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说明文的方法比较法作文写作技巧

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电子手表同机械手表相比较,既方便又经济,作为一种新型的计时工具,已越来越多地进入到人们的生活中。

最初的电子手表主要是由晶体管和钮扣电池组成的。由于结构简单,功能也不完善,一般只可显示简单的时间(精确度为一秒),外型也较笨重、粗陋。现在较简单的电子手表内部结构已有了变化,加入了二极管、简单的电子计算机记忆程序等,精确度提高到01秒。另外还可整点报时、放音乐、指示星期几、夜间亮灯照明等,对方便人们的生活起了不少作用。

随着科学技术的不断发展,电子手表也在不断进步。除了以上所谈到的较普通的功能外,近年来又出现了许多使用高科技成果的新产品。如19XX年日本制的第一只电视手表。它由一个带日历的电子手表和一个12英寸的黑白液晶显像屏组成。外型精巧,体积为487×398×9毫米3,重约50克,兼带耳机及调谐装置,既可作为手表显示时、分、秒、日历等,又可作为电视,收听伴音、短波,还可通过调谐器选择频道,调节音量及调节画面光亮度。还有一种电子脉搏表,重量不到30克,是由一个小型秒表连接一架微型计算机构成。把它戴在手腕上,就可精确地测出每分钟脉搏次数,并用数字显示出来。

这种表可以很好地协助运动员参加体育训练。另外有一种会说话的电子表,没有指针及数字,表盘上只显示一个机器人的脸。那么它是如何向人们报告时间的呢?原来在它的内部装有一个报时的机械装置,只要按动表上的按钮,就会有一个摹拟的女声报时。这种表对于盲人和视力差的人来说是一种极好的计时工具。另一种电子手表能对聋哑人进行帮助,在这种手表上装有一个微型话筒,用来接收3米内发出的声音,将声音输入表内的微型计算机,经过分析,声音信号便可传递给手表附件中一个发光二极管,使其产生视觉信号。聋哑人根据看到的不同符号,就可以判断出对方讲话的内容。

除此之外,各种新型的电子手表还可以测量体温、通讯联络及用作精密的野外观测等。我们相信,在科技飞跃发展的明天,电子手表将发挥巨大的潜力,更好地为人类服务。

在这篇文章中,作者通过将电子手表与机械手表的造型、工艺、使用方法作比较,准确地说明电子表越来越多地走入人们的生活中的原因。

总之,说明的方法很多,还可以列出许多种,如数字法、图表法、拟人法、顺序法等,不再一一列举。但不管是哪种方法都要注意到科学性、准确性,为说明、阐释事物服务。

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篇1:小学生作文写作技巧——写人的作文怎么写

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小学生作文写作技巧——写人的作文怎么写

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怎样写好写人作文

以写人为主的记叙文主要是通过对人物外貌、语言、动作、心理活动的描写和典型事例的叙述来反映人物的思想、性格、品质、作风等特点。

要写好写人为主的记叙文,应当从以下几方面入手:

1、写好人物的形象。人物的形象,一般指人物的外貌、语言、动作、心理活动等。人物的外貌,就是人物的外形特征,包括容貌、衣着、姿态、神情等等。外貌描写首先必须从文章中心思想的需要出发,要求抓住人物的本质特征,有选择、有重点地描写。人物的语言包括人物的独白,对话,交谈以及语气。“言为心声”。人物的语言是人物内心世界的直接表现。因此成功的语言描写能恰当地表现人物的身份、年龄、思想、品质、作风和个性特点。描写人物语言时,要注意符合人物的身份,表现人物的思想感情,反映人物相互间的关系。描写人物的动作时,不仅要写出人物“做什么”,还要写出“怎么做”。心理活动是无声的语言,是直接表现人物精神面貌,思想活动的手段。描写人物的心理活动时,要注意把心理活动产生的原因叙述清楚,还要注意与外貌、动作、语言描写结合起来。外貌、语言、动作、心理活动写好了,人物的形象就突出、鲜明了。

2、抓住人物的特点。每个人都有自己的特点,这个特点可以从人物的年龄、外貌、语言、动作、兴趣、个性、生活习惯等诸方面去考虑。一个人的特点是多方面的,作文时,我们应根据中心思想有所选择地写。

