These Things Enrich My Life (or have enriched my life)

I am interested in so many things. Music, movies, photography and cooking are all my favourites (maybe "favourite things" is better). About music, Carpenters is my favourite band, some of my friends think that I am so old-fashioned. Am I ??? Besides, I also like many pop bands and singers, Coldplay, One Republic, Maroon 5, Imagine Dragons, Ed Sheeran, James Blunt, Keith Urban, Lo-Fang, Jon McLaughlin ...There are too many to count. Because of (all) these different kinds of music, my life is so colourful. I'm also a super fan of MARVEL's superhero movies. Of course, it doesn't mean that I don't like other styles of movies. I love watching different kinds of movies so much, except horror films. I always put myself into the story deeply and it is the best way for me to relieve my bad moods. Photography is another hobby of mine. I think taking photos and freezing moments in time, is very meaningful. Cooking is my favourite thing to do on usual days. Is there anything more gratifying than making delicious food? I thank all of these things for enriching my life.

In what ways has technology affected the types of relationships people make?

In recent decades, humans have invented a great piece of equipment in the world which is the computer. I believe the computer is a good techology product for work. However, after the development of the internet, it is altering people's lifestyle.

The invention of the internet has had on impact on relationships in business. First of all, working by computer, is an accurate way to input any date and people can save documents on the computer, with services like dropbox and the cloud by internet. For example, workers on business trips in different contries can use dropbox or the cloud to show any product information with customers everywhere.

As far as I am concerned, internet apps, such as skype and facebook, are convenient in many different social ways. Firstly, it can communicate affection with friends by facebook, I don't have to make appointments because I can use facebook to have conversations with many friends on a facebook group. Secondly, in learning. Through E-mail I can send homework to my teacher and sometimes we use skype to discuss my study programs.

On the other hand (This phrase is usually used for comparison, for example, "Your cat is black, on the other hand, my cat is white," maybe you could use the words "Also" or "Furthermore" instead.), it is easy by using internet apps, to achieve many things. Thus, we forget how to communicate face to face on dinner dates or how to write a letter by hand, in the real world.

Based on the two important factors outlined above - ease of working and Multiple social ways - it is clear that it's important for many different users to get use from the internet, but we must not reduce the human relationships in real life communities.

Sports event

Nowadays, people’s opinion towards sporting events are controversial. Some people believe that the sporting events, such as The World Cup, may help to reduce the tension and prejudice between countries and keep the peace of the world. I partly agree with this opinion.

Obviously, many friends are formed through playing or watching sports, and sporting rivalries, although keen, can be friendly. Some sporting events, such as The World Cup, attracts tourists from all over the world and brings them together. They release their energy and excitement through playing football or watching it on TV. Also, it may help them to leap over barriers which divide them and embrace each other.

From what I read, Pierre de coubertin, who is the founder of Olympics Games, said that the spirits of The Olympic Games (or you can say simply "The Olympics") are diversity of sports, amateur athletes, friendly cooperation, promoting peace and understanding as well as abolishing racial discrimination.There is also an example to prove that the sporting events really can do things like the Olympics Games’ spirits said---the ping-pang games between America and China. Between our two countries we have differences, but we also share a common humility and a common curiosity in that table tennis competition that contributes to ease tension between these two countries.

However, recently football competitions like The World Cup, have even worsened relations between countries rather than improving them. The tragic consequences [of this] are the breeding hatred and contempt between countries.

Overall, I firmly believe that sporting rivalries can overcome mutual national stereotypes and keep the peace of the world. But a right attitude and an appropriate way of dealing with conflict in the process of competition are crucial. As the saying goes, the friendship always before the competition.

Letter Writing in Electronic Century

Nowadays,with the increasing use of mobile phones and computers,fewer and fewer people write letters.Therefore,some people believe that the traditional skill of letter writing will disappear one day.Actually,I tend to disagree with this.

Obviously, the growth of technology has revolutionized the way we communicate and made our communication more efficient.Today,many apps and social websites for mobile phones or computers are provided to us to meet new people.For example,I find a great website to improve my English is “italki”. I can make more friends from all over the world and communicate with them on that.On the other hand,we can also keep in touch with our family by using high-tech equipment and by sharing our recent conditions to them. Unlike writing letters where we need to pay for stamps, we surely need not pay an extra fee from this way [of communicating].

However,writing letters can sometimes express our emotions more clearly and effectively compared with using high-tech equipment.When we are writing letters,we have enough time to think deeply how to express ourselves and also can show our sincerity to the recipient.Also, between the time after sending letters and before getting a response,many people enjoy the feeling during this period.In addition,using any high-tech equipment for a longer time would pose health risks to users because of the radiation it produces.

To sum up,a large number of people get benefits from the rapid growth of technology because it brings convenience and time-saving to us as well as being easy to use for younger people.However,there is one group of people we usually ignore--elderly people such as our grandparents.They do not know how to use this high-tech equipment because of their poor eyesight or other reasons. Although they can learn how to use that [new technology],they need much time and patience. Therefore, the traditional way of communication is still needed when we get in touch with them.

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Today is Sunday the last day of the weekend, the weekend always goes fast and tomorrow will be a working day. Fortunately, the Spring festival is coming soon, there will be 5 days of holiday for me, I'll travel to Hangzhou to be with my family. Haha!