In China, there is a saying: "A good neighbor is better than a brother far off"(远亲不如近邻). The Bible says, "Love your neighbor as yourself" (爱你的邻居，尤如爱你自己) In this part, you are to write within 35 minutes an essay on the topic: The Importance of Neighbor including the following information below:
1) What is your understanding of the saying "A good neighbor is better than a brother far off"
2) The condition of the relationship between neighbors.
3) How to live in a harmonious way with your neighbors.
You should write 160-200 words on ANSWER SHEET 2.
There is an old saying in English: "Laughter is the best medicine". Until recently, few people took the saying very seriously. Now, however, doctors have begun to investigate laughter and the effects it has on the human body. They have found evidence that laughter really can improve people’s health.
Tests were carried out to study the effects of laughter on the body. People watched funny films, while doctors checked their heart rate, blood pressure, breathing and muscles. It was found that laughter has similar effects to physical exercise. It increases blood pressure, the heart rate and the rate of breathing; it also works several groups of muscles in the face, the stomach, and even the feet. If laughter exercises the body, it must be beneficial.
Other tests have shown that laughter appears to be capable of reducing the effect of pain on the body.
There is also some evidence to suggest that laughter helps the body’s immune system, tha
In pioneer days, being a good neighbor was very important. Neighbors helped one another raise a house, build a barn(谷仓), and clear fields. Families depended on one another for friendship and entertainment. But today in our cities and suburbs, neighboring is not common. A family may not even know the other families that live dose by.
We live in ma age of machines, and each family may have its own ear, TV set, and washing machine. People no longer depend on neighbors as much as they once did.
Machines keep people apart in other ways. In our grandparents’ time, women met while they hung out their washing, and men stopped and talked while they mowed their lawns. Today, women stay in the house with their automatic(自动的) driers. The men can’t hear anything above the roar of their power lawn mowers. And the children are inside watching their favorite TV shows.
Is the idea of being neighborly old-fashioned In 1985, a power failure hit New York City, and
A. Since human beings cannot live alone, neighboring will be important again.
B. Machines are not good because they keep people apart.
C. Neighbors are not necessary in our time of machines.
D. Machines can replace good neighbors as they can work for people and entertain people.
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