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In twenty years, there will be fewer cars in use than there are today.The twentieth century, starting with Henry Ford’s Model-T in 1908, saw the start of man’s love affair with the automobile. Some, however, might view the relationship between the car and human race as more of a love-hate relationship. We love and cherish car because they are convenient, have increased our personal mobility, and have permitted industry and commerce to grow and prosper. However, they unfortunately also have their downsides such as the increase in pollution and congestion that they cause. While a large number of people wish the cars running on the road would decrease, I still believe that in the days to come, there will be more cars in use than they are today.There are many reasons that contribute to the predictable explosion in the number of cars. To begin with, because car is becoming less costly, it is no longer a luxurious item for most families. The middle-class, even the poor section of the society-can afford a car. For example, Tata Nono, an Indian-manufactured vehicle, brings motoring and mobility within the reach of the poor people who up until now have been unable to afford the price of car, at what some might called ultra-affordable 2,500 dollars. The second reason lies in that cars are definitely convenient for our life. Cars provide status and higher degree of comfort and protection than other modes of transportation. After all, driving a car during the rush hour is much more comfort and convenient than rushing into in the crowded light rail and struggling like a sardine fish Finally, automobile industry has much to do with the development and prosperity of industry and commerce. Automobile industry is an industrial chain, including advertising industry, logistics, and steel industry and so forth. It is obvious that developing one would stimulate another. Therefore, I believe that government would constitute preferential policies to back up automobile industry. With government involvement and support, it is undoubted that cars running on the street would rise. Obviously, it is the air pollution caused by car exhaust, and the unavoidable traffic congestions that make a host of people believe that the number of cars would decrease in the future. However, the problems they concern have been effectively resolved: those world-renowned car manufactures have devised advanced hybrid power automobiles, as can be seen in most car exhibition held annually. For example, TOYOTA Inc., the largest automobile maker in Japan, has created a four-wheeled motorized car that can be powered by hydrogen, a clean energy; BMW engineers install a pair of solar batteries in the engine of BMW Z6 which is about to be available in the year of 2015. On top of this, the traffic systems in many major cities in the world have been greatly improved, just in order to accommodate more cars. Thus, I am optimistic to say that human’s savvy and acumen would in a short period of time solve the negative consequences brought by automobiles. A concomitance to solving these problems would be the explosion in the number of cars.In the future, cars would be still a major mode of transport. This tendency would continue in the future. For us, it is interesting to see how this trend continues.(534words)Technology makes our lives simpler rather than more complicated.Due to the advancement of technology created by human brain power, our life becomes much more convenient compared with the life generations ago: with the advent of jet plane, an international trip, once exhausting and time-consuming, can be completed within a matter of hours; internet and the search engine-Google, allow us to get to know what is happening globally without going outside but simply by clicking the mouse. But as technology gets increasingly comprehensive in what it can accomplish, we become more and more glue to it. Our life is less straightforward, and yes, in some cases, more complicated than it would have been.Consider GPS system installed in the car. This technological innovation aims at easing the whole navigation process, but it can only be locally effective: if this machinery is utilized in one’s local city, it can navigate smoothly as the local route has been uploaded into GPS system. However, such device is proved to be useless when it is applied in other strange cities. In order to make it work, couple of hours have to be spent, finding the map of target city then uploading the data into the device. Despite of this, occasionally this machinery cannot find specific addresses or suggests routes that do not make sense. After hearing the GPS voice telling you about an upcoming turn three or four times in a row, one might start to wonder if installing such digital equipment is worthwhile. Compare this with the act of getting directions to new place thirty years ago! We then would take out a map of our town or the surrounding areas, examine it, and then write down step-by-step directions for how to drive to our destination. Sometimes it was even as simple as memorizing the route. It would take a few minutes, but once it was done, it was quite easy to carry out.Similar issues arise when people have internet access on their cell phones. I am a white-collar working in the central business district. Every day before lunch time, there must be a period of time when my colleagues taped the screens searching menu offerings and coupons, instead of heading into a nearby restaurant and seeing what they have to offer. There is only one hour for our lunch time, but doing this sometimes costs them nearly half an hour.Although I concede that GPS systems and smart phones and other such technological devices are not horrible, when they start to