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2018年成人高考英语作文范文【20篇】

导语:我细数着春节将要来临。那是我们中华民族的传统节日,更是我期盼的佳节。下面是开学吧小编为您收集整理的作文,希望能够帮助到您。

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2024高考英语作文素材:关于春节

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The first day, the first lunar month is the traditional festival "Spring Festival". In the morning, at first light, I was woken up "crackling" firecrackers. This suggests that the first day has arrived!

I quickly wear good clothes and ran out of the door. Ah, the college, a lively scene: adults are put all kinds of firecrackers, artillery, salute, and so on, in the courtyard become ocean cannon. Children also have a place, all together, put up a rotating cannon, of green, red, yellow, and accompanied by into "bursts" bursts of sound, some kids a little scared, put up a spray firecrackers. See here, my hand was itchy, hurried back to take off firecrackers...

At home, the family is in the package dumplings, the whole family harmony, happiness, what a warm family!

On this day, I had a happy, New Years eve, our family is a lot of joy!

On New Years eve, at 8 o clock came, also began in the Spring Festival gala. Watching the funny comedy, listening to beautiful songs, after our family of eight people, clap your hands, laughing. Ah! How I wish our family every day! Im looking forward to Chinese New Year, Im looking forward to the Spring Festival!

The Spring Festival, I grew up a year old, I think, after grow up one year old this year I should work harder, more filial to parents. I will do it, I will do it! I will not let parents disappointed.

Finally, I wish you all a happy every day, every day

正月初一,是我国的传统节日“春节”。早晨,天刚亮,我就被“噼噼啪啪”的鞭炮声吵醒了。这预示着,正月初一已经到了!

我急忙穿好了衣服,跑出了房门。呵,院里一片热闹的景象:大人们正在放各种各样的鞭炮、大炮、礼炮等等,院子里成了炮的海洋。小孩子们也有一席之地,大家聚在一起,放起了旋转炮,还伴有隐隐约约的绿色、红色、黄色和“哧哧”的响声,有些小孩子有点害怕,就放起了喷花炮。看到这里,我的手痒痒了,急忙回去拿鞭炮……

回到家,家里人都在包饺子,全家人和谐、幸福,多么温暖的一家人!

这一天,我过得很快乐,除夕之夜,我们家更是欢乐多多!

除夕之夜,8点来了,春节联欢晚会也开始了。看着一个个搞笑的小品,听着一首首动听的歌曲,我们全家八口人,一边拍手,一边笑。啊!我多么希望我们家天天都这样!我好期盼过年,我好期盼过春节呀!

过春节了,我长大一岁,我觉得今年长大一岁后,我应该更加努力学习,更加孝敬父母。我一定会做到的,我一定会做到的!我不会让父母失望。

最后,祝大家天天快乐,天天如意

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篇1:高考英语作文名人名言中英对照

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1.A friend indeed is known by sharing hardships.

患难是朋友的试金石

2.What is done by night appears by day.

若要人不知,除非己莫为。

3.You never know till you have tried.

不尝试,不知晓。

4.Nothing in the world is difficult if you set your mind to it.

世上无难事,只怕有心人。

5.A hedge between keeps friendship green.

淡交使友谊长青。(君子之交淡如水)

6.Better (be) alone than in bad company.

宁可独处,勿交坏友。

7.All things are difficult before they are easy.

万事开头难。

8.As you sow,so shall you reap.

种瓜得瓜,种豆得豆。

9.Where theres a will,theres a way.

有志者事竟成。

10.An uncut gem goes not sparkle.

玉不琢,不成器

11. progress sometimes uses a comma, but never a full stop.

学无止境

12.better death than dishonor.

宁为玉碎不为瓦全

13.by falling we learn to go safely.

吃一堑,长一智

14.no man is his craft’s master the first day.

师傅领进门,修行在个人

15.where there is life, there is hope.

留得青山在,不怕没柴烧

16.It takes three generations to make a gentleman.

十年树木,百年树人

17.A lazy youth, a lousy age.

少壮不努力,老大徒伤悲。

18.One never notices what has been done;one can only see what remains to be done. ——Marie Curie

切不要注意已经做了哪些,而只能去考虑还有哪些有待去做。——居里夫人

19.Always aim for achievement and forget about success.——Helen Hayes

永远要争取去做出成就,别去多考虑成功。——海伦

20. no day without a line.

拳不离手,曲不离口

21.the benevolent see benevolence and the wise see wisdom.

仁者见仁,智者见智

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篇2:2024高考英语作文热点素材:汉族的由来

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Han, also known as the Chinese family is the main part of the Chinese nation, for the ancient tribes and culture, descendants of the tribe or Chinese people. The han nationality or a in history has never been interrupted, long, also is the worlds most populous nation.

According to the pre-qin literature records and xia, shang and Zhou Li scope, the ancient ancestors of the han nationality can be generally up long mountain, mount tai in the east and west of Huang Hezhong, downstream for activity area; Are mainly distributed in the area of yangshao culture and longshan culture of these two types of neolithic culture, as the pioneers of the han Chinese ancient cultural relics. The two civilization as the representative of the circle of Chinese civilization.

For the ancestors of the han emperor and yan emperor in the central plains tribe alliance leader and an outbreak of e. springs, yan emperor tribes, incorporated into the huangdi tribe, yanhuang alliance into shape. Later, they defeated here in integration involved problems.the zhuolu war nine li group leader human-god, expand the coalition forces to todays shandong province. And then to yan tribes and huangdi tribe as the main body, and formed a larger part of shandong province here tribe of huaxia tribal alliance, huaxia basic fixed source. Before the 2100-2100 BC in the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River descendants of the yellow emperor group has established the xia dynasty, shang dynasty and zhou dynasty.

In 221, before the qin dynasty unified China, huaxia clan from division to unity again. Han the pre-qin period claimed to China, from the beginning of the han dynasty and gradually appear "han" claim. Therefore, huaxia clan has another name: han. But the original title "huaxia" did not disappear, but with the name "han" used together ever since.

According to genetic research compare migration history record of fudan university, the expansion of the han nationality is mainly from north to south in the history of the mobile population. Before the jin han are mainly distributed in the north, and later due to factors such as always fine the disorderly moves southward migration, migrating south han and gene with the han nationality and language different aboriginal mixed in southern China. From north to south in the history of this mass movement has also changed the civil population distribution density.

