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1000怀念的英语作文初中
全文共 2558 字
+ 加入清单When memory began for me, my grandfather was past sixty-a great tall man
with thick hair becoming gray. He had black eyes and a straight nose which ended
in a slightly flattened tip. Once he explained seriously to me that he got that
flattened tip as a small child when he fell down and stepped on his nose.
The little marks of laughter at the corners of his eyes were the prodnct of
a kindly and humorous nature. The years of work which had bent his shoulders had
never dulled his humour nor his love of a joke.
Everywhere he went, "Gramp" made friends easily. At the end of half an hour
you felt you had known him all your life. I soon learned that he hated to give
orders , but that when he had to, he tried to make his orders sound like
suggestions.
One July morning, as he was leaving to go to the cornfield, he said :
"Edwin, you can pick up the potatoes in the field today if you want to do that.
" Then he drove away with his horses.
The day passed, and I did not have any desire to pick up potatoes. Evening
came and the potatoes were still in the field. Gramp, dusty and tired, led the
horses to get their drink.
"How many bags of potatoes were there?" Gramp inquired. "I dont know.
"
"How many potatoes did you pick up?"
"I didnt pick any. " "Not any! Why not?"
"You said I could pick, them up if I wanted to. You didnt say I had to.
"
In the next few minutes I learned a lesson I would not forget: when Gramp
said I could if I wanted to, he meant that I should want to.
Gram hated cruelty and injustice. The injustices of history, even those of
a thousand years before, angered her as much as the injustices of her own
day.
She also had a deep love of beauty. When she was almost seventy-five, and
had gone to live with one of her daughters, she spent a delightful morning
washing dishes because, as she said, the beautiful patterns on the dishes gave
her pleasure. The bird, the flowers, the clouds-all that was beautiful around
her- pleased her. She was like the father of the French painter, Millet, who
used to gather grass and show it to his son , saying , "See how beautif ul this
is ! "
In a pioneer society it is the harder qualities of mind and character that
are of value. The softer virtues are considered unnecessary. Men and women
struggling daily to earn a living are unable, even for a moment, to forget the
business of preserving their lives. Only unusual people, like my grandparents,
manage to keep the softer qualities in a world of daily struggle.
Such were the two people with whom I spent the months from June to
September in the wonderful days of summer and youth.
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篇1:有关交通英语初二
全文共 1196 字
+ 加入清单One night Mr Lee was driving his wife home from work. She was a nurse in a
hospital. It was almost midnight and she was quite tired out. She soon fell
asleep. Mr Lee looked at her and smiled.
Mr Lee was a careful and experienced driver. He knew it was safer to drive
slowly on a dark night. After some time he noticed a car following him. It was
travelling very fast. Suddenly it overtook his car.
The driver of the car was in a hurry. He did not see the approaching lorry.
To avoid hitting it, he suddenly tuned his car. It skidded off the road and hit
a big tree. The driver and his passenger were injured.They were badly cut by
glass from the broken windscreen.Mr Lee quickly stopped his car by the side of
the road. His wife got out of the car to help the injured. The lorry driver also
stopped to help. Mr Lee drove off to telephone the police . About twenty-five
minutes later, a police car and an ambulance arrived. The injured were carried
into the ambulance and taken to hospital.
The policemen took down details of the accident. Mr Lee and the lorry
driver told them all they could remember. The policemen thanked them for their
help. Mr and Mrs Lee got into their car and continued their journey home.
篇2:高中英语
全文共 724 字
+ 加入清单When we are very small, we dream to be the great person in the future, such
as the scientist, the policeman and so on. It is good for the children to own
the big dream, so that they will study hard and fight for their future. But the
fact is that not all the person can become the great person, most people are
doing the ordinary jobs. In my opinion, ordinary is beautiful, too. Though they
are not doing the fine jobs, they find their own place and make a contribution
to the world. Take the cleaner for example. They wake up early and do the
cleaning work. People dare not to do the job because it is so dirty, but the
cleaners decorate the city with their hard work. The cleaners are the ordinary
people while doing the great job.
篇3:成长英语作文初中
全文共 1033 字
+ 加入清单Man’s life is a process of growing up, actually I’m standing here is a
growth. If a person’s life must constituted by various choices, then I grow up
along with these choices. Once I hope I can study in a college in future,
however that’s passed, as you know I come here, now I wonder what the future
holds for me.
