The cause of stress

With the quick pace of life, stress plays a more and more important role in our daily life because it can cause different effects not only negative one such as illness but also positive one such as strong forward momentum. So it’s necessary for us to study the conflict causes of stress in order to release ourselves and make the effects positive. From my point of view, there are three main causes for the stress such as school problems, financial problems and relationship problems.

Firstly, school stress, which comes from a lot of homework and endless exams, affects a large numbers of students. In China, middle school and high school students have classes from 8a.m to 6p.m every weekday. When they go back home from school, they should spend at least 2 hours on homework which is difficult. What is worse, some students are sent to have extra classes such as math and physic on weekends. Moreover, not only parents but also teachers always focus on their grades. If they do not get a high mark or ranking, they may be scolded. So students are stressful.

The second cause is financial problems, which means some people are stressful because they lack of money. There is a saying in China "Money is not omnipotent, but people cannot live without money absolutely." People will feel stressful if they do not have enough money to live well. For example, some workers do not earn much, but they need to pay for their child's tuition fee and look after their old parents. They may think about better life all the day that stress will be caused.

Last but not least, relationship is also a important cause of stress such as the change of relationship between relatives or friends. There are many cases of commit suicide in our country. Most of the cases are caused because one parts company with her/his boyfriend or girlfriend. They think it has been the end of the world after they parted. They lost their love and they feel humiliated. As a result, they are stressful so that they choose to commit suicide. Furthermore, some people may be stressful after they quarrel with others because they consider that their friendship or relatives' love have been broken down.

In conclusion, a number of events can cause stress. I think three causes school problems, financial problems and relationship problems are the most important facts. There's nothing wrong with a little pressure, but excess stress may leads to illness. So it’s really important for us to know where the stress come from and try to change stress into motivity.

Outline for CC + CE

Cause-and-effect essay:Why some students can get good grades?

Thesis statement:
A student can get a high score because he/she takes perfect notes, previews and reviews in time, uses office hours efficiently.

Topic sentence 1:
A student who takes notes including clear guidelines and many useful details can get high score because perfect notes help them study well.
1.A clear guideline not only wakes memories of what teacher said in the class but systematize knowledge you have learnt.
2.Details make you better understand the knowledge.

Topic sentence 2:
Previewing makes students be familiar with textbook and reviewing helps students enhance their memory.
1.After preview, you have expectation of what will be taught during class.
2.Reviewing impress your memory.

Topic sentence 3:
Using office hours efficiently leads to excellent homework and health.
1.Doing homework efficiently
2.Manage time and have a good rest

Compare-and-contrast essay:Desktop vs. laptop

Thesis statement:
There are many similarities and differences between desktop and laptop concerning appearance, purpose, and price.

Topic sentence 1:
Despite desktop and laptop both are computers, their appearance are dissimilar.
1.Laptop is smaller than desktop.
2.Both laptop and desktop have the same components such as display screen, CPU, keyboard and so on.

Topic sentence 2:
The use of desktop is similar with that of laptop in most cases, however, in some case, they are different because of their distinct function.
1.Using desktop and laptop watch movie, listen music, study,
2.Laptop is smaller and more convenient to bring so it’s good for business and students, however, desktop is bigger and more stable so it has excellent display screen for us watching movie and enough RAM to play online games.

Topic sentence 3:
Compare with desktop, laptop is more expensive with the same configuration.
1.Because laptop need more integrated than desktop, laptop is more expensive.
2.It’s hard to make laptop work as well as desktop meanwhile in a smaller shape.

Watching games on TV

On Saturday Oct.16th, our university football team will meet Indiana University football team. I have not decided if I go to the gym to watch the game. In recent years, more and more people like watching sports games like me. Some go to the stadium or gym to attend the games in person owing to the exciting atmosphere. However, others prefer to watch games on television due to convenience. In my opinion, I prefer watching games on TV because it’s cheaper, more comfortable and more extensive.
First of all, we can save a lot of money by watching games on TV. It is not cheap for us students to attend the games in person frequently. For example, I like Los Angeles Lakers so that I may go to the Staples Center (the home field of LAL) to watch a NBA game of LAL, but it is said that the best seat costs more than 2000 dollars. Moreover, it is hard to buy an important game ticket and of course it is much more expensive than usual. On the other hand, watching games on TV is free. We neither need to buy a ticket nor go to gym where is really far.
The second reason is that it is more comfortable to watch games on TV. Comparing to watching on TV, We cannot see the players' expression or the details of the game clearly on the spot because it’s too dangerous to sit closely. Furthermore, we can watch the game with the best visual angle on TV thanks to the professional cameraman. Therefore, the progress of the game can be watched clearly by the audience. In addition, the announcers are able to explicate the specific game for the audience. What is more, we can sit in the comfortable sofa and have something drink with our friends and family members.

Last but not least, people can watch different games at the same time. For instance, there are always a couple of NBA games being played at the same time. If we go to the gym to watch one game, we may miss other colorful games. It would be a pity. If we watch games on TV, we can change channels to watch different games so that we can know the results of other games as soon as possible. As a fan, I may not only pay attention to my favorite team or player, but also concern other teams or players.

In conclusion, watching games is a good way to support our favorite team. Although attending games in person would be one's unforgettable experience, watching games on television is a better choice because it's cheaper, more comfortable and easier to watch many games in one time. So I totally agree with watching games on television.