以our city为题写一篇英文作文（经典20篇）

Dear Christmas father:

Christmas Day falls on the twenty-fifth of December.It is a very happy day

for many boys and girls .Before the term ends in some schools ,the children act

a nativity or “birth” play,showing how Jesus was born in a stable.

On the twenty-fourth of December,all children are very excited.Usually they

are sent to bed early so that their parents can get the presents ready.The

younger children think that Father Christmas will come down the chimney or

fireplace ,so they hang up a sock for him to put presents in.The greedy ones

even hang up a pillow-case or a sack to try to get more presents.Later that

night,Father or Mother will put presents in the sock,and leave others at the

side of the bed.

On Christmas morning,the children wake up very early.Some even turn on the

light at two oclock,and most of them are awake by six oclock although it is

not light in England for another hour or two at this time of the year.Children

look for their presents,and the young ones play while the dinner is prepared.At

about one oclock in the afternoon,the Christmas dinner is brought in.The turkey

or chicken is quickly eaten.Children search in their Christmas pudding for new

coins which are hidden in it.The rest of the day is full of games and eating

until the happiest of all Christmas hollidays comes to an end.

Today is X month XX day, this evening is the eve of the new years Eve, open the TV on the Spring Festival Gala. There are so many programs, singing, dancing, sketches, crosstalk, acrobatics … … among them, my favorite program is magic Louis Liu.

He performed three magic tricks in all. Orange juice magic, poker magic, coin magic. In the first magic, he filled with a paper cup full of orange juice, one hand covered the cup and fell over. It was not a drop. It was amazing! And the magic of the coin that passed through the glass was so amazing that I was stunned.

Dear Father Christmas,

So my friend has asked me to write to you... I have to confess its been

hard to know what to say. Mainly because like most adults I feel preposterous

asking anything of you because our time with you is surely done. Now we get our

own presents, control our own fates, take responsibility for our own actions,

and live in the world we have created... so its not for us to turn around and

plead for your help with the environment, the migrant crisis, the NHS,

education, food banks, human rights, fundamentalism and wars. Though God knows

we need all the help we can get with all these man-made problems and more.

And its not that you arent compassionate and full of joy. Youre great.

In spite of you being changed into different colours for corporations and being

bastardised to represent materialism gone mad - despite probably originating in

some season based pagan druid ritual a million thought miles from requests for

spontaneously combusting hoverboards... Kidadults cynically pointing this out

after having their moment of belief in you are wasting everyones precious time.

Because you are not for them. You are for the children. Children who need some

magic in a world where the borders between innocence and responsibility, playful

imagination and cold, adult obstacles are continually shrinking.

This is what Id like to ask you to help with. A little more time for

children to be children. Stretch the moment of magic and playfulness. Distract

them from the realities of a world gone mad so that they can laugh with their

breath rather than sob with their tears. Especially those caring for family

members, or suffering illness, hunger or poverty. Especially those hiding in

buildings as bombs rain down, or being handed shaking with fear or cold into a

boat to escape environmental disaster or war. Please help to light up their

worlds with a moment of joy and hope.

When I think about it youve got it tough this year... And when I really

think about it Im not sure that asking you for a lightsaber and getting one

(not that I ever did by the way) is equatable with controlling the space time

continuum and making the good of childhood last a little longer.

But you do inspire wonder and awe amongst those that write you letters and

go to sleep hoping there might be a new object in their possession come dawn.

You inspire good behaviour and, at least in my memory, some desperate last

minute attempts to redeem bad behaviour so as not to be overlooked. Spare a

thought too for those millions who want to write to you but through illiteracy

cant. Hear their words and help to give them the time and chance to learn how

to read and write so they can better their lives and escape their impoverished

beginnings.

I feel a little sorry for you. And I guess Ive done exactly what I said I

wouldnt... Asked you to help with adult problems and solve some of the greatest

worries we have for our children. I promise to leave some extra port and mince

pies for you!

