【正文】 e of knowledge: such a database is absolutely necessary if one is to grow past childhood. The experiences of which I speak are the happenings in our daytoday lives. We are constantly placed in situations where we must choose one path or another. Of course, one will make mistakes along the way. These mistakes are an important learning tool, which help us bee wise adults. In conclusion, children bee adults when they have sufficiently matured. Their bodies, their minds, and the number of experiences they have had must grow. Once this process is plete, they can rightfully claim to be adults.12. People listen to music for different reasons and at different times. Why is music important to many people? Use specific reasons and examples to support your choice.Music exists all around the world in thousands of forms and manifestations. It spans time and geography as an everpresent theme in the lives of all people. There is no culture without some form of music。 from primitive man to the modern urban inhabitants, and from Tibet to New York City. Musicians e from all walks of life and express their emotions and their experiences, so that they may be shared with their munity or even the world. Different emotions call for different music. This idea is well illustrated by theatrical scoring and movie soundtracks. There is music that we listen to when we are sad, when we are happy, when we are angry, etc. Music works with our emotions, and helps us to deal with the highs and lows of life. I believe that if there was no music, that man would live a much more stressful, embittered existence. At different ages we develop tastes for different types of music. Some people feel that as one matures they appreciate more plicated themes, styles and emotions in their music. For example, many young people today enjoy pop music, while their parents prefer to listen to classical music. Perhaps this is because young people are full of energy and therefore enjoy faster music. Their parents, on the other hand, have enough excitement during the day, and would therefore prefer to listen to music that is more soothing. As our world changes, different styles of music bee more appropriate and more relevant. For example, as we bee more and more technologically inclined, the music we listen to has followed the same trend. Young people today are currently experimenting with electronic music because of this. Musical instruments also advance technologically as time passes. In the last few decades, man has invented both the electric guitar and the synthesizer, which has revolutionized music around the world. A person39。s choice in music is highly individualistic. Even family members can sometimes not agree on what the best type of music is. Through thousands of years of evolution, music has bee one of man39。s greatest panions. It can help people to celebrate their joy, and it consoles people when they are depressed.13. Imagine that you are preparing for a trip. You plan to be away from your home for a year. In addition to clothing and personal care items, you can take one additional thing. What would you take and why? Use specific reasons and details to support your choice.During the planning of an extended trip away from home, we have to decide what items to carry with us. While considering this problem I pondered many possibilities, such as a family photo album, my journal, my music collection and many others. Finally I realized that the best thing for me to bring on an extended journey would be my laptop. A laptop puter can act as a journal. In fact it can outperform a journal in its abilities to catalogue experiences. With this added functionality, I could add pictures, captured with the web cam and sounds, captured with the builtin microphone, to the text. As there is a diverse range of software available for puters, there is an added possibility of loading my experiences on to a web page and publishing them on the Internet. While traveling or living abroad, it is often necessary to municate with loved ones or business colleagues. In spite of the everdecreasing cost of international calls, long distance telephone bills can quickly add up. Once again a laptop puter has the ability of solving this problem. With a relatively inexpensive Internet connection, a person can harness one of the most powerful attributes of a puter munication. This form of munication adds the extra abilities of being able to see the person you are contacting and allow people to share files, information and even programs. A new city can be a lonely place and it can take a significant amount of time to adjust to a new environment and make friend. During such a transitional period, it can be very helpful for one to have access to entertainment: reading a book as an ebook, playing a video game, or watching a DVD, all of which can be done on a laptop. Entertaining oneself can also be a marvelous way to pass the time on a long bus ride or flight. Hence, I posit that a laptop is the ultimate travel panion, whether for a short journey or an extended voyage. Personal puter seems to solve many of the problems that arise from travel.14. Some students like classes where teachers lecture (do all of the talking) in class. Other students prefer classes where the students do some of the talking. Which type of class do you prefer? Give specific reasons and details to support your choice.There are basically two types of classes in university, classes, ., where teachers lecture and where the students do some of the talking. Both teaching and learning approaches are valuable and have their own relative merits. Classes that are dominated by teachers39。 lectures may benefits students in several ways. First of all, lectures can municate the intrinsic interest of the subject matter. The speaker can convey personal enthusiasm in a way that no book or other media can. Enthusias