ein Reiseerlebnis Seit fünf Jahre bin ich im Juli zu Kang Ding gereist, das ein klein Städtchen bezwischen den Gebirgen ist. Mein Freund und ich haben zwei Farräder von dem Gasthaus geliehen und sind zu einem See benennt Mugecuo gefahren. Unterwegs war die Aussicht wunderbar, außerdem konnten wie den höhesten Gipfel von Gongga sehen. Es freute mir, dass ich runterrollen konnte nach anstrengender Auffahrt. Plötzlich fand ich einen krumme Weg vor mir und daunter gab es ein Bach. Ich bremste und versuchte zur linken Seite fahren. Danach kannte ich nichts, bevor ich habe aus einem Traum aufgewacht. Mein Freund habt mir erzählt, dass ich habe 30 Sekunden still auf dem Weg gelegen. Glücklich im Unglück war ich nicht schwer verletzt und konnte ich noch Fahrrad fahren. Mein Freund hat vorgeschlagen, dass wir einen Auto stoppen und dem Fahrer um die Mitfahrt bitten sollten. Ein nette Fahrer hat uns zurückgebracht und hat Fahrkosten abgelehnt. Ich habe im Gasthaus den Rest meiner Reise geblieben, aber ich immer denke, dass es ein besonderes Reiseerlebnis ist.

IETLS practice 20140714 Universities should accept equal numbers of male and female students in every subject. To what extent do you agree or disagree? With the progress of gender equality, some hold the view that in every subject of the universities, equal numbers of male and female students should be accepted. From my own perspective, I do not quite agree with this point of view. It is not only unrealistic to require a university to accept same numbers of students from both sexes in every subject, but also not reasonable to do so. Despite the moral rule that all human beings are equal, men and women are born with physical and mental differences. They may not share the same interest in a particular subject statistically, thus, there would be a great chance that far more boys apply for one specific major in a university while fewer girls prefer it. Furthermore, universities should enroll students based on their qualification and potential for the subject without other considerations including the gender, which could benefit the students as well as the universities. It is unfair to reject the more qualified students to the university because of the gender quota, and only those students who fit the field best would be most likely to make academic achievements and to enjoy the process to achieve them. Admittedly, it can make some sense to demand equal numbers of male and female students in every subject. Under a policy like this, girls could be inspired to pursue their academic career freely because there would be much more chances for them, while universities would find no method to discriminate female students. Moreover, it could lead to further gender equality in the professional life, which may contribute to a more enlightened society. To conclude, although it is based on sheer good intention to appeal to universities to accept equal numbers of students of both genders in every subject, it is hard to practice and may create a new kind of unfairness. I would suggest that universities offer same chances to both male and female students at the application stage, but accept the best qualified ones regardless of their gender.

In what language does the knowledge, information and thoughts stored in mind I was born and raised in Shanghai, and am still living there now. Before I was sent to the kindergarten at 3, I’m quite sure that my parents only spoke Shanghai dialect with each other and to me at home. After that, until the time I finished high school, I used to use Mandarin in school but Shanghai dialect out of it. During the college period, I lived in the campus and communicated with professors and schoolmates in Mandarin almost all the time. But later in my workplace, which is kind of a local one, although most of the time we use Mandarin (like 80% of the time), sometimes we have to use Shanghai dialect even in a business meeting, talking about very professional topics. At those times I find myself hardly can express some abstract and formal and professional words in Shanghai dialect, which is not so surprising because those were taught in Mandarin back the school days. But then I find that when I am thinking freely, my thoughts are in Mandarin rather than Shanghai dialect….. Say once I traveled abroad, in all English environment, I don’t quite remember in what language I was thinking at that time, but I coped with it alright, I understood what people were saying, and I didn’t need to think for a long time before I could respond, Surprisingly, when I came back from the trip and I thought back, all the guide books I’ve read, all the words I’ve listened to and said all suddenly turned into Mandarin. So…everything turns into Mandarin….maybe I should use Shanghai dialect more often and type with its input method if there is any. And I wonder, if using a second language frequently enough, can one think in this language? In that case, would a person forget how to think in bad condition? (This question is out of this…one day I met with two of my English-speaking friends, I was so hungry that I found I could hardly understand what they were talking….but after having a pizza, I joined them alright….)