The newspaper is one of the many mediums of carrying information to us. No wonder people often say: “ Even without stepping out of my house, I am well-informed of al that has been happening in the world.”
We get all kinds of news from newspapers. Newspapers can tell us about various events, past and future, domestic and foreign. Besides, they can teach us a lot of useful things. In fact, everyone can find something he wants from newspapers, and everyone enjoys reading them everyday.
Reading newspapers can widen our scope of knowledge. Not only they help us improve our reading ability but they can help us enhance our ideology. Because of all these benefits, I like reading newspapers.
My Opinion of Today’s Education
I think one of the main problems with today’s education is that too much emphasis is placed on test scores. It has become the most important criterion for college enrollment. A student, however creative and intelligent, will not be admitted into a college if his total scores are just one point less than required. It is also one of the crucial factors either in job assignment or in employment competitions.
The competition for high scores among students becomes intense. Students find themselves concentrating more on strategies to achieve high scores than on acquiring knowledge. They will play truant of some subsidiary course, skip over the substance which will not be tested on, even pump teachers for hints on upcoming exams. Teachers are apt to give their students high scores. As their job is judged mainly by the students’ performance in terms of scores, some teachers tend to set easy papers to test their students on or narrow down the scope of the exam. Some teachers even leak “accidentally” the exam questions or lower their criterion of scoring.
As a result, the competition for high scores becomes so intense that it actually defeats academic goals of education.
生活的馈赠，其实就是那些我们早已习以为常，默认为是理所应当的一切。
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我想，生活的每个小角落里，都塞满了奇珍异宝，随时低头看看，不用担心找不到。
在人生的某一段路跌跌撞撞，只要能从伸手不见五指的黑暗中找到一丁点儿微光，就不算迷失方向；在望不到边际的学海边漫步徘徊，只要能从密密麻麻的乱石滩中找到一小片精美的贝壳，就不算空手无获；在平淡忙碌的生活中，尽管每一天好像都差不多，只要睁大眼睛去发现，就能拥有美妙动人的回忆。
每个清晨都是整装待发，每个傍晚都是满载而归，洗去身上的风尘，在香洁的被褥间入眠……领会这一种心情，就能在冬天整整一季的冰封后，找到第一朵花开的痕迹。
总是想起和你们肆无忌惮地打闹、嘻嘻哈哈地笑，我亲爱的伙伴。
每当脑海里出现对某事新的看法意见、酝酿出了好点子，或新近听说的某个笑话，总是在第一时间把对方想起。我们都是只有一只翅膀的天使，拥抱在一起才能飞翔。因为脚下道路偶然的交叉，我们聚到一起，从此生活的空隙不再苍白，填满了欢声笑语，就连踏过的地方，留下的脚印也都不再孤单。
三年多来收到过的贺卡摞成厚厚的一沓，被小心放进书柜最里面的角落。精心想出的独一无二的祝福语、彩色笔令人忍俊不禁的涂鸦、还有签名旁憨态可掬的卡通笑脸，都如同午后窗边风铃的叮咚脆响，如此美好令人留恋。
从我降生的那一天起，你们注定是我生命里不可或缺的助力，我挚爱的亲人。
作业做到深夜，桌边忽然轻轻放下一杯热气腾腾的牛奶，抬起头，母亲温暖的笑容映入眼帘。外婆八十大寿和期末考试碰在同一天，坐在考场奋笔疾书，忽然间望着草稿纸发呆，又忽然微笑，决定把外婆的背影和一手美味的饭菜写进作文……
我知道，无论发生了多少事，或者过了多少年，我永远都是你们心中当初那个还在咿呀学语、蹒跚学步的小小身影，扑扇着稚嫩的翅膀横冲直撞，需要你们的包容、教导和鼓励。无论什么时候，我忽视了你们的关切和担心，或是忘记说了“我爱你们”，请千万不要介意，我的心一如当初，未曾改变。
感谢天上的阳光、林间的微风、枝上的新叶……还有时刻追逐着我脚步的那些目光。
生活的馈赠究竟在哪儿？我把谜题写在这里，而谜底就在你心里。
The Loyal Dog
Many people like to raise a pet to company them. Especially as there are more only child, keeping a pet can fill the blank space of a sibling. Dogs are most people’s choice, for they are said to be the loyal friends.
In the movies, dogs are described as human being’s trustful friends and they will never abandon their masters. In the famous and touching movie Hachi, a homeless dog named Hachi is raised by a professor. The dog waits for his master to go home after work at the train station every day. Someday, the professor has a heart attack while he is having class and he dies. Hachi never sees his master appear in the train station, but he still goes to the place to wait for his master until the end of his life.
Everybody is moved by the loyal dog, his story still goes on.
在现今教育中强调多元化的思想，传统上“万般皆下品，惟有读书高”的观念早已落伍，读书、考试是身为学生的义务，却不人生的全部，比考试还重要的事真是数都数不清。
首先，快乐的学习就远远超越了考试的价值，我觉得学习就是要有着快乐的心，不然不但没有效率，更没有效用，在求知的过程中，自己想学，并在其中得到快乐，才是有用的，不然到最后失去自主学习的动力，没有考试就不读书，不是被考试挟持了吗？
再者，人与人之间的相处之道也比考试还要重要，我们必须知道怎么尊重别人、和人相处，要知道如何和人沟通，甚至是与人合作。人是群居的动物，我们终其一生都要与人相处，这也是一门要学习一生的课题，和朋友交心，和同学合作，若你因为考试而忽略了这些，即使考了完美的成绩，人生也不会完美，再多的一百分，也填不满你内心的空寂。
再来是家庭，我觉得家人很重要，真的非常的重要，我们在做任何事、任何决定之前，都应该先考虑家人们的感受，有人说:“我们犯了最大的错误，就是把最差的脾气和最糟糕的一面都给了最亲近的人。”有些时候，我可能会因为考试、成绩等等问题而忽略了家人们，或是和家人吵架，我为此感到羞愧及抱歉，因为很多时候，家人是最了解也最关心我的。
最后则是品德，我觉得做每一件事都要对得起自己的良心，不能成为卑鄙的人，有人说:“人和猪的差别，是猪永远是猪，人有时会不是人。”这当然是一句玩笑话，但却是一句血淋淋的玩笑，人为什么会不是人？有时在高度竞争的情况下，某些人会选择放弃人性中最纯美至善的地方，却忘记人之所以为人，正是因为了解品德的价值，若失去了，便是失去人性。
考试是一种君子之争，若为了成绩，无法帮助同学，无法诚实作答，那不是舍本逐末、得不偿失吗？所以我发现做人比考试来的重要的多，许多事情学校的考试考不出来，人生的考试却要考你，考得分数再高再厉害，不懂怎么做人，那么你得到的成绩也是不具任何意义与价值的。
认清并珍惜比考试更重要的事，才能赢在考场，也赢在人生。
The Hot Summer
When July comes, it is the hottest time of the whole summer. Many of my friends have chosen to travel to the cool place, so as to avoid the stuffy air.
As for me, I don’t like to travel in this hot weather. I just want to stay indoors and enjoy the quiet moment. I like to sit near the window, watching outside scenery. Sometimes I will read some books, enjoy the novel and make myself lost in the fiction world. The things I like to do most is to find a coffee shop and then choose a table that is near the window, so that I can see all the situation. I will bring my computer and then play the computer for the whole afternoon.
It is what I like to do in the summer. I enjoy it.