For more material and information, please visit Tai Lieu Du Hoc at www.tailieuduhoc.org happiness, has now become a way to survive, that`s too heavy for this word and may have caused some tragedies. We read in the newspaper continually that some students killed themselves just because they did not do well in the test. They may have a bright future, but they died so early just because of the low marks. Maybe they are not strong enough, but there is no reason to let them die! The grades become a heavy stress for the students, which do not encourage them, but discourage them, disappoint them and finally lead to their death. We can also see some classmates around us who do not compete in the right way. In order to get better marks than others, some students damaged or hide other students` book, some even cheat in the exam. Such kind of thing makes a very bad influence on those students` further lives. They might do the same thing when they had grown up and that would obviously cause more serious consequences. Students should not study for marks, but for themselves. Study means more than just getting good grades. Study stands for many, many things, such as the happiness of absorbing the knowledge, the satisfaction of mastering the knowledge. Those things are for the students to dig by themselves, but grades take up the time of that. Grades are not everything for students. It has not encouraged the students to learn, but led them into the wrong way. Grades have become an obstacle of the development of the students` study. Essay 397 Topic 72 Does grades encourage students to learn? When it comes to the issue about the effect of grades, different people have different ideas. Some people suggest the grades stimulate the students to work hard, while others maintain the opposite view. As far as I am concerned, the former point of view carries more weight. I agree that the grade system is good on account of the following reasons. First of all, grades can help the students see their situation clearly and recognize the deficiency, therefore they can improve themselves. For example, after a period of time of study, a freshman thinks he has mastered all the textbooks, but the result of the test reveals he is wrong. Consequently, he will spend more time on his study. Second point to take into account is that everyone has the completive consciousness in this competing society. Students who get lower grades will feel uncomfortable and losing face. As a result, they will decrease the time spending on sports and entertainments in order to achieve higher grades. Last but not least, good grade is the symbol of success, and scholarships will be awarded to the best ones. Therefore all the students will work hard for being recognized as the excellent ones. However, just as the proverb goes,  coin has two sides? Those who take the opposite For more material and information, please visit Tai Lieu Du Hoc at www.tailieuduhoc.org view are partly reasonable in that the grades may hurt the student`s self-respect. Given the factors I outlined, we can easily conclude, generally speaking, grades can increase students` enthusiasm for studying. Essay 398 Topic 72 Does grades encourage students to learn? When it comes to the issue about the effect of grades, different people have different ideas. Some people suggest the grades stimulate the students to work hard, while others maintain the opposite view. As far as I am concerned, the former point of view carries more weight. I agree that the grade system is good on account of the following reasons. First of all, grades can help the students see their situation clearly and recognize the deficiency, therefore they can improve themselves. For example, after a period of time of study, a freshman thinks he has mastered all the textbooks, but the result of the test reveals he is wrong. Consequently, he will spend more time on his study. Second point to take into account is that everyone has the completive consciousness in this competing society. Students who get lower grades will feel uncomfortable and losing face. As a result, they will decrease the time spending on sports and entertainments in order to achieve higher grades. Last but not least, good grade is the symbol of success, and scholarships will be awarded to the best ones. Therefore all the students will work hard for being recognized as the excellent ones. However, just as the proverb goes, "A coin has two sides". Those who take the opposite view are partly reasonable in that the grades may hurt the student`s self-respect. Given the factors I outlined, we can easily conclude, generally speaking, grades can increase students` enthusiasm for studying Essay 399 Topic 72 Does grades encourage students to learn? Marks is a very important thing for all the students, no matter the students in high school or university. But, I do not think grades(marks)encourage students to learn. The reasons are as below. Some of teachers believe that grades encourage students to learn or spend more time on study, but I do not think that is a good idea. When I was in China, my teacher making our marks in order from the highest to the lowest and published in the classroom to show all the students and parents. However, it seams no one learn more or spend more time force on some subjects than before. On another hand, it makes students feel sad when they get bad mark and sometime the students will not like study anymore because the low mark. For more material and information, please visit Tai Lieu Du Hoc at www.tailieuduhoc.org Besides that, in my opinion, learning is a personal thing. When the students interest in some special area, they will pay more attention on that. If the students do not like it, they will lose their interest and get bad mark. For example, when I was in high school in China, I hated chemistry very much. I had never care about my mark in chemistry. Even I get very low mark in chemistry, I never thought I should do more practice in chemistry or pay more attention