汉族又名华夏族,是中国的主体民族,为上古时期黄帝部落和炎帝部落的后裔,即炎黄子孙。汉族还是一个在历史上从未中断过的、悠久的民族,也是世界上人口最多的民族。

据先秦文献的记载与夏、商、周立都范围,汉族的远古先民大体以西起陇山、东至泰山的黄河中、下游为活动地区;主要分布在这一地区的仰韶文化和龙山文化这两个类型的新石器文化,为汉族远古先民的文化遗存。这两个文明为华夏文明圈的代表。

汉族的祖先黄帝和炎帝在中原为争夺部落联盟首领而爆发了阪泉之战,炎帝部落战败,并入黄帝部落,炎黄联盟初具雏形。后来他们在涿鹿之战中打败了东夷集团的九黎族首领蚩尤,把联盟势力扩大至今日的山东境内。后又以炎帝部落和黄帝部落为主体,与山东境内的部分东夷部落组成了更庞大的华夏部落联盟,华夏族源基本固定。公元前2100~前770年黄河中下游黄帝集团的后裔先后建立了夏朝、商朝、周朝。

前221年,秦统一中国,华夏族又从分裂走向统一。汉族先秦时期自称华夏,从汉朝开始又逐渐出现“汉”的自称。因此,华夏族有了另一个名字:汉。但原先的称谓“华夏”并没有消失,而是与“汉”这个称谓一起使用至今。

根据复旦大学的基因研究对照历史迁移记录,汉民族的扩张主因是历史上的由北往南的人口移动。在晋朝以前汉族主要分布于中国北方,随后因永嘉之乱等因素大举向南迁徙,南迁汉族则和与汉族基因及语言相异的中国南方原住民混居。这历史上由北往南的大规模移动也改变了南北人口分布密度。

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篇3:高考英语作文热点预测

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1、考题示例

仔细观看下列海报,写一篇短文阐述图中所表达的奥运精神。

要求:表达连贯,可适当发挥想象,100词左右。

参考词汇:羽毛球badminton橄榄忮olive branch接力棒baton

2、参考范文

competing 竞争

Competition is a common phenomenon in our social life. We compete when we play games and when we try to do better than others in our study. There is constant competition for academic degrees, jobs, customers, money and so forth. In a sense, competition is one of the motive force to the development of society.

In fact, the only way our world reward people is to give laurels to the winners, not to the losers. What is more, by attempting to compete at different activities, we learn to win and lose, gain experience and know our strengths and weaknesses. Competition prepares us for the tough things in life.

To go ahead, to acquire possession, we should be competitive. To us, industriousness and ambition are positive values.

Whether in games, in study or in business alike, the aim is to win the game, the degree, the trophy, and the contract. Learning to be competitive is clearly the best preparation for life.

Olympics in Posters 海报奥林匹克

There are two people in either posters, each of which tells something about Olympic spirits.

有2个人在任何一个海报,其中每一个告诉一些关于奥林匹克精神。

In the first poster, two badminton players hold one gold medal together, which suggests that cooperation always comes first in Olympics. Although all the players struggles to be higher, faster, and stronger, the teamwork usually plays a very important role in a lot of events, such as football, group gymnastics and relay races.

在第一张海报中,2个羽毛球运动员一起举行一个金牌,这表明,合作总是第一个在奥运会。虽然所有的球员都在努力地更高、更快、更强,但是在足球、团体体操和接力赛等许多比赛中,团队合作通常起着非常重要的作用。

In the second poster, in the relay race one athlete is passing an olive branch, instead of a baton, on to the next one. What does it mean? It shows us that the Olympics mean more than just competition. Peace and friendship are also part of the Olympics!

在二张海报上,在接力赛中,一名运动员正在穿过一个橄榄枝,而不是一根接力棒,在下一个。这是什么意思?它显示我们的奥运意味着不仅仅是竞争。和平与友谊也是奥运会的一部分!

In short, all the events involved in Olympics are symbols of strength, competition and more importantly, cooperation and world peace.

总之,奥运会的所有事件都是力量、竞争和更重要的是,合作和世界和平的象征。

Positive and Negative Aspects of Sports 体育运动的好处和坏处

Sports do us good in many respects (TS). It goes without saying that taking exercises can build up our physical strength. In collective sports like basketball, volleyball, or football, we will learn the importance of cooperation. While taking part in sports game, we will try our best to win and arouse ourselves the competitive spirit. Sports can also help us relax after a period of exhausting work. However, as the saying goes, "there are two sides to everything", and sports is without exception. We may hurt other players or ourselves if we are not careful enough when participating in sports activities. Whats more, excessive or severe training can do harm to our health.

My participation in sports tells me that sports can make us healthy both physically and psychologically. It is also a good way for people to know each other and can promote friendship between people. So long as we are carefully enough, sports can do us nothing but good.

运动对我们有好处在许多方面(TS)。不用说,锻炼可以增强我们的体力。在集体运动像篮球、排球、足球,我们将学习合作的重要性。而参加体育比赛,我们将尽力赢得和激发自己的竞争精神。运动也可以帮助我们一段累人的工作后进行放松。然而,俗话说,“一切有两个方面”,体育也不例外。我们可能会损害其他玩家,或如果我们参加体育活动时不够仔细。除此之外,过度或严重的训练可以伤害我们的健康。

我参加运动告诉我,体育可以让我们在生理和心理上健康。这也是一个好方法让人们了解彼此,可以促进人们之间的友谊。只要我们足够小心,体育我们可以做得好。

Olympic Opening Ceremony 北京奥运开幕式

北京奥运开幕式(Olympic Opening Ceremony)

The world will be stunned by Chinas opening ceremony of the Olympic Games on August 8 in Beijing, The Sydney Morning Herald said on Friday.?

In a story about the rehearsal of the Olympic opening ceremony on Wednesday night, the paper quoted Ric Birch, a chief adviser to the director of the ceremony Zhang Yimou, as saying that "The world can expect, of course, to be gobsmacked."?

Birch, an Australian, has been involved in all the opening ceremonies since he cemented his reputation as a creative guru at the Los Angeles Olympics in 1984.?

The story said the extravagant light show of the rehearsal also featured the inner shell of Beijing National Stadium, known as the Birds Nest, lit in a vibrant red.?

It added that Zhang Yimou has been trying to fit 5,000 years of Chinese culture into 50 minutes during the grand opening ceremony. However, weather is another challenge for the ceremony, the paper added.?

