than their elder generation’s?
I don’t think so. Life contains two aspects. One is material life, and the other is spiritual life. However, we usually emphasize on the later one. We have to admit that the young generation nowadays lives in an abundant material world. We no longer need to fight with hard environment and worry about food all day long like the elder generation. Many of us eat well, wear well and live well. However, there are something important lost. People in nowadays society are all under great pressure, even if you are a child. We are told to study hard and hard, to work hard and hard. If we don’t, we will be eliminated by the world. Then we have to worry about life too. Owing to the fast develop of world, we have to run all the time. The young generation spends almost all their time on earning money, on achieving goals. They have no time to accompany parents, to care for children, and let alone to pursue happiness. Their nerve is in tension all day long. I should say, the young generation has last too much. From this point, I don’t think the young generation’s life is easier than their elder generation’s.
20. Do you think package tour is a good way of traveling?
In my opinion, package tour is good in some case, while that is not absolute. Let me explain my views.
If you travel not very often, I think the package tour is a better choice because the tour guide can give you many useful helps. Firstly, the guide is quite familiar with the tour city. And if you travel abroad, the guide can be your interpreter. So, you won’t be lost or even be cheated. Also, the tour guide knows much about the sight spot. Her introduction is very useful and will always lead to the most beautiful or meaningful places. Besides, if you don’t have a car, the package tour is quite convenient. You don’t have to worry about that you can’t go back in time on festival, when there are too many visitors.
However, if you often go for a travel, the package tour can be quite boring for you because you have to follow the fixed timetable and route. In this case, I think you should choose traveling by yourself. You can travel however you like and stay there as long as you wish. What’s more, you can save the extra expense paid to travel agency.
21. How to be popular?
There is no exact answer for this question. In my mind, in order to be popular, we need to have these characters which will be mentioned next. Firstly, we need to be a person of unique character. That’s a very important factor to be popular. A person of pleasant temper is always attractive. Other people are willing to approach or make contact with him. Then, we need to be optimistic. Staying with optimistic people, we are easier to forget various trifles. Imagine that you have to face a friend who are all-day in low spirit, how could you be cheered? Most people wouldn’t like to stay with ones with bad mood. Last but not least, we should think more for others. Selfish people are always lonely. If we think only for ourselves, the people around us, even our relatives or close friends, will eventually leave us. Let alone to love us. With these characters, whether you are active or quite, extroverted or introverted, you’re sure to become a popular person.
22. Learn how to say no.
We’ve been taught from a young age that we should help people. It’s the right thing to do and will make us popular. It may even win us favors in return. However, we must be realistic. We can’t say
yes to every request. If we did, we could feel tired or go crazy for sure. Sometimes we simply don’t have time to help others. In this case, we must know how to say no politely. When we need to say no, there is one method we can try. Firstly, we should tell the truth if we really can’t do something. We should say no directly. Then we should refuse the request politely. Finally, we don’t have to feel guilty about saying no. sometimes refusing others is the right thing. It can help us to get rid of troubles. After all, we can’t please every one all the time and saying no is a part of life.
23. Nowadays western festivals are increasingly welcome in china. Do you think it is good or not?
Nowadays, people in china are increasingly interested in celebrating western festivals. Some critics are arguing that people are losing their traditional values and respect historical heritage. I do not completely agree with it. In my eyes, the celebrating of western festivals has more advantages than disadvantages. Festivals are appreciated by almost everyone. I don’t it is a bad thing that our life has more festivals. Also, celebrating foreign festivals can benefit to increase the communication between different countries. People can feel other culture atmosphere and enjoy a lot in these festivals. What’s more, I don’t think we Chinese will lose respect to our own festivals. We regard our traditional festivals such as Spring Festival and the National Day just as important as usual. In my opinion, the prevalence of western festivals is just a way to make our life more colorful and joyful.
24. Could you talk about the reasons why there are so many “DINK” (Double Income No Kids) families continually appearing in our society?
Nowadays, there are more and more DINK families continually appearing in our society. The reason is complicated. Overall, it has something to do with society and individual’s concept. Owing to the fast develop of economy, commodity price is rising all the time. While all people want to lead a comfortable life, so they have to work hard for money. However, young couples can not have a child rashly. After all, raising a child is big project. They have to consider whether they have the economic ability as well as enough time to raise a child. Even if they do have the ability, some couples still wouldn’t like to have a child. They think having a child will cause a lot of inconvenience for them. One of them have to stay at home to take care of the newborn bay and this may make them lose a job. Some women don’t want to have a baby simply because they are afraid that their figure will go bad. In a word, they don’t want to lose their leisure life.