For more material and information, please visit Tai Lieu Du Hoc at www.tailieuduhoc.org with staying at home and are driven to reach their individual goals. I also love my profession and would not like staying at home and only doing homework. But nevertheless I think it is important to be conscious about what we eat. It is also a fact that fast food can lead to difficult health problems. In addition many people suffer from obesity. When I cook my own meals I can decide what ingredients I use. Another reason why I prefer to prepare food at home is that there is time to sit together with the family. It is a fix time of day where we all sit together at the table. In my opinion this daily routine is very important for children and helps to rise a feeling for the family, Although I know that it is not always possible to prepare my own meals and we of course sometimes have lunch or dinner at a restaurant or a food stand, in generally I prefer to prepare food at home for this reason. Essay 134 Topic 14 Should university students be required to attend classes? Have you ever written an essay overnight? Have you ever had to bear a sleepy body for a required class that needed you sign up the next morning? Have you ever depended on coffee to keep alert in a tedious lecture? If you have such experiences, you will find that for a university student, more options is serious needed. So,in my opinion, I agree with that going to classes should be optional for students. First of all, the goal of university education is to help students gain some practical knowledge that they interest in. If attending some specific classes is a burden for students, university education may be described as a failure to some extent. So why not give more optional ways to students. The more optional the better it is. After all, there is no the only way in our life. Further more, the valuable resources in university should be fully used. In addition to attend classes, you can absorb what you really want in library, on Internet and so on. I can still remember my roommate Lee. He never attended a computer course in university. But through sitting in the front of a computer, searching information of technology by networks, analyzing many practical cases, eventually he became a senior engineer in Legend company, the biggest computer company in our country. When graduated from university, he receive both a bachelor degree and a good job. In sharp contrast, some who even did never miss a class have not get a job now. In conclusion, attending classes is not everything, especially for a university student. Though attending classes is the basic way by which students learn their subjects, more options is good or even better for studying. As a result, I consider that going to classes should be optional for students. Essay 135 Topic 14 Should university students be required to attend classes? What are the desirable of a good neighbor? It is a matter of opinion. From my perspective, if you have a good neighbor should be warm-hearted, helpful, and well-bred. For more material and information, please visit Tai Lieu Du Hoc at www.tailieuduhoc.org First, a good neighbor should be warm-hearted. I used to live in an alley, where there are quite a few warm-hearted senior citizens. Whatever they met me, they never failed to say hello to me. I also enjoyed exchanging greeting with them, telling them how things were going with me. Now having lived an apartment for several years, I even do not know who my neighbors are. How I miss my old neighbors` happy smiling faces and their voice. Second, a good neighbor should be helpful. When you are in trouble, a good neighbor may be the night person turn to for help. She give you a ride to work if your car was broken and let your children stay at her house in the evening if you got stuck working overtime. You would do the same for her. Both of you would help make the other`s life easier. Most important, a good neighbor should be well-bred. She will not play music loudly at midnight to disturb your sleep. She will not threw waste paper or banana skin from the balcony to your yard if you live on the first floor. Nor will she come to your room without knocking at the door. You find yourself living in a quiet and clean environment suitable for your life, study, and work. From what has been discussed above, the major qualities I think a good neighbor should be warm-hearted, helpful, and well-bred. If you have a good neighbor like that, cheer your lucky. If not, try to find one for yourself. But do not forget to be a good neighbor yourself. Essay 136 Topic 14 Should university students be required to attend classes? In collages, students have more right to choose whether they need to attend classes or not. Some students think that classes are not necessary for them since they can read any materials by themselves. Others claim that attending classes is still vital because it cannot only increase student`s knowledge but also develop student`s personality. In my view, I agree that attending classes is still important for student`s lives. First, while attending classes, students can get some extra knowledge that they probably cannot find in any books. Teachers always add their own knowledge into their classes. Some knowledge comes from their real experience while others come from reading various kinds of books. Therefore, for students, attending classes seems to be a shortcut for them to learn and get much knowledge since they cannot get such large amount of knowledge from reading only one or even a few types of books. Moreover, attending classes is also a good way for students to practice their responsibilities. After student enrolled in some classes, they need to force themselves to go to every class no matter what time the classes is. Moreover, finishing any task and homework that students got from their