Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition on the topic “ My Opinion on Cell Phones”. You should write at least 120 words and you should base your composition on the outline (given in Chinese) below. 1. 手机的使用日益普及； 2. 使用手机的好处； 3. 使用手机的弊端。 |
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Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition on the topic “ My Opinion on Study Abroad”. You should write at least 120 words and you should base your composition on the outline (given in Chinese) below. 1. 出国留学的中国学生越来越多；2. 出国留学的好处；3. 出国留学的弊端。 |
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Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition on the topic “ My Opinion on Private Car”. You should write at least 120 words and you should base your composition on the outline (given in Chinese) below. 1. 私家车的使用越来越普及；2. 拥有私家车的好处；3. 私家车给社会带来的问题。 |
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Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition on the topic “My View on Advertisement”. You should write at least 120 words and you should base your composition on the outline (given in Chinese) below. 1. 广告的使用越来越普及； 2. 广告给消费者带来的好处； 3. 广告给消费者带来的弊端。 |
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Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition on the topic “My View on the Use of the Internet”. You should write at least 120 words and you should base your composition on the outline (given in Chinese) below. 1. 因特网的使用日益普及； 2. 网络为我们带来许多好处； 3. 网络的使用也存在一些问题。 |
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Translation: Put the following sentences into Chinese. Bill hit his car into a wall last night. |
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Translation: Put the following sentences into Chinese. I think everyone knows how to swim. |
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Translation: Put the following sentences into Chinese. Wang Liˊs father has taught English here since he graduated from Peking University. |
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Translation: Put the following sentences into Chinese. Not all Americans are interested in sports of course. |
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Translation: Put the following sentences into Chinese. I’m now a distance education student. |
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Translation: Put the following sentences into Chinese. Apples here like water and sunshine. |
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Translation: Put the following sentences into Chinese. Does the computer have instructions on it? |
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Translation: Put the following sentences into Chinese. Would you please help me with this heavy box? |
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Translation: Put the following sentences into Chinese. I think the picture shows us how fruit is necessary to life. |
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Translation: Put the following sentences into Chinese. Please give this book to whoever comes first. |
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Translation: Put the following sentences into Chinese. You must always remember not to cheat in exams |
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Translation: Put the following sentences into Chinese. Though it was late, they kept on working. |
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Translation: Put the following sentences into Chinese. Our teacher always encourages us to speak English bravely. |
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Translation: Put the following sentences into Chinese.He told me that he had lived in America for ten years before he came to China. |
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Translation: Put the following sentences into Chinese.All things are difficult before they are easy. |
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Translation: Put the following sentences into Chinese.Our textbooks are very different from theirs. |
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Instructions:建议你在30分钟内，根据下面所给的题目和提纲用英语写出一篇不少于80词的短文。Where to Live1.有人喜欢住在城市；2.有人喜欢住在农村；3.你的看法。 |
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Instructions:建议你在30分钟内，根据下面所给的题目和提纲用英语写出一篇不少于80词的短文。Plant More Trees 1. 树是一种重要的自然资源； 2. 树有利于环境的改善； 3. 让我们多种树。 |
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Translate the following sentence into Chinese.What kind of life do most people enjoy? |
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Instructions:建议你在30分钟内，根据下面所给的题目和提纲用英语写出一篇不少于80词的短文。My Favorite Form of Entertainment1.现代人越来越重视娱乐；2.娱乐方式丰富多彩， 而我最喜欢的是……3.我选择的原因。 |
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Instructions:建议你在30分钟内，根据下面所给的题目和提纲用英语写出一篇不少于80词的短文。1.简述你的家乡；2.你对家乡的印象。My Hometown |
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Instructions:建议你在30分钟内，根据下面所给的题目和提纲用英语写出一篇不少于80词的短文。1.介绍你的春节计划；2.说明其中一项活动。My Plan for the Spring Festival |
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Instructions:建议你在30分钟内，根据下面所给的题目和提纲用英语写出一篇不少于80词的短文。1.从事体育运动有哪些好处；2.你常做的体育运动。 |
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Translate the following sentence into Chinese.Would you mind closing the window for me? |
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Translate the following sentence into Chinese.I feel satisfied with my life. |
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Translate the following sentence into Chinese.China is the largest developing country in the world. |
