50 AD witnessed the Apostolic Council in Jerusalem, a memorable case for Christians, where a controversy was mainly discusses whether such distinctively Jewish observances as circumcision, food laws and Sabbath should be conducted for non-Jewish people who believed in Christ. As was recorded in the fifteenth chapter in Acts, conflicts were aroused by different opinions by Jewish and gentiles on th

I. Introduction   1234 Recently, there has been a fatal epidemic sweeping West Africa—Ebola. To most people’s surprise, this novel virus has already killed an estimated 4,992 people according to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention scientists at 31, October, 2014. It is really a ruthless killer hiding in almost corner of West Africa, but when compared with another pestilence, Ebola is

The argument from evil is used to prove that God doesn’t exist. The gist of this argument can be summed up as “… the fact that there is evil in the world (or that there is so much of it) proves there is no God”. Since we can’t provide any concrete evidence to prove that God indeed exists, why don’t we just extrapolate from the things that we already knew to prove whether God exists or not? Ther

The interest rate of each country in the world is very important to the people in each country, especially in Canada. In the past few years, as there have been many problems related to the interest rate, such as the issue of house prices, how the interest rate will go is a focus of all economists.    In 2012, then-Bank of Canada Governor Mark Camey was making a point that Canadians sh

Introduction   Eating disorders is a topic in health field similar to HIV: people are not willing to mention it in public, because it is something related to secrets. When it comes to eating disorder, sufferers feel weird and guilty, worrying that others will throw strange eyesight on them. Thus, if one wants to tackle his illness, one should stand out and face it. This article focuses more

这篇essay描写了美国贫富差距越来越大，以及造成这种现象的原因，文中表明了，在过去30年，美国的贫富差距越来越大，这一现象背后的原因是多方面的。首先,经济原因应该首当其冲。一方面,美国的经济增长几乎停滞,经济低迷持续,失业率增加。另一方面,富人和穷人的差距是美国经济结构相关的虚拟经济和实体经济之间的发展不平衡已经侵蚀了人们的预期就业机会和收入。因此，如果不能有效地阻止这一趋势,美国社会将被困在一个有害的循环。   There are many new trends in contemporary American culture we are undergoing, and among them is one that can never be avoided or ignored for it is so pertinent to every body’s

艾滋病毒和艾滋病对人类的健康和安全威胁越来越严重，然而，越来越多的人也意识到它们是可以被有效控制的。如今对我们每个人来说，去探索不同的方法来预防艾滋病毒和艾滋病是有必要的，这样就可以或多或少的避免病魔带来的痛苦，同样也可以过上幸福的生活。此外，有许多相关的文献的作者提出的不同的方法去预防艾滋病毒和艾滋病。 Increasingly obvious are the adverse effects of HIV/AIDS toward human beings’ health and safety and larger and larger is the number of human beings that have realized the fact t

这是一篇书籍文章读后感，简要如下：A brief analysis about the classic works’ style the author has read is given in the way by answering three questions which is related to the classic style. 从三个问题的分析的帮助下,书中的思想转达了“简单明了的真相”,它很容易找到经典的写作风格是什么。 A brief analysis about the classic works’ style the author has read is given in the way by answering three questions which is related to the classic style. The first

高度倡导教育重要性，如今它已成为一个必然的趋势，有出乎意料的令人信服的理由支持教师承担，或奉献，研究和教育。然后，一个问题是相应的，无论是教师的教学水平，还是面向学生的教学水平，更有效和成功地实施教育的本质。我个人赞成后一种观点，即学生的教学水平更为重要，做以下几点介绍。 Highly advocated is education in modern times and more and more increasing is human beings’ awareness toward the importance of education, nowadays it has been an inevitable trend that there are surprisingly compelling reasons in support of teacher

After reading the fifth poem “Spring Song”, I was deeply moved by the line that says, “Breathe my soft wishes through yon blooming vale”. In this line of the poem, the narrator is enjoying the passing of winter and the coming of spring, a season full of hope. At a moment, he feels a zephyr flowing by, and in the soft breeze he seems to smell the fragrance, which arouses a kind of strong wish in

In 399 B.C., Meletus accused the great philosopher Socrates of corrupting the youth of Athens and introducing strange gods. As a result, the Athenians voted Socrates to be sentenced to death. In terms of the law system, this sentence was in accordance with procedures, and Socrates did not escape. The later generations have different opinions about this event and they also take a sympathetic att

