知识和能力英语作文(精彩19篇)

Facts about elephant （关于大象的知识）

Do you know what biggest living animals on land are? The answer to this question is elephant. There are two kinds of elephants. They are African elephants and Indian elephants. Elephants always eat a lot ?100-1000 pounds of grass about one day. Elephants can live up to 60-70 years .There are no bones in the back of its feet ,only flat .Isn’t it amazing ?It is also interesting to know that elephants walk on tiptoe ,so they walk quietly as well as cats .Maybe you know elephants’ trucks are very expensive . Hunters kill them to get trucks.

译文：你知道在陆地上谁是最大的动物吗？这个问题的答案是：大象。大象有两种品种，一种是美洲象，另一种则是印度象。大象每天都要吃下100至1000磅的青草。大象能活60-70岁。在它们的脚中没有一块骨头，只有脂肪。这难道不使人惊奇吗？同样有趣的还有大象用脚趾走路，所以它们走起路来象猫一样轻。也许你了解大象的象牙很值钱，猎人们为了取得象牙而杀死大象。

[大象的知识的英语作文及译文

If we have no knowledge, we cannot succeed in doing any work. Why? Because knowledge is power. With knowledge we have conquered nature and invented steamers, trains and airplanes. We can send messages by telegram. We can talk with our friends by telephone. As is well known, we students are the future masters of the nation. She needs us very much. If we do not make efforts to acquire knowledge, how can we render service to her ?

Is one of the world intellectual property day on April 26th.

Intellectual property refers to the citizens, legal persons or other organizations in areas such as science and literature and art, based on the mental work to create complete intellectual achievements of proprietary rights in accordance with the law. The traditional intellectual property is the sum of patent right, trademark right and copyright.

On April 26, 1970, the convention establishing the world intellectual property organization took effect, the world intellectual property organization that is dedicated to the protection of intellectual property rights of international intergovernmental organizations formally established. In October 2000, the world intellectual property organization, from 2001 every year on April 26, would be a "world intellectual property day", aims to establish worldwide respect knowledge, advocating science, and protect intellectual property rights awareness, build encouraging knowledge innovation and the protection of intellectual property legal environment.

2013 world intellectual property day approaching, the world intellectual property organization director-general Francis cell in his speech, pointed out: "I want to say is that for the next generation create unceasingly, the innovation. Constantly thinking, even at the same time in the future of creation and innovation of social management, intellectual property rights should be how to accomplish the mission".

"World intellectual property day" every year there is a topic: "talent innovation" is the theme of the 2012. World intellectual property day approaching, the world intellectual property organization director-general Francis cell in his speech pointed out that we can not do without the development of innovation, there is no innovation, as humans, we will marking time.

4月26日是世界知识产权日。

知识产权是指公民、法人或其他组织在科学和文学艺术等领域内，基于脑力劳动创造完成的智力成果所依法享有的专有权利。传统的知识产权是专利权、商标权和版权的总和。

1970年4月26日，《建立世界知识产权组织公约》正式生效，世界知识产权组织这一致力于保护知识产权的政府间国际组织正式成立。2000年10月，世界知识产权组织决定，从2001年起将每年的4月26日定为“世界知识产权日”，旨在世界范围内树立尊重知识、崇尚科学和保护知识产权的意识，营造鼓励知识创新和保护知识产权的法律环境。

2013年世界知识产权日来临之际，世界知识产权组织总干事弗朗西斯·高锐在致辞中指出：“我要对下一代说的就是：不断创造，不断创新。同时还要不断思考，在未来对创造和创新的社会管理中，知识产权应当如何完成其使命”。

每年的“世界知识产权日”都有一个主题：2012年的主题是“天才创新家”。世界知识产权日来临之际，世界知识产权组织总干事弗朗西斯·高锐在致辞中指出，我们的发展离不开创新，没有创新，作为人类，我们就将原地踏步。

有一个关于哲学家与船夫的阿拉伯寓言。当哲学家知道船夫既不懂得历史，又没有研究过数学的时候，哲学家认为船夫失去了一半以上的生命。而当风把小船掀翻，不会游泳的哲学家落入水中后，船夫告诉他，他将失去整个生命。从这则故事中，我体会到了一个很深刻的问题：知识和能力同等重要，它们之间密不可分。?

知识是能力的基础。正是由于有了丰富的知识，牛顿才发现了万有引力定律，居里夫人才找到了镭，茅以升才设计出了钱塘江大桥……?