in chemistry class. The reason is I do not like, so I do not care about it. In addition, marks just a thing to check how is study going in the past. Students just can learn what they did not learn very well in the past few months. The past things are all gone. Why the students still worry about it? There is no reason for that, so there is no reason for marks can encourage students to learn. In conclusion, grades or marks could not encourage students to learn. Essay 400 Topic 72 Does grades encourage students to learn? Over millennia, the grades from tests or examinations have been using to evaluate the students` performance, although many people debate that it may neglect students` abilities outside the textbook. However, we cannot find a sound method to replace it. As a result, I personally agree with the statement for the following reasons. To begin with, the grades are the results through fair competition. Students gain their deserved grades after reading over the designated contents. The result reflects their understanding of the knowledge in class and the grades give students a chance to inspect what they have learned. Whether he gets high scores or not, at least he knows his deficiency through the fault. Secondly, grades can give students the sense of achievement, which is the biggest motivation for learning. Studies show that confident students will learn better than others. If students constantly maintain good grades, he will study harder and harder. For those who usually do not get good grades, they also have a chance to reverse from the adversities if they study harder. Last but not least, grades develop a responsible attitude for students, because they must bear the failed results due to his idleness and distraction. By comparing with their counterparts, they not only know the reality they face, but learn how to catch up from behind, because we know, sometimes, the frustration gives us more than success. From the reasons above, we can easily conclude that grades encourage the students to study. An old saying said o pain, no gain. ?Good grades are the reasonable results of hard work. We must keep asking ourselves not whether we seize good grades, but whether we study hard. Essay 401 Topic 72 Does grades encourage students to learn? For more material and information, please visit Tai Lieu Du Hoc at www.tailieuduhoc.org Many people in the world share a belief that grades make students work hard. I agree with the above statement because I believe that high grades are more helpful in getting a bright future. One of benefits of the high grade is that it promotes a learner`s interest. Interest is the best motivation to encourage students to learn. If a learner has a good score in English, he will find that English is a beautiful language. For example I love to learn math, because it brings me happiness when I get a high score in a math exam. When I went to university, I select mach as my major. The second reason is that schools give us a chance to learn knowledge, why not try our best to get it. In our lives these knowledge has important effect on our mind which need be wise by a by. In addition, self-credit may be instruct by good marks. It is also important to our life. A further solid argument for the high grade is that it means a good future career. Many companies would rather hire students who are with high grades. As far as I am concerned, I come to the notion that there are main reasons why I support that grades encourage students to learn. Firstly, high scores spring learner` interests. Secondly, students get self-credit through it. Furthermore, A good job may wait these students who have high marks. Essay 402 Topic 73 Has computer made life easier? Some people believe that computers provide easier and more convenient lives for them. In their opinion, computers help them surf Internet and share information. They may communicate directly by E. mail. But others hold that computers have made life more complex and stressful and they point out that computers bring many bad effects to human beings, such as information security problem because of hacking attack and environmental pollution because of irradiation. As far as I concerned, I prefer the first opinion rather than the second view. My opinion comes from following three aspects. First of all, computer made life more efficient than before. For example, people might access websites, gain a lot of valuable information and contact each other around the world. Secondly, computer made life more relax and easier. Computers provide variety kinds of games and people could enjoy and relax from them everyday. Finally, compute help people solve many complicated problem by software, such as investment and finance. Therefore, people`s life becomes more simple and convenient. However, just as what other people say that computers give us some negative effects in the meantime. For example, Irradiation does harm for our bodies and eyes, so we cannot make people seat too long in front of computers. Hacking is a really trouble, and we are For more material and information, please visit Tai Lieu Du Hoc at www.tailieuduhoc.org supposed to enhance computer control and technology. In general, computers give people an easier and convenient life. Although there exists some bad effects of computers as mentioned above. We are supposed to do our best to solve the problems and pay more attention on their good effects. I believe that our society will benefit more from them in the future. Essay 403 Topic 73 Has computer made life easier? It is a widely controversial issue about the function of the computers. Some people suggest that computers have made life easier and more convenient, while others maitain that computers have made life more complex and stressful. As far as I am concerned, the former point of view carries more weight. I take this positive view because of the following reasons. First of all, computers link people with the outer world. Using the computers, people can enter into