ZhangYangWhoAReporter(200字)作文
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ZhangYang was a reporter in China last year.Start,he eagered to go out on a story by himslef.But hia.boss let him make a has very big experience asssistant.And let him learn from other reporters how to do it.Later,he was hard work in reporte.Finally,him had a cover a story chance.It is reported that has a boss give some money money to a chief.He was concentrate on this work in order to don"t get the wrong wbs of the stick.He interviewed many peoplw.At this.moment,zhangYang imform that someone accused his reporte of doesn"t accurate.
He was thought doubt that his feporte"s accurate.Zhamgyamg made hia.mind on defending against thia accused.
篇一：9年级作文
Unit 1
你的英国笔友Frank想学汉语，请你给他写一封信，告诉他如何学习汉语。
要求：1. 语句通顺，书写工整
2．可用所提示的词语，也可以适当发挥
3. 词数：60-80
（提示词语：go to Chinese classes, make friends, listen to the radio, dictionary, useful, read Chinese stories, talk with, difficult, ask a Chinese teacher for help?）
Dear Frank,
How’s it going? I miss you.
I know you want to learn Chinese now. I have some good ideas. First, you can go to Chinese classes and make Chinese friends. Then, you must listen to the radio in the morning, and read Chinese stories. It's good for your listening and speaking. If you see some words you can't understand, you can by looking up dictionary. It's useful for you. Maybe, you can ask a Chinese teacher for help.
I hope you can speak Chinese well.
Friend, XXX
假如你叫张华，你的笔友李林在学习英语中遇到了
困难，给他发一封e-mail， 向他提供几条学习英语的建议。
要求：1. 词数80-100
2．条理清楚，词意连贯，字迹工整
Dear Li Lin,
I know it isn’t easy to learn English well, but I have some suggestions that help. You said you couldn’t understand people when they talked fast. Well why don’t you join an English club? You can get much listening practice there. Having conversations with friends is helpful, and also you can watch English-language TV. It’s the best way to improve your English. I believe you’ll be good at English if you work hard at it!
Yours,
Zhang Hua
P6 3c Write an article about the things that have helped you the most in learning another language. I think the best way to learn English is to use it. Every morning I read English aloud after I get up. I practice my listening skills by watching English-language videos. Every Friday afternoon I go to the English club to practice conversations with friends. I think it helps me with my speaking skills. Oh, keeping a diary in English is also helpful.
In my free time, I usually listen to English songs. It also helps. Now I can sing many English songs. What do you think is the best way to learn English? Can you tell me?
P7 SC2 Xu Zheng won a prize for his essay about the importance of English. Later, a reporter from the school magazine interviewed him. Use the reporter’s notes to write an article about Xu Zheng.
Xu Zheng is a middle school student. He won a prize for his essay about the importance of
English. He likes taking notes, watching movies and listening to pop songs. He finds the pronunciation is difficult. And native speakers speak English too quickly. He often learns English by making up conversations and speaking to friends in English. He thinks most people speak English as a second language. English is used around the world for computers and also used in science. English can help us understand many new books and movies.
Unit 2
假如Lily是你的朋友，你与她一起长大， 她的变
化让你吃惊。请根据以下内容介绍Lily的变化。
In the past: straight hair, quiet and shy, not like English, like singing.
Now: tall, short and curly hair, outgoing, like English very much, like sports.
Two days ago, I met my friend Lily. To my surprise, she has changed a lot in the last few years. She used to have straight hair. But now she is tall and has short and curly hair. She used to be really quiet and shy. Now she is so outgoing. And in the past, she used to hate the English class. But now it's exactly opposite. She used to like singing, so that we often went to concerts. But now her favorite hobby is sports.
写一篇文章，说明你小学与初中学习方面的变化。
要求：1. 词数80左右
2. 条理清楚，语意连贯
My life changed much. When I was in primary school, I used to study four subjects, but now I have seven subjects. I used to like math, but now I find it so difficult for me. I used to like tests, but now hate them. When I was young, there was little homework every day. So I had much time to play. But now I’m a middle school student. I have to study hard for tests.
P15 SC2 Look at the pictures and write about Yu Mei.