北京奥运开幕式

《悉尼先驱晨报》周五报道中称,8月8日北京奥运开幕式即将举办,整个世界将为之震惊

一篇关于北京奥运会开幕式的彩排报道中,总导演张艺谋的首席顾问Ric Birch说:“整个世界毫无疑问将为之目瞪口呆。”?

自1984年澳大利亚人Birch成功为洛杉矶奥运会出谋划策后,他就一直参与历年奥运会开幕式策划。

彩排现场豪华的灯光效果将北京奥运主场馆“鸟巢”内部映衬得一片鲜红

报道介绍,张艺谋力求将中华5000年的文化浓缩进50分钟的开幕式中。但是,天气情况将可能给开幕式带来一些挑战。

Playing Game is fun only you win? 比赛要赢了才有趣吗?

“玩游戏IsFun只有当你赢了。”您是否同意或不同意这种说法?

有些人认为,运动员,打游戏,要坚持原则,“友谊第一,比赛第二”,而这是真正的体育精神。

就个人而言,我不同意这种观点。无可否认,竞争对手应与每个other.However友好,对每个球员最关心的后一年或两年的艰苦训练,是要赢得比赛。他/她的唯一动机无论在训练或比赛,是出于一个迫在眉睫的希望和未来的冠军。无论是下棋,或举重或100米短跑比赛的竞争,情况确实如此。如果他/她赢得了比赛,高回报,鲜花和荣誉桩后,将他/她。如果他/她将失去一次或两次,他/她将变得不那么勇敢的第三次。然而,一些损失可以打败他/她,和他/她的下一个哈蒂,如果他/她是敢于斗争,可能会是一个失败。

所以,在我的脑海里,乐趣或玩游戏的快乐在于都知道,运动员的最终实现的goal.We拿破仑的名言,一个士兵谁没有野心成为一个元帅,是不是真正的soldier.I同意,不思进取的运动员是不是一个真正的运动员。

A Swimming Match in My Family 家庭游泳比赛

Everyone in my family likes sports. Father, mother and I go out to do exercise almost every day in our spare time. Yesterday we went to the swimming pool and held a swimming match there. Father was swimming so fast that he got the first prize. I won the second place and mother was the last. If I keep on practicing, I believe I can outdo my father someday.

我们家人都喜欢体育运动。每天空闲的时候,爸爸、妈妈和我都要出去做运动。昨天,我们一起到游泳池举行游泳比赛。爸爸游得真快,他得了第一名。我第二,妈妈最后。我想如果我继续锻炼,总有一天会超过爸爸的。

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篇4:英语高考作文漂亮句子之人物介绍

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1、他们雇了一个叫汤姆的人。

They hired a person named Tom.

2、他高个子,大眼睛。

He is a tall man with big eyes.

3、他擅长英语

He is good at English.

4、他闲暇时经常听音乐。

He usually listens to music in his spare time.

5、他的爱好是篮球。

Basketball is his hobby.

6、他毕业于第八中学。

He graduated from No. 8 Middle School.

7、他曾获英语竞赛第一名。

He once got the first place in the English competition.

8、他友善并且随和。

He is kind and easy-going.

9、他经常帮我们学英语。

He often helps us with our English.

10、他被认为是最好的学生之一。

He is regarded as one of the best students.

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篇5:2024高考英语作文常用句型汇总

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spend one’sweekend in many different ways过周末的方式各不相同

enjoy doing things by oneself喜欢独立做事

go swimming去游泳

go for an outing/have an outing at (the seashore)去海边玩

see the sights of Beijing游览北京风光

play the piano弹钢琴

play chess下棋

have dances on weekends参加周末舞会

have a picnic over the weekend周末野餐

go to the cinema去看电影

have a party聚会

hold a sports meeting举行运动会

do some reading看书

help sb. do sth.帮某人做某事

enjoy a family trip家人共同出游

get everything ready for...为……做准备

ride one’sbike with sb. to the park骑自行车载某人去公园

She would like to bring...to the picnic.她要带……去野餐。

It was a very relaxing Sunday.这个周日过得很轻松。

There are good programs on TV on weekends.周末有好看的电视节目。

take a message for sb.给某人留口信

send a message to sb.给某人发信息

Every day is not Sunday.好景不常在,好花不常开。

hear from sb.收到某人的来信

talk about/of sth.提到某事

tell sb. to do sth.告诉某人做某事

get information about...得到……的消息

express one’sidea/feelings in English用英语表达某人的思想(感情)

Write sb. a letter saying...给某人写信说……

apologize to sb. for...因……向某人道歉

thank you for...感谢你……

make a speech at the meeting在会上讲话

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篇6:高考热点英语作文:光盘行动

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导语:“光盘行动”倡导厉行节约,反对铺张浪费,带动大家珍惜粮食、吃光盘子中的食物,下面是yuwenmi小编为大家整理的英语作文,欢迎阅读与借鉴,谢谢!

某英文网站举行专题征文活动。请根据下图,结合自己的生活实际,写一篇120-150词的英语短文。

注意:简要描述图片,并陈述自己的观点。

范文:

As is shown in the picture, two men had a big dinner in a restaurant, but much of the food was left and some was even untouched at all. When the waitress asked them to pack the remaining food, they felt very surprised, thinking that it was unbelievable for them to do things like that with too much money in their pocket.

It is a pity that many people act like the two men in the picture. In my view, we should pack the leftovers when we have meals outside. As we all know, saving is a fine tradition for our Chinese people and therefore we shouldnt waste a bit food. Also, there is not enough food in the world and there are many people starving. In addition, we students should form the habit of saving food and give away some to the people in need. Finally, we have the responsibility to help people around us realize the importance of saving.

Only in this way can we build up an economized society and live a happy and healthy life.

