生活中，很多东西对我们都很重要，比如水、盐、电，还有：
1. 空气：我们需要空气来呼吸，保持身体健康。
2. 食物：食物是我们获得能量和营养的来源。
3. 睡眠：睡眠对于身体和心理健康都非常重要，可以帮助我们恢复体力，集中注意力，调节情绪。
4. 社会联系：社交和人际关系对我们的幸福感和心理健康都至关重要。与家人、朋友和同事保持联系可以帮助我们缓解压力，提高自我价值感。
5. 时间管理：时间是一种有限而宝贵的资源，有效地规划时间可以帮助我们提高效率，减少焦虑和压力。
6. 教育：教育可以帮助我们获得知识和技能，提高自我发展的机会和竞争力。
It is impossible for us to make our country rich and strong without developing education. Why? Because education gives people knowledge and teaches them how to become good citizens so as to be able to serve their country. Nowonder they say that education decides the progress, prosperity and civilization of a country.
At present (Nowadays) most countries in (of) the world are enforcing compulsory education. It is necessary for allkinds of people, both rich and poor, to receive education. Taiwan is an exception as well not.
我们不可能使我们的国家富强而不发展教育。为什么?因为教育给予人民知识并教他们如何成为好公民以便能为国家效力。难怪，有人说教育决定一个国家的进步，繁荣与文化。
现在世界大多数的国家都在实施强迫教育。所有各类人民不论贫富都必须接受教育。台湾也不例外。
The Importance of English
As the deepening of globalization, English is increasinglyimportant, especially for those who communicate with foreigners. For one thing, English is an essential tool to know the outside world. Nowadays, most information broadcast in English, especially the advanced information. For another, learning English well, we can see a totally different world. For example, we can read original novels or enjoying English movies better. Sometimes, translation may eliminatethe essence of original languages. We even would develop a different way of thinking, the English way, so different from Chinese way. In short, as acommunicating tool, English plays an important role in our lives.
英语的重要性
随着全球化的不断加深，英语显得十分重要，特别是对于那些要与外国人交流的人来说。一方面，英语是了解外界的必备因素。当今世界，大多数信息的传递都是通过英语这种语言形式来实现的，特别是先进的信息。另外，学好英语，我们能看到一个全新不同的世界。例如，我们可以更好地欣赏原著小说或是英语电影。有的时候，翻译可能会使源语言的精华得不到很好的展现。我们甚至还能培养一种不同的思维方式，用英语的思维去思考问题，这与中文的思维方式是不同的。简单来说，英语作为一种交流工具，在我们的生中扮演了重要的角色。
No matter when and where, in no circumstances can we deny the great importance of manners.
无论何时何地，我们都不会否认礼貌的重要性。
Firstly, a person with good manners is often considered to be more trustworthy and easygoing, which helps him make more friends and get needed help from others. Besides, people are more willing to show their respect to the polite people and cooperate with them, bringing them many opportunities to change. Still most importantly, being polite helps reduce misunderstanding between people, contributing to a harmonious and enjoyable relationships.
首先，一个有礼貌的人往往被认为是更值得信赖、更随和的，这有助于他结交到更多的朋友，得到别人的帮助。此外，人们更愿意尊重有礼貌的人，与他们合作，这会为他们带来很可以改变的机会。还有最重要的是，礼貌有助于减少人们之间的误解，促进和谐、愉快的关系。
Water is very important to us. If there is no water, we will die. We can eat nothing for few days, but we must drink water every day. Besides, if there is no water, the plants will not grow, and the animals will not live. Therefore, there will no food for us. But the water has been severely polluted nowadays. Much water is not suitable for drinking. For our human beings and our planet, we must protect water. Without it, there would be no life any longer in earth.
水对我们来说是很重要的。如果没有水，我们会死。我们可以几天不吃东西，但是我们每天都必须喝水。此外，如果没有水，植物就不能生长，动物也活不下去。因此，我们也就没有了食物。但是现在水资源却被严重污染，很多水都已经不适合饮用。为了我们和我们的星球，我们一定要保护水资源。没有水，地球上也就不会再有生命的存在。
In order to keep fit, some teenagers ignore breakfast, they think the less they eat, the fitter they become. It is totally wrong idea, the doctor says in the newspaper that breakfast is very important for people's health, in the morning, people need energy, after a night's sleeping, the stomach is empty. So if not filling breakfast, people's body will get weaker. We can eat less food in lunch and dinner, but not in breakfast. It is said that some will get fat if they don't have breakfast, because the diet is not balanced, the body takes in more than what they need. So in order to keep fit, we should have breakfast.
为了保持健美，一些青少年忽略早餐，他们认为吃得越少，越健美。这是完全错误的观念，医生在报纸上宣称早餐对人的健康很重要，早上，人们需要能量，经过了一晚的睡眠，胃变得空荡。所以如果不吃早餐，人们的身体就会变得虚弱。我们可以在午餐和晚餐少吃点，但是早餐要吃。据说，一些人如果不吃早餐会变胖，因为饮食不平衡，身体吸收的会超过所需的。所以为了保持健康，我们应该吃早餐。
When you go to work in the morning and find that traffic lights don't work, the traffic jam will certainly happen. A patient needs to be operated on at once. What will happen if the operation cannot be made because of the electricity. Without electricity, we can neither watch TV, listen to the tape, nor chat on line. Electricity is closely related to our daily life.
当你早上去上班时，发现红绿灯不亮，交通堵塞肯定会发生。病人需要马上动手术。如果因为停电而无法进行手术，会发生什么。没有电，我们既不能看电视，听磁带，也不能在线聊天。电与我们的日常生活密切相关。
How terrible it would be if there were no electricity!
如果没有电，那将是多么可怕！
盐很重要(Salt Is Important)
Can we live without salt? No, salt is very important to us. We need salt in out food. Animals need it, too.
没有盐我们能生活吗？不能，盐对我们来说很重要。我们的食物中需要盐。动物也需要它。
Most of the salt in our country comes from the sea. When the sun dries up the water, people can get salt from the ground. The salt is white, clean and beautiful.
我们国家的大部分盐来自大海。当太阳把水晒干时，人们就可以从地里得到盐。盐是白色的，干净而美丽。
There are a lot of salt wells in Sichuan. A salt well is much like a water well. People bring the well water up to the ground and then dry it in big pans over a fire. In this way they get salt.
四川有很多盐井。盐井很像水井。人们把井水带到地上，然后用大火把它放在大锅里烘干。通过这种方式得到盐。
In the north of our country, there are many salt lakes. Some of these lakes are very big. The salt in big lakes can even meet the needs of our people for many years.
在我国北部，有许多盐湖。其中一些湖很大。大湖里的盐甚至可以满足我们人民多年的需求。