It seems that Yu Mei has changed a lot. She used to be short when she was younger, but now she is much taller. She used to have long, curly hair, but now she has short, straight hair. She used to play soccer, but now she is outgoing and friendly. We all like her very much. We are good friends.
假如你是李华，这个学期刚转到一所新学校。请根据下面表格中的信息，介绍你的一些变化。
I have changed a lot since I moved to this new school this term.
I used to have many friends and be outgoing, but now I have few friends, and I become a little quiet. In the old school, I used to spend much time playing with my friends, but now I have to spend most of my time on my schoolwork. I used to have no interest in my lessons, so I usually got bad grades. However, now I become more interested in my studies, and my grades are improving a lot.
Unit 3
P23 SC2 Read the article. Write a letter to the editor agreeing or disagreeing. Explain your reasons.
Dear Editor,
I would like to reply to the article “Helping and learning” in your last newsletter. I agree with some ideas and disagree with others. The article said that students should be allowed to do these things, such as going to an old people’s home. I agree, and we should have a special day to help others. By doing this, we can understand the society more. But I disagree that students should be allowed to have Friday afternoon off to volunteer and help others. I think we can do that on Saturday or Sunday. As for Friday afternoon, we should join different clubs. That would be more fun.
Yours sincerely,
**
最近你和父母针对“青少年该不该在周末与朋友外出”进行了讨论。请根据下列表格中的信息提示，以“Should teenagers go out with friends on weekends?”为题，写一篇英语短文。开头已给出，不计入总词数。
要求：1. 所写内容需包括表格中提供的父母的想法
2. 至少给出你的三个想法。
3. 80词左右
Should teenagers go out with fiends on weekends?
Recently I’ve had a discussion with my parents about whether teenagers should go out with friends on weekends. My parents think that teenagers should stay at home on weekends. They should go over their lessons. And they could have enough time to have a good sleep. They also think teenagers should help parents do some housework on weekends.
In my opinion, we teenagers should be allowed be go out with friends for fun on weekends, so we can relax more. And we can also share ideas with each other. What’s more, we can also take some exercise together to keep it.
国有国法，家有家规。不同的学校，校规也可能不同。假如下面表格中的内容是你所在学校的校规，请根据表格中提供的内容，描述你们学校的校规。词数80左右。
Different schools have different rules. We also have many rules at school. Students are not allowed to bring mobile phones to school because they can make a lot of noise. But we can bring drinks and dictionaries to school. We’re not allowed to run in the hallway because it is dangerous. But we can play basketball, run and do other exercises on the playground after class. Coming to school late and getting the ears pierced are not allowed in our school. Could you please tell me what your school rules are?
Unit 4
P31 SC2 Read the e-mail from Fran and write a reply.
Dear Fran,
I’ve got your e-mail. After I read your e-mail, I just want to give you some advice. First, I think you should help your friend Mei set up her confidence. If she has confidence in herself, she won’t be terrified of speaking in front of other people. Second, it’s a good chance to practice English. Don’t take it as a contest. Third, if your friend is really hard at everything, though she fails, nobody will blame on her. Your friends and other students will understand her. Finally, it’s important to take part in the activity, but not the results. I really hope your friend will win this contest. Wait for your good news.
Yours,
Knowledgeable
阅读下列邮件，然后根据要求写一封回信。
Dear Yang Fen,
Now I am new here. I can’t understand what the English teacher says, and I am afraid of talking with the classmates here. But the biggest problem for me is that I can’t sleep the night before a big exam. Could you help me?
Yours,
Wang Li
要求：
请根据王林的困难，运用以下句型给出建议。80词左右。开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。
You should?
Why don’t you?
If I were you, I would?
Dear Wang Lin,
I’m glad to hear from you. I have some suggestions that may help you.
First, you said you couldn’t understand what the English teacher said. Well, you can try to listen
for the most important words, not every word. And after class you should do more listening practice.
Second, you may feel shy to talk with your new classmates. Well, you can try to talk to someone who looks friendly.
Lastly, don’t be afraid of exams. If I were you, I would drink some milk and have a good sleep to face the next day’s exams.
I hope you will do better in English and get along well with your new classmates.