classes can also improve student`s responsibility. Therefore, attending classes can also be to good way for practicing student`s For more material and information, please visit Tai Lieu Du Hoc at www.tailieuduhoc.org responsibility which is very vital when they go to work. Finally, students who participate in classes can exchange their idea and knowledge with other friends. For example, while I attended classes, teachers always asked me and my classmates to express our own idea in some particular topics. Moreover, teachers also asked us to work in group which we can learn about teamwork. Students who study alone at their home or library may not be able to exchange and share their idea with others. Therefore, even through not attending classes can probably give students as much knowledge as they do while joining in classes, they may not be able to express and show their thought process as good as students who attend classes do. In short, even though some people said going to class is not necessary for them, I think that, excepted knowledge, students can get something more while attending class. Essay 137 Topic 14 Should university students be required to attend classes? I think attending all the classes should be doubtlessly required for all the university students. This is in classes that one can get himself really involved in the discussions, which are completely relevant to the subjects covered in the course. Today, most of university teachers are complete masters of the subjects that they teach. It seems also that presenting a monologue is not as effective as getting the students involved in teaching by having an interactive environment in which students can think and present their thoughts without fear or disgrace. So the classes are moving to having flat and interactive conditions. So, I do not think it would be a good idea to ignore these optimal situations for learning, in favor of loneliness for having better focus on the teaching materials or relative reading. One other reason I think will remove any doubt on the matter is the overall time spend for attending classes during one semester; as long as I know, each credit of a course is equivalent to one hour of class attendance in a week. So, for a regular 3 credit university course, a registered student is required to spend just three hours in potentially more than 30 hours of official university hours in one week. Is this time really so much that a student decides to save it for - in the best conditions - self studies? Does this student learn subjects as efficiently when he is studying by himself, as in a live class? What does he do when facing a contradiction or even when a question rises in his mind that hinders his normal progress? Another benefit of attending the classes is that students have to get themselves with the class by reviewing the subjects covered in each session and ask their probable misunderstandings or questions in the next session. By being with the class, the amount of materials to be studied at the end of the semester for the final exams, which are very common, is reduced and made easy in study. Considering these normal conditions, I think if a student really is to study and learn the For more material and information, please visit Tai Lieu Du Hoc at www.tailieuduhoc.org required subjects, the best way would include attending the official class sessions. But if this is not the case and he need not get the best from his course, he can cram for the final exam just a few hours and hopefully get a pass mark! Essay 138 Topic 14 Should university students be required to attend classes? Sometimes I feel that studying alone seem to be more effective than attending the classes, especially, when I have a strong interest in a certain subject. However, I disagree with the point of view that the classes should be optional for university students, because the function of the classes is never replaced by studying alone. The main reason for my view is that we cannot learn all knowledge gained from the classes by learning the textbook alone. Since the professor had studied his subject for many years and had spent much times to prepare the class. There muse be some knowledge that are distinctive and cannot be gained from the textbook. Furthermore, the professor knew which knowledge was very important, which can be skipped, and carefully arranged the schedule. Studying as the schedule should be more effective. Another reason for my view is that we not only can learn some knowledge in the classes but also learn the team spirit, the discipline and routine. In the classes, we often discuss with other students, sometimes we even cooperate with others to accomplish a project. So we have to learn to get along with others and train our team spirit. Regular attending the classes also can let us used to routine and obey the discipline. All these characters are very important for our coming jobs. So based on all these reasons and examples, I think university students should attend the classes and that cannot be optional. Essay 139 Topic 14 Should university students be required to attend classes? Most of universities in north America have no requirement for students attending classes, so going to class becomes an option for students. Some people believe there are a lot of advantages for the students who have competence in auto-education, however others oppose to this. To clarify this issue, let us identify some advantages and disadvantages of attending classes. For most of students in the universities, class lectures is the most important way to gain knowledge especially when someone just enter a brand new study field. As we know, each course has its own properties which means the way to understand and the way to remember are different. For example, a math course is full of logical analyze, and the teacher`s lecture give student