Summer
Nowadays,when it comes to summer, we can’t ignore the fact that the temperature grows higher and higher. Frankly speaking, aircondition has become a must in our daily life owing to the hot summer.From my point of view, summer time has become a period which let people feel uncomfortable. The circumstance of summer is not as comfortable as it used to be. Furthermore, many lovely small animals have slowly disappeared. Take the firefly as an example, the firefly has attractive light at night, and it can bring much jocundity to kids. In recent years, we almost cannot see it. Summer’s topic has changed from enjoyment into suffering. At the same time, we have lost too much joyfulness and quietude.Why does the summer get so terrible? With the development of society, we should have a higher life standard, but actually there are environment problems which influence people’s life. The high temperature is the best instance to explain the existed environment issues. On the one hand, many factories have produced much pollution which can make temperature become higher. On the other hand, a lot of people don’t really realize the importance of protecting the environment. They have not enough awareness to understand that protecting environment is to save themselves.We need such a summer: happy insect language, clear river, comfortable temperature, fresh air. Anyone is supposed to take actions to save our life environment. Let our summer become more dynamic!
The importance of reading English every morning.
When we were in primary school, we were required to read English every morning. Now we are high school students right now, and keeping reading English every morning is still very important to us. For one thing, it is well-known that our faculty of memory in the morning is better than any other period of the day. Therefore, reading English in the morning is definitely good for us to remember what we have read. In addition, keeping reading English every morning is a good way to practice our oral English and correct our pronunciation and develop our language sense. For another, reading English in the morning is a good start of a new day. If we read English in the morning, we will find that we will be in stimulated and fulfilled the whole day, and we will have a high enthusiasm to do other things. All in all, it is still important to read English every morning even though we've been reading and learning English for a long while, if we want to achieve the goal that study abroad we have to keep going and never give up!
Changes in my hometown.
Since last semester, because of my learning schedual was so busy so I don't have enough time to returen to my hometown to see all the new things and changes, but I finally did in this summer vacation. My home town is in the center of Taizhou which was a quiet and beautiful place. In the past, there were many animals. They were lovely and nice. The air was fresh and there were many birds fly in the sky. Over the past years, it has changed a lot. At the present, it becomes a modern town and develops a lot. Now, the people in Taizhou are richer than before, so most of people go to work by bus or by underground. Sometimes, they also drive their private cars to work. Many people sell out their old houses and move into new flats. In some ways, the development has brought some good things, but it has also causes much environment pollution. I think we should take action to reduce the pollution. But anyway, hometown is still the homwtown and always will be, we cannot stop loving there cause that is where we born and where we grew.
Sense of humor.
Humor is a flavor of our lives. Humor can soften relationship between people; humor can adjust the atmosphere of different occasions; humor can bring more fun and joy to our lives. First, humor is very necessary in communicating with others because it can soften relationship between people. In the process of getting along with others, the occurrence of difference and contradiction is inevitable. Sometimes, when we want to persuade others to agree with our points, we will find that our points are easier to be accepted if we argue in a humorous tone. Second, humor can adjust the atmosphere of different occasions. A person having a good sense of humor is good at adjust the atmosphere. For example, in a family, if the husband has a good sense humor, their family life would be more harmonious because he can adjust the atmosphere in time to avoid the occurrence of quarrel. Finally, a person having a good sense of humor can bring fun and joy to others. It is not difficult to find that a humorous person is always warmly welcomed in any occasions because he can bring happiness to everywhere he goes. In addition, staying with the humorous people, we will find that we will be more positive and our lives will be more wonderful.Therefore, all of us need to learn some skills of humor and use them properly so that we can make our lives be more wonderful.
How do you know about football.
As we all know football is the first sport in the world, but how much do we really know about this greatest sport?