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Translate the following into Chinese.We should encourage him to have confidence in himself. |
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Translate the following sentence into Chinese.He had a traffic accident last week. |
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Translate the following sentence into Chinese.He is always very active in student activities. |
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Translate the following sentence into Chinese.Students can study by themselves through school network. |
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Translate the following into Chinese.One can never succeed without enough confidence in himself. |
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Translate the following sentence into Chinese.It takes a lot of time to learn a foreign language. |
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He thought it was too late to change his mind. |
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Nobody but a young woman survived the airplane crash. |
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Great efforts must be made to prevent the young people from smoking. |
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Sometimes they can make an old house look more beautiful than a new one. |
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But others say that life in the future will be far better than it is today. |
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请根据下面所给的题目和提纲用英语写一篇不少于100个词的短文。On Air Pollution（空气污染）1. 空气污染日趋严重2. 空气污染对人体的危害3. 一些可行的解决方法。 |
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I managed to catch the plane just before it took off. |
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I managed to catch the plane just before it took off. |
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I managed to catch the plane just before it took off. |
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I managed to catch the plane just before it took off. |
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He gave me a book five years ago, which I kept to this day. |
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He gave me a book five years ago, which I kept to this day. |
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请根据下面所给的题目和提纲写出一篇不少于100词的短文。 How to Reduce Destruction Caused by Natural Disasters（如何减少自然灾害带来的损失） 1. 最近几年中国频频遭受自然灾害。 2. 自然灾害发生时，个人该如何做。 3. 政府应采取哪些措施。 |
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要求在30分钟内，根据下面所给的题目写出一篇不少于80词的短文。 Cheating in the Exams (考试作弊) 1. 学生在考试中存在一些作弊现象； 2. 导致学生作弊的原因； 3. 杜绝作弊的措施。 |
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This hotel charges $ 60 for a single room with bath. |
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People are becoming very aware of the danger of second-hand smoke. |
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I’ve come to the conclusion that it was unwise to do that. |
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We heard the news that our team had won. |
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要求在30分钟内，根据下面所给的题目用英语写出一篇不少于80词的短文。 My Dream （我的梦想） 1． 我的梦想是什么 2． 为什么我会有这样的梦想 3． 为了实现这样的梦想我会怎么做 |
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The more you practice, the more skilled you will be in that area. |
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Fast-food restaurants are very popular because the service is fast and the food is inexpensive. |
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The trouble is that we are short of money. |
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The trouble is that we are short of money. |
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要求在30分钟内，根据下面所给的题目用英语写出一篇不少于80词的短文。 My Dream （我的梦想） 1． 我的梦想是什么 2． 为什么我会有这样的梦想 3． 为了实现这样的梦想我会怎么做 |
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I was cooking in the kitchen when suddenly the door opened. |
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| There were once three sons of a wealthy businessman. ____ they met, the two eldest, who were twins,____ to quarrel about which of them should be his fatherˊs heir (继承人) . The youngest, who was not ____ambitious (野心勃勃的), took no part in their argument. As soon as they left home, the father arranged for an adequate income to be provided for ____ of them, but insisted that apart from this they were to be financially self-supporting. The ____ twin, who had the advantage of good looks and a striking per?sonality, decided that he would take up the stage ____ a career. He ____ a small repertory company, acted in minor parts, was always unpunctual (不准时) at rehearsals and was accordingly ____ with his fellow-actors. He earned little and so had to live mainly on his allowance. He occasionally thought of ____ his profession, but always put off ____ a decision, and he became increasingly bored and disillusioned. |
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| What do we mean by a perfect English pronunciation? In one sense there are as many different kinds of English as there are speakers of it. ____ two speakers speak in exactly the same way. We can always hear differences ____ them, and the pronunciation of English shifts a great deal in different geographical ____ . How do we decide what sort of English to use as a model? This is not a question that can be ____ in the same way for all foreign learners of English.____ you live in a part of the world like India or West Africa, where there is a long ____ of speaking English for general communication purpose, you should tend to acquire a good ____ of the pronunciation of this area. On the other hand, if you live in a country ____ there is no traditional use of English, you must take as your model some form of native English pronunciation. It does not ____ very much which form you choose. The most effective way is to take as your model the sort of English you can ____ most often. |