作者做了一个关于种族歧视的调查,发现种族歧视仍然在美国是一个很激烈严肃的话题，将在美国存在很长一段时间,可在日常生活许多形式中,如在学校、商店或其他公共场合以看到感受到的。  Last week, I mainly took a research on the racial discrimination and did a literature review about such the topic. Through the interviews with a black American student Jackie, a white student Socker and an American teacher Dr. Brown, I found that the America’s historical problem of racial discrimi

Athenians’ convicting Socrates of the formal charges leveled against him by Meletus was not reasonable In 399 B.C., the great philosopher Socrates was accused by the tragic poet Meletus for corrupting the Athens youths and impiety. And after the accusation, there were two voting among jury court which was composed of five hundred and one Athenian citizens deciding whether Socrates was t

CR claims that there is not any single and objectively right moral doctrines or conduct in the world. Morality is related to cultures determined by economic, social, and environmental factors of different societies. CR’s arguments are firstly based on a variety of cultural facts from Anthropological observations. This field of study tells us that different societies have different moral commitm

这篇essay介绍了乡村音乐在很长的一段时间里一直是最受欢迎和最具影响力的音乐流派。乡村音乐开始在1920年代在美国南部。乡村音乐的起源是白人的民间音乐,工人阶级的美国人,这被认为是“乡村音乐”。乡村音乐一词流行起来之后,在1940年代,“乡村音乐”。谁能想到,乡下人的音乐将成为流行音乐流派如此之久?本文将重点从不同的时间通过分析流行乡村音乐歌曲讨论它的流行的原因。 Country music has been one the most popular and influential music genres for a very long time. Country music started in Southern United States in the 1920s. The origins of country music are the folk music o

这篇essay文章讲诉的是基督教伦理是基督教神学的一个分支,它定义了从基督教的角度正确和错误行为的概念包含三个dimensions-goals,人员和实践。如今,研究伦理对基督徒来说是必要的,因为作为一个历史悠久的伦理系统,它是现代西方社会的基本和含有大量有益的和积极的内容，这有利于个人发展,以及一个社会或一个国家的。人们更有可能可以很容易地实现一个更好的生活和和谐稳定国家的。积极应用这些伦理现实可以帮助解决一些麻烦和困扰的问题。   According to David Jones, ethics is “the study of the way of life that conforms to the will of God”. Christian ethics is a branch of Christian theology that defines c

 这篇essay讲诉了 3500名病患，即使在贴上“无法治愈的”标签的时候，也应该得到更好的治疗，作者强烈相信Lissa Rankin说在她的演讲中,我们可以治愈自己，病人可以用积极的心态治愈自己。作者总是相信恶化疾病的原因大多来自一个人的压力和抑郁。只要我们保持积极的思维和积极的思想,对待周围的人,我们可以击败无法治愈的疾病,最终治愈自己。   3500 patients have gotten better even when they are labelled as “incurable” without any treatment. I strongly believe what Lissa Rankin says in her speech that we can heal ourselves.   Patients can

这篇essay根据《古代》的作者Norman Cantor的说法，我们都是过去经验的产物。换句话说，就是过去我们所做的和我们所经历的造就了我们的性格，并且这些经历也在时时刻刻影响着现在的我们。作为一名在美国生活了四年的中国留学生，我认为我已经有所改变。就我个人而言，中国文化和西方文化的不同之处和其影响就是我改变的原因。   According to Norman Cantor, the author of Antiquity, we are product of our past experiences.(1) In other words, what we have done and what we have experienced in our past shape our personalities, and those experiences makes

这篇essay讲诉了，秦朝时期，第一个皇帝秦始皇统一中国，对于中国的发展以及贡献是巨大的，同时，秦朝残暴的治理也在一定程度上阻碍了文化的发展。它的失败也是后来的统治者治国的重要经验，如何根据不同情况主导国家。   Qin Dynasty (221-206B.C.), first unified China by the Emperor Qin Shihuang，which exerted on China unprecedented influence. As the first unified dynasty, Qin Dynasty shaped China in many aspects.   In politics, Qin Dynasty built the first centralized government with systema

这篇essay讲诉的是中南海，当前的南海冲突涉及到许多国家，这些国家和中国正试图控制贸易路线,和自然资源。因此,目前的冲突威胁着中国的完整性和挑战我们的海洋权益。因为中国日益增长的军事实力正值金融危机,美国不会牺牲自己的一些小国家的利益。因为美国不愿干预和厌倦了战争,所以作者对此提出几点个人的建议和政策。 DATE: SUBJECT: The South China Sea   The current conflict in the South China Sea involves a number of nations who have all made claims on the various reefs, islets, and shoals that dot this area. Collectively these nations and Chi

