Topic 15. Neighbors are the people who live near us. In your opinion, what are the qualities of a good neighbor?

Neighbors are the people who live near us. In your opinion, what are the qualities of a good
neighbor? Use specific details and examples in your answer.

Sample essay 1.


If you have a good neighbor, you are a lucky person. You have someone who cares about your
needs and your property, who is helpful in the little day-to-day situations that come up, and who is
supportive in times of crisis.

A good neighbor is someone who, for instance, understands that your children may occasionally
run across his lawn,- even though you tell them not to. He'll realize that children can be careless
about things like that, and he won't make a big fuss about it unless it becomes a regular thing. In
the same vein, he knows that you'll understand if some of the trash from his trash cans blows
across into your yard. In other words, he is sensitive to the unintentional things that can happen.
He doesn't make a big deal about them.

A good neighbor is also respectful of your property. For example, she asks your permission before
doing anything that interferes with what's yours. This means she wouldn't plant a huge tree in
between your houses without asking how you felt about it. If she wanted to put up a fence, she
would let you know first. She might work with you to decide where it should be placed. Maybe
the two of you would even split the cost.

A good neighbor would lend you some milk if you ran out. She'd give you a ride to work if your
car was broken, and let your children stay at her house in the evening if you got stuck working
overtime. You would do the same for her. Both of you would help make the other's life easier.

When something really awful happens to you, like a death in the family, a good neighbor will
volunteer to help in any way he can. This could mean something small, like making some
casseroles to put in your freezer to feed visiting relatives. Or it could mean something big, like
helping you get through the sadness of the funeral.

I think only someone who has experienced a bad neighbor can really appreciate a good one! A
good neighbor can be a good friend. He or she can make all the difference in the world to your
life.

Sample essay 2.


Neighbours are the people who live near us, and their behaviour influence our daily life. Good
neighbours can make us feel comfortable and give us many help, and everyone will benefit from a
good relationship among neighbours. In my point of view, these are three conspicuous aspects of
the qualities of a good neighbours.

One of the most important characteristic of good neighbours is that they have a good living habit
and are friendly to others. A person with bad habit will affect your daily life. For example,
children are most likely to be influnced by bad neighbors and carry on bad habits. On the other
hand, being friendly is also an important nature of good neighbors. If neighbours are unfriendly,
they are hard to approach and difficult to get along with.

Another important aspect of of good neighbors is that they should be willing to help others. In our
daily life, emergency situations may happen, and we may encounter difficulties which can not be
resolved by ourselves. At this time, the quickest help we can get is probably from our neighbors.
To some degree, neighbours are as important as relatives to us, because they could provide the
immediat help. In the same way, a neighbour who likes to help others will get help in return. Help
each others can form a friendly and harmonious relationship among the neighbours.

All in all, a good neighbour is someone who have a good living habit, is friendly and is willing to
help others. Taking into account of all these factors, we may reach the conclusion that a good
relationship among neighbours need the maintenance from us.