【正文】 h one child is better than those with more children. Parents have much time show concern about the growth of their child. In addition, they can spend more time on their studies and work. But there are some negative views about the onechild family. Some people argue that it may lead to some social problems in future. For example, the parents will feel lonely when their child gets married. Moreover, parents tend to spoil their only child. In my opinion, onechild family has a lot of advantages. It benefits people as well as the country. Besides, it is of great importance to the development of our country. 8 Hobbies Almost everyone has a hobby. Hobbies can bring us happiness and entertainment. By keeping a hobby, one can, for a while, switch away from one’s hard work or study and be refreshed for a new start. Different people have different hobbies. Many people in the world enjoy music. They listen to records, sing karaoke, and play musical instruments for fun in their free hours. Millions of people take great pleasure in doing physical activities, such as running, swimming, bowling, playing ball, and so forth. A lot of people also like to collect stamps or other items. As for me, I like stamp collecting. Getting a new stamp added to my collection always makes me excited for a long time. Every single stamp seems to be a beautiful flower, a story and a good friend. Whenever I open my stampalbum and look at the stamps, I feel I am immersed in happy reveries. 9 Why Should a Person Go to School A person needs to learn both knowledge and moral principles in order to be useful and upright. These are the basic qualities he needs to survive in the society and to make further achievements. Schools are places where one can learn useful skills and get to know the meaning of life. By studying at school he acquires many abilities such as how to write and speak properly, or how to solve math problems. One also learns to distinguish right from wrong. In this way, it is very important for a person to go to school. As we all can see, going to school is the best way for people to acquire what he needs. 10 A Teacher’s Responsibility It is a teacher’s major responsibility to impart knowledge to students. A teacher is a medium that connects students to higher knowledge. He should teach what he knows to his students. Besides, a teacher should teach the students to be upright. He ought to set up a good example for the students as an honest, kind and responsible person and tell the students what to do or not to do. A teacher should also be willing to help students solve various problems. Young people may meet many problems on their way to bee adults. When this happens, they may e to their teachers for help. In this case, teachers are responsible to give necessary assistance. 11 Is Money Everything Money is a necessary means to get material goods. No matter it is food, clothes or furniture, each of them costs money. You can get none of them for free. But there are things that money can not buy. Not all the things in the world can be evaluated and estimated by money. You can not acquire things like love, happiness and friendship merely with money. So we may conclude that money is not everything. It is useful to get many things you need or you like. You can survive without it. But when it es to feelings and emotions, it loses its magic power as to material things. 12 Laidoff Workers and Reemployment (下崗工人與再就業(yè) ) There is an increasing number of workers not only the middleaged but also the young who are laid off their jobs. And these employed are also worried a great deal that someday they may lose their job. This phenomenon has caught a great social attention. The increasing number of laidoff workers is caused mainly by the industrial restructuring and economic development across China. In order to improve efficiency, many enterprises have to reduce workforce. Another reason is that some enterprises claim bankruptcy, which made millions of workers jobless. Laborers from countries are also contributing to the increasing numbers of the laidoffs. Offjob doesn’t men no job. There are plenty of opportunities for the laidoff workers to be reemployed. But they have to get job training to make themselves qualified and petitive in human resources market. 13 Why Should We Learn English English language has now bee an international language as it is spoken in most countries in the world. For example, English is the native language in the ., the Great Britain, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, etc. and it is also the official language in many other countries and international affaires. As we know, most of the valuable books, newspaper and magazines are printed in English. If we want to read them to increase our knowledge, we must learn English. If we want to do business with foreign countries, we should also learn English. Why? It is just because English is spoken by the majority of foreigners. We people in China e into contact with more and more foreign countries, English is considered as the most important and indispensable tool to munication. This is the reason why there are so many people in our country who learn English. The know that learning English helps make life more convenient. 14 Smoking Cigarettes Smoking is a mon phenomenon. People have smoked cigarettes for a long time. The tobacco which is used to make cigarettes was first grown in what is now part of the United States. Christopher Columbus, who discovered America, saw the Indians smoking. Soon the dried leaves were transported to Europe where smoking began to catch on. In the late 1800s, the Turk made cigarettes popular. However, it does more harm than good. Cigarette smoke contains at least two harmful substances, tar and nicotine. Tar, which forms as the tobacco burns, dama