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如图所示,有两个人在一家餐馆里吃了一顿丰盛的晚餐,但剩下的大部分食物都没有了,有的甚至一点也不动。当女服务员要求他们把剩下的食物打包时,他们感到非常惊讶,认为他们在口袋里做太多的钱是不可信的。

可惜的是,许多人的行为像两个人在图片。在我看来,我们应该把剩菜打包当我们在外面吃饭。众所周知,储蓄是中国人民的优良传统,因此我们不应该浪费粮食。此外,世界上没有足够的食物,有许多人挨饿。此外,我们学生应该养成节约食物的习惯,并给有需要的人送一些食物。最后,我们有责任帮助身边的人认识到节约的重要性。

只有这样我们才能建立一个节约型社会和健康愉快的生活。

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篇7:2024高考英语写作素材精选:冬至习俗

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Winter solstice is the earliest Chinese festival, call it yesterday, as early as the han dynasty had formed when we are familiar with todays twenty-four solar terms. Twenty-four solar terms, every 15 days for a throttle, a throttle is divided into three. As the winter solstice is divided into "hou earthworms knot; 2 hou elk horn, three HouShuiQuan move." Are the ancients from traditional agricultural production routine. Fade as the farming civilization, modern agriculture is affected by season is not very big, such as the vegetables all the year round in the greenhouses, traditional throttle effect on guidance and restriction of agricultural farming is also a little bit fade.

People now pay more attention to the throttle keeping in good health, in winter it was the season of supplements. After spring, summer, autumn three season, the body organs need to enter a state of rest during the winter, physical consumption in winter supplements in the past. Left the teacher said, so also have "winter signings, dozen tiger next year" the proverb.

冬至是中国最早的节日,称之为冬节,早在汉代时候已经形成了我们今天熟悉的二十四节气。二十四节气,每十五天为一个节气,一个节气分为三候。如冬至分为“一候蚯蚓结;二候麋角解,三候水泉动。”都是以古人从传统农业生产生活规律中总结出来的。随着农耕文明逐渐消退,现代农业受季节的影响不是很大,比如大棚里的菜一年四季都可以吃到,传统节气对农业种田的辅导和制约作用也在一点点消退。

现在的人们更多关注的是节气养生,冬季也是进补的季节。经历春夏秋三季后,身体各个器官在冬季需要进入休息的状态,过去身体上的消耗在冬天进补。左老师说,因此也有“冬季进补,来年打虎”的俗语。

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篇8:高考环境保护英语作文

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Protect environmental health and build a good home -- speech

The teachers! The classmates! Everybody is good! My topic today is "protecting the sanitation of the environment and building a beautiful homeland."

We live on earth, and the earths environment is protected by everyone. Head is LanYingYing day, is at the foot of green land, the majestic beauty of high mountain, the flow of water on the bottom, the tall green trees, the bright beautiful flowers, the earths favor of human is so beautiful environment, we can feel life here is very comfortable and happy, some people, however, not only protect the environment, also damage the environment, this is what a shameful act.

Currently, yichang is creating a national health city. There is no national health city in hubei province, but there are national health cities in the underdeveloped areas of the west. The city of yichang province, the world three gorges dam and ge zhou dam are located in yichang, the golden three gorges, the silver dam, the green yichang. The beauty of the mountain.

In the second half of last year, we started the "triple town" campaign and should start from me. Now the streets are littered with litter, spitting and scribbling. The dustmen tore up the rubbish ads, the people secretly taped up, and the people scrawled on the walls with paint, called the "psoriasis" of the street. These dirty and messy phenomena and to be governed.

The three orders of the state have led to the prevention and reduction of pollution and pollution, and the protection of air and environment. Now there are more and more cars, and the emissions are getting worse and worse. There are factories, sewage, pollution and water quality that directly harm crops and live life.

What is the benefit of this environmental destruction, and the destruction of the environment? Teachers, students, and to strengthen the awareness of environmental protection, improve their quality of civilization, actively join the "tri-cities lianchuang" activities, must start from me, starts from the minor matter, do a civilized, townsfolk hand in hand to build better homes!

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篇9:高考英语写作万能模版之环境保护题材句

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1. To cherish the enviroment is to love ourselves.

爱护环境就是爱护我们自己。

2.Water is the source of ourlives

水是生命之源。

3.I make an urgent appeal that measures should be taken to cope with the situation

我急切呼吁应该采取措施改变现状。

4.Our government is doing its best to take measures to fight against pollution.

我们政府正努力制定措施与污染作斗争。

5.We are sure that well win the battle.

我们坚信我们能赢得战斗。

6.Its high time that we should protect our enviroment from being polluted.

是时候我们应该防止环境污染了。

7. Keep our mountains green,the wate clean,and the sky blue.

使我们山更绿,水更清,天更蓝。

8.However,natural resources are not inexhaustible.some reserves are already on the brink of exhaustion.

然而自然资源并不是无穷无尽的,一些储量已经到了穷尽的边缘。

9.If we do something with no thought for the furture . The later generation would be in danger.

如果我们不为将来考虑,后代就会受到威胁。

10.Our earths days are numbered without urgent help.

没有及时的帮助我们的地球就屈指可数了。

11(Sth.)are bound to generate severe consequences if we keep turning a blink eye to them.

如果我们继续睁一只眼闭一只眼的话,……一定会有恶劣的后果。

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篇10:2024年高考英语作文万能句子及模板

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话题作文

Nowadays现在, there are more and more __ _ in _+名词_ _. 在。。。反面有越来越多的。。。It is estimated that ___. 据估计。。。Why have there been so many ____?为什么有这么多。。。 Maybe the reasons can be listed as follows. 也许原因如下

The first one is ______. 第一个原因是。。。Besides,而且。

_____. The third one is _____. 第三个原因是。。。To sum up总

之, the main cause of it is due to _____.最主要的原因是由于

It is high time that something were done upon it是时候我们来改善它了.

For one thing,一方面我们可以做。_____. For another thing, _____另一方面我们可以。. All these measures will certainly reduce the number of _____. 所有的这些措施都可以确切的减少。

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篇11:高考英语作文的专项训练:任务型写作训练水污染Waterpollution

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高考英语任务写作训练练习(一)

读写任务(满分25分)

请阅读以下的短文,然后根据提供的任务说明和写作要求, 写一篇150字左右的英语短文。

(任务说明)

1.概括短文的内容要点(该部分的字数大约60-80);

2.清楚地陈述你自己的看法;

3.提供具有一定说服力的论据或实例来支持你的观点,可以参照文中的内容,但不能抄袭文中的句子;

4.文章体裁不限,但必须结构合理,内容连贯,有条理性。

(阅读材料)

Almost everyone knows that water covers three-fourths of the earths surface. Most of it, however, is in the oceans and is too salty to drink. Also, some of it is frozen and cannot be used. In fact, less than one percent is left for the use of people, animals and plant life. All through history men have tried to build their homes near the sources of fresh water. Now fresh water is becoming scarce, but more and more is needed because of the increasing number of people in the world. Some industries also use large amounts of fresh water in the production of things such as steel, petroleum, paper and rubber and so on. Scientists estimate that the need for fresh water will have doubled by the year 2003. If they are correct, we must find new ways of saving it or producing it. Some nations have worked on the problem and are already sharing their information with others. They are trying to keep their rivers from becoming polluted. Deep wells are also being dug, and rain water is being collected in huge artificial lakes. In one way or another, they hope to provide enough water to satisfy the needs of their people.