become overused, it can be problematic. We complicate our days with typing things in, pushing buttons, staring at tiny little screens a little too much. (436words)It is more fun to watch a movie in a movie theater than to watch a movie at home.Living in the present-day with daunting challenges and enormous pressure, people, regardless of their age range, are plagued by a variety of stresses. In order to release these accumulated pressures, there are numbers of ways that they can do during the free time-hanging out with a group of friends, or appreciating movies. Generally, people prefer to watch a movie in the theater, but now, they might have another option-watching a movie at home. If I were asked which option is better, I definitely choose to appreciate a movie at home for the following reasons.To begin with, watching a movie at home is less costly than going to the theater. Nowadays, a movie ticket on average costs 50 Yuan (approximately 10 dollars) per person, probably because the advanced displaying devices and banally luxurious decorations are offered in the cinema. Besides, moviegoers have to pay for the parking lot fees if they drive to the cinema. In addition, it is customary to purchase a pack of popcorn and a bottle of beverage before entry. It is estimated that 100 Yuan (up to 40 dollars) has to be spent. On the other hand, staying at home waiting for the cinema to be on shown is less expensive: people only need to turn on the computer and download the blockbuster from the internet. There is no need to purchase unnecessary things like snacks or drinks. This is pretty money-saving. Thus, it can be argued that watching movies at home is more economical.Another reason lies in that home-based watching provides with a great opportunity to stay with family members. And one of the advantages of gathering together with families is that the familial relationship is getting closer. My father, a bridge engineer, worked in the desert western part of my country since I was a little boy. It was not until I attended senior high school did he come back. At first, he seems to be a stranger to me as he departed me since I was young. In order to shorten the distance between my father and me, my mother asked us to watch a movie at every Friday night. It was considerate of her, as she always downloaded some historical documentaries for us to see which offered a host of common topics. Gradually, we got closer. So, if someone worries about how to build the rapport among families, watching movies together at home is an ideal option.Some might argue that fantasy effects and space effects can be available if see movies at theaters, which serve to be the prerequisite of enjoying the play, thus going to the cinema is more attractive. In my eyes, however, nothing is more important than family union and money-saving. Therefore, I still support to watch movies at home. (463words)A friend who is intelligent is much better than a friend with a good sense of humor.During hardship, what do you want most, a source of comfort and strength, a shoulder to lean on? Yes, these are the certain things friends, regardless of intelligent ones or humorous ones, can offer. In my observation, although these two types of friends can offer me their strong helping hands, I still believe wise friends are much better than those with humorous personality.Intelligent friends can help you weather the trauma of an unexpected failure, a job loss or the death of loved one. They may encourage you to change unhealthy lifestyle, such as excessive drinking or smoking. Or they may urge you to visit your doctor when you feel overly anxious, sad or hopeless. They can also share in your good times-a new school, a new affection, a new house. In the good times, they can celebrate together with you. During the bad times, they can offer comfort and be with you through the tough days. Just knowing that friends are there for you can help you avoid unhealthy reactions to stressful situations.Friends with intelligence can also wisely solve the problem as they always think differently. Their wisdom can tackle the problem in a much better and faster way. My family moved to Tokyo in my 13 as my father served for TOYOTA Inc., a Japanese automobile manufacturing giant. At the beginning, getting accustomed to the new life was really tough for me-language barrier, cultural shock were difficult for me to overcome. Ice, the only Chinese student in the class before I came, also a very intelligent girl, helped me to accommodate to the new environment: instead of teaching me Japanese, she invited me to join the Japanese student clubs where I can make acquaintance with a host of native Japanese. Also, she introduced some traditional Japanese quintessence to me, like judo and Japanese teaism. As she noted, learning native culture goes a long way in integrating with native life. With her assistance, I quickly got used to the life in Japan, establishing solid friendship with some Japanese.Some might argue that in times of hardship, humorous friends can bring us laughter, and help us to relax. To some degree, I must concede. But what I want to say is that it is the intelligent friends who can really help us get through the difficulty behind the hardship. This is the reason why I believe intelligent friends are better than friends with humor. (405words)Movies and television have more negative effects than positive effects on young people.Televisions and movies are playing major roles in most of the lives of teenagers. Although teens may feel that they are simply meant to entertain, these media deeply influence the way they live, the way they speak and the way they act and more. Also, their mindset and lens have much to do with the programs and movies they see. Considering every aspect