Yours,
Yang Fen
我们经常听到有些孩子抱怨父母不理解他们，父母与孩子之间存在着代沟。假设你是一位父亲或母亲，你会怎样处理与孩子之间的关系。
要求：语句通顺，过渡自然，80词左右
提示：1. 多交流，增进相互了解；
2. 不要总是抱怨孩子，应当多鼓励；
3. 给孩子适当的娱乐时间；
4. 为孩子树立一个好榜样
If I were a parent, I would not always complain that my child doesn’t understand me. I would communicate with him or her. I wouldn’t say I wasn’t like this at his or her age. They could have their hobbies, such as listening to pop music, watching action movies, choosing their own clothes and friends, etc. If I were a parent, I would encourage them to have fun. I would force them to study all day. I would encourage them however a little progress they had made. The most important thing is that I would be a good model for them and win their respect.
Unit 5
P38 Write another paragraph about Bell Tower using these notes.
Then we interviewed some other neighbors. Everyone had their own ideas. Chu family said, “Late night, we found footsteps in the hallway. We thought it might be the neighbors, so we didn’t mind it at all.” Lao Zheng said, “I thought someone trying to get in the window when I heard the noise. But I couldn’t find anyone. At last, I thought it might be the wind.” Xiao Ning said, “Each time when I get home, I can find garbage in front of my house, so I think it might be cats which often eat near my home.”
假如你是Mike，你的好朋友Lucy的宠物狗-Mary，走失好几天了，为此，她感到很焦虑。请给Lucy写封信，安慰她，并推测狗可能会在哪里，在做什么。
要求：1. 书信格式要正确。
2. 运用以下句式进行推测：
She might ?
It is possible that?
3. 80词左右。
Dear Lucy,
下页篇二：9作文
九年级英语各单元作文范文（全册）
Unit 1
你的英国笔友Frank想学汉语，请你给他写一封信，告诉他如何学习汉语。
要求：1. 语句通顺，书写工整
2．可用所提示的词语，也可以适当发挥
3. 词数：60-80
（提示词语：go to Chinese classes, make friends, listen to the radio, dictionary, useful, read Chinese stories, talk with, difficult, ask a Chinese teacher for help…）
Dear Frank,
How’s it going? I miss you.
I know you want to learn Chinese now. I have some good ideas. First, you can go to Chinese classes and make Chinese friends. Then, you must listen to the radio in the morning, and read Chinese stories. It's good for your listening and speaking. If you see some words you can't understand, you can by looking up dictionary. It's useful for you. Maybe, you can ask a Chinese teacher for help.
I hope you can speak Chinese well.
Friend, XXX
假如你叫张华，你的笔友李林在学习英语中遇到了困难，给他发一封e-mail， 向他提供几条学习英语的建议。要求：1. 词数80-100. 2．条理清楚，词意连贯，字迹工整 Dear Li Lin,
I know it isn’t easy to learn English well, but I have some suggestions that help. You said you couldn’t understand people when they talked fast. Well why don’t you join an English club? You can get much listening practice there. Having conversations with friends is helpful, and also you can watch English-language TV. It’s the best way to improve your English. I believe you’ll be good at English if you work hard at it!
Yours,
Zhang Hua
P6 3c Write an article about the things that have helped you the most in learning another language.
I think the best way to learn English is to use it. Every morning I read English aloud after I get up. I practice my listening skills by watching English-language videos. Every Friday afternoon I go to the English club to practice conversations with friends. I think it helps me with my speaking skills. Oh, keeping a diary in English is also helpful.
In my free time, I usually listen to English songs. It also helps. Now I can sing many English songs. What do you think is the best way to learn English? Can you tell me?
P7 SC2 Xu Zheng won a prize for his essay about the importance of English. Later, a reporter from the school magazine interviewed him. Use the reporter’s notes to write an article about Xu Zheng.
Xu Zheng is a middle school student. He won a prize for his essay about the importance of English. He likes taking notes, watching movies and listening to pop songs. He finds the pronunciation is difficult. And native speakers speak English too quickly. He often learns English by making up conversations and speaking to friends in English. He thinks most people speak English as a second language. English is used around the world for computers and also used in science. English can help us understand many new books and movies.