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| More and more teachers and parents have noticed another kind of pollution, ____ came from the printed papers sold on streets.These printed things look like newspaper but have hardly anything to do with them. You can only find reading materials badly ____ there----some are too strange for anyone to believe, ____ are frightening stories of something even worse. However, many of the young students are getting absorbed in such poisonous reading, which costs them what they should pay for their breakfast and bring them nightmares and immoral ideas ____ return. Homework is left undone, daily games lost.These sellers shout on streets selling their papers well. The writers, publishers and printers, ____ they are, we never know, are making their silent money. The sheep skinned wolfˊs stories seem to have been forgotten once again.Why not forbid this kind of things at school? Yes, both teachers and parents have ____ each other for more strict control of the young readers. Yet unfortunately, ____ you want to forbid it, the more they want to have a look at it. Sometimes you may even find several children share one patched paper, which has traveled from one hand to ____ driven by the curious nature.It really does harm to our society. It has already formed a sort of moral pollution. The ____ teachers and parents need more powerful support. Meanwhile, the young readers need more interesting books to help them ____ these ugly papers. |
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| It is always interesting to visit another country, especially for those who have never traveled a great deal. Foreign ____ can be very educational for anyone if he is interested enough to make preparations beforehand. Learning the language of the new country would be difficult for the traveler, ____ the benefits of such an effort would become obvious immedi?ately ____ his arrival. It may not seem important to him when he comfortably stays at home, but knowing how to ____ a meal or book a room is necessary for the newcomer in a strange country. Without knowing the language, it is very difficult ____ the stranger to understand the people of the new country and their customs.Of course, in our small world it is often possible to find someone ____ understands our own, but this is only second-best for the traveler. To be sure, he can see places and things ____ the use of a language, but places and things ____ not the heart of any coun?try. To get the greatest benefit from a trip ____ another country, it is how important for the visitor to ____ an understanding of the language. |
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| Many students find the experience of attending university lectures to be a confusing and frustrating experience. The lecturer speaks for one or two hours, perhaps ____ the talk with slides, writing up important information on the blackboard, ____ reading material and giving out assignment. The new student sees the other students continuously writing on notebooks and ____ what to write. Very often the student leaves the lecture with notes which do not catch the main points and ____ become hard even for the students to under?stand.Most institutions provide courses which assist new students to develop the skills they need to be ____ listeners and note-takers. If these are unavailable, there are many useful study-skills guides which ____ learners to practice these skills independently. In all cases it is important to ____ the problem before actually starting your studies.It is important to acknowledge that most students have difficulty ____ acquiring the language skills required in college study. One way of ____ these difficulties is to attend the language and study-skills classes which most institutions provide throughout the academic year. Another basic strategy is to find a study partner ____ it is possible to identify diffi?culties, exchange ideas and provide support. |
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| A: What would you like to have, meat or fish? B: _______________. |
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| A: I believe weˊve met somewhere before.B: No, ______________. |
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| A: Do you mind if I take a couple of hours off this afternoon?B: _____________________. |
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| A: ______________B: He teaches physics at a school. |
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| A: Shall we sit up here on the grass or down there near the water?B: __________________. |
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| A: Excuse me, when is the next flight from London due to arrive?B: __________ |
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| A: Hi, Sam, I think you did a good job.B: _________________. |
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| A: What day is it today? B: _________. |
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| A: I wonder if I could use your computer tonight?B _________ Iˊm not using it right now. |
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| A: Is that Mr Robert Lee?B: __________________. |
