爱华网英语美文背诵
1. Be Polite 有礼貌
Everyone should be polite. Polite people show good manners.Moreover, they are popular. On the other hand, rude people arelooked down upon. Rudeness shows poor education. Therefore, why notbe polite? A simple “Please,” “Thank you,” or “You are welcome,”can make a big difference.
2.Rome Wasn’t Built in a Day聚沙成塔
Learning English is like building a house. Laying a strongfoundation (n.地基 ) is the first and most important step. In otherwords, you should read and speak English every day. Memorizing newwords and phrases is also helpful. Like building a house, learningEnglish takes some time. So don’t be impatient (不耐烦的). Remember,“Rome wasn’t built in a day”.
3.Just Do It
Many people put off until tomorrow what they can do today. Theyalways look for excuses to postpone（拖延）doing something .In the end,it never gets done. If we leave things undone, we willeventually（最后）worry. This will then cause unnecessary stress（压力）.Therefore, if you have this bad habit, it’s best to get rid of itand do things as soon as possible.
4.Showing off（炫耀）
Manypeople are fond of showing off. They always insist on footing thebill when they are out with friends. They always think ofimpressing people with their wealth. They seem to think that moneycan buy friends. In fact, it can’t. Instead of trying to show off,they should be themselves.
5.Society Is Changing Rapidly
Society is changingrapidly. As a result, more and more people are suffering fromstress. Those who are stressed out are often nervous ,angry or ill.People must, therefore learn to deal with this “new” kind ofproblem. Regular exercise is one way. The best way, however, is tokeep a good sense of humor.
6.A Balanced Diet 均衡饮食
Some people eat to live, but there are others who live to eat.To live a long and healthy life, we must learn to have a balanceddiet. A balanced diet simply means a bit of everything. A dietwhich includes meat, fish, vegetables and fruit is, of course,ideal. If you watch your diet, then you won’t have to suffer thepain of going on a diet.
7.By Taxi
One ofthe most convenient ways to get around a city is by taxi. However,it is also the most expensive way. In some cases, tipping isexpected, too.
On the other hand, a taxidriver knows the city like the back of his hand. He can quicklytake you to any place you want to visit. The taxi ride might beexpensive, but it’s time---saving.
8.Air Pollution
Why do people get headachesin a crowded, stuffy（闷热）room? Because they are breathing bad air.People who breathe bad air for a long time can get really sick.They may even get lung cancer and die. People need fresh air. Freshair cleans the blood. For our health’s sake, we should all,therefore, do our part to fight against air pollution.
9.Television Addiction 电视瘾
Television provides us with a wide range of information andentertainment（娱乐）. However, it’s a pity that it may also have a badinfluence（影响） on young minds. For instance（例如）, some TV shows havetoo much violence（暴力） and crime（犯罪）. These programs may leadyoungsters astray（歧途）. It is easy for students to become addictedto the excitement of these programs and neglect （忽略）their homework.Parents must therefore, keep aneye on what their children watch.
10.Be thoughtful 体谅人
Being thoughtful(体谅人)simply means thinking of others beforeyourself. What you say or do will have an effect on others. So itis important that you think before you say or do anything. In thisway, you can avoid hurting other’s feelings. Moreover, athoughtless act or remark can spoil a perfect relationship.
Remember these rules. If you don’t haveanything nice to say, don’t say anything. Likewise, if you thinkwhat you do will hurt others, don’t do it. After all, what goesaround comes around.(种什么因，得什么果)。
11.Health Comes First 健康第一
Smoking is bad in that it is harmful to one’s health. In spiteof the fact that doctors have even warned that it causes canner,people still keep on smoking.
In some western countries, however, people are beginning to kickthe bad habit. They realize that health should come first. To helpthem quit smoking, there are laws against cigarette advertising andsmoking in public places. This is praiseworthy except that westerncountries are now selling cigarettes in the East in greater numbersthan ever. That they are doing this is immoral, don’t youthink?
12 .Don’t Rely on Luck运气不可靠
Passing exams is every student’s dream.Failing them is their nightmare. So, to realize their dreams, manystudents try anything. They even go to fortune tellers, buy luckycharms and follow old customs.
In Korea(朝鲜)，many studentsbury something personal in the university they want to enter. Theybelieve that these things will act as magnets and “pull” them intothe university. Whether it works or not, nobody really knows. Atleast it does ease the students’ minds about passing exams.Remember, though, you can’t always rely on luck. There is nosubstitute for hard work.
13.A Sense of Security 安全感
Some people take the viewthat something in life we have to take chances in order to makeprogress. I admire such people. It certainly takes courage to takerisks. Maybe it’s due to my upbringing, but I am the type who likesto play it safe.
People like me believe in the saying, “A birdin the hand is worth two in the bush. Conservative as it may be, itkeeps me out of trouble. I must confess, however, that such alifestyle may, at times, be boring. Admittedly, my life is not halfas colorful or exciting as other people’s, but at least it gives mea sense of security.
