对比类英语作文

The professional jazz musician and the professional football player

Every one of us will have your own career when you graduate from university. Maybe you are an engineer, a teacher or others. However, different professions may have similarities. Although the professional jazz musician and the professional football player are quite different, there are some potential similarities between them.

First of all, the professional jazz musician and the professional football player have several differences. Their workplaces differ from each other. The stage is the place of the musician’s showing; but the field is the place of the football player’s crazing. Maybe for a football player, he must withdraw from the field because of his age, injuries and physical strength when he is over his 35s. However, for a musician, there is no such problem. Finally their audiences may be different. Someone likes listening to jazz, but he knows little about football.

Despite their apparent differences, the professional jazz musician and the professional football player have much in common. They must strive hard to be proficient in professional work. For either to be successful, he must take his work seriously. The trumpeter who abuses his lip or the halfback who cannot be bothered learning a new pass pattern will have a short professional career. In addition, each must constantly work at improving, and not only maintaining, his level of achievement. The real “pro” considers his daily practice session, whether on the bandstand or on the ball field, not as a routine exercise, but as a chance for him to develop new attacks and new techniques. Finally, each must have

considerable physical stamina. It takes a good deal of muscular effort, for example to bang a set of drums for six hours——just about as much as it takes to survive being banged around for two hours on the gridiron.

It is clear that although there are some apparent differences between the professional jazz musician and the professional football player, there are potential similarities as well.