Splines Suavizantes y la analogía del muelle en el dibujo naval

BICYCLE

In my opinion, bicycles are the best means of transport. They are cheap and not complicated : they have no engine and only two wheels, and anybody can afford to buy one.

Because they have no engines, they are ‘cleaner’ than any other kind of vehicle. In other words, they don’t give out any toxic gasses which cause pollution and create health problems in our cities. If everybody in the world rode bicycles, and other vehicles such as motor-bikes and cars didn’t exist, we could solve the pollution problem very easily.

Having no engine has other advantages : bicycles can easily be maintained, unlike cars which consist of many parts and will not work if any of these parts breaks. Moreover, no fuel is needed to make a bicycle work, so the rider can go for mile after mile without needing to stop at a petrol station.

According to recent research, riding bicycles is one of the best kinds of exercise. It makes the circulation of blood in our body faster and improves our ability to think. This is very important for our studies. Nowadays, it is becoming popular for people to cycle long distances : across a state, for instance, or even around the world. This is frequently happens in countries like Australia and the USA.

In the future, bicycles will be different from those we know today.

Research has been carried out, and is still continuing, to find ways for making bicycles go faster. In my opinion, the bicycles of the future will have good streamlining but will protect him from sun and rain.

MY SCHOOL

My school one of the biggest in Malaysia. It has students from Form One to Form Six and four blocks of hostels for students whose families live a long way from the school. It is situated just outside town, away from the main road, so that we are not disturbed by the noise of passing traffic.

There are three big buildings which house classrooms and science laboratories and another building where would find the school office, the staff room and the library. Many years ago, a kind-hearted headmaster planted some trees between the classroom buildings. Now these trees have grown tall and beautiful and tired students can relax on seats beneath them, in the cool shade.

In front of the school there is a big field which is used for athletics, football matches and of course, the annual Sports Day. Although the prefects try to keep the field clean and tidy but there are a few lazy pupils who always drop their rubbish there instead of putting it in the rubbish bin. I ask these pupils why they drop their rubbish but they don’t seem to care.

We have two canteens in our school but they used to serve tasteless dishes and a lot of ‘junk food’ was bad for our health. Last year, however, the Form Six boys discussed this problem and complained to the Principal.

After that the canteen manager was changed and now nobody complaining any more. We are too lucky to have a sympathetic Principal.

FRIENDS

Everybody in this world needs a friend because friends can help when there is any kind of problem. Myself, I am a person who can’t run away from a problem, so friends are very important for me.

I have many friends who are always helpful if I have a problem. Off course, I have also help them if they are in any kind of trouble. I must being helpful if I wanted helpful friends.

In my school, I need a friend to help me in my studies. I am studying for SPM but I having problems in English grammar. I cannot understand what my teachers tell me so I ask my friends to explain it to me. We are all going to sit for the English paper and I am afraid that I might fail. I don’t know what would n happen if I failed. My parents would certainly be very disappointed.

In my village, I also need my friends. My neighbours are my family’s close friends : if we go away on holiday they always look after our house and water my mother’s orchids. And if there are any serious problems, we know they will help us willingly. Once my father urgently needed RM600 and our neighbour lent him the money without asking any questions. That is true friendship.

MY WEEKEND

Last weekend I had done quite a lot of useful things around the house.

As soon as I had got up and washed, I tidied my bed and went to the kitchen to help my mother to cook breakfast for the family. Then I cleaned the table and washed the bowls and glasses.

While my mother washed the clothes, I had helped my sister to sweep the floor and prepare lunch. Then I relaxed for half an hour.

After lunch, I went out and played games. Most of my friends liked to play netball or badminton so they usually came to my house and played in my father’s big compound under the trees. Later, when we had finished playing, we asked my uncle if he can take us to town to do some shopping or watch a film. There was a good film last weekend and we all wanted to see it.

But unfortunately my uncle had sent his car to the mechanic that morning, so he wasn’t able to take us.

CAMERON HIGHLANDS

The Cameron Highlands are 130 kilometres north of Kuala Lumpur. To reach Cameron Highlands, you leave the old Kuala Lumpur-Ipoh road at Tapah. It is one and a half hours’ drive from there to the first of the three small towns which are in the Highlands. This town is called Ringlet, the other two are Tanah Rata and Brinchang. Apart from tourism, market gardening and tea growing are the two main activities here. It is the climate of the Cameron Highlands that makes all three of these activities possible. During the daytime, the temperature is usually around 21 C, the night is about 10 C cooler. In colonial times, the area was a favourite spot of the British, who liked to drive there at weekends and relax in bungalows and rest houses which were built in traditional British styles. Nowadays, the Cameron Highlands are a popular holiday spot for tourists from all over Malaysia.

MY MORNING

(Errors are in the use of inappropriate word – a test of vocabulary)

I get up at six o’clock on week days. It is still dark then, so the first thing I do is switch on the lights in my room. After I get out of bed, I stretch, yawn and then go into the bathroom and take off my pyjamas. The weather is cool at this time so I shiver as I wash at the basin. Then I quickly dry myself with a towel and still shivering, choose some clothes from my cupboard. If I shall be receiving important clients that day I wear a tie but normally I just go to work in an open necked shirt and dark trousers. But I always look carefully in the mirror while I put on my clothes so they are straight and unmarked. I have to look smart as I tell off my secretary and other people under me whenever they are not smart enough. Having got dressed, I go downstairs and listen to the economic business news on the radio, check any reports or memos that I shall hand in to my secretary for typing. I then make a cup of coffee