3、选用典型事例。人与事是分不开的。一个人做的事很多,在作文时我们应选择那些最能表现人物思想、性格和文章中心思想的典型事件。

4、运用细节描写。细节描写就是对能充分表现文章中心思想的人物外貌,语言、动作、表情等细小环节作具体、细致的描写。

小学阶段以写人为主的记叙文,一般分为三种类型;写一个人、写两个人、写几个人。其中应以写一个人为主。

一、写一个人。

记一个人的写人记叙文,大致有以下三种情况:

(一)通过写一件事写一个人。有的文章写人只写了一件事,写这一类的作文要注意以下几点:

1、要选择有代表性的生动事例画写。反映一个人的精神面貌的事例是很多的,通过一件事写人就要选取最有代表性的生动事例来写。

2、要写出事情的发展过程,使人物的形象逐步完整。

3、要把事情写具体。用一个典型事例记叙一个人,应该把这一事例写具体,这样人物形象才能丰满。

4、为了使读者对人物了解得更全面,使重点记叙的这件事有充分的依据和坚实的思想基础,使人物的形象更加丰富,文章的开头可以对人物作简要的介绍。

(二)通过几件事写一个人。

我们在生活中会接触到各种各样的人,有时使用一件事来反映一个人就显得比较单簿,不足以充分反映人物的特点及其品质,因此,必须用两三件事才可能说的明白,再现得充分。

通过几件事写一个人,要注意以下几点:

1、几件事不能相互矛盾,,人物的性格在几件事中要和谐、统一。

2、概括交代和具体描写相结合。在一篇简短的作文中要用几件事写一个人,不可能将每一件事详细叙述,因此一般可以彩杨交代和具体描写相结合的方法。即先概括交代一些事例,再具体记叙一两件事。

3、通过对比的方法写一个人。

通过对比方法写一个人,一般有三种:第一种是同一个人前后相比,说明这个人变化;第二种是对一个人的认识前后相比,说明这个人的品质;第三种是一个人同另一个人比,突出歌颂其中一个人。

通过对比的方法写一个人要注意:

(1)要突出主要人物及其主要特点。

(2)要写出人物的真实表现,不要捏造事实,采用拔高或贬低的方法。

二、写两个人

写两个人,一般是写《我和**》,**应包括亲人、同学、朋友、老师等熟悉的人,要写好这一类型的作文必须注意:

(一)要写好人物之间的联系。《我和**》,题目中突出了一个“和”字,这就要求从双方写起,通过具体的事例,写出“我”和**之间的联系。在叙事过程中,要写出彼此之间都想了些什么,说了些什么,做了些什么。只有从双方落笔,才能把握住题目要求写的重点。

(二)用对话展开情节。写《我和**》作文时,由于要写出两个人之间的关系,所以一定要写好两个人之间的对话。要用对话展开情节,用对话表现文章的中心。

三、写几个人。

写几个人是比较复杂的以写人为主的记叙文,可以写“一家子”、“这一班”,也可以写“几个小伙伴”。总之,不论是家庭的,学校的、社会的,只要是自己熟悉的几人都行。

这类作文有以下几种写法。

(一)列人物表似的介绍。

(二)有代表性的介绍。

(三)以一件事为线索写几个人。

(四)通过几件事写几个人。

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写人的作文,就是通过记叙人物的具体活动,来表现人物特点、性格、道德品质、精

神风貌及思想感情。要想写好写人的作文,必须学会以下几个方面的技巧、方法。

一、抓住特点。

有的同学爱学习、有的同学爱帮助别人,有的同学爱做小手工,有的同学爱吃零食,等等。这“爱学习”“爱帮助别人”“爱做小手工”“爱吃零食”就是这些人的主要特点。写人的作文就是要抓住这些特点,通过特点反映出这个人是什么样的人,有什么样的思想品质,等等。这些特点抓得越准确,事例写得越具体,给读者留下的印象就越深刻。如《胆小的我》,就是抓住了“我”胆小的事,写出了“我”胆小的性格特点。