但有了知识并不一定就具备了能力。诚然，故事中的哲学家是知识非常渊博的，但就因为他没有游泳这个简单的能力，才在落水后无法自救而一命呜呼!所以，光有知识是远远不够的。只有懂得怎样应用知识，也就是掌握了能力，才能充分发挥知识的作用，才能在实践中胜人一筹。?

三国时的赵括遍读兵书，各种用兵之道烂熟于胸。谈起兵事，连他父亲赵奢都很难驳倒他。可就是这样一位军事“奇才”，在与秦将白起的战斗中，全军溃败，血染长平。可见，知识不等于能力。与爱迪生同一年龄的接受过教育的人有那么多，为什么偏偏只有没念过几天书的爱迪生成了世界上拥有发明最多的人。难道说别人都没有知识吗?不，是他们没有具备应用知识的能力。因此，我们在学习知识的同时更应重视培养自己的能力。只有具备了能力，应用知识才会得心应手。

一位预言家说：未来的文盲不是目不识丁的，而是没有能力的人。现在，在许多学校中普遍存在着“高分低能”的现象。前不久，我还曾听说，一位女大学生以极优异的成绩考上了大学，但还没几天的功夫，就因为生活不能自理而坐车返乡了。在我身上也体现了这方面的问题。从启蒙至今、家长、老师近十年的教育，让我拥有了较为丰富的知识，并初步具备了分析事物的基本能力，和同学们一起谈古论今也是滔滔不绝。但即使这样，妈妈不在的时候，一顿简单的午餐也让我手忙脚乱。由此可见，提高我国青少年的应用能力、实践能力、创造能力是至关重要的大事。?

21世纪是一个各方面都发展迅猛的多元化时代，知识不断更新，知识量不断增大，这就需要作为下个世纪主人的我们应具备较强的动手能力、创新能力和理论联系实际的能力。因此，我们应该在学习和生活中培养、锻炼自己，做一个既有知识，又有能力的人。

From the chart we can see that during the past five years there have been great changes in peoples diet. The greatest change occurs in grain consumption, which has dropped 4% from 49% in 1986 to 45% in 1990 in total food consumption. The second greatest change is in milk consumption, which increased from 10% in 1986 to 13% in 1990. But on the other hand, two trends can be observed in the consumption of meat and fruit and vegetables. From 1986 to 1989, meat consumption increased from 17% to 23% while that of fruit and vegetables dropped from 24% to 20%. From 1989 to 1990, meat consumption dropped a little to 21%, while that of fruit and vegetables increased a little to 21%.

What has caused the great changes in peoples diet? The main reason, I think, lies in the improvement in peoples income level. With the development of our society, people are becoming richer and richer, which enables them to purchase more nutritious food such as meat and milk. In the meantime, grain consumption in peoples diet consequently dropped. So from the analysis, we can draw a conclusion that our society is progressing and people are living a better life than ever before. We are now able to purchase more delicious and nutritious food, resulting in an improvement in our health.

[知识：英语作文

①in+月、年 the morning/afternoon/evening/a week 表示时间

②on+具体某一天(几月几日)/某个假期(…Day)

③at+具体某点时间、某个假期(…Festival)/the weekend

①in…street 表示方位

②on…road/left/right

③at the…crossing/stop/某个具体的地点

①in the tree(不是树上长出来的)

②on the tree(树上原来自己长出来的)

表示时间：

① ago(……以前) later(……以后)

② before (在……以前) after(在 ……以后)

be 动词和助动词

1. be 动词(am/is/are)

主语 be 动词(原形) be 动词(过去式)

I am was He/she/it is was

We/you/they are were

2.助动词(do/does/did)

Do+非第三人称单数 +动词原形…?

…do/dont

Does+第三人称单数

…does/doesnt

Did+所有主格

…did/didnt

What do you/they/we…

+动词原形?

I/They/We+动词原形…。

What does he/she/it…

He/She/It +(动词+S)….