the Internet world in which almost everything exists. It is possible for people to buy some commodities, read books and even watch movies on line. For example, a person can purchase anything he demands from the shopping center in the net, all he needs to do is just only knocking at the keyboard at home, the commodity will be brought to him. Second point to take into account is that computers can finish the large calculating process quickly. By inputting the properly procedures into the computers in advance, people can deal with heavy burden in a few minutes and the results the computers give are definitely right. Last but not least, many tasks are charged with computers, the saved people can involve in other meaningful jobs. However just as the English proverb says, coin has two sides? those who take the opposite view are partly reasonable that the high speed the computers bring can increase people`s life pace. Given the factors I outlined, we can easily conclude, generally speaking, computers bring more conveniences and easiness. Essay 404 Topic 73 Has computer made life easier? The information technology has developed so fast that computers, which were completely unknown decades ago, have stepped into almost every household in the world and brought deep impact to the way people work, live and entertain. However, like the saying goes-every coin has two sides, computers have also brought some trouble to people. For more material and information, please visit Tai Lieu Du Hoc at www.tailieuduhoc.org As far as work and business are concerned, computers have brought revolutionary change to our traditional practices. It greatly increases the efficiency and effectiveness of our work and it is also due to them that E-commerce; E-banking is made available. For example, because of them, there is no need for you to queue in the shopping mall as the shopping cart and goods are just one click away in front of you. What is more about computer is that it makes possible to do two or more things at one time. You could communicate with your friends and do shopping or playing games or watching movies simultaneously. However, computers do have a lot of disadvantages which we shall consider. First, they are machines which are not infallible. Virus could easily spread out through computers and cause chaos, which destroys all the data which has been stored in them or make some fatal mistakes to business or work. Secondly, though E-commerce facilitates our life, computers encourage credit fraud or ID fraud, which means someone else could pretend our identity and the machine could not differentiate. Last but not least, we have no control over the content on computers, which might expose unhealthy content to children and seriously affect their development. Though discussed above, I hold the idea that the advantages brought by computers far outweigh their disadvantages. As long as we could use them wisely, like control certain website to be browsed to children, use anti-virus protection and encryption code, we could make them useful to the greatest advantage of human kind. Essay 405 Topic 73 Has computer made life easier? Once upon a time no computers existed and mankind consisted of no more than a handful of nomadic tribes. This simple life following food sources from location to location is far reached from today`s modern fast paced life. With the advent of the microprocessor the world almost changed overnight. Initial uses for the so called `computer` were as an arithmetic machine used during war time to crack enemy codes. Today computers offer a wide variety of uses and while some argue they made life overly complex I argue otherwise. Computers have offered us a freedom through technology, opened new doors for science and bettered the quality of life for most. In today`s day and age humans in North America have many liberties that we take for granted. Many of these daily conveniences are made possible by a microprocessor that you probably never even thought about. Think of cell phones, the uses and advantages of being `wired` have almost become mainstay in our culture. Some argue that always being `wired` causes techno stress and loss of freedom, however, what these people do not realized is there is a button called `off`. Sure people wishing to find you can attempt to call you, but in actuality you decide whether that call gets through or not by deciding if your phone is on. Also what of the liberties and freedoms that the use of computer allows us, some may use a computer to print up a 10 page essay. Tell me, would you wish to For more material and information, please visit Tai Lieu Du Hoc at www.tailieuduhoc.org hand write a 10 page essay neatly? The uses and time saved by using a computer far out weight whatever time and complexness that the invention of the computer has brought. While discussing the liberties we take for granted provided for us by computers, lets discuss the achievements for science that computers have allowed. Computations done by computers today are astronomical and without them it would be almost impossible to do them. After all, scientists have discovered the 1billionth digit of Pi! While, this may not be interesting to you, I am sure it was for the scientist running the project. Well besides enjoying the nature of Pi, medical research has been vastly helped by computer simulations, such as protein folding. Most medical research utilizes computers processing powers and without them science would still most likely be in the dark ages. All these discoveries made with the computer help make our lives more convenient, for example drugs found with a computer may allow someone to lead a normal life or have quicker treatment, therefore making their life easier. In the end all these advantages of computers equate to a better quality of life. A lot of items these days are made by robots controlled by computers. These products would otherwise have to be made by hand and it would be very costly. Also, people making these products