First, each soccer team has eleven players and three substitute, or reserve players. The team consists of a goalkeeper, defenders, midfield players, and forwards (or strikers). The object of the game is to get the ball into your opponent's goal. Second, a game of soccer is called a match and is split into two halves of 45 minutes each, with a 15-minute break at halftime. A referee and two assistants make sure that nobody cheats or breaks the rules. Last, goalkeeping is a special skill. While the rest of the team can afford to make mistakes, if the goalkeeper makes one, it usually results in a goal for the opposition. Above Your Head The best way to catch a ball above your head is by joining the thumbs and forefingers of your hands together so there is a small arch between your hands. Chest or Head Jump off one leg and cradle the ball comfortably to your chest. The ball should rest on your forearms, with your hands holding it from above. Left or Right Always try to get both hands behind the ball and hold on tight. As soon as you've caught it, bring the ball quickly into the safety of your body. That how football game exactly worked.
First, each soccer team has eleven players and three substitute, or reserve players. The team consists of a goalkeeper, defenders, midfield players, and forwards (or strikers). The object of the game is to get the ball into your opponent's goal. Second, a game of soccer is called a match and is split into two halves of 45 minutes each, with a 15-minute break at halftime. A referee and two assistants make sure that nobody cheats or breaks the rules. Last, goalkeeping is a special skill. While the rest of the team can afford to make mistakes, if the goalkeeper makes one, it usually results in a goal for the opposition. Above Your Head The best way to catch a ball above your head is by joining the thumbs and forefingers of your hands together so there is a small arch between your hands. Chest or Head Jump off one leg and cradle the ball comfortably to your chest. The ball should rest on your forearms, with your hands holding it from above. Left or Right Always try to get both hands behind the ball and hold on tight. As soon as you've caught it, bring the ball quickly into the safety of your body. That how football game exactly worked.
The advantages of traveling
Nowadays, more and more people prefer to travel quite often. Like me, I love traveling to every corner in the world. By traveling, we not only can relax ourselves but also broaden our knowledge circles. From my aspect, I think we can make many friends and travel with them.Firstly, we can enjoy the beautiful scenery and relax ourselves. For modern life, we are busy with our work with high pressure. However, when we travel, we will be attracted by great landscape and forget pressure from both work and life. Secondly, we can make friends by traveling. For most travelers, they tend to find many companions to travel with. In China, If you check the internet, you will find that some people will call others to join them for travel. Through this kind of travel, we can meet many different people and make friends with them to broaden our social circle. Thirdly, we can learn much knowledge form travel. Before you go to somewhere to travel, generally, you need to make plans for your travel. You can find lots of things you don’t know when you make a plan, such as, the origin of a certain area, the customs of different areas, local food and so on. In conclusion, we can not only relax ourselves and make new friends but at the same time we can learn much from travel. I enjoy in traveling!
On stress
Everyone has stress in their different ways. Like us, high school students has stress about leaning and all the pressures from parents, peer, and teacher But In modern society, most people are under the higher pressure than ever before and some people cannot handle the stress well and choose some extreme ways to avoid or settle their stress.However, is stress a bad thing? As far as I am concerned, everything has two coins, and we also need to realize it from two aspects. For one thing, stress is a kind of mental burden caused by nervousness or anxiety. In modern society, stress is mostly caused by the high requirements or heavy burden from surroundings or us, such as stress from peers or stress in economy. If we cannot handle the stress well, we would be easy to be in a negative mood and lost our motivation and courage to keep going or struggle with difficulties. In this aspect, stress is a threat for our body and mental. At least Chinese does. However, for another, stress can also be changed into a kind of motivation if we handle it well. For example, when you find that you are surpassed by your classmates in an examination, you feel stressful but at the same time, you also tell yourself that you need to work harder to surpass him next time. Under this stress, you will find yourself have more motivation and energy to study. In this point, stress is a propeller for us to get more improvements. Anyway, if we can handle the stress in a right way, then we can be able to destroy them once and for all.