14.About MoralValues(道德观)
More and more people areforgetting the saying, “Pride comes before a fall.” I remember onlya few years ago when things used to be so different. People used tobe more modest and humble.
As I looked around at myschoolmates the other day, I realized how different things are.People are so much more pretentious nowadays. With their fancyclothes and stylish hairdos, they appear too materialistic, whichis not to my liking. I know modernization is necessary foradvancement. However, I hope we don’t lose our traditional moralvalues along the way.
15.Mean What You Say(说话算数)
Some people say thatpromises are made to be broken. That certainly seems to be true inthis cutthroat society that we live in. But if you break yourpromise, you will ruin your reputation and no one will trust youanymore. So whenever we say, “I give you my word,” we should meanit. There is nothing worse than to be let down by others becausethey have not kept their promises.
In fact, it isn’t sodifferent to keep promises. Just remember never to promise anythingwe are not sure we can live up to. In short, therefore, to betrustworthy, we should always say what we mean and mean what wesay.
16.Stop to Smell the Flowers请停下脚步赏花
In the hustle and bustle ofmodern-day life, people seldom stop to enjoy the beauty of nature.Ask yourself how many times you have listened to the birds sing.And when was the last time you looked at the stars twinkle in thesky? Time flies and life is short. So don’t forget to stop to smellthe flowers.
In our eagerness to make a living, we oftenforget about our quality of life. Too often you hear people say,“I’m too busy, for this or that. What a shame! One day, when theydo find time to stop to smell the flowers, it might be toolate.
17.Beauty Is Only Skin-deep美在内心
It is natural for people to be attracted to beautiful things. Itfollows, therefore, that most women desire nothing but to lookbeautiful. That is why they cannot help but spend vast sums ofmoney on cosmetics and fashionable clothing. They are interested innothing but their looks. However, they should be reminded thatbeauty is only skin-deep.
Instead, they should pay more attention totheir character because when you have character, you have class.And that is what gives one inner beauty.
18.Failure 失败
Nearly everybody regards failure as a badthing. The efforts we have made seem to be in vain and we feeldisappointed and discouraged. If this failure is a great one, somepeople may lose the courage to start again and even lose interestin life.
But failure is not merely a bad thing, it canbenefit us. It teaches us a good lesson and makes us experienced.By analyzing the causes of failure, we can realize our ownshortcomings and get a better knowledge of ourselves. So, when westart again, we may succeed more easily.
Therefore, failure not onlydisappoints us but also benefits us. When we fail, we should makeuse of our failure and learn from our experience. Only in this waycan we turn failure into success after we start our work again.
19. Waysof Relaxation 消遣方式
There is a proverb, “All work and no play makes Jack a dullboy.” That is to say, if we want to be in good health, we shouldrelax ourselves after the day’s hard work.
Yet, everyone has his own way of relaxation. For those who sitmuch at their business, going for sports is the best relaxation.They may swim, run, play football or table tennis and so on. Butfor people engaged in outdoor work, reading or playing chess is anexcellent change. What’s more, making a trip on weekends is also agood pastime.
I like sports and often take part in it. My favorite sport isswimming. Because it brings the whole body into action ,In thewater ,I feel rather relaxed and all the fatigue goes away .Itmakes me energetic in the next day’s work.
20.On Test and TestTaking 考试
The purpose of a test is to check how much we students havelearned about a subject .It not only helps make our newly acquiredknowledge permanent, but also enables us to find out what need tospend more time improving.
But some students do not deal with test correctly. Some of themare afraid of failing in a test. They cheat even at the risk ofbeing caught on exams. Though cheating might give one “bettergrades”, it adds nothing to one’s knowledge. This dishonestbehavior will do one more harm than good.
I think that we go to college in order to have our furtherstudies, and prepare us to be qualified for the future job.Therefore, we should take a correct attitude towards test. As longas we study diligently （勤奋地）and review our lessons regularly, weare sure to be used to serve its real purpose.
21.The Dictionary字典
The dictionary is a living teacher. Wheneveryou come across a new word, just consult （查阅）it and you will get aclear definition（定义 ）. Every student, whether attending school orself-taught, should always have a dictionary at hand. As a studyaid ,it is convenient, inexpensive and almost omniscient.（无所不知）
Language skills will develop with your constant（经常地） use ofvarious dictionaries. The more you use them, the more familiar youwill become with them. Sooner or later, you will be quite skilledin finding the page, scanning （浏览）the entries and locating theexact meaning of the new words. But you should have one thing inmind. As a language student, you can never become too much attachedto dictionaries; basic language skills do not come fromdictionaries, but from your practice. Expose yourself to thelanguage by listening, speaking, reading and writing more, and thatis the only way to the mastery of a language.
22.On Learning学习
Learning is one’s own business, which cannot rely on others. Aswe know, learning is process of accumulating （.积累）knowledge. It isone’s life-long task, which cannot be accomplished（完成） in one move.A successful learner is an independent one, who has both anindomitable （.不屈不挠的）will and amazing endurance（.耐久力，持久力）. He willtry to discover his own way of learning. Instead of waiting for theteacher’s help, he will make efforts to create favorable conditionson his own initiative（进取心） It will certainly be of great help, ifthere is good environment, sufficient books and equipment, as wellas instructions from teacher and beneficial friends. But even ifone has got all these favorable conditions, one cannot be sure tosucceed in learning.
