【英语专四作文范文一】借钱
I don’t think it’s a very good idea to borrow money from a friend. It can cause resentment and awkwardness in the relationship.How do you approach your friend without making him feel he has to do this for you? It’s unlikely he’ll feel as if he can turn you down.Can be turn you down without insulting you? Probably not.
How do you know whether your friend can afford to lend you the money? He may be embarrassed to admit he’s a little short of funds himself.Or he might not want to disappoint you.So he lends you the money and then he needs money,too.
There’s also the question of when you’ll pay back the loan.It’s awkward for your friend to ask for a deadline for repayment.Besides, if you’re short of funds,you may not be able to predict when you’ll pay him back.What about interest on the loan? If it’s a small amount of money,this doesn’t matter.However,if large funds are involved, and you won’t be paying it back for a while, should you offer to pay interest? Should your friend ask you to pay interest? All these issues can result in hurt feelings and can harm the friendship.
It’s possible,of course,that if you borrow money from a friend and pay it back in a timely fashion,this will create a special bond between the two of you.You’ll know that you can count on your friend when you need help.He’ll know you’re trustworthy.
However, more often than not, money issues between friends are an embarrassment.If you need money, it’s better to go to a bank for a loan.
【英语专四作文范文二】电子词典
One Major Advantage of Electronic Dictionaries
Electronic dictionaries are becoming more and more popular among students nowadays. As a result, they may eventually render printed dictionaries obsolete! Undeniably electronic dictionaries contain a number of merits in comparison to their printed counterparts and therefore, I would like to suggest one major advantage of electronic dictionaries.
Perhaps the most pronounced advantage of electronic dictionaries is that all of them are portable and consequently easy to carry around, whether in a pocket or a bag. Students can put the dictionary in their pocket and look up new words whenever and wherever they are. This is a huge advantage over the traditional large paper bound dictionary because size really does matter. This compactness means not only that electronic dictionaries are getting smaller and lighter as well as incorporating a bigger memory but also that dictionaries can be installed into other small portable devices such as mobile phones. Although smaller in some people's view means less availability of memory and other functions, with the increasing advances made in nanotechnology this is no longer the cases.
In the final analysis, electronic dictionaries are the by-product of the inexorable progress of computerization, miniaturization and nanotechnology which has meant that one of their biggest advantages is their small size while still enjoying all the benefits of earlier, larger models.