A cozy and free afternoon at the swimming pool

I got this unforgettable joyful experience when I was about 15 years old and enjoyed my summer holiday. I was so eager to jump into the swimming pool as I was told that there’s a newly open pool near to my house. The swimming pool, in which there was not any amusement equipment, was not very big and it was just built for the housing estate. I tried to avoid going there at cool night when the pool was full of people.

I went to the outdoor swimming pool in that afternoon and the sunshine was not very strong. There was no one at the pool as if I owned this pool. That provided me a chance to stretch my body as I wanted and I could swim freely. When I got into the water, the warmth around me made me really comfortable. I tried all the swimming gestures I could and enjoyed the shinning gentle ripples under the sunshine. The feeling could not get better when I stayed in a warm and cozy water. The temperature of the water was just right for me. They also provided many wooden benches for the public. I chose a special one which is under the large tree and lied down in the shadow. At that moment, the light wind was coming to me as if they are massaging my tired body. I could smelled the sweet perfume of flowers near to me.

As the time went by, more and more people came into the pool and enjoyed their time. I was a little disappointed, for my silence was broken. I told myself that this might be the good time to go and I should keep this amazing warm recollection in my mind.

                                                    (pic from www.trianglepedo.com)

Fashion is so important

There is no doubt that fashion is not an unfamiliar word to us. Actually, fashion has an increasingly influence on the world. What is fashion? Fashion is a prevailing or latest style during a particular time or among a particular people. I think fashion is important. It plays a completely vital role in our life and we are affected by fashion at any time. It appears that fashion accelerates the generation of creations, growth of economy and makes people have colorful life.

On the one hand, fashion can generate more creative ideas. Fashion never needs boring or normal thinking. It is not hard to find many fashionable clothes or accessories are created with special thinking, even weird. Fashion never becomes an easy thing for the creators. Instead, designers pay lots of time and energy to generate fashionable productions. Because of this, these fantastic ideas are individual and symbolize varied styles, but they all make people experience the diversity of fashion.

On the other hand, fashion can make people enjoy colorful life. Can you imagine how do you feel if you are only allowed to wear uniform all day without any accessories. Are you happy? I think the answer is clear. You won’t enjoy your life if you do not even have choice to wear something fashionable. Fashion is multiple and everyone can choose any style they like. They can wear different fashionable clothes with hot accessories. These choices let people enjoy their colorful life. In short, fashion can lead you away from the boring life.

In addition, fashion can accelerate the growth of economy. If you have noticed fashion, you must know Chanel, Dior, and Prada. Do you know how many people will fly to see the Paris fashion show? Victoria’s secret is a very hot show in the world. These brands are symbol of fashion. They can earn billions of dollars, for people are likely to pay for their designed clothes or something else by fashion’s help. Many designers make a living in this field and textile industries are developing rapidly these years. The fashion filed solved lots of problems of unemployment.

To conclude, it is absolutely obvious that fashion is very important to us. It never stops making people generate creative ideas and product varied fashionable clothes to make people have colorful life. We can also see the strong economic potential in fashion field.

                 

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Money is not everything

It appears that money seems to be more and more important in this material society. There are people who claim that money is everything. They attach great importance to earning as much money as possible, for money may symbolize a person’s success. Does money mean everything? In my opinion, money is not everything. We cannot buy everything by paying money. Some things are precious and priceless, such as love, health and happiness.  

On the one hand, we cannot purchase love by money. Love is essential and a kind of emotional feeling. It exists in a couple or a family and everyone is equal in term of love. For instance, a rich man may spend too much time on earning money and his family time is occupied. Money estranges his family. He cannot pay money to make relations better. Love needs time. As a result, he can only spend more time to enhance his family relationship.

On the other hand, we cannot purchase health by money. We can pay money for more vegetables or gym, but we cannot become healthy directly by money. There are thousands of examples that rich people cared too much about their wealth and their health were ignored. When they realized this is a serious problem and suffered from the disease, money could not heal them directly. For example, Kai-Fu Lee, ex China Google Chief, was diagnosed with cancer and regretted to have cared too much about his career, not his health. 

Additionally, we cannot purchase happiness by money. Money can buy happiness if we spend it in the purpose of bringing greater financial security for the family. The chase of possessing more possessions can never find its destination with incessant desire to accumulate more wealth. Happiness comes from our hearts. When we trade too much time and energy to get more wealth, we deprive our inner self from the food of happiness. 

To sum up, I believe that money is not everything. We cannot attach too much importance to money. Even if we are not rich, we are also able to lead a healthy, loving and healthy life. Trying our best to make the people around us happy is another good choice.

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Compare and contrast Snow White and Cinderella

Most of us must have read many fairy tales when we were little kids. Two of those impressed me most, Snow White and Cinderella. They are both kind and gorgeous ladies and have a moving story with their princes. However, many people mix them up and cannot distinguish them clearly. They actually have some differences, which are family background, the helpers and the princes.

The first difference is the family background. Some people assume they are both princesses. But Cinderella is not a princess. She was born in a wealthy family and her mother passed away when Cinderella was a little girl. Her father married another woman. She soon lived with her stepmother and two stepsisters after his father's death. On the contrary, Snow White lived in a royal family and was born to be a princess. She had a better living condition than Cinderella had.

The second difference is the helpers. Many friends helped them to overcome the difficulties. Snow White was helped by the seven dwarfs, the hunter and her prince. Dwarfs provided her with house and foods. The hunter chose not to kill her and her prince gave her a kiss to save her life. By the contrast, Cinderella was helped by his fairy mother, animal friends and her prince. When the king's ball came, her fairy mother dressed her up and gave her a delicate carriage with magic. That made her graceful and the prince fall in love with her. Her animal friends helped her do the dirty housework. The prince managed to find Cinderella and help her escape from her stepmother's control.

