竞争还是合作
Competition is inevitable; it’s human nature. Competition builds character; it strengthens our self-esteem. Competition is regarded as an open and fair race where success goes to the swiftest people regardless of their social status. Competition is required to help us reach our fullest potential. (Natural selection and survival of the fittest.)
Cooperation offers us a break from the pressure and stress of competition. A win-win approach tends to fosters exploration of the root causes of the conflict and leads to constructive, sustainable solutions with positive expectation for future encounters. Cooperative groups display more coordinated efforts, more division of labor, more acceptance of other ideas, and fewer communication difficulties than competitive groups. Two heads are better than one. Cooperation is marvelously successful at helping children to communicate effectively, to trust in others and to accept those who are different from themselves.
关于时尚
A good appearance may help people make a better impression in social contacts. The way people are dressed helps them to preserve a sense of their own value and personality. Fashion adds spice to life with its rich color, variety, and beauty. The world will be a dull place to live in if people always wear clothes of the same style and color. The fashion industry is an enormous one. It provides employment for people like textile workers, designers, shopkeepers, etc. Being well-dressed is of psychological importance because confidence in one’s appearance leads to confidence in one’s success in life.
People sometimes look odd with the so-called fashionable hairstyles, make-up, and dresses.
Changing fashions is a deliberate creation of waste because one will have to discard a lot of new clothes in order to follow fashions. In order to follow fashions, people have to put up with great discomfort, such as suffering from cold in winter. One’s confidence does not grow from the way one is dressed, but from the inner qualities one possesses.
关于旅游
It is necessary to develop the tourist trade, for it contributes a lot to increasing understanding between nations. As the saying goes, “Seeing is believing.” Only a trip to an unfamiliar land can help us understand the people and culture there. Since tourism helps increase understanding between people, it will finally wipe out prejudice against other nations, and make the world a more peaceful one. Tourism contributes significantly to many countries’ GNP (Gross National Product). The economy of some nations is based on the tourist industry. Tourism helps develop a nation’s commerce because tourists are most likely to buy souvenirs wherever they go. Tourism provides jobs for many people and helps solve or ease the social problem of unemployment. Tourism helps accelerate a city’s construction and its embellishment. Contact with tourists from afar widens the horizon of the local people. The tourist trade gives people a chance to enjoy the beautiful scenery of the world and the wonders of mankind. Tourism will help people learn about different cultures of the world.
Tourism makes some parts of the world too crowded a place to live in. Tourism creates pollution and has destroyed many beautiful scenic spots. Tourists cannot have a full enjoyment of the beautiful scenery because the places they visit are restricted by organizers. As the saying goes, “Travel makes a wise man better, but a fool worse.”
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