Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay entitled Announcement. You should write at least 150 words following the outline given below:你们学校将开展一次赴西部支教的活动，在校生均可参加，为期一年，教授的课程为初中语文、数学、英语、物理和化学。请你以学生会名义，起草一份本次活动的宣传启事。Announce

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Certificate Mania In the face of fierce competition in the job market nowadays, many university students take various training courses and sit for certificate exams to gain a competitive edge. They usually spend weekends or vacations in training camps, polishing up on their acquired skills or trying to get a new one. Certain "certificate maniacs" even aim to obtain a bunch of certificates, believing that they may come in handy someday. Several reasons may lead to this certificate mania, and the most important is that there is an increasing number of university graduates while that of job vacancies does not grow in proportion to it. Therefore, employers prefer to recruit the ones with more related experience and skills. Since exams and certificates in some way are a testimony to one's certain skills, many students tend to spare no effort to get them. Apparently, it is a good thing to be motivated to learn new things. However, "certificate mania" goes to extremes. It is not only misleading but also places a great burden on students. Some people believe that the more the better and consequently, their major studies may be neglected due to the tight schedule. In my opinion, a certificate does not necessarily reflect one's ability that really counts, so we had better keep a skeptical eye on this mania and avoid vain and burdensome efforts.

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Many people appreciate the conveniences and comforts provided by private cars. A private car enables a person to go where he wants, so that he can enjoy his leisure to the full by making trips to the country or seaside on the weekends, without any irritation caused by waiting for buses or trains. Public transport, on the other side, has attractions of its own. People can feel relaxed on a bus or on a subway train, because they don’t have to concentrate on driving. And if they use public transport, they will help to lessen air pollution and traffic jams. Moreover, it costs them less money and means more job opportunities for others. As far as I am concerned, I hate the air pollution and traffic jams caused by cars. So given the chance, I would prefer public transport.

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In our life, opportunities don’t come often. They often come quietly and pass by without being noticed. Some people complain that opportunities are few. They always admire those people who make a hit or succeed by seizing some opportunities. Owing to the contingency of opportunities, we should value and treat them with care. Everyone desires for success, but when it comes to the way to success, different people have different opinions. Some people think that opportunity is the first factor leading to success. Almost all successful people have come across some valuable opportunities. It should be noticed that opportunity won’t wait for you all the time. If we can’t notice and seize it, others do. The ways for different people to treat opportunities lead to different results. We must take advantage of opportunities when they come. That means we should be well-prepared all the time, then we can seize opportunities and achieve success. In my opinion, there are plenty of opportunities for everyone in the society, but not only those who are prepared adequately can make use of them. As the saying goes “God helps those who help themselves.” No matter whether there’s opportunity or not, what we should do is to work hard. Only in this way can we find and seize opportunity when it occurs.

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My View on On-campus College Students’ Marriage

  It is a new thing thatChinese on-campus college students are legally allowed to get married before they complete their courses. Many peopleapplaudthis new developmentwhileothers haveexpressedtheir concern about this.

  Those whodisapprove ofthis new trend believe that college stundents will inevitably have less time and energy for their academic life. One common argument,however, for on-compus college students’ marriageis thata number of students do have a desire for an ideal marriage. Now that they havecome of age, theyare entitled tosuch happiness.

  Of the two views discussed above,I’m in favor ofthe former. My reason is that on-campus students areladen with academic tasks.If one gets married now, he or she has to work much harder than other students because they have to solve their financial problems at the same time. As a married couple, for instance, theyare supposed torent a room in or outside the university, which will naturallyadd to their spending.