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2012年6月On Excessive PackagingNowadays the phenomena of excessive packaging of goods are prevailing in our society: clothes swathed in tissue paper, placed in cardboard box and finally wrapped in well-designed plastic bags, imported bottles of grape wine packed in wooden boxes, fruits put in hand-woven baskets, to name but a few. There are several causes of excessive packaging. The first reason is that a large number of companies believe that they can attract customers attention and stimulate their purchasing desire by over-packaging their goods, thus gaining more profits. On the other hand, quite a number of consumers mistakenly hold that the more delicate the package is, the better the quality will be, thus encouraging excessive packaging. In my point of view, excessive packaging has disastrous consequences, including the loss of precious resources, excessive consumption of water and energy, and unnecessary extraction of scarce land for landfill. To solve the problem, its necessary to take the following measures. First, laws and regulations must be made to restrict excessive packaging of companies. In addition, we need to raise consumers awareness that excessive packaging doesnt equal to high quality and advocate packaging recycling. 2011年12月Nothing Succeeds Without a Strong WillIt is universally acknowledged that people cannot succeed or achieve their targets without a strong will and persistence. One of the most typical examples is that in present-day society, a growing number of people give up or fail to quit smoking just because of their poor willpower during the process. A variety of factors may account for this phenomenon as follows. For one thing, no one can deny the fact that persistence is the key point in accomplishing ones task. It is of importance for people to stick to their original aim. A great number of dragsters would stop smoking a couple of days after they have made their determination, but only a few of them may succeed in the end. For another, the people who cannot quit smoking may easily be affected by his circumstance and surroundings. In that case, people tend to fail to resist various temptations around them. From what has been discussed above, we may safely come to the conclusion that only by concentrating on the object and strong self-discipline can we obtain our goals successfully in the future. 2011年6月Online ShoppingOnline shopping, as an act of buying products and services over the Internet, is growing in popularity ever, which has been significantly shocking our lifestyles. Many individuals favor this kind of shopping because of its ease. But like any other newborn device, people may unconsciously expose themselves to the threat from it by incaution. For those who work for lengthy hours, the internet offers them much convenience. First of all, they do not have time to visit the store during regular trading hours, while online retailers allows orders twenty-four hours a day. As well, online shopping gives the customers the facility to compare prices and features of the products thanks to the detailed product description. In most occasions, the items are cheaper than online than in the conventional stores, making it an appeal to most people. While there are numerous advantages of online shopping, there are also threats and fears regarding this way of shopping. Information security is the key concern. Online payment may not be so secure because of identity theft. Another problem of online shopping is encountering misleading and false product information. In my viewpoint, online shopping is a double-edged sword. Buying on reputed online stores is a good solution to ensure the pleasure and comfort of the internet shopping.2010年12月How Should Parents Help Children to Be Independent?Most traditional Chinese families have only one child. Thus, parents devote all their resources and efforts to make sure that their children succeed in their future life. Many parents tend to help their children make decisions on their path of life, including education, career, and sometimes, even marriage. Young people, therefore, become more and more dependent on their parents whenever they need to make decisions. Most of them lack the ability to think for themselves, and to work and live independently, and they still count on their parents to get everything arranged for them.The ability to be independent is the key to their future success, so parents should see to it that their children grow independent of them. They should first teach them the sense of independence instead of making everything ready for them. As an old Chinese saying goes, to teach fishing is better than to give the fish. Parents should help their children to solve problems by themselves. Thus, children will gradually develop an ability to deal with difficulties independently. Furthermore, parents should urge their children to go outside more and find themselves more chances to experience the world by themselves. Most importantly, parents should leave their children making decisions independently, offering instructions and advices when necessary.A sense of independence is the basic quality of a responsible adult. Chinese parents should learn from western counterparts and urge their children to have their own way in their life.2010年6月Due Attention Should Be Given to SpellingEnglish is one of Chinese students compulsory subjects. Listening, speaking, reading and writing are the four main skills required of English learners. Spelling words correctly is the basis for writing. However ,many students often pay little attention to their spelling which they think is of little importance, and thus their writing is full of spelling mistakes.Why misspelling is so common in students writing? There are several reasons underlying this phenomenon. First, students are not really motivated for what they are learning. They are not seeking quality but only quantity in study so as to meet teachers requirements fast. Secondly, many English teachers dont provide students