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1、3. How do you define success? What factors do you think are decisive for achieving success? I think success is about achieving the little goals you set for yourself that give you a sense of accomplishment. It can be simple things such as getting an A on a difficult exam or bigger things like graduat
2、ing from high school/college. Its knowing that there was a challenge or obstacle that you managed to overcome. Whats more, if youve managed to live a relatively happy life, I think thats a success. Our world is driven and focused on monetary value, but not all those that are rich are happy. Some peo
3、ple think that opportunity is the first factor leading to success. They hold the idea, as a proverb saying, “Man proposes, god disposes”. Because almost all successful people have good luck and have caught their valuable opportunities, they believe that opportunity is a leading condition of the succ
4、ess. If seizes and makes the best use of opportunity available, one can succeed surely. In summary, to them, chances and lucks play the most important role on the road to success.However, others maintain that “no pains, no gains” .Without exerting oneself, one could never expect to achieve success i
5、n no matter what one is doing. As is known to us all, there is no royal road to the summit of success. One is likely to succeed only when one has worked with whole-hearted devotion and perseverance. Those who are lazy, sloppy and indifferent to their work, those who never concentrate on work will de
6、finitely end in failure. On the whole, as far as they are concerned, hard-working is the decisive factor to success.In my view, both hard work and opportunity eventually matters. They are inseparable from each other, and put together, they make a great success. Hard work is to luck what fish is to w
7、ater, and can be seen as an interior precondition of success. It lays the corner-stone for building a house while luck serves to cement it, to make the building bricks adherent to one another. They are the twins that contribute to success together. They are the factors from within and without respec
8、tively. We must work hard, make efforts and get prepared. When opportunities come, meet and make full use of them. Only in this way can we succeed one day. 5. What do you think is the most serious challenge of living in a big city? There are many serious challenges of living in a city, such as the h
9、igh housing price, the intense competition, the bad air and so on. I think the most serious challenge is the traffic. With too many people and cars, the traffic becomes very heavy, especially during the rush hours, and almost everywhere is crowded. Those drivers that tend to drive at a high speed ar
10、e likely to cause many traffic accidents. What is more, as a daily commuter, I have to waste a lot of time traveling to and back from work .Therefore ,should the traffic problem be solved ,life in big city would be more enjoyable.Because of the high rate of migration to big cities such as Beijing an
11、d shanghai, living in there is becoming more and more difficult. The most serious challenge of living in a big city, in my opinion, is crowding.Big cities are very crowded, no matter on the pavements or in the buses. What is more, the traffic is always heavy. Its a nightmare to drive in and around B
12、eijing or something like this. Moreover, citys car parks are always very full. Sometimes it may take hours to get from a given place toanother.So if you decide to settle down in big cities, make a preparation for facing the big challenge.7. What factors influence you most in your choice of a job?I w
13、ould choose a job where I could do something beneficial for ordinary people. In other words, it would be something helping people. Teaching is one of those kinds of job. Traditionally teachers have been very respected in China, we have a saying that a teacher for a day is a father for life. Nowadays
14、, attitudes are changing, perhaps people are more realistic. But my dream isnt changing. I want it to be my whole lifes career because I feel I can contribute something to peoples lives and to help them as a teacher.8. How would you prepare for a job interview?I would choose a job where I could do s
15、omething beneficial for ordinary people. In other words, it would be something helping people. Teaching is one of those kinds of job. Traditionally teachers have been very respected in China, we have a saying that a teacher for a day is a father for life. Nowadays, attitudes are changing, perhaps pe
16、ople are more realistic. But my dream isnt changing. I want it to be my whole lifes career because I feel I can contribute something to peoples lives and to help them as a teacher. 12. Some people say that we live in a TV culture. Do you agree? Give your reasons for your answer. I think, today we are living in a TV culture. There are many reasons for this statement. Firstly, In China, the average television set is switched on for between five and s
