50篇易背英语短文

Why 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, life in the colleges and the jobs that they can find are usually somewhat disappointing.

Especially under the severe competition of today's 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 essential 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 ['sʌmhwɔt, -hwət] n. 几分；某物adv. 有点；多少；几分；稍微construction [kən'strʌkʃən] n. 建设；建筑物；解释；造句

On Super Girl

关于超级女生

Our class has recently held a heated discussion about the super girl's 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 promote 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 can't concentrate themselves on studies. What's worse it can cause some students to worship their idols blindly.

Vocabulary:

consciousness ['kɔnʃəsnis] n. 意识；知觉；觉悟；感觉

overnight [,əuvə'nait, 'əuvənait] adj. 晚上的；通宵的；前夜的n.头天晚上；一夜的逗留

worshipper ['wə:ʃipə] n. 崇拜者；礼拜者；爱慕者

Can Money Buy Happiness?

钱可以买到幸福吗?

Nowadays, a lot of people in society think the more 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 happines s lies in one’s satisfaction with one’s surroundings. So long as we can look at things with a happy heart, we can be happy. It has nothing to do with a mount of money we have. Therefore, people shouldn’t 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 [,ɔpti'mistik] adj. 乐观的；乐观主义的

outlook ['autluk, ,aut'luk] n. 展望；观点；景色