of our media culture, I approve of the statement that movies and television have more negative effects than positive effects on young generations. One effect movies have on humans is its ability to cause people to imitate the images they see. People learn basic skills through imitation. For example, skills such as martial arts are learned by watching the master perform an action and then imitating that action. Eventually, the actions performed by the master are implanted in the mind of the audience. Thus, when people wish to conduct the action, she/he would recall the implanted image and imitates it. Similarly, people learn actions as they see them on television repeatedly. Sadly, violence and pornography are saturated in the movies on show. By watching these movies, immature children would mimic aggressive behaviors performed in the movies. Most boys and girls who see violent acts performed are more likely to become violent and aggressive in their own lives. For me, the moral breakdown of our society has much to do with the portrayal of violence on movies.While bloody contents and sex-related pictures can be eliminated by laws and regulations constituted by official organizations with authority, other things that can negatively influence the teenagers might fail to be wiped out. Once I saw a television program of cowboys who tend cattle and horses on cattle ranches in Western America. Seeing them riding on a horse with a cigarette on their hands, I was enchanted, believing they are the most attractive men in the world. After seeing the program, I bought a packet of cigarettes and learn to smoke, as if I were the cowboy. Now I have developed this bad habit for years, and found it hard to quit. My unhealthy habit of smoking is from the television programs. And in this point, I do not stand alone. Most of my classmates who smoke told me they all learnt smoking from the television programs.A minority of people tend to believe that watching TV will have obvious merits, one of which is the opportunity to achieve abundant up-to-date information and knowledge. However, if we can view such a situation from a different perspective, we can find that those people oversimplified the real situations. As one of the victims, what I want to say is that the unfavorable effects resulted from media outweigh its positive influence. (457words)It’s better to use one’s own knowledge and experience to solve problems than to ask other people for advice.My past experience let me conclude that sometimes, in comparison with using our own knowledge and experience, other people’s advice can go a long way in tackling problems.The reason of my position lies in that what we have learnt and experienced might be false. If we stick to our own experience, the result might go towards failure. In the year of 2012, my family decided to send me study overseas. The first challenge for me is to pass the TOEFL test. After deciding to study abroad, I was firstly sent to study English in new oriental school, the largest English learning provider in my country. As I always performed well in the English test organized by my senior high school, I did not think I can have any difficulty in passing TOEFL in one attempt. I employed the traditional studying method- reciting words and grammar seemed to be routine for me. I could not wait to take part in TOEFL. Up to two months after I trained in new oriental school, I had my first attempt on this language test. 10 days later after the test, I got my TOEFL report. A bitter failure for me-I only scored 56 points! My failure was also a big surprise to my parents who always rested their hope on me. Plunging into deep thoughts, I determined to look for advice from people around me. Jiyu, the director of TOEFL learning agency of new oriental school, offered her advice. As she pointed out, TPO, a stimulation test system, could let me be familiar with the testing procedure, thus I should make good use of it. Also, what I was supposed to do is to practice my reading and listening on the daily basis through TPO. Regarding the speaking section, the best way to achieve a high score in the speaking is to find someone who can practice oral English with me. Animated by her and following her advices, I restarted again. In June, I attempted TOEFL for the second time. This time, my parents got a big surprise, too-I scored 110 points! In retrospect, it is Jiyu’s knowledge and experience that assisted me to get through the exam, rather than my own experience.All in all, I believe that the best way to have problems solved is to turn to those who have rich experience, instead of relying on our own experience which we think is correct but actually might be wrong. (409words)It is better to spend money travelling or on vacation instead of saving it in the bank for the future.Traditionally, Chinese people would save their money in the bank account until they reach their natural term. Contemporarily, as the incomes continue to rise, new Chinese generations have other options for the money they earn through work: some of them would prefer to spend money travelling or purchasing luxurious items, while others still save money in the bank as the past generations would do. If I were asked how to allocate the salary, I would rather be in accordance with tradition.Nobody can ensure that misfortune never happens. With the money saved, one can get through in time of hardships. On the other hand, one might find it hard-pressed to overcome in the face of difficulty or emergency. In 2001, my grandfather, 75, was diagnosed with early lung cancer due to years of smoking. For a family of factory workers, the diagnosis was catastrophic. My father felt that the world was collapsing the moment he was announced by the doctor. As the only child in the family, my father had no way out, as he had never developed the habit of depositing. My grandmother, 77, a thrifty and conservative Chinese woman, who deeply loved my grandfather and invested all her life supporting the family, stood out and withdrew all her bank savings to save his husband, although she was very clear that cancer is fatal. My grandfather was soon sent to the first-class comprehensive hospital, being treated by top medical experts. 