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1. Television Program and Their Effect on children 3*\hGt,ZP
Television programsregularly entertain, educate, effect and even frighten the majority of ourchildren. Most children are allowed to watch whatever program is on, withlittle thought on the effect that particular show will have on a child. Mostprograms can be classed as beneficial or harmful, according to what effect theprogram might have on a child. Wr-I~>D%_
The beneficialtelevision programs are mainly thouse that educate the young. There are oftenspecials on animal life. A few regular children’s programs develop the child’sinterest in school-type learning by stressing numbers and the alphablt, andthat encourages him or her to be creative. The beneficial commercials, such asthose on anti-smoking, anti-litter, and health, should be included in thiscategory. HMDuP2Y
On the opposite side are the shows, which aregenerally harmful to children. Many commercials, especially those sponsoringthe children’s programs, are deliberately written to create a desire for anunnecessary product such as sugar coated cereals and candy. All adult programsthat include violence or sex scenes can at best fill a child’s mind withconfusing or misleading ideas, and could possib ly harden the child toviolence. c'mg=jH
Thoughtful parents will definitely not allowtheir children to view the bad programs. A child’s viewing time should belimited to watching educationlly benefical programs. 5sNN:m
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2. How to Solve the Housing Problem in Big Cities ?FwHqyFVlQ
With the development of modernindustryu, more and more people are flowing into big cities. Accordingly, thehousing problem in big cities is becoming more and more serious. 7P]i|Q{
People have offered manysolutions to this problem. I think building satellite cities in the suburbs ismore practical. The fresh air and beautiful secnery in the suburbs will beappealing to the city citizens, who suffer from air pollution, noises, etc. inthe overcrowded city. With more people leaving the city, more space will beavailable for those remaining. The housinmg problem in big cities will thus besolved. I:6XM?
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3. “The younger generaton knows best” oTx>oM,
Old people are always sayingthat the young are not what they were. The same comments is made fromgeneration to generation and it is always true. It has never been truer than tiis today. The young are better educated. They have a lot more money to spendand enjoy more freedom. They grow up more quickly and are not so dependent ontheir parents. They think more for themselves and do not blindly accept theideas of their elders. Events, which the older generation remembers vividly,are nothing more than past history. This is as it should be. Every newgeneration is different from the one preceded it. Today the difference is verymarked indeed. IZ87Px>zL
The old always assume thatythey know best for the simple reason that they have been around a bit longer.They don’t like to feel that their values are being questioned or threatened.And this precisely what the young are doing. They are questioning theassumptions of their elders and disturbing their complacency. They take leaveto doubt that the older generation has created the best of all possible worlds.What they reject more than anything is conformity. Office hours, for instance,are nothing more than enforced slavery. Wouldn’t people work best if they weregiven complete freedom and responsibility? And what about clothing? Who saidthat all the men in the world should wear drab grey suits and convict haircuts?If we turn our minds to more serious matters, who said that human differencescan best be solved through conventional politics or by violent means? Who saidthat human differences can best be solved through conventional politics or byviolent means? Who said that human differences can best be solved throughconventional politics or by violent means? Why have the older generation sooften used violence to solven their problems? Why are they so unhappy andguilt-ridden in their personal lives, so obsessed with mean ambitions and thedesire to amass more and more material possessions? Can anything be right withthe rat —race? Haven’t the old lost touch with all that is important in life? Y0J:c?
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There are not questions theolder generation can shrug off lightly. Their record over the past forty yearsor so hasn’t been exactly spotless. Traditionally, the young have turned totheir elders for guilance. Today, the situation might reversed. The old—if theyare prepared to admit it — could learn a thing or two from their children. Oneof the biggest lessons they could learn is that enjoyment is not “sinful”.Enjoyment is a principle one could apply to all aspects of life. It is surelynot wrong to enjoy your work and enjoy your leisure to shed restrictinginhibitions. It is surely not wrong to live in the present rather than in thepast or future. This emphasis on the present is only to be expressed becausethe young have grown up under the shadow of the bomb: the constant threat ofcomplete annihilation. This is their glorious heritage. Can we be surprisedthat they should so often question the sanity of the generation that bequeathedit ? DLD9
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4. Public Transportation _!Pi+l4p/}
As part of domesticmodernization, public transportation needs to be developed urgently in China. Ican illustrate some examples. v`G}
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There does not only existserious traffic jams but also crowded buses, underground and railways.Commuters find it hard to get to work on time due to overcrowded buses or tubes.Travelers could hardly get on buses in big cities during weedends owing tofewer buses and more people. When Spring Festival is drawing near, there ismuch greater –ressure on public transportation since it has to deal with alarge number of travelers rushing home. And travelers need special arrangementsto go home. In a word, public transportation has become bottleneck to theadvanc of Chinese economy. )>"pm{g2
To solve the above-mentioned problems, thedepartments concerned should carry out the following steps: to build moreroads, highways or railways and to add buses or trains to the original lines.But ther funds have to be raised both from the government and the public. 'St?nW3
There are three sources for fund raising. Oneis to raise the fares for all kinds of all transportation vehicles. Another isto increase the prices for various vehicles on sale. The third is to raise theprices of petrol and diesel oil in addtion to the governmental funds. If allthis money to raise the prices of petrol and diesel oiil in addtion to thegovernmental funds. If all this money collected is used to improvetransportation services, the situation will be bettered and favorable. }EP}D?Mmu
The third step to take is to introduce newtechnology in order to raise the efficiency of vehicles. For instance, thespeed of trains can be increased as much as two times so that two times as manypeople can be held. In this way, the pressure on public transportation can bedramatically alleviated. So in a word, we need to introduce new technology to raisethe speed of vehicles while having built even wider roads and added moreefficient trains and huses. |o*qZ}6
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