TheimportanceofEnglish

　　Englishisthemostwidelyspokenintheworld.It’sspokenbymostpeopleintheUSA,GreatBritain,Canada,Australia,andNewZealand.It'salsoverywidelyusedasaforeignlanguageinmanyothercountriesoftheworld.It'swidelyusedforbusinessbetweendifferentcountries.MorethanthreequartersoftheinformationontheInternetisinEnglish,too.Itisreallyabridgetosomuchknowledge.Englishisusedbytravellersandbusinesspeoplearoundtheworld.It'soneoftheworld'smostimportantlanguagesasitissowidelyused.That'swhymoreandmorepeopleinChinaareinterestedinlearningEnglish.

　　Englishissousefulthatwemustlearnitwell.Nowlet’sworkhardatitandseewholearnsitfasterandbetterinourclass.

　　Computer

　　Computerisawonderfulmachine.It'sagreatinventioninmanyyears.Itdevelopsveryquickly.Thesmallestcomputerisasbigasanote-book.Wecallitpocketcomputer.Computerbecomesmoreandmoreimportantinmanyways.Ithastouchedthelivesofeveryone,evenpeopleinfarawayvillages.Ithelpsustodowithallkindsofinformationandwegetknowledgefromit.Itcangiveusalotfun.

　　Theimportanceofwater

　　Ofallthethingsweeatanddrink,wateristhemostimportant.Wecanlivewithoutfoodformanydays,buttwoorthreedayswithoutwater,usuallymakespeopledie.

　　However,notallofpeopleunderstandthis.Theykeepthrowingrubbishintotheriversorlakes.Somefactoriesevenpourwastewaterintotheriver.Asaresult,manyriversandlakeshavebecomesodirtythatthewaterisnolongersafeforpeopletodrink.

　　Let’sdoourbesttokeepthewatercleantosaveourselves.

　　TheSpringFestival

　　TheSpringFestival,alsoknowasthelunarNewYear,isthegreatesttraditionalfestival.ItisusuallyatimebetweenlateJanuaryorearlyFebruary,whichmeansrestandrelaxationbetweenwinterandspringafterayear'stoil,andmeanscelebrationaswell.BeforetheSpringFestival,peoplecleantheirhouse,putredcoupletsontheirgates,andsetofffirecrackers,accordingtofairytale,fordrivingademon,namedNianaway.OntheeveoftheSpringFestival,aget-togetherbanquetisamust,andthemostpopularfoodisDumpling,whichissupposedtobringgoodfortune.Onthefirstdayofthenewyear,everybodywearsnewclothesandgreetsrelativesandfriendswithbowsandcongratulationswishingeachotherluckyduringthenewyear.

　　HowILearnEnglish

　　Itisknowntoallthatlanguagelearningisnotonlyakindofknowledge,butakindofpractice.Practicemakesperfect.Inlearningaforeignlanguage,Marxhassetagoodexample.FromtheverybeginningIsparednopainsandpaidasmuchattentionaspossibletolistening,speaking,readingandwriting.IreadtheEnglishstorieswithGREatinterestandlearntokeepEnglishdiaryeveryday.NowIamabletoappreciateEnglishpoetry.

　　TomeetthedemandsofpresentsituationImustlearnEnglishwell.

　　Failure

　　Noonelikesfailureinhislife.Butnotallcanalwayssucceed.It'sapitythatsomeonewillneverstandupafterafailure.Wemustlearntoacceptfailure.Afterall,failureisnotalwaysabadthing.Wecanlearnsomethingfromit.Justasthesayinggoes,"Failureisthemotherofsuccess."Wecanknowourownshortcomingsandlearnsomeexperiencesfromarealfailure,ffwemadeupourmindstostartagain,itwillbeeasierto