英语自我介绍作文初三（经典20篇）

Now a lot of people pay attention to a piece of new on the Internet. A teacher calledZhang Lili was hurt by a car, because she wanted to save her students. People call her “Hemost beartiful teacher”. She is only 29 years old , but she can do so great thing. I think it isdifficult for other people to do this. It’s the love for the students , she is one of the bestteachers in China.As a student, I think the most beautiful teacher must be good to students. And she alwayshelps her stduents with all kinds of problems. The teacher must have many ideas to keep thestudents healthy and happy. I think if a teacher do these, she must be a good teacher, and herstudents will be good too. And if all teachers can do these, the world will be more beautifulbecause of them .

Depending on personal experience, personality type and emotional concern, we find that some people hold the idea of living in the country, while others prefer living in the city. In my opinion, I prefer the city life, though it has advantages and disadvantages.

First of all, city life is very colorful. City is the center of the surrounding area. So, it is also the most booming place having the best things. There are many great things and wonderful activities in the city, while there isn’t in the country. For example, there are KFC, wonderful shopping mall, delicious food from various places, dancing club, different kinds of activities and so on. We can also learn the culture from all the countries. Despite city life is so wonderful, it still has many disadvantages. Nowadays, with the improvement of people’s living standard, people have more cars and more people come to city, and then the city becomes more and more crowd. As a result, traffic jam emerges, which makes great inconvenience for people to go out. What’s worse, the air pollution becomes serious day by day, which is bad for people’s health.

To sum up, every coin has two sides. Living in the city also has good side and bad aspect. Whether like living in city or not depends on individual thinking. As myself, I like living in city though I know the disadvantage of living in city.

My name is Jing Wen, and Ill be nine years old in a few months. Look, is that the skin is a little black, my mother always said I was "Black Africa", "black Mei toothpaste".

Im tall. Sitting on the back row, maybe thats why vision is not as good as before.

My biggest weakness is timidity. My father is out tonight and my mother is on duty. I was alone at home, so I had to lock the doors and windows tightly and open all the lights at home. Even so, still scared heart "thump" jump. I have a wide range of interests: calligraphy, painting, reading, english...... Etc.. But no one is proficient, and can not persevere. I swear, I will try hard from now on. Please trust me。

I am Xu Chenxi, a lively and cheerful boy, round head, a head of black hair, bright eyes, nose greatly, and a mouth not to how to talk.

I like playing badminton, skating, playing chess... But my favourite is playing badminton, every time and children played sweating like a pig, very happy.

I do my homework and disadvantages, careless, and sometimes not directly see the direct writing program.

This is me, I want to break the shortcomings in this term, do a good student.

我是许晨曦，一个活泼开朗的小男孩，圆圆的脑袋，一头乌黑的短发，明亮的眼睛，大大鼻子，还有一张不怎么会说话的嘴巴。

我喜欢打羽毛球，溜冰、下棋……但我最喜欢的是打羽毛球，每次和小朋友打得汗流浃背，痛快极了。

我也有缺点，做作业马虎，有时不直接看节目就直接写下去。

这就是我，我想在这个学期改掉这个缺点，做一个好学生。

Time came slowly to the Qingming time.

The afternoon of April 3rd, our school organized a class five and class together to worship the martyrs cemetery. Walking into the cemetery, looking around, surrounded by mountains, quiet and silent. Occasionally, there are several birds singing, but they also disperse quickly. Most of the students were lowering their heads, wondering what they were thinking in silence. I sighed with a sigh and thought: it was a long time away from the time of the war, and the soldiers who died for the country were fading away. How many people could remember them? Everyone left with a strain of white flowers, looked up at the distance. Looking at the tall marble statue of the martyr, there was a feeling of admiration in mind, and my thoughts went to that distant age. Those young girls who are still in flower season have sacrificed their lives in the cruel war. Did they ever regret when they died? At that moment, they thought of their parents at home, or the security of their country, or just such a departure?

The worship of the process is very simple, but the atmosphere is dignified. No matter what, what is on your mind at this moment, everyone is silent and soundless. Finally, we put the paper flowers in front of the stone tablets and leave them together. The whole process is somewhat solemn and heavy. Returning to school, my mind is always relaxed and depressed. Whenever I think of that stone tablet and think of the soldier who is sleeping underground, there will be a lot of sadness and weakness. Todays life is because of them, we can live so happily.