the best and concise ideas to understand it. Furthermore, leading students to the right method of thinking. Obviously, it will save much time. In class lectures facilitate the study for some students with some difficulties. For more material and information, please visit Tai Lieu Du Hoc at www.tailieuduhoc.org On the contrary, some advanced students want to launch their own schedule and challenge themselves in order to develop their self-learning abilities which is useful in their future work environment. Not attending class, which gives them more time to study alone and think alone, results in increasing their competence to work independently. That is what the best universities want to give to their students. Since different courses have different configurations, students should study each course in the different way. For example, English is a time consuming course. We do not need lots of understanding, but we need to use much more time on remembering and practicing. A English textbook shows all of the detail and explanation, so it is easy to obtain each knowledge point. Therefore, self study on this subject is advisable. Attending classes have advantage and disadvantage, which mostly depend on the students` abilities and penchant. The course character is another considerable factor. Students need to balance their study life in the university, choosing the best way to study for their future. In conclusion, I do not want to see the universities have the attending class requirement as a policy. Essay 140 Topic 15 What are the qualities of a good neighbor? I believe that in every community very special relationships occur between neighbors. After our family and friends, neighbors are the closest people we have around us. In my opinion, the qualities of a good neighbor are helpfulness, tactfulness and lack of unsound curiosity. To begin with, many people expect their neighbors to be helpful or to do them a favor when they are in trouble. In my opinion, a good neighbor would not refuse to keep an eye on our house or apartment when we are away. What is more, good neighbors would never leave us outside in the rain if we have lost our home keys. In addition, they would always suggest using their phone if ours is disconnected. Or they would never refuse to lend us some sugar for our morning coffee. Apart from latter mentioned, I consider that tactfulness is a quality as important as helpfulness is. I would expect that my good neighbor would not tell every one what the color of my dressing gown is. Neither he nor she would call the police because of loud music on my birthday party, for example. Finally many people believe their neighbors display a lot of unsound curiosity. What does it mean? These people feel that their neighbors try to spy on every step they make. To be watched twenty-four hours a day is not only uncomfortable but also very irritating. Sometimes many misunderstandings occur between neighbors. As a matter of fact, to have a good neighbor around you could be a real bless. And if we are polite, helpful and if we show required respect to our neighbors, I believe that sooner or later they would treat us in the same way. Essay 141 Topic 15 What are the qualities of a good neighbor? For more material and information, please visit Tai Lieu Du Hoc at www.tailieuduhoc.org What are the most important qualities of a good neighbor? It`s a matter of opinion. From my point of view, I think a good neighbor should be warm-hearted, helpful, and considerate for others. Firstly, a good neighbor should be warm-heated. I used to live in a small alley, where there were quite a few warm-hearted persons. Wherever I come across them, they never fail to say hello to me. I also enjoyed exchanging greeting with them, telling them how things were going with me, what`s new on me, and sometimes handling home-made refreshments for them to share with me. Can you imagine what it will be like if you lived in an apartment where people never said a word to each other or even didn`t know each other`s names? I will never forget granny Wang`s benevolent smiling face and uncle Lee`s deep loving voice. Secondly, a good neighbor should be helpful. Everyone will encounter some inconvenience in his or her life. When you are in dilemma, a good neighbor may be the most helpful person to turn to for help. Suppose you have to go on a long journey to Africa, and you need someone to look after your pet. You may naturally think of Mr. Zhang, a good neighbor who is always willing to help you when you are in such a situation. Thirdly, a good neighbor should be considerate for others. He or she will never dance or play music loudly at midnight. Of course, he will never throw waste paper or banana skin from the balcony to your yard if you live on the first floor. Nor will he stay in your house till very late in the night since he knows you have to get up early next morning. You will find yourself living in a quite and clean environment suitable for your life, study and work. Finally, I would like to mention that do not forget to be a good neighbor yourself. Your neighbor will treat you exactly the same way you treat them. So be a good neighbor yourself first, and you will find other people are all qualified good neighbors. The above-mentioned are the major qualities I think a good neighbor should possess. If you have some good neighbor like that, my congratulations! Essay 142 Topic 15 What are the qualities of a good neighbor? In time, humans have learned to live in harmony with each other. The creation of neighborhood is the result of this situation. So now, people who live near to each other are called neighbors. For a person to incur the idea that a neighbor is good or bad, he must have a set of qualities to test with. These qualities may differ from person to person since it is a matter of personal feeling. The first