6 months later, my grandfather’s life was deprived of by the lung cancer, but the considerate medical care and imported antibiotics, all covered by my grandmother, greatly mitigated this old man’s pain. From this case it can be argued that saving the money in the bank for the future is absolutely necessary. Although I concede travelling is instrumental in expanding our knowledge and horizon, as well as arousing our curiosity, a journey is meaningful on the basis that we are financially capable of getting through the unpredictable difficulties that occasionally occur in our life. Besides, travelling is not the only possible way to build up our knowledge or stimulate our curiosity. Why not turn to the internet? So as far as I am concerned, saving what we have earned in the bank for the future use is still quite preferable. (381words)Compared with people who live in urban areas, the people who live in rural areas can take better care of their children.Our social mobility continues to rise, as can be seen that millions of people annually migrate to first-tier cities looking for better jobs and higher social status. After dwelling in big cities, they realize that they lock themselves in an expensive living style, and then a problem comes: whether or not can they take care of their children? In my observation, people living in urban areas fail to support their offspring in comparison with those who prefer to live in rural areas.Why? The reason is manifest: living in urban areas means an expensive life. Can a person who lives in a cosmopolitan city where property prices are climbing well beyond his/her reach take good care of their children? I do not think so. Y u Xiaowen, a friend of mine, a father who works for Lenovo, one of China’s leading computer-makers, considers himself as a loser, not a winner. He earns 4000 Yuan (approximately 650 dollars) per month after tax and says he feels like a faceless drone at work. He eats at the office canteen and goes home at night to a 45-square-meter apartment, where he lives with his wife and his son. He finds it hard to make ends meet: every month, roughly 2000 Yuan has to be paid for mortgage loan of his small apartment; the rest of his salary has to cover the daily expenses. His son, who has already attended primary school, fails to wear fashionable casual wears or use imported Korean-made stationery like most of his classmates do. Most of his son’s classmates could take private cars home, but his son can only take crowded school bus to commute. Once I paid a visited to his family, I realized that the little boy was lack of self-confidence as he always felt that he was inferior to his classmates. Another reason that supports my opinion lies in the environmental contamination in urban areas. As a consequence of years of breakneck economic growth, severe spells of air pollution seems to be a commonsense in cities, and atmospheric haze jeopardizes citizens’ health, especially children whose metabolism system is relatively weak. Recently, state media reported that an eight-year-old girl who lived near a busy thorough fare in the coastal city of Jiangsu province had been diagnosed with lung cancer. The case of the girl, believed to be the country’s youngest lung cancer patient, has sparked a public outcry. If parents choose to live in urban cities, they would find no way to exempt their children from air pollution. Growing in the air pollution, children would not maintain their health.Some might argue that living in big cities, one can provide better education to their next generation. I must concede this. But do not forget, having access to quality education is based on money. And living in big cities with expensive lifestyle, making money is not easy. Besides, even if quality education is accessible, parents could fail to let their children get rid of worsening environment. Therefore, I still hold the opinion that people who prefer to live in rural areas with clean atmosphere and closeness to nature can better take care of their boys and girls. (528words)It’s more important for the government to spend money to build art museums and music performance center than to build recreational facilities (such as swimming pool, playgrounds).There is no universal agreed upon the arrangement of a government’s budget. For me, as art museums, concert halls have an indispensable role to assume in shaping a civilized society, they deserve more government’s financial support than recreational facilities.The benefits of appreciating art and music are various. To begin with, art and music are important component for people from all walks of life to possess in their lives. Without art and music, life would be naked, cold and quiet. Having access to great paintings exhibited in the gallery or professional musicians playing in the concert, citizens would find their lives colorful. On top of this, investing on art and music is instrumental to the improvement of the public quality. In the early 1960s, after a number of politicians realized that the government had a responsibility to support the arts, the Kennedy Administration started to push for major funding to support and promote the arts. A positive concomitance to the government financial support was that American society began to appreciate art and music, and the quality of the entire society was