So the most importantfactor （方面）in learning consists in one’s own effort. To learn israther a painstaking and persevering business. Many a man is afailure because he cannot bear such indispensable hardships.Unremitting（坚持不懈的） efforts can compensate for the lack of talentsand thus enable one to get considerable progress in learning.
23.Weekend 周末
Weekends are important. They provide people with the kind ofrest and relaxation that are essential（必要的） to a happy and healthylife. I’m one of those who know how to enjoy their leisure on theweekend .A good sleep at Saturday night usually helps me to recoverfrom the hard labor to the week. A delight Sunday trip to thesuburbs makes me fresh and free from any tension（紧张）.
If I stay at home, I usually do some lightreading or practice Chinese calligraphy—a traditional writing skillwhich has an extraordinary calming effect. Sometimes Mother invitesme to help her cook and I am always happy to accept herinvitation.
A good rest on the weekend always makes mefeel happy, energetic, confident and ready to all the hard workahead of me. You cannot work happily and efficiently （有效的）until youlearn how to rest and relax on the weekend.
24.Land Is Limited土地是有限的
In ancient times, every country in the world thought that shehad enough land. Living conditions at that time, were bad andpopulation grew slowly. So there were not so many people living inthe world. Then, they had enough land go grow crops and buildhouses.
The time when people had more land to sparehas gone. Now the land problem should be solved as quickly aspossible. With the growth of population, land has been shared out.So land shortage has appeared. There is no land for people toproduce food and build more houses and factories. With thedevelopment of science, man has begun to us land moreefficiently.
However, land is limited. We could not turnbig mountains and oceans into a plain（平原；旷野）. Therefore, we have tothink of other ways to solve the land problem. I think the best wayis to control the population. And meanwhile, we should make fulluse of modern science and technology so as to utilize our limitedland.
25.Should Firecrackers(烟花) BeBanned ？烟花该禁放吗？
Setting off firecrackers has long been a custom（习惯，风俗；海关 ） forthe Chinese on their happy occasions .However, these years, peoplein China have different opinions about the custom. Some peoplethink letting off firecrackers is a good thing. Itreflects（.反射；反映；） the heritage（遗产） of Chinese culture. And it addsmuch to the warm atmosphere of the most important Chineseholidays---the Spring Festival. People can’t imagine what theholidays would be like without such a custom.
But many people, on the other hand, believethat letting off firecrackers should be banned. The main reasons,in the eyes, are that letting off firecrackers not only bringsgreat economic loss to the country, but also causes certaindisorder （混乱，杂乱；骚乱） in the society. For example, during holiday,some buildings are burnt to ashes due to the firecrackers. And manypersons are injured by the firecrackers and sent to hospital.
In my opinion, letting offfirecrackers should be banned. We must try our best to find new,beneficial （有利的，有益的）ways to replace the old custom. Only in thisway can we spend our holiday in a peaceful and joyful manner.
26.School-age Children Dropout 失学孩子
It’s reported that in China about one millionschool-age children drop out of school each year and 80% of thedrop-outs are from the families which are too poor to keep theirchildren at school.
To tackle（解决）the problem, the government haslaunched the Hope Project. It has helped thousands of children goback to school. But in my opinion this is far from enough. In orderto change this situation completely, the government should setaside an adequate（.足够的；） amount of money for education, especiallyfor elementary education. And also, the government shouldestablish（建立） laws to ensure that no children should drop out ofschools as elementary school education is compulsory（强迫，义务） inChina, and the poor families should be aided by local government sothat they can send their children to school.
To sum up （sum up总结，概括）, so long as ourcentral and local governments and the whole society pay enoughattention to this problem and take effective action, this situationwill be changed.
27.Knowledge and Power 知识与权利
Knowledge and power are thetwo things most desired by man. There is close connection betweenthese two things. The man, having done his best in acquiringknowledge, will easily get a high position and perform itsuccessfully.
Power depends on knowledge. Knowledge to power is just like acompass to a ship---by which her sailing is made safely across anunknown ocean. A great statesman or a learned scholar canrender （vt.把。。。给予）his goodservices to his country just because he has perfect and profound（渊博的）knowledge.
Power only follows knowledge. A man cannot do anything well,unless has some information as how to do it well. A man willsometimes lose his way in a strange land; an apprentice（学校） cannot produce any delicate（细致的）work. Whyare these so? Because they are in want of knowledge .If theapprentice wishes to produce good work, he must pay attention tohis instructor’s advice.
We are all the future masters of our country. Our country needsour services. How can we fulfill our future tasks? To get moreknowledge is the only answer.