When I come to this school, I told to myself: this my near future, all
starts here. Following I will learn to become a man, a integrated man, who has a
fine body, can take on important task, has independent thought, an open mind,
intensive thought, has the ability to judge right and wrong, has a perfect
job.
Once my teacher said :” you are not sewing, you are stylist; never forget
which you should lay out to people is your thought, not craft.” I will put my
personality with my interest and ability into my study, during these process I
will combine learning with doing. If I can achieve this “future”, I think that I
really grow up. And I deeply believe kindred, good-fellowship and love will
perfection and happy in the future.
篇4:低碳生活英语
全文共 710 字
+ 加入清单Now the earth is in bad condition。 For example, in some places, the air and
water pollution is so serious that it causes many deaths。 At the same time, many
animals and plants are in danger because of the destruction of their
habitats。
Luckily, we human beings have realized the problem。 On April 22nd, millions
of people across the world do something good for the earth。 Some clean up
beaches and water, some pick up rubbish, others give speeches to call on more
people to take action。 But can we save the earth only by one day’s work? The
future of our planet depends on our efforts。 What we should do is to make every
day Earth Day。 Only by taking good care of it every day can we hope to live in
harmony with nature。
篇5:读书英语年级100词
全文共 647 字
+ 加入清单I think reading is important in the whole life for people. There are many
benefits of reading.
Firstly, reading increases our knowledge and we can learn the world affairs
without going out. Secondly, reading is a good way to improve reading and
writing skills. Before you learn to write, you must know how others write.
Thirdly, reading can broaden our knowledge and horizon, which is important to
job hunting in the future.
Finally, reading helps us become self-cultivation that would be beneficial
to our whole life. Therefore, start to reading, no matter how old you are and
what you are doing. Then, you may find the great charm and benefits of
reading.
篇6:高考英语作文范文
全文共 852 字
+ 加入清单请根据以下提示,并结合具体事例,用英语写一篇短文。
Small things make a big difference。 The small things we do can make us a responsible member of the society。
注意:①无须写标题;
②除诗歌外,文体不限;
③资料务必结合你生活中的具体事例;
④文中不得透露个人姓名和学校名称;
⑤词数不少于120,如引用提示语则不计入总词数。
范文:
It isn’t hard to grow up into a responsible member of society。
I can well remember an incident that happened on a rainy Sunday afternoon。 I was on my way to the bookstore and was waiting for the green light at a crossing when a girl of about ten was knocked down by a passing car, which drove off quickly。 A man immediately rushed to the girl to give her first aid and I joined in without hesitation。 Luckily she was not badly injured and we sent her to the nearest hospital。 Compared with the escaped driver, I am proud of what I did。
As a member of the society, I am aware that being responsible is what it takes to make a better society。
篇7:关于诚信的英语
全文共 328 字
+ 加入清单The end of the term is coming soon. All the students are preparing for the
final exam. Some students want to get the high mark by playing some tricks.
There is no meaning to do this. Honesty is very important, because it decides
what kind of person we will be. So we should behave ourselves well and our
parents will be proud of us.
篇8:英语满分优秀作文
全文共 536 字
+ 加入清单dear dick,
i am very glad to hear from you. you asked me about the change of school education in china. we are really happy about the changes called on to reduce learning load. before i had to study six days a week and i always went to bed after 11:30. i seldom had free time to do what i like. but now i have more spare time. i can read many interesting books, watch tv or even do some sports. and i never feel tired in the class as before, because i go bed at 10:00. all of my classmates are happy about this new arrangement of things.
篇9:关于手机的英语
全文共 1225 字
+ 加入清单Mobile phone is really necessary and important in modern society as it
brings a lot of convenient to our lives and provides a new way for us to contact
with the world.
In the first place, mobile phone closes the relationship between people
because people can use mobile phone contact with each other at any time. In
particularly, for those people who are far away from each other, mobile phone is
definitely the best tool for them to keep and strengthen their
relationships.
Second, mobile phone makes our work or study more efficient. People can use
mobile phones to search data, to delivery files and so on. For students, they
can use mobile phone to do some readings at any time and any places without
carrying a book.