Unit 2
假如Lily是你的朋友，你与她一起长大， 她的变化让你吃惊。请根据以下内容介绍Lily的变化。
In the past: straight hair, quiet and shy, not like English, like singing.
Now: tall, short and curly hair, outgoing, like English very much, like sports.
Two days ago, I met my friend Lily. To my surprise, she has changed a lot in the last few years. She used to have straight hair. But now she is tall and has short and curly hair. She used to be really quiet and shy. Now she is so outgoing. And in the past, she used to hate the English class. But now it's exactly opposite. She used to like singing, so that we often went to concerts. But now her favorite hobby is sports.
写一篇文章，说明你小学与初中学习方面的变化。
要求：1. 词数80左右. 2. 条理清楚，语意连贯
My life changed much. When I was in primary school, I used to study four subjects, but now I have seven subjects. I used to like math, but now I find it so difficult for me. I used to like tests, but now hate them. When I was young, there was little homework every day. So I had much time to play. But now I’m a middle school student. I have to study hard for tests.
P15 SC2 Look at the pictures and write about Yu Mei.
It seems that Yu Mei has changed a lot. She used to be short when she was younger, but now she is much taller. She used to have long, curly hair, but now she has short, straight hair. She used to play soccer, but now she is outgoing and friendly. We all like her very much. We are good friends.
假如你是李华，这个学期刚转到一所新学校。请根据下面表格中的信息，介绍你的一些变化。80词左右，开头已给出，不计入总词数。
I have changed a lot since I moved to this new school this term.
I used to have many friends and be outgoing, but now I have few friends, and I become a little quiet. In the old school, I used to spend much time playing with my friends, but now I have to spend most of my time on my schoolwork. I used to have no interest in my lessons, so I usually got bad grades. However, now I become more interested in my studies, and my grades are improving a lot.
Unit 3
P23 SC2 Read the article. Write a letter to the editor agreeing or disagreeing. Explain your reasons.
Dear Editor,
I would like to reply to the article “Helping and learning” in your last newsletter. I agree with some ideas and disagree with others. The article said that students should be allowed to do these things, such as going to an old people’s home. I agree, and we should have a special day to help others. By doing this, we can understand the society more. But I disagree that students should be allowed to have Friday afternoon off to volunteer and help others. I think we can do that on Saturday or Sunday. As for Friday afternoon, we should join different clubs. That would be more fun.
Yours sincerely,
**
最近你和父母针对“青少年该不该在周末与朋友外出”进行了讨论。请根据下列表格中的信息提示，以“Should teenagers go out with friends on weekends?”为题，写一篇英语短文。开头已给出，不计入总词数。
Your parents’ ideas
Your ideas
1. go over lessons
1. …
2. have a good sleep
2. …
3. help parents do housework
3. …
要求：1. 所写内容需包括表格中提供的父母的想法
2. 至少给出你的三个想法。
3. 80词左右
Should teenagers go out with fiends on weekends?
Recently I’ve had a discussion with my parents about whether teenagers should go out with friends on weekends. My parents think that teenagers should stay at home on weekends. They should go over their lessons. And they could have enough time to have a good sleep. They also think teenagers should help parents do some housework on weekends.
In my opinion, we teenagers should be allowed be go out with friends for fun on weekends, so we can relax more. And we can also share ideas with each other. What’s more, we can also take some exercise together to keep it.
国有国法，家有家规。不同的学校，校规也可能不同。假如下面表格中的内容是你所在学校的校规，请根据表格中提供的内容，描述你们学校的校规。词数80左右。
Be allowed
Be not allowed
Bring drinks to school
Bring mobile phones to school
Bring dictionaries to school
Run in the hallway
Play basketball
Come late to school
Run and do other exercises
Get the ears pierced
Different schools have different rules. We also have many rules at school. Students are not allowed to bring mobile phones to school because they can make a lot of noise. But we can bring drinks and dictionaries to school. We’re not allowed to run in the hallway because it is dangerous. But we can play basketball, run and do other exercises on the playground after class. Coming to school late and getting the ears pierced are not allowed in our school. Could you please tell me what your school rules are?
Unit 4
P31 SC2 Read the e-mail from Fran and write a reply.
