A letter to apply for a job Dear Sir, My name is Leo, the person who sat next to you during the plane journey last week. We chatted about your restaurants and you suggested that I should apply for a job in one of your restaurants in Podong district, Shanghai. I really appreciate your advice and I would like to tell you that I’m very interested in that job. As I have told you before, I was very determined to be a manager when I was a undergraduate student. in spite of lacking enough management experiences, I still prefer to apply for the position of/as manager assistant to build my career. After graduating from college with a major of business management, I worked in a famous Chinese restaurant named Qiao Jiangnan as a purchasing specialist for more than two years. During this period, the purchasing costs had been reduced by 20 percent through the efforts of my team . Thanks to that experience, I have learned lots of hands-on skills. Besides learning things from working, I also took some training courses in my leisure time to improve myself. In addition, I have the passion and interests to be a good manager who can bring success to your business. Thank you for reading my letter and I hope you would consider my application. I’m looking forward to your reply. Yours sincerely, Leo Yu

My diary on 29 Oct 2017 The weather was very excellent today, it was sunny with fresh air, a blue sky. I felt great although it was a little cold since the temperature was about 15 Celsius. After I finished my listening test in the morning, I went to a buffet restaurant with my colleagues. There were a lot of different kinds of food there, such as pizzas with different flavor, roast chicken, fries, and some chinese dishes. I was surprised that we could even have some bottled beers for free since alcohol drink is always a extra charge in most of restaurants. We had some beers, pizzas, ice cream, and chatted about funny things we had experienced. I enjoyed the lovely, relaxed atmosphere and lost track of time, when we finished lunch, it was almost 2 o’clock in the afternoon.

My diary on 27 October 2017 When I was a child, I had a very good habit: I wrote a diary everyday to record what I had done. Now I am in my thirties with a great, happy family. There will be an examination for me in the coming November and I have been preparing for it for more than two months. During this time, I have written a lot of essays. However, it was not a very pleasant experience for me when writing a short essay just for pandering to the test. So I come up with an idea to write English diaries instead of some short essays, which can not only improve my writing skills, but also summarize what I have done. Now I am in Beijing, and the air condition is bad. I went to the office to attend a meeting with my colleagues this morning. We shared the stuff we had learned this week, it was quite helpful for our team to learn something in a short time. In the afternoon, a person called Xue Junpeng provided training for us, the training was about a web system which was used by some people in the retail department. Unfortunately, the network had some problems and I couldn’t use it when I got back home. So I decided to write this diary.

Do you prefer to visit places with difficult conditions? Today, some people choose to visit some places such as the Sahara desert or the Antarctic, since they believe these kinds of activities are very thrilling and exciting. I believe that these activities are very memorable experience. However, they can also bring lots of problems. Indeed, most people love new things which can help them a lot. For example, travelling to a new place with difficult condition can make people feel stronger and more confident. Also, they can learn a lot of new things which are beneficial to theire self-improvement. Furthemore, they can enjoy a new, exciting scenary that they have never tasted before, that would be a very plesant journey, isn't it? Nevertheless, there are still some disadvantages when people go to some dangerous places. The biggest one is that this kind of behavour is very risky since these places are always in aweful conditions. Take the Sahara desert for example, the first danger for visitors is the lack of fresh water. People can't live for more than three days without dringking anything. Also, people are quite easy to be lost in the desert since there are sands everywhere, it's hard to find a reference to know your direction. Besides, visiting these dangerous places would cost you a big money, and it's also bad for the enviroment since nobody does the cleaning work. In conclusion, in spite of the benefits to visit some places with bad conditions, people should pay more attention to the disadvantages. If they decide to go there, they have to prepare for it. For example, making a plan with careful consideration, thinking about the difficulties and risks, keeping in touch with family members. These preparation will be very helpfull.

A letter to fix the computer Dear Sir or Madam, I'm writing this letter to inform you that there were some problems of my computer which was bought from your company one year ago. I can't use it right now and it's very unconvenient for me without the computer. The major problem of the laptop is that I can't start it by pushing the start button. Before this, there were also some other issues which might be the causes of the later problem. For example, it randomly shutted down by itself and there were always some noises from the hard disk when I was using it. I think the root cause might be that the hard disk was broken. As you know, I am a software engineer in a information technology company. So, I can't work without a computer. Although my company gave me a new one as temporary replacement, there are still some useful things such as code files, technique essays, which are essential for my job. I hope that you can arrange a engineer to my company, check my computer and find out what the problem is. It will be very helpful if the engineer can fix it immediately. If not, my computer can be taken back to your company to solve the problem and I can wait. For the worst result, if the problem can't be fixed, I hope I can get my useful files back at least. I'm looking forward to your reply. Your sincerely, Leo