quality I set is; for a neighbor to be a good one, he must be ready to help and be helped. He must have the will to try to me in awkward situations, as I would also do the For more material and information, please visit Tai Lieu Du Hoc at www.tailieuduhoc.org same for him. For example if fire breaks out in my house at midnight and if he is at home, he should at least call the police. This quality is not associated only with danger; it may also be connected to such cases in which I may seek advice from my good neighbor. The second quality pertains to privacy. Both of us should respect each other`s privacy. Although a good neighbor should be sociable, he must be able to refrain himself from protruding in my private life. He must also be able to keep the secrets I let him in on. In relation to this, good neighbors should be able to get together and discuss on issues of practical importance. A good neighbor should fulfill the third quality by possessing a good behavior. He must never disturb my peace by showing misdemeanor. Moreover, he must never let his private action influence or disturb me. For example, if he listens to music aloud at midnight, I would absolutely be disturbed. A good neighbor must not only respect my rights but also be capable of using his own rights appropriately. Generally, a good neighbor is the one who would care for me and the society as a whole. He must also be gregarious and should frequently participate in social affairs. In short words, I would say that a good neighbor is the one who is sociable and with good manner. Essay 143 Topic 15 What are the qualities of a good neighbor? "Good morning", my neighbor Ann gave me a sweet smile with her greeting when she saw me out of home. "Save your energy, I`ll keep the door for you. " my neighbor Jim kept the door of the elevator when he saw me heading to the elevator. Such small but friendly things happen to me everyday, because I am lucky to live in a friendly apartment building. My neighbors are polite, helpful and responsible persons, and I have no doubt that they are good neighbors. A good neighbor is a polite neighbor. When you meet her, for example, she will say hello to you with a smile face. When you walk after her, she will hold the door for you. When your kids wave to her, she will begin a small friendly conversation with the kids. Polite neighbors give you a good mood in your every day`s life. A good neighbor is a helpful neighbor. For instance, when you take heavy grocery and try to keep yourself in balance, he will give you a hand. When you left your laundry in the washing machine, he will remind you or post a note in the laundry room. When your car is in repair, he will voluntarily give you a ride to shopping mall. Helpful neighbors help you to solve some problems in your life. A good neighbor is a responsible neighbor. She will not listen the loudly music in the midnight, because she know she has the responsibility to keep a quiet circumstance for her neighbors to sleep well. She will call police when she sees something strange in the neighborhood, keeping a good security for the neighborhood. She will actively involve in For more material and information, please visit Tai Lieu Du Hoc at www.tailieuduhoc.org the neighborhood`s affairs, bringing the best for the neighborhood. Responsible neighbors contribute to the neighborhood`s better future. All in all, politeness, helpfulness and responsibility are the essential characters a good neighbor must possess. Many people hope to have good neighbors and one thing we must not forget is to make ourselves good neighbors in our neighborho Essay 144 Topic 15 What are the qualities of a good neighbor? Today most of the people work in the companies in the towns or in big cities. Because of they have to live in apartment in the block of flats in the big cities from where they could go very quickly to work. And they have a lot of neighbors around them. Every one of them has different tastes and interests so they often disturb each other. Only few have the chance to live in houses outside the town, away from the annoying neighbors, and go to work by car. Apart from that I think that neighbors could be good have and in the following essay I will mention some of the qualities of good neighbor. When people live close to each other in an urban environment, the quality of life is directly related to the way they treat each other. Consequently, one of the most obvious qualities for good neighbor is to be quiet, because when people are at home they want to relax calmly in front of the TV or to listen to the music. For example, I have awful neighbors from morning till night they listen music very loudly, so that I could not do my homework for school and sometimes I could not sleep. And also when my neighbor`s dog barks, I get annoyed. What is more I think that they must also be tactful and reasonable. Neighbors are people near you. But when you choose an apartment to live in, you could not choose your neighbors. It depends on luck to have a good neighbor. And it will be wonderful if you could rely on him/her. For example a young couple which have to go out on business and have to leave his child alone at home. And instead of doing that they could leave their child with their neighbor. Last but not least neighbors could become good friends. When one of the neighbors make a party and make a lot of noise, which disturb his/her neighbors, he/she could invite them to the party. In this way the reasonable neighbor could cancel their bust of indignation and make new friends. In conclusion neighbors are a piece of big puzzle called city, we could compare each of them but we could not change them. All we have to do is to keep a positive attitude, respect neighbors` privacy, and be patient to your neighbors. Essay 145 Topic 16 Should a new restaurant be built in your neighborhood? It