Ha Noi and Ho Chi Minh City are the big cities in Viet Nam. Ha Noi is in the North of the country and Ho Chi Minh City is in the South. In spite of the distance between them, both of the cities have some similarities about the landscapes and people. Besides, there are also the differences between two cities.
The first similarity is that both of them are the important cutural and economic centers of Viet Nam. They are two of the biggest cities in the country. Ha Noi is considered as the cultural and politic center of the country because of its historic tradition. It is also the capital of the country.Therefore, every year, there are a lot of festivals and summit conferences organized here. Similarly, Ho Chi Minh City is the biggest commercial center of Viet Nam. This city attracted the investments from the foreign countries. Both Ha Noi and Ho Chi minh City keep an important role in the economy of the country. Furthermore, people in two places are very friendly. Most foreign visitors traveling to Ha Noi and Ho Chi Minh City love people here because of their friendliness and hospitality. One more similarity is that Ha Noi and Ho Chi Minh City have lots of famous landscapes. Anyone who used to visit Ha Noi would not forget the famous places such as Hoan Kiem Lake, Dong Xuan Market and HO Chi Minh President's Temple. Like Ha Noi. Ho Chi minh City has its pride.It is known with the famous places like Nha Rong Habour, Ben Thanh Market...
Despite their similarities, Ha Noi are also different from Ho Chi Minh City in some aspects. Firstly, Ha Noi brings an ancient beaty. Maybe Ha Noi becomes ancient because of the old streets. It has thirty -six streets and every street sells a different kind of goods. For example, coming Hang Than Street, we can buy Lang Vong Green rice flake cake and some special kinds of cake. Besides, along streets in Ha Noi are Milk flower trees. It is a specific characteristic only in Ha Noi. The old buildings with the red brick roofs or the moss- grown walls also make Ha Noi become ancient. Unlike Ha Noi, Ho Chi Minh CIty has a modern and active beaty. There is not any houses with the red brick roofs, only have the high buildings. And most the buildings are affected by Western architecture. Also, there are not old streets in Ho Chi Minh City. Instead of, it has the large highways. Perhaps ,Ha Noi and Ho Chi Minh City have a different beaty. Moreover, Ha Noi is in the North , so it has 4 seasons: the spring , the summer, the Autumn, and the winter, while it only has 2 seasons in Ho Chi Minh City. They are rainy season and sunny season. One more difference is that the speed of living in Ha Noi is slower than life in Ho Chi Minh City. Ha Noi people can wait in line for an half of hour to buy an Trang Tien ice- cream. In spite of the busy life , Ha Noi people still keep the traditional culture of Trang An people. They like the family meals together. However, Sai Gon people are different.They are always busy with their work. It seems that they are always in a hurry. Every day, looking at the stream of traffic on Sai GOn streets, we will know the speed of living here. Perhaps because of a busy life, Sai Gon people are used to eating outside. They do not have enough time to cook at home.These are difference between Ha Noi and Ho Chi Minh City.
My hometown is near Ha Noi and I moved to Ho Chi Minh City for ten years. Therefore, two places are familiar with me.I love the peaceful life in Ha Noi and I also love the bustling life in Go Chi Minh City. Ha Noi and Ho Chi Minh City are always in my heart.
Thứ Hai, 29 tháng 11, 2010
Thứ Hai, 22 tháng 11, 2010
NARATIVE ESSAY
`I am not one who is frightened easily, but I must admit that one night I saw a figure that struck terror into my heart. My storry happened when I was a child.
