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ÌâÄ¿1. Awards and prizes are given for excellence in various fields. Do these awards and prizes serve a useful purpose? Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer.

ÌâÄ¿2. It has been said, "Not everything that is learned is contained in books." Compare and contrast knowledge gained from experience with knowledge gained from books. In your opinion, which source is more important? Why?

¡¡¡¡ÌâÄ¿3. How do movies or television influence people's behavior? Use reasons and specific examples to support your answer.

¡¡¡¡ÌâÄ¿4. Nowadays, many students show great enthusiasm in campus political participation, i.e. running for heads of various organizations such as Student Unions or associations. Give your comment on this entitled ¡°Campus Politics¡±

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¡¡¡¡1. It has been said, "Not everything that is learned is contained in books.¡± Compare and contrast knowledge gained from experience with knowledge gained from books. In your opinion, which source is more important? Why?

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¡¡¡¡There has been much talk recently about whether we should learn from books or we should learn from experience. Some people think that learning from experience is more important while others hold the different opinions. Personally, I side with the former, in the belief that experience is the best teacher.

¡¡¡¡Admittedly, learning from books, as advocated by many, has its active role to play in our academic life. It can put us in touch with the great minds and arm our heads with massive knowledge.

¡¡¡¡However, there are numerous merits for learning from experience£¬too. First things first, experience is the source of knowledge and understanding as well as meaning. Nowhere can the importance of learning from experience be described so vividly and accurately as in the old saying ¡°Nothing ever becomes real till it is experienced.¡± Take the human progress as an illustration. Dating back to hundreds of thousands years ago, we humans were utterly ignorant. But by incessant practices, our ancestors cumulated massive experience, from which they acquired a great amount of knowledge, transforming our world from a primitive society into a highly-developed one. Second, unlike the theories recorded in books, experiences can apply to practical use. When we are at work, what we need is the experience of practical application instead of the abstract theories in our books.

¡¡¡¡Taking all these into account, we can draw a conclusion that learning from experience is more important than learning from books. Always remember the old saying given by Einstein ¡ª¡ª¡°The only source of knowledge is experience. ¡±

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¡¡People generally believe "Experience is the best teacher." While others hold that true source of knowledge is books. For my part, however, the most important, and sometimes the hardest, lessons we learn in life come from our participation in situations. Indeed, you can't learn everything from a book.

¡¡¡¡Of course, learning from books in a formal educational setting is also valuable. It's in school that we learn the information we need to function in our society. We learn how to speak and write and understand mathematical equations. This is all information that we need to live in our communities and earn a living.

¡¡¡¡Nevertheless, I think that the most important lessons can't be taught; they have to be experienced. No one can teach us how to get along with others or how to have self-respect. As we grow from children into teenagers, no one can teach us how to deal with peer pressure. As we leave adolescence behind and enter adult life, no one can teach us how to fall in love and get married. But experiencing our own triumphs and disasters is really the only way to learn how to deal with life.

¡¡¡¡To conclude, knowledge gained both from experience and from books have their respective roles to play in our life. However, in my view, I think the former one is more important than the latter one.

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¡¡¡¡How do movies or television influence people's behavior? Use reasons and specific examples to support your answer.

¡¡¡¡Do movies and television affect our behavior? A special concern is whether movies and television make children and society more violent. While people believe that movies and television do influence our behavior, both for the better and for the worse, I am convinced that its advantages outweigh its disadvantages.

¡¡¡¡Of course, movies do make people more violent. Actors can be killed and come back for another movie. Sometimes we confuse that with reality. Movies and television also influence our behavior because they make us less active. Looking at films is a passive activity. Is it any wonder that some people would rather live a fantasy life than their own?

¡¡¡¡Nevertheless, watching movies and television can also be good for us. To begin with, it can give us a broader window on the world. For example, seeing movies can expose us to people of different races and cultures. We can then overcome some prejudices more easily. Secondly, the best influence on our behavior is that movies and television reduce stress. Watching films, we can escape our own problems for a little while. Finally, sometimes movies show positive ways to resolve problems we all face. While TV and movies shouldn't be a way to hide from life, sometimes they can help us cope.

¡¡¡¡It is true that movies and television can influence our behavior negatively. However, I also believe that they influence our behavior in positive ways. How they affect you depends on how much you watch, what you watch, and how you respond to what you watch. They, I believe, can do more good than bad, for short.

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¡¡¡¡Awards and prizes are given for excellence in various fields. Do these awards and prizes serve a useful purpose? Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer.

¡¡¡¡A prize or award, whether it is the Nobel Prize, the Academy Award, or Best Handwriting Prize, is important. Such prizes can have economic, personal, and social effects that enrich the life of the recipient.

¡¡¡¡Firstly, prizes like the Nobel Prize can be a cash award. But even for prizes that don¡¯t give money like the Academy Award can be profitable. An actress who wins Best Actress will be offered more roles and a higher pay than actresses who don't win the award. Even for the elementary student who received the school's Best Handwriting award may get a congratulations gift. Secondly, the personal benefits of receiving any award are evident. Any award winner is pleased that he or she has been recognized for his or her work. When people receive the Academy Award, they often cry they are so happy. Finally, everyone likes to be with a winner. A person who gets a prize often has many new, best friends. A winner's social life is much better than a loser's social life.

¡¡¡¡Awards serve a very useful purpose in that their economic, personal, and social benefits add to the recognition that it is more good than bad.