please help me!! please can help me distinguish between the meaning of "assimilate '' and "integrate"? does "assimilate "refer to a bad meaning ?

what is your definition of happiness My writing ielts yesterday had a question is “what is your definition of happiness?” “I don’t know even I have never asked myself about this until now . By chance, today while i was passing across a coffee shop I heard a old song which I used to love long time ago, I felt happy. Now I recall the feeling when the first time I set foot in sydney or when i was received my first week’s salary from part-time job, i was joyful all the way back home and treated myself a favourite food(but with second week’s salary I didn’t have that feeling) maybe with me happiness is every simply small moment which i can enjoy in my life. However, happiness is hard to define exactly because it depend on the pont of view and life style of each of us

how to measure the success of a country Up to now, economic development has always been an indicator to evaluate the success of a country. However, that is just a one-sided view if we neglect the other elements. I think that we should also look at non-material progress for a complete picture. One of the most important factor that should be mentioned is “peace”. This means that people can live and work together happily without disagreements, freedom from war and violence. A nation, even if with marterial wealth, but citizens of which always live in fear or face escalation of violence by political strife, terrorism,or criminal and so on cannot be called success. Another signal that play an equally crucial role in measuring this outside of economics is welfare and social system. It is wonderful to think that the poor people can still get medical examination and treatment without money, or people who lose a job can get assistance and the children in romote regions can be funded to go to school, then we can say this country is advanced. In the end, I feel that it comes down to all success of a nation stem from the peace and stability. The reason is that such countries will be respected and appreciated by other nations. Since they will be able to easily attract the investment and tourism as well as achieve sustainable development in economy. So, in conclusion, in order to measure the prosperity of a country we should consider in harmony amongst factors from economics, peace to social programes and services. Only by doing so can we gain a true evaluation.

Life and work Nowadays, in modern society , more and more people have gotten indifferent to family and friend realtionship. At first glance , it seems there will not negative effects to immediate our life. In long term, however, this can erode the family value and cuture. I think that work and advanced communication technology are responsible for this. let us begin with first factor is work. The severe competition in th workplace and labor market makes many people not afford to balance between work and private time. In order to keep pace with their collegues or gain a well-paid job and cover the cost of living they usually have to work overtime or participate in night courses to enhance their professional skill. The fatigue after working hours would make married couples desire to be sleeped to recover energy instead of playing with their kid or meeting friends. another important side should be mentioned is moblie phone and social network. In the past, we often spent several hours to go visting our parent on the weekend but this is no longer the case. People feel more lazy and prefer to make a phone call rather than to meet in person or it is easy to update the situation their friend through new feeds on facebook, twitter, tango and so on.

The influence of TV and computer games on the children. On the one hand, time proved that the abuse of TV, video and computer games has been exposing bad impacts on the children both physically and mentally. Sitting too long in front of a computer screen can be harmful to their eyesight. Not to mention they will miss sport activities with friend that are necessary to their health and growth. Moreover , violence and questionable contents on TV or computer game can make a kid tend to imitate and express undesirable behaviours in the real life, as they are impressionable. on the other hand, completely forbidding the children to watch TV or play game is not a good method ,they also need to have fun and play. If students only study, they will surely suffer from mental and emotional pressure and stress. While, currently there are many good TV and game programme which have successfully combined study and entertainment. With lively images or the colourful depiction of fairytale world can stimulate immagination as well as enhance creativity of kids.

writing for ielts test Many people use distance learning programmes (study material,post,tv,the internet,etc..) to study at home, but some people think that it can not bring the same benefits of attending college or university .To what extent do you agree or disagree with this opinion? Nowadays, with advanced technology development, it is not so hard for people want to study at home or anywhere only with a computer and the internet connection without attending class. However , this provides the same benefits of traditional learning method or not is a controversial issue. My view is that classroom-based learning is more effective for most of people. Let us begin with the first merit of tradition learning is teachers, people was trained to impart directly knowledge to students through their wisdom and experience, who can insert different curriculums into learning process to generate interest and motivation towards student. A computer can show that you was wrong ,but it can not explain why you made a mistake while a teacher can. So attending school is always the best way to obatain knowledge . Moreover, studying environment at college or university can help students have a chance for both mental and physical training as well as gain soft skills which will be necessary for their living and job in the future. For example , my friend who always feel afraid of standing in front of the crowd overcame her weakness when she was forced to do the presentation before the other classmates, and after actively participating in social actions were organised in her university she became more confident and open-minded in communication with everyone. That is not to say that remote learning programmes do not have any positive point . Of course, in some remote areas without roads ,funds many people do not have enough condition to pay for tuition to studying at university or people are busy working and are inadequate time to present at classroom . thus, it is really usefull to reducing the learning cost and time. In sum, the traditional learning model has been tested and survived the ages . Meanwhile , we should also harness the potential of new technology and apply flexibly in some especial cases.