with adequate knowledge of building up new words. Instead, they often leave their students memorizing words by themselves. The most efficient way of word building is to break words down into prefixes, suffixes and roots or at least learn them by syllables. Finally, most students are learning English in order to pass some exams, which are usually made up of multiple-choice questions, so they have been doing more ticking than writing, thus totally neglecting the spelling.To solve this problem, I think we should be made aware of the serious consequences of misspelling. Many times, the misplacement or missing of letters in a word will completely change its meaning, as in words like dairy and diary, dessert and desert, principle or render a word or phrase totally meaningless, thus leading to serious misunderstanding. Meanwhile, teachers should also attach due importance to the training of students word-spelling, and call their attention to the importance of correct spelling and teach them good techniques of vocabulary building.2009年12月Create a Green CampusGreen campus, as a relatively new concept in a sense, means creating a green environment on campus. Campus is a place where most of the young people are educated for knowledge, technology and responsibility. College students are the most promising and competent young and future generation of economic construction. The very task of building a better, greener world lies with them. So green campus”, either as a campaign or as an awareness, is of far-reaching significance. Green campus in its most general sense, is the development of a green physical environment on campus, but its content can go far beyond that. It can refer to the education of the students about the importance of environmental protection. It can be the development of an awareness of the environmental problems and their solutions and the development of a responsibility for the green world on the part on the students. Finally, it can involve the notion of sustainable economic development and the building of a harmonious society.Therefore, as college students, we should take an active part in green campus activities. We should take the initiative to arm ourselves with the knowledge about environment and its protection. We should try to communicate with our parents and neighbors about the importance of a green and harmonious community And we should act immediately, and spare no efforts and waste no time, to conserve and preserve natural resources whenever and wherever possible.2009年6月Free Admission to MuseumsMore and more museums are open to the public free of charge, offering the general public an easy access to their resources, so as to facilitate their life-long education and give them an equal share of the knowledge of history, culture, science and technology. This is the practice that will benefit all of us.But besides the self-evident advantages, free admissions to museums may post some problems. In the first place, the preservation of the valuable cultural property may become difficult with too many visitors. Secondly, the museums will bear a heavier financial burden for the daily operation and maintenance of their facilities. If the visitors are very careless and frequently do damage to the equipment and surroundings there it will make the matter even worse.In my opinion, however, free admission to museums is of overwhelming significance, for this practice will surely cultivate the public awareness of the cultural wealth of our nation, as well as the updated development of science and technology.2008年12月Limiting the Use of Disposable Plastic BagsIn the past, disposable plastic bags were widely used for their convenience in carrying things. When we went shopping at supermarkets or bought takeouts from restaurants, we were provided free of charge with plastic bags. It is obvious that plastic bags have become something important in our daily life. Wherever we go, we will bring a couple of them with us, just in case.However, we hardly notice the fact that plastic bags are ruining our environment. Our surroundings are littered with more and more plastic bags, which people refer to as white pollution because once they are thrown away, and they will not decompose easily, and instead will stay in nature for a very long time. They will float on water or be blown about and make our surroundings very ugly. If we try to remove them by burning, it will lead to even more serious pollutionNot long ago, the government passed regulations, limiting the use of disposable plastic bags. They are not provided free of charge, and shops are required to provide environment-friendly, decomposable or non-disposable bags. This measure will in turn greatly improve the public awareness of environmental protection. In addition, it will help conserve natural resources and maintain a cleaner earth for ourselves as well as our future generations in the long run2008年6月Recreational ActivitiesThe 21st century brought in an era of information and technology, which provides people with a greater variety of recreational activities as well as more leisure time to go in for these activities. Besides the traditional sports, karaoke singing, dancing, fishing and movies or theater going, we can now play video games or online games, or surf on the Internet.Almost undoubtedly, the various activities made possible by modern technology have added excitement to our life, greatly enriched our knowledge and profoundly broadened our vision. By surfing on the net, for example, we not only relax and enjoy ourselves in a large way, but meanwhile have access to a great deal of useful information. But every coin has two sides, and recreational activities are no exception. When we are over indulged in some activities and even get addicted to it, we will tend to neglect our work and even cause our health to suffer.As a college student, what really matters, I think, is to exert more self-control, and be always clear about our priority. We should always bear in mind that recreational activities are only for recreatio