agree or disagree?
Old People Should Not be Forced by Law to Retire
There has long been a debate about whether old people should be forced to retire from work at the age of 55 or 60, regardless of不管, 不顾 their own wishes. People in favor of this say that old people, having worked for over thirty years, should not go on working, because physically they are not as strong, healthy and energetic as they used to be, and mentally they are not able to endure the same pressure of having to work to earn a living as young people are. Personally, I do not agree with this point of view for the following reasons:
First, it seems to me that no one should be forced to change his/her lifestyle unless he/she has committed a crime犯罪. People, whether they are old or young, should have the right to decide their own way of life. Just as young people can choose to stop working and enjoy their leisure time as long as they can make ends meet, old people should also be allowed to continue working, provided that they are still qualified for their jobs.
Second, there are many jobs that are especially suitable for old people, such as jobs that call for more experience and wisdom than physical power. With their rich experience in both work and life, many old people would make good consultants, instructors, coaches, doctors and psychologists, to mention only a few.
Last but not least, some old people do not go on working simply for economic reasons. It seems to them that there is more to work than just making money. They simply enjoy working as an indispensable不可缺少的 part of their lives. Some of them even develop various mental and physical problems after retiring from work, and it seems that the best way to keep them in good healthe and high spirits is to allow them to keep working.
All in all总而言之, I believe that not only should old people's physical conditions be taken into consideration but also their psychological needs should be respected. Therefore, letting them do whatever they are fond and capable of doing will make them much happier than forcing them to stay isolated from society and endure loneliness in their twilight 黄昏的 years.
What Is the Most Appealing Feature of a Job?2008年06月25日 星期三 02:24 P.M.Some people believe that a high salary is the most important feature of a job while others think that job satisfaction is more important.……
What Is the Most Appealing Feature of a Job?
What is the most appealing吸引人的 feature of a job? Some people claim that it is a high salary that makes a job appealing. Others believe that job satisfaction or being useful to society is more important. In my opinion, although a high wage is by no means决不 unimportant, job satisfaction has priority.
For a start, compared with sheer money, the satisfaction and pleasure one derives from得自, 由来 his or her work are much more fulfilling and long lasting. Almost every kind of job can provide people with money to sustain维持 their daily lives, that is, to meet their physical needs. However, only a few careers can supply people with a sense of satisfaction and satiate their psychological demands. It is this very sense of gratification满意, not the money, that makes people feel confident, happy and optimistic. To lead a quality life, a person should attach more emphasis to job satisfaction than the salary of the job brings.
At the same time, focusing too much on the salary will jeopardize危害 a person's career prospects. Taking a high salary as a career goal can restrain抑制 one's initiative主动, suffocate使窒息 one's creativity and hamper妨碍 one's future development, because all that is involved is earning a living. However, a person who resolves决心 to seek pleasure and satisfaction in his or her work will go all out全力以赴 to tap his or her potential for career advancement with the utmost enthusiasm. In this sense, job satisfaction is a more powerful driving force驱动力 for a person than money.
Lastly, a high salary leads only to the gratification of one's personal needs, while being useful to society coincides with与...相符 the public interests. If a person regards contributing to the common good as the most
important feature of a job, that person will make the utmost efforts to provide the best service for society, benefiting both the public and the individual.
Therefore, from the above analysis we can conclude that although a high salary is a very important feature of an appealing job, job satisfaction is of far more significance for an employee.
Personal Appearance: Looks Really Count2008年06月25日 星期三 02:37 P.M.Looks are not everything, the saying goes.……
Personal Appearance: Looks Really Count
There is a heated discussion on whether or not one's personal appearance should count in our daily life. Some will say looks are not everything, and beauty is but skin deep; others will not agree. They hold the opinion that good personal appearance will leave good impression on people, and beauty will make people pleasant. On this issue, my opinion is that personal appearance should count in our daily life.
