Failureiswhatoftenhappens.Itiseverywhereinourlife.Studentsmayfailinexams,scientistsmayfailintheirresearchwork,andathletesmayfailincompetitions.
Althoughfailurehappenstoeveryone,attitudestowardsfailurearevarious.Somepeopledon’tthinktheirfailureisaveryimportantthingatall.Sotheypaynoattentiontoit.Asaresult,theywillhavethesamefailureaperiodlater.Somepeoplethinkthemselvesarefoolsandlosetheirheartsineverythingaftertheygetafailure.Consequently,theyspendtheirtimeandenergyonuselessthingsandtheymayreallybefoolsastheyhavethought.
Otherpeoplearequitedifferentfromthetwokindsofpeoplementionedabove.Insteadofbeingdistressedandlost,theydrawalessonfromeveryfailureandbecomemoreexperienced.Afterhardwork,theywillbesuccessfulintheend.Itissaidthatfailureisthemotherofsuccess.Successwillbegainedaftertimesoffailuressolongaswearegoodatdrawinglessonfromourfailures.
Inmyopinion,failureisnotabadthing,thereallybadthingistakingafailureasfailureorevenloseourheartafterfailure.
AtestofspokenEnglishwillbeincludedasanoptional(componentoftheCollegeEnglishTest(CET)。SomepeoplecontendthatitisabsolutelynecessarytoholdatestofspokenEnglishinChinabecausewehavebeentoldmanytimesthataChinesestudentwhohasbeenlearningEnglishforyearscannotcommunicatewithanativeEnglishspeaker.SometimeseventhosetopstudentswhoexcelatgrammarandwritingskillsfindtheirEnglishinadequatetoexpresstheirthoughtsfreelywhenspeaking.AtestofspokenEnglishwillbringtheimportanceofspeakingEnglishtotheawarenessofthecollegestudents,andthushelpthemwiththeircommunicatingskills.
Ontheotherhand,therearealsopeoplewhomaintainthatgoodreadingandwritingskillswouldbeenoughfortheaverageEnglishlearners.Collegestudentsarealreadyunderconsiderablepressurefromtheircoursework.Anotherrequiredtestwillonlyaddtotheirburden.Also,somestudentsmaytaketheshortcutandonlypracticethequestionsaccordingtothefixedformatofthetest,whichwillnotactuallyimprovetheirspokenEnglish.
IbelievethatatestofspokenEnglishwilldomoregoodthanharm.SinceChinawillcontinueitspolicyofopeningandreform,theabilitytospeakfluentEnglishisamustforanyonewhowantstosurpassothersinahighlycompetitivesociety.WhetherItakethetestornot,IshallmakealleffortstopracticemyspokenEnglishintherestyearsincollege.
TourismisbecominganincreasinglyimportantindustryinChina.Ourgovernmenthastakeneffectivemeasurestoimprovethisnewindustryoverthepastfewyears.Forexample,ithasexploredmanyappealingscenicandhistoricspots.TouristsfromallovertheworldcomeinflocktoChinaeveryyear.
Butpeopledifferastotheadvantagesanddisadvantagesofthetouristindustry.Thosewhoareinfavouroftourismarguethatourcountrycanbenefitalotfromit.Foronething,itisalargesourceofforeignexchangeandanimportantpartofnationalplanningaswell.Foranother,wemaywellsaythattourismcanhelptopromotetheunderstandingandfriendshipamongthepeoplesofdifferentcountries.
Themainreasonwhysomepeopleopposetourismisthatthemassescannotbenefitfromitbecausethepressureoftoomanytouristsmeansthehigherpricesofgoods.
Inspiteofthis,Ithinkitsgainsoutweighitslosses.Italsomeansmoreemploymentandmoreincomeforthecountry.Forthisreasonthetouristindustryshouldbedevelopedvigorouslysoastomeettheneedsofoursocialisteconomy.