My View on Modern Life
My View on Modern Life(现代生活之我见)
1．有人认为现代生活好；
2．有人认为过去生活好；
3．我的看法。
[写作导航]一些人认为，现在的生活比过去要好，然后举例说明，可从食品、电器、医药等方面论述；另一些人则持否定态度，认为现代生活节奏快、压力大，工业的发展带来了污染，技术革新带来了失业；我认为无论何时，只要乐观，就能应对各种问题。
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Some people think that life at present is better than life in the past.They think that now we are living a life that our ancestors could never have dreamed of.For instance, convenient foods from markets have simplified cooking.Electric appliances at home have taken the drudgery out of housework.New inventions have helped to make our work more sufficient and le tiring.Development in medicine has helped to make people live longer and healthier.It seems as if we were living in paradise.
Other people, however, believe that life in the past is better than life at present.They argue that in this highly competitive society people have to work even harder and learn much more in order to adapt to the fast pace of modern life.Moreover, people have to be sophisticated to deal with the many complicated matters in life and work.Development in industry has caused lots of pollution.New inventions have put many people out of work.
In my opinion, life always has its problems.There are problems now which people didn\'t have to face in the past, and there were also problems in the past which people don\'t have to confront today.Life is full of happine if we should be optimistic.We should smile through everything whether it is happine or misery.This is the right attitude towards life.How to Deal with Stre(如何面对压力)
1．为什么会有压力?
2．如何面对压力?
[写作导航]第一段先用定义法指出压力是什么，以及压力的危害；第二段写压力的各种来源；
第三段写如何面对压力，可针对第二段的来源，举例说明各种解决办法；最后一段提醒人们面对压力方法要对头，不可走歪路。
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Stre is a state of being upset that happens when we are under preure.Both our feelings and our bodies get upset.We can even get emotionally and physically sick if we have too much stre for too long.
Stre can come at us from every direction.For instance, it can come from fights with other people.It can come when we have too many things to do and too little time to do them.It can also come when we do not have enough money to pay for what we want.
Since stre can make us sick, we have to learn how to deal with it.There are good ways and bad ways to do so.We should deal with stre in good ways, of course.Good ways to cut down on stre include changing our lifestyles.For example, we can learn either to get along with people or to stay away from them.We can decide what to do now, what to do later, and what to leave off doing forever.We can also figure out how to get money or we can cut down on what we want.
We should not deal with stre in bad ways because bad ways to cut down on stre just lead to more troubles, for example, skipping out and leaving our work undone, blaming our problems on someone else, stealing or cheating.
How to Reduce Stre(如何减少压力)
1．现代社会人们的压力与日俱增；
2．压力太大的危害；
3．减少压力的办法。
[写作导航]首先陈述随着现代生活节奏的加快，人们的压力也在增大，虽然适当的压力对人有好处，但压力太大就会产生副作用，从而影响工作、学习和健康，所以要学会减轻压力；
第二段阐述减轻压力的办法，比如降低对自己的要求、接受现实、不要攀比，多与朋友沟通等；最后总结全文，提出希望。
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As the pace of modern life continues to quicken, many people are in the habit of rushing through life.Some admit that stre seems to be on the increase all the time.A certain degree of stre is beneficial to us, but too much stre is certainly harmful, and sometinles may even harmful to our health and physique.So it is neceary to know how to reduce stre.
There are many ways that can help us solve this problem, but the following may be the most effective.First, learn to COllie to terms with yourselves.Don\'t set a goal that is too high because there are many things in this world that are beyond your reach.Learn to be content to go as far as you can.Second, learn to COllie to terms with the world around you.Don\'t try to change other people or otherthings.There are people and things in this world that you can do nothing about.So learn to accept them.Third, don\'t be too interested in material things and don\'t try to \"keep up with the Joneses.\" Don\'t harbor any jealousy, vanity or resentment to others.Be satisfied with what you have.Finally, keep in touch with your friends.Talk with them, share with them your happine and misery.This will help to make you feel better.
These are not necearily the only ways to solve the problem, and it is my hope that everyone can reduce the too much stre in his work and study and live a relaxed happy life.My Ideal Job
1．人们对职业各有不同的理想
2．我理想的职业是什么
3．我如何为我理想的职业作准备
Different people have different ambitions.When children study at school, they already have their own ideals.Stone want to be engineers or doctors in the future.Others want to be artists or businemen.Still others want to be teachers or lawyers.But few want to be farmers.