In job-hunting求职 personal appearance is especially important. A good personal appearance will make the interviewer feel pleasant and have a good impression of the interviewee. To some jobs such as public relation associator, model, movie star, a beaufiful face is essential. In those jobs, homely faces不好看的：缺乏吸引力的 will make people sick.
Personal appearance is also important in looking for a partner in marriage. When a girl in introduced to a boy by a go-between, the girl's beautiful face will to a great extent make the boy a prospective seeker; on the other hand, the boy will leave the girl alone after the meeting if the girl is ugly. Perhaps, this is the reason why boys and girls will try their best to make themselves have a good appearance before this kind of meeting.
Personal appearance also plays an active role in many other aspects. From these we can conclude that in our daily life, personal appearance really counts.
SENDING TEENAGERS TO STUDY ABROAD: GOOD OR BAD?2008年06月25日 星期三 11:11 P.M.Nowadays more and more parents send their teenage children to study abroad. This has drawn public attention. Some people believe it is good for the cildren while others are worried about the development of these teenagers.
SENDING TEENAGERS TO STUDY ABROAD: GOOD OR BAD?
Over the past few years, more and more Chinese parents have been sending their children abroad, believing the experience of studying abroad will pave the way for their children's future success. Even now, this rush continues and has become very widespread. This phenomenon has drawn public attention, with people standing on both sides. It is my contention论点 that sending teenagers abroad without proper preparation may do more harm than good to their development.
First of all, these teenagers may have difficulty adapting to the new environment which might be totally different from the homeland they are used to living in. Therefore, they will probably experience the so-called \dealing with people around them. As a result, they may find nothing goes well at the beginning and feel lonely and frustrated. If these teenagers are not well prepared psychologically, their character will probably be severely affected.
Moreover, for these youngsters'年青人, 少年 language can be a great barrier, which may cause difficulty in both their daily life and their studies. As most of them have just graduated from middle schools when going abroad, their command of the foreign language is ususlly inadequate for living and studying in a foreign country. Consequently, they may find it hard to follow the teacher's instructions and feel at a loss困惑 as to how to use the library and how to rent an apartment. The pressure of study and stress of life may make them feel anxious and upset, which may in turn affect their academic development(学生)知识的发展, 学术水准的提高.
In conclusion, teenagers studying abroad will probably have an extremely difficult time and their perspective of academic success will be far from their parents's expectation. Sending teenagers abroad may be an unwise decision. Parents should be careful when making such a choice.
EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION2008年06月25日 星期三 11:31 P.M.Many parents believe that early childhood education is extremely important for children's development. How far do you agree or disagree with them?
EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION
It is a tradition in China that parents have a high expectation of their children. As education is considered the most important way to success, young couples today are paying more and more attention to their children's early education. Many parents send their children to classes of English, drawing, music, dancing and so on. On the other hand, many people are strongly against this phenomenon. In my opinion, early childhood education can be benificial to children's future when it is conducted properly.
First of all, good early education can be a lifetime benefit to children. As we know, cildren are generally quick to grasp new knowledge and master a new skill. So childhood is usually believed to be the golden time to learn. Many people share the experience that what they have learnt in their childhood helps lay a solid foundation for their future success. Many well-known musicians, sports stars, and scientists owe their success to early childhood learning experiences.
However, early childhood education should not be conducted by force. Many young couples, with high expection of their children, often force their children to learn when the children are reluctant不情愿的 to or fail to meet their requirement. This often results in children's loss of interest in learning and confidence in themselves. Therefore, if parents really believe it is important or necessary for their children to learn some knowledge or a certain skill, they should first try to arouse their children's interest in it. When the cildren do have the desire and the potential, parents can provide them with good conditions, which will not be too late.
In conclusion, early childhood education is important for children's development. It, however, should not be carried out only according to parents's will. Children's interest should also be taken into consideration.