In addition, mobile phone makes our lives be more wonderful in that it has
been added more and more functions, such as watching movies, listening to music
and writing blog, etc.
Finally, we can use mobile phone to get acquaintance with the matters that
are happening all over the world. With the help of mobile phone, we can get the
latest news even that we stay indoors.
In a word, mobile phone provides great convenient for our lives, makes our
lives more wonderful and brings us an easier way to contact with the world.
篇10:厦门初中英语
全文共 1007 字
+ 加入清单Xiamen is Chinas first four special economic zones,it is
Taiwanese,southern Jiangxi,southern Hunan to the east to the sea,the Pacific Rim
will be developed into an international harbor.
"City at sea,the sea in the city," Xiamen is a graceful charm of the "Sea
Garden." Island,reef,rock,temple,flowers,wood backed each other,the hometown of
overseas Chinese customs,practices Fujian and Taiwan,coastal cuisine,exotic
blend of construction,year-round spring weather is more of the charm of the sea
icing on the cake.Beautiful scenery and pleasant weather,it can be said here is
the best environment for cities.Surrounded by sea water,broad sandy beaches,warm
sunshine,as a good ecological environment,Xiamens clean air,a habitat for
hundreds of thousands of egrets,Xiamen has formed a unique natural
landscape,since ancient times,Xiamen Egret is one of the major habitats,so
Xiamen Also known as "Lu Dao"; in addition to the beautiful natural
scenery,Xiamens urban environment is also very clean,is well-known tourist
city.
篇11:共享单车英语
全文共 779 字
+ 加入清单Bike-sharing has been advocated by the government in recent years. It
offers help to the people who is in a hurry to reach the destination soon, the
more important is to let more people back to the simple traffic style and reduce
private cars, so as to protect our environment. But some people make use of this
policy to take advantages of others. News report that some middle age men and
women force people to give charge after finishing using bike-sharing, because
they look after the bikes. It is known to all that bike-sharing is free, which
is the convenience government offers to the public. It is ridiculous to charge.
When the news exposed, the public know the truth and the ones who take charge
are criticized. Under the government’s supervision, now bike-sharing is more
popular.
篇12:关于元宵节英语
全文共 6620 字
+ 加入清单There are many different beliefs about the origin of the Lantern Festival.
But one thing for sure is that it had something to do with celebrating and
cultivating positive relationship between people, families, nature and the
higher beings they believed were responsible for bringing/returning the light
each year.
One legend tells us that it was a time to worship Taiyi, the God of Heaven
in ancient times. The belief was that the God of Heaven controlled the destiny
of the human world. He had sixteen dragons at his beck and call and he decided
when to inflict drought, storms, famine or pestilence upon human beings.
Beginning with Qinshihuang, the first emperor to unite the country, all the
emperors ordered splendid ceremonies each year. The emperor would ask Taiyi to
bring favorable weather and good health to him and his people. Emperor Wudi of
the Han Dynasty directed special attention to this event. In 104 BC, he
proclaimed it as one of the most important celebrations and the ceremony would
last throughout the night. They clean it all up in the morning.
Another legend associates the Lantern Festival with Taoism. Tianguan is the
Taoist god responsible for good fortune. His birthday falls on the 15th day of
the first lunar month. It is said that Tianguan likes all types of
entertainment, so followers prepare various kinds of activities during which
they pray for good fortune.
Yet another common legend dealing with the origins of the Lantern Festival
speaks of a beautiful bird that flew down to earth from heaven, which was hunted
and killed by some villagers. This angered the Jade Emperor in Heaven because
the bird was his favorite one. Therefore, he planned a storm of fire to destroy
the village on the 15th lunar day. The Jade Emperors daughter heard of this
plan, and warned the villagers of her father’s plan to destroy their village.
The village was in turmoil because nobody knew how should they escape their
imminent destruction.
However, a wise man from another village suggested that every family should
hang red lanterns around their houses, set up bonfires on the streets, and
explode firecrackers on the 14th, 15th, and 16th lunar days. This would give the
village the appearance of being on fire to the Jade Emperor. On the 15th lunar
day, troops sent down from heaven whose mission was to destroy the village saw
that the village was already ablaze, and returned to heaven to report to the
Jade Emperor. Satisfied, the Jade Emperor decided not to burn down the village.
