The person I admire most is Nelson Mandela. He is one of the world’s most successful freedom fighters. He succeeded in doing away with the policy of apartheid, which greatly discriminated against black people in South Africa.He joined the African National Congress (ANC) in 1943 and from then conducted an anti—apartheid campaign against the government. […]

We have a new principal called Mrs. Lee. She is very interested in the environment and she says that we should try to conserve it for the future generations. She has suggested various things that we could do in the school to help.We now have some recycling bins. One of these is for paper. All

I saw a really terrifying accident last Sunday. I cannot get it out of my mind. Every time I close my eyes I seem to see a return of it.My father is a real aero plane buff. He is particularly fascinated by old aircraft and last Sunday he asked us all to go to an

What a day I had yesterday! Everything that could go wrong went wrong.The day started very badly. I find it difficult to drag myself out of bed on winter mornings and I was late getting up. I had to queue for the bathroom while my elder sister spent ages putting on her makeup. That made

Until last year my favourite hobby was cycling. I spent most of my time going on bike rides around the countryside with my friends. We would take a picnic in our backpacks and spend the whole day away from home enjoying ourselves.Then my cousin Jack was given a skateboard as a birthday present. Before that

Mr. Gupta is our next-door neighbor. He is quite elderly and he recently fell and broke his leg. After he got out of the hospital he had to stay in bed for a while. Then he had to learn to walk on crutches. Mr. Gupta’s daughter was working overseas for a while and so he

If I were rich, I would travel a lot. I love visiting foreign places and seeing all the different sights. I like meeting people from other countries and I enjoy tasting interesting and exotic food.Unfortunately, I have not been to many foreign places although Mum and Dad usually take my brother and me somewhere abroad

My ambition is to take part in the Olympics. I got really enthusiastic about the idea when I was watching the television coverage of the last Olympics in Athens. I thought how wonderful it must be to represent your country at such an international sports meeting.I know that very few people do get the chance

Water is an essential part of life. All plants and animals, including humans, containing a great deal of water. More than two third of the human body is composed of water.Without water humans, animals and plants cannot survive. People cannot live for more than four days without water. They can stay alive much longer than

Last summer my parents and my aunt and uncle took a holiday house together. My cousin Jack and I spent a lot of time on our mountain bikes in nearby hills. One day, just as the sky had become rather dark, a little old lady suddenly appeared.She was very strangely dressed. Jack said later that

We are what we eat. That is an old saying and there is a lot of truth in it. Doctors and scientists are now of the opinion that we can be healthy if we eat a healthy diet. Otherwise, we will get ill.Modern food experts say that a healthy diet should include at least five

We are going on a family trip to Australia tomorrow. We are all very excited, although Mum is feeling very nervous. She never flies anywhere if she can possibly avoid it. She will happily go on trips by car, bus, train or boat, never by plane.This time Mum has no choice. She is going to

Many of us feel a great deal of sympathy for people who are poor or who are less fortunate than we are ourselves. We feel that we want to help them in some way, but how?Sometimes, we can give them help directly. If, for example, there is an old person living near us who is

A great many deaths occur as a result of accidents. Accidents are also responsible for a lot of injuries, both serious and minor. In many cases, these accidents could have been prevented if people had just been a bit more careful. Not enough of us think about safety.Take road accidents, for example. Police say that

Nowadays, scientists get a lot of criticism. In particular, their inventions are accused of damaging the environment by causing global warming. Also, people who are concerned about the possible ill-effects of GM crops tend to blame the scientists.Many people feel that scientists are becoming too powerful. Those engaged in research on cloning have been accused