IN SUPPORT OF DISABLED STUDENTS' ACCESS TO HIGHER EDUCATION2008年06月26日 星期四 01:26 P.M.Things are getting much better since the introduction of the anti-discrimination law in 1991. According to Beijing Daily, more than 300 high school graduates with physical disabilities残障 attended universities in Beijing between 1996 and 2001. Suppose you believe disabled students should have access to higher education……
IN SUPPORT OF DISABLED STUDENTS' ACCESS TO HIGHER EDUCATION
Since the introduction of the anti-discrimination law in 1991, there has been a heated dispute on disabled students' access to higher education. In my point of view, disabled students should have access to higher education.
Firstly, it is immoral and cruel to deprive disabled students of the right for higher education. It is a great misfortune for disabled students to lose certain physical functions. Deprivation of their right for higher education would undoubtedly无庸置疑地, 的确地 worsen(使)变得更坏, 恶化 their situation and make their future life even harder since education is one of the most important means to achieve a happy life. Some of them, having overcome countless great difficulties caused by their physical problems, manage to achieve good academic results. It is definitely inhuman野蛮的 to neglect the great efforts they make for success and smash their hope for a good life. Besides, higher education can help disabled students to obtain greater achievements. Disabled people can be as intelligent as any other citizens, many of them have made remarkable contribution to the world. Some of the well-known examples include Franklin Roosevelt, Helen Keller, etc. Going over their life experieces, we can easily draw a conclusion that they owed their great success to the good education they had received. Therefore, discrimination against disabled students may lead to a great loss of many talents.
In conclusion, we have the obligation to help these people in misfortune to live a happy life, instead of pushing them to an even worse situation. As disabled students with good schooling学校教育 can contribute on a larger scale to the development of our country, shutting the door of higher education to them is not only unethical but also unwise.
HUMAN CLONING OR NOT?2008年06月26日 星期四 01:45 P.M.Since the first cloned mammal哺乳动物 Dolly was produced, the issue of human cloning has aroused heated debate all over the world……
HUMAN CLONING OR NOT?
With the development of cloning technology, the debate over human cloning has been intensified加强. Proponents建议者, 支持者 of human cloning believe that this technology will benefit those couples who cannot have children. However, I insist that human cloning should be banned for the following reasons.
First of all, biological problems underlying cloning are so complex that human cloning is unsafe. It is well known that animal cloning has a high rate of failure. Many animals are born dead or deformed残废的. Even if some survive, they may have defects from which they will die of later on. It was reported that the cloned mice that appeared normal showed evidence of证明, 说明, 表明 genetic mutation(生物物种的)突变. This is because the regulatory mechanisms调节机制, which occur normally during development, are disturbed during the process of cloning. We simply do not have enough knowledge about cloning and the technology at this stage. If we clone humans, we may produce many abnormal反常的, 变态的 kindred, which will be nothing but a disater to our human kind.
Moreover, human cloning will bring some social and moral problems. For example, those couples who are unable to have children might choose to have a copy of one of them(e.g. a copy of the husband). However, how should the wife react to a physical copy of her husband who she is in love with? In addition, when the copy meets friends or relatives of the original, these people will confuse the original with the copy. How they should treat the copy would be another problem. Besides identity身份, his social status would be a great headache to the society.
In conclusion, human cloning should be prohibited in the world because it is scientifically unsafe and will trigger引发, 引起 social and moral crises. Any attempt to clone humans is an irresponsible action to human life and should be severely punished.
WILL TEACHERS BE REPLACED BY COMPUTERS IN THE FUTURE?2008年06月26日 星期四 02:03 P.M.With the development of society, the computer has pervaded遍及 almost all areas of life. Some work which used to be done by human beings can be completed by computers. Therefore, some people assume that teachers will be replaced by computers in the future. To what extent do you agree of disagree with this opinion?
WILL TEACHERS BE REPLACED BY COMPUTERS IN THE FUTURE?
