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The Location of the University Is very Important to College Students

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Whether the location of the university is very important to college students or not has long been a hotly discussed topic. In my point of view, location is a very important question to think about when choosing your university because it's closely related to what you can get out of your college time and what you want to have in the future.

First of all, location means what you can get during your college time, or it means what you want to get out of this time. Big cities like Beijing, Shanghai, Guangdong, and Chengdu can expose you to the wider world. If you are a curious person and you <s style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0);">desire</s> want to get involved in colorful (maybe use "fun" instead?) activities, these cities would be the right choice. And if you enjoy studying and you prefer to have a place to focus on your studying, <s style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0);">the</s> a small city might suit you better. I'd like to take me as an example. I realized how important the location of the college was after my college life began. I enjoy taking part in various activities, but there <s style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0);">are</s> were not so many opportunities (or you could say "there weren't very many opportunities...") for me in my campus. So you can imagine how envious I was when some of my friends whose universities were in Beijing told me they constantly went to all kinds of museums as well as expositions and they were sometimes "forced" by their school to attend some exciting lecture, like The Reader, a program hosted by Dongqin. While students in Beijing <s style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0);">are</s> were taking their exciting adventures, all I could do is being in a small village, writing my homework (you could say "all I could do in my small village was writing/doing my homework"). Somebody might say: "They are distracted by these activities and they are wasting their time of studying." Yes, it is in some way. But for me, this kind of activity is another form of studying. You know, studying is not the same as textbooks, there is more about it. But sadly, I am not able to choose which form of studying to take. This is when I realize the importance of the college location. But if sitting down and dedicating time to books means more to you, you might find it important to be in a university of a quiet city with a profound culture, like Lanzhou University.

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I studied English for 12 years when I was a student. I stopped studying English for 10 years ago. Now, I'm trying to brush up on my English. Then, What am I supposed to do? Obviously, I need to read<s style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0);"> the</s> books and newspapers which <s style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0);">is</s> are written in English. Thankfully, I found the Italki online studying language platform, I like to study here with other foreigners. It's Sunday afternoon, our family is relaxed at home and I'm logging in the Italki for practising my English again! I really like Italki. I'm reading <s style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0);">some </s>an English picture book for myself. Also I'm finding some booth design samples for my exhibition booth. <s style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0);">It is </s>I am so happy to have my own time at home. Because of the covid19, I cannot hang out with my family <s style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0);">in</s> outdoors. Listening to the English radio and working at my room are quite better than I thought.

Pollution and damage to the environment

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Essay

All of us think that pollution and damage to the environment is one the most serious problems in the world, however the harmful effects can be minimized. This essay will discuss these problems and consider ways to improve the situation our planet.

First of all, transport is the biggest source of air pollution. <s style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0);">Actually, </s>reducing transport traffic could be the best solution to minimize air pollution and damage.

Secondly, water pollution is one the main environmental issues that we are facing. Therefore, we need to invest in <s style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0);">the </s>water treatment systems and all countries must focus on the development of innovative water solutions.

Apart from this, my own idea is creating National policy for environment protection, reduction in energy consumption, advanced research to environment friendly development and the provision of funds <s style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0);">in</s> from the national budget for related research.

In conclusion, I do not think the problems with pollution and damage to the environment can be solved, because our present civilization is creating serious problems to environment, and we cannot stop these harmful activities. In my opinion, the only decision is that all of us have to go for environmental friendly development.