【正文】 her, but the increasing pressures of modern life did it. We have no definite evidence to say people nowadays endure more pressures than did their counterparts in the past, but it is absolutely true that people nowadays undergo great pressures that e from various directions, including work, school, economy, and so forth. Investigations show that people who earn more than 50, 000 yuan annually spend at least 60 hours on work per week, much more than those who earn 20,000 yuan annually. Today a bachelor degree may no longer guarantee a well paid job, more and more panies post their want ads claiming that applicants must have at least master degrees, which take two or three years longer. In a word, people nowadays have very little time for anything。s experiences. Take Joyce Carol Oates for example, her productivity has been prodigious, accumulating in less than two decades to nearly thirty titles, including novels, collections of short stories and verse, plays and literary criticism. Although some of them appear to e from her own direct observations, her dreams, and her fears, much more is clearly from the experiences of others. Her fictive world remains strikingly akin to that real one reflected in the daily newspapers, the television news and talk shows, and the popular magazines of our day. Yet either experiences or books may give us wrong information. Our direct observations always are subject to our beliefs, hopes, fears, expectations, and our bias, which might make observations unreliable. People vary in their powers of observation, and the reliability of our observations is no better than the reliability of our memories, which as we know can be deceptive. Information printed in papers sometimes is unreliable either, it may be misprinted, or even deliberately distorted. For example, Definitions such as Marxism, Capitalism, Zionism are totally different in the Oxford Learner39。 reaches. It is parents that supplement. Psychology studies have shown us that parents39。 they wear jeans in each and every season, usually knees of which are deliberately tattered。 there are more public utilities available in big cities。 whatever we are learning, just remember, like people always say, practice makes perfect. After another period of time, we might have bee others39。 anxieties, and therefore indirectly contribute significantly to longevity of people. [274 Words] 24. A person you know is planning to move to your town or city. What do you think this person would like and dislike about living in your town or city? Why. If my friend Joey wants to move to Beijing, I think she will definitely like this greatest city in our country, even though she might find something she dislikes. The weather might be one thing that she dislikes. The weather in Beijing is characterized by dry climate and it is much windy and dusty than that of Guangzhou city. Joey is very sensitive about her skin, so she will definitely hate dusty winds in Beijing. Moreover, Beijing39。s struggle, today39。 when we were in the high school, we had to persuade our classmates to play with us。t want to go to concerts anymore, because I became more and more reluctant to present in crowd public places, besides I have bought a super HiFi which always brings me identical pleasure. And I don39。s private concert in a coffee shop on a rainy autumn weekend. [407 Words] 27. Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? People should sometimes do things that they do not enjoy doing. Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer. We live in a world in which every one wants to be successful. Nothing is wrong about the desire to be No. 1, and there is no doubt that being successful is enjoyable. There really is something wrong, nevertheless, to think we could be finally successful by only doing things that we do enjoy doing. People often are amazed by the glorious appearance of a skyscraper, at the same time, they should be conscious of the fact that the skyscraper had taken a long time to construct, maybe much longer time to design, and possibly even several workers39。s longevity of people are three most obvious ones: the improvement of food conditions, the development of modern medical technology, and finally current stability of economy in our country. Food conditions are better than before and are still being developed with a rapid pace. First of all, foods are more hygienic. People today drink untainted mineral water, sterilized skim milk, which are cheaply supplied in supermarkets. Furthermore, foods are more nutrient. Not to mention various carefully designed nutrient products, people can just ignore the possibility of being dystrophic, in that they can keep nutrient balance by simply taking a cheap pill of vitamin pound every day. Another essential improvement that contributes to people39。t been. It doesn39。 the public in whole in deed lack skills of critical thinking, and therefore they are often led by the media. In brief, mass media, by offering topics and affecting the ways in which we discuss the important issues”, has a strong influence on our perception of the truth, of the world or of the structure of our society, we have to admit that it has a role in our lives as a source of information, experiences, entertainment, amusement and relaxation. [431 Words] 8. Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Television has destroyed munication among friends and family. Use specific reasons and examples to support your opinion. While television has been somewhat harmful in its effects, it has hardly destroyed munication among friends and family, although for some people, the assertion that television has destroyed munication among friends and family seems true. Television, invented in last century, with