Lots of love

Benedict

亲爱的圣诞老人：

我的朋友叫我写信给你……我真的不知道该对你说什么。主要因为跟大部分成年人一样，我觉得跟你要东西似乎很荒谬，因为我们和你已经没有交集了。如今我们自己给自己买礼物，掌控自己的命运，为自己的行为负责，并且生活在我们自己创造的世界里……所以我们没有理由找你帮忙解决这些问题，比如环境问题、移民危机、NHS医保系统、教育、食物银行、人权、原教旨主义和战争。尽管上帝知道，我们需要各种援助去解决这些人为的危机和麻烦。

我并不是说你没有同情心或不乐观。你很伟大。尽管你被各种大公司篡改的面貌全非;被妖魔化以代表那疯狂的拜金主义——简直像异教徒的仪式那样，每到这个季节就要用礼物填满欲望，比如那种可能会自燃的悬滑板。那些童心未泯的成年人竟然生气地认为你是在浪费每个人的宝贵时间，却忘了他们自己也曾相信你。因为你不属于成年人，而是属于孩子们的。孩子们需要一些魔力，因为这个世界上，天真与责任、欢乐的想象力与冷漠以及成人障碍之间的界限正在不断的缩小。

这才是我想求你援助的。让孩子们的童年更长久些吧。延长那充满魔力与乐趣的时刻。让孩童们忽略这疯狂又现实的世界，让他们拥有欢笑而非流泪。尤其是那些过早需要承担家庭责任或身患疾病的孩子们，又或者是那些遭受饥饿与贫穷的孩子们。尤其是那些躲在位于枪林弹雨的建筑中、或者是那些怀着恐惧与寒冷不断颤抖、被塞进船里以逃离灾难和战争的孩子们。请你用希望和欢乐照亮他们的世界。

当我想到今年你处境艰难时……当我仔细思考，我不确定这样是否合理：即找你要一把光剑(虽然我并不曾得到过)来控制时空介质，从而使得美好的童年时光再久一点。

但对于那些给你写信、期待着你会在天明前送给他们礼物而入睡的孩子们，你带给他们好奇和敬畏。你激发了善行，至少在我的记忆中，一些孩子在最后一刻试图弥补过错，以避免因此受罚。还希望你体谅一下数百万想跟你写信却不会写字的人。请你倾听他们的声音，给他们时间和机会去学习读书和写字，这样他们就可以过上更好的生活，逃离贫困的处境。

我对你感到一丝歉意。我好像做了我明明说自己不会做的事……我希望你能帮忙解决成年人造成的麻烦，缓解我们对孩子的某些担忧。我保证，我会给你留超多肉馅饼的!!

满满的爱

本尼迪克特

Dear Lucy,

I am sorry to hear that you are feeling upset because of some problems met during studying Chinese. You said that you would feel nervous when facing this language and you did bad in listening. You couldnt improve your oral Chinese and you found it difficult to communicate with your classmates in Chinese.Well, dont worry. I will give you some suggestions. Firstly, like English, Chinese is a language,which we learn to communicate. So you need to practice speaking in Chinese as often as possible,which will help to improve your oran Chinese and improve your sense of the language. Secondly, you can listen to Chinese radio program,for this is a very useful way to improve your listening ability. Thirdly, be brave enough to make some Chinese friends.Close friendship will help you learn this language well. And doing some reading will help you learn more. I hope these can help you.

Best wishes!

yours,

Wang Xia

Dear Sir,

I saw your advertisement for "the perfect lighter" in Sunday Times last

week and immediately sent off a ￡2 postal order and the completed form for the

lighter.

Imagine my surprise when all I got in return was a box of matches! I could

understand a mistake. I might even pardon a joke. But in this case, your

advertisement is a deliberate lie since a friend of mine who also sent the

coupon got the same result.

I think its a shame to promise an economical lighter when in fact you are

not selling a lighter a1 all. Instead of saying it works quickly, you should

admit that you are offering matches. And what about "only" ￡2: I usually pay 10

pennies for a box of matches, and they are often given away free.

I regard your advertisement as a serious deception and demand that you send

me my money back immediately. Otherwise I will take active steps to make sure

the Consumers Association hear about it.

Yours faithfully,

Peter Li

Though my daily life is extremely monotonous， I try hard to adapt myself to

it。 Why? Because I intend to be a good student。 I wish to render service to my

country。

I get up at six o’clock every day。 After I wash my face and brush my teeth，

I begin to review my lessons。 I go to school at seven o’clock。

After school is over， I return home。 We usually have supper at seven

o’clock。Then I begin to do my homework。 I want to finish it before I go to

bed。

1.我承认我有野心，但我不认为这是个贬义词。

I agree I am ambitious, and I dont see that as a pejorative term

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2.这是一个贬义词。

Its a derogatory word.

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3.“懒”是个贬义词。懒是可耻的。但这个词不是用来形容你的。

The word "lazy" is a condemnation. Its shameful. Its not you.

4.举个例子，我们来解释犹太复国运动这个名词，这个名词本身已经变成贬义词了，可对我来说，犹太复国运动就是指犹太人有权回到中东的祖国去，很简单。

To me, Zionism simply means that Jews have a right to their homeland and the Middle East.