would have a very mundane job and as many studies have shown, repetitive jobs have high turnover rates due to dissatisfaction. By having robotic machines produce goods it makes supply greater and the inputs are often less due to greater efficacy, hence making items cheaper for the general public. Also, many basic utilities are all run by computers and what about interact and credit cards. All these conveniences are made possible by a computer and its network. Furthermore, the Internet is made possible by computers. The Internet has offered ease and convenience to all its users, whether it be shopping for a gift, doing research, chatting and so on all from the your own home. As one can see, computers play a pivotal role in making life convenient and easy. Through technology people around the world have been offered the chance to save time if they use computers effectively. With the effective use of computers scientists have been able to break down walls and gain new insight that would have never been possible before. Such breakthroughs, such as robotics, have made quality of life all around better. Without computers it seems hardly possible that life could be made simpler. While it is true computers add a certain level of complexity to ones life, I would not directly related it to computers so much as human evolution. As evolution takes shape, the object evolving often becomes more complex and well suited for its environment. Imagine if we were still cavemen hunting animals, life would be very simple, hunt, eat and sleep. Nevertheless, in the end, the word simplicity and convenient is subjective, and as it boils down, no matter what side you believe, computers are here to stay. Essay 406 Topic 73 Has computer made life easier? Have you ever used a computer, your efficient partner, to process the numerous data needed in your work? Have you ever had a computer-controlled microwave, your For more material and information, please visit Tai Lieu Du Hoc at www.tailieuduhoc.org intelligent chef, cook all the dishes for you? Have you ever employed a computer, your magic mail carrier, to carry deliver your e-mails to your friends on the other end of the world? As far as my measurement, computers do have made our life easier and more convenient. Among the countless reasons why these intelligent machines become popular and widespread, the conspicuous one is that their abilities to efficiently process data can successfully emancipate man from the tiring tasks of collecting and sorting information. A good case in point is the application of computers in nearly all the banks today. With the help of computers, tellers are now able to carry out any kind of transaction in just a few seconds, while in the past even opening an account might require many complicated and time-consuming procedures. It might also be noted that the extensive use of various computer-controlled household appliances have significantly changed our life, making it more convenient than ever before. A particular example for this is the intelligent refrigerators now in domestic use all over the world. Controlled by built-in computers, these machines can automatically adjust the temperatures inside them to different conditions of the fruits and vegetables stored in, thus making them freshness whenever we want them. In addition, computers, together with the Internet, provide us with the most efficient way to communicate with our friends. That is to say, not only can these magic machines deliver messages from one end of the earth to the other in just a few seconds, but they also cost astonishingly less compared to making long-distance phone calls. As a result, in our modern world, the dominant role that mails and telephones once played in the field of communication, has gradually been weaken by the new concept of e-mails that computers have brought to us. Admittedly, continuously staring at the computer screens may cause eye problems, and the abuse of computer games may lead to people`s addiction to them. However, considering the great changes these intelligent machines have brought to our life, we couldn`t deny the fact that just as the invention of electric lamps indicated the advent of the era of light, our comprehensive application of computers has informed us that a new epoch of information is coming along. Essay 407 Topic 73 The information technology has developed so fast that computers, which were completely unkown decades ago, have stepped into almost every household in the world and brought deep impact to the way people work, live and entertain. However, like the saying goes- every coin has two sides, computers have also brought some trouble to people. As far as work and business are concerned, computers have brought revolutionary change to our traditional practices. It greatly increases the efficiency and effectiveness of our work and it is also due to them that E-commerce and E-banking are made available. For example, because of them, there is no need for you to queue in the shopping mall as the shopping For more material and information, please visit Tai Lieu Du Hoc at www.tailieuduhoc.org cart and goods are just one click away in front of you. What is more about computer is that it makes possible to do two or more things at one time. You could communicate with your friends and do shopping or playing games or watching movies simultaneously. However, computers do have a lot of disadvantages which we shall consider. First, they are machines that are not infallible. Virus could easily spread out through computers and cause chaos, which destroys all the data that has been stored in them or make some fatal mistakes to business or work. Secondly, though E-commerce facilitates our life, computers encourage credit fraud or ID fraud, which means someone else could pretend our identity and the machine could not differentiate. Last but not least, we have no control over the content on computers, which might expose unhealthy content to children and seriously affect their