初中英语演讲比赛稿范文【精彩20篇】

Love is everything. Love is the most brilliant thing in the world. Because

of love, our world turns out to be a sunny place.

We couldnt go without love. For instance, love can help us communicate

with each other very well, love can help us overcome all the difficulties, love

can help us get rid of our unhappiness, love can turn our enemies into our

friends, and our destinies can also be changed by love.

Whats more, love is a bowl of rice for a hungry beggar, love is an

overcoat for a tramp in winter days, love is an umbrella for us in raining days,

love is a stick for the old, love is the best medicine for the sick, love is the

sunlight for the blind, and love is the gospel for the deaf. Without love, our

world is meaningless.

However, love isnt a bunch of flowers or a nice present. Love is a thread

in our coat. Love is inside, making our life warm and comfortable.

Spring Festival is my favourite festival. This years Spring Festival is in February 8th.

On New Years Eve, everyone will wear new clothes. My parents and I will go to the Grandpa and grandmas home to eat Nian Yefan. This is the tradition of our family. At the dinner table, my grandmother will prepare a lot of dishes for us to cook hot pot.

These dishes are very delicious. Everyone ate very happy. We have forgotten the troubles of the past year, happy to greet the new year. After dinner, I will go back home with my parents. In eight, I will be fireworks at the

threshold of our home.

They are very beautiful. Doing this will make me feel very happy. After I put the fireworks, I will watch the Spring Festival Gala. The Gala adds a mood of celebration in the house as people laugh, discuss and enjoy the performance. At eleven, my parents gave me 200 yuan. This is my years new years money. 0 ocolck, the new years bell sounded, we have ushered in the new year. I made a wish. I hoped that that we could have a happy and healthy life next year and everyone in my family could be happy.

关于个人责任(On Responsibility)

We Chinese place a high value on responsibility. It is traditional deal for us Chinese to take care of our parents. We owe them a great deal for the love they give us while we are growing up. It is right, then, when they are getting older with each passing day, we help them and see that they are well cared for. In this way, we give back some of the love and care they have given to us.

As loyal Chinese citizens, we must have a strong sense of responsibility to our country. I t is our duty to keep China strong in the eyes

Finally, we must remember that we have a responsibility to the world we live in. It is important that we learn to live in peace with the other nations of the world and to protect our environment.鶬f we carry out these responsibilities, we will be respected citizens of our country.

[初中英语作文：关于个人责任

Good morning, everyone! my name is lu xin. i am so happy to stand in front

of you to introduce myself. i am thirteen years old. i graduated from the no.1

primary school of our city. i like reading books and playing badminton. i hope

we can take exercises after class. besides, i like watching movies and listening

to pop music. i am sure there are some classmates have the common interests with

me. therefore, we can communicate with each other. in primary school, i did well

in chinese but math is not so good. i hope i can make progress in middle school.

i am very excited to be a classmate of you and i hope we can make progress and

have good days together.

Yesterday ,I went to a zoo with my parents .

When we got to the zoo, we climbed up a little hill first. We can see many kangaroos on the hill, I played with some kangaroos. Then, we went to a pond. I fished in the pond, and got a big fish and 2 small fishes. I was very happy at that time. After fishing, we walked on grass. There are many parrots on the grass. And we were surprised that one of them can speak English. I spoke to it, and it said ‘hello’ to me. That made a lot of fun for me.

In the afternoon, we went to see monkeys, pandas, snakes and big sharks. And I took many photos from them. I also rode a horse and painted a mask for fun.

When we back home, it almost got drak. But I’m very happy, because I had a good time at the zoo that day

If you want to ask me why we should study English, my answer will be simple and clear. Now let me enumerate the reasons one by one in the following.In the first place, English has become an international language. If you know English, you van make a trip round the world without being misunderstood.In the second place, most valuable books, newspapers and magazines are written in English. If you wish (hope) to get knowledge, you must learn English.

如果你要问我们为什么我们要学英文。我的答复很简单明了。现在让我来把我的理由一一列举在下面：英文已成为一种国际语言。如果你通晓它，你可以环游世界不会被人误解。大多数有价值的书籍，报纸和杂志都是用英文写的。如果你希望获得知识，你必须学习英文。

The sun shines on us. It gives us light and heat. It makes everything grow. It gives the earth life.

