If we want to catch up with and even surpass the developed ones, education seems important and should be given the first priority. Besides, education seems the same important to individuals.

China, as a developing country, has a large gap compared with developed countries. If we want to catch up with and even surpass the developed ones, education seems important and should be given the first priority. Besides, education seems the same important to individuals.

中国作为一个发展中国家，与发达国家相比还存在很大的差距。如果我们想赶上甚至是超过发达国家，教育似乎是重要的，而且应当放在首要位置。此外，教育似乎对个人同样重要。

In modern time, when science and technology are making great progress, the education of the work force is the most important. Moreover, many of the success in advanced countries have demonstrated that a nation's prosperity mainly depends on the quality of its labor force, namely those who have been well educated.

现代社会，科学技术进步很大，劳动力的教育是最重要的。而且，发达国家的很多成功例子证明一个国家的繁荣主要依靠劳动力的素质，也就是说那些受过良好教育的人。

For individuals, education is the best way to improve oneself. Firstly, it's education thathelps people gain basic knowledge of the world, helping them to distinguish what is right and wrong. Secondly, education improves one's skills of life and work, which can make people live a good life or have achievements in career. Finally, education brings people ability of learning and that is the key role of education. 

对于个人来说，教育是提高自我最好的方式。首先，是教育帮助人们获得对世界的基本认识，帮助他们区分什么什么是对什么是错。其次，教育提高一个人的生活和工作技能，使人们过上好生活或在事业上有所成就。最后，教育赋予人们学习的能力，这是教育的主要作用。