What did you/they/we/ he/she/it…

I/They/We/ He/She/It +动词过去式。

小时候，记得爸爸给我讲过一个故事：三国时，孙权送曹操一头大象。曹操很想知道大象的重量，但是象太大了，他和文武群臣都束手无策。这时，曹操的小儿子曹冲说：“置象大船之上，而刻水痕所至，称物以载之，则校可知。”大家照曹冲的意见办，果然称出了大象的重量。于是大家都夸曹冲年纪小，机智聪明。其实，这是一个极为简单的道理，两物体放在相同的船上，若吃水度相同，则重量相同，曹冲如果没有这方面的知识，他也就没有称象的高明本事了，可见知识和能力的关系十分密切。

就像摩天大楼离不开坚厚的地基一样，各种机敏的能力都离不开渊博的知识。正如培根所说：“知识就是力量。”正是知识，锻造了能力。如果瓦特没有物理学知识，他也就不可能有发明蒸汽机的能力了；如果居里夫人没有高深的理化知识， 她就没有发现镭的能力了……可见，知识是一切能力的来源， 没有知识，就不可能具备能力。

但是，并不是掌握了知识就具备了能力，赵恬“纸上谈兵”，他平时谈起兵事，他的父亲赵奢都难以驳倒他；然而他与秦将白起作战时，只知道搬弄兵书，结果落得个全军溃败， 血染长平的可悲下场。这就说明他没有将知识转化为作战指挥的能力。马克思在给女儿劳拉·拉法格的—封信中，讲述了一则阿拉伯寓言：1艘小船在湍急的河流中行驶，途中，乘船的哲学家问船夫是否懂得历史和数学，船夫摇摇头。“呵，你 失去了一半以上的生命！ ”哲学家刚说完这句话，风就把小船吹翻了，哲学家和船夫落入了水中。船夫问：“你会游泳叫？" 哲学家说不会，船夫说：“那你就失去了整个生命。”这则寓言中的哲学家的知识是渊博的，似是在生死攸关的时刻，他没有游泳的能力，因此纵使他懂得再多的知识，还是“泥菩萨过江 —自身难保”。所以光有知识是不够的。曹操和大臣们有 称象的知识吗？有！却没有称象的能力。牛顿那个时代有没 有和他相同学历的人呢？有！却唯有他一人发现了万有引力定律。富兰克林的同学们有没有物理学、化学的各种知识呢？ 有！却仅他一人成了举世闻名的大科学家……所以，不能只学习知识而不重视能力。在知识能力这个区间内，要使它们能够等量代换，就必须在学习知识的同时注重培养自己的能力。

20世纪是世界大变革的时代，在我们这个星球上，人类进入了空间迅速发展的时期。时间，在超强度的缩短；空间，在奇迹般地扩大。新的社会、新的时代赋予我们新的历史重任。知识的不断增加，新旧知识的不断更替，对我们的能力有更高的要求。未来学家预言：未来的文盲不再是目不识丁的人，而是没有能力的人。所以，我们在学习屮就要培养自己的能力，形成自学的能力。这样就可以从无知到有知，从知之不多到知之甚多，以适应时代的需要。如果一味地死学知识，即使再多也只是“两脚书橱”。

至于说到分数，仅仅是检验知识、能力的一种标记，它并不能代表知识、能力的全部。很可能有的人分数高，但他不一定具有真才实学；然而知识渊博和能力强的人，必定分数高。 因此，我们学生应该追求知识的积累和能力的培养，再也不应该把“分、分”当做“学生的命根”了。新时代的开拓型人才，难道要在分数这个小小的圏里画地为牢吗？不！时代不需要 “高分低能”的畸形儿！

写到这里，我好有一比：知识是种子，能力是树干，分数是树叶，只有种子发芽，才能长成参天大树；只有根深，获取的营养丰富，才能叶茂。这就是知识、能力和分数三者之间的辩证关系。因此我的结论是：学习知识，形成能力，面向未来，迎接挑战！

"Knowledge is power."We know knowledge is very important in this society.Now we study many subjects，such as chinese，maths，english，physics，chemistry and so on.To me ,English is my favourite subject because it is the most interesting subject .But I find studying English is very difficult.

So if you ask which subject is the most difficult to me.My answer will be English.Now I am a student,everyday I have more than one English classes,I like studying it very much and I hope I can study it very well,so I can talk with foreigners and know the foreign countries things,it is very useful.

[知识就是力量英语作文

在我们学校的外墙上,醒目的写着：“学会做人、学会做事、学会学习”.我是学生,学习对我来说固然重要,但更重要的是做人.

随着年龄的增长,身高的增长,烦恼也不期而致.现在我已经是中学生,学科也随着知识的需要在不断增加,作业也忙着赶来凑热闹.每天需要做的作业像一座无形的大山压得我透不过气来,尤其是快到考试的时候,为了给父母一个满意的分数,只好拼命地学.真是“分、分、学生的命根儿呀!”.

