As
we all know, the English bridging course is coming to an end. Almost all the
assignments are finished. It is a relief to know that there will be no essays,
oral reports and blogs any more in the course. As a result, almost all the
students are becoming slack and lazy to some extent. Some of them may spend the
whole night watching TV series until midnight; some may go out for recreations
without studying for even an hour in the weekend. Is it good or bad for us to
do so?
First
let me tell you a story. It was reported that after the World War 2, the British
air force once estimated the numbers of dead pilots. They found that the
majority of pilots died when they landed their aircrafts rather than fighting
with German fighters. It was very astonishing that a pilot could survive from his
enemies’ attacks but fail to move his plane down onto the ground.
After
some researches, scientists gave out the proper answer to this phenomenon. They
believed that a pilot survived in fighting because he paid full attention to
it; however, after he won the combat, he was so relaxed and happy that he
controlled the plane incorrectly, and that led to the destruction of both the
plane and himself.
Now let’s come
back to our current situation. I think we are just like pilots who are about to
land our planes. We almost succeed but we haven’t reached our success. So there
is no any reason for us to relax entirely. We should not play with our phones
in the class; we should not sit in front of our computers overnight. Once study
is postponed, we will be thrown behind by other hardworking classmates.
Besides, the
learning of English language can be a lifelong process. It will not terminate
when bridging course ends. The view that once people pass the QET test, they don’t
need to learn English any more is wrong. We don’t learn English for any test
and we should practice it as more as possible in order to master it.
Dr. Sun Yat-sen
once said, “The revolution is not yet completed, all my
comrades must struggle on.” So let’s work hard to realize our dreams from the
beginning to the end of the day!
Wow, what a meaningful, inspiring blog! (^O^) Just as you said once, your last blog is rather different from others. I think you want to make it an alarm bell for all of us. It is true that we need to be more careful and hard-working when it is coming to an end. “A good beginning helps to make a good end.” But the last period that is the most important. Therefore, I strongly agree with you on the idea that we need to be more careful to “land our planes”.
ReplyDeleteActually, I watched many TV series and novels when the English bridging course was coming to an end. I think your blog has really alerted me. It is not an end of our English study but a new study for our English study by ourselves. I will not be too relaxed any more and from now on, I will concentrate on my study and continue to struggle on, because the revolution is not yet completed and it is just the beginning of our university life.
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