From that day on, people celebrate the anniversary on the 15th lunar day every
year by carrying red lanterns on the streets and exploding firecrackers and
fireworks.
There are many stories on how this festival was created. One other story is
about a maid. In the Han Dynasty, Mr. Eastern was a favorite advisor of the
emperor. One winter day, he went to the garden and heard a little girl crying
and getting ready to jump into a well to commit suicide. Mr. Eastern stopped her
and asked why. She said she was a maid in the emperors palace and her name was
Yuan-Xiao.
She never had the chance to meet her family after she started worked at the
palace. She missed them so much every 12th lunar month. If she couldnt have the
chance to show her filial piety in this life, she would rather die. Mr. Eastern
promised her to find a way so she could reunion with her family. Mr. Eastern
left the palace and set up a fortune-telling stall on the street and disguised
himself as a fortuneteller. Because of his reputation, many people asked for
their fortunes.
But every one got the same prediction - a severe fire accident on the 15th
lunar day. The rumor spread quickly. Everyone was worried about the future and
asked Mr. Eastern for help. Mr. Eastern said, "On the 13th lunar day, the God of
Fire will send a fairy lady in red to burn down the city. If you see a lady in
red wearing green pants riding a black horse on that day, you should ask for her
mercy." On that day, Yuan-Xiao pretended to be the red fairy lady. When people
asked for her help, she said, "Im the messenger of the God of Fire and came to
check on the city and Im going to set up fire on 15th. This is an order from
Jade Emperor. He will watch from the heavens.
I will give you a copy of the imperial decree from the God of Fire. You
should go to ask your emperor to find a way out." After she left, people went to
the palace to show the emperor the decree which reads "The capital city is in
trouble. Fire burns on the palace, and fire from Heaven burns all night long on
the 15th." The emperor of Han Dynasty was very shocked. He called and asked Mr.
Eastern for advice. After pondering for a while, Mr. Eastern said, "I heard that
the God of Fire likes to eat Tang-Yuan (Sweet dumpling). Does Yuan-Xiao often
cook Tang-Yuan for you? On the 15th lunar day, let Yuan-Xiao make Tang-Yuan.
Your Majesty will take charge of the worshipping ceremony and you will give
an order to every house to prepare Tang-Yuan to worship the God of Fire at the
same time. Also, deliver another order to ask every house in the city to hang
red lantern and explode fire crackers. Lastly, everyone in the palace and people
outside the city should carry their lanterns on the street to watch the lantern
decoration and fireworks. If everything goes this way, the Jade Emperor would be
deceived.
Then everyone can avoid the fire accident." The emperor happily followed
the plan. Lanterns were everywhere in the capital city on the night of the 15th
lunar day. People were walking on the street. Fire crackers kept making lots of
noise. It looked like the entire city was on fire. Yuan-Xiaos parents went into
the palace to watch the lantern decorations, and Yuan-Xiao made a big lantern
and wrote her name on the lantern. They happily reunited together after her
parents called her name. Everybody was safe during the night. The emperor of Han
Dynasty had a new order that people should do the same thing every year. Since
Yuan-Xiao cooked the best Tan-Yuan, people called the day Yuan-Xiao
Festival.
Young people were chaperoned in the streets in hopes of finding love.
Matchmakers acted busily in hopes of pairing couples. The brightest lanterns
were symbolic of good luck and hope. As time has passed, the festival no longer
has such implications.
Those who do not carry lanterns often enjoy watching informal lantern
parades. In addition to eating tangyuan (simplified Chinese: 汤圆; traditional
Chinese: 湯圓; pinyin: tāngyuán), another popular activity at this festival is
guessing lantern riddles (which became part of the festival during the Tang
Dynasty), which often contain messages of good fortune, family reunion, abundant
harvest, prosperity and love.
篇13:高一励志英语100字
全文共 815 字
+ 加入清单In 2011, the greatest CEO of Apple company, Steve Jobs passed away. People
from all around the world felt pity for the loss of this great talent. They laid
down notes and wrote some comments on the blog to show their respect. Looked at
Steves lifetime, he did not finished college and started his career in the age.