At that time , there were not many televisions. All my village, only some houses had television sets. Like the children in the village, I was crazy about films on the TV. Therefore, after finishing the homework and helping my mother with the housework, I often went to my neibour's house in the end of the village to watch Tv. That night was a moon- lit night. As a unsual, I always went there with some children near my house. However, on that day, no one can go with me because they were not allowed by their parents. After thinking for a while I decided to go by my self, only because I can not miss the movies I was watching. I took a shortcut across the field to get there.That was the first night in my life that I was out alone. The road along which I was walking was not used much in the evening. Even during day, it was used only by some people who work on the field along that road. Two sides of that road are banana trees. When I was walking , I heard the noise made by frogs and insects. Creatures that love the night world such as bats were very active. All these things did not., however, frightened me. THen, suddenly, I caught sight of an old lady from a shotr distance away. Her head was covered with a white cloth and she was waving me. I wondered why she had heen here at that time of the night. I stopped for a while. I spoke loudly:"WHO? Please, speak".But the lady with white clothing did not say anything. She was still standing there, waving me. Strangely, I felt cold. My heart began thumping strongly ang thoughts of stories about ghost came back in my mind. I ran as fast as I could , coming back home. As I came home, I could speak nothing. On the next day, I came back that place again to make sure that she was the real person, not ghost. However I found no footprints. Only a banana tree stood there with its leaves, waving in the breeze. I found out that it looked like a lady waving her hand .I burst into laugh about my foolish dread.
Until now , no one of my friends knew what happened to me that night . I must keep it like my secret because if they knew they would laugh at me. Perhaps I do not believe in ghost stories anymore.
At that time , there were not many televisions. All my village, only some houses had television sets. Like the children in the village, I was crazy about films on the TV. Therefore, after finishing the homework and helping my mother with the housework, I often went to my neibour's house in the end of the village to watch Tv. That night was a moon- lit night. As a unsual, I always went there with some children near my house. However, on that day, no one can go with me because they were not allowed by their parents. After thinking for a while I decided to go by my self, only because I can not miss the movies I was watching. I took a shortcut across the field to get there.That was the first night in my life that I was out alone. The road along which I was walking was not used much in the evening. Even during day, it was used only by some people who work on the field along that road. Two sides of that road are banana trees. When I was walking , I heard the noise made by frogs and insects. Creatures that love the night world such as bats were very active. All these things did not., however, frightened me. THen, suddenly, I caught sight of an old lady from a shotr distance away. Her head was covered with a white cloth and she was waving me. I wondered why she had heen here at that time of the night. I stopped for a while. I spoke loudly:"WHO? Please, speak".But the lady with white clothing did not say anything. She was still standing there, waving me. Strangely, I felt cold. My heart began thumping strongly ang thoughts of stories about ghost came back in my mind. I ran as fast as I could , coming back home. As I came home, I could speak nothing. On the next day, I came back that place again to make sure that she was the real person, not ghost. However I found no footprints. Only a banana tree stood there with its leaves, waving in the breeze. I found out that it looked like a lady waving her hand .I burst into laugh about my foolish dread.
Until now , no one of my friends knew what happened to me that night . I must keep it like my secret because if they knew they would laugh at me. Perhaps I do not believe in ghost stories anymore.
OPINION ESSAY
How does the watching television too much affect our life? It can be very helpful to people who carefully choose the programs that they watch. Television can increase our knowledge of outside world and help the old people feel less lonely. Besides, there are high quality programs that help us to understand many fields of study such as science, education, entertainment and technology. However, nowadays, people spend toomuch time on watching TV, especially children. They spend hours sitting in front of TV, which causes a lot of serious harm to our heath and our life.
Firstly, spending hours concentrating on the screen can make a serious effect on our health. According to many studies, reseachers show that our brain can concentrate only about thirty minutes to an hour. Therefore, every about a half hour our brain needs relaxing for a while. However, everyday, after school, children often sit more hours in front of the TV, watching programs after programs. When constanly focusing like that, our brain have to work hard without relaxing. So it becomes tired, sometimes. As a result, children will have a headache and get stressfull as watching TV too much. Moreover, there is the amount of violence and horror on TV, both in real events, in the news and movies. The fear from horror films created by the dreadful images and language can last for a long time. It scared children and gives them teriible nightmares. In my family,, my younger sister likes watching horror films, especially ghost movies. Everyday, she comes home from school and immediately turns on the TV set at HBO channel.Sometimes, she shouted dreadfully when seeing ghosts with no head and full of blood. And I found out that every time she watches such horrorful films, she always gets nightmares. According to the spychologists, when children get nightmares, it means that their mind is affected seriously. If the fear lasts for a long time, it can cause some problems about their health such as self-suggestion, Of cours, many people think that watching Tv is a pleasant way to relax and spend our free time.We can not deny that. It, however, depends on how much time we spend and what kinds of program we have.