development. Though discussed above, I hold the idea that the advantages brought by computers far outweigh their disadvantages. As long as we could use them wisely, like control certain website to be browsed to children, use anti-virus protection and encryption code, we could make them useful to the greatest advantage of human kind. Essay 408 Topic 73 The information technology has developed so fast that computers, which were completely unkown decades ago, have stepped into almost every household in the world and brought deep impact to the way people work, live and entertain. However, like the saying goes- every coin has two sides, computers have also brought some trouble to people. As far as work and business are concerned, computers have brought revolutionary change to our traditional practices. It greatly increases the efficiency and effectiveness of our work and it is also due to them that E-commerce and E-banking are made available. For example, because of them, there is no need for you to queue in the shopping mall as the shopping cart and goods are just one click away in front of you. What is more about computer is that it makes possible to do two or more things at one time. You could communicate with your friends and do shopping or playing games or watching movies simultaneously. However, computers do have a lot of disadvantages which we shall consider. First, they are machines that are not infallible. Virus could easily spread out through computers and cause chaos, which destroys all the data that has been stored in them or make some fatal mistakes to business or work. Secondly, though E-commerce facilitates our life, computers encourage credit fraud or ID fraud, which means someone else could pretend our identity and the machine could not differentiate. Last but not least, we have no control over the content on computers, which might expose unhealthy content to children and seriously affect their development. Though discussed above, I hold the idea that the advantages brought by computers far outweigh their disadvantages. As long as we could use them wisely, like control certain website to be browsed to children, use anti-virus protection and encryption code, we could make them useful to the greatest advantage of human kind. Essay 409 Topic 74 Is it better to travel with a tour guide? Travel is more and more a common activity for people to get refreshment. As a result, For more material and information, please visit Tai Lieu Du Hoc at www.tailieuduhoc.org there is always controversial ways to arrange trips. Personally I would prefer to travel with friends only, rather than in a group led by a tour guide. For one thing, a tour guide can be regarded as the manager in a team during the trip. His/her experience and personality will have direct impact on your feeling about the whole trip. During every long holiday in China, the government will announce the numbers of travelers` complaints, plenty of which are due to the unpleasant cooperation with local guide or guide from the agency. For those who expect every minute in the trip to be enjoyable, it is unwise to depend too much on the tour guide. For another thing, people might argue that having a tour guide is mimic owning a dictionary, which will introduce all the historical stories behind every scenario. To some degree I agree with this comment, but, people are able to find out all these things through book reading and Internet searching, which is for sure more vivid and impressive. Plus, a tour guide is more focused on the time management and he/she will push you running from one site to another, and you cannot stay where you are more interested or leave early where you feel nothing worthwhile to take a look. That is always a problem for traveling in a group by a tour guide. Overall, recently a new kind of traveling prevailing in China can best explain my point. The Agency will arrange the hotel and transportation for you, and it is you who design the details of the trip and manage yourself. The reason behind its popularity is its flexibility and saving cost, plus, people who prefer to travel without a so called tour guide will choose this solution without hesitation. Essay 410 Topic 74 Is it better to travel with a tour guide? When planning a visit to a place for the first time, there are plenty of decisions to make: One of them is whether to take a guided tour with a group or travel on one`s own. Some people consider that having an expert guide and plan the trip is the best way to travel. Others prefer to explore places on their own. If one chooses to take a tour where there will be a group of tourists and a guide, there are some advantages and disadvantages to take into consideration. As advantages, we could mention that there would be an expert in charge of the group, so it would be safer for everybody, since it is less likely that one can get lost, and in case of an emergency there is someone reliable to count on. The places to visit would be already planned, so one as a tourist would not have to do research on what places are better to eat, or what places or shows are not be missed. The plans and schedules are designed by somebody who knows the place well, and they`re done to fulfill the expectations and needs of new tourists. On the other hand, traveling with a group can bring some trouble. One has to wait for all the group to be ready and complete, or maybe there would some tourists who can have annoying habits that might spoil the trip. The schedule may shorten the time we wish to spend in certain place, and limit our freedom to decide where to go. Sometimes we can disagree with the tour guide`s opinion or taste, and find less interesting the places we are . information, please visit Tai Lieu Du Hoc at www.tailieuduhoc.org view are partly reasonable in that the grades may hurt the student`s self-respect. Given. goes, "A coin has two sides". Those who take the opposite view are partly reasonable in that the grades may hurt the student`s self-respect. Given