Though he quit school, he would listen to another lesson that caught his
interest. He overcame the difficulty of being poor by earning money through
collecting bottles. His insistence and creativity brought him great success in
career, but later he got fired. He felt frustrated then he realized he could
start his another career. He bought an animation studio and now it is very
successful. The Pixar movie studio is popular around the world. Steves story
inspires the young people to fight for their dreams.
篇14:关于疫情的英语作文万能句子
全文共 616 字
+ 加入清单Scientists
believe an animal source is "the most likely primary source" but that some
human-to-human transmission has occurred.
科学家认为动物是“最有可能的初始感染源”,不过,也有一些人传人的病例。
Signs
of infection include respiratory symptoms, fever, cough, shortness of breath and
breathing difficulties.
感染症状包括:呼吸道症状,发烧,咳嗽,呼吸短促,呼吸困难等。
2019-nCoV,
as its been labelled, is understood to be a new strain of coronavirus that has
not previously been identified in humans.
这种新型冠状病毒(2019-nCoV)此前未在人类身上发现过。
Coronaviruses
are a broad family of viruses, but only six (the new one would make it seven)
are known to infect people.
冠状病毒是一个庞大的病毒家族,目前已知会感染人类的有六种(新发现的这种是第七种)。
篇15:写信的英语作文100字
全文共 1156 字
+ 加入清单June 1st,2021
Dear mom and dad, How time flies! And it has been really seven years since
I entered the middle school, during which time I spent the unforgettable time
with my friends; what’s more, the most precious ages with my family. Instead of
calling you regularly, I thought I’d write a letter to tell you exactly what I
want to say. To be good parents is by no means an easy job as I imagined before.
It includes patience, responsibility and affection. Through these years, I here
really gained a lot from your experience. I still remember when I failed in
maths and even wanted to give it up, you just patted me on the shoulder and
encouraged me to have another try. Later, you praised me for my progress and
earnest effort, which really gave me a sense of achievement. Looking younger
children, I suddenly saw myself in teenage years. I was so rebellious and
inconsiderate at that time. You must have gone to a lot of troubles for me. I am
really sorry for the time I made you irritated. Mom and dad, thank you for being
firm with me when I went through my rebellious stage. I do appreciate what you
have done for me. I love you forever.
Yours loving boy,
Zhu Bajie
篇16:诚实英语作文高4
全文共 1198 字
+ 加入清单Honesty is pay attention to all aspects of, business, work, life,
friends... All want to pay attention to integrity, people need good faith
relationship; Business integrity is needed to maintain their livelihood, to
maintain the cooperation with other companies. Honesty can make others to
oneself, also can let the oneself career and life. Honesty is small enough to
make his own body and mind, big enough to make myself famous. Honesty can help
her in her career success, also can obtain happiness in life.
Said honesty is not only, also want to action, learn to learn to integrity,
not confess to others about their bad things to others, and an honest heart also
need careful, cautious people, while others, trust yourself and be careful.
Integrity needs to insist on, only insist on will increase, there is an idiom
called a good day, we have to do a sincere, only insist to maintain our
unchanging moral character, can improve their body and mind in honesty, hone
their endurance, this is not a the best of both worlds?
Honesty is honest and trustworthy, a man of faith is often mistake by
others. Honest need courage and cautious, credit needs to insist on and perfect,
only do this, can complete is honesty.
篇17:关于低碳生活英语
全文共 830 字
+ 加入清单Low carbon life is popular nowadays. Its aim is to reduce the energy in our
daily life, especially reduce the emissions of carbon dioxide. It is well-known
that the air pollution is more and more serious. So we should do something to
protect our earth.
Firstly,we should take more bus instead of driving cars. As people’s living
standard has improved, there are more and more people driving private cars. This
phenomenon is one of the causes for air pollution. Because its gas will produce
lots of carbon dioxide, which may enventually lead to air pollution. Secondly,
when we leave our house or classroom, we would better turn of the lights, fans
or airconditioning.
To make our unique earth better, we should appeal people to live a low
carbon life. It is also will be the main trends in the future. Let’s do
something for our mother earth.
篇18:关于好莱坞英语
全文共 984 字
+ 加入清单The Hollywood culture is favored by the world. Every year, the movies
produced by Hollywood always win both money and fame. In recent years, the US TV
series are also popular and catch more fans. The English language shows become
the winners all the time. But non-English language shows are starting to
arise.