Secondly, spending too much time on watching TVcan affect on our life. Another disadvantageof watching Tv is that it limits the communication of the members in the family. Nowadays, people are always busy with their work and studying. Everymoring, after getting out of bed parents are in a hurry to drive their children to school and then they go to work. They hardly have time to talk together.Perhaps evenings are the good time for members together sharing about studying or difficult problems that children have at school.However, that everyone spends the valuable period of time on watching TV makes the interaction between parents and children limit. Threfore it makes a distance between them. Sometimes, parents can not understand what their children think because they don't have time to talk with them. Also, children are in interested in the programs on TV.So they do not want to share anything. Day by day, the distance between them becomes bigger and bigger.Besides, watching TV too much can cause people to become dissatisfied with their own life. Real life does not seem as exciting to people as the life of actors on the screen.To many people, TV becomes more real than reality and they feel their life boring. For instance , on the screen, actors solve the serious problem in a half-hour program. Also, many people get upset or depressed when they can not solve problems in real life as quickly as actors on Tv.If we feel dissastified with our life, surely , we are unhappy. Many people think that TV programs provides us the information of outside world and make our imaginationmore plentiful.Imagination is really necessary for our life.However, too much imagination will be a disaster.
In short, the habit of watching TV too much is a trench knife.If we know how to choose carefully with educational programs, it can bring all colorful world to us. Nevertheless,spending too much time on watching TV can affect to our health and life harmfully.
Firstly, spending hours concentrating on the screen can make a serious effect on our health. According to many studies, reseachers show that our brain can concentrate only about thirty minutes to an hour. Therefore, every about a half hour our brain needs relaxing for a while. However, everyday, after school, children often sit more hours in front of the TV, watching programs after programs. When constanly focusing like that, our brain have to work hard without relaxing. So it becomes tired, sometimes. As a result, children will have a headache and get stressfull as watching TV too much. Moreover, there is the amount of violence and horror on TV, both in real events, in the news and movies. The fear from horror films created by the dreadful images and language can last for a long time. It scared children and gives them teriible nightmares. In my family,, my younger sister likes watching horror films, especially ghost movies. Everyday, she comes home from school and immediately turns on the TV set at HBO channel.Sometimes, she shouted dreadfully when seeing ghosts with no head and full of blood. And I found out that every time she watches such horrorful films, she always gets nightmares. According to the spychologists, when children get nightmares, it means that their mind is affected seriously. If the fear lasts for a long time, it can cause some problems about their health such as self-suggestion, Of cours, many people think that watching Tv is a pleasant way to relax and spend our free time.We can not deny that. It, however, depends on how much time we spend and what kinds of program we have.
Secondly, spending too much time on watching TVcan affect on our life. Another disadvantageof watching Tv is that it limits the communication of the members in the family. Nowadays, people are always busy with their work and studying. Everymoring, after getting out of bed parents are in a hurry to drive their children to school and then they go to work. They hardly have time to talk together.Perhaps evenings are the good time for members together sharing about studying or difficult problems that children have at school.However, that everyone spends the valuable period of time on watching TV makes the interaction between parents and children limit. Threfore it makes a distance between them. Sometimes, parents can not understand what their children think because they don't have time to talk with them. Also, children are in interested in the programs on TV.So they do not want to share anything. Day by day, the distance between them becomes bigger and bigger.Besides, watching TV too much can cause people to become dissatisfied with their own life. Real life does not seem as exciting to people as the life of actors on the screen.To many people, TV becomes more real than reality and they feel their life boring. For instance , on the screen, actors solve the serious problem in a half-hour program. Also, many people get upset or depressed when they can not solve problems in real life as quickly as actors on Tv.If we feel dissastified with our life, surely , we are unhappy. Many people think that TV programs provides us the information of outside world and make our imaginationmore plentiful.Imagination is really necessary for our life.However, too much imagination will be a disaster.
In short, the habit of watching TV too much is a trench knife.If we know how to choose carefully with educational programs, it can bring all colorful world to us. Nevertheless,spending too much time on watching TV can affect to our health and life harmfully.
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