The earth turns round itself. As it turns, we have day and night. It’s bright by day and dark by night.(英语作文)

The earth also travels round the sun in an orbit. As it travels, we have four seasons. It is hot in summer and cold in winter. the days are long in summer and short in winter. In spring it is warm and the days are getting longer. In autumn it is cool and the days are getting shorter.(中国)

The quick and easy access to the Internet hasbrought much comfort and convenience to ourdaily life, and a growing number of people today prefer to do their purchase on line rather thanleave for the real shops.

Despite its obvious advantages, online shopping can also be a recipe for “troubles”. In thefirst place, you can never have a real contact with the stuff you want to buy while shoppingonline as you do in a real shop. Thus, occasions are not rare when buy something that doesnot really fit you or suit you. What’s more, if you are not lucky enough, you are likely to betrusted into the hands of some dishonest sellers, bringing home fake goods.

In my perspective, we should first develop a better sense of judgment while doing onlineshopping, and at the same time, more supervision systems are supposed to be built to ensurea more reliable and pleasant online shopping environment.

I dont think our school life is colorful. Because weve got so many classes every day. I wonder whether we can change our school life someday. You see, from Monday to Friday, I have to stay at school. the only relaxation is to listen to the radio or play ball games. At weekends, we need to go to school to have classes, too. I know its very important for us to study well now. As the saying goes, "All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. "I want to step into the nature. I hope we will have more activities such as visiting museums, taking part in different kinds of contests, attending some lectures and so on. Is it only a dream?

good morning. it is my honour to come here for this interview.

first let me introduce myself to you. my name is wendy. i am 17 years old, and was born in jinan, shandong province. i was graduated from ** middle school. i am always studying hard, and i have achieved lots of fruitful results, including many certifications.

i am optimistic and open-minded. i have made a lots of good friends in my school. in my spare time, i like reading and listening to the music. sometimes, i also like to play basketball.

i hope i have the chance to enter the school. and i also believe that where there is a will, there is a way.

that is all. thanks for your attention.

[初中毕业英语作文自我介绍

People always say that love from father is as strong as the mountain, which

gives us the great strength to move on. In Chinese traditional role, father is

described to be a quiet man but the way he loves you can be seen all the time,

while love from western father are much obvious. There always hug and kiss

between children and parents. My father is a classic quiet father. He doesnt

talk much, but he will never miss any moment that is important for me. When I

have performance in school, he must be one of the audience, no matter how busy

he is. Before I sleep, he will help me check on my homework. I love my

father.

The parents love between heaven and earth is the greatest love, born since

we came to this world, parents began to love us forever. The parents love their

children is a natural love, love of nature. Like a heavy rain, however, Pei Mo

to the Royal. This will safeguard the lives of the largest, oldest, most

primitive, the greatest and most wonderful parents to us is the power of

love.

As an ancient saying goes: "lines in the hands of a loving mother, found

wandering clothing. Departure thick seam, Italy has the fear. Who made the

heart-inch grass, was reported three Chunhui." Mothers love, as if in the

spring sunshine, I bring Warm, I bring to light; mothers love, as if in the

wind in a stable and calm umbrella, I Zhefengdangyu; mothers love, I always

difficult to give time to help me and give me power. Silky as a continuous sense

of love, I become a strong backing, I will not always have the feeling of

emptiness.

When we watch TV, there are so many beautiful models, wearing beautiful dress with their skinny body, they are sending out such message that if you are skinny, you’ll be looking gorgeous just as them. Affecting by the trend, young people loose weight by no means.

当我们看电视的时候看到很多漂亮的模特，纤瘦的身材，穿着漂亮的衣服，他们在发出一种信息，如果你纤瘦，漂亮的衣服，他们在发出一种信息，如果你纤瘦，你也会看起来像他们美丽。受潮流影响，年轻人不惜使用一切方法来减肥。

On the one hand, some young people lose weight by taking medicine, even eat no food. The ads are always leading the young people to the wrong thought, they tell people that they can loose weight quickly by taking some pills, which are doubted by the doctors. In order to look as the movie starts, people even reject to take food, they eat fruit and fight against hunger.