28.The Advantages of Watching TV看电视的好处
First of all, watching TV is a good relaxation. After a day ofhard work, we look forward to a good relaxation. Watching TV canmeet our requirement（需要） by easing our minds and comforting thephysical body because the pleasant music and pictures can keep usaway from tension (紧张)and fatigue（劳累）.
Besides, watching TV isentertaining. There are so many entertainments, such as sportsactivities, performances, plays and movies everywhere in the world.Of course, it is impossible for us to be on every spot, even withthe best means of transportation of our time. However, TV can bringthem right in front of us and with them our lives is full ofjoys.
Most important, watching TV is educational.Education TV service offers teaching programs on all subjects forpeople of different professions as well as for student, childrenand aged people. No doubt, it provides the widest education and hasthe largest number of audience（听众，观众）. Everyone of us, more orless, is benefited from（从。。。中得到好处） watching TV. TV has greatinfluence on people in life, work and study.
29.Can Computer Replace Human Brain计算机能代替人脑吗？
Computers are working fasterthan human brain. But is it possible that some day the computerwill replace human brain and control the human being?
It is quite impossible. Computers aredesigned and developed by human brain. They are used to speed upthe calculation（ 计算）. Computers are working according to the ordersdesigned by human being. The running of computer is a group ofintegrated circuit （ 集成电路）run by a set of programs. Withoutprograms, the computers will not know what to do. In this way, howcan computers run by human being control them?
It is true people are relying more and moreon computers . If people don’t know how to control computers, theymay be replaced by computers and lose their job.
30.Natural Resources自然资源
Nature has provided us with many kinds ofresources. Almost everything we use in our everyday life comes fromNature. The food we eat, the water we drink, he clothes we wear ,the concrete and bricks to build out houses, the materials to makebikes we ride, etc. all come originally from Nature.
People have been making use of these naturalsupplies for thousands of years. With the development of technologyand the increase of the population , the amount and range （ 范围）ofmaterials taken has increased. It is estimated（ vt.估计，评价n.估计）thatthis tread（趋势） will continue in the years to come.
However, natural resources are not inexhaustible（取之不尽的）.Some resources are already nearly used up. Forexample, the end of the world’s fuel （.燃料 ） is already withinsight. Such an essential （必要的）daily item as water is in shortsupply in many parts of the world. We can no longer thoughtlesslyuse the many resources provided by Nature. We must learnconserve（保护） what remains.
31.We Have Only One World地球只要一个
When industries grow, pollution problems alsogrow. Today the problem of environment has become more and moreimportant. The world population is rising so quickly that the worldhas become too crowed. We are using up our natural resources tooquickly and at the same time we are polluting our environment withdangerous chemicals. If we don’t take action immediately, then wewill destroy our only world.
Man has mad great progressin progress in environment protection. Government of many countrieshave established（建立） laws to protect the forest and sea resourceand to stop the environmental pollution.
Still more measures（措施） should be taken tosolve the problem. First, we should start by educating the publicabout the hazards（n.危险；公害） of pollution. The government on its partshould also design stricter (更严格的) laws. This is not only for ourown generation but also for the future generations to come.
It is necessary to protectour nature environment. We must begin now to protect our onlyworld.
32.Make the Best Use of Our Land用好我们的土地
It is the land that has been providing uswith everything we need for centuries. In other words, almosteverything we use daily comes from the land directly or indirectly.The food, clothes, houses, even the books and furniture are allsupplied by the land.
But the limited land isdecreasing（减少） at a surprising speed. With the expanding（ 扩充） ofthe cities, the development of the industry and over population,lots of large pieces of good farmland are being turned intoresidential areas with many houses and apartment buildings, orindustrial areas, or warehouses（ 仓库）.
Therefore some measures must be taken to stopthe abusing of our farmland. On the other hand, we should leteveryone realize the danger of being short of land. And also weshould educate them how to make better use of our land.
33.Health 健康 (I)
It is said that we do not properly value（珍惜）a thing until we have lost it. It is only when a friend dies, thatwe find out how much he was to us. So it is with health. When weare young and strong and have good health, we think little aboutit. It seems natural to us to be always well, and we cannot imaginewhat it is like to be ill. So we are often careless about ourhealth, and without thinking we spoil our health by bad habits anddoing silly things. It is only when we have lost our good healththat we find that it was one of God’s best gifts to us.
Health is our most important possession（n.所有；拥有；财产）. We should do our best to maintain it. Good health isnecessary to happiness and success. People who are in poor healthare often pessimistic （.悲观的；厌世的） or depressed（郁郁不乐）. As a rule, badhealth means misery （misery痛苦） and failure.
How can we keep our health? Only by knowingand carefully obeying the laws of health,. A happy man is a healthyman, and only the healthy man can live a happy life.
Health 健康 (II)
The desire for good healthis universal（普遍的）. Everyone who loves life understands howimportant good health is. First, food health is theguarantee（保证）for enjoying life. The only desire of a patient isalways to live an ordinary and healthy life. Second, good healthestablishes（ 建立） a firm foundation（坚实的基础）for yourambition（雄心，抱负，野心）of the career. Without it, any loftyaspiration（高尚的抱负）turns to be day-dream.