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| A: Mary, your dress is really beautiful. How is John?B: ____________________. |
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| A: How was your trip to London, Jane? B: _______________ |
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| A: Madam, do all the buses go downtown?B: _________ |
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| A: I had a really good weekend at my uncleˊs.B: _______________. |
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| A: Excuse me, but can you tell me the way to the post office?B: __________. |
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| A: Thank you very much for giving me so much help. B: _______________. |
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| A: Oh, Iˊm sorry. But I promise Iˊll be careful next time.B: ____________________. |
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| A: Hello, may I talk to the director now?B: __________. |
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| A: Hi, is Mary there, please?B: _______________. |
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| A: Would you mind changing seats with me? B: ____________. |
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| A: Hi, Tom, howˊs everything with you?B: _____________, and how are you? |
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| A: Hi, welcome back. Had a nice trip? B: _____________. |
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| A: How often do you go dancing?B: _________. |
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| A: Excuse me, could you show me the way to the nearest post office?B: Oh yes! Two blocks away from here at the Green Avenue. You canˊt miss it. |
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| A: Hello, may I talk to the headmaster now?B: _________________. |
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| A: I doubt whether the Chinese Football Team can win the game this time.B: ______________. |
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| A: May I help you, madam?B: __________ |
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| A: Good morning, Dr Johnsonˊs office. Can I help you?B: _____________________. |
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| A: What about going for a walk after dinner?B: __________ |
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| A: Iˊd like to take you to the coffee house on the corner.B: ________________. |
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| A: How about going to dinner at the Mexican restaurant tonight?B: _________ |
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| A: Excuse me, but can you tell me the way to the airport?B: ___________________. |
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| A: Oh dear! Iˊve just broken a window.B: _________! It canˊt be helped. |
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| A: Will you go on a picnic with us tomorrow?B: _________ |
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| A: Mike injured his leg playing football yesterday. B: Really? ___________. |
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| A: Are you ready to order desert, please?B: _____________________. |
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| A: I was worried about my maths, but Mr. Brown gave me an A.B: __________. |
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| A: This box is too heavy for me to carry upstairs. B: ___________. |
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| A: May I see the menu, please?B: ________________. |
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| A: Youˊve given us a wonderful Chinese dinner, Mrs. Wang. B: ________ |
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| A: Please help yourself to the fish.B: _________________. |
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| A: Do you think I can borrow your bike for a few hours?B: _________ |
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| A: What do you think of this novel?B: _________ |
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| A: Do you think Tom is ill?B: _________ |
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| A: I’m not at all satisfied with the service.B: _________________. |
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| A: Here’s a gift for you. I bought it in China.B: __________ |
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| A: Do you want to come over on Saturday? Iˊm having a little party.B: ___________. |
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| A: Do you think you could do without help?B: ______. This is not the first time for me. |
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| A: It’s the most exciting book I’ve ever read.B: ______ |
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| A: Have you finished your first paper?B: _______. Just half of it. How about you? |
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| A: I’d rather have some wine，if you don’t mind.B: _________ Don’t forget that you’ll drive. |
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| A: I think you should have more healthy food and take more exercise if you want to lose weight.B: _________ . |
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| A: Excuse me, can you tell me the way to the nearest hospital?B: _______. You won’t miss it. |
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| A: Do you mind if I record your lecture?B: ______. Go ahead. |
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| A: I thought you were in Beijing now, back already?B: ______ |