这篇essay主要是讨论太阳能，被广泛的应用了几十年，在目前有“持续担心健康和环境后果”,因其可再生、清洁和自由的特点。由于技术进步和经济繁荣都依赖于能源消耗,我们人类是在需要一个长期的解决方案之间的平衡能源消费和健康的生活环境。作者认为，在这一点上,我们应该采取太阳能明亮的可持续的未来。然而,公众接受和发展潜力问题研究的关键障碍,是企业和机构。   Solar energy has been widely talked about for decades, when currently there are “persistent concerns about the health and environmental consequences” (Net. 1.), because of its renewable, clean and free feature

这篇essay主要讲诉了作者，很久以前就对美国的一些旅游景点非常的着迷，本文描述的是作者到六旗圣路易斯主题公园玩耍时的情景。   Six Flags St.Louis is run by Six Flags,the largest chains of theme park and amusement park in the world. Its headquarter is in Texas. There is an origin of the name. It is said that there were six kinds of flags flying in Texas during the course of its development,they are British flag, Spanish flag,French flag,The Fede

这篇essay指出，当你外出工作时，家里的电源是需要关掉的，不然可能会带来不必要的麻烦，比如火灾，甚至爆炸。因此，遥控报警器在解决这些问题时就占据了很重要的位置，比如，人们经常带在身边的电子设备，手机等。当发生意外时，人们就可以通过这些遥控装置来切断电源。这样一个装置不仅可以防止意外的发生，也可以省电。   Leaving your electrical appliance on when you leave for work can be very annoying, it not only wastes electricity but also raise the potentiality of accidents such as fire alarm and even explosives. Remote alert signal, therefore,

这篇essay，是关于凯瑟琳·p·布拉德肖的文章“在高中学校测量气候:关注安全,接触,和环境”。作者声称人在学校的行为与学校气候密切相关的。凯瑟琳USDOE模型测量的安全使用,接触,和学校内的环境,他获得三个结果。基于作者成功地采用的三种策略,测试是合乎逻辑的和强烈的说服读者,“在高中生中综合考虑这三个尺度及其13子域提供一个全面、有效的工具来测量学校气候,很大程度上与USDOE模型一致。   In Catherine P. Bradshaw’s article “Measuring School Climate in High Schools: A focus on safety, Engagement, and the Environment,” 2014, the author claims that school climate is closely r

这是一篇描写学生们写作的时候需要注意哪些问题的essay，学生必须学会读,写,说,想的。开始尝试写作的时候，必须学会说一个学术话语(语言),以及组织和处理信息的方式。   When students try to write, they first have to "invent the university", that is, to learn to speak an academic discourse (language), and its way of organizing and processing information. In addition, liberal arts education should enable the students to learn to try on a variety of voices and interpr

这篇essay，对比了香港与加拿大特定种类的特许权消费税的产品，在加拿大,我们几乎在每个产品我们购买和收集消费税与香港、加拿大的税率要高得多。因为免税政策，所以很多人都会选择在香港消费。   I once have travelled to Hong Kong, it is a famous city near China mainland. As we know, Canadian ice-wine is very famous to the world and its price is reasonable. But when it exports to China, manufacturers aim at the middle and high-end market, as a result, the price will be much higher

Arguments based on a Kantian view over the issue of promise If I were the one in that scenario, I would act according to my friend’s will. Passing his stash of cash to Laetitia is to do what I had promised.  It seems that to keeping one’s word is obviously a moral obligation. By keeping my word, I am respecting my friend’s will and this is the best way to mourn my friend.  Utilitar

Psychology is a huge categorize in which various subjects and fields are included. For example, there are clinical psychology that studies and treats people with mental and psychological disorders, school psychology that studies students behavior and mental process and summaries how to help students to be successful in school, developmental psychology that study psychological and physical paths an

使用第二语言从来就不是件容易事,尤其在中国的环境中成长的人。作者诉说了自己在这方面的遭遇与感想，当然也寄托了自己能使用第二语言越来越好。 Use a Second Language Using a second language has never been easy for a new comer, me especially. I grow up in a Chinese environment. English discourse community is brand new to me, a great number of difficulties ensued. But the experiences of learning it bit by bit and finally getting the hang of English are worth re

大规模杀伤性武器一直被热爱和平的人所反对，然而，人们真的需要大规模杀伤性武器吗？作者试图探讨杀伤性武器的前前后后以及政府现在面对大规模杀伤性武器的作为。 In the past years, the founders had no notion of atomic or chemical weapons, but they knew one biological weapon: deliberate infection by smallpox. Actually, there is no smallpox in the Americas in early time. Smallpox was from Europe and it was a kind of endemic diseases. During Revolutionary War, smallpox broke out