Then how to keep fit? Everyone has his ownanswers to this questions , while I think three principal（主要的）suggestions should be followed. The first one is that ascientific diet should be adopted（采纳）, which offers the necessitiesfor your body. The second one is that physical exercises must bepersisted（坚持）, especially for the indoor people. The last, but notthe least, is that the cheerful mood should be kept.
In order to keep fit, Iforce myself to keep away from the “junk food”,although it usually tastes good, I even form a good habit of doingmorning exercises. And the beautiful music and good books alwayscheer me up.
34.Sports and Games 体育运动
Sports and games do a lot ofgood to our health. They can make us strong ,prevent us fromgetting too fat, and keep healthy and fit. Especially they can beof great value to people who work with their brains most of the day,for sports and games give people valuable practice in exercisingthe body.
What’s more, they make our life richer andmore colorful . If we don’t have a strong body, we will find ithard to so whatever we want. So persons of all ages enjoy watchingand taking part in various kinds of ports—track and field,swimming, skating, football , volleyball and basketball, etc.
Sports and games are also very useful incharacter-training. They demand not only physical skill andstrength but also courage, endurance（耐力）, discipline（.纪律） andusually teamwork. For boys and girls, what is learned in theplayground often has a deep effect on their character. If each ofthem learns to work for his team and not for himself on thefootball field, he will later find it natural to work for the goodof his country instead of only for his own benefit.
A healthy citizenry（国民）makes for a strongcountry. Let’s all take part in sports and games.
35.Smoking 吸烟
It is well known that smoking does harm to the health. Today,however, so many people still keep smoking. Which has drawn wideattention of the society.
Smoking has so manydisadvantages but no advantages at all. First, the cigarettes withnicotine in them do great harm to the health. Such diseases aspneumonia, lung cancer may be caused or partly caused by them.Furthermore, the bad effect of cigarettes cost the smokers lots ofmoney which could be spent on other meaningful things. Thirdly, theaccidents of fire all over the world every year are mostly causedby the still-burning butts.
The government hasformulated（公布） the regulation （规则）of no smoking in public places.Yet its result is not so satisfactory. From my point of view, itneeds the common efforts of the society. Not only the nonsmokersbut the smokers should cooperate on this matter.
36.My Views on Large Modern Cities对现代化城市的看法
Since every coin has two sides, living inlarge modern cities offers us many advantages, simultaneouslycauses many troubles.
Better education and better jobs are easy to get, and bettermedical care is convenient to receive in large modern cities.
People are usually well-informed due to theadvance media（媒体）, such as television, newspaper and net PC. Largemodern cities also provide varied entertainment for thecity-dwellers （居民）. The public places like cinema, bar, disco-hallare everywhere.
On the other hand, large modern, large modern cities are too bigto control, so the traffic jams and traffic accidents often happen,and the social security is a headache problem. And city-dwellershave to face the housing problem. Usually a house is too expensivefor the salary earning class to buy and the rent is also high.Moreover, noise and pollution in large cities bring harm topeople’s health.
37.Live in the City or in the Country
Where do you like to live, in the city or inthe country?
Most cities are centers of economy, trade,transportation or culture. With the development of economy andsociety, more and more people have flooded into the cities, whichmakes the scale of the cities larger and larger. Surely, it is veryconvenient for shopping, education, business and so on. But it alsohas many disadvantages: the large population makes it crowded ineach corner of the city; the big factories, too many cars, buses,trucks, pollute the clean air; too much noise can make people mad.To live in the city, one even can’t get enough room for living.
To live in the country is another thing. Youcan breathe the fresh air cheerfully, own a spacious （宽敞的）housewith a big backyard（后院）, relax yourself in quietness. But when youwant to go shopping, or take your child to school, perhaps you willcomplain about its inconvenient transportation, its remoteness…
I am an ordinary person. I am always longingfor the peaceful idyllic（田园诗的） life of the countryside.
38.Advertisements 广告
Advertisements can be seen everywhere in the modern society.Large billboards are built on the roadsides or on the top of thehigh buildings. Newspapers become thicker and thicker, for pagesfor the paper are covered with advertisements,. TV shows us endlessads day and night. Advertisements force people to notice theirproducts.
It is good way to promote（提升） their newproducts. When a new product is developed, it is the manufacturer’s（.制造商）or seller’s duty to let the public know what the new productis; what the specialties（特点） are and what the manufacturer’s orseller’s guarantees（保证） are to the products. Surely, advertisementsare like bridges between customers and manufacturers orsellers.
But false or deceptive （虚伪的；骗人的）advertisementscan also be found at the same time. When a person has been cheatedonce, he can’t believe advertisements once more, or at least hecan’t believe ads fully. People have become wiser and learnt to usetheir brains when facing a beautiful and attractiveadvertisement.
39.Book 书
The real purpose of booksis to trap the mind into doing its own thinking.. A good book isopened with expectation and closed with profit. So devote some ofyour leisure to cultivating（培养） a lover of reading good books.Book-lovers have some note-worthy advantages over other people.