Qingming Festival is the traditional festival of our nation. At this time, everyone will pay homage to their loved ones or martyrs. In this Qingming Festival, we can do too little or too little. Only hope that we can use a sincere heart to face our elders and martyrs.

Hello, my name is XX, born in XX, which is the main reason I choose XXXXX University to have my graduate study.

Communication is a fresh field to me, since my major in undergraduate is accounting. I have little professional training in this area before, but out of love I keep focusing on communication, by studying related theses and publications, and by communicating with practitioner in the field. I also seized every chance to audit courses on communication in some leading universities. Apart from my strong interest in communication, my talents in languages and writing, which have been demonstrated by my outstanding performance in many competitions, also make me qualified for communication study at graduate level.

I am a highly organized person who always keeps her words. In my past four years, I never stop working hard to prove myself a capable person. Since I am crystal clear about the disadvantages of my undergraduate university, such awareness stimulates my strong desire for knowledge. In addition to my various internships in banks and consulting firms, I make full use of my leisure time to improve my language skills, which helped obtain very high score in CET6 and further brought me the first prize in National English Contest for College Students.

If I am admitted to graduate study on communication at XXXX University, I will definitely put all my passion and focus into this exciting field. I firmly believe that diligence can make up for deficiency, and I have successfully proven this in my excellent performance of preliminary exam. I regard it a golden chance to be taught by your prestigious faculty. Lifelong benefit will be gained in the next three years if I am enrolled. Thank you!

Good morning !

It is really my honor to have this opportunity for a interview,I hope I can make a good performance today. Im confident that I can succeed.

Now I will introduce myself briefly.

I am 26 years old,born in shandong province .I was graduated from qingdao university. my major is electronic.and i got my bachelor degree after my graduation in the year of 2003.I spend most of my time on study,i have passed CET4/6 . and i have acquired basic knowledge of my major during my school time.

In July 2003, I begin work for a small private company as a technical support engineer in QingDao city.Because Im capable of more responsibilities, so I decided to change my job.

And in August 2004,I left QingDao to BeiJing and worked for a foreign enterprise as a automation software test engineer.Because I want to change my working environment, Id like to find a job which is more challenging. Morover Motorola is a global company, so I feel I can gain the most from working in this kind of company ennvironment. That is the reason why I come here to compete for this position.

I think Im a good team player and Im a person of great honesty to others. Also I am able to work under great pressure.

That’s all. Thank you for giving me the chance.

英语面试时最好的自我介绍，好不容易找到这么好的版本希望对将要参加面试的同学有帮助!以下就是小编整理的 面试时用英语自我介绍文章，一起来看看吧！

Good morning ! It is really my honor to have this opportunity for an interview, I hope i can make a good performance today. Im confident that I can succeed. Now i will introduce myself briefly I am 26 years old,born in shandong province . I was graduated from qingdao university. my major is electronic.and i got my bachelor degree after my graduation in the year of 2003. I spend most of my time on study,i have passed CET4/6 . and i have acquired basic knowledge of my major during my school time. In July 2003, I began work for a small private company as a technical support engineer in QingDao city.Because Im capable of more responsibilities, so I decided to change my job. And in August 2004,I left QingDao to BeiJing and worked for a foreign enterprise as a automation software test engineer.Because I want to change my working environment, Id like to find a job which is more challenging. Morover Motorola is a global company, so I feel I can gain the most from working in this kind of company ennvironment. That is the reason why I come here to compete for this position. I think Im a good team player and Im a person of great honesty to others. Also I am able to work under great pressure. That’s all. Thank you for giving me the chance.