二、选好事例。

写人的文章,也要写事例,通过一个或几个事例来表现出这个人的特点(最好用两、三件事来写一个人)。选择事例时,要选那些能打动人、影响人、感染人,给人印象深刻的事例,也就是要选择典型、新颖的事例。作文时,你第一个想到的事例不要用,第二个想到的事例也不要用,第三个甚至是第四、第五个想到的事例,你用在作文中一般容易吸引人、给人留下深刻的印象。这是因为你容易想到,别人也容易想到,大家都把这样的事写在作文中,作文就成了人云亦云的“大路货”,得不到高分或老师的好评。所选的事例要能充分表现人物的性格和品质。当你读完《胆小的我》后,你对“我”就有了深刻的印象了,作文就成功了。

三、运用描写。

要想把人物写得栩栩如生、活灵活现,就要运用动作、语言、心理、神态、肖像等多种描写方法。如《胆小的我》中“吓得我大叫一声,赶忙把眼睛蒙住,心‘怦怦’地跳个不停。”这句动作描写,把“我”胆小的性格写得惟妙惟肖。描写要符合人物的年龄、身份和职业。对同一个事物,一个小学生说的话肯定同大学教授说的话不一样。

四、写出细节。

要把人物细微的动作及其变化,写具体,写生动。如《胆小的我》中“把礼物放在了一个明显的地方”,第二天“故意给‘忘了’”。一“放”一“忘”,把“我”胆小的性格特征,给写活了。

五、善用对比。

对比是写人作文经常用到的写作方法。可以拿自己的某一方面特点、爱好、特长和他人的对比,即横向对比;也可以写自己现在在某一方面怎么样和过去自己在某一方面如何进

行对比,即纵向对比。通过横、纵对比,能把一个人的思想品质、精神风貌、主要特点给突出形象地表现出来。运用对比描写,不应该勉强凑合,适合采用对比写法就用,不适合采用对比写法的就不要用。

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篇2:英语日记带翻译

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As time goes by,it is the most meaningful day in the year---Spring

festival. Everyone is looking forward to it and the families are busy preparing

for it besides me.

I got up early in the morning ,and then I went to the shop with my parents

to do some shopping. After going back home,I cleaned the house,doing some

housework.Everything is ready,I am waiting for you ---Spring festival.

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时光荏苒,又到了一年中最有意义的时刻——共度春节。每个人都盼望着,期待着,家家户户都在忙碌地准备着,当然也少不了我!

一早,我就起床了,接着和爸爸妈妈一起去了趟超市,采购一番。待购物后,我们开心的回了家,回家后,我帮家里打扫了屋子,做了一些力所能及的家务活。一切准备就绪,现在我整期盼着春节的来临!)

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篇3:英语日记格式

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MondaySeptember1,20__ weather:__

I went to visit the Great Wall with my friends during the summer vacation.

We went there by bus. It took us about two hours to get there. It was hot and

windy that day. There were thousands of people. When we saw a group of

foreigners,we went up and talked with them. We told them lots of history of the

Great Wall. They were very surprised when they saw that our English were

exellent and we knew a lot about the Great Walls history. They thanked us a lot

and we really had a good time. We felt proud of ourselves and being Chinese.

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篇4:小学英语日记

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美好的一天

June 13thFriday

It is a fine day today. There are some clouds in the sky, but the sun is

shining. Mr Jones is with his family. They are walking on the bridge. There are

some boats on the river. Mr Jones and his wife are looking at them. Sally is

looking at a big ship. The ship is going under the bridge. Tim is looking at an

aeroplane. The aeroplane is flying over the river.

今天,天气晴朗,空中有少许云朵,天阳在照耀着。琼斯先生和他的家人在一起。她们在桥上走着,河面上有几艘小船,琼斯先生和他的夫人正看着它们,莎莉正看着一艘大船。它正从桥下经过。蒂姆在看着一架飞机,这架飞机正从河上空飞过。

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篇5:英语四级写作模板

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People hold different views about X. Some people are of the opinion that 观点1, while others point out that 观点2. As far as I am concerned, the former/latter opinion holds more weight. For one thing, 论据1. For another, 论据2.

Last but not the least, 论据3.

To conclude, 总结观点. As a college student, I am supposed to 表决心. 或 From above, we can predict that 预测.

