3) Your view on the role of Education.
   
Education plays important role in many aspects of the developments in China such as in cultural field, in economical area and in the domain of science and technology. Any step forward in Chinese development needs to be pushed by talents in all walks of life and talents must be trained through education.
    Firstly, preservation and development of culture of any nationality are in need of professional knowledge. For example, traditional culture and historic relics in China will have to keep intact and descend from one generation to another. Modern technology must be applied into this case to keep culture down. It is said that some historic relics are facing erosion without good method and techniques to keep them from being faded. Education is greatly wanted in this respect to keep them well-preserved.
    Secondly, advances in economic development can only be achieved by scientific management financially and ideologically. Now, economic competition becomes more and more fierce in the world with the globalization of marketing. More members who are expertise with the “game rule” in world trade and economic management are in great need.
    Third, science and technology develops more quickly than it did in any other historic period. Progress made in science and technology can only be achieved by education. Only by stressing education can China become more powerful and more prosperous in the world.

练习十一
（就网络学习培训发表看法）
　　Advances in digital technology will benefit education, such as e-learning. “E-learning is one of the best ways to train a large population,” said Joel Mills, director and co-founder of the American Academy of Arts and a distance education specialist. E-education, with flexible schedules, customized content and hybrid teaching models, may speed up training for the next generation.
　　With the rapid development of technology and people’s demand for education mounting, so-called e-learning, or on-line long distance education, has become very popular and important in China. In some areas, e-learning has played a role traditional classroom education cannot accomplish.
　　 Approximately 90 per cent of the world’s new information is stored and retrieved in English. It is vital for China to use the Olympics as a catalyst to boost English acquisition to prepare itself or the digital revolution. To prepare for the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, at least 6 million Chinese, including staff for the organizing committee, and in the service, retail, police, volunteer, technical and medical support sectors, reportedly need to improve their English language skills.
　　 E-learning breaks down the barriers of time and location, integrating education resources. When compared with traditional ways of teaching and learning, it is far more cost-effective for both the teachers and the students.

练习十二
Study the following chart carefully and write an essay to
1)depict the chart,
2)deduce the reasons behind the fact.

 
　
　　As is vividly betrayed in the chart above, the number of MS/MA candidates has been climbing over the past years and rocketed to 1.3 million in the year of 2005. People at different walks of life may wonder what is behind the figure.
　　The reasons for the great increase of MA/MS candidates over the past years can be illustrated as follows. First, the idea that knowledge is power has contributed to the enormous increase of MA/MS candidates. Nowadays, in an era of knowledge explosion, we must have good command of learning knowledge which has become a life-long work. Therefore, many people aren’t content with their four-year college education and apply for MA/MS degree. Second, the current unsatisfactory job-hunting has resulted in the great increase of MS/MA candidates over the past years. At the moment, the supply of the college graduates overtakes the demand for the college graduates. As a result, many college graduates can’t find jobs they really enjoy and want.
　　Therefore, they’d like to conduct further study instead of doing the work they dislike. As a consequence, more and more people apply for MA/MS degree, which has led to the great increase of MA/MS candidates. (196 words)

练习十三
Study the following chart carefully and write an essay to
1)describe the chart,
2)deduce the possible reasons of the increase of the gold medals.
 
As is vividly betrayed in the chart above, the number of gold medals which are snatched by P.R. China has been climbing and rocketed to 32 at the 2004 Athens Olympic Games. This is a great achievement in Chinese sports. People both at home and abroad may wonder what has brought about the great success.
　　The foremost reasons for the great achievement which is revealed in the chart above can be illustrated as follows. To begin with, the Opening-up and Reform has contributed to the growth of Chinese sports. The Opening-up and Reform since 1978 has improved the development of economy in China, which has laid a solid foundation for the development of sports in China. Thus, without the Opening-up and Reform, the 32 gold medals would be a pie in the sky. What’s more, the international exchanges have brought about the growth of Chinese sports. On one hand, we sent Yao Ming to NBA and Liu Xiang to participate in international events of various kinds.joozone.com