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1、12Why Do We Attend University我们为什么要上大学When we consider why we should attend universities, different people have different ideas. In some students eyes, studying in universities means a bright future after graduation. They think they are bound to find good jobs with a good college education. However,
2、 life in the colleges and the jobs that they can find are usually somewhat disappointing. Especially under the severe competition of todays society, it is not very easy for a college graduate to find a satisfying job. As far as I am concerned, universities can provide good study opportunities and es
3、sential facilities for those who want to acquire knowledge for the construction of our country, and this is the reason why we attend universities. Vocabulary:somewhat smhwt, -hwt n. 几分；某物 adv. 有点；多少；几分；稍微construction knstrkn n. 建设；建筑物；解释；造句3On Super Girl关于超级女生Our class has recently held a heated dis
4、cussion about the super girls phenomenon which was hot news in these years. The students show their different opinions about it.62% of the students support it, they think that it provides a chance for those with talent for singing to show. In this way, some new singers can be trained and so it can p
5、romote the development of music and it can also improve their consciousness of competition. However 38% of the students are against it. They believe that many students spend too much time and energy on the competition. Some students even long to become famous overnight and cant concentrate themselve
6、s on studies. Whats worse it can cause some students to worship their idols blindly. Vocabulary:consciousness knsnis n. 意识；知觉；觉悟；感觉overnight ,uvnait, uvnait adj. 晚上的；通宵的；前夜的 n.头天晚上；一夜的逗留worshipper w:ip n. 崇拜者；礼拜者；爱慕者4Can Money Buy Happiness?钱可以买到幸福吗?Nowadays, a lot of people in society think the mor
7、e money they have the more happiness they will obtain. As a result they will try their best to get money, even without considering the law.But in my view, the greatest happiness lies in ones satisfaction with ones surroundings. So long as we can look at things with a happy heart, we can be happy. It
8、 has nothing to do with a mount of money we have. Therefore, people shouldnt pay too much attention money we have.On the contrary, what they should do is to put their money to good use and try to have an optimistic outlook all the time.Vocabulary:optimistic ,ptimistik adj. 乐观的；乐观主义的outlook autluk, ,
9、autluk n. 展望；观点；景色5The Advantages and Disadvantages of Surfing the Internet上网的益处和坏处With the development of computer technology, the internet has become more and more popular. Opinons are divided on whether students should surf the internet after class. Some students regard it as a great helper, the
10、main reasons for this are listed as follows, first you can surf the internet for any information you need in a short time without working hard in the library; besides it is convenient to communicate with others by using the internet. However, other students think that there are some disadvantages of
11、 the internet because there is also some information thats not good for the students. In addition, spending too much time playing games online will not only have a bad affect on study but also do harm to our health. Therefore we should make proper use of the internet. It is of great importance fo r
12、us to separate good plans from wild weeze.Vocabulary:wild waild adj. 野生的；野蛮的；狂热的；荒凉的6Natural Resources自然资源For many years, we have been told that China is rich in various natural resouces so many people take it for granted that they are inexhaustible. people have not considered that one day some of t
13、hese natural resources will be used up and that we will then be faced with energy crisis. As a matter of fact, many of the natural resources cant be replaced once used up such as the coal mines or oil fuels, etc. energy crisis will threaten our existance because of our excessive exploitation and bec
14、ause of the growing population. Considering the above the government should try to take some action to protect the natural resources and people should be educated not to waste them. Vocabulary:grant r:nt, rnt vt. 授予；允许；承认take it for granted 视为当然；把当成理所当然inexhaustible ,iniz:stbl adj. 用不完的；不知疲倦的excessi
15、ve iksesiv adj. 过多的，极度的；过分exploitation ,eksplitein n. 开发，开采；利用；广告推销7Examinations考试There are many arguments about the advantages and disadvantages of examinations. Some people think that examinations can help them review the lessons regularly, while others maintain that too many examinations have fru
16、strated them. To me, I think an examination is a good thing for both the teachers and students. Teachers can find out how much the students have grasped and then improve their teaching, students on the other hand will learn what their weak points are and then study even harder. All in all, we should not waste time arguing whether examinations are good or not. What we should do is to try to i