The meaning of sharing
I believe when we were little babies, we were taught to learn to share with others. At first, I don’t understand. But now I can understand gradually. Share happiness will make me feel happier, while share my sadness with my friends will make me reduce sadness. When I told my friends I got the first praise in the recital contest, they all congratulated to me and said many good words, which made me happier. When I got blame from my teacher, I told my friends, which made me felt comfortable. Besides, their comfort also helped me feel better. What’s more, sharing my experience with others that help them lots can makes me feel satisfied. Anyway, sharing my emotion and things with others makes me feel good. I learned one of the most important thing from sharing with others is when we facing with all the fear and failure we need to believe that there always will be someone would willing to listen to your share and help you out.
A big tragedy—Spanish train was derailed
According to the British "Daily Mail" reported on July 24th, a passenger train in northwestern Spain at the evening of July 24thlocal time occurred a derailed accident. It caused at least 56 people died, and 70 people were injured. At present, the emergency rescue personnel are rescuing the wounded under the carriages.According to the report, the accident occurred in the vicinity of Santiago de Compo stela the capital of Galicia autonomous region. It was not far from the main city train station. There were 218 passengers in the train when the accident occurred. The Witnesses said that train derailment was around the corner. There was one witness said that he heard a "bang" at the time train derailment.According to the local media report, this is the most serious Spanish railway system accident during 40 years. So as a one of the big world family, let us pray for them. Wish them be safe and sound.
The value of friendship
People often say that friends are priceless. So it is certain that friendship is very important. The following are the examples of myself to explain this opinion Friends share happiness, which makes us delightful. For example, when I was in middle school,one of my best classmates, Dan, when he told me she got a good mark and was in the top ten. Before I replied he said again, "Because you are my best friend, I want to share the good news with you at the first time". Hearing that, I knew she was happier after she told me. At that time we were two happy birds flying in the sky. In a word, friends play with me in my spare time that let me feel needed. They always keep company with me when I am depressed. But they don’t do whatever I want. Sometimes they are against with me while they think I am wrong. I still remember once I quarreled with my math teacher. At last, it was my friends made me realize my fault, and then solved the entire problem smoothly.on. In my opinion, friends are one of the most important people in our life. We can’t live without friends. It is valuable for everyone.
Grand Masters
Yesterday, I went the movie the Grand Masters with my sister, it was a fantastic action movie. The movie was set up to tell us martial arts legend between south and north. The profound theme was that the real Kung Fu master must see himself, see heaven and earth, and then see everyone. Nevertheless not everyone can spell over it.The grand master, Gong Yutian, intended to retire from Zhong Hua President of the knights. Many masters who represented their own faction, covetously eyed on this position to show actual strength, including his apprentice Ma San. Ma San was only able to see himself. Therefore in this tense and turbulent age, he chose to rebel against his teacher and surrendered to Japanese. He came to grips with Gong Yutian and killed him on the spur of the moment in a battle. Gong's daughter, Gong Er, wanted to take revenge on Man San which was against by the older generation. Despite their obstruction, in order to show her determination, she hid her love at bottom of heart and refused to marry. Everything comes to him who waits. She defeated Ma San eventually on account of not only her seeing herself, but also seeing heaven and earth. The grand master Ye Wen got through the hard times by virtue of his teacher' guidance "a belt, a breath". When he moved to Hong Kong, he imparted his skills to his apprentices. Hence Ye Wen had master the essence of Kung Fu which he could see himself, heaven and earth, and everyone.
My view of second-hand junk
Yesterday my dad and I went to the second-hand cars market Hangzhou and he bought a business van for his company. That makes me think of the second-hand business. Second hand junk generally refers to buying used goods or cargo.The used relative to the primary goods are not sold and used.Most used goods once are used, so the price will be lower than the new item, such as second-hand cars. But there are exceptions, such as works of art or limited edition items like collectibles. These collections are not used, therefore the second-hand prices may be higher than the primary prices, just like antique tables.Around the world, there are specialized acquisition and resale of second-hand goods shop, they usually put in cash to acquire goods which is sold by customers, then sold a higher price than the buying prices. The shopper relies on the price difference to be profitable. On rare collectibles, the recovery price and the resale price may be higher than the original price. Secondary market is a place that people sell and buy the old things, in which some have eight almost new goods, but only sell half the original price, so it is very popular. Therefore, many people deal with old objects in the secondary market. Meanwhile many people go to the secondary market to clean out something still used .It can be considered a good way to save money. And actually it does, cause if you buy something that by second-hand deal then you won’t be require to pay for the tax.