Do you think the improved medical care which can help people live longer has more advantages? Due to the improved technology in medical care, people can live longer than before. It has been reported that people’s average age/lifespan/life expectancy in a developed country could be more than 70 years, which is much longer compared to 100 years ago. Nowadays, people can check their health conditions on a regular basis. If there is any problem or disease, they can go to the hospital, and the doctor will give them some advices, medicines, or operations to cure the disease, which can eventually increase their life expectancies. Some people regard this as a disadvantage for the society. They think that because of the improved medical, people can live longer. As a result, there will be more and more elderly people who are lack of abilities to make contributions for the society. Besides, Operating the medical care system needs lots of social resources. Both of the elderly people and medical care system would be a burden for the society. However, I don’t agree with this view. Thanks to the improved medical care, people have better physical condition than old days. As a result, a person who is in his or her sixties can not be reckoned to be a elderly person, so it’s not true when someone says there will be more "elderly people”. Indeed, the medical care system is costing the government’s money, but it also creates job opportunities, which is quite beneficial for both the society and individuals. In addition, there are some more benefits. For the individuals, improved medical care is very welcomed since most people would like to live longer, so they can have more time to accompany their family members, or travel to different places. For the society, there will be more experienced people such as experts, teachers, doctors, who can contribute their knowledge and experience to the society. Furthermore, a city with a high average age of its citizens, which means better medical care, would be very competitive to attract different excellent people from other cities, even from other countries. So, I do think there are more advantages than disadvantages for the improved medical care which makes people live longer.

Is it possible to know a person's culture and charater from their choice of clothes? Sometimes, some people distinguish a person’s culture and character from others by what he or she wears, since they believe the choice of clothes can reflect the person’s culture and character. However, I don’t agree with this opinion. Maybe it’s true in old days, since the ancient people’s choices of clothes are very limited. They need to wear something which can represent their culture or character for some social purposes. For example, people can identify their religion easily by a person’s typical traditional clothes. But the situation is quit different now. People wear plenty of different clothes, and most of them are produced by factories, which means some of the clothes have the same brand, style, even color. The consequence is that people are more likely to wear same or similar clothes. In this case, it’s hard to know a person’s culture or character just by his or her clothes. Moreover, modern employees often wear uniforms or suits during working time, these clothes are almost same to each other. If you want to know someone who wears uniform about his or her culture or character, you should talk to him or her, rather than just look at their clothes. In my opinion, nowadays, the clothes can not reflect someone’s culture or character. Instead, they could show a person’s personal details such as interests, attitudes toward fashion, even their economic or educational background. Sometimes, these details are vey helpful to make friends. Nonetheless, if you want to take a further step to know sth about a person’s culture and character, some face to face communication is more preferable.

Can I take the training course? Dear Sir or Madam, I checked my email yesterday and found there is a training course named “Quick start for project management” which will be hold on October 11. I’m wondering if you could consider to let me take the course. Since the training course takes place in the weekday, I hope that I can have an additional vocation to attend the course. Besides, the course will cost for $20. I’ve heard that our company has a fund which can help employees to improve themselves by paying for the extra training charge. So, could I apply for that? As you know, I’m taking charge of a small team right now and I’m eagerly to be a project manager in the future. The course I mentioned is about project management. According to its introduction, it seems to be very suitable for some freshmen like me. Some famous project managers from the top international companies will take part in the course, they will share their experience related to project management, which is quit useful for my job. At last, thank you for reading this letter and wish your reply. Your faithfully, XX

Some people say pictures are more effective than words in news stories, what is your opinion? There are different news on TV and in newspapers now, and most of them are accompanied by photos. Some people believe that pictures are more powerful than words. I partly agree with that. Indeed, people like to see pictures rather than words since pictures can provide the information directly. Nonetheless, when you read words, you need to transfer them into images in your mind, and that process is more complicated. But pictures are limited when sharing some opinions and attitudes which are essential for news stories. Furthermore, pictures can’t give readers all the details they want. In this case, words can be complementary to pictures. Take a earthquake report for example. First, you should use some words to explain when and where it happened. Then you can add some pictures to describe the terrible damage it caused and how the polices rescued the injured people. If you want to add some details, some words are needed to provide some additional informations such as the number of the injured, or how many buildings are destroyed. At last, some attitudes can be added by writing down some words, it’s difficult to use pictures to show your opinions. In conclusion, I believe that both pictures and words are essential to a good news story. A news story which is full of pictures is informal and opaque to readers. Oppositely, a news story without any pictures would be boring.