参考范文

With the worldwide increase of population, more and more water is needed. Meanwhile,the water sources are getting polluted by human beings in one way or another. Some nations are taking measures to solve this problem. They even communicate with each other hoping to find better ways to save and produce water to meet the needs of their people.

随着世界范围内的人口增长,越来越需要更多的水。与此同时,水源被污染,人类以一种方式或另一种方式。一些国家正在采取措施来解决这个问题。他们甚至相互沟通希望能找到更好的方法来保存并生成水来满足人民的需要。

On a personal level, to solve the problem with fresh water, both the government and inpiduals should make every effort. For example, for the government, it is urgent to make detailed laws that require businesses and inpiduals to stop polluting the environment and to save water while it is not necessarily used. Besides, education should be offered to all the citizens to raise their awareness of the importance of protecting environment and saving water. As inpiduals, we need to take action to play our own part in our everyday life.

在个人层面上,用淡水来解决这个问题,政府和个人都应该尽一切努力。例如,对于政府来说,迫在眉睫的是做出详细的法律,要求企业和个人停止污染环境,节约用水,而不一定是使用它。除此之外,教育应该提供给所有的公民提高他们的意识保护环境和节约用水的重要性。作为个人,我们需要采取行动来扮演自己的角色在我们的日常生活。

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篇12:2024年高考英语作文热门话题之七--校园生活

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假如你是诸暨二中高三(1)的李华,今年即将高中毕业。请根据以下要点给某英文报写一篇英语短文,谈谈你对高三生活的看法。 (1)对获得的帮助表示感谢;(2)消除与 同学之间的误会;(3)努力学习,实现人生梦想;(4)对学弟、学妹的建议。 注意:(1)可适当加入细节,以使行文连贯;(2)词数:100左右(开头已给出,不计入总词数) 。 High school is regarded as the best time in a persons life. As a senior 3 student, it wont take long before I graduate.___________________________________________________

【参考范文】

High school is regarded as the best time in a persons life. As a senior three student, it wont take long before I graduate. Now, I have much to share with my

fellow students.

Firstly, I would like to show my appreciation to those standing by me all the way, teachers, parents and friends included. Without their help and advice, my life would be different. Secondly, its high time to say sorry to classmates whom I hurt or misunderstood. Communication and smiles act as bridges to friendship. Above all, Ive made up my mind to make every effort to study, for I believe hard work is the key to success. Just as the old saying goes, "no pains, no gains."

Finally I hope that all the younger fellows can make full use of time, because time and tide wait for no men.

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篇13:2024高考英语作文高分技巧:议论文三段式

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随着越来越多的省市进行自主命题,开放式、半开放式作文愈加受到青睐。因为此种题型可以更准确地考查考生是否能使用英语准确表达自己的观点,充分体现了对实际解决问题的能力的考查。此类作文多为议论文性质,所以议论文的写作显得愈加重要根据议论文的特点,最好采用三段式论证法,第一段提出问题(总写),即主题段,陈述自己的观点;第二段用论据进行正反两个方面的论证(分写),即拓展段,摆出支撑论点的论据;第三段得出相应的结论(总写),为总结段,总结自己的观点。类似中文里(总——分——总)的写法。这种写法可以使文章层次分明,结构清晰。

1.在议论文三段式里,首先要写好开头,好的开头是成功的一半。开头写得好,会给阅卷者留下美好的印象,有吸引力。任何一篇文章都应该做到主题鲜明,中心突出,提出论点要开门见山,紧扣题目。高考作文篇幅短小,因此开头不能冗长拖沓,务必要点题,即说清楚文章的人物、事件和作者的观点。

2.要深化中间段。中意部分是文章的主体,需要用具体的事例、细节来阐释主题句,因此中意的部分应该是具体的、详细的,不可泛泛而谈或点到即止,安需要围绕主题句的内容而展开,不能谈论与之无关的东西,即论述主题要具体而又有说服力。常用方法有:比较法、举例法、归纳法、推理法、对照法和驳论法。

3.把好结尾关,避免虎头蛇尾,使结尾缺乏力量。好的结尾会深化主题,进一步强化阅卷老师的良好印象。文章最后可以回到开头提出的中心思想上,达到再次肯定强调的效果;或者引用格言或名人名言总结全文,即言简赅又有较强的说明力;也可用几句话概括全文的内容,并进一步肯定文章的中心思想或作者观点。

4.注意一些关联词的使用,使文章更连贯顺畅、条理清晰。

表因果的:as, as a result, because of, for, due to, owing to, thanks to, etc.

表意思的:in one’s opinion, have different ideas on, my idea/view is, it strikes me that, etc.

表比较的:unlike, in the same way, on the contrary, etc.

表结论的:in brief, to end/ sum up, in other words, in conclusion, in short, in summary, etc.

5.注意文章的层次和段落。

为了更好地考试中运用三段式的写作手法,考生在平时的学习中要进行严格、系统的训练,练习题材要丰富,选票质量要高,讲求写作效果,训练时要限时完成,只有严格的训练,才能确保考试中的超水平发挥。

【典例1】根据以下关键字,并谈谈你对学生在业余时间参加过多的补习和培训的看法。

【范文】

We want to have our own time.

As we all know, today students have more and more homework. They spend their spare time doing the homework and taking lessons. Therefore, students have no time for themselves. In my opinion, students should have more time to develop themselves.

First, students should have time to relax and play. It doesn’t mean that they will waste time. They also can study and learn from playing. After doing homework for a long time, it is necessary to have some time to relax. As saying goes, “All work and no play make Jack a dull boy.” We don’t want to dull boys. Second, we should have our own time in order to make our body strong enough. This can be helpful in our further study.

In short, I want to say, students should have their own time to develop themselves.