自我介绍(self-introduction)

1.Good morning. I am glad to be here for this interview. First let me introduce myself. My name is ***, 24. I come from ******,the capital of *******Province. I graduated from the ******* department of *****University in July ,2001.In the past two years I have been preparing for the postgraduate examination while I have been teaching *****in NO.****middle School and I was a head-teacher of a class in junior grade two.Now all my hard work has got a result since I have a chance to be interview by you . I am open-minded ,quick in thought and very fond of history.In my spare time,I have broad interests like many other youngsters.I like reading books, especially those about *******.Frequently I exchange with other people by making comments in the forum on line.In addition ,during my college years,I was once a Net-bar technician.So, I have a comparatively good command of network application.I am able to operate the computer well.I am skillful in searching for information in Internet.I am a football fan for years.Italian team is my favorite.Anyway,I feel great pity for our country’s team. I always believe that one will easily lag behind unless he keeps on learning .Of course, if I am given a chance to study ****** in this famous University,I will stare no effort to master a good command of advance ******.

2.Good afternoon .I am of great hornor to stand here and introduce myself to you .First of all ,my english name is ...and my chinese name is ..If you are going to have a job interview ,you must say much things which can show your willness to this job ,such as ,it is my long cherished dream to be ...and I am eager to get an opportunity to do...and then give some examples which can give evidence to .then you can say something about your hobbies .and it is best that the hobbies have something to do with the job. What is more important is do not forget to communicate with the interviewee,keeping a smile and keeping your talks interesting and funny can contribute to the success. I hope you will give them a wonderful speech .Good luck to you ! 3.good morning, my name is jack, it is really a great honor to have this opportunity for a interview, i would like to answer whatever you may raise, and i hope i can make a good performance today, eventually enroll in this prestigious university in september. now i will introduce myself briefly,i am 21 years old,born in heilongjiang province ,northeast of china,and i am curruently a senior student at beijing XX uni.my major is packaging engineering.and i will receive my bachelor degree after my graduation in june.in the past 4 years,i spend most of my time on study,i have passed CET4/6 with an ease. and i have acquired basic knowledge of packaging and publishing both in theory and in practice. besides, i have attend several packaging exhibition hold in Beijing, this is our advantage study here, i have taken a tour to some big factory and company. through these i have a deeply understanding of domestic packaging industry. compared to developed countries such as us, unfortunately, although we have made extraordinary progress since 1978,our packaging industry are still underdeveloped, mess, unstable, the situation of employees in this field are awkard. but i have full confidence in a bright future if only our economy can keep the growth pace still. i guess you maybe interested in the reason itch to law, and what is my plan during graduate study life, i would like to tell you that pursue law is one of my lifelong goal,i like my major packaging and i wont give up,if i can pursue my master degree here i will combine law with my former education. i will work hard in thesefields ,patent ,trademark, copyright, on the base of my years study in department of p&p, my character? i cannot describe it well, but i know i am optimistic and confident. sometimes i prefer to stay alone, reading, listening to music, but i am not lonely, i like to chat with my classmates, almost talk everything ,my favorite pastime is valleyball,playing cards or surf online. through college life,i learn how to balance between study and entertainment. by the way, i was a actor of our amazing drama club. i had a few glorious memory on stage. that is my pride.

[ 面试时用英语自我介绍

As everyone knows that China is one of the most beautiful Countries all over the world. It is really famous for its long history and civilizations. As a Chinese girl, I’m so proud of my Country. And of course, I love it deeply in my heart. not just because it’s my hometown.

Daqing is beautiful and modern. Thescenery here is so attractive. Everyone will love it at the fist sight.

When you come to Daqing, you will see museums, parks and shopping centers here and there. Wherever you go, you can see green trees, grass and beautiful flowers. what’s more,there are many places of historic interest in Daqing. Such as Iron Man Memorial Museum, Childrens Park, Times square and the wetland tourism Taikang. I am sure that the beautiful scenery will attract more people to come here.

Daqing is also famous for its oil. It provides oil for our Country. Thus it is an important city in China. I am proud of it.

I also love the spirit of Daqing-the Iron Man Wang Jinxi Spirit.Wang Jinxi is a hero of Daqing. I learn a lot from him. Work hard! Persevere! And never give up!

That is my hometown Daqing. I love it very much! I hope you love it as I do.

Thank you everyone!

