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Some people prefer to live in a small town. Others prefer to live in a big city. Which place would you prefer to live in? Use specific reasons and details to support your answer.

In the past decades, a growing number of people have been rushing into big cities in pursuit of better chances for jobs and higher qualities of life, thus caused a tremendous development of urbanization. A prevalent view is it that bigger city equals better life, yet I can hardly make myself to be an advocator for the big-city life.

In the very first place, I am not a person to bear a fast-paced life. Everything in the big city seems to have been programmed to rush, cars and people, even the innocent dogs. What is extremely weird is that no one can stop or just slow down in spite of the fact that they are eager to do so. Of course it’s not God’s business. Instead, it is the high-level consumption as well as working pressure that push people so much. Ironically, these two aspects are also usually recognized as the main features of high quality life.

On the contrary, however, everything works in an opposite way in a small town. Peace and harmony will replace rush and pressure. People are satisfied with the foods and clothes which are far from superb and classy as those in the developed cities. Simply, life is enjoyable if one chooses to do so.

Furthermore, both the seriously polluted air and contaminated water in the big city drive me far away, which can severely destroy one’s physical fitness in a long run. In the smaller town, on the contrary, natural environment has been comparatively less polluted and sure to be a better habitat for human beings. Besides, insufferable noise or light pollution hardly exists in the small town while being a non-ignorable health killer in the big city.

Consequently, I will definitely choose to live peacefully in a smaller town rather than rush and be tortured both mentally and physically in a big city. However if someone is desperately eager to seek challenges and accomplishments, I may well recommend him to go to the big cities with no hesitation.

Which is more important, book knowledge or experience?

It has been said, "Not everything that is learned is contained in books." Compare and contrast knowledge gained from experience with knowledge gained from books. In your opinion, which source is more important? Why?

Experience and book theory are commonly considered as the twin towers when it comes to acquiring knowledge. Essentially, book theory comes up from experience which has been scientifically and systematically organized, and these theories, which may provide useful instructions for practice, will in turn contribute to a further experience-gaining process. And before we draw the conclusion that which is more significant, it is better to first look at the merits and demerits on both sides.

One may recognize the importance of book knowledge at once when referring to the current educational system------in the fundamental schools, kids are taught how to read books, and when entering a higher-level school, they simply read more. Admittedly, by learning from books, we can acquire knowledge in a systematical and effective way, which also leads to better grasp and deeper