The importance of English及两篇满分范文

The importance of English

With the process of globalization in both economy and culture, there is no denying that English is indeed an efficient tool for international communication. So a sound knowledge of English will give you an edge in your job-hunting in future. Besides, it opens up a fresh new window to the world around you and afar from you. You may get up-to-date news and technological developments as fast as possible. On the other hand, if you do not know English, you are in danger of being excluded from what is going on in the world today. Thus I firmly agree that this international language should be on the curriculum.

Children should never be educated at home by their parents. Give your opinion.

In some countries a small number of parents are choosing to educate their children at home rather than sending them to school. This may be for practical reasons, such as when a family lives a long way from the nearest school, or through parents’ personal choice to take on the responsibility for their children’s education.

Educating your children at home does seem to have a number of advantages. First of all, parents may be able to provide a more practical education for their children than schools can, teaching skills needed in the real world such as home management or gardening. A child’s own home is likely to provide a more relaxing atmosphere for study than that which a school can offer. Furthermore,

parents are in a better position to keep their children away from bad influences if they can keep watch over them at home. Thirdly, parents are often said to know what is best for their children.

However, there are many arguments in support of sending children to school rather than educating them at home. Children are isolated at home; at school they are given the opportunity to develop in a social context, and become accustomed to meeting people independently. Moreover, schools can provide professionally trained teachers and all kinds of educational facilities. Finally, parents are too emotionally ‘close’ to their children to make very good teachers.

In my opinion, education at school is preferable to education at home. There are special cases (for example, for disabled children) in which home education is the only option; however, for the vast majority of children greater benefits are gained by going to school.

It is now possible to perform everyday tasks, such as bank transaction, shopping or even office works, without meeting people face to face. What are the effects it may have on individuals and the society as a whole?

Thanks to the development of communication technology, nowadays we can accomplish many of our everyday tasks without meeting each other in person, such as paying bills and buying books. In my point of view, it has both positive and negative effects for individuals as well as our society.

It is clear that fulfilling some tasks without seeing people face to face is highly efficient. In the past, if we needed to buy something, we had to go to the shopping mall; but nowadays all can be done with a click on the keyboard and the goods will be delivered home, even at a lower price. And if we want to make a transaction from one bank account to another, we do not have to go directly to a bank or wait for a desperately long queue; instead we may comfortably make use of the self-banking service at home provided access to the internet. Thus, efficiency of work and life has been both highly improved owing to the technological advances.

On the other hand, lack of face-to –face communication also brings some problems. One of the biggest concerns is the safety. With increasing virus threats and well-trained hackers, online deals such as bank transactions are well exposed to heavy loss as well as to great inconvenience. Identity theft and other problems should be well noted by either individuals or various organizations, too. Another problem may lie in the fact that people might become somewhat indifferent and feel isolated in the long run without meeting others face-to-face, since they are emotional creatures.

Overall, there are both favorable and unfavorable effects on individuals and society if everyday tasks are performed without people meeting each other. Personally, I am fairly optimistic about its future and I also fully understand the necessity for both individuals and government to pay adequate attention to the safety of such dealings.