Dear Fran,
I’ve got your e-mail. After I read your e-mail, I just want to give you some advice. First, I think you should help your friend Mei set up her confidence. If she has confidence in herself, she won’t be terrified of speaking in front of other people. Second, it’s a good chance to practice English. Don’t take it as a contest. Third, if your friend is really hard at everything, though she fails, nobody will blame on her. Your friends and other students will understand her. Finally, it’s important to take part in the activity, but not the results. I really hope your friend will win this contest. Wait for your good news.
Yours,
Knowledgeable
阅读下列邮件，然后根据要求写一封回信。
Dear Yang Fen,
Now I am new here. I can’t understand what the English teacher says, and I am afraid of talking with the classmates here. But the biggest problem for me is that I can’t sleep the night before a big exam. Could you help me?
Yours,
Wang Li
要求：
请根据王林的困难，运用以下句型给出建议。80词左右。开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词
下页篇三：八年级英语作文
My life in twenty years
In twenty years,I think I will live a happy life. I’ll be a reporter. I’ll live in Beijing. As a reporter,
I think I will meet lots of interesting people. I think I’ll buy a big house and live with my families. I’ll have many differents pets. I might keep a pet parrot. I’ll have my own car and drive to work and take my family to picnic on weekends. I’ll probably go swimming and play golf after work every day. During the week I’ll look smart and wear a suit, but on the weekend I’ll be able to dress more casually. On vaction I’ll go to Hong Kong and even visit Australia.
My report card of end-of-year exam
I finished my end-of-year exam last week. I got my report card yesterday. I always get nervous when I see the report card. But luckily I did OK this time. My Chinese teacher said my grade was the best. My math teacher said I was pretty smart.My English teacher said I was better at reading than writing. My physics teacher said I was the most careful. My geography teacher said I was very hard-working. My PE teacher said I did best in playing basketball. However,my biology teacher said I could do better and my histroy teacher said I was a little lazy. I think I will do better later on.
If I am a teacher
Everyone has their own dreams. When I was young ,my dream was that I would be a teacher when I grew up. I think if I am a teacher, I will work with students and love them like my children. If I am a teacher , I will make friends with students and help them solve all kinds of problems they meet. If I am a teacher ,I won’t give students too much pressure and homework . If I am a teacher, I will try my best to teach students more knowledge. However, if I am a teacher , I will also be strict with them to make the students’grades better and better. If I am a teacher,I will probably go to work in the poor areas and help chilren there open up their eyes to
the outside world . This is my beautiful dream. I will work harder to make my dream come true from now on.
My Problem
Dear grandpa,
How’s it going? I hope you are in good health.
I have many friends at school. I get on well with my friends. But now I have a problem---One day, one of my friends lost 100 yuan. He/She thought I took his/her money and he/she told that to my other friends. After that they weren’t friendly to me. So I feel very upset now. I don’t what to do. Can you give me some advice?
Please write to me soon.
Yours,
Tim
An Unusual Experience
I had a very experience on Sunday. At around ten o’clock in the morning, I was walking down the street when a UFO landed right in front of me. An alien got out and walked down the street. I followed it to see where it was going, and I was very surprised when it went into a souvenir shop. While it was looking at the souvenirs, the shop assistant called the police. Before the police arrived, the alien left the shop and then visited the Museum of Flight. While the alien was in the musuem, I called the TV station. Isn’t that amazing!
My Hobby
Everyone has their own hobbies. My hobby is to collect snow globes. I have been collecting snow globes since I was six years old. I have had more than 200 of them so far. The first one I ever got was a birthday cake snow globe on my sixth birthday. I like snow globes with animals in them best. I think collecting snow globes can bring more fun to me and make me learn a lot about animals.
My Pet
The trendiest kind of pet these days is the pot-bellied pig. I have a pot-bellied pig called Connie. She is my best friend. I often take a walk with her after dinner. She watches TV on the sofa with me every night. However, life with a pig isn’t always perfect. When I got my pig, she was small. But she eats a lot. Now she’s too big to sleep in the house, so I made her a special pig house. Also pigs need a lot of love. Sometimes I don’t have enough time to spend with her.