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| A: Did you see the movie yesterday?B: ______ |
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| A: I’m terribly sorry that I lost your letter.B: ________. |
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| A: How are you getting along these days?B: _____________. |
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| A: My friend got killed in the car accident. B: Really? _______________ . |
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| A: Doctor, I don’t feel well.B: _______ |
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| A: Doctor, I don’t feel well.B: _______ |
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| Crime is everywhere. In our neighborhood, in the neighboring state, wherever we look, we find criminals and crime. Criminals have ______ a part of our daily lives. Does this mean we let them be the darkness of our society? No, definitely not. Eliminating crime and criminals is our duty, and we cannot ignore it. Getting the rightly accused to a just ______ is very important. Some criminals commit a crime because they have no other option to survive, but some do it for fun. I do not advocate for everybody. A person ______ stole bread from a grocery store, definitely does not deserve the death penalty. However, a serial killer, who kills people for fun or for his personal gain, definitely deserves it. The death penalty should continue ______ eliminate the garbage of our society. Not everybody deserves to die, but some people surely do. I support the death penalty because of several reasons. Firstly, I believe that it serves as a deterrent and helps in ______ crime. Secondly, it is true that it is irreversible, but it is hard to kill a wrongly convicted person due to the several chances given to the convicted to prove his innocence. Thirdly, the death penalty assures safety of the society by eliminating these criminals. Finally, I believe in “a life for a life”. |
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| One day a famous speaker gave a speech to a crowd of people. He held up a 20-dollar bill. He asked, “Who would like this $20 bill?” Hands were ______. Then he said, “I am going to give this $20 to one of you, but first let me do this.” He began to crumple（弄皱）the bill. He then asked the audience, “ ______ still wants it?” Still the hands went up in the air. “What ______ I do this? ” He asked, and he fell it on the ground, and started to step on it. He picked it up. Now the bill was dirty and crumpled. “Now who still wants it” Still the hands went up.“My friends,” He continued, “You have all learned a good lesson. No matter ______ I did to the money, you still wanted it because the bill did not lose its value. It was still worth $20. Many times in our lives, we are drｏpped, crumpled, and stepped on, because we sometimes make wrong decisions, or we may meet with something we do not ______. When that happens, we feel depressed and think we are worthless. But in fact no matter what has happened or what will happen, you will never lose your value. The worth of our life comes not in what we do or whom we know, but in who we are! Don’t forget ‘the worth of a thing does not depend on its outside looks, but on its inner value.’ This is the truth of life.” |
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| Peter and Paul had got permission ______ their parents to camp in a field close to their farm. But, being adventurous boys, they know it would be more exciting to camp in the woods that lay beyond the river. Excitedly, the boys went away ______ their tent and food. Carrying their heavy load, the two brothers walked along the riverbank. As they entered the cool, shadowy woods, they began to ______ a suitable camping spot. Finally, Peter followed his brother deeper into the woods. They put up their tent, and settled down to eat the sandwiches they had made, then decided to find their way back to the river to catch some fish. However, they were a long distance from where they were ______ to be. They were not even sure of where they had ______ their camp. They sat in disappointment for a few minutes until Peter had a bright idea. |
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| The first time I remember noticing the crossing guard was ______ he waved to me as I drove my son to school. He presented me ______ a puzzle — all because he waved to me like someone does on seeing a close friend. A big, bright smile accompanied his wave. For the next few days I tried to study his face to see if I knew him. I didn’t. Perhaps he had mistaken me ______ someone else. By the time I contented myself with the conclusion that he and I were strangers, we were greeting each other warmly every morning like old friends.Then one day the mystery was solved. As I approached the school he was standing in the middle of the road holding out his stop sign. I was in line ______ four cars. Once the kids had reached the safety of the sidewalk, he lowered his sign and let the cars ______. To the first he waved and smiled in just the same way he had done to me over the last few days. The kids already had the window down and were happily waving their reply. The second car got the same greeting from the crossing guard, and the driver, a stiff-looking businessman, gave a brief, almost awkward wave back. |
