A Boom in Adult Education 成人教育的繁榮
Every Tuesday and Friday evening sees Miss Li， my neighbor and a secretary in a company rush home after a hard day's work， gulp down her meals and then hurry out to catch the bus for her English class. Miss Li's case is not unique， and now more and more city adults spend their leisure time trying to improve themselves at school or college.
There are a number of reasons for people to go back for their education. Some people， like Miss Li， are doing it to acquire another degree or diploma to impress the society. To them more knowledge， or rather， more credentials means more opportunities for better jobs and quicker promotion.
Other people， especially those who are laid off or out of employment go to vocational school to prepare to return to the job market. They are eager for new skills so that they can be qualified for the jobs in retail trade， administration， education and other service categories to which they are strange because most of them were blue-collar workers in the factory.
There are also people who come to take such courses as Chinese traditional medicine， painting， calligraphy and photography. As their working weeks decline people begin to have time to fulfill their old dream of their heart's desire.
Out of necessity or out of interest， people go back to school for the common goal——to improve themselves， and this boom in adult education， in turn， helps to raise the intellectual standard of the whole country.
每星期二和星期五晚上看到小姐李，我的鄰居和祕書在公司匆忙趕回家，一天的辛苦工作後，吞下她做的飯菜，然後趕緊出去趕公共汽車她英國人類。李小姐的情況並非獨特，現在越來越多的城市成年人度過他們的業餘時間，試圖提高自己在學校或學院。
有很多理由可以為他們的教育。有些人，如李小姐，都在做這件事來獲得另一個學位或文憑來給社會留下深刻印象。對他們更多的知識，或者説，更多的證書意味着更多的機會，更好的工作和更快的晉升。
其他人，特別是下崗或失業的人去職業學校，準備回到就業市場。他們都渴望新的技能，使他們能夠有資格為的工作在零售業，政府，教育和其他服務類別，他們是奇怪的，因為他們中的大多數都是在工廠的藍領工人。
也有人前來參加中國傳統醫學、繪畫、書法、攝影等課程。當他們工作周的時候，人們開始有時間來滿足他們對他們內心的渴望的夢想。
出於必要或是出於興趣，人走回學校共同的目標——提高自己，這繁榮在成人教育，反過來，有助於提高整個國家的知識水平。
Subject choice 學科選擇
Good afternoon，everyone.
Welcome to our school! The topic I’m going to talk about is the choice between arts and science. As is known to all, students in China can’t study both arts and science. Therefore, a choice between them is bound to be made.
At the end of my first year in high school, I decided to study science rather than arts. And the reasons are as follows: The most important one is that I love science, which can show me the mysteries of nature and the universe. What’s more, I’m good at it. So, it is far easier for me to learn science than arts. Last but not least, I want to become a scientist in the future. It is science that will equip me with necessary abilities.
Now, years have passed, and my affection for science is much greater than before. I hold the view firmly that my choice is absolutely right.
Thanks!
大家下午好。
歡迎來到我們學校！我要談論的話題是藝術與科學之間的選擇。眾所周知，中國學生不能學習藝術和科學。因此，兩者之間的選擇必然要被做。
在高中的第一年，我決定學習科學，而不是藝術。原因如下：最重要的是我熱愛科學，它能給我看自然界和宇宙的奧祕。更甚的是，我很擅長。所以我比文科更容易學理科。最後但並非最不重要，我想將來成為一名科學家。這是科學，這將使我具備必要的能力。
現在，歲月已經過去了，我對科學的熱愛比以前更大了。我認為我的選擇是絕對正確的。
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Go to the Bookshop去書店
Today is Saturday. Two of my classmates and I go to the bookshop. It's the biggest one in my city. There are plenty of books. We go to the cartoon-book zone. And then we stay there for a long time. We find our favorite books and read them there. It's very quiet in the bookshop. I like it very much. Reading at bookshop or libriary is very enjoyable. Finally, we buy some books we like and then we go home together.
今天是星期六，我和我兩個同學去書店。這是我所在城市最大的一個書店，裏面有很多書。我們去了卡通專區，並在那待了很長一段時間。我們找到了我們最喜歡的書並在那裏看。書店裏很安靜，我很喜歡。在書店或圖書館看書是一件很享受的事。最後，我們買了一些喜歡的書就一起回家了。
The Benefits of Reading 讀書的好處
I think reading is important in the whole life for people. There are many benefits of reading. Firstly, reading increases our knowledge and we can learn the world affairs without going out. Secondly, reading is a good way to improve reading and writing skills. Before you learn to write, you must know how others write. Thirdly, reading can broaden our knowledge and horizon, which is important to job hunting in the future. Finally, reading helps us become self-cultivation that would be beneficial to our whole life. Therefore, start to reading, no matter how old you are and what you are doing. Then, you may find the great charm and benefits of reading.
我認為閲讀對人們來説是終身受用的。閲讀有許多好處。首先，讀書可以使我們增長見識，不出門，便可知天下事。其次，讀書能夠使我們的閲讀和寫作能力得到提高。在你學會如何寫之前，你得首先知道別人怎麼寫。再者，閲讀能擴寬我們的.知識面和眼界，這對我們將來找工作是很重要的。最後，閲讀使我們變得有修養，這對我們一生都是很有好處的。因此，不管你現在多大，不管你在幹什麼，現在就開始讀書吧。然後，你就會發現閲讀的魅力和好處了。
Importance of Confidence 信心的重要性
Directions: In this part, you are to written an essay of about 200 words within 40 minutes. Your essay should be based on the information given in the outline below
Outline:
1. Importance of confidence
2. Reasons for lack of confidence
3. Necessity to build up confidence
The Importance of Confidence
Whatever one does, one should do it with confidence. If one has no confidence, there is little possibility that one can achieve anything when faced with hardships. This truth seems to be self-evident. In reality, however, we do see a lot of people who always complain that they lack the ability to do something or that their difficulties are too great to overcome. For some, this might be true. But for many others, this only shows that they have lost heart.
Why do some people often feel frustrated even though they are capable of doing something? I think there are two main reasons. In the first place, these people don't have a correct estimate of themselves. For example, ...... Secondly, there is another possibility that they exaggerate the difficulties. They can't see ..... They tend to ........
In my opinion, one should build up faith in oneself as long as he has a right attitude towards his own abilities. We should neither underestimate nor overestimate our abilities. As a proverb says, "Where there is a will, there is a way." With confidence we can certainly cope with any task we are faced with.
一個人不管做什麼事，他應該充滿信心地去做。 如果他沒有信心，那他取得成功的可能性就很小，尤其是當他面臨困難時。這個道理似乎明白無誤。然而，在現實中我們確實看到許多人，他們總是抱怨説，他們缺 乏辦事的能力，或者説，他們的困難大得克服不了。 對於有些人來説，這可能是對的。但是對許多其他人來説，這隻能表明他們已經失去信心。
為什麼有些人即使能夠辦得到的事也常常感到灰心呢?我認為有兩點原因。首先，這些人對自己沒有一個正確的估計。 例如：..... 其次，還有一種可能，就是他們誇大了困難。他們看不到..... 他們往往.........
依我看，一個人只要對自己的能力有正確的態度，就有可能對自己建立信心。我們既不應過高估計我們的能力，也不該低估我們的能力。常言道：“有志者，、事竟成”。只要有信心，我們一定能完成任何面臨的任務。
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