你们好，我姓刘，妈妈在我出生时说我是家里的千金，而且还希望我是个有智慧的人，所以给我起名叫刘金慧。今年我十岁了。

我长着一双丹凤眼和一张樱桃小嘴。我的脸胖乎乎的，家里人都说我很可爱。

我的外表虽然看上去很健壮，仿佛什么都不怕，实际上我比你们胆小多了。有一次，我和弟弟在玩游戏，弟弟假装是鬼在抓我，嘴里还不停地发出很可怕的声音，我听后胆颤心惊，飞速跑向了妈妈的身后，还大声叫道：“妈妈救我，家里有鬼。”虽然我知道弟弟并不是真正的鬼，但心里还是很不安，总感觉弟弟是鬼。

还有一次，妈妈出去了，弟弟也跟着妈妈出去，只留下我和哥哥，哥哥坐在沙发上看着恐怖剧，我自己在一间房间里，可是我太害怕了，就和哥哥一起看电视。我怕的都流下了泪水，结果我连续三天三夜只睡了一两个小时。

你们别看我胆小，我可是妈妈的智能机器人。每天我都要帮助妈妈做上一件家务，就连每天的早饭和午饭都是我来解决的。

一次妈妈出去有事，中午不回来吃饭，哥哥也没有回来，妈妈给我和弟弟二十元的午饭钱，让我下去买，可是买饭多浪费钱，还不如我自己做。于是我就扭开煤气开始做饭了，我做了洁白的米饭和金黄的土豆丝，中午我和弟弟吃得可饱了。

还有很多次妈妈下班回来收拾房间，我就主动向前去帮妈妈一些困难的家务，比如洗衣服、拖地等，妈妈也轻松了许多。

我还有一个爱好，就是画画。每当空闲时我都会去画画，家里的墙上到处都是我画的一些很漂亮的画。我不仅爱在空闲时画画，甚至写作业时也爱画画，我每次写作业都会搞一些小动作，而搞的这些小动作都是画画。我的作业本上画着美味的彩色棒棒糖，电视里活泼可爱的小仙子和大家都喜欢的皮卡丘。总之，许许多多的东西在我的作业本上都能看到，因为我画画浪费时间，所以写作业的速度会放慢，所以经常被妈妈批评，可我还是喜欢在写作业时画画。不过我画的画也很美丽，因此被学校的美术社团认可了。

这就是我，爱画画的我，可是又很胆小，爸爸妈妈平时都很为我这点头疼。唉，真希望以后我会变得很勇敢。

Smelling, a little life has come into this world -- I. With the advent of the rose, my father and mother took a name for me, called Tang - Jing - Wei.

I have a dark black hair, a small pair of eyes and a small cherry mouth. (I dont know, you say it)

I am very active. There are a few sad things in the boundless. Although I cant see any beautiful women, I can see for a while. In class, my popularity is very high. Almost all of my classmates like to make friends with me.

I like singing very much, and the love of the song is not enough. When I sleep, song with its elegant melody with me into the sweet dreams; when I feel sad, song with its cheerful music, let me forget all the troubles; when I feel happy, with its festive rhythm will comfort me, as if you are in a happy paradise...... But, my future it does not accompany me, and depend on my own efforts to strive for. Every day I think one day, I stood on a big stage, the cheers of the audience, the band accompaniment sound, and behind me as I dance dancers. How brilliant and romantic the moment was! But compared to now, from the big stage is how far away, only a day alone lying in the window, quietly look up in the stars from the sky, or knocked down the rain, the mouth can not help but sing out: "opened the night of the skylight, said the desire to the meteor, give me wings, to close to the sun...... If I want to sing and sing, sing and sing loudly, even if there is no one to applaud for me, at least I can be able to enjoy myself bravely... " Yes, I did not applaud this life for me, but I still have the courage to enjoy myself. But the only thing that can listen to me now is that that does not speak. Please bring my wish to the meteor, and bring my heart to the meteor.

This is me, a love of music, once crazy about music, forget to learn, like me to make friends with me.

导语：袁隆平院士是中国杂交水稻事业的开创者，是当代神农。下面是yuwenmi小编为大家整理的优秀英语作文，欢迎阅读与借鉴，谢谢!