A Thank-you note
Dear Allen,
Thanks for inviting me to your house on Friday. I really enjoyed meeting your family. And your baby sister is really lovely. I had a great time. I’m sorry I had to leave early, but I had a family dinner. My grandfather was having his 90th birthday party!
Yours John
A Wonderful Trip
I had a wonderful trip last summer holiday. I went to Hong Kong Disneyland with my parents. We went there by plane. I was very happy that I saw Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck with my own eyes. There we took a ride on a roller coaster. We also saw Disney movies and had dinner with Mickey Mouse. Of course we bought some Disney clothes and gifts. We really had a great time there. I wish I could visit it again one day.
Low-carbon Life (低碳生活) Now more and more people get to know (认识到) it’s important to protect(保护) our living environment. As a student, it’s our duty(职责) to do something for the earth. From now on, I’ll go to school by bike or on foot instead of in a car. I’ll use fewer plastic bags (塑料袋) to
reduce(减少) white pollution. And I’ll plant more trees to make air cleaner. I’ll take less lift(电梯) and reuse water. At last I’ll use second-hand books to cut down fewer trees. I think if we all do these things, our environment will get better and better and our world will be more beautiful.
What should we do to create civilized city(创建文明城市) ? Now our city is creating a natural civilized city. As high school students, we should do these things better: When we walk on the street, we shouldn’t break the traffic rules. When we talk with eath other, we shouldn’t say rude words. When we are in public, we shouldn’t throw the litter around or smoke. When we wait for the bus or shop, we should wait in line. When we are in the hospital or library, we shouldn’t talk loudly. When we take the bus, we should give old people to seats.I hope if everyone can do these, our city will be more civilizing.
How to be a polite student
I think we should be a polite student at school. I think we should do these things: We shouldn’t be late for school or class and should arrive at school on time. We shouldn’t talk loudly in the classroom and should keep quiet all the time. After class we shouldn’t run in the hallway(走廊). We shouldn’t copy others’ homework and finish homework by ourthemselves. We shouldn’t throw the litterand should pick it up and keep the school and classroom clean. We should wait in line when we have meals. Whenever and wherever we should say polite words and should never say rude words.
【对中学玩电脑游戏的看法】
Now playing computer games becomes very popular among the high school students. Many of them are interested in them.They spend all day and all night on them. Even they aren’t intereted in studying at all.
On the one hand, I think playing computer games is bad for students.It is bad for their eyes. After playing
computer games they want to sleep when they have classes. Then they won’t finish homework by themselves and will copy others’homework. Of course they will fail the test and get worse grades. On the other hand, I think students may play small computer games for half an hour once to relax themselves.
If I were a teacher
Hello! Good morning/afternoon everyone! My name is Ma Xinjie. I’m from No.3 Middle School of Zhicheng. Today my speech title is 《If I were a teacher》.
As we know, everyone has their own dreams. When I was young ,my dream was that I would be a teacher when I grew up. I think if I were a teacher, I would work with students and love them like my children. If I were a teacher , I would make friends with students and help them solve all kinds of problems they met. If I were a teacher ,I wouldn’t give students too much pressure and homework while I would give them more free time to do something they enjoyed. If I were a teacher, I would try my best
下页篇四：专八作文
Archbishop大主教: UK联合王国should allow Shariah沙里夫
LONDON - The archbishop of Canterbury on Thursday called for a limited application of Islamic law in Britain. Muslims praised the proposal but the government rejected it.
The unusual suggestion from Britain's highest ranking Christian leader would, if adopted, allow British Muslims to choose to resolve marital and financial disputes under Islamic law, known as Shariah, rather than through British courts.
Archbishop Rowan Williams said in a radio interview with British Broadcasting Corp. that incorporating Islamic law could help improve Britain's flagging social cohesion.
"Certain provisions of Shariah are already recognized in our society and under our law, so it's not as if we're bringing in an alien and rival
system,"
said Williams, who gave a speech on the topic Thursday night. Prime Minister Gordon Brown's spokesman immediately rejected Williams'
proposal.
"The prime minister believes British law should apply in this country, based on British values,"
said Michael Ellam.
The idea was also rejected by Sayeed Warsi, an opposition
spokeswoman for social affairs. She said all British citizens had to be subject to the same laws developed by Parliament.
