1. Career or Family: which is more important?
When asked about their opinion of career and family,people always respond differently. Some people deem it moreimportant to pursue their career, while there are always otherpeople who argue that family should be the number one in one’slife.
It goes without any question that career plays a key role in our life. In the very first place,career can give us an aim to live on. Without career, much of our living time will be certainlywasted. What’s more, career can provide us with a means to live on. Most of the people earn theirincome from a job. On the other hand, family is also an indispensable part of life, as many peoplewill admit. Family is always regarded as a place where we can escape from troubles in life. Inaddition, we can obtain a sense of belonging to from family. Without it, anyone will feel lonely anddesperate.
In my opinion, career and family are not in opposition to each other. Rather, they canenhance each other so that one’s life can become better and better. Therefore, it’s not a choicebetween right and wrong, but one between ideal and practical. 2. Olympics and I Dear friend,
I have a great news to inform here. Through long efforts, Beijing has been granted the rightto host 2008 Olympic games. As a resident in Beijing, I feel quite excited and like to share with youmy happiness.
This success means a lot more than a game to me. In the first place, this Games will definitelypromote the development of our economy. According to a recent survey by some experts, thisgames will raise our GDP by about 3%, and offer about 10,000 jobs. What’s more, our culture willbe widely recognized and accepted all over the world through the Games. People will come overfrom every corner of the world, and experience Chinese culture in every aspect. Besides, throughthe games, our living environment will be greatly improved. For example, the public transportationsystem will be up-dated. Moreover, it’s known that more trees will be planted, and grassland will beconsiderably expanded. My friend, I really look forward to the coming of this great Games. As an individual, I’m allready to offer my help in any way I can. I also hope to invite you all to come here, and watch thegames in 2008. Sincerely yours, 3. Tourism in China
Recent years have seen a tendency in China that tourism is growing faster. According to arecent survey made by some experts, about 47% urban residents travel regularly, and 28% ruralresidents also make their tour across the country. The survey also shows that more people areinterested in tourism, and will join the army in the future.
Facing this tendency, we can’t help exploring some underlying factors that are
responsible. Inthe very first place, with the policy of reform and opening up, Chinese people’s living standard hasbeen greatly improved, and therefore, most of them can afford to travel around. What’s more, it isbelieved that people now take a more positive attitude to tourism, and regard it as a life style. Inaddition, tourism facilities are becoming better and better. For example, transportation developsfast, and many scenic spots are available now.
Though there are still some problems with tourism, I personally believe that tourism should beplaying a key role in our life. I also hope that our government will make policies to create a betterenvironment for tourists. 4. Income Gap
There has been a heated discussion over the growing income gap now. Some people holdthat the gap is natural because it reflects different contributions that different people make in theirwork.. In their view, those people with high income work hard and long. Besides, these peoplebring high efficiency, and create more wealth. Accordingly, they deserve high pay.
On the other hand, there are always some people who view this gap negatively. They believethat a lot of crimes happen as a result of this income gap. Some people make so little from theirwork that they risk taking criminal acts to get rich. In fact, experts have long found out that mostcases of crime are directly related to low income. There is another point to back up a negative viewagainst income gap. For most people, income gap may destroy the satisfaction that they obtainfrom work.
As anything has two sides, so has the problem of income gap. Personally, I believe that thisgap may motivate people to compete better in job market. When this gap is growing too wide,however, our government should make some policies to get rid of its negative consequences. 5. Knowledge is power
As a popular saying goes, knowledge is power. With our country developing fast, theimportance of knowledge is becoming more and more obvious to us all.
In the very first place, with knowledge, one can easily find jobs. It is often said that we areentering a new age of information, and knowledge plays a key role in this age. For example, if onewants to work in IT field, one needs to improve his knowledge constantly. What’s more,knowledgeable people can get quick promotion in their work. As is often the case, a person incharge of an organization is the one who has most knowledge. In addition, more knowledge is alsoneeded to make our life rich and fulfilled.
Accordingly, we must try hard to acquire as much knowledge as we can. Luckily, a lot ofmeans may enable us to do so. Among other things, web proves the best and fastest way to getinformation.
6. Saving animals
There is an undeniable fact that the number of animals is declining faster than ever before.According to a recent survey made by some experts, about 37 species disappear from our earthevery year. It is obvious that the problem has become a serious one worth our concern.
When we explore this problem, some underlying factors emerge. In the very first place,human beings have played a big part. With the fast development of human society, theenvironment is much destroyed, and animals lose their home. Accordingly, some species becomeextinct. What’s more, people hunt animals for food and skin. A good case in point is that theJapanese have killed a lot of whales because they like to eat the meat. In addition, human beingsare largely responsible for the pollution of natural environment, and poison animals in many ways.
The current problem, I believe, should be solved immediately. First of all, our governmentshould play a key role in making relevant rules and protecting animals. The general public shouldalso be educated to value the existence of these animals on our planet.