In education, the computer is playing an increasingly important role, so some people assume that teachers will be replaced by computers one day. However, I believe that computers will never be able to replace teachers.
Firstly, the computer can never fulfill teachers's role in nourishing the human mind and spirit. Education is more a process of instruction students emotionally and psychologically than passing on knowledge mechanically. It is widely acknowledged that successful education is always based on a large amount of investment of love and concern. Students need teachers' love while in difficulty, for teachers' encouragement can help them gain confidence. No wonder the famous blind educator and writer Helen Keller once said, \teacher's love illuminates my dark life and enables me to find my direction.\an inanimate死气沉沉的, 没生命的 machine even if all the information of the world could be stored in it?
Another demanding task computers cannot perform is that they cannot teach students according to their individual gifts. A competent有能力的, 胜任的 teacher is always good at finding out students' shining points. For example, when Gauss高斯 was a child, his teacher realised he had a special talent in mathematics and helped him
exploit his potential and thus set him to the way of tremendous success in mathematics. This work, of course, is beyond any computer's ability. Besides, teachers can adjust their teaching to different students of different characteristica. Students' characteristics are so diversified 形形色色的 that computers can hardly be programmed to meet this requirement.
In conclusion, no matter how advanced computers will be in future, education still has to be fulfilled by teachers. The teacher is able to be fully aware of students' needs and offer them what they really want accordingly while the computer is merely a tool manipulated(熟练地)操作 by human beings to assist the fulfillment of such tasks.
GRANDPARENTS RAISING GRANDCHILDREN2008年06月26日 星期四 02:29 P.M.In China, the social and financial pressure on parents is on the rise, particularly on mothers. With many young parents too busy with their paid jobs, children are often left to their grandparents....
GRANDPARENTS RAISING GRANDCHILDREN
In China, many grandparents undertake担任 the responsibility of raising their grandchildren when the young parents are too busy with their paid jobs. This phenomenon has been the subject for dispute for some time. In my opinion, young parents should take care of their children by themselves because there are many disadvantages in grandparents taking care of grandchildren.
First, children who are left to grandparents at an early age may be educationally disadvantaged later in life because they may miss important early learining opportunities that occur in parent-child interaction. It is widely acknowledged that childhood is the golden time to learn. As most young parents receive better education than the grandparents, they can better assist children in their early learning. Scientific investigation has also shown that intimate parent-child contact accelrates children's language acquisition语言习得[掌握] and intellectual development.
Moreover, children brought up by grandparents can develop emotional defects. All children are most attached to使依恋 their parents by nature生来. When unwillingly living apart from their parents and seeing other children enjoying parents' love and attention, these children may have a feeling of abandonment, which may develop into an incurable trauma伤口 in their later life.
Last but not least, children's psychological development can be severely affected. These children, deprived of direct care from their parents, are usually spoiled by their grandparents. Consequently, these children are more likely to develop such psychological problems as egoism自我主义, 利己主义 and egotism自我中心, 自尊自大.
In conclusion, grandparents raising grandchildren may cause negative effects on children's intellectual, emotional and psychological development. Therefore, the best place for children is always at their own parents's side.
PSYCHOLOGICAL EDUCATION IN SCHOOLS2008年06月27日 星期五 12:46 P.M.Some people suggest that schools, including primary schools, middle schools and colleges, should carry out psychological education. To what extent do you agree or disagree with this opinion?
PSYCHOLOGICAL EDUCATION IN SCHOOLS
It is reported that nowadays the number of students with psychological problems in middle schools and universities is growing rapidly. Therefore, many people propose that schools should carry out psychological education. Personally, I entirely agree with this proposal.
First of all, students are the social group most likely to incur psychological problems. Currently, Chinese students are under growing pressure: society puts high demands on them; parents have great expectations of them; and they also set themselves exacting强求 challenges. But the fierce competition of various exams forces them to spend almost all their time on study, which deprives them of the chance to know themselves, or to grasp and apply
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