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篇6:初1英语日记

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Today, I came to the breakfast. See the lads with chopsticks busy busy. So I took a seat, a young man walked to nete over and ask me to eat something, so I had a bowl of beef noodles peppers. Soon, a noodles. I take chopsticks, soon finished eating. On the way to school, I also think that bowl noodles

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篇7:SAT的写作高分技巧适用于任何基础

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对于刚刚开始准备SAT写作考试的考生来说,掌握一些非常复杂的词汇,语法和句式都是十分不现实的,所以下面总结的SAT写作技巧就是希望可以在大家掌握很少量的词汇和语法的基础上,提高写作的成绩。

首先要搞明白的是,SAT写作考试中的Essay不是抒情文、记叙文或者文学作品,而是议论文,表现一个学生逻辑思考、思想深度以及行文结构表达方式的载体,所以重要的不是句法、词汇,而是思想、结构。

1. SAT写作不要用长句。

写作用长句不是不好,但是用长句有两个问题,一是中国考生水平不够,很难写出语法没有错误、意思表达准确的长句,语法错误、几个逗号连用、倒装从句混合是经常发生的。二是看essay的考官也是人,没人愿意看很多长句混在一起的文章,短句更讨人喜欢,并且表达意思更加清晰,准确。所以大家要记得的第一个SAT写作技巧就是要用短句,不用或者少用长句。

2. SAT写作技巧中,细节是重中之重。

在SAT写作考试中出现My brother, friend的时候加上名字,出现university的时候要给上名字,给出事例的时候要给出时间地点人物,这几点是最基本的细节问题,没人愿意看我的弟弟去了一个大学,然后再大学里交了很多朋友,后来去了公司里那些朋友成为了他的财富,而我的弟弟Dan去了Upenn读书,在学校里认识了Jeff、Dennis等好朋友,而他后来去Google公司工作的时候发现了他们成为了自己一生宝贵的财富比上面那句好了很多。实在要写流水账也要写出细节和感觉。

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篇8:中学生寒假英语日记及翻译

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Sat. , Feb. 6 Fine later cloudy

A book exhibition

Dropped in at National Library to see the National Book Exhibition which will close today. Suprised at the fact that so many kinds of books are published in our country. Thought the childrens books with many pages of colorful illustrations were made very nicely. Bought a copy of the Chinese version of English and American Short Stories at a 20 per cent discount. Am going to read this through in this good season for reading.

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信步走到图书馆看即将在今天结束的全国书籍。惊奇的是发现我们国家竟然出版了这么多种的书籍。我觉得富有多页彩色插图的儿童书籍印刷的相当精美。我买了一本打八折的《英美短篇小说》中文版。我要在这读书的好季节里将它读完。

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篇9:高考语文作文万能开头、结尾写作技巧

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高考语文作文万能开头、结尾原则一:首尾相应结构严谨

例:

1、(开头)在城市尽头,没有繁华的街市,闪亮的霓虹;在城市的尽头,只有破旧的棚户区,有饱经生活风霜的生命;在城市的尽头、有他们这样一群人。

(结尾)太阳从地平线上升起,照亮了城市的尽头,照亮了他们的生活。

2、(开头)站在塞纳河畔,可以触摸巴黎时尚而又典雅的脉搏;身处第五大道、可以感受纽约华丽而又绚烂的气息;漫步银座街头,可以领略东京古老而又现代的文化;停留黄浦江边,可以体味上海兼容而又独特的精神……

(结尾)我在无限的思考中面对都市,触摸它的外壳,也渴望触摸它的灵魂。但愿有朝一日它的内质可以像外壳一样美丽动人,但愿有朝一日那些虚假与轻浮都会变得真实与坚固,但愿是"云销雨霁,彩彻区明",但愿我们可以重新触摸到都市那由内而外的如花般缩放的美丽。

高考语文作文万能开头、结尾原则二:自然收束

例:

(开头)人生,其实就是一次过程,很多事,很多人,失败过,经历过才会懂,才会成熟。当失败来临的时候,不要伤悲,而应该看作是一次成长的机会,一次锻炼的机会。冲过去,会更美好、更灿烂的生活等着你,更会有一番成就感;如果退而不前,那只能迎来更多的失败,更多人生的遗憾。

(结尾)当我们快要走完人生路时,回首这一生,特别是那些困难和失败时,会觉得,或许正是由于这些,丰富了我们的人生,战胜、克服了它们,才让我们的人生更加完美无瑕。

高考语文作文万能开头、结尾原则三:画龙点睛

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(开头)怆然的灾难,古来有之。然而历史由古而今谁可曾见过这般振奋人心,撼天动地的团结?《史记》有云:民与民同心,则家安之,君与民同心,则国兴之。在今天,这是人民与人民,人民与国家,国家与世界的携手,何愁家不安,何愁国不兴?

