Topic 21 Why are people living longer?

With the development of human society, people are living longer now. Many factors interact together to enable a longer life. There are three most important causes: the quality of food has been greatly improved; people could have access to medical services; more and more people realize that regular sports benefit (помогать, приносить пользу) their health.

The improving quality of our food is the most important factor of the longer life. We could have not only enough food as we want, but also more healthier food. When we preparing food, we no longer consider the cost, but pay more attention to the nutritious value of the food. With the development of transportation systems, inland people (внутренняя часть страны) now could also enjoy seafood and tropical fruit.

Furthermore, governments are paying more and more money on medical establishments (медицинские учреждения). Citizens could have access to medical services more easily. Because of the convenient medical service, more illnesses could be detected at an earlier stage. Also, many illnesses that had been considered fatal could be cured today. The better detection and cure enable people's longer life.

Last but not least, people care more for their own health. Every morning you could see people doing sports outside. More and more people have realized the saying "life is in motion." Regular sports build up a strong body. Naturally, people with stronger body could resist more diseases.

To sum up, the development of our society ensures that people have longer life. People now enjoy better food and better medical services, and they spend more time on sports and exercises to build up stronger bodies. As we could predict, people are going to live even longer in the future.

Topic 22 Important qualities of a co-worker

We spend more time with our co-workers during weekdays than we do with our family. Thus (ðʌs), it's important for our co-workers to be the people we can get along with. In my opinion, there are certain characteristics that all good coworkers have in common. They are cooperative, considerate (внимательный) and humorous.

We no longer observe (не наблюдаем) now a time that worships (поклоняться, почитать) individual merits (индивидуальные особенности) with great enthusiasm. Everyone should cooperate with each other. Teamwork is crucial (очень важна) to a business. A good co-worker is willing to contribute (вносить вклад, сотрудничать, содействовать) to the office community and not too stubborn (упрямо) to accept advice. He realizes the fact that if one's work is left not done in time, it may hold up (задержать, держать, препятствовать) everyone else.

Besides, a good co-worker is very considerate. He may change his own schedule (график) to accommodate another's emergency. He may be a sympathetic (сочувствующим) listener, comforting (утешая) others when they are miserable (несчастны).

What is more, a good co-worker should have a sense of humor. His positive attitude may create a pleasant environment. When we are under the great stress of work, what we need most is not a delicious meal but merely a few good jokes to relax our nerve cells.

What I have listed is not the complete set of characters of a good co-worker, however, we can feel how comfortable it is to get along with a good co-worker. Being a good co-worker is not difficult but really very necessary. Such experience of being a good co-worker will definitely contribute to other aspects of life such as friendship and a healthy lifestyle.