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Topic 39 On the Importance of Self-disciplinedThere are many college students who are bad at keeping themselves in line. When they are required to finish some assignments, they will barely bother to do it unless they deem that they may be criticized by their teachers. Instead, they spend their time playing computer games and watching episodes of TV programs, as well as chatting with friends on MSN or . They oftentimes procrastinate so terribly that they have done nothing before they go to bed. Despite the fact that every day they tell themselves that it will be a fresh start, they just succeed in repeating their procrastination. Undoubtedly, these students have not realized the importance of self-discipline in their lives.Firstly, the world is full of temptations to live an undisciplined life. In today’s society, they live in a world where temptations are almost everywhere. There are a variety of TV programs that tempt them into knowing what have become of the hero and heroine in the last episode. There are various occasions on which they find it hard to decline their friends’ invitation. Though they make efforts to focus on professors’ assignments, they usually surrender themselves to the mercy of entertainment activities and tell themselves to put the homework later on only to find out that the homework is not finished at last. In consequence, they have no respect for themselves. In fact, they hate themselves for being like this. But whatever they aim for a change, they just fall back into their old ways. This is what their lives will be like if they do not possess self-discipline.Secondly, as various interviews given by most of the successful people in the world show, self-discipline is one of the qualities that help people succeed in their chosen fields. People who have the ability to reject instant gratification in favor of something better, to follow actions by overcoming addictions, procrastination and laziness, to resist temptations and distractions, are more likely to attain aims and goals. On the contrary, lack of self-discipline leads to failure to reach goals, even minor ones, and to loss, health, obesity and other troubles.In sum, self-discipline is one of the essential qualities that contribute effectively to a man’s progress and development. While the world is teeming with temptations and distractions, one can only succeed by learning self-discipline. Topic 40 The Importance of Hope in One’s Life There are many occasions in our lives on which we may feel like giving up, such as accidents, losing the beloved one, terminal illness, failing in an important exam, losing a job, and so on. Those life changing events can strike us without warning, oftentimes several at a time, seemingly layer upon layer, weighing us down. It seems that the seas of life are so rough and stormy that we are likely to get weary trying to keep our little boat from sinking.However, if we have hopes, we will not let those life changing events get the best of us and succumb to helplessness. Firstly, though hope is not an objective existence, it can arouse optimistic feelings for the future. As many psychologists’ research indicates, reflecting on one’s failures is generally good, but when it takes too much time, it is dangerous, for it soon becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy that will quickly break every slice of confidence that we have in ourselves. That is how those who do not have hopes deal with these ups and downs. However, if people have hopes and always look forward to the future, they are able to envision a subjective picture of brightness in their mind, and take different measures to live a happy life.Secondly, having a hope helps people get rid of doubts and fears of day-to-day life and the challenges they must overcome to stay on an even kee. This can be best illustrated in clinics. Medical practitioners are always sensitive to the effects of their words so that their words might be acceptable to state the facts in such a way that they do not take away all possibility of hope. Even if the patient does die, the time that he or she is given will be spent better if the patient has been allowed some hope, as opposed to spending the remaining lifetime in a state of perpetual fear that each day is supposed to be the last.On all accounts, indicative of having a hope is the optimism of our lives. So long as we still have hopes in our heart, we will always look forward to the future. Hope can also help us remove doubts and fears in our daily lives. In any sense, “Hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things”, as Andy Dufresne said in the Shawshank Redemption.Topic 41 The Relationship between Historical Grandeur and the Future GreatnessGiven to the humiliating history of last two centuries, Chinese people always make efforts to build a powerful China. In the recent debate over the rise of China, some grass-root scholars argue that since China had achieved grandeur in ancient times, Chinese peopl。