专家点评:这篇范文充分体现了议论文的三段式的精髓,从以下几个方面我们可以充分感受到它和闪亮之处。

1.结构合理,富有条理性。文章分为三段。第一段简要描述了图画内容,直接点题,观点明确;第二段提出了自己的观点并列瘵出论据支撑论点;第三段简明扼要地概括了自己的观点。

2、开门见山,没有在图画上费太多笔墨,简要描述后直接引入主题:Students should have more time to develop themselves.

3、文章描述得非常清晰,有层次感,逻辑性强。段落间和句子间连贯自然,过渡巧妙。作者充分地发挥了连词及副词的功能,例如:as we all know, therefore, in my opinion, first, second, in short等。

谋篇布局

1.仔细审题,确定体裁格式,选择文章主体时态,弄清中心人称。

2.确定文章的中心论点。

3.围绕中心论点列出提纲,选好论据。

4.选择合适的短语与句型表达论点与论据。

5.利用所列短语、句型组句成文,打好草稿。要避免出现汉语式的表达,根据自己所掌握的词汇,在比较有把握的情况下可以大胆使用较高级词汇,使文章增色。

6.将草稿写到卷面上并再次审视文章结构。

7.最后做一次全面检查,注意文章的文体、格式是否正确,要点是否全面,是否有明显的语法错误和低级的失误,是否有单词摭写错误,字母大小写是不是恰当,词数是否符合要求。

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篇14:英语高考作文:中国的骄傲

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"… 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 Ignite! Go! "On October 15, 2003, China launched its first manned spacecraft into orbit from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in Northwest Chinas Gansu Province.

Spraying a mass of orange flames, the large, white Long March II-F rocket carrying the Shenzhou-V spacecraft and Chinas first astronaut Yang Liwei soared spectacularly skyward, gradually becoming a bright ball before vanishing into deep space.

As the worlds largest developing country, China is more than proud of making its own contribution to human beings outer space exploration. Meantime, it will turn out to be an important driving force for the countrys economic and social development. The successful launch of Shenzhou-V ushered in a new chapter in space history.

“5,4,3,2,1。点火!发射!”2003年10月15日,中国在其西北部的甘肃省酒泉卫星发射中心首次发射了载人宇宙飞船,进入了轨道。

喷射出一团橘黄色的火焰后, 巨大白色的长征n-F火箭运载神州5号宇宙飞船和中国第一个宇宙飞行员杨利伟腾空而起,蔚为壮观,慢慢地变成一个亮球消失在茫茫的太空中。

作为世界上最大的发展中国家,中国为其对人类的空间探索作出自己的贡献感到非常骄傲。同时,这一事件将证明对中国的经济和社会发展起到重要的推动作用。神州5号宇宙飞船的发射成功揭开了太空历史的新篇章。

We will never forget the day when China launched its first manned spacecraft into orbit on October 15, 2003 from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in Northwest Chinas Gansu Province.

Spraying a mass of orange flames, the large, white Long March II-F rocket carrying the Shenzhou-V spacecraft and Chinas first astronaut Yang Liwei soared spectacularly skyward, gradually becoming a bright ball before vanishing into deep space.

Our dream becomes reality. Though the Shenzhou-V circled the Earth 14 times within 22 hours and 18 minutes, it has clearly displayed Chinas spirts of devotion, co-operation and pursuit of the unknown. Meantime, it will turn out to be an important driving force for the countrys economic and social development. The successful launch of Shenzhou-V ushered in a new chapter in space history.

我们永远也不会忘记2003年10月15日。中国在其西北部的甘肃省酒泉卫星发射中心首次发射了载人宇宙飞船,进入了轨道。

喷射出一团橘黄色的火焰后,白色的长征n-F火箭运载神州5号宇宙飞船和中国第一个宇宙飞行员杨利伟腾空而起,蔚为壮观,慢慢地变成一个亮球消失在茫茫的太空中。

尽管神州5号在22小时18分钟内仅仅绕地球转14圈,但它清楚的体现了中国的奉献、合作和探索未知的精神。同时这一事件将证明对中国的经济和社会发展起到重要的推动作用。神州5号宇宙飞船的发射成功揭开了太空历史的新篇章。

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篇15:2024高考英语作文结尾句型模板

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导语:高考英语作文结尾总结句式有着一定的规律,可以灵活地套用一些模板。下面是yjbys作文网小编为您收集整理的资料,希望对您有所帮助。

1. 至于我,在某种程度上我同意后面的观点,我认为……

As far as I am concerned, I agree with the latter opinion to some extent. I think that ____。

2. 总而言之,整个社会应该密切关注……这个问题。只有这样,我们才能在将来……。

In a word, the whole society should pay close attention to the problem of ______.Only in this way can ______in the future。

3. 但是,……和……都有它们各自的优势(好处)。例如,……,而……。然而,把这两者相比较,我更倾向于(喜欢)……

But ______and ______have their own advantages. For example, _____, while_____. Comparing this with that, however, I prefer to______。

4. 就我个人而言,我相信……,因此,我坚信美好的未来正等着我们。因为……

Personally, I believe that_____. Consequently, Im confident that a bright future is awaiting us because______。

5. 随着社会的发展,……。因此,迫切需要……。如果每个人都愿为社会贡献自已的一份力量,这个社会将要变得越来越好。

With the development of society, ______.So it"s urgent and necessary to ____.If every member is willing to contribute himself to the society, it will be better and better。

6. 至于我(对我来说,就我而言),我认为……更合理。只有这样,我们才能……

For my part, I think it reasonable to_____. Only in this way can you _____。

7. 对我来说,我认为有必要……。原因如下:第一,……; 第二,……;最后……但同样重要的是……

In my opinion, I think it necessary to____. The reasons are as follows. First _____.Second ______. Last but not least,______。

8. 在总体上很难说……是好还是坏,因为它在很大程度上取决于……的形势。然而,就我个人而言,我发现……。

It is difficult to say whether _____is good or not in general as it depends very much on the situation of______. However, from a personal point of view find______。

9. 综上所述,我们可以清楚地得出结论……

From what has been discussed above, we may reasonably arrive at the conclusion that____。

10. 如果我们不采取有效的方法,就可能控制不了这种趋势,就会出现一些意想不到的不良后果,所以,我们应该做的是……

If we can not take useful means, we may not control this trend, and some undesirable result may come out unexpectedly, so what we should do is_____。

附注:

结尾万能句

Taking all these factors into consideration, we naturally come to the conclusion that…

把所有这些因素加以考虑,我们自然会得出结论……

Taking into account all these factors, we may reasonably come to the conclusion that …

考虑所有这些因素,我们可能会得出合理的结论……

Hence/Therefore, we’d better come to the conclusion that … 因此,我们最好得出这样的结论……

There is no doubt that (job-hopping) has its drawbacks as well as merits. 毫无疑问,跳槽有优点也有缺点。

All in all, we cannot live without … But at the same time we must try to find out new ways to cope with the problems that would arise.