一方面，一些年轻人通过服药减肥，甚至不进食。广告总是让年轻人产生错误的想法，广告告知人们可以通过服药来快速减肥，这是被医生怀疑的。为了看起来像电影明星一样，人们甚至拒绝进食，吃少量水果，和饥饿做斗争。

On the other hand, some young people keep the clear mind, they make themselves look perfect by doing exercise and keep balanced diet. Their purpose is not looking as good as movie starts, but for keeping fit. They don’t believe in the ads, they believe that lose weight not properly will hurt the body, so they pay special attention to the health.

另一方面，一些年轻人保持清醒的意识，他们通过运动和平衡饮食来让自己看起来完美。他们的目的不是为了像明星一样好看，是为了保持健美。他们不相信广告，相信不适当的减肥会导致身体受害，因此他们特别注重健康。

Loosing weight is hard work, even dangerous thing, if we are so blind to loose weight, we will lose our life. Young people should take care to the healthy way.

减肥是艰辛的工作，甚至是危险的事情，如果完美盲目减肥，会丢掉性命。年轻人应该注重健康的方法。

[初中英语作文年轻人减肥的态度

Today is Saturday, I don’t need to go to school, so I decided to take some morning exercises. Early in the morning, I went out of the house and looked around, the city was so quiet. With few cars, the air was fresh, I felt so comfortable. Besides the people who took the morning exercise, I found some people who worn the orange uniform, they were working. This was the first time for me to see the cleaners work in the morning, they were easily neglected, because they worked so early and when the time for people to go to work, cleaners rested. Watching these cleaners working, I feel so thankful for them, they were doing the greatest job. People praised them as the city’s dressers, they kept the city clean all the time and brought comfort to people. They are the respectable people, we should applause for them.

也许我们的祖父已是年迈，但是他们依然会有一个年轻的心态。

My grandfather is over sixty. He looks younger than his real age. He was a policeman before his retirement. He has a positive attitude towards his later years of life. He does physical exercises every morning. He can read books without wearing glasses. He is so strong that he is able to lift heavy things by himself.

He loves children very much. Every Monday afternoon he is invited to a nearby school to tell stories to the children about the life and work of the policemen. All the young pupils love him very much.

关于自己的祖父是不是也是这样子的呢？同学们可以将自己的祖父写下来与大家一起分享一下哦！

初中英语写作范文：保护眼睛

眼睛对我们很重要，同学们一定要很好的保护自己的眼睛哦。

保护眼睛

Protect Our Eyes

Nowadays, there are more and more students becoming short-sighted. Some students get short-sightedness when they are little. There are fifteen students wearing glasses in my class. Being short-sighted is common among students, even in primary school. That is too serious. Therefore, we should protect our eyes carefully. When we are reading and writing, we should keep a standard posture. Besides, we should not watch TV or play computer for too long. They are bad for our eyes. And, we should do eyes exercises regularly. A good rest is also important to our eyes. In all, eyes are the windows of our mind. We should keep it healthy.

现在，越来越多的学生近视了。有些学生在很小的时候就近视了。我们班上有十五个学生戴眼镜。近视在学生中变得很普遍，甚至是在小学。这种情况很严重。因此，我们应该好好保护眼睛。当我们读书写字的时候，我们应该保持正确的姿势。此外，不要长时间看电视或玩电脑，对我们的眼睛不好。并且，我们应该有规律的做眼保健操。好的睡眠对我们的眼睛也很重要。总之，眼睛是我们心里的窗口，我们应该保持它健康。

希望同学们都能很好的保护眼睛，相信同学们会做的很好的吧，好好学习英语知识吧。

初中英语写作范文：第一次坐飞机

同学们都坐过飞机吗，下面是我对我第一次坐飞机的经历的介绍。

第一次坐飞机

My First Experience of Plane

Today I was very excited, because I traveled plane for the first time. My parents and I traveled toBeijingtoday. When the plane took off, I felt it was shaking. But I was not nervous because of excitement. After a while, it stopped shaking and flied higher. I could see the buildings on the ground. They became smaller and smaller. And finally, I couldnt see them anymore. Through the window, I could see the blue sky. It was very clear. Clouds were under the plane. They looked so different from the ground. It was amazing. I like the view very much. It took only two hours to get toBeijing. TheBeijingairport is very large and wonderful. There are many planes and people. I think my trip will be funny.