Grow up
When we were children, we often say that I want to grow up, or I want to be an adult. As children, we cannot do many things, while after we grow up, we can. However, we often complain that I don’t want to grow up when we become adults actually.Firstly, growing up means more responsibilities. We should make a living by ourselves or we should support our parents when they can’t earn enough money to make a living. Secondly, after the graduation of high school even college, we need to work instead of accomplishing nothing. We should have a target and work for it, so we have pressure on jobs. After that, when we meet with the right person, we will get marry with him or her to build a family. That is to say, we have heavier burden because of our family. Building a family and keeping it harmonious is not easy. In a word, there are many problems waiting for us once we grow up.Every coin has two sides. Grow up can also broaden our horizon, offer us an opportunity to know more about our world, love and protect the important person in our life. Don’t be afraid of growing up, just be a better person and enjoy our life. Be confident, believe in ourselves, we are the best!
The long march
If there is anyone who still doubts that China is a nation of diligence and bravery, the Long March is definitely one of the most persuasive evidences. Taking a whole year to achieve, suffering all sorts of difficulties, it would be a great miracle in human race.In October, 1934, the Red Army began their march from Ruijin, Jiangxi Province because of the failure of the fifth counter-encirclement. Going westward with unimaginable effort to break through 4 blockade lines, they arrived at Xiang River in December. In the middle January, 1935, after the occupation of Zunyi, the Red Army held the well-known “Zunyi Meeting”, at which Mao Zedong’s leadership was established. Then, they amazingly crossed the Jinsha River which made them cast off the besiegement of KMT. And they went on the march northward, passing through Daliang Mountain, capturing Luding Bridge, and crossing the Jiajin Mountain perennially covered with snow. In the middle of June, the Red Fourth Army was joined forces. Aiming at setting up three more basements, the whole mixed army was divided into two parts to plod through grasslands. Having won several campaigns on the way to north, the Red Army finally got to Wuqi Town, which was the early end of the Long March.Although this was not the eventual end of the Long March, every step remained in 14 provinces had absolutely reflected the Long-March spirit which would always be the highest expression of the Chinese people's being indomitable and constantly striving to become stronger.
Travel alone
I think there is no one would say “no” to travel. People love travel, for it can make them relax and widen their vision. Some people like to travel with friends, because they want to share the pleasure of traveling, and they think the journey will be much easier for they can take care of each other. While some people like to travel alone, they can go anywhere in anytime. They don’t have to care about what the partner’s idea. In my opinion, I’m much preferred to travel with friends, but I always have an urge to travel alone.Firstly, I was told that travel alone can help people to grow up quickly, and that’s what I really need. If you travel alone, you have to do everything by yourself in the journey, for instance, to buy a ticket, to book hotel, and ask directions. That maybe just a small case for extrovert, but for introvert, like me, it’s really a big challenge. I remember the first time I go to travel with friends and my little brother, they did everything, and I just follow and had fun. I even too shame to check into a hotel, and my little brother did it for me. I was humiliated for that. So, travel alone could force introvert to do the things that you don’t dare to do. It could help you to build an outgoing personality. For extrovert, travel alone could enhance your ability to handle emergence case.Secondly, travel alone gives you peace of mind. Image that, you walking alone in the beach, there are no sounds of human beings, just burst of sound waves. You close your eyes, enjoy the moment, you will feel peace. All in all, travel alone could be loneliness and dangerous, especially for girls, but it’s worth having a try for the beautiful scene in the journey, it seems like all the things are just exist for you.