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| Why do we laugh? For years scientists have asked ______ this question. No other animals laugh and smile — only human beings. So does laughter help us to survive in any way? The answer seems to be that smiling and laughter help us to ______ , reducing tension and preventing illnesses which are caused by stress. Laughter really is the best medicine? Scientists in California asked a group of actors to act out five different feelings: happiness, sadness, anger, surprise and ______ — just using their faces. Changes in their heart rate, blood pressure and temperature were written down. Most of the feelings they acted out didn’t cause changes, but when the actors smiled, their heart rate and their blood pressure ______. This happened even though they were only acting! So even if we feel sad inside, smiling seems to make us feel better.So if you find yourself in a stressful situation, try to imagine how it must seem to an outsider ______ a sense of humour and let yourself laugh. |
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It was a busy morning, about 8:30, when an elderly gentleman in his 80s came to the hospital. I saw him ______ his watch and told the nurse that he was in a hurry for an appointment at 9:30. I decided, since I was not busy, my patient didn’t ______ at the appointed hour, I would examine his wound.Meanwhile, the gentleman told me that he needed to go to the nursing home to eat breakfast with his wife and that she had a special disease. I asked if she would be worried if he was a bit late. He replied that she ______ knew who he was，that she had not been able to recognize him for five years now. I was moved, and asked him, “And you still go every morning, even though she doesn’t know who you are?”He smiled and said. “She doesn’t know me but I know who she is.” Now I realize that in marriages true love is acceptance of all, that the happiest people don’t ______ have the best of everything; they just ______ the best of everything they have. Life isn’t about how to live through the storm, but how to dance in the rain. |
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| There are three kinds of goals: short-term, medium-range and long-term goals.Short-term goals are those that usually deal with current activities, which we can apply on a daily basis. Such goals can be achieved in a week or less, or two weeks, or possibly, months. It should be remembered that just as a building is no stronger than its foundation, long-term goals cannot amount to very much without the achievement of solid short-term goals. Upon completing our short-term goals, we should date the occasion and then add new short-term goals that will build on those that have been completed.The intermediate goals build on the foundation of the short-term goals. They might deal with just one term of school or the entire school year, or they could even extend for several years. Any time you move a step at a time, you should never allow yourself to become dis?couraged or overwhelmed. As you complete each step, you will enforce the belief in your ability to grow and succeed. And as your list of completion dates grow, your motivation and desire will increase.Long-term goals may be related to our dreams of the future. They might cover five years or more. Life is not a static thing. We should never allow a long-term goal to limit us or our course of action. |
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| Education is not an end, but a means to an end. In other words, we do not educate children only for the purpose of educating them. Our purpose is to fit them for life.In some modem countries it has for some time been fashionable to think that by free education for all — one can solve all the problems of society and build a perfect nation. But we can already see that free education for all is not enough; we find in such countries a far larger number of people with university degree; they refuse to do what they think “low” work; and, in fact, manual work is thought to be dirty and shameful in such countries. But we have only to think a moment to understand that the work of a completely uneducated farmer is far more important than that of a professor; we can live without education, but we die if we have no food. If no one cleaned our streets and took the rubbish away from our houses, we should get terrible diseases in our towns.In fact, when we say that all of us must be educated to fit us for life, it means that we must be educated in such a way that, firstly, each of us can do whatever work suited to his brains and ability and, secondly, that we can realize that all jobs are necessary to society, and that is very bad to be ashamed of one’s work. Only such a type of education can be considered valuable to society. |
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| Many people who work in London prefer to live outside it, and to go in to their offices or schools every day by train, car or bus, even though this means they have to get up early in the morning and reach home late in the evening.One advantage of living outside London is that houses are cheaper. Even a small flat in London without a garden costs quite a lot to rent. With the same money, one can get a little house in the country with a garden of oneˊs own.Then, in the country one can really get away from the noise and hurry of busy working lives. Even though one has to get up earlier and spend more time in trains or buses, one can sleep better at night and during weekends and on summer evenings, one can enjoy the fresh, clean air of the country. If one likes gardens, one can spend oneˊs free time digging, plant?ing, watering and doing the hundred and one other jobs which are needed in a garden. Then, when the flowers and vegetables come up, one has got the reward together with those who have shared the secret of Nature.Some people, however, take no interest in country things: for them, happiness lies in the town, with its cinemas and theatres, beautiful shops and busy streets, dance-halls and restaurants. Such people would feel that their life was not worth living if they had to live it outside London. An occasional walk in one of the parks and a fortnightˊs (two weeks) visit to the sea every summer is all the country they want: the rest they are quite prepared to leave to those who are glad to get away from London every night. |