今天我很兴奋，因为我第一次坐飞机去旅游。今天父母和我去北京旅游。飞机起飞的时候，我感到它在摇晃。但是由于兴奋，我并没有觉得紧张。过了一会，飞机停止摇晃并且飞得更高了。我能够看到地上的建筑，它们越来越小，最后就再也看不到了。透过窗户，我可以看到蓝蓝的天空，很清澈。云朵在飞机下面，它们和地上看上去很不一样，那么惊奇。我很喜欢这风景。到北京花了我们两个小时。北京机场很大很壮观，飞机和人都很多。我觉得我的旅途一定会很有趣的。

通过上面我对第一次坐飞机的经历介绍，相信大家都很想坐飞机吧，相信大家一定会有机会的哦。

初中英语写作范文：寒假计划

虽然寒假已经过去了，但下面是我对我的寒假计划的介绍，希望大家看看哦。

寒假计划

Plan for Winter Holiday

The winter holiday is coming. I expect it very much, because the Spring Festival is the most important event in the holiday. First, I will relax myself. This term I work very hard, so during the holiday, I want to have fun. My families will go back to the hometown. We will get together to celebrate the Spring Festival. I like families getting together and organizing various activities. It’s funny and warm. Of course, study can’t be ignored. After the festival, I will spend some time on my study. There will be exercises for the holiday. And I will do some reviews for next term. Math is my weakness, so I must work hard to improve it. This is my plan for winter holiday.

寒假即将来临。我很期待它的到来，因为春节是这个假期最重要的节日。首先，我会放松一下自己。这个学期我学习很努力，所以假期期间我想玩玩。我的家人会回老家过节，我们将一起庆祝春节。我喜欢家人团聚在一起组织各种各样的活动，有趣而又温暖。当然，学习也是不容忽视的。春节过后，我会花些时间在学习上。我会完成一些寒假作业然后预习一些下学期的内容。数学是我的弱项，因此我必须努力提高它。这就是我的寒假计划。

上面就是我的寒假计划，希望同学们对自己的每一件事都有个自己的计划，一切都安排好，合理的安排自己的时间哦。

初中英语写作范文：这就是我

这就是我，大家对我还不熟悉吧，下面我来介绍一下吧。

这就是我

This Is Me

My name is Li Xing, a boy in fourteen years old. I come from Dalian, Liaoning Province, which is a beautiful and energetic city. Every year, thousands of tourists visit there. There are three people in my family, my parents and I. My parents are doctors who work in a big hospital in my city. I have many interests. Swimming, reading and movie are my favorites, which bring color to my busy study life. In study, I am good at Chinese and English, while math is my weakness. I work very hard to improve it, but it doesn’t work very well. Besides, I am easygoing and likely to make friends with others. Friendship is an important part of my life.

我叫李兴，今年十四岁。我来自辽宁省大连市。这是一个美丽而又充满活力的城市。每年都有成千上万的游客来这里参观。我家共有三口人，父母和我。我的父母都是大医院的医生。我有很多爱好，其中游泳，阅读和电影是我最喜欢的。它们给我忙碌的学习生活带来了很多色彩。我擅长语文和英语，而数学则是我的弱项。尽管我很努力去提高它，但是并没有很大的作用。除此之外，我也是个外向的人，喜欢和别人做朋友。友情是我生活中重要的一部分。

这就是我，一个完完整整的我，一个不一样的我，一个地球上仅有的我，希望我给大家留下很好的印象哦。

我的学习计划

下面是我对新学期的学习计划的介绍，希望同学们很好的看看下面讲解的知识。

学习计划 Study Plan

At the beginning of this term, I made a plan for my study. Now, I find that I carry it out well in the past month. I was poor in Chinese and English last semester. Therefore, I put the two subjects in the priority and I spent much time on them. Happily, I made progress in the two subjects this semester. Besides, math and physics is not so hard for me, but I must do many exercises to improve my knowledge. Half of an hour for each is necessary and I have always been doing so. The other subjects are easy for me. As long as I carefully listen to the teacher in the class and do some reviews, I can do well in them. While, it does not mean that I attach no importance to them. I make plan for my study to ensure the efficiency of my study.