(结尾)青山一道,我们同历风雨,团聚一处。而将五洲四海的人们集汇在-起的纽带,也许,是这样的期望:为天下立心,为生民立命,为往圣续绝学,为万世开太平!

高考语文作文万能开头、结尾原则四:使用诗歌

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流光容易把人抛,红了樱桃,绿了芭蕉。走在自己生命路上,有时很难看清自己是否走了弯路。不妨跳出来,调准焦距,才能照出最好生活。

高考语文作文万能开头、结尾原则五:妙用修辞

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篇10:七年级的英语记录日记

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Dreams and Reality

When we talk about dreams, we are so excited, we have many dreams, such as

being a famous person, traveling around the world and so on.

Dreams are what we pursue for a lifetime, with many dreams, we have

motivation to fight for our life. The opposite side of dream is reality, we have

to face reality everyday, reality is what we perceive in our life.

Reality always frustrates us to be successful. We need to balance them.

First, we need to face reality, though it is not ideal, we live in a world, we

have to know exactly who we are. Second, to make our dreams come true, we need

to adjust our dreams according to the reality。

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篇11:英语日记格式

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英文日记通常由书端和正文两个部分组成,英语日记的格式与汉语日记的格式大致相同,在每篇日记的第一行写上日期、星期和天气,接下来写内容。日期、星期和天气的撰写1有几个要注意的地方:

一、年、月、日都写时,通常以月、日、年为顺序,月份可以缩写,日和年用逗号隔开。例如:December 18, 2003或者Dec. 18,

2003。

二、如果要写星期,星期要紧挨日期,它既可以放在日期前面,也可以放在日期后面,星期也可以省略不写。星期和日期之间不用标点,但要空一格,星期也可缩写。例如:Thursday

Dec. 18, 2003或Dec.18,2003 Thursday

三、天气情况必不可少。天气一般用一个形容词如:Sunny, Fine, Rainy, Snowy等表示。天气通常位于日记的右上角。

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篇12:英语日记

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It is true that summer is hot, very hot. But the wicked summer sun is

nothing to me, for I dont usually go out. What I like to do best during the

long summer vacation is to stay in my own little room and read. I love to read,

but during the school year I could hardly find a free moment for reading.

Endless assignments press down upon me like a mountain. I feel confined and

imprisoned. Once the summer vacation comes, however, I have all the time in the

world to read and read and read. I read everything I want to read. I read to my

hearts content. My room maybe small, and the sun maybe hot, but Im free, Im

happy, Im really living! Oh, how I love summer!

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篇13:英语日记100词

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Today, I still went to my mothers office. My mother was very busy, so was

my father. They always live in Beijing. They must get up early. Because they

will manage the factory. So I know they are very laborious. So I should save my

money. Also I should help them. Although I cant do something useful, but I

think I should share the work with them. I am one of my family member. In the

future, I will take a job and work. Its time for me to begin to learn how to

work.

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篇14:高中英语日记

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I was so busy in the previous winter holiday for I am going to take the

university entrance exam in July this year. Everyday, I buried myself in

studying. I had to review each required subject and do lots of exercises.

Besides, because I did bad in mathematics and physics, I had to do much more

exercises than other courses, which made me discouraged. I spent more than ten

hours a day in studying. When I was tired, I watched TV or listened to music for

a little while. But It was a big pity that I couldnt go to the see cinema. In

addition, I had to refuse all the invitations of friends and relatives. I only

called them or sent messages in the New Year’s Eve. I desperately hoped that

there is no exam but I know it’s impossible. The only thing I can do is to study

hard to get good scores and can be admitted to Tsinghua University.

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篇15:短篇英语日记带翻译

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Xiaomei and I went out this morning. We went to the city centre. We went

window shopping, and then we had lunch at the restaurant. We didnt buy anything

as we didnt have much money, but we still had a wonderful time.

