【正文】 bly grow to like and love. Weather Weather affects all of us in one way or another, directly or indirectly. For example, good weather makes people happy and gay, while bad weather makes people sick and depressed. Besides, on a fine day, one can get out for a walk or play a game in the open air. On a rainy day, however, he can only stay indoors. In a word, weather is part of life for all of us. The first thing that many people do after getting up in the morning is to see what the weather is like. With a knowledge of the weather, people can arrange work and life of the day. If it is fine, he may decide to go on a piic. If it is cloudy, he will have to take a raincoat or an umbrella with him when he is leaving the house. Whatever the weather may be, one tends to adjust his activities to it accordingly. In order to know what the weather will be, special people are hired to provide this information. They collect data, analyze them and provide the weather of the ing day. This information, which is announced on the radio or on TV, is usually very accurate. Thanks to the efforts of those professionals, we can always know the weather in advance and get prepared for it. Health or Wealth I prefer health to wealth if I have to choose between them. It is true that wealth makes life easier and more fortable, but health is even more important. Only when one has good health can he pursue wealth and happiness. Wealth cannot be acquired without health. As we know, to gain wealth usually means working hard. If one does not have a strong body, how can he work hard? How can he have enough energy to overe all the difficulties on his way towards success? Only with a sound body may one get a chance to enjoy the better life provided by his wealth because health ensure wealth but not vice versa. Therefore, health is the basis for attaining wealth. Even if one is born into a rich family, wealth alone cannot make him happy. Imagine a rich man who can do nothing but stay in bed. How can he enjoy his life? What can his money do for him? So long as one is healthy, there are always chances for him to attain everything inc luding wealth. Spring Festival Spring Festival is the new year in Chinese lunar calendar. Thousands of years ago, Chinese people started to count days according to the changes of moon and in this way thus created a lunar calendar. Spring Festival is considered to be the first day in Chinese lunar calendar. It is an occasion for all the members of the family to gather together to celebrate the festival. Because it is the most important festival and people take the longest leave in the whole year, it bees a proper time for family members who live far away from each other to take the opportunity to reunite. Besides, it is the time of the year at which relatives and friends exchange visits. Most of the people are busy with their work or other daily chores and seldom have time to pay visits to their friends and relatives. The long leave during Spring Festival provides them with good chance to visit each other and share their experiences of the year. Travel Travel has bee a worldwide activity. Never before have so many people traveled to so many different parts of the world. With new modes of fast, fortable transport more and more people are tempted to leave their homes to see more of the wonderful world. People travel for many reasons, but perhaps the most mon is traveling for pleasure. It provides an effective way to get your mind off your work. When you return, you are refreshed and energetic and ready to work harder. Travel is also one of the best means for learning. One may have heard or read about something, but one can never get an accurate picture of it until one sees it. I believe that the knowledge obtained from actual experience is more valuable than that obtained from books. Friendship Friendship is essential for the existence of society. People live in munities and work in cooperation so that they could protect themselves from nature. The successful acplishment of any task calls for support from many people. Friendship is a guarantee of harmonious efforts. In the widest sense, all people are friends. All people cooperate and help each other directly or indirectly. Competition and friendship are plementary though petition is universal. A friend in need is a friend indeed. In time of hard times, it is easy for us to test friendship, to test whether it is true or not. No matter what happens, true friendship will persist. A real friend will always be ready to help others, risking losing his own interest, even his life. The Advantages and Disadvantages of Living in a City Living in a city has many advantages. Urban residents enjoy good housing, medical care, convenient transport and lots of cultural activities. Children living in cities can get better education, because almost all the famous universities are located in the cities. However, there are also many disadvantages if one lives in a city. For example, cities are usually polluted and noisy. Urban residents can hardly enjoy fresh air and birds’ singing as rural people do in the countryside. In conclusion, if a person tries to decide whether to live in a city or not, he should take into consideration both the advantages and disadvantages of urban life before he makes the final decision One ―Child Family In China onechild family has many advantages. China has a large population. In order to control the growth of population and improve