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The Green Submarine, the NTPU student club, launched “Earth Week” for the first time to celebrate Earth Day, demonstrating support for environmental protection around the world. “ We just transform actions we can take in our daily life into our activities,” said Yi-Shan Hsin, a sophomore from sociology department, who is the organizer of this activity. “ It is not hard to take actions, but it is hard to do it persistently. ” “Earth Week” activities included drinking lemon juice without extra flavor during lunchtime on April 21. They also held a competition of stair climbing to advocate taking the stairs instead of the elevator. On April 22, the activity on Earth Day was turning off the lights one hour in dormitory to save energy, which started at 19:30 . This club wants to bring the aims of Earth Day into school through these activities. The aim of Earth Day is to provoke the awareness of Earth protection and to find the balance between developing economics and preserving ...

The rates of dormitory have been increased this year at National Taipei University where students living in dormitories have to pay a 20 percent increase in room expenses. I think the rising rates are sensible. A local newspaper quoted the student from law department as saying that students from low-income households cannot afford the rising rates. Furthermore, they are afraid that the effects of renovation will not meet their expectations after paying more. The authorities decided to increase the rates because of two reasons. One is that prices including water and electricity have kept going up because of inflation. The other is that Dean of Student Affairs Chao-Meng Huang said that rising rates are used to do the renovation because some equipment and facilities have to be replaced or fixed. I think they can increase the rates and also give subsidies for those in need. Therefore, they can create a win-win situation.

Whether to have state-run lotteries is a controversial issue in many countries. There are many debates on state-run lotteries . Some people think that state-run lotteries contribute to flourish in their economy because the taxation of government will increase, and some consider that state-run lotteries are beneficial for those who have disabilities or those who are single-parent families or low-income families, while others believe that many lottery players suffer from financial ruin and gambling addiction. I agree with the latter so I think state-run lotteries should be limited. Many people have never thought of lotteries related to tax policy. Actually state-run lotteries are a type of tax. State-run lotteries constitute an implicit tax similar to exercise tax on goods like cigarettes and alcohol. Some countries viewed state-run lotteries as a more palatable revenue raiser than explicit taxation. Nevertheless, legislators would find that they do not truly need the tax revenue...

      We are encouraged to exercise because numerous studies have demonstrated that regular exercise is good for health. However, there is such a thing as exercise addiction. If it is left unaddressed, many harmful consequences will ruin the life of addicts . Some people become addicted to physical activities and engage in excessive exercise . An obsessive, compulsive exercise becomes the most important priority in the life of those who are addicted to exercise. In order to do more exercise, they forget all other obligations and responsibilities such as families, careers, and social engagements.       A main reason that causes exercise addition is the sense of control. They feel they can control the mood, the body, and the environment while doing exercise. Ironically, the attempt to control leads to a loss of control eventually. They do not have ability to balance the activity with other priorities in life.      When I feel anxi ou...

Why did J. K. Rowling‘s “Harry Potter” win the title of "fastest-selling book in history" for several times? The series of “Harry Potter” was translated into 61 languages and distributed in over 200 countries. What creates the legend of “Harry Potter” series? The success of the novel has to do with its connection between reality and imagine, its wide-range readers, and its realization of dream. Rowling connected two parallel worlds closely to make people believe that the magical world Rowling created really existed in our real world. There are two worlds in this novel. One is the ordinary world where non-magical Harry Potter lived with his aunt and uncle. This world is like the real world we live in. The other is the magical world where Harry lived after discovering that he is a wizard at the age of eleven. People who have ever read this novel should know if Harry wants to go to Hogwarts School, he has to take Hogwarts Express in platform9 3/ 4 in King's Cross St....

       Many people have the following experience. We tell our moms the food she cooks is delicious even though it tastes terrible. We do not want to hurt her feelings because she spends lots of time preparing this meal. Therefore, we tell a white lie.        A White lie is a trivial untruth and harmless fib, especially one told to be tactful or polite, or for some diplomatic reasons. White has always been the color of purity, safety, innocence, cleanliness, and harmlessness. The term using white is to separate it from the darker lies that are told to hide their mistakes, to commit a crime, or to reach an evil purpose.         Most people, even those who insist that they would never tell a lie, have told a white lie. Frequently, a white lie is used in our daily life. For instance, when we get a gift but we do not like it, we still say excitedly: “Thank you very much! I love it.” If we are consid...