re not good at something, we should move past the negative voice by giving us a story about Arthur Miller who became a great dancer through hard work although he was told he danced badly when young.
An example that jumps into my mind is about my father. When he was young, he was interested in drawing. One day with great excitement he showed his drawing to my grandmother and told her seriously, “I’m going to be an artist when I grow up.”
He expected her to mirror back his enthusiasm with “great”. Instead she replied, “I’m afraid there’s no good in your drawing.” It really upset him but fortunately he didn’t give up. Following his dream, he took every opportunity to practice drawing and now he