昨天看到桂花的QQ签名 “17号的飞机, 18号到” 时, 突然间我感到百感交集. 原来桂花也快从爱尔兰回到国了, 时间过得真快, 转眼间我回国已经四个多月了.
说实话, 在爱尔兰的那段日子里, 我真的特别感谢桂花. 我们是同班同学, 都是学International Business的. 在我们认识之前她已经在爱尔兰读了两年的本科了. 我记得当时上课刚遇到她时, 她正和一个法国同学聊天. 当大家开始交谈时, 我才发现她也是广东人, 住在佛山的,会说粤语. 于是, 从那时起我们就一直用粤语交谈. 所以我现在粤语讲得这么流利都是她训练出来的.
在爱尔兰求学的那一年里, 我感觉桂花帮了我很多很多. 我记得当时我不知道在哪里理发, 都是她亲自带我去市中心找到理发店的. 后来还请我在一个中国餐厅吃饭. 再到后面, 由于我落地签时银行存款不够钱, 家人来不及寄给我, 所以我向她借了一千欧元. 这么大笔钱, 她也毫不犹豫地借了给我. 当时那种感动真的是让我难以形容. 这也让我想起了第二个学期交住宿费时向一起去那边读书的深大同学借钱的情景, 我必须要在这里感谢当时帮我的同学, 包括劲文, 漫漫, 席耽, 宋钰(应该没有数少吧?我记不太清了，所以如果有数少的同学请原谅哦，呵呵)！所以，在爱尔兰虽然求学艰难，遇到很多困难，可是大家互相帮忙， 那种感觉真的很温暖！
后来我有什么不懂的东西都去请教桂花．我印象最深刻的一次是去年圣诞前我胃痛的事情．当时我得了胃炎，胃痛得要命．当时四处借药，但效果甚微．我记得晚上向嘉舜求救，在她那边拿了几包三九颗粒冲剂（在此表示无限的谢意！），喝了以后舒服了一点，可是后来还是痛得不得了．最后第二天我和桂花以及我们的组员开小组讨论会时，我实在痛得受不了了，桂花就带我去最近的那家诊所．最后医生给我开了几天药．后来才好起来了．那次看医生花了我９３欧元，将近一千块钱人民币，让我心痛得不得了．当时去看病时，路上还在下着雪，那种凄凉的情景至今仍然历历在目．
后面还有很多事情我都需要桂花的帮助，多得让我数也数不清．包括我回国以后，也是她留在爱尔兰为我，马瑾和纯子办理我们毕业的事情，包括领毕业证，翻译毕业证还有办理留学证明．所以这段时间她也挺奔波的，为了我们的事情忙得不可开交． 每当我想起这些，我都感到非常的不好意思！
桂花的人非常豪爽，可能在爱尔兰生活了几年以后，她的性格也有点像老外，说话直来直去，所以有时可能会 ＂得罪＂一些人．不过如果你是她的好朋友，你就会明白她的性格就是这样的，所以你也不会怪她．相反，你会很欣赏她，因为她的喜怒哀乐全表现在脸上，让你不用猜忌．而且她这个是很大方的，很容易就忘记不高兴的事情．所以当你和她发生不愉快时，可能当时有点难堪，可是第二天她就像没事一样继续和交往．当然，如果你不了解她，或者刚认识她时，你可能会觉得她说话很＂伤人＂，呵呵．
看到桂花即将回国的消息，我也感到非常高兴．一来我终于可以拿到毕业证了；二来我也可以见到许久不见的朋友了．回国以后，所有的同学都各奔东西．虽然深大一起过去的同学大部分仍然在深圳，可是大家都有自己的事情忙，所以也基本没怎么碰面．再想想当年我们在爱尔兰一起打火锅和聚餐的情景，我真的感到非常怀念！现在大家没能聚在一起是因为大家都在忙着找工作．等到过完年以后大家都安定下来了，我想我们会有更多聚会的时候．在这里祝所有爱尔兰回国的同学朋友们都找到自己喜欢的工作，大家一起为未来拼搏～～～
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雅思作文(赖小琪)
Topic:
Some people think that history is of no use in our lives while others think we should learn from history because it helps us understand the present. Discuss.
正文:
History has long been a compulsory subject in middle schools in many countries due to its reflective and enlightening function. However, currently some people deem history useless in our lives. To me, I would argue that history is playing a pivotal role and we shall by no means discard it.
Those history opponents deny the status of history in our lives thinking that history is simply a collection of the bygones that are meaningless to our present lives. From their perspective, time has changed and even if the same case takes place today, its context and backgrounds may have changed tremendously, which means the old lessons and methods learnt from history will probably not work out again. Therefore, they believe learning history is a waste of time.
However, I am among all the proponents arguing that the benefit of learning history is too obvious and huge to be ignored. Though the current era has noticeable differences from the past, we still can draw out some unchanged essential rules and principles from history to guide our future development. For instance, most of us have learnt the whole process of the Second World War, a brutal human invasion and slaughter that resulted in immeasurable loss of lives. By learning the history of World War Two, we can form a clear perspective of wars, which pushes us to promote peace and development as the two big main themes in our contemporary society. Whoever intends to launch a war for personal benefits may be harshly condemned and even penalized internationally. Another typical illustration is China’s Cultural Revolution that lasted during 1966-1976. The then government leaders were misled by some false ideology and persecuted the elites across various industries by either sending them to labor in the countryside or insulting them in various ways. Quite a number of intellectuals could not bear the insult and committed suicide. By learning this period of history, we can deeply realize only by placing huge emphasis on education can a nation become truly strong and powerful.
From the examples proposed above, we can learn that history is just like a mirror that reflects all the good and bad of our past. After learning history, we can draw on its merits and bypass its drawbacks. It is more than true to say that history helps us understand the past, the present even the future. |