随着社会环境的变化,人们的思想也随之而变,原来的大公无私荡然无存了,取缔它的是自私自利.原来那种助人为乐的行为,如今也被人视为是傻瓜、弱智.而我在学习上虽不能称之为优秀,但在我十二年的人生生涯中,始终保存着乐于助人的本性,姥姥和爸妈都教育我：“为人要善良纯朴、诚实可靠、助人为乐.”正因为我生活在这样的家庭氛围中,养成了我从小爱帮助别人的习惯,造就了我为人善良的性格.走过了十二个春夏秋冬,件件往事历历在目,唯有一件使我刻骨铭心.

那是我八岁那年盛夏的一天,雨淅淅沥沥的下个不停,落在屋顶上、地面上,溅起朵朵雨花.爸爸搂着我望着窗外给我讲起了动人的故事：“很多年前,也是一个雨天,街头人烟稀少,一位盲人赶着回家,忽然被一个倾斜的下水道井盖绊了一下,险些摔倒.当时,他没有马上离开,而是弯下腰,放下拐杖,蹲下去一边用粗糙的手不停的摸索,一边托起井盖艰难的将它移回原位,之后,站起来,缓缓的继续向前走去……”听爸爸讲到这里,我的眼睛湿润了,眼前仿佛出现了那位可敬可爱的盲人的身影：拖着疲惫的身躯,带着欣喜的笑容,无欲无求安然的慢慢的离开了.从他细微的举动中,不难看出他那颗金子般的纯洁无暇的心灵,那是一颗时刻为别人着想的心!是我们一个正常人、一个有良知的新一代青少年所要学习和借鉴的,更需要拥有的一颗善良的心啊!

我顿时感到,浑身的血在沸腾、在燃烧,窗外的雨仍在不停的下着,淅淅沥沥的.正是那位盲人的纯真善良,时刻教育我、提醒我,对于身边的任何人有困难向我求助时,我都会毫不犹豫的伸出热情的双手去帮助,就像弟子规中所言：“人之初,性本善”.

生活中充满了阳光与希望,也充满了艰辛与磨炼,让我们心怀助人为乐的善良之心,在学会做人的基础上,迎接多姿多彩的生活故事,勇往直前的走完人生绚丽多彩的旅途.

我深深的感到：比学习更重要的是学会做人!

Nowadays,high school students hold different opinions about after-class activities.there are two quite different phenomenonena.

Some students are crazy about sports and some other activities.they spend much time in joining the outdoor activities and varies of groups , and also,making new friends.However,they pay a little attention to their studies.

On the contrary, some students spend almost of their time in studies and dont enjoy attending other activities.

In my opinion,I think neither of them is correct.I think we should study hard,but we also need time to relax ourselves,because if a one in a good state,he can do better.

Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay

commenting on the saying “Knowledge is a treasure, but

practice is the key to it.” You can cite one example or two to

illustrate your point of view. You should write at least 150 but

no more than 200 words.

知识就是力量(knowledge is power)

The saying "Knowledge is power" becomes universally accepted in that it reveals a simple yet brutal fact: It is the brain rather than sword that makes an individual or a nation strong.

The truth the saying speaks has been proven in mans civilization, which is, to the greatest extent, accelerated by mans knowledge in the form of science and technology. A century ago, it took many-years to send a message to the other end of the world. Nevertheless, we can have it done in seconds today with just touches on computer keyboard.

"Knowledge is power" means something particular to us Chinese since China remains backward. We must sweat over knowledge so as to build China into one of the worlds economic giants.

1.用形容词"very"，"single"等表示强调

eg.You are the very person Im looking for.

你就是我要找的那个人。

Red Army fought a battle on this very spot.

红军就在此地打过一仗。

Not a single person has been in the office this afternoon.

今天下午竟然没有一个人来过办公室。

2.用反身代词表示强调

e.g.I myself will see her off at the station.

我将亲自到车站为她送行。

You can do it well yourself.

你自己能做好这件事情。

3.用助词"do/does/did+动词原形"表示强调

e.g.The baby is generally healthy，but every now and then she does catch a cold.

那孩子的健康状况尚好，但就是偶尔患感冒。

Do be quiet.I told you I had a headache.

务必安静，我告诉过你，我头疼。

4.用"...and that"，"...and those"，等结构表示强调

e.g.They fulfilled the task，and that in a few days.

他们在几天内完成的就是那项任务。

I gave her some presents，and those the day before yesterday.

前天我送给她的就是那些礼物。

5.用双重否定结构表示强调

e.g.There is no reason why this new immigrant should not have the same success.

完全有理由相信这些新移民应该拥有相同的成功。

A man can never have too many ties.

