What does "toy" contains in English? Could you help to list some objects what are represented by "toy" please? Is a duck-like life-buoy a toy in English? I mean if somebody asks me a question about a toy from my childhood, then I answer the duck-like life-buoy. Is it correct? Well, if you don't define a life-buoy as a toy, what do you define it as? A tool? Moreover, if the life-buoy has more features for entertainment like speakers inside which can say several words when the kids are playing in water, and then can you define it as a toy? And can an instrument like a real mouth organ be defined as a toy? Thank you

Is there any difference between communicating with your parents and friends in your country? Chinese culture is renowned for its respect towards the elders, and this is why a barrier is set between different generations. I talk more freely and more forthcoming when it comes to connecting with buddies than with my family , because I prefer to share something private to my intimates and they are more likely to resonate with me.

Is theoretical knowledge important to one's career achievement? (Part 2) On the other hand, we should recognise the fact that theories are not the only factor of being success. It is interesting to not that a great number of successful men are considered to have the similar personality traits. Those who are optimistic, passionate, industrious and good at interpersonal skills can conquer difficulties and cooperate with others, and then achieve success efficiently. Another factor contributing to success might be social network, through what people can collect information, ideas and various resources. For instance, businessmen are willing to get more information easily because they know how to keep close relationship with governments, which skill does not probably appear in textbooks.

Is theoretical knowledge important to one's career achievement? By learning theories, students will be able to know the principles and concepts of different subjects, thus gradually becoming specialists of the fields. For example, psychiatrists cannot ensure the efficient therapy plans unless they know the sufficient theories that explaining the psychological diseases. Besides that, many theories have been developed on the basis of empirical knowledge, which is of practical meaning. People who master these theories are likely to have a good prospect and even obtain a great amount of fortune because of some innovations they did. Another benefit of theory learning is that it can improve people's problem-solving ability and their creativity. Theoretical knowledge can broaden student's mind and develop their critical thinking skills, which plays a key role in promoting the growth of knowledge in different theories themselves. In contrast, people who have never studied in university, admittedly, can attend practical trainings to tackle some ordinary problems, however, they may feel helpless when they are confronted with some irregular difficulties.

Is a long prison term one of the best way to punish offenders? Imposing sentences is regarded as an approach of punishment to those who commit serious offence, and is also seen as a correctional method. Although this method has some advantages, we still should figure out some other measures to reform offenders. People who are in favour of stiff sentence believe this kind of punishment will impose deterrent effect to both the prospective offenders and habitual offenders. Who are punished by sentence means they will lose freedom, which is unacceptable for rational citizens. This also have an adverse influence on their future life, including career and family. Due to this reason, people are unlikely to commit crimes because they fear to be punished. Although a long term punishment holds advantages to some extent. We also have the option to consider community services which can reform the offenders, especially the minor crime offenders, to be a law-obeyer. Otherwise, if criminals who were put in jails and then were released, would like to commit crimes again, which may pose a more sever threat to society. To prevent more crime committing, we also can provide education opportunities and vocational training to criminals to improve their personal skills and build their confidence. Young offenders or first-time offenders break laws because of the reason that they are in deficiency of social experience and live in a low social status. If they could find a decent job or are confident about their future, they were unlikely to violate laws again. In contrast, jails separate and isolate offenders from society, which hamper offenders to learn job skills and then reintegrate into society. Overall, I admit a long prison term will probably threat offenders, but it is far from the best measure. Through some other rehabilitation programmes, we will be able to construct a more stable and harmonious society.

Is volunteer work necessary for students? Volunteer work has been advocated in many schools nowadays, and even is considered as a compulsory requirement to graduate. Although this kind of work has its negative side, I still reckon work like this is beneficial to both the whole communities and the participants themselves. Through attending the community activities, students can possibly improve their capacity. When students provide community services, they are likely to encounter some problems and challenges, which rarely happen when students are in campus. For example, students should learn how to communicate with sponsors when they intent to collect money for charity, as well as learn how to organise an event, how to cooperate with other team members well, which will boost their confidence and the ability of problem-solving. Meanwhile, youngsters will learn the importance of responsibility and how to service communities when they work as volunteer. They know their work can help other members in society, so they will gain the sense of collective achievement. For instance, students will get the feeling of they are making society fairer and more harmonious when they help needy peers to learn as volunteers, which is essential for us to build a closely-knit community. Certainly, we cannot rule out the possibility that if there was no organized schedule of community service, it would wast volunteer a great deal of time and energy. Because of the unplanned schedule, the volunteer activities are likely to be tedious and strenuous, rather than funny and educational. As a result, volunteers are unlikely to devote themselves into these activities, probably because they can hardly see the value of their work. Furthermore, these volunteers tend to believe that these volunteer activities will occupy their too much time thereby impact their study adversely. In sum up, my view is that volunteer service is significant to promote student's ability and career prospects as well as the development of society, but the school should ensure the volunteer activities meed the demands of students' development.

Some people think they should not pay any tax to the state. To what extent do you agree or disagree? Some people complain that they are imposed a heavy burden with tax which reduce their disposable income. I think we should pay tax, because if there were no support from tax, society could not operate effectively. With the tax fund, the government can subsidise the public infrastructure projects, including roads, schools, and hospitals. People would be uneasy to commute if the traffic system was in an inferior efficiency. Like, a traffic congestion will make commuters spend more time and energy on the road. Another, public schools can provide children the education opportunities and allow them acquire knowledge by help of tax, which is also beneficial to the development of economy. Such public projects can seldom receive the finance from private capitals because these projects are not that profitable. Meanwhile, we should recognise that through tax, government can achieve the purpose of income redistribution. For example, in many countries, high income earners have to pay a considerable amount of tax while the needy people will get the financial aid from the state. Through imposing tax, besides, individuals' behaviours and habits are also regulated to some extent. Some people often cannot show restraint and self-discipline to change their bad habits. By tax on cigarette and tax on alcohol, those who smoking and drinking excessively are discouraged to consume these products, thereby living in a healthy lifestyle, and then impact society positively that the stress of the health care system is alleviated. On the other hand, the heavy tax burden hamper the development of the economy. People who were industrious in working or setting up a business would not as motivated as before if the tax rate was rising continuously, because a large portion of their income have to be turned over and their efforts were not considered to be paid correspondingly. The high tax rate will encourage citizens to evade tax and even migrate to the countries whose tax burden is acceptable. I am convinced that tax is the the lifeblood of the economy as the functions I described all above, though the excess tax will have an adverse influence on the economy and society.