is not strange that somebody will agree to this plan. They may think that it would be convenient to take breakfast or supper. But, if I hear of that there will be a restaurant built For more material and information, please visit Tai Lieu Du Hoc at www.tailieuduhoc.org in my neighborhood, I would definitely oppose the plan. Among countless factors there is only one aspect that I would never stand, it is the noise. My family used to live beside a restaurant, I could never bear the noise any more. Every night, at about 3 am, they were importing material such as meat, rice and some other stuff that is used in restaurant. My whole family was woken up by the noise they made. Besides, during the daytime there were always lots of guests talking. And sometimes there were some drinkers shouting singing and maybe fighting. There goes the sleeping. It is really a nightmare. The noise was everywhere all the time. For this single reason I would never support. However here is another reason which is dirty surrounding. Whenever you went out of your house, there were only oil on the ground, used tissues and unfinished food everywhere in your eyes. All before your eyes was just a mess. You were bound to feel terrible. I do not want my house near a pile of garbage. From my point of view, a family should offer us a clean place to live, a suitable condition to rest and a quiet room to study and work. In short, I would not support this plan. Essay 146 Topic 16 Should a new restaurant be built in your neighborhood? It has been announced that a new restaurant may be built in your neighborhood. After pondering this plan from several aspects, I totally support this plan. The reasons are presented below. There is no denying that a new restaurant gives me more options to have dinner. I love delicious food. My family will go out for dinner at least once every week. And I often give a dinner for our friends. So a new restaurant is a new choice for us. I may try more and enjoy more. Building a new restaurant is a piece of good news for me. Another reason why I support this plan is that a new restaurant is helpful to local economy. The new restaurant is required to pay taxes to the local government. The local government may use the money to serve the local people. At the mean time, a new restaurant will improve the local economical climate, which can attract more businessmen and more investment. Finally, the plan can create more employment opportunities. The new restaurants and the new following enterprises the businessmen invest in need more employees. Most of the positions can be obtained by the local people, which can directly improve the living conditions of the local people. Based on the above discussion, I support the plan to build a new restaurant in my neighborhood. Essay 147 Topic 17 Do you learn better by yourself or with a teacher? For more material and information, please visit Tai Lieu Du Hoc at www.tailieuduhoc.org I understand that their is no one best way to learn, however, I believe that learning is more effective and efficient when a teacher is present. One of my past professors always said that “you simply cannot learn if you do not ask questions. ” I agree with my professor completely. No matter what you`re trying to learn, it always helps to have an expert on hand to answer questions when you get to a confusing aspect. There is nothing more frustrating than studying for hour upon hour only to become stumped. Having a teacher present can alleviate this shortfall and make studying more efficient and effective. A teacher`s assistance in learning material can also attribute to retaining learned material. I have noticed on numerous occasions that I am able to recall information much easier if it was obtained through my auditory sense. I can remember several test-taking situations where I have been able to recall a professor`s lecture, as if he/she were instructing me on how to complete the test. In the end, I understand that there is no one best way to learn. Personally, however, I believe that learning is more effective and efficient in the presence of a teacher. Having a teacher present will avoid the frustration caused by “sticking points” and will allow for easier recollection of concepts learned. Essay 148 Topic 17 Do you learn better by yourself or with a teacher? Today, in our world, there are many ways of learning. But all these ways can be generally grouped into two learning by oneself and being taught by a teacher. The former could be further classified into diverse ways of learning which are specific. Reading books, making experiments and making researches can be cited as examples. This kind of learning would be what I prefer if I were to choose. If a teacher was to teach me, he would most likely make my knowledge confined to what he knows. This means that I will be fully dependent on his knowledge. But if I learn by myself, I would make my own efforts to gain knowledge. Through this, I could broaden my knowledge since there is no limit to knowledge gained through practice (effort). For example in mathematics, if a teacher would show me a method of calculating a problem and that will become the only method I know to solve that specific problem. But if I solve the problem myself by the knowledge I gained from other sources, I would be compelled to search for other easier methods. This may also be connected with memory; you never forget something you learn through the hard way. The other reason for my preference is that, if by any chance you come to hate (dislike) . one of the neighbors make a party and make a lot of noise, which disturb his/her neighbors, he/she could invite them to the party. In this way the reasonable. responsibility which is very vital when they go to work. Finally, students who participate in classes can exchange their idea and knowledge with other friends.