1、A Five-day Week1 从 1995 年起我国实行了五天工作制2 五天工作制的好处3 结论(1)For the first time in history, a five-day week was officially adopted across China in May,1995. (2)It has found an immediate welcome and much popularity ever since.(3)Indeed, there are many obvious advantages to a five-day week. (4)First, it provi
2、des an individual with time and leisure for personality development. (5)With it, he is able to pursue his intellectual interests and other personal hobbies, a thing he has long desired but found impossible in the past when he only had one day off in a week and could barely arrange the household. (6)
3、Second, the quality of life has greatly improved. (7)A long holiday makes it possible for people to go traveling around the country and even abroad. (8)Finally, two-day weekend has promoted the growth of the consuming market. (9)For an increasing number of people choose to go traveling and shopping
4、at weekends instead of staying at home-a new habit which is beneficial to nations economy.(10)A five-day week benefits more than individually and economically, and with the passage of time, it will show more profound significance.Growth of College Athletics1 大学里体育活动的现状2 开展大学体育活动的重要性3 结论(1)In recent
5、years there has been a big growth in the area of college athletics. (2)Sports are so popular on campus that they have become an indispensable part of college education.(3)College athletics contribute both to students physical well-being and to their mental well-being. (4)There is a new appreciation
6、of the importance of sports as students bodies are increasingly weak and vulnerable to disease because of inactivity. (5)School authorities, as well as students themselves, have realized that spots are especially necessary to a person who works with his brain most of the day. (6)Besides, sports offe
7、r a healthy form of escape from their monotonous routine studies. (7)Taking part in swimming, jogging and ball games can make their academic life richer and fuller. (8)And most importantly, sports help to promote the development of a students personality. (9)Such traits of character as competitivene
8、ss, self-discipline, teamwork and endurancethe things much needed in their later career and lifeare encouraged and cultivated in sports.(10)College athletics plays a vital role in a students life, and it deserves further attention from colleges and universities.Reading Books1 现在读书的人没有以前多了2 然而读书有许多好处
9、3 结论(1)Nowadays few of us read books after we leave school. (2)This tendency is rather disturbing, for one should know that books are no less necessary to ones mental life than fresh air is to ones physical life.(3)From good reading we can derive companionship, experience and instruction.(4) A good
10、book is our faithful friend. (5)It can increase our contentment when we are cheerful and happy, and lessen our pain when we are sad or lonely. (6)Books can also offer us a wide range of experiences. (7)In books we may join tourists marveling at the incredible power of the Niagara Falls, mingle with
11、the happy throngs strolling in the Paris boulevards and experience the bitterness or joy of people in different lands and in different times. (8)Few of us can travel far from home or live long over one hundred, but all of us can live many lives through the pages of books. (9)Whats more, reading book
12、s can increase our intellectual ability, broaden our minds and make us wise.(10)Though with the advent of TV, books are no longer read as widely as they once were, nothing can replace the role that books play in our lives.My View in Examination1 我们现在都用考试来衡量学生的成绩2 考试可能带来的副作用3 我队考试的看法(1)In most school
13、s and colleges the examination is used as chief means of deciding whether a student succeeds or fails in mastering a particular subject. (2)Although it does the job quite efficiently, its side effects are also enormous.(3)The most undesirable effect is that examinations encourage bad study habits. (
14、4)As the examination score is the only criterion for his academic performance, a student is driven to memorize mechanically rather than to think creatively. (5)Examinations do not motivate a student to seek more knowledge, but to restrict his reading; they do not enable him to study consistently thr
15、oughout the semester, but to induce cramming during exam week. (6)Examinations also lower the standards of teaching.(7) Since teachers themselves are often judged by examination results, they are reduced to training their students in exam techniques. (8)And no subjects can be taught successfully mer
16、ely through being approached with intent to take examinations.(9)Actually, few of us admit that examinations can contribute anything really important to the students academic development. (10)If thats the case, why cant we make a change and devise something more efficient and reliable than examinations?