The great proletarian cultural revolution
The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution happened in China in the 20th century, which had a great effect on Chinese history. Some people think that it was a necessary difficult stage in China’s development, while others think it was solely a hindrance. In my opinion, I agree with the latter idea according to the consequence of the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution brought about that did harm to the education area, hinder the economy and created social conflicts.First of all, it was harmful to the education area. During the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, textbooks were forced to hand in at first and then some teachers were punished. For that reason, the school at that time had fewer and fewer teachers. As a result, schools were lack of books and teachers. Therefore, the education for students was totally affected by that revolution. In addition, some people, like teachers who were full of knowledge, were sent to some poor area to do labor work. In other words, it’s a means of wasting education resources.Secondly, it hindered the development of Chinese economy. At that time, government’s energy was extremely limited. When they were busy with the Cultural Revolution, they didn’t have enough time to develop economy. Besides, with the influence of the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, many factories were closed. It’s certain that the economy was stopped or drew back. The last but not least is that it made the society appear more conflicts. It’s obvious that during the revolution China was totally a mess. Every person was afraid of being scolded by no reason and the government itself also had appeared many conflicts. Many inner contradictions appeared at that moment.In general, the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution had so many bad effects on the whole China, like on the education area, Chinese economy development and social conflicts, so I think the Cultural Revolution should not happen, because it’s not necessary.
City life & Country life
There's a great difference between city life and country life in population. Big cities are so crowded, while in the countryside, there are much fewer people.People in big cities are nice, friendly and helpful. They are polite to strangers. When you get lost, they are willing to show you the right directions. When you're hurt in an accident, they're also eager to send you to hospital at once. However, citizens don't know each other so well, because most of them are busy with earning their bread. While in the countryside, things are much more different. Almost everyone is so familiar with each other. They always say hello to each other on the way. Even though you are strangers, they also talk to you like old friends. And they are also happy to invite you to dinner in their homes.Maybe most people like the big cities, because of the good living conditions. But I prefer to live in the countryside, for it's much quieter and more peaceful. In the morning, I can lie in the bed, listening to the birds singing. It seems like a free concert, which can bring me a happy mood. Moreover, I can meet different kinds of people outside. When I greet to them and smile to them, they also do the same to me. It's just a simple life, but the feeling is so great.
Life of pi reading response part 1
Yann Martel’s Life of Pi has to be one of my favorite books that we have read. I am really enjoying it so far, and it seems less confusing than our previous book Slaughterhouse-Five. Within our first reading assignment there were a couple of things that I would like to comment on that I thought were interesting. First, within the first couple of pages was a quote by Pi, “Sometimes I got my majors mixed up. A number of my fellow religious-studies students- muddled agnostics who didn't know which way was up, who were in the thrall of reason, that fool’s gold for the bright- reminded me of the three-toed sloth; and the three-toed sloth, such a beautiful example of the miracle of life, reminded me of God.” I thought this was a really interesting quote; both Pi’s majors conflict in some ways and in others are quite comparable. I like how he says that the people in his religious classes reminded him of animals in his other major, and that animals in zoology reminded him of religious subjects.
Life of pi reading response part 2
Another section of the book (pages 19 through 24) that seemed interesting was Pi’s description on animals idea of freedom. I thought this was interesting because I have NEVER thought of a zoo as a good place; I thought zoos were confining and a completely artificial means of keeping an animal locked up to benefit humans need of entertainment. After Pi’s argument I’m not exactly sure what I think now. He made a very valid argument; animals are kept safe and warm, are given all of their necessities plus more, and they have a place to call home without any interference. The quote that made me question my previous outlook on zoos was when he asked how we would feel if someone kicked us out of our home and said “go free!!” Even if his argument is manipulated to fit in favor of zoo’s, I think it was a very valid argument and should be considered… however I suppose we won’t ever find out the truth because animals don’t talk.