一个男人有再多的领带也不为过。

I cant thank you too much.

我无论怎样感谢你都不过份。

A mother can never be patient enough with her child.

I am not unfaithful to you.我对你无比忠诚。

6.用短语"in every way"，"in no way"，"by all means"，"by no means"，"only too"，"all too"，"but too"，"in heaven"，"in the world"，"in hell"，"on earth"，"under the sun"等表示强调

e.g.His behaviour was in every way perfect.

他的举止确实无可挑剔。

The news was only too true.

这消息确实是事实。

Where in heaven were you then?

当时你到底在哪里?

7.用倒装句表示强调

8.用强调句型表示强调

It is that或 It is who

e.g.It was the headmaster who opened the door for me.

正是校长为我开的门。

It was yesterday that we carried out that experiment.

就是在昨天我们做了那个实验。

现在，有许多的家长都逼着自己的孩子学习知识，反正整天除了学习还是学习。其实这样不好，因为许多人读完大学后找不到工作，都是因为压力太大，而且也没有工作的能力。今天，我想跟大家谈一个话题：能力比知识更重要。

能力比知识更重要，可能有很多人都还不懂。一个人，如果他没有了能力，那要怎么学习?怎么真正的学?能力分为三类，其中包含学习能力，学习能力就是学习的方法与技巧，并非是学到什麼东西。有了这样的方法与技巧，学习到知识後，就形成专业知识。请各位同学想一想，你可否有着超强的学习能力?学习成绩好的同学，你的学习能力又是什么?如果没有，就要加油!千万不能死读书，就算你考上了大学，那也终究是个废物，甚至连农民工都不如，所以，要加强学习能力!

对啊，能力比知识更重要。我们不能忽视能力，能力也是一个人不可缺少的。从现在开始，我将要努力学习，但最重要的还是要掌握自己的学习能力。

看完这篇文章的同学，千万不要忘了告诉身边的人“能力比知识更重要”啊!

This morning I went to the market to buy some vegetables with my parents。 On the way we all highly praised a young man in western—style clothes and leather shoes who was riding by。 But he rode so fast that he knocked an old lady down carelessly。Instead of stopping， he pretended not to see this and rode away quickly。 We were all very angry with the young man。 To our happiness， a girl in plain dress ran forward at once， helped the lady up and took her home。 We all praised the girl。 From this we know we cannot judge a person by his appearance。 A person who is dressed beautifully may not have a beautiful soul。 Only a person who has a beautiful soul is really beautiful。

表示顺序是第几，前面一般要有"the"。

序数词的写法

一句话语法：基数词变序数词，一二三变字体，"th"从四加起，八加"h"九减"e"， 五十二，用"f"替"ve"， 整十若是基变序，"ty"变成"tie"， 20以上两位数，十位基数各位序

first second third / fourth fifth sixth /

seventh eighth ninth / tenth eleventh twelfth /

thirteenth / fourteenth /fifteenth sixteenth /

eighteenth nineteenth twentieth / [ twentiiθ ]

从21到99，几十连线个位数。

twenty-one ninety-nine twenty-first ninety-ninth

100以上先读百，and加上几十几。

365读：three hundred and sixty-five。

712读：

序数词用数字表示时，需在数字后面加上书写形式的最后两个字母（表示日期时除外）：

first＝1st

second＝2nd

third=3rd

fourth=4th

twenty－first=21st

forty－second=42nd

sixty－third＝63rd

eightieth＝80th

75 th = 82 nd=

91 st= 54 th=

在复合序数词中，and的用法与在基数词中的用法相同：

101st=the hundred and first

序数词之前通常要用定冠词the：

the sixtieth day第60天

the fortieth visitor第40位来访者

第54节课

第9个房间

分数的表示法：

1/2读：a half / [ha：f] (还可表示半小时)，

1/4 读：a quarter / [ kw？：t？ ] (还可表示一刻钟)。

一句话语法：英语分数不费事，母序子基四个字．

分子若是大于１，分母还需加Ｓ

先读分子后读分母。分子用基数词，分母用序数词，分子大于1，分母加s，

2/5读：

4/9读：

日期表达法 ： 汉语排序年月日，英语月日年：

1949年10月1日读：October the first ninety forty-nine.

1800读作eighteen hundred.

253读作 或 two fifty-three.

1902读作 或 nineteen o two .