First, they need never know lonely hours solong as they have books around them, and the better the books themore delightful the company. Second from good books, they draw muchbesides entertainment. They gain mental food such as fewcompanions（同伴，同事） can supply. Third even while resting from theirlabors they are, through the books they read, equipping themselvesto perform those labors more efficiently.
40. Speech 演讲
Speech is a kind of human action. Like anyother constantly repeated action, speaking has to be learned, butonce it is learned, it becomes generally unconscious（无意识的）andapparently automatic process.
Human beings do not need tobe forced to speak. Most babies seem to possess（拥有）a sort ofinstinctive （本能）drive to produce speech-like noises. How to speakand what to say are another matter altogether. These actions arelearned from the particular society into which the baby is born, sothat like all conduct that is learned from a society—from thepeople around us—speech a patterned activity. The sounds that achild can make more varied and numerous than the sounds that anyparticular language utilized.
41.Choose a Career选择职业
For most people, choosing a career isn’teasy, yet it is the most important decisions you will make in yourlife. Find the right career, and you will be happy and successful.Find the right career, and you will be happy and successful. Findthe wrong career, and you may be unhappy and unsuccessful. It pays,therefore, to explore your choice of occupation from every angle,collect as much information as you can, actually try differentkinds of work before making up your mind. Above all, evaluate（评价）yourself. Be sure you know your own interests andtalents.（天赋）
Unfortunately, not everyonetakes this trouble. Those who don’t , can make costly mistakes.Postponing（推迟）a decision, in another error（错误的） people make.Procrastinators miss many opportunities.
38. Timeis Money 时间就是金钱
“ Time is money.” This saying means that time is veryvaluable.
But time is more valuable than money. Themoney we have lost we can gain again, but the time we have wastedcannot be regained. Moreover, sometimes persons can exist withoutmoney, but nothing can be done without time, just as no one canlive without air.
Despite （尽管）being so valuable, time is oftenneglected （忽略）by men. Since time is an invisible thing,, men oftenwaste their time unconsciously （无意识的） Without anything to do, theymay gossip（闲谈） from morning till night.
Man can live only at most to about 100 years.It seems fairly long, but in fact it is rather short. We often say“How quickly time flies!” How many things can a manaccomplish（达到，完成） in such a short period? Hence we should use orvaluable time properly to do our work. We will race with it. Wewill study and work hard . Never waste a little bit of it.
39. Try toBe a Good Student 做个好学生
Perhaps it is the dream of everyone to be agood student at school, but quite a few students feel at a loss onhoe to make it. In my opinion it is rather easy if you can act onthe following points.
First of all, make full use of your time andwork hard. Don’t put off till tomorrow what should be done today,as time past will never come back. The fast developing societyrequires adequate（足够的） knowledge,
Which presses us to spareno efforts to study. Of course, your hard work will be rewarded（报答，报酬）one day.
Secondly, use your own headand present your point of view. Credulous （轻信的）attitude will only make you take anything for granted. With yourown judgment you will be able to tell right from wrong and set upyour own theory.
Thirdly, set aside enough time forrelaxation, entertainment, etc. Don’t ignore （忽视）the harm of allwork and no play. Proper sports will build up your body and improvethe efficiency （效率）of your studying.
To be a good student is easier said thandone, for it needs student’s consistent（坚持不懈的） efforts. But nothingis difficult to a man if he puts his heart into it.
40. TheWorld is Getting Smaller and Smaller 世界变得越来越小
In ancient times, people’s only transportation means（交通方法） weretheir feet. So it was rather difficult for them to travel from oneplace to another. As a result, they knew few things about outsideworld. The world was too big for them to understand.
With the development of modern science andtechnology, more and more transportation means appear: bicycle,bus, car, train, ship, plane, etc. They carry goods and passengersto and from every corner of the world. And they shorten thedistance between people. With the help of these modernfacilities（设备，工具）, people all over the world can get in constanttouch with each other.
So it’s easier for people from differentnations to understand each other, to communicate with each other.Thus, this world is getting smaller and smaller, just like one bigfamily.
41.Examination 考试
Examination is a common headache to studentsall over the world. They all detest （憎恶）it, but all beingdomineered（统治,支配） by it.
Nowadays, examination has become a popularform of testing. It almost can dominate one’s future. If we want toobtain a diploma（毕业文凭）, we must first pass the exams. If we do nothave a diploma, we may not find a good job easily. That is thereason why all students are nervous and pale when they are sittingfor an important examination which may concern their future.
Do not only think the harm that it brings,but think of the good it may do for us.
If we do not have exams, we may indulgeourselves in other things instead of books. Exams have to alwaysdrive us on. Exams provided grades, but they also let you know whatyou need to spend more time studying, and they help make your newknowledge permanent（永久性）. Examinations make us efficient andcareful. These mean very much in the work we will face when we haveleft college. Now, another advantage of examination is that it makeus self-assured. If we can pass a difficult test like others, itshows that we are not inferior（下等的）, we are as good as others.
