People work because they need money to live, What are some other reasons that people work?

It is said that the reason why most people work is because they need money to live. Of course, money is an important reason. However, in my mind there are many other reasons that people work for, such as sense of responsibility, self achievement, or just interest.

Firstly, a lot of people work for their responsibility. Soldirs work for the safety of the country, and teachers work for the growth of the next generation. My father is a very good example. He is a physician . He always tells me that he works for the patient. What makes him happy is not the high salary, but the recovery of the patient he treated.

In addition, many people work for self achievement. Those people usually have high salary and prestige. They don't need to work very hard to maintain a reputable life, but they still do that. Why? Because they have something want to accomplish. For example, my supervisor, a chair professor of my university, is an absolute "professor", working from 8:00 am to 11:00 pm everyday. Of course, he earns a very high salary, but in his eyes, achievement in scientific research is more important to his life. That's why he works so hard.

Moreover, some people just work because they like it. Jerrie is one of my best childhood friend. She planned to be a tourism guider when she was very young. The reason is very simple - She likes travelling. Taking a job such as tourism guider can allow her to travel all over the world.

Obviously, money is not the only reason for people to work. Sense of responsibility, tendency of self achievement, or maybe just interest can play an important role in people's career

Do you agree or disagree with the following statement?

Television has destroyed communication among friends and family. Use specific reasons and examples to support your opinion. Although is widely believed that TV has destroyed communication among friends and family as it takes lots of time which can be used with friends and family. However I do disagree with this point of view as in my opinion, TV did not hinder the communication, indeed, to some extend, TV does even enhance the communication.

The first thing I want to mention is that , it is not the TV itself that cost our time which maybe spend with our relatives as whether to watch TV, how much time would we like to spend on them is depend on our personal will. The one with great will power can refuse to watch TV, even the most attractive one.In addition, the news or information that TV has transformed to us, such as, important event, lasted movies and interesting anecdote is the original souse that our talking with friends would to concern. One can hardly image what will life be without the common topics we got from TV. So, in terms of this, one should absolutely admitted that TV, indeed, do favor in our communication.

Furthermore, the newly advanced technology such as TV-based games, karaoke singer on TV, which will enhance the communication while watching TV, as it not only require talking, but also need interaction among the players.

In conclusion, TV, although suffered too much critics, does not destroyed our communication, and we should take a more critical attitude towards it.

Studying at home

Thanks to the fast updated technology, studying at home will no longer be a slot in the fiction. With the help of computer, internet, digital television and other modern technique, students can take courses at home just as they did in the traditional schools, whereas I would still prefer the traditional way of studying.
Although the modern technique brings us much convenience and almost changes our life style, I don't think we should depend on the machines too much. It is quite common that college students do not know how to communicate with each other if the conversation is not conducted on line, which is a real tragedy for the so called developed society, since we have lost our basic ability of oral communication. To this extent, using digital ways to study at home is also harmful to the students' grown up.
What's more, I strongly believe that the vivid teaching and learning process in the traditional class will enhance the learning effect in a great sense. We have to confess that it is also possible for students to do the discussions through the internet, but because of the limitation of the net enviroment and teaching resourses, those discusisions can never be as efficient as the normal face to face one .
Also, learning at school will necessarily provide you more opportunity to build friendship with all your schoolmates, and take part in some activities as well. As we all know, study does not only means gaining knowledge from the books, but also the application of what we've learned in our real life. Only by doing these could we become competitive in our future career in the modern society.
To summerize my points, in order to accomplish whole person's development it is much better for students to go to traditional school in which they can not only obtain knowledge efficiently, gain friendships, correct values, but the basic skills of communication and cooperation at the same time as well.

How to make Chinese Traditional Tea.

I love Chinese tea, especially a very old fashion one that called "Kongfu Tea". Now let me teach my friends how to make it. First of all, you should prepare all the utensils, include teapot, teacup, kettle, electric stove or alcohol stove, and a tea tray.Befor make tea, you should use the hot water to warm the teapot. Then put the tea into the tea pot and use hot water to wash the tea, which means pouring water out of pot as soon as possible. It's very nice to use this water to warm the teacup. Now you can use hot water to make tea. Before pouring the tea into teacup, you'd better to clean the bottom of the teapot in order to avoid the water on the bottom to drop in teacup. As soon as you finish all these steps, you can pour the tea into the teacup. While you are drinking the tea, using your nose to smell it. You should finish it by drinking it three times.
OK, this is the right step to drink the "Kongfu Tea". Do you think it too complex? Or do you think it very enjoyable? I like it very much. However, I have no utensils here and I also very busy, so I did not try it for a long time. I hope I can try it several when I back to China.