Unlike most people, I choose to be a farmer in the future and make contributions to development of agriculture.Agriculture is eential to the national economy and the people\'s livelihood.Without it there won\'t be grains on which people survive.Neverthele, farmers are ignored, even looked down upon by urban people.I
determine to challenge the traditional idea and contribute to changing this situation.However, lt is not easy to he a modern farmer in the 21st century.A modern
farmer must be equipped with a variety of knowledge such as chemlstry, biology and meteorology.Therefore, I must study conscientiously from now on so that I can get the chance to study as a postgraduate in an agricultural university.
I believe only a man with scientific knowledge can meet the challenge of the 21st century and aume the task of modernizing agriculture.
Health
1．健康的重要性。
2．如何保持身体健康。
3．健康比财富还重要。
It is clear that health is the foundation of one\'s future succe.If you get sick, it is nearly impoible to pursue your career effectively, much le make your dreams come true.On the other hand, if you are stout and strong, you can go all out to overcome the obstacles that lie ahead of you.
Now that we know that health is the source of our energy, what should we do to maintain and enhance our health? First, we should exercise every day to strengthen our muscles.Second, we should keep regular reasonable hours.If we get up early, we can breathe fresh air.This habit can do wonders in our life.Third, there is a proverb that says, \"Prevention is better than cure.\"
In short, health is more important than wealth.Those who are rich but love their health are no more fortunate than those who are poor.If you want your wish to come true, you should do exercise and keep fit.Health is the most important ingredient of your succe.
Relax Yourself放松自我
What does it mean to relax?Despite hearing this term thousands of times during the course of our
lives, very few people have deeply considered what it\'s really about.
When you ask people (which I have done many times) what it means to relax, most will answer in
a way that suggests that relaxing is something you plan to do lateryou do it on vacation, in a hammock, when you retire, or when you get everything else done.This implies, of course, that most other times should be spent nervous, agitated, rushed, and frenzied.Very few actually come out and say so, but this is the obvious implication.Could this explain why so many of us operate as if life were
one great big emergency?
It is useful to think of relaxation as a quality of heart that you can acce on a regular basis rather than something reserved for some later time.You can relax now.It\'s helpful to remember that relaxed people can still be superachievers and, in fact, that relaxation and creativity go hand in hand.When I\'m feeling uptight, for example, I don\'t even try to write.But when I feel relaxed, my writing flows quickly and easily.
Keeping Pets
Men have kept pets since ancient times.We can see from discoveries in the pyramids in Egypt and from scenes on decorated wall-coverings of European castles that our ancestors were as in- terested in pets as we are.
One reason for keeping pets is their utility.When our dog barks, it warns us of thieves.A cat keeps down the mice and rats in homes.When men depended on hunting for food they found hunting-dogs extremely useful.They also used a type of bird to aid them in their search for food.Companionship is a non-utilitarian reason for keeping pets.If people are living by themselves they feel lonely, and having a pet relieves this loneline to some extent.We like to have some companion with us even if this companion is not human.We feel the need to have another living being to share
our daily lives.Having a companion, even if it is only an animal, gives us a feeling of warmth and an interest in something else beyond ourselves.Some people even prefer pets to other people.Pets are not as demanding as people sometimes are.In particular,pets do not demand of us that we should talk when we wish to remain silent.Some people do talk to pets as if they were human beings, but they have the satisfaction of knowing that the
pets cannot answer back and engage them in argument.Pets seem content with so very little.
养宠物
从远古时期，人们就开始饲养宠物。埃及金字塔里的种种发现，欧洲城堡华丽穹顶上的绘画都充分说明：我们的祖先和我们今天一样喜欢宠物。
养宠物的其中一个原因就是它们的实用性。狗吠叫警告我们小心盗贼，猫消灭田鼠和家中的老鼠。在依靠打猎获取食物的年代，人们意识到猎狗举足轻重的作用。那时，
人们还同时使用一种小鸟来帮助他们寻找食物。
养宠物的另一个非实用的原因就是要它们和自己做伴。独自生活常常会感到孤单。养宠物可以从某种程度上缓解这种孤独感。我们喜欢有伴儿陪着，即使这个伴儿并
不是人类。我们感觉需要另一个生命分享自己每日的生活。同伴，即使只是个动物，也可以给我们一种温暖的感觉，让我们对除自己以外的其他事物感兴趣。一些人爱宠物胜过爱其他人。宠物不像人那样有时会有各种各样的要求。特别是当我们不想说话时，宠物不会逼我们开口。不过一些人会把宠物当作人一样和它们交谈，他们很高兴这些动物不能回答他们的问题，不会和他们争论。只需一点点，宠物们就很容易知足了。
How to Solve the Housing Problem in Big Cities
四种可能解决住房问题的方案：
1．多造高层建筑
2．向地下发展
3．建造卫星城市
4．疏散城市人口
The shortage of housing is one of the most serious problems facing many big cities in China.Though the government has spent a large sum of money on housing,the investment has not been very resultful and a housing shortage still exists.Two generations sharing one room and newlymarried couples finding it difficult to have a house of their own are still common cases.Housing shortage is a problem that requires an immediate solution.