表示在哪一年，一般在年数前加介词in，使用year时，year在数词之前。

In the year two fifty-three B.C在公元前253年。但是，通常采用in加表示年份的阿拉伯数字

B.月份，在哪个月用介词in加第一个字母大写的月份表示。

例如：in May 在五月；in July 在七月。为了简便起见，月份与日期连用时，月份常用缩写形式表示。缩写形式除May ，June，July外，其它的月份都由其前三个字母表示，但September除外

C．日期用定冠词the加序数词表示。在哪一天要添加介词on。

National Day is on Oct. 1.

国庆节是十月一日。（读作 October first）

此句也可以表示为 National Day is on the 1st of October．

May 5 五月五日（读作 ） 也可以表示为the fifth（5th）of May

Mar. 1（st） 三月一日（读作 或 the first of March）

九月十日

三月八日

1、重视增加阅读量是提高英语写作的途径之一

目前，考生在进行大量阅读的同时，应注重所读材料的文章结构以及连接词的运用(ontheotherhand，however，furthermore)、作者的表达方式(词汇、习惯用语和典型句子的使用)、作者是如何进行叙述和议论的。

2、在教师的指导下，平时应勤写多练

练习写作应从基本功抓起。在中译英翻译训练过程中，加强积累适量的词汇、词组和增加各种类型句子的运用。把握好各种句型和词汇的搭配，并从各类题材和体裁着手，多阅读好的范文。然后模仿写作，作文写好之后，一般都要修改。

第一遍收笔后，先看一看结构，然后从字词上推敲，使文章“充实”起来。更重要的是经老师修改过的作文一定要仔细地看一至两遍，然后再认真地抄写一遍，收获将会很大。

3、英文写作“四步走”

由于时间限制，考试时必须在所限定的时间内完成英语作文。英语作文步骤如下：

（1)作文动笔之前一般都要先打腹稿。在确立中心上、运用材料上、篇章结构上，充分酝酿。

（2)考虑好想写多少句子，该用哪些动词和词组等。

（3)边写边思考内容的连贯性，语言和句子的准确性。

（4)写完后一定要再细看一遍。

知识就是力量(knowledge is power)

知识就是力量(knowledge is power)Knowledge is power, especially scientific and technological knowledge. Science and technology are the motive power of the social development. Without them human society could never have developed from primitive society to modern society. Therefore, to conquer and transform nature, we must master scientific knowledge.

However, social knowledge is also essential. Without it we can not understand society and dont know the law of the social development. As a result we are unable to tovern society. Therefore, besides scientific knowledge we need to master social science, philosophy, politics, history, aesthetics, etc, so that we can know society from all perspectives and form a correct world outlook.

To meet new challenges in he 21st century, we university students should lose no time to acquire as much knowledge as possible so that we will become qualified successors of the socialist cause.

First we should check the wound to say how serious it is.

If it is only a small wound and bleeding a little blood,we should use some clean

gauze or cotton to press on his wound,give a little strength to stop it.

If it is bleeding harder and dark red blood bleeding in flow,wind the bandage in the distal end of the wound and then take him to the hospital.

If the wuond is bleeding seriously and the blood is fresh red,wind the bandage in the proximal endof the wound and then take him to the hospital.

In the Information Age, public awareness of the value of knowledge critically affects the economic growth of a nation. The schematic diagram clearly shows how the value of knowledge evolved in China in the past 50 years.

The schematic diagram mainly consists of three parts. From 1950 to 1966, the curve was roughly a straight line slightly above zero, showing that China was a poorly-educated nation then. In 1966, the curve drastically dropped below zero, moving down hopelessly in the next 11 years. This periodcoincided with the "Culture Revolution". Our society went mad then, books were burned,schools were closed and all kinds of academic activities were banned. Knowledge inflicted its masters nothing but disasters. Life was a nightmare for Chinese intellectuals, including famous scholars as well as common people who received higher education or whose profession had anything to do with knowledge. It was a time when ignorance was a virtue and knowledge was a crime. People tried desperately to be away from knowledge. As a result, China lagged farther behind the rapid progressing world. This was the darkest time in the history of New China. The curve returned to its original non-zero position around 1978 and moved up but slowly. From 1984 on, it has been shooting up. The open-up policy encourages people to study and to channel their knowledge to the market economy. Millions of Chinese are bettering off by means of their knowledge and more Chinese enjoy the fruits of knowledge and say goodbye for good to poverty that haunted them for generations.

As our world is rapidly advancing towards the Information Age, increasing number of people realize that knowledge is power and creativity is everything. Only when China becomes a better educated nation, can China be a great nation with international prestige.

[知识的价值英语作文