The world is a competitiveworld. We will have to compete for jobs, business, etc. examinationis also a kind of competition.
All in all, let’s hope weare not governed by our enemy-exams. Instead we should make gooduse of it, and come out a better students.
42. ExamShould Be Reduced 减少考试
It is known to us that the exam is the main method to measurethe students’ knowledge in school. But nowadays this method isalmost becoming the only way to judge the student’s abilityknowledge.
If this method isover-used, I believe it will do us more harm than good. For onething, too many exams keep the students from reading widely,because the students are forced to prepare the lessons to beexamined. Their knowledge can only be narrowed within fewtext-books taught in class. For another, the exam itself encouragerigid（硬的；僵硬的） memorization （记忆）instead of initiating the students’creativity and individual（个别的） thing which will be of greatimportance in their future work..
So we can conclude that too many exams are nogood to the students. Some measures should be taken to lessen thestudents’ burden. Remember the main purpose of the exam is tourge（t.激励；催促） and to encourage the students to learn more.
43.College Graduates and Society 大学生与社会
With the development of economy and society, our country needsmore and more college graduates nowadays. Colleges and universitiesshould cultivate（培养）more and more excellent graduates to meet theneed of the society.
What kind of graduates does the society need?First of all, they must have enough knowledge that will be usefulin the society. Secondly, they must be strong-minded as well asphysically healthy. Thirdly, they should have a good command ofEnglish and computer skills.
We must cater for the society, so we shouldnot only work hard in colleges and universities, but also attendsocial activities actively. Through kinds of social practices, wecan know the present situation of the society, and prepare to dealwith those problems we might meet with after stepping into thesociety. These will help us do our work well in the nearfuture.
47．Do We learn More Outside theClassroom?
As we all now, the classroom is the pace for study. Nowadays,however, some people believe that they get more knowledge outsidethe classroom than they do inside. Is that the case?
In my eyes, the classroom is the best placefor students to acquire（获取） knowledge .Perhaps that’s why thechildren must go to school as soon as they are seven. The classroomis a formal place where the children learn the basic knowledgewhich otherwise they can’t obtain. It is theschool that lays the foundation （奠定基础）for their future work.
Of course there are other sources forstudents to get knowledge .They can learn form the environment,from his parents, from TV, etc. In the respect, the knowledge israther practical.
It’s hard to say exactly where we learn more,outside the classroom or inside. In fact both sources are of thesame importance. The problem lies in how we make full use ofthem.
48. Build up GoodHobbies 培养爱好
Everybody has his own hobbies : some are fond of collectingstamps, coins, etc. , some like swimming, and there are some wholike reading or music---all these are of good hobbies.
Nowadays, most teenagers are crazy about“hit-song”. From those songs we can learn many phrases which we cannot find in books. Although teenagers like those songs very much,adults dislike them .
And if they indulge in them, it would be awaste both of time and of money. This should not be considered as agood hobby. The worst hobbies of all are smoking, and gambling（.赌博）. Smoking harms our bodies. Some men like tosmoke in public places, and do not care about other people’sfeelings. Gambling will make you lose everything. You may lose yourtemper, money and friendship. Friendship is the thing that moneycannot buy. To lose a friend is easy but to build up a friendshipis hard.
So, why don’t we play something that cannothurt others and which is worthwhile to us? For good hobbies, likestamps-collecting and reading can help us broadening our knowledge,music can make up happy, and sports can keep us in good physicalcondition. So why not take the good and discard the bad?
49. Traffic Safety交通安全
Traffic safety is one of the most importantproblems of every modern city.
With the invention of the motor car and allsorts of motor vehicles（车辆，机动车）, nearly every day we can read inthe newspapers about the news of traffic accidents. We cannot helpsympathizing （同情）with the victims（受害者）.
Of course, if we can do away with those modern vehicles, no suchthings can happen. But it is against the progress thecivilization（文明）.We cannot return to the backwardpast ages.
But if we cannot entirely prevent the trafficaccident from happening, at least we can lessen its chances ofoccurrence. We can avoid it by means of educating the pedestrians（行人）and car drivers on the ways of traffic safety.
50. Caring for the Aged 关爱老人
Society has to try all means to care more for the elderlypopulation. This is easy to say but difficult to arrange. With anincreased life expectancy（期待）and a decreased（减少） birthrate due tothe family planning policy, China’s population is aging atunprecedented levels. Statistics suggest that by the end of 20thcentury.
More than 20 percent of the country’scitizens will be at least 60 years old. By the year 2040, this agedgroup will make up one fourth of the population.
The same statistics （数据）also show that morethan half of the aged population are financially（财政地） supported bytheir offspring. Only a quarter of them are independent, while onlysome of the rest live on retirement pensions.（退休金）
Whatever their financial situations are, theresponsibility of most elderly people’s home care thus falls upontheir children who already work full-time to support their ownfamilies. A considerable number of elderly population also live faraway form their children, which sets tricky obstacles in theirdaily care.
