A sense of humor is a quality of mind. It can make one person to see and tell the amusing side of things. It is important in our life to get along with other people. A person with sense of humor makes people laugh and he or she can create a good social atmosphere. We are often attracted to a person who has a sense of humor.However, a person without a sense of humor always takes life too seriously. He or she may feel life is not a laughing matter or lose vitality. Then, he or she may become a dull. Therefore, we must never forget that a sense of humor helps us keep life in perspective. To be humorous and you will be an optimistic person and have a good life.

In modern cities, most people live or work in tall buildings. If we are careless about fire, it is easy to cause fires. It not only can take many lives, but also can cause damage. Therefore we must regard fire as a serious event. Prevention is better than cure. How to measure is a serious problem. For example, residents should prepare equipment like fire extinguishers and fire detectors. To inspect the facilities in the buildings is important. When we leave the house, we should turn off the light and gas stove because they might cause fire. To sum up, heavy casualties in fires mostly result from failure to obey the fire safety rules. If we follow fire prevention steps, we have a safe environment to live.

Work enables us to make a living and achieve self-fulfillment. However, if we work we work without taking a break, we will feel miserable, and even get sick. Human are not like machines, we need some kind of outlet to release our feelings. We should live a balance life. First, we must work hard and try to do our best at work. Then, we should have recreation. For example, dancing, playing games, and chatting with family are good ways to help us relax. After break, we can return to work and full of energy. In my opinion, I think when it’s time to work, we go to work, but when it’s time to relax, we go to relax.

I had a discussion of superstition last Friday in my conversation class. I made a big mistake. Making everyone laughed. There is a superstition in Taiwan. A woman who is pregnant can’t touch and use sharp things, such as scissors, knife, and fork. They believe those sharp things may hurt some part of baby’s body when he or she in mother’s body. Here comes my mistake. I said fork was forbidden to use, but I said pork was forbidden to use instead. Everyone confused that why a mother could not eat pork when she was pregnant. Before I said this superstition, I had already reminded myself not to say pork, but fork. I still forgot. When I realized that I made a mistake, it was too late. Everyone laughed loudly, but I felt really embarrassed.

The development of industry has brought prosperity to Taiwan, but has also caused some serious pollution problems. For example, the air pollution, water pollution, and noise pollution. The government and the public should be responsible for solving these problems. How we control the pollution? First, encouraging people to use unleaded gas to reduce the vehicle exhaust. Second, to concern with the water pollution, we have to use the waste of chemicals more carefully. Third, for the noise pollution, we must prevent drivers from honking at the midnight or turn on their music loudly. But, only by strict laws can prevent people from producing pollutions. It is really important to control the pollution.

No one is perfect in this world. I am no exception. Working hard is one of my qualities. I will achieve my goal if I do everything with my might. Therefore, I not work hard on my schoolwork, but also work hard on my job. However, I have faults, too. Sometimes I feel shy when I work, so I forget to have a smile on my face. Maybe some people will think that I am serious and not easy to get along with. In fact, I just don’t know how to express myself. Therefore, it’s important to identify a person’s qualities and shortcomings. Then, I can learn to be more friendly, but not shyness.

Everyone has his or her own habits. Good habits make us healthy and popular. For example, if we have good habit to brush teeth after a meal, we can avoid tooth decay. And if we have the good habit to say ”Please”, “Thank you”, and ”Sorry”, we won’t get in trouble. On the contrary, if we have bad habits, such as lying, stealing, or rudeness. Some people may think us as an impolite person. The worst is that we may become the trouble in our society. Therefore, we have to form good habits, but get rid of bad habits. Then, our society will be more harmonious.