While many people prefer to do things that they do enjoy doing, some people think people should do things that they do not want to do. Personally, it is a difficult question which is better for me. However, If I had to choose just one, I disagree with the statement that people should sometimes do things that they do not enjoy doing.

My primary reason is that when I need to do things that are not enjoyable and comfortable for me, these works might give me much stress and discouragement. I would fail to get a good outcome as well as fine process. Moreover, the people around me, who work the same things together, may feel uncomfortable and boring. It is bad! When I was a high school student, my classmates and I had such an experience, which was the preparation of a school festival.

In addition to that, my second reason is that to do things that people think are not enjoyable, can make their mental state depressive. I also heard of problems of depression among workers, which is recently increasing the number of case. According to the articles that I read on my newspaper, they revealed that the cases of depression are increasing dramatically after they have changed their work that they consider as not enjoyable. It is also a bad situation. My father’s friend had the same problem, I heard.

In conclusion, I cannot agree with the above statement that people should sometimes do things that they do not enjoy doing. In general, many people, especially the ancient people said that people could improve their knowledge and skill by experiences that they have done things that they dislike or fail to do. However, currently, these ideas are changed, I think. We had better be enjoy doing many things.

Is it fair to avoid all nasty and joyless things that come up throughout our life? I don't think so. In order to live a good life we should be able to manage with all kind of situation, which include doing things we strongly dislike. I support who says we sometimes need to do things we don't enjoy at all, to really enjoy what we do. I will explain my perspective through a personal reason and a more social one.

First, I think that doing things we always enjoy it's likely to be an impossible deed. Although we might like the final aim of what we are doing, we still might have to deal with things we don't enjoy. For example, if I wanted to do a Ph.D. in the States I would have to study English as harder as possible. This learning process might be sometimes very boring and nothing but enjoyable, though the final goal is something I deeply would like to achieve.

Moreover, in a social perspective if we lived in a society were none did things they dislike, it would be a still and sluggish society. I am thinking about all the jobs which include a relevant part of boring things to do, such as working at the station selling tickets and doing always the same thing. What I am saying is that we all strongly need all kind of jobs to be done and in a society where everyone wants to do only things he enjoy no jobs would be done.

Why shall we do things we don't enjoy? This might be asked by who sustains the opposite perspective. I would answer them with another query: "How would you know what does it means to enjoy something if you never did things you don't like at all?". Thus, I think that without any sacrifice we wouldn't even know what does it means to really enjoy something. Without studying English everyday, which is boring sometimes, I would never know how good is to do the Ph.d.I might have achieved.

To summarize, there is an old saying which is always truthful: no pain, no gain. Therefore, if we don't manage do find a way to do also things we don't enjoy we won't even know what does it feel like to really enjoy something.

Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? People should sometimes do things that they do not enjoy doing.

In everydays life, there are always problems and duties that cannot be prevented. For example unemployed people have to search for work or have to deal with financial problems. Those are problems that one must solve, they would otherwise affect ones existance.
To my mind, besides those essential unpleasant things, people should not participate any activities or do any things that they do not really enjoy.

In my point of view, our life is highly affected by those unpleasant activities. Solving and dealing with those problems costs a lost of time and energy. Consequently, it is not necessary to deal with additional things that are unpleasant and unjoyfully. For example, some people may participate in weekly activites like sports which they dislike just in order to please their friend or partner. Those people should not forget that life is too short and that they should be careful to do not forget one's own wishes and principles. In a case like that, they should rather quit the training or switch to any sports that are more joyful for themthelves.

Nevertheless, it might sometimes be necessary to do things that you do not really enjoy. This might be right in some special situations. For example, going for lunch with your girlfriend and your girlfriends family is a nice gesture for your beloved, even if you are not really in the mood or simply dislike the family. Thus, those arrangements should not be too frequent. I am convinced, that it is sometimes necessary to do unjoyful things for your beloved. It ought to be mentioned that this is a very important principle of our society. We have to help each other, otherwise, our system cannot be functional.

To sum it up, I would generally disagree with the statement with the exception, that you might do those things for your beloved in order to help.
Of course, this raises the question where to set the limit and when to say no. As far as I am concerend, this is a question that everybody has to think about on oneself. It is necessary to find kind of a compromise: You ought to help the people in your surroundig without loosing your own wishes and your identity.

People do different things throughout their lives. Some of them people appreciate, the other they hate or don't like. It is a controvertible question if people should do what they abhor, or should they skip to things they only like. However, there are always some indisputable reasons for that we should comply to the situation and do what is abominable.

First, without some specific things one cannot reach what he wants. Therefore, he is obliged to do what he don't want to. For example, to get into an American college, a student should get through a TOEFL test. Before passing it, he must thoroughly prepare for all the sections the test consists of. For many students this work is a total drudgery. Nevertheless, we all do an onerous hateful job to finally get into a dream college. It simply costs the price.

Second, some things we don't want to do now somehow will help us in the future. I hate preparing food, but when I grow older and have a family, this experience will help me. Students, who don't like the computer science classes, will say “thank you” to their teacher in the future, because it is difficult to gain a job today without knowing how to use a computer. Doing the abominable job has a much further perspective, than one suggests.

In addition, sometimes it is difficult to survive or support your family without doing what you don't like. Not many people would like to be janitors, but if they have no alternative and there is a family behind, one will always agree on any menial work. Many celebrities had done obsequies jobs, before they gained fame. For example, to pay his living, Brad Pitt worked as an advertising chicken in a chain of restaurants.

Nevertheless, it is impossible to always escape doing something hateful. If you are goal oriented, if you want to be a superior specialist or if you simply want to feed your family, sooner or later you'll have to face the abominable task. It is inevitable, so better be prepared for it today, than tremble when finally face it.

The text and lecture discuss theories about the mystery of Mary Clest. The Mary Clest was found in the cast of Portugal in 1872. Mysteriously all the doors and windows where opened, but the crew was missing. The Professor casts doubt on the explanations for this which are introduced in the reading passage.
First, he explains that the captain of the Mary Clest was experienced and a good capain. This directly criticizes the first explanation given in the text, that there was a mutinity aboard the ship because captain was cruel.
Second, the Professor contradicts another explanation for the mystery by saying that the captain from the other ship that found the Mary Clest was a good friend of the captain from the Mary Clest. Therefore the piracy theory stated in the text is not logical.
Third, the Professor introduces an additional explanation: He explains that it was the first time for the captain of the Mary Clest to transport alcohol. The Professor indicates that the crew might have been afraid of fire on board, due to leeking bottles of alcohol in the ship. This explains the fact that the windows and doors where all opened – the crew might have tried to air the ship in order to prevent a fire. The lack of experience with transporting alcohol might have led to great fear and further to the abondenment of the ship.
In conclusion the Professor contradicts the explanations for the mystery of Mary Clest by showing why these theories have flaws. Further he offers a third explanation for the mystery.