总之,我们没有…是无法生活的。但同时,我们必须寻求新的解决办法来对付可能出现的新问题。

提出建议万能句

It is high time that we put an end to the (trend).该是我们停止这一趋势的时候了。

It is time to take the advice of … and to put special emphasis on the improvement of …

该是采纳……的建议,并对……的进展给予特殊重视的时候了。

There is no doubt that enough concern must be paid to the problem of … 毫无疑问,对……问题应予以足够的重视。

Obviously, … If we want to do something … , it is essential that … 显然,如果我们想做某事,很重要的是…

Only in this way can we … 只有这样,我们才能……

It must be realized that …我们必须意识到……

预示后果万能句

Obviously, if we don’t control the problem, the chances are that … will lead us in danger.

很明显,如果我们不能控制这一问题,很有可能我们会陷入危险。

No doubt, unless we take effective measures, it is very likely that … 毫无疑问,除非我们采取有效措施,很可能会……

It is urgent that immediate measures should be taken to stop the situation. 很紧迫的是,应立即采取措施阻止这一事态的发展。

论证万能句

From my point of view, it is more reasonable to support the first opinion rather than the second. 在我看来,支持第一种观点比支持第二种观点更有道理。

I cannot entirely agree with the idea that …我无法完全同意这一观点……

Personally, I am standing on the side of …就个人而言,我站在……的一边。

I sincerely believe that …我真诚地相信……

In my opinion, it is more advisable to do … than to do …. 在我个人看来,做……比做……更明智。

Finally, to speak frankly, there is also a more practical reason why …

给出原因万能句

This phenomenon exists for a number of reasons. First, … Second, … Third, …

这一现象的存在是有许多原因的。首先,……;第二,……;第三,……

Why did …? For one thing …,for another …. Perhaps the primary reason is…

为什么会……?一个原因是……,令一个原因是……;或许其主要原因是……

I quite agree with the statement that … The reasons are chiefly as follows. 我十分赞同这一论述,即……,其主要原因如下:

解决办法万能句

Here are some suggestions for handling … 这是如何处理某事的一些建议。

The best way to solve the troubles is … 解决这些麻烦的最好办法是……

People have figured out many ways to solve this problem. 人们已找出许多办法来解决这个问题。

批判错误观点

As far as something is concerned, … 就某事而言,……

It was obvious that …很显然,….

It may be true that …, but it doesn’t mean that … 可能……是对的,但这并不意味着……

It is natural to believe that …, but we shouldn’t ignore that … 认为……是很自然的,但我们不应忽视……

There is no evidence to suggest that … 没有证据表明……

如何连接

强调 still, indeed, apparently, oddly enough, of course, after all, significantly, interestingly, also, above all, surely, certainly, undoubtedly, in any case, anyway, above all, in fact, especially, obviously, clearly.

比较 like, similarly, likewise, in the same way, in the same manner, equally.

对比 by contrast, on the contrary, while, whereas, on the other hand, unlike, instead, but, conversely, different from, however, nevertheless, otherwise, whereas, unlike, yet, in contrast.

列举 for example, for instance, such as, take …for example, except (for), to illustrate.

时间 later, next, then, finally, at last, eventually, meanwhile, from now on, at the same time, for the time being, in the end, immediately, in the meantime, in the meanwhile, recently, soon, now and then, during, nowadays, since, lately, as soon as, afterwards, temporarily, earlier, now, after a while.

顺序 first, second, third, then, finally, to begin with, first of all, in the first place, last, next, above all, last but not the least, first and most important.

可能 presumably, probably, perhaps.

解释 in other words, in fact, as a matter of fact, that is, namely, in simpler terms.

递进 What is more, in addition, and, besides, also, furthermore, too, moreover, furthermore, as well as, additionally, again.

让步 although, after all, in spite of…, despite, even if, even though, though, admittedly, whatever may happen.

转折 however, rather than, instead of, but, yet, on the other hand, unfortunately, whereas

原因 for this reason, due to, thanks to, because, because of, as, since, owing to.

结果 as a result, thus, hence, so, therefore, accordingly, consequently, as a consequence

总结 on the whole, in conclusion, in a word, to sum up, in brief, in summary, to conclude, to summarize, in short.

其他 mostly, occasionally, currently, naturally, mainly, exactly, evidently, frankly, commonly, for this purpose, to a large extent, for most of us, in many cases, in this case

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篇16:英语高考作文漂亮句子之叙述事件

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1、故事发生在伦敦。

The story happened in London.

2、起初,他没看见那个人。

At first, he didn’t see the man.

3、然后,他走到汽车那儿。

Then he went over to the bus.

4、过了一会儿,他上了小汽车。

After a little while,he got on the car.

5、后来,他掏出了枪。

Later on he took out his gun.

6、最后,他被捕了。

At last, he was arrested.

7、开始时,老师给我们做了简短的介绍。

In the beginning, the teacher gave us a brief introduction.

8、后来,他开始在黑板上写东西。

Afterwards, he began to write something on the blackboard.

9、同时,学生记笔记。

Meanwhile, the students took notes.

10、最终,学生们成功了。

In the end, the students succeeded.

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篇17:高考英语作文:TheImportanceofFriend

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导语:你有几个好朋友呢?你觉得朋友对你来说重要吗?下面是yuwenmi小编为大家整理的相关优秀英语作文,欢迎阅读与借鉴,谢谢!

When we have something annoy us, we will naturally to find someone to talk about it, the first choice is friend. We will not talk about it in front of our parents, because we don’t want them to worry about us. Friend is so important in our life, we have many friends, we will share our happiness and sorrow with them, we hang out together, in a word, friends are part of our life. What will happened if someone have no friend? We hear from the news that the crime people are isolated by others, most of them have no friends, their view point about the world is distorted. Without friends, people have no where to relieve their emotion, the long time’s depression of the emotion distract people from the normal life. So friends are very important, we can’t live without friends.