今天上午我和小梅出去了。我们去了市中心。我们去逛街然后到餐馆吃饭。我们没有没东西,因为我们没有多少钱,可是我们过的很开心。

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篇16:英语日记

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Some people say, “Money is more important than time。” Some say, “We can buy

everything with money。” For some people, money is everything。 They think they

can buy everything they want, including time。 Do you think so? No。 I don’t think

so。 Because when money is spent, we can get it back。 However, when time has

gone, it will never return。 Nevertheless many of us always waste time and put

off today’s work till tomorrow。

In fact, time is more important than money and time never stops for anyone

or anything。 For everyone, time is so limited that if we waste our precious

time, we won’t get it back。 Therefore, we should save every second we own and

make full use of our time to study hard。 The harder we work now, the more we

will get in future!

Let’s save time together!

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篇17:英语日记带翻译

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My uncle came to visit me today. He brought a lot of snacks for me. I wish

he could have took me to the supermarket with him to buy snacks. That way, I can

pick out snacks that I actually like from the supermarket, and I would not have

to pay for it. The snacks that he bought tasted pretty bad. I would rather buy

my own snacks.

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我叔叔今天来看我了。他给我带了很多零食。我真希望他能带我去超市买零食。这样,我就可以从超市里挑选我真正喜欢的零食,不用付钱了。他买的零食味道很差。我宁愿买我自己的零食。

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篇18:英语日记带翻译

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Today my parents took me to my grandfather’s house.I played with my

cousin.Suddenly my cousin suggested going to the park and having a rest.“that’s

a good idea.” I said.Then we prepared for the traveling.After lunch,the sky

turned dark.After that ,it rained heavily.It meant our plan is impossible.What a

pity day!

今天我父母带我去了外公家,我和唐/表,兄/弟/姐/妹一起玩.突然,我我和唐/表,兄/弟/姐/妹建议去公园玩,顺便休息一下.“那是一个好主意”我说到.然后我们为旅行准备着.午饭后,天变得昏暗,接着下起了大雨.那意味着我们的计划不可能实行了,多遗憾的一天哪!

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篇19:元宵节英语日记

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The Lantern Festival falls on the 15th day of the 1st lunar month, usually in February or March in the Gregorian calendar。 As early as the Western Han Dynasty (206 BC—AD 25), it had become a festival with great significance。

This days important activity is watching lanterns。 Throughout the Han Dynasty (206 BC—AD 220), Buddhism flourished in China。 One emperor heard that Buddhist monks would watch sarira, or remains from the cremation of Buddhas body, and light lanterns to worship Buddha on the 15th day of the 1st lunar month。

So he ordered to light lanterns in the imperial palace and temples to show respect to Buddha on this day。 Later, the Buddhist rite developed into a grand festival among common people and its influence expanded from the Central Plains to the whole of China。

Till today, the lantern festival is still held each year around the country。 Lanterns of various shapes and sizes are hung in the streets, attracting countless visitors。 Children will hold self—made or bought lanterns to stroll with on the streets, extremely excited。 "Guessing lantern riddles"is an essential part of the Festival。

Lantern owners write riddles on a piece of paper and post them on the lanterns。 If visitors have solutions to the riddles, they can pull the paper out and go to the lantern owners to check their answer。 If they are right, they will get a little gift。

The activity emerged during peoples enjoyment of lanterns in the Song Dynasty (960—1279)。 As riddle guessing is interesting and full of wisdom, it has become popular among all social strata。

People will eat yuanxiao, or rice dumplings, on this day, so it is also called the "Yuanxiao Festival。"Yuanxiao also has another name, tangyuan。 It is small dumpling balls made of glutinous rice flour with rose petals, sesame, bean paste, jujube paste, walnut meat, dried fruit, sugar and edible oil as filling。

Tangyuan can be boiled, fried or steamed。 It tastes sweet and delicious。 What’s more, tangyuan in Chinese has a similar pronunciation with "tuanyuan”, meaning reunion。 So people eat them to denote union, harmony and happiness for the family。 joozone。com

In the daytime of the Festival, performances such as a dragon lantern dance, a lion dance, a land boat dance, a yangge dance, walking on stilts and beating drums while dancing will be staged。 On the night, except for magnificent lanterns, fireworks form a beautiful scene。

Most families spare some fireworks from the Spring Festival and let them off in the Lantern Festival。 Some local governments will even organize a fireworks party。

On the night when the first full moon enters the New Year, people become really intoxicated by the imposing fireworks and bright moon in the sky。

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