Williams said he was not advocating that Britain allow extreme aspects of Shariah, which has been associated with harsh punishments meted out by Islamic courts in Saudi Arabia and some other countries and has been used to undermine the rights of women.
"Nobody in their right mind"
would want to see that, he said. He called for "a clear eye"
when discussing Islamic law.
Mohammed Shafiq, director of the Ramadhan Foundation, said the use of Shariah would help lower tensions in British society.
"It would make Muslims more proud of being British,"
he said. "It would give Muslims the sense that the British respect our faith."
Shafiq said it was important that non-Muslims in Britain understand that Williams is not suggesting Shariah be adopted for resolving criminal charges, but only civil disputes.
Shafiq and Williams noted that Britain already allows Orthodox Jews to resolve disputes under traditional Jewish law.
Rodney Barker, a political science professor at the London School of Economics, said Williams'
decision to address such a controversial issue was not surprising.
"He's not a cautious, conservative priest,"
Barker said. "He recognizes we live in a society where there is not one dominant religion. He doesn't say, 'I have the truth and the rest of you are wicked and deluded.'"
But there are dangers involved in letting one community apply one type of justice while another uses a different system, said Fawaz Gerges, a professor of Middle East studies at Sarah Lawrence College in Bronxville, New York, who has written extensively about militant Islam.
"It's a minefield,"
he said. "Britain is a nation of laws, once you say to a community that they can apply their own laws, you are establishing a dangerous precedent."
Ambition is the decision one makes and the resolution with which he carries out that decision. It provides us with the required driving force to accomplish any undertakings in our life. Just as Joseph Epstein, a famous American writer put it, “And as we decide and choose, so are our lives formed.” Indeed, once we make up our minds to choose to do something, then our life becomes meaningful and specifically orientated.
This notion of life, as far as I observe, is closest to truth and does apply to almost all aspects of life.
First things first, ambition renders us a sense of mission. No matter what decision you make you have to be responsible for your choice. Your choice procures you a sense of orientation, or more specially a sense of mission. And only a strong mission may enable one to
accomplish greatness. Caesar of the ancient Roman Empire was urged by his ambition “I came, I saw, I conquered.” And became an unrivaled
empire builder in the history of Rome. John Milton, stimulated always by his ambition that aimed at writing some “mighty lines” which England would unwillingly forget, had in due time secured his position as the second Shakespeare in the history of English literature.
In the second place, ambition can bring one’s potentials to the full. Ambition may well serve as a catalyst activating one’s dormant
potentials. Without ambition one’s potentials will remain slumbering like a dormant volcano. A case in point is Ms Zhang Haidi, a Chinese Helen Keller. It was her ambition to be a useful person has turned the almost paralyzed Zhang Haidi into a well-accomplished figure whose
achievements would dwarf those of some normal people aim at the sun, though, at worst, they may probably land on the moon.
Influential as it is upon us, however, ambition must be channeled in the right direction. If wrongly directed, one’s ambition may bring havoc
on him and others. Hitler, whose ambition was to conquer Europe by whatever evil means, finally turned him into a demon. It was this demon that almost cast Europe into an unfathomable abyss of anguish and suffering. Another case is Macbeth whose ambition was to become the king of Scotland. However, his ambition was materialized by the murder of King Duncan. Consequently, unbearable guilt and psychological agony drove him to his tragic doom.
To sum up, ambition can benefit us tremendously if wisely and
correctly channeled, otherwise it may ruin others and ourselves. A poet says: life can be bad;
life can be good;
life can be dirty;
life can be sad,;
life can even be painful. In my mind’s eye, a person can make his life beautiful, meaningful and rewarding and stand out as a respectable personage if he is motivated by a well-orientated ambition.
China looks to New Year as nation recovers from bl
BEIJING - Chinese people are looking forward to an auspicious Year of the Mouse, as the country recovers from transport and power chaos triggered by a long spell of bad weather.
People began to exchange text messages on Wednesday, wishing one another a healthy, happy, and successful Lunar New Year. The Rat Year officially began on Thursday.
Many recalled the three weeks of severe weather in their greetings, stressing the significance of family, friendship, the leadership and the
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