improved, even the criminal rate went down. Finally, allocating certain annual budget to art and music can help younger generations to develop a new interest.I still remember that in 2004, my family went to the city concert hall and for the first time in my life, I saw a band playing. I was deeply moved by the beautiful sound and decided to learn the piano. Now, I am an outstanding student in a school affiliated with the Central Conservatory of Music.Some might argue that recreational facilities do need enormous amount of money to construct, and only the government can afford this. However, the expense of recreational facilities can mainly rely on non-government organizations and those renowned athletes. For example, Yao Ming, the best-known Chinese basketball player in the League of NBA, donated part of his annual income to set up a new basketball stadium. His donation helps cut down the government’s budget on recreational facilities. In this circumstance, the central financial support should pour into the establishment of arts and music. (354words)Do you agree or disagree?The government should spend money helping more people access the Internet instead of improving public transportation.In my view, government must focus on main things that matter. Thus, I would definitely support the government should spend more money on the construction of subways, urban road systems and civil flight paths, due to the significance of public transportation to every fellow citizen-people depend on a safe, comfortable and highly efficient public transportation to keep abreast of modern life.To begin with, public transportation is a kind of public product from which almost everyone benefits. In a society that is rapidly advancing “on the wheel”, few of us can live a day without taking a bus, driving on public roads to get to work. Furthermore, some people in particular professions are especially dependent on transportation tools.A businessman working for a multinational corporation may spend three days per week “in the air” to trade with other companies overseas, whose progresses will be severely hindered or interfered without a well-equipped and well-maintained airport.A farmer must have his fresh fruits or produces delivered as soon as possible from his rural farm to the city area. However, if accidents occur on the worn-out highway that link his farm and customer, he may suffer a great loss. Given that no one can be an exceptional in enjoying those benefit brought about by public transportation, policy makers should pour more money on it.Someone might argue that a rapidly functional internet environment is helpful to people during their work process. However, I think the current rate to access to internet could meet the use of almost every ordinary user. If some works required a very fast rate to access to internet to satisfy their job needed, they may choose to equip with a high quality computer facilities. So there is no need to improve the overall speed of internet. In other words, it is a waste of money to spend money on this area and government should spend their money in a more effective way.As Lincoln once noted, a government is supposed to be of the people, by the people and for the people. As far as I am concerned, giving priority to public transportation could make enormous contributions to a more prosperous contemporary society and this is what government should do. (371words)Younger students are required to learn art and music.Art and music seem to be the dispensable luxuries in the current education of many nations. An increasing number of schools have decided to cut the art and music courses, focusing more on the seemingly more practical ones-math, language, computer science and so forth. This trend, I think, is quite unfortunate and I side with the point that the younger students are supposed to be required to learn art and music for the following reasons.For one thing, art and music could let the imagination of the younger students soar, which would be contributive to their creativity. Appreciating the fantastic masterpiece of Vincent Van Gogh, for example, is a good way for the young to feel the beauty of the world from another perspective. In addition, if the younger students were required to listen to the amazing music of Mozart, they might probably be startled by the little genius, and at the same time be encouraged to find the possibilities in themselves. Such kind of experience might serve as a catalyst for their future inventions.For another, art and music could help release the academic pressure of the young. Students are asked to study as many courses as possible in one semester. Take senior high school students in China as an example. It is common for them to recite the basic equations in math, to enlarge their English vocabulary, to study the obscure physics, to remember the chemical terms and so on. The monotonous lectures in the school might be a great burden for most students. More stressfully, their curriculum is replete with such academic courses from Monday to Friday, even to Saturday. I was once one of them and I frequently felt tired of all the boring courses. The mere attractive class for me was the music class on Thursday, although it was far from being adequate. I enjoyed all the music played during the course, since it could give me peace and relaxation, and in this, I do not think that I stand alone. Most of my classmates felt the same way: after the music class, they all felt refreshed. Thus, it can be argued that art and music goes a long way in alleviating students’ academic burden.In conclusion, I expected that the younger students would be required to study art and music. Undoubtedly, it would be a blessing for them to indulge in the magic world of art and music. (404words)。