China the great father of Hybrid Rice - Mr. Yuan Longping, was born in Beijing, he is our great Chinese rice engineering, biology professor, the United Nations Food Industry consultant.From the beginning of 1964, Mr. Yuan Longping began studying hybrid rice technology, to 1975 study successful cultivation techniques of hybrid rice, hybrid rice he for large area promotion foundation.In 1964to 1965in two rice blossom season, he and the team every day is so hard, feet on the mud, long bow, not tired a day and night, holding long-term backache, finally in the paddy fields found a natural male sterile plants.Yuan Longping experienced many failures, he did not flinch, he let us Chinese pride, let the whole world people sit up and take notice!

中国伟大的杂交水稻之父-袁隆平先生,出生于北京,他是我们中国的伟大的水稻工程学家、生物教授、联合国粮食业首席顾问.从1964年开始,袁隆平先生就开始研究杂交水稻技术,至1975年研究成功杂交水稻种植技术,他为大面积推广杂交水稻奠定了基础.在1964年至1965年两年的水稻开花季节里,他与研究小组每天都是如此的辛苦,双脚踩在烂泥中,长久的低头弯腰,不知劳累了多少个日日夜夜,强忍着长期性腰酸背痛,终于在稻田里发现一种天然雄性不育的植株.袁隆平先生经历的很多失败,他并没有退缩,他让我们中国人骄傲,让全世界的人刮目相看!

文章结尾的作用是概括全文内容，进一步强调或肯定文章的中心思想，使文章意义表达得更加深刻。

文章结尾的形式也是多种多样的，常见的有以下几种：

1、首尾呼应，画龙点睛

在文章的结尾，把含义较深的话放在末尾，以点明主题，深化主题，起到画龙点睛的效果。如I Cannot Forget Her (我忘不了她)的结尾：

After her death，I felt as if something were missing in my life. I was sad over her passing away，but I knew she would not have had any regrets at having given her life for the benefit of the people.

2、重复主题句

结尾回到文章开头阐明的中心思想或主题句上，达到强调的效果。如I Love My Home Town(我爱家乡)的结尾：

I love my home town，and I love its people. They too have changed. They are going all out to do more for the good of our motherland.

3、自然结尾

随着文章的结束，文章自然而然地结尾。如Fishing(钓鱼)的结尾：

I caught as many as twenty fish in two hours，but my brother caught many more. Tired from fishing，we lay down on the river bank，bathing in the sun. We returned home very late.

Anyone seen pandas today I went to the zoo. Giant panda it has a fat body wearing a big glasses it loves eating bamboo is a national level to protect animals.

In 20xx the national wild giant panda 1590 only. Adult pandas from 120 ~ 180 10 ~ 20 cm long, 60 ~ 110 kg weight. Trunk tail is white, two ears, eyes, legs, and shoulder are all black, I eat other plants, and even dead animals. , appetite is big, also to spring or a stream to drink every day. Living between 2400 ~ 3500 meters mountain bamboo forest. The living environment humidity is very big, a fairly large temperature difference. The pandas scientific name actually called "panda", meaning to "bear" like a cat, that is to say, "nature is similar to bear, and the appearance is similar to the cat.

The panda only more than 160 people have to protect giant pandas.

谁都见过大熊猫今天我去了动物园。大熊猫它长着一身胖胖的身体戴着一个大大的墨镜它很爱吃竹子是国家一级保护动物。

20xx年全国野生大熊猫有1590只。成年大熊猫120~180尾长10~20厘米，体重60~110千克。躯干是尾白色，两耳、眼周、四肢和肩胛部全是黑色，偶食其它植物，甚至动物尸体。日食量很大，每天还到泉水或溪流饮水。居住于海拔2400~3500米的高山竹林中。其生活环境湿度很大，温差也比较大。熊猫的学名其实叫“猫熊”，意思即为“像猫一样的熊”，也就是说“本质类似于熊，而外貌却相似于猫。

熊猫只剩160多大家一定要保护大熊猫。

Good morning, Dear Professors:

Thank you for giving me the chance to interview and it is my pleasure to introduce myself to you. My name is LiFeng. I major in and I will graduate from the.. Medical University in July, 2006. Hope a chance to work and develop in your department. During the past three years, under the strict guidance of my tutor, professor in college of , I have learned systematically the theory of profession and got the basic manipulative skills about .. With the help of my supervisor, I have successfully finished the subject “ ” and grasped some experimental skill , such as cell culture, DNA extraction and other molecular biology technique; abstraction, separation,  I passed the CET band 6 test in2002, after that, I tried my best to learn Medical English and mastered a lot of professional vocabulary. I am good at listening, speaking, reading and writing.. I can manipulate computer proficiently and master Microsoft Office software, also be familiar with SPSS and Photoshop, etc. During three-year study in research, I studied hard and strived for excellence in our field. I benefit from working together with excellent colleague. I developed quality of diligence, responsibility, kindness and honesty. My internship in college of .. could qualify me for this job, and I believe I can be fit for the position quickly. I am looking forward to working in your department. If I am admitted, I will be thankful and try my best to work for you.

Good morning, interviewers! It is really my honor to have this opportunity for an interview. I hope I can make a good performance today. Im confident that I can succeed.

Now I will introduce myself briefly. I am 26 years old, born in Shandong province. I graduated from Qingdao University. My major is electronics. And I got my bachelor degree after my graduation in the year of 2003. I spent most of my time on study, and I’ve passed

CET-6 during my university. And I’ve acquired basic knowledge of my major. It is my long cherished dream to be an engineer and I am eager to get an opportunity to fully play my ability.

In July 2003, I began working for a small private company as a technical support engineer in Qingdao city. Because there was no more chance for me to give full play to my talent, so I decided to change my job. And in August 2004, I left for Beijing and worked for a foreign enterprise as an automation software test engineer. Because I want to change my working environment, Id like to find a job which is more challenging. Moreover，Motorola is a global company, so I feel I can gain a lot from working in this kind of company. That is the reason why I come here to compete for this position. I think Im a good team player and a person of great honesty to others. Also，I am able to work under great pressure. I am confident that I am qualified for the post of engineer in your company.

That’s all. Thank you for giving me the chance.

Now, the students learning pressure is great, and after class life is a good medicine to relieve the pressure of learning. I have a very interesting extracurricular life.

The biggest pleasure in my spare time is to collect rubber. Those strange and eccentric, imitate characters, animal images and daily necessities like rubber to collect a small jar, every time I look up will be an endless enjoyment. Those lively and lovely animals, such as rubber, lifelike daily necessities, erasers, and some funny and funny rubber, can relieve the pressure and annoyance of my learning and life. Whenever I collect the eraser, their lovely and genuine smile intoxicated me, as if I felt that I was one of them. I could play with them freely.

Im the only child at home. My mom and dad are busy, and I dont have time to play with me, so my best partner is the rubber. There are no secrets and lies between us. We take care and comfort each other. We are the best friends.

My family has two soil dogs, one called Arnold, the other called black, they have their own characteristics, Arno is a veteran of the old dog, once, a wild dog ran to my house, The bright eyes looked at the wild dogs, the gallows of the wild dogs even fly like a fleeing, lively black but just the opposite, he is a fake tiger, timid dog, but they have a common Point, is very loyal, always in the owner needs it, timely help.

I remember not long ago put three days with fake, my mother took me back to the grandmother, the little uncle had to take me and Arnold, black to the mountains to clean up the weeds and garbage, but my mother worried no experience I lost in the mountains, , So only to Arnold, little black with the little uncle to go, I am so sad! Because I and Arnold love hand in hand, after an hour, I found Arnolds foot hurt, and I anxiously asked why Arnold I will know that Arnold is to protect the little uncle, rushed to fight with the wild animals and injured, it is loyal to the spirit of the guardian of my heart sadness.

Usually Arnold to a subtle grass as weak, but in danger, but like a heroic warrior to protect me and my family, it is not only a good dog, is the patron saint of our family.

Mother’s day

In the U.S., mother’s day is a holiday celebrated on the second sunday in May. It is a day when children honor their mothers with cards, gifts, and flowers. It was first observed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1907. Long before that, there were days honoring mothers even in ancient Greece. In those days, however, it was Rhea, the mother of the gods who was given honor.

Later, in the 1600s, in England there was an annual observance called "Mothering Sunday". It was celebrated during June, on the fourth sunday. On Mothering Sunday, the servants, who generally lived with their employers, were encouraged to return home and honor their mothers. It was traditional for them to bring a special cake along to celebrate the occasion.