People\'s attitudes towards the solution to the housing problem are different.Some suggest building more tall apartment buildings; others believe that we should develop underground housing areas.I am in favour of the former opinion.For one thing, it is cheaper to build upward than downward.For another, living underground for a long time will do harm to people\'s health.Above all,people are unwilling to live underground with artificial lighting and they prefer to live normally on the ground to enjoy the sunshine.
Although there may be some other ways to solve the housing shortage problem, I believe to build more apartment buildings is one of the feasible solutions to the housing problem.
Music
There are two important kinds of music in the world one is written down and the other is not.Many people earn their living by writing music.They write songs for popstars and music for films and TV plays.They usually write exact instructions how the music is to be played.
Folk music has been paed down from one generation to another.At first it was never written down.Pe pie learnt the songs from their families, relatives, neighbours and friends in the same village.These songs were about country life, the seasons, animals and plants, and about love and sadne in people\'s lives.
Early performers of music were popular and respected.They used to learn hundreds of songs by heart.On festivals they used to act and sing in praise of heroes who lived long ago.This was at a time when there was no radio, TV or cinema.Many of the country people could neither read nor write.In this way stories were paed on from one person to another.This continues in some countries even today.
In some parts of the world nowadays, you often see musiclans performing in the streets to paers by.They put a cap on the ground in front of them, so that people who like the music can drop coins into it.
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文章对音乐的种类以及流传方式作了描述。后两段实际上主要讲述音乐人的情况，似乎多少有些不切主题——音乐本身。此文可作为参考资料。
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音乐
世界上的音乐有两大类——一类是写下来的，另一类是没有写下来的。许多人靠写词作曲来谋生。他们给通俗歌星创作歌曲，为电影和电视节目作曲。他们通常还要为如何演奏他们的音乐写出精确的说明。
民间音乐是一代一代地流传下来的。起初从来没有人把它写下来过。人们是从家人、亲戚、村里的邻居或朋友那里学会唱这些歌的。歌词内容是有关乡村生活、季节、动植物以及人的生活中的爱情与忧伤。
早期的音乐演奏家们是深受人们欢迎和爱戴的。他们牢记几百首歌曲。在节日里他们表
演并歌颂很久以前的英雄。这是广播、电视或电影出现以前的情形。当时许多乡里人不识字，也不会写字。故事就是用这种方式流传下来的。即使今天，有些国家里还存在这种情况。现在世界上有些地区，你还可以经常看到音乐家在街头为行人演奏。他们把帽子放在身前的地上，以便喜欢这种音乐的人能把硬币投到帽子里。
When I was a child, I was fascinated by the melody of piano on the screen.At that time, I dreamed of being a pianist and having my own piano.
At the age of five, my father bought me a beautiful piano as my birthday present with the money they had saved for a long time.At the same time, my father found a piano teacher for me and every day I would practise it again and again as my father demanded.Before long, my interest in piano was transferred to other things.I began to escape the practice as much as I could.My father found out my impatience.He encouraged me and was stricter with me than ever before.With his help,I underwent the hardest time and devoted myself to the piano.
Now, in my spare time after a long time of study and hard work, I always play the piano and enjoy the beautiful music.
孩提时代，我总被电视上钢琴的优美旋律所吸引。那时，我就梦想有一架自己的钢琴，成为一名钢琴师。6岁的时候，爸爸用他积攒了很久的钱为我买了一架很漂亮的钢琴，作为我的生日礼物。为此，爸爸还为我请了钢琴老师。每天，我都按爸爸的要求不停地练习。没过多久，我对钢琴的兴趣就越来越淡了，我开始尽可能逃避练琴。爸爸发现了我的厌琴情绪，鼓励我坚持下去，对我的要求也比以前更严了。在爸爸的帮助下，我度过了最难熬的一段日子，并全身心投入到练琴中。
今天，学习和工作之余，我就弹起钢琴来，享受那美妙的音乐。
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