Life of pi reading response part 4
The Life of Pi is a very compelling book thus far and I have really enjoyed reading it. I would like to further discuss our topic about freedom that we had on Monday. Total bondage, if possible, in my opinion would cause a person to go completely insane. However, I believe this bondage would be totally impossible. Why? Because though one can lose a portion of freedom, they will always have the ability to think what they want. Also, they would have the freedom to move what they want whenever they want. Now going to the opposite of this, total freedom would also cause problems. This may be more possible than total bondage, but I believe that having total freedom would be less rewarding. In my opinion, people tend to lean towards having rules because that is just a part of life. For example, religion. Having faith in something gives one comfort and gives one a meaning of life in general. However, when investing into a religion, one must make sacrifices. Religions in general have certain rules that one must follow in order to be considered a devout person. People tend to sacrifice for religion because they believe having that comfort is worth giving up some of their freedoms. Whether this sacrifice is rewarding in the end will never be known until that person dies. So why do some people have religion in their lives if they do not know for certain that it has a reward in the end? Is it just in case, or is it because one truly believes.
Life of pi reading response part 5
Throughout this book the relationship between Pi and the animals seemed very interesting. The first section deals mostly with a detailed description of the zoo. In the zoo the humans I feel are portrayed as a god and in control. This was very obvious due to the fact that the humans provide these animal’s food and shelter. However, the Dad states that animals are very unpredictable and very violent sometimes. If they are not in the cage, the humans are no longer in control, giving the animals a “godlike” persona because the humans are fearful and powerless.
The next section goes into more detail about these relationships. This section shows a friendship between Pi and a tiger. Also, it shows in many ways who is the powerful one between Pi and a tiger. The tiger is physically stronger and larger than Pi. This makes Pi fearful showing how the Tiger may have power over him. However, Pi is keeping the Tiger alive and feeding him. So that made me question who really was more powerful? I believe they are equally powerful and have a friendship and a special bond. The Tiger is a good companion for Pi in many ways. The tiger keeps Pi sane and occupied. This way he will not think about the tragedies that had just hurt him. Also, by helping the tiger, it gave Pi the will to live. He wanted to keep both of them alive even though the tiger was so dangerous. This brought out an entirely new perspective on the relationship between man and animals to me.
The next section goes into more detail about these relationships. This section shows a friendship between Pi and a tiger. Also, it shows in many ways who is the powerful one between Pi and a tiger. The tiger is physically stronger and larger than Pi. This makes Pi fearful showing how the Tiger may have power over him. However, Pi is keeping the Tiger alive and feeding him. So that made me question who really was more powerful? I believe they are equally powerful and have a friendship and a special bond. The Tiger is a good companion for Pi in many ways. The tiger keeps Pi sane and occupied. This way he will not think about the tragedies that had just hurt him. Also, by helping the tiger, it gave Pi the will to live. He wanted to keep both of them alive even though the tiger was so dangerous. This brought out an entirely new perspective on the relationship between man and animals to me.
Life of pi reading response part 6
When I was reading this book I was not sure that I would really like it. However, once I got to the end, I realized the point of this book and that it had greater meaning than just a boy who survives on a boat with a tiger. The plot of the novel seems hard to believe because it is all being recalled from Pi's memory. Any psychologist can say that it would be difficult to remember everything that happened especially with the boy being exhausted and traumatized from the terrible event that took his family's life. At the end of the novel when Pi is recalling the events to the men, they do not seem to believe him. Instead he tells them a shorter, what seems more believeable story. The shorter story basically summed up all that we had taken the entire book to read. Pi then says, "So tell me, since it makes no factual difference to you and you can't prove the question either way, which story do you prefer? Which is the better story, the story with the animals or the story without?" So it seems that they like the more entertaining story though it may not be as believable. However, the point of Life of Pi seems to be that the telling of the story doesnt really seem to be that important, but instead that the events in the story took place.