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| Advertisement can be thought of “as the means of making known in order to buy or sell goods or services”. Advertisement aims to increase people’s awareness and arouse interest. It tries to inform and to persuade. The media are all used to spread the message. The press offers a fairly cheap method, and magazines are used to reach special sections of the market. The cinema and commercial radio are useful for local market. Television, although more expensive, can be very effective. Public notices are fairly cheap and more permanent in their power of attraction. Other ways of increasing consumer interest are through exhibitions and trade fairs as well as direct mail advertisement.There can be no doubt that the growth in advertisement is one of the most striking features of the western world in this century. Many businesses such as those handling frozen foods, liquor, tobacco and medicines have been built up largely by advertisement.We might ask whether the cost of advertisement is paid for by the producer or by the customer. Since advertisement forms part of the cost of production, which has to be covered by the selling price, it is clear that it is the customer who pays for advertisement. However, if large scale advertisement leads to increased demand, production costs are reduced, and the customer pays less.It is difficult to measure exactly the influence of advertisement on sales. When the market is growing, advertisement helps to increase demand. When the market is shrinking, advertisement may prevent a bigger fall in sales than would occur without its support. What is clear is that businesses would not pay large sums for advertisement if they were not convinced of its value to them. |
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| Shyness is the cause of much unhappiness for a great many people. Shy people are anx?ious and self-conscious; that is, they are excessively concerned with their own appearance and actions. Worrisome thoughts are constantly occurring in their minds: what kind of im?pression am I making? Do they like me? Do I sound stupid? Am I wearing unattractive clothes?It is obvious that such uncomfortable feelings must negatively affect people. A personˊs conception of himself or herself is reflected in the way he or she behaves, and the way a person behaves affects other peopleˊs reactions. In general, the way people think about them?selves has a profound effect on all areas of their lives.Shy people, having low self-esteem, are likely to be passive and easily influenced by others. They need reassurance that they are doing "the right thing". Shy people are very sensitive to criticism; they feel it confirms their feelings of inferiority. They also find it diffi?cult to be pleased by compliment with a statement like this one, "Youˊre just saying that to make me feel good. I know itˊs not true." It is clear that while self-awareness is a healthy quality, overdoing it is harmful.Can shyness be completely eliminated, or at least reduced? Fortunately, people can overcome shyness with determined and patient efforts in building self-confidence. Since shy?ness goes hand in hand with a lack of self-esteem, it is important for people to accept their weaknesses as well as their strengths.Each one of us is a unique, worthwhile individual, interested in our own personal ways. The better we understand ourselves, the easier it becomes to live up to our full potential. Letˊs not allow shyness to block our chances for a rich and fulfilling life. |
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| How men first learnt to invent words is unknown; in other words, the origin of language is a mystery. All we really know is that men, unlike animals, somehow invented cer?tain sounds to express thought and feelings, actions and things, so that they could communi?cate with each other; and that later they agreed upon certain signs, called letters, which could be combined to present those sounds, and which could be written down. Those sounds, whether spoken or written in letters, we call words.The power of words, then, lies in their associations—the things they bring up before our minds. Words become filled with meaning for us by experience; and the longer we live, the more certain words recall to us the glad and sad events of our past; and the more we read and learn, the more the number of words that mean something increases.Great writers are those who not only have great thoughts but also express these thoughts in words which appeal powerfully to our minds and emotions. This charming and telling use of words is what we call literary style. Above all, the real poet is a master of words. He can convey his meaning in words which sing like music and which by their position and associa?tion can move men to tears. We should therefore learn to choose our words carefully and use them accurately, or they will make our speech silly and vulgar. |
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