The third difference is the princes. Two girls are both saved by their princes. Snow White was sunk in sleep for eating queen's poisonous apple. Her prince gave her a kiss which made Snow White awake by the power of love. Whereas, Cinderella's prince paid more efforts and they have more communications. After the dancing in the ball, Cinderella left a crystal shoe on the stairs. In order to find Cinderella, prince searched all the country and succeeded in finding her.

We can tell that Snow White and Cinderella differ in the family background, the helpers and their princes. But they all overcome many difficulties and have a happy ending in the stories. (380)


(pic from https://stjamesspeaks.wordpress.com/2011/01/11/the-battle-of-the-fairytales-cinderella-vs-snow-white/)

Studying abroad in two different countries

It is not hard to find that many students decide to study abroad for further education. Maybe they are eager to feel different culture or broaden their horizon. These things happen around us or you are planning to study in another country. Spain and America are two popular choices for the international students. I am going to discuss the differences between studying in Spain and studying in America. They are language, living expenses and lifestyle.

The first difference is language. Similarly, studying in these two countries means they have to learn a new language. As we all know, English is the official language in America and most people in the USA speak English. The teachers also speak English in the class and the test papers are written in English. Whereas, Spanish is the official language in Spain. If your Spanish is not good enough, it will be hard to understand teachers' words.

The second difference is living expenses. Like many countries, studying in these two countries will cost more when compared to studying in homeland. We can't deny that the cost of living and studying in the USA is a large number for the international students. But you will receive the better or advanced education in America. By the contrast, this is much less in Spain. To a degree, studying in Spain is better choice for some students from Middle-class family. You can also learn to speak Spanish which is a widespread language.

The third difference is lifestyle. The lifestyles in Spain and America are both western style. However, the classes in Spain always start at 9 am or even at 10 am. Most Spanish people have their supper at 9 pm. Because the timetable in Spain is delayed about one hour when it is compared to most countries. On the contrary, it is easier for the most students to get used to the American timetable.

We can tell that Spain and America differ in language, living expenses, lifestyle and many other perspectives. If you are interested in better education and diversity of culture, studying in America cannot be greater. If you like European culture or love Spanish, I recommend you to choose Spain.


(pic from: http://www.yorksj.ac.uk/international/study-abroad-and-exchange.aspx

How to lose weight in three months(30 minutes version)

Have you ever noticed more and more people care about their figure and weight? Maybe your wedding is approaching or you want to show your body in the coming summer. Many factors make you want to lose weight and have a good figure in a short time. Here come several effective methods to lose weight in three months. They are exercise, eating habit and optimistic attitude.

Continuous exercise is the first important thing. That can burn your fat and consume your calories. You'd better choose a kind of sports which you enjoy. And I really recommend aerobic exercise, such as jogging, swimming and riding bikes. Don't forget to have a good rest after the exercise.

Good eating habits are other important things you should take care. It directly leads to the result of your weight management in three months. Eat much more vegetables and fiber which can fill you up easily. Drink a glass of water before you have your meals. That can make you eat less and feel full. But skipping the meals is a bad choice. The food is not your enemy. They can provide the necessary energy for you and make you achieve your exercise goals.

The optimistic attitude is the final important thing. If you do exercise under a cloud of negative thought, you will find it's getting harder to finish your tasks. When you do it with optimistic attitudes, losing weight is a kind of joy, not a chore. I also want to emphasize the importance of sleep. Drop your bad habits and go to bed earlier. I promise your plan can be carried out smoothly.

All in all, we should attach great importance to our food, exercise and mood when you try to lose weight in three months. I hope you can achieve your goals and enjoy your new life.

How to Lose weight in three months

It is a fact that there are many people all over the world obsessed by the obesity issues. As the booming development of weight management industry comes, a large number of losing weight methods appeal to people. However, many approaches are useless. Here are some vital and effective ways you should focus on when you manage your weight and want to make progress in three months. They are exercise, eating habit and attitude.

At the beginning, losing weight needs sweat, which means continuous exercise. This concept has been highly emphasized, but quantities of people cannot do it in a proper way. The reason why we do sports is that we need to burn our fat and it usually happens when you do aerobic exercise more than 30 minutes. Jogging, swimming and riding bikes are typical aerobic exercise you can choose. Therefore, a proper sports plan and carrying it out with persistence are suggested in this three months.

Then a healthy eating habit never fails to be an important factor in this process, which gives rise to what and how you eat in daily life. As we all know that many fat issues come from junk food which contains high calories. This is because our body cannot consume all the calories and the rest of them is turned into fat kept in our body. Here are some advisable ways: drinking a glass of water before you eat, eating more vegetables and fiber which fill you up easily, cutting out the sugar and eating smaller meals more frequently. But you'd better not skip the meals, for the simple reason that they provide you with necessary energy.

At last, an optimistic attitude and a regular or healthy lifestyle make you continue the plan smoothly. As is shown in a survey, the poor sleep becomes one of the strong factors of weight gain and obesity. When you keep doing exercise, the abundant sleep can also product much energy which helps you work out tomorrow. And the sleep is just a part of the regular lifestyle. The optimistic attitude makes you lose weight with ease and raise your efficiency as well. If you carry out your plan under a cloud of negative thinking, you will find that losing weight becomes harder. With optimistic thinking, preparing healthy food and doing sports will be a joy, not a chore.

Generally speaking, we should attach great importance to our food, exercise and mood when you try to lose weight in three months.

      

       

              (pic from http://www.webmd.com/diet/lose-weight-fast-how-to-do-it-safely)