Happiness Task2 Happiness is considered very important in life. Why is it difficult to define? What factors are important in achieving happiness? My writing: It is undeniable that happiness is one of the most frequently topics which have aroused heat discussion in the whole society for many years. Everyone asks what is happiness, but it seems nobody could make a clear define which can be agreed by most people. Why is it so difficult to define happiness? From my point of view, the main reason is happiness is a feeling that are very subjective. Therefore different people have different opinions on it. And another reason is happiness is so complicated that it is influenced by many things, such as health situation, judgments from other people, comparisons with the experiences people have before, and so forth. Since so many things cause people are happy or unhappy, it is necessary to figure out what factors are important for happiness. As far as I am concerned, there are two main factors. Firstly and most importantly, experience is significant for people to feel happy or not. Because it can impact people’s attitudes towards the things they meet. In other words, it is possible that people would have different feelings even in same situation. For example, two persons have the same paid in the same company, but one are very happy for the high salary while another complains it is not enough for daily life. That is because the latter lives more expensive life than the former before. Secondly, happiness also depends on the situation that people are in. Situation includes not only what are happening now, what happened before and what will happen, but also social environment, places they live, culture and so on. For instance, a cake means nothing and it is hard to make someone happy. But when they are hungry or starve, they would miss it so much and imagine if they can have one that would be the best thing in the world and feel very glad. To conclude, happiness is hard to define because of its complication and subject. However, experience and situation take very important role in the feeling of happiness.

like or dislike change Task2 Some people prefer to spend their lives doing the same things and avoiding change. Others, however, think that change is always a good thing. Discuss both their views and give your own opinions *********************************************************************************************************** My writing: Some people like to spend their lives doing the same things while others love to have changes in their lives. Both sides have their advantages and disadvantages. For the people who don’t like change, they can focus on special areas for a long time. By doing so, they can accumulate their knowledge and experiences in a particular field. Furthermore, they generally form their stable social group/circle, which benefit not only their career but also their daily life. However, they might miss some chances to know other things which could be more suitable for them. For the people who think charge is a good thing, they can try many new things and compare which is their best love. There are lots of example who changed their careers or choices many times finally became very successful talents. At the same time, too many changes have some adverse impact for them, because they are always novices when they jump into a different field. As far as I am concerned, changing the things you are doing has different effect for different people. It is necessary for people are doing some creative jobs. Change means something new or creativity. However, for the people like stable social environments and doing jobs need longtime researches and practices, focus would be much more significant in their life. In conclusion, our society need different types of attitudes towards to change, since the society itself is various.

a letter for changing an appointed day Task1 You’ve just been oared a job, but you will not be able to start work on the appointed day. Write a letter to your boss explaining the problem and asking for an alternative day to start work. ***************************** My writing: Dear Sir or Madam, Thanks for giving me the opportunity to join the quality department as a quality engineer, I am writing this letter to ask if we can delay the appointed day to start work. As you know, I am in charge of preparing the ISO9001 Audit in last company. This audit is so important that there has to be a person who need to be very familiar with the ISO standard and the situation of the company’s quality system. Before we talk about when I can start my work, I had transferred this job to a colleague of mine. But my last boss called me today and told me this colleague was ill and need to stay in hospital until this weekend. I need to deal with the work for him these days. So could we start work on next Monday instead of this Friday? I am so sorry for the inconvenience for you. You sincerely, Tina

Is there anybody want to find a language exchange partner ( English-Chinese)? Because I find it is difficult for me to find a language exchange partner by searching in other places（ there's no response while I click the Skype Available button... ）. I hope this writing would be helpful. I really think language partners would help each other improving their language efficiently. I would like to find a partner to improve writing and speaking. As a return, I will help you study Chinese. I am patient and have enough time on language.My native language is Chinese. My English level is about intermediate (band 6 in IELTS exam), I guess. If your native language is English or you can speak English very well, and you are interested to be my language partner, please feel free to contact me at ( or let me know how to contact you, thanks~~ ): My skype: tinatangtinatang1 My email: [email protected] Hope to meet you soon~~Thank you so much~~

highly paid job [exam questions: some people feel that entertainers (e.g. film stars, pop musicians or sports stars) are paid too much money. Do you agree or disagree? Which other types of job should be highly paid?] My answer: Nowadays, some people hold the opinion that entertainers, such as singers, film stars or sport starts, are paid too much money. As far as I am concerned, I don't agree with them. As we know, all the super stars have to work very hard. Therefore, they deserved a higher pay. Many people only see they are so rich and successful, but ignore the efforts before they became famous and the hard times behind the successes. Besides, only a few entertainers have the fortune to become super star. There are a large number of singers and dancers, for example, a singer singing pop music in a bar, whose payments are not high. From my point of view, a highly paid job should has some essential factors. First of all, it needs to be very professional, which means the workers have to take a long time and a lot energy on studying and practicing in special areas. For instance, a doctor or nurse has enough relevant skills and experience. This kind of profession is not easy to learn or be replaced. Thus, they are reasonable to get a higher pay. Secondly, the job which is lack in the labor market should be a highly salary job. This lack might due to the work itself. For example, only a few people choose the outside works, so the outside jobs are lack in the market. Another reason might be caused by the education system, which has not educated enough skilled people to satisfy the needs of labor market. Naturally, the employers have to pay more money to find a right person to join them. To sum up, considering the efforts that the entertainers made before, they deserve more money. Because of the profession of job and the impact of the labor market, a skilled job, which also is lack in the market, needs to be paid highly.

a letter to a friend Dear Kate, I haven't heard from you for a long time and I miss you so much. Hope you are going well. I have a good news to share: I entered a software company and became a tester two weeks ago, after quitting the terrible job, you know, as a cleaner in a restaurant. I was exhausted every night because of the taxing work in daytime. So I have to find a new job. Fortunately, I got a job I like very much, since I can learn more skills and it is not too hard. Besides, I meet many friendly workmates in new company. We often have some activities outdoor, for example,a picnic or climbing. I feel so good recently. Another good news is Marria will get married in 5th May. She invited me to attend the wedding. You will go to the wedding on that day, won't you? Then we could meet again. Yours Love, Tina