In the U.S., in 1907, Ana Jarvis, from Philadelphia, began a campaign to establish a national mothers day. Jarvis persuaded her mothers church in Grafton, West Virginia to celebrate mothers day on the second anniversary of her mothers death, which was the second sunday in May. The next year mothers day was again celebrated in Philadelphia. Jarvis and others began a letter-writing campaign to ministers, businessmen, and politicians in their quest to establish a national mothers day. They were successful. In 1914, the American president proclaimed mothers day a national observance that was to be held each year on the second sunday of May.

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The Double Seventh Festival on the 7th day of the 7th lunarmonth is a traditional festival full of romance. It often goes into August in the Gregorian calendar.

This festival is in mid-summer when the weather is warm and the grass and trees reveal their luxuriousgreens. At night when the sky is dotted with stars and people can see the Milky Way spanning from the north to the south. On each bank of it is a bright star which see each other from afar. They are the Cowherd and Weaver Maid and about them there is a beautiful love story passed down from generation to generation.

Long long ago there was an honest and kind-hearted fellow named Niu Lang (Cowhand). His parents died when he was a child. Later he was driven out of his home by his sister-in-law. So he lived by himself herding cattle and farming. One day a fairy from heaven Zhi Nu (Weaver Maid) fell in love with him and came down secretly to earth and married him. The cowhandfarmed in the field and the Weaver Maid wove at home. They lived a happy life and gave birth to a boy and a girl. Unfortunately the God of Heaven soon found out the fact and ordered the Queen Mother of the Western Heavens to bring the Weaver Maid back.

With the help of celestial cattle the Cowhand flew to heaven with his son and daughter. At the time when he was about to catch up with his wife the Queen Mother took off one of her gold hairpins and made a stroke. One billowyriver appeared in front of the Cowhand. The Cowhand and Weaver Maid were separated on the two banks forever and could only feel their tears. Their loyaltyto love touched magpies so tens of thousands of magpies came to build a bridge for the Cowhand and Weaver Maid to meet each other. The Queen Mother was eventually moved and allowed them to meet each year on the 7th of the 7th lunar month. Hence their meeting date has been called "Qi Xi" (Double Seventh).

Scholars have shown the Double Seventh Festival originated from the Han Dynasty (206 BC-AD220). Historical documents from the Eastern Jin Dynasty (AD371-420) mention the festival while records from the Tang Dynasty (618-907) depict the grand evening banquetof Emperor Taizong and his concubines. By the Song (960-1279) and Yuan (1279-1368) dynasties special articles for the "Qi Xi" were seen being sold on markets in the capital. The bustling markets demonstrated the significance of the festival.

Today some traditional customs are still observed in ruralareas of China but have been weakened or diluted in urban cities. However the legend of the Cowhand and Weaver Maidhas taken root in the hearts of the people. In recent years in particular urban youths have celebrated it as Valentines Day in China. As a result owners of flower shops bars and stores are full of joy as they sell more commodities for love.

American eating is funny. They eat almost everything with a fork, and it appears that holding a knife in ones right hand longer than a few seconds is considered to be against good table manners.

The system is that if it is absolutely necessary to use a knife, people take the fork in their left hand, and cut off a piece of meat or whatever it is in the normal manner. Then they put the knife down, transfer the fork to their right hand, and only then do they transport the food to their mouth. This is clearly ludicrous(滑稽可笑), but it is considered good manners.

There are several results of this system. First, if it is not absolutely necessary to use a knife, Americans dont use one, because obviously this greatly complicates(使复杂化) things, and you will therefore see them trying to cut things like potatoes, fish and even bacon(熏猪肉) with a fork. Second, towards the end of a course, since only one implement(器具) is being used, food has to bo chased around the plate with the fork - and for the last mouthful the thumb has to be used to keep the food in place, although one is not supposed to do this.

Third, tables are generally laid with one knife and two forks, the outside fork being for the salad. There is no need for foreign visitors to follow the American system and try to eat the salad with only a fork, but if you do use your knife, remerber to save it for the meat course. Even desserts(甜食) (except ice cream) are eaten with a fork if at all possible, and the spoon you see by your dessert is meant to be for coffee (but if you use it for your dessert no one will say anything).