51.Young 年轻
Youth is a golden time in people’s life. Intheir youth, people are strong, healthy and full of vigor. So wecan say that youth is the best time for our young people to getwell prepared for the task in the near future.
During this period of time, we should notwaste our precious （宝贵的）time in doing nothing. Being young, we arenot only strong in body but also good in memory. In another word,we should learn as much as possible, and catch every chance tolearn.
Every student knows the saying “Time and tidewait for no man” .As for as I’m concerned, I have set a goal formyself. But only a lofty ideal is not enough. I will be sure tocatch every minute to study in order to become aqualified（有资格的）youth.
52. Perseverance(毅力)
Perseverance is a long word. It means keepingon until we succeed. Sticking to a piece of work till we have doneit. In spite of difficulties, failures and defeats. It is theopposite of getting tired before we finish, being discouraged bydifficulties, and giving up in despair.
Perseverance is necessary to success inanything. The proverb, “Well begun is half done”, is only half atruth. It is good to begin well, but if we do not go on well untilwe finish, we shall never do anything.
A student begins to work for an examinationat college. His subjects are new and interesting. At first he findsthem easy and studies well. But after a bit, the subjects get moredifficult. He loses interest, or he gets discouraged. At last hegives up regular study and wastes his time. When he goes up forexamination, of course he fails.
If we would succeed in anything, we mustpersevere. This also the lesson of the old tale of the race betweenthe slow tortoise and the swift hare, which was won by tortoise bysteadily plodding on.
53. The Way to Success成功之路
Everyone wants to be successful in his studies and career. Butonly some succeed in getting the object, while some others fail.The reason for this is that those who continues his cause to be endthrough a long period of hard work, and some others are easily togive up halfway.
Strong will, perseverance（毅力） anddiligence（勤奋）are the three essentials（必要）of success. A personhaving the three essentials should stick to his object no matterhow difficult in the process of achieving the object. We shouldremember that our time is very limited and our object is not aseasy as eating a piece of cake.
“Where there is a will, there is a way.” Andsuccess always belongs to those who can endure (忍受)years of patienttoil and constant effort.
54.The Importance of the Reform and OpenPolicy
改革开放政策的重要性
Great changes have taken place since 1987when the Party and Government began to adopt the reform and openpolicy. Our national economy has been developed rapidly. Forexample, our industrial production has doubled in the last tenyears. Our people’s living standard（水平） has been improvedconsiderably. The average income of the people has increased fromless than $200 in 1978 to about $400 today.
Our Party has clearly announced that thereform and open policy will never be changed. As long as, we adhereto（坚持） this correct policy, we can certainly make greaterachievements and build our mother land into a powerful socialistcountry.
55.Social Activities and Our Study社会活动与学习
Social activities benefit us in many ways.They form a very important part of the colorful college life, whichis so unforgettable in one’s life. Through taking part in thesocial activities, we get a chance to practice what we havelearned. Simultaneously, we get to know what we have not or willnever learn in the classroom.
To much social activities, on the other hand,will cause a lot of problems. It can bot be denied that socialactivities will take up part of your limited time for study. So iftoo much time is spared for social activities, your study must beaffected. Anyway, study is still the most important task for astudent.
Therefore, it is suggested that we should putthe stress on study, meanwhile we can use the spare time toparticipate in （参加）social activities. Only in this way can socialactivities really benefit（对。。。有利） us.
56. Never Give ItUp 永不放弃
It matters not what you learn, but when youonce learn a thing, you must never give it up until you havemastered it. It matters not what you inquire into, but when youinquire into a thing, you must never give it up until you havethoroughly understood it. It matters not what you try to think out,but when you once try to think out a thing, you must never give itup until you have got what you have got what you want. It mattersnot what you try to sift out, but when you once try to sift out athing, you must never give it up until you have sifted it outclearly and distinctly. It matters not what you try to carry out,but when you once try to carry out a thing you must never give itup until you have done it thoroughly and well. If another mansucceeds by one effort, you will use a hundred efforts.
57Fate命运
Many people believe that they are fated, ordestined(注定) to a certain life. For example, if they are very pooror very ill. They say that is because they were born to be poor orill and there is nothing they can do about it. But in my opinion,people have more control than that over their lives. Maybe theydidn’t work hard enough to make money or didn’t take proper care ofthemselves. By blaming their condition on fate, they are avoidingresponsibility for their behavior.
I think that for the most part of each personmakes his own fate. If you are not satisfied with your own life,don’t accept it by blaming it on fate. Change it! If you reallywant to do it, you can! Set your goal and work toward it. Don’twait for fate to bring you success because it won’t happen .Fate isin your own hands! Go out and make yourself successful, rich andhappy. Then you can’t be proud of your accomplishment（成就）t. If youare a failure, poor and unhappy, then you have only yourself toblame for it.
Most people do not seem to realize how muchinner strength and ability they have. They don’t think that theycan change their lives all by themselves. But if they really havethe desire and ambition（.雄心，抱负，野心）, then nothing is impossible.