开学之初，我给我的的学习制定了一个计划。现在，我发现在过去的一个月我能够很好的实行。上个学期我的语文和英语很差，因此我把这两个科目作为我的首要任务并花很多时间在上面。很高兴的是，这学期我这两科取得了进步。此外，数学和物理对我来说不是很难，但是我必须多做练习来增加我的知识。每个科目花上半个小时是有必要的，我一直都是这样做的。其他的科目对我来说很容桂。只要我课堂上认真听课，课后复习我就能够把它们做好。但是，这也不意味着我不重视它们。我给我的学习制定计划以保证我的学习效率。

通过上面我对我的学习计划的介绍，希望给同学们的学习很好的帮助，相信同学们会学习的很好的哦。

[我的初中英语作文

犯了错误不要紧，最重要是勇于承认错误和改正，下面是小编为您带来的是初中英语错误作文范例相关内容，希望对您有所帮助。

When I was 8, I lied to my parents in order to get my favorite toy, and then got hit by it. The mistake made me wiser.

When I was 10, my friends made an appointment with me in the morning, but I forgot the appointment and kept them waiting for a long time. Then I was criticized for a meal. The mistake made me know how to get along with others need good faith.

At the age of 12, it was our turn to be on duty, but I ran away to play basketball and was later fined. The mistake made me understand that everyone in our class is responsible.

Now, more mistakes come from exams, though they are careless little mistakes, but they make me grow knowledge and try to overcome careless mistakes.

However, mistakes have always been regarded as eyesore, and people are often very afraid of it, even call it "the devil"". Mistakes are people hate, maybe the error will lead to naught, perhaps mistakes will make people regret, perhaps the wrong people will eat get disheartened. However, it is because of the mistake, let a person assiduously, firm and indomitable, strong, and success. The world is like this, many things are often antagonistic, but they are also unified, as if there is no mistake, where success is like this. "Failure is the mother of success", this platitude and the ancient and modern, is just to confirm this point.

Edison, the inventor of the invention, did not know how many mistakes he had made. After many detours, he invented the electric lamp. Nobel didnt know how many experiments he had made and how many mistakes he made, and finally developed explosives...... Every earth shattering invention fills many errors into the ground and finally reaches the top.

Mistakes are not a "devil", it is sometimes more "angel", it is not a stumbling block to success, but the key to success, for the wrong, we should not be bored, but to appreciate the essence of mining.

Lets take good care of our mistakes!

8岁时，为了得到心爱的玩具，我竟向父母撒了谎，后来被挨了一顿揍。这次犯错误，使我更加懂事。

10岁时，朋友们约我早上去玩，我却忘记了约定，让他们等了许久，后来被指责了一餐。这次犯错误，使我懂得与人相处需要诚信。

12岁时，轮到我们值日，我却为了打篮球而逃跑，后来被罚扫。这次犯错误，使我明白班中事务我们每一个人都有责任。

现在，更多的错误来自于考试，尽管多是马虎的小错误，但是，却使我长了知识，努力克服粗心的毛病。

但是，错误却一直以来被人视为眼中钉，人们往往会非常惧怕它，甚至还称之为“魔鬼”。错误都是人们所厌恶的，也许是错误会导致前功尽弃，也许是错误会让人留下遗憾，也许错误会吃人灰心丧气。可是，正是因为错误，让人刻苦钻研，坚忍不拔，勇猛精进，以至走向成功。世界正是这样，许多东西往往是对立的，但是，它们也是统一的，就如没有错误，哪来成功这般。“失败乃成功之母”这句老生常谈的话以及古今中外的就刚好印证这一点。

“发明大王”爱迪生不知犯了多少错误，走了不少弯路，才发明了电灯；诺贝尔又不知经过了多少实验，犯了多少错误，最终才研制了炸药……每一项惊天动地的发明，正是填了许许多多的错误作地基，最终才到达了顶端。

错误并不是“魔鬼”，它有时更是“天使”，它不是通向成功的绊脚石，而是开启成功的钥匙，对于错误，我们不应厌烦，而是欣赏式地挖掘其中的精华。

让我们善待错误！

[初中英语错误作文范例

The ends of the earth, the world is so vast, two people who were originally

unknown, but because of big or small events and meet, may also experience a

large list of twists and turns, finally become the friends to know each other.

The probability is too little, so every one of my friends are special, and every

friend is precious. This friendship if lost, will be unusually hard to find. So,

friendship, isnt it a kind of predestination?

Friendship is not only a kind of fate, but also a warm.