【参考翻译】

当我们有烦恼的时候,自然地,我们会找人来谈谈,朋友是第一选择。我们不会在父母面前谈论烦恼,因为我们不想让他们担心。朋友在我们的生命中很重要,我们有很多朋友,和他们分享我们的喜怒哀乐,一起出去晃荡,总的来说,朋友是我们生活中的一部分。如果没有朋友会变得怎样呢?我们从新闻上看到犯罪的人被人隔离,他们大部分人没有朋友,他们的世界观是扭曲的。没有朋友,人们就无处释放情绪,长期压抑的情绪让人们脱离正常生活。因此朋友很重要,我们不能没有朋友。

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篇18:高考英语满分作文ALetterofThanks感谢信

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Dear Mr. John,

How are things going with you in Beijing?

I am writing to show my thanks to you. You tutored me in my spoken English before you went to Beijing. With your help I made such rapid progress that I won the first place in the Spoken English Competition of the city. My achievement is owed to your help. Thank you very much.

I have heard that you and your wife will pay a visit to my school. I am very glad at the news. In that case we can see each other again. I am looking forward to your coming. I am sending you a telescope as a small gift. I hope you will like it.

All the best.

Yours,

Liu Jie

亲爱的约翰先生:

您在北京过得怎么样?

我写向您表达我的谢意。去北京前您辅导我的英语口语。在您的帮助下我很快取得进步,所以能在市里举办的英语口语比赛中取得第一名。我的成绩应该归功于您的帮助。非常感谢

我听说您和您的夫人要来我们学校访问。听到这个消息我非常高兴。那样的话我们就又可以见面了。期盼着您的到来。我给您寄去一件小礼物“望远镜”。希望您喜欢。

万事如意。

您的朋友 刘杰

Dear Mr. John,

How are you getting on in Beijing?

I am writing to tell you a piece of good news. I am the champion of the Spoken English Competition held in the city. The success is owed to your help. Before you went to Beijing you spent much time on my spoken English so that I made great progress in it. As a result I got the first place in the competition. Thanks a lot.

I heard that you and your wife would visit my school. I am very happy and expect to see you soon. I am sending you a telescope as a small gift. I hope you will like it.

Best wishes.

Yours,

Liu Jie

亲爱的约翰先生:

您在北京过得怎么样?

我写信告诉您一个好消息。我在市里举办的英语口语比赛中取得第一名。我,的成功归功于您的帮助。您花了很长时间辅导我英语口语,我因此取得很大进步并且获得比赛的第一名。多谢。

我听说您和您的夫人要来我们学校访问。我非常高兴并期望很快见到您。我给您寄去一件小礼物“望远镜”。希望您喜欢。

一切顺利。

您的朋友 刘杰

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篇19:高考英语作文模板范本

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英语写作对很多同学来说是件头疼的事,今天,小编就为大家整理了高考英语作文模板,无论高考英语作文出什么类型的题目,套上这些模版都能拿高分。

英语备考高考英语作文模板:图表作文

图表作文写作模板

The chart gives us an overall picture of the 图表主题。

The first thing we notice is that 图表最大特点 .

This means that as 进一步说明。

We can see from the statistics given that 图表细节

图表细节一 . After 动词-ing :细节一中的第一个变化, the动词-ed+幅度+时间(紧跟着的变化) .

The figures also tell us that图表细节二 .

In the column, we can see that accounts for (进一步描述).

Judging from these figures, we can draw the conclusion that (结论).

The reason for this, as far as I am concerned is that (给出原因). b或是 It is high time that we (发出倡议).

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篇20:三桃石高考英语作文

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observe a child; any one will do. you will see that not a day passes in which he does not find something or other to make him happy, though he may be in tears the net moment. then look at a man; any one of us will do. you will notice that weeks and months can pass in which day is greeted with nothing more than resignation1, and endure with every polite indifference. indeed, most men are as miserable as sinners, though they are too bored to sin-perhaps their sin is their indifference2. but it is true that they so seldom smile that when they do we do not recognize their face, so distorted is it from the fied mask we take for granted3. and even then a man can not smile like a child, for a child smiles with his eyes, whereas a man smiles with his lips alone. it is not a smile; but a grin; something to do with humor4, but little to do with happiness. and then, as anyone can see, there is a point (but who can define that point?) when a man becomes an old man, and then he will smile again.

it would seem that happiness is something to do with simplicity, and that it is the ability to etract pleasure form the simplest things-such as a peach stone, for instance.it is obvious that it is nothing to do with success. for sir henry stewart was certainly successful. it is twenty years ago since he came down to our village from london, and bought a couple of old cottages, which he had knocked into one. he used his house a s weekend refuge5. he was a barrister. and the village followed his brilliant career with something almost amounting to paternal pride.i remember some ten years ago when he was made a kings counsel6, amos and i, seeing him get off the london train, went to congratulate him. we grinned with pleasure; he merely looked as miserable as though hed received a penal sentence. it was the same when he was knighted; he never smiled a bit, he didnt even bother to celebrate with a round of drinks at the "blue fo"7. he took his success as a child does his medicine. and not one of his achievements brought even a ghost of a smile to his tired eyes.

i asked him one day, soon after hed retired to potter about his garden,8 what is was like to achieve all ones ambitions. he looked down at his roses and went on watering them. then he said "the only value in achieving ones ambition is that you then realize that they are not worth achieving." quickly he moved the conversation on to a more practical level, and within a moment we were back to a safe discussion on the weather. that was two years ago.

i recall this incident, for yesterday, i was passing his house, and had drawn up my cart just outside his garden wall. i had pulled in from the road for no other reason than to let a bus pass me. as i set there filling my pipe, i suddenly heard a shout of sheer joy come from the other side of the wall.i peered over. there stood sir henry doing nothing less than a tribal war dance9 of sheer unashamed ecstasy. even when he observed my bewildered face staring over the wall he did not seem put out10 or embarrassed, but shouted for me to climb over.

"come and see, jan. look! i have done it at last! i have done it at last!"there he was, holding a small bo of earth in his had. i observed three tiny shoots out of it."and there were only three!" he said, his eyes laughing to heaven."three what?" i asked."peach stones", he replied. "ive always wanted to make peach stones grow, even since i was a child, when i used to take them home after a party, or as a man after a banquet. and i used to plant them, and then forgot where i planted them. but now at last i have done it, and, whats more, i had only three stones, and there you are, one, two, three shoots," he counted.

and sir henry ran off, calling for his wife to come and see his achievement-his achievement of simplicity.

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