Question 58 Some people like to do only what they already do well. Other people prefer to try new things and take risks.

Question 58

Some people like to do only what they already do well. Other people prefer to try new things and take risks. Which do you prefer? Use specific reasons and examples to support your choice.


Answer

To try new things and take risks is valuable because people should not forget to challenge in their life. However, I like to do only what I can do well. Rather, I want to increase my skills more. It is also profitable in our life. I will write some of the reasons as following.

First, people have limited time in their life. Our life looks long, but is short practically. We can accomplish only one thing. Rather, it is enough if we can do that. A person who succeeds in a field is laudable. We should remember it is hard to complete a field. We do not have so much time to do. I want to dedicate to complete a field in my whole life.

Second, the ability to learn new things is lower when people get older. As you know, it is easy to learn new things for youngsters. They can absorb new knowledge and skills quickly. The ability is remarkable for adults. Yet I am not so young to obtain new things. I can not skill up what I want to do if I perform many things. When the level is higher, it is more difficult to be more sophisticated. We are required to be more concentrated to the field.

Thirdly, it is hard to skill up in only one field. Every field has its own history, and many people struggled in the history. One person can not complete everything in the history. For example, I like to play chess. I do not want to play other games. If I were a specialist of chess, I would not care to play other games. However, it is hard to be a specialist. This is the reason I want to play it rather than other games.

To sum up, I prefer to do what I can already do well. I want to use my limited time to increase to skill up. The ability of new things is not so high in my age, and to skill up in one field is difficult. To be a specialist is attractive for me.

Question 57 Face-to-face communication is better than other types of communication

Question 57

Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Face-to-face communication is better than other types of communication. such as letters, e-mail, or telephone calls. Use specific reasons and details to support your answer.


Answer

Face-to-face communication is a good medium to tell our feeling to the others. We can know much more information from not only their voices but also their faces. However, personally, I do not think face-to-face communication is always the best. Other communication ways have their own advantages. I will write them in every way as follows.

To begin with, letters are sometimes better. When we get letters from people we are familiar with, we feel happy. For that reason, I try to send letters whenever I travel overseas. I am also fun when I write the letters at the time. I imagine the people' faces who will get the letters. We do not imagine the opposite's face in face-to-face communication because we can see his or her face directly. Of course, letters have a disadvantage. Some of the letters do not reach Japan because letter systems are loose in countries. Yet, we do not have to care that. We need to be magnificent when we write a letter abroad. Happenings will amplify our travel more excitingly.

Moreover, e-mail is also apparently better in a situation. A friend of mine went to New York to study. He was studying physics as a PhDs student in Japan. He sometimes visited there because it had a big acceleration. One day, he needed to talk with his boss. He tried to talk to tell his plan with face-to-face communication, but the boss did not understand what he said. The boss said that he should write e-mail right now. They talked each other with e-mail at the same room. In this case, e-mail is better than face-to-face communication. They could exchange their thoughts with only e-mail.

Lastly, I will write why people use telephone call. It is also supreme to face-to-face communication in a situation. Some people talk for many hours with telephone call, athough they can talk directly. For example, a person has a friend, and they are neighborhood. They can see each other in a few minutes. Face-to-face communication looks better because they live closely, but they select to call. I guess the reason that they do not like to move every time they talk. Probably, it is burdensome to get out at night. To talk with telephone line is easier, and they are satisfied without face-to-face communication.

To sum up, face-to-face communication is not always the best. We should consider other media's advantages. They have developed with the reasons they are needed. Nobody would use the ways if face-to-face communication was the best.

Question 56 People work because they need money to live

Question 56

People work because they need money to live. What are some other reasons that people work? Discuss one or more of these reasons. Use specific examples and details to support your answer.


Answer

People work and earn money. It is the largest reason to work. Another reason is that people work to confirm that they are living. It looks philosophical if written above. I will write the reasons in detail.

Primary, people can easily change jobs these days. They can easily quit their jobs, and switch to a new job they are satisfied with. Basically speaking, people can not keep working for what they dislike. What they need is to be confident to the job. Fortunately, the society has changed in a decade. A survey says that the number of people who change jobs to find more suitable place has increased. These people must be satisfied with their job because they find what they want to do.

Secondly, people have high motivation to a job before they work. Students, these days, study hard to survive after they graduate. It is hard to find a job and to work if they always hang out during their school life. For example, some get an official qualification to work. It is strongly useful, but hard to get. They can not obtain it easily unless they are highly motivated. As a result, they have to feel that they want to work in the job they are going to work. It is important because they dedicate their life to the job.

In conclusion, people work to find their existence in a job. They can easily change jobs these days, and people are highly motivated before they work. They can find their existence easily compared to the situation a decade ago. I trust that all of the people think they want to work for what they like. We can not forget that some people actually accomplish to get the chance.