一直都想写我的英语老师，只是因为觉得学习不好，颇感内疚，不好意思来写。用我妈妈的话来说，他就是一个小男孩，我应该叫哥哥的。

他说话的样子十分夸张。他跟我们说在另一所学校里做班主任时，他安排的座位非常合理，因此学生成绩提高很快。我当然理解他的自豪，但我也理解我的班主任为何不采用。因为丁老师谈建议时的神情就像一只狗伸着舌头，流着口水，教一只猫如何分配自己盘中的鱼。明明一张很英俊的脸，有棱有角，鼻梁挺直，眼睛凹下，嘴唇也很性感。你不知道呀!他生气时目光看向远方，深沉而坚定，加上魁梧的身材，就像一位年轻的法老，站在他的城墙上，指点江山。可是除了生气时像个男人外，其他时候就是个小男孩了，大笑起来嘴很夸张地向上翅起，就像卡通画，让所有的人都可以感受到他的快乐。若是说到什么好事，他就像大公鸡似的炫耀他的两根粗粗的眉毛向上飞扬，眼中不时闪着像星星一样的光点，还手舞足蹈的，唾沫横飞，经常唾到前排同学的脸上。被人夸奖的时候，又显得女里女气的，十分腼腆。每次开考前，他在教室门外，他的嘴角像一只红色的狐狸，在雪中伸着一只爪子，望着一只兔子。

英语老师姓丁，家在阳曲，可能地理位置有些偏辟，所以考出来不大容易。本来在另一所中学里教高中，后来考入我校，校长让他教初中。这让他十分失望，有时还在学生中露出了像李白一样怀才不遇的痛苦和颓唐。有时又高兴地告诉我们，我们是他教的第一拔学生!?

可能是刚刚带学生，他有年轻老师的激情，为我们自费复印英语资料，很喜欢在读英语课文时，一边作着奇里古怪的样子，一边发出奇里古怪的声音。有时上课，讲着讲着就讲起了自己的自传，于是常常在自我的唾沫星子中陶醉得难以自拔。上他的课让我感到十分的快乐和高兴，只是因为成绩不好而十分愧对他。不知为什么，我学也学不好，只能在每次考完试以后都躲着他。很亏心很愧疚地面对他对我的微笑，但他从来不说我不好，一次又一次地原谅我。

又一次，语文老师让我们以描写一位老师的神态特征为作业，到了下节课是英语。他进来十分讨好的让我们写他。回家后我写了两篇，有一篇是写他的，到了教室，临交作业时我又拿回了，结果我的另一篇得了第一，上课时他说已看过，可惜不是写他的。到后来越到中考我觉得愧对老师，现在考完了，我却一直想着他，想着欠他的一篇作文。

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Computer has been part of our life. We use it to work or to keep in touch

with our friends. Computer provides people a way to recognize the world and

share resources. For teenagers, they are so crazy about computer games. There

always news reports teenagers playing computer games for a long time. Some

people blame the company to create online games, while others criticize the

school for not educating children well. Actually, parents have much

responsibility to teach their children the danger of playing online game too

much. Whats more, not every child overuses computer, so it depends on their

behavior.

Clearly if we are to participate in the society in which we live we must

communicate with other people.

A great deal of communicating is performed on a person-to-person basis by

the simple means of speech.

If we travel in buses, buy things in shops, or eat in restaurants, we are

likely to have conversations where we give information or opinions, receive news

or comment, and very likely have our views challenged by other members of

society.

Face-to-face contact is by no means the only form of communication and

during the last two hundred years the art of mass communication has become one

of the dominating factors of contemporary society.

Firstly, inventiveness has led to advances in printing, telecommunications,

photography, radio and television.

Secondly, speed has revolutionized the transmission and reception of

communications so that local news often takes a back seat to national news,

which itself is often almost eclipsed by international news.

No longer is the possession of information confined to a privileged

minority.

In the last century the wealthy man with his own library was indeed

fortunate, but today there are public libraries.

Forty years ago people used to flock to the cinema, but now far more people

sit at home and turn on the TV to watch a program that is being channeled into

millions of homes.

Communication is no longer merely concerned with the transmission of

information.

The modern communication industry influences the way people live in society

and broadens their horizons by allowing access to information, education and

entertainment.

The printing, broadcasting and advertising industries are all involved with

informing, educating and entertaining.

Although a great deal of the material communicated by the mass media is

very valuable to the individual and to the society of which he is a part, the

vast modern network of communications is open to abuse.

However, the mass media are with us for better, for worse, and there is no

turning back.