The most famous non-English language movies are Indian movies. Because of
the Bollywood, which came before Hollywood, Indian movies are produced well and
have its own feature. Besides, more TV series of non-English language are
popular around the world. The Swedish show Skam is the hottest, and a lot of
Chinese young fans are so crazy about it.
Watching the show is a good way to learn the language and culture. It is a
good trend for people to pay attention to various cultures. Today, as the world
gets globalized, it is important to know more about the world and broaden our
vision. Though what we learn from the non-English language shows is limited, it
is better than not to watch.
篇19:手机英语年级
全文共 3150 字
+ 加入清单Cellular phones have had a major impact on our lives and the way that we
perform every day tasks. Many of these changes are apparent, while others we may
not even be aware of.
Cell phones have brought a whole new meaning to the term multitasking.
Twenty years ago, it was not possible to talk to the office while you were at
the grocery store picking up some necessary items. You could never have had a
three-way business conference while you were fixing dinner or been able to deal
with a business client from home while caring for a sick child. Cell phones have
enabled us to do various tasks all at the same time.
Cell phones have also enabled families to keep in closer touch with each
other. Children can contact you if they have missed their ride form soccer
practice and your spouse can call while he is stuck in traffic to let you know
that he is going to be late for supper. Teenagers are able to call to ask
permission to go somewhere, and with GPS features that are now available on some
cell phones, you are able to check to make sure that they are where they are
suppose to be.
Many of these advantages we do not even notice. Have you ever arrived at
the grocery store and realized that you have forgotten your grocery list? The
first thing you would probably do is to call home and have one of your children
read the list off to you. In the same situation in past years, you may have
forgotten things or have had to drive all the way back home to get it. If your
car breaks down, you automatically call for help instead of having to walk to
find a pay phone. Cell phones have certainly made our lives much more
convenient.
Cell phones have also changed the way that people interact with each other.
When we call someone, we are actually calling the person and not a place. This
enables us to be more spontaneous when making plans as you rarely get a busy
signal and unlike a land line telephone, someone is always home. Cell phones
also enable us to call if we are going to be late for an appointment, although
this has led to cell phone users running late more often than those who do not
have cell phones. These users seem to have adopted the attitude that appointment
times are not concrete and use their cell phones to renegotiate their arrival
time.
One of the greatest disadvantages of the cellular phone is the fact that we
do not talk to strangers when traveling anymore. In the past, several people
waiting for a bus would engage in a conversation while they were waiting. People
who traveled the same routes every day might develop friendships along the way.
This situation does not happen anymore. Today when people are waiting for a bus,
they just pull out their cell phones and speak with old friends, missing out on
the opportunity to make new ones. In large cities, many people do not know their
neighbors, even though they may have lived in the same neighborhood for years.
As a society, we are beginning to lose the face-to-face contact that was such an
important part of our lives in the past.
Cell phones are a great asset in aiding in our every day lives. You should
remember, however, to hang up every once in a while and pay attention to the
world around you.
篇20:读书的快乐英语
全文共 1501 字
+ 加入清单April 23 is "World Book Day" announced by the UNESCO。 This is not a long history of the festival, from 1995 began. However, it has been widely welcomed and responded in the world: held in Copenhagen, Denmark reading marathon, Canadas Toronto Festival held in Canada…
When these popular cultures such as Pop music and Hollywood movies get quite prevailing today, people have not forgotten literature, the writers and reading.
Whether Reading is a funny thing, only love reading people know.
I study for many years, however, I know the sense of reading so little . Where fun of reading comes? There are four opinions put forward in this paper.
First, Reading is the treatment of depression governance magic.Immersed in books, what partiality, what desire fame and fortune, what lack a clear round, what fuel, what life 3,000 silk trouble, they all forget about.
Second, People in Libraries are often forget the time and forget to go home, that the study is not the intrinsic happiness? Some celebrities even held overnight in the library.
Third, We often see someone reading forget thirst. India, reading knowledge is the spirit of Canadian admirable. However, the morning watching a professor at the empty plates and ask ourselves: I eat the lunch? Oh. After eating, they continue schooling. Some people forget to study cooking and was good meal blame reprimanded.
Last, Reading the fastest time flies. Joy of reading, an unconsciously Influence past, the sun has not allowed Health attraction downhill whims.