5.“黑鬼”是一个贬义词，用来侮辱我们的祖先的。

niggeris a derogatory term used to insult our ancestors.

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6.于是，一夜之间，“内向”就成了一个彻底的贬义词。

As a result, the word "introvert" became a negative word overnight.

7.英语中”刻板印象“这个词，通常都是一个贬义词。

Now," stereotypes "in English often just is a bad word.

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8.此后，“自由主义”一词虽得到广泛传播，但在俄国主要是作为贬义词来使用。

Widely spread, though, liberalism was mainly used as a derogatory term by the Russians.

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9.希望你别使用这种贬义词。

I would prefer not to use pejoratives.

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10.用来指美洲印第安人和男性黑人的贬义词。

Used as a disparaging term for a Native American or black man.

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11.他掌控的爱丽舍宫里，“盎格鲁-撒克逊资本主义”已经不再是贬义词，也不再是“你的乞丐邻居”的同义词了。

In the Elys é e under its new management," Anglo-Saxon capitalism "is no longer a term of abuse or a synonym for beggar-thy-neighbour.

Today is the Mid Autumn Festival, but my father is in Hongkong, so my mother and I have to come back to eat reunion dinner only in the city of Bauhinia. We were sitting on the chair made of the iron bar, and the mother suddenly suggested, "lets go to the amusement park!"

Of course I was excited: "good! Great! " So I and my mother quickly come to the amusement park, go in and see the sea of people, ah! What a noise! I feel almost deafening, look left and right, all kinds of game products, suddenly, I saw I will always catch the mouse to play, rule is this: first press the button will come out of a cake, and then attract the mouse over, as long as you observe the mouse as a result, they have no defense, if not. You can take it. Later, I asked my mother to take ten yuan to exchange 10 game coins, because I wanted to play 10 games, and after a few minutes, the game currency changed, I was glad to take one from my mothers hand and put it into the machine. The start of the game, I watched the mice be absorbed in the coming, suddenly I found a mouse, I quickly press the button, I grabbed it, I excitedly jumped three feet high, Id like to see if I have won a few lottery tickets, I think this number is stunned, this the number is: 30! I took these lottery tickets, ran to the front desk and changed a little doll. When dad was waiting for us at the door, I reluctantly left the playground.

I went to my new house to my room. It is very big and beatiful. I will use a

blue wardrobe and a blue bookcase. I saw a big bed and there was a blue sheet on

it, I really liked them, because my favorite color is blue. But my desk was

brown. In fact, I like brown, too. And there were many pet dogs and pet bears.

They were cute, really eute. I loved them very much.

我去了我的新房子,我的房间。这是非常大的和美丽。我将用一个蓝色的衣柜和一条蓝色的书架。我看见一张大床上有一个蓝色的纸上,我真的很喜欢它们,因为我最喜欢的颜色是蓝色的。但是我的桌子是棕色的。事实上,我喜欢棕色,真是太好了。有许多宠物狗和宠物的熊。他们是可爱的,真的eute。我非常爱他们。

感恩是什么?感恩是感激别人对自己的恩惠。在社会生活中缺少不了感恩，所以我们要学会感恩。在此为大家整理的初中生感恩节英文作文：Live with thankfulness的文章，供广大家查阅！

Do you know Thanksgiving Day? Do you know why human thank God?

Thanksgiving falls on the fourth Thursday of November, a different date every year. The President must proclaim that date as the official celebration.

Thanksgiving is a time for tradition and sharing. Even if they live far away, family members gather for a reunion at the house of an older relative. All give thanks together for the good things that they have.     In this spirit of sharing, civic groups and charitable organizations offer a traditional meal to those in need, particularly the homeless. On most tables throughout the United States, foods eaten at the first thanksgiving have become traditional.     What should we thank?

The thankful great universe provides the environment of existence for us and give us sunlight, air, water and everything in keeping with we existence of space, bring storm to let us accept to toughen for us, bring to us mysterious let us look for.

The thankful parents give us the life, make us feel the merriment of the human life, feel the genuine feeling of the human life, feel the comity of the human life, feel happiness of the human life, also feel hardships and pain and sufferings of the human life!     The thankful teacher works with diligence and without fatigue everyday of teach, give us knowledge ability, put on the wing which flies toward the ideal for us.     The thankful classmate and friend grows up road of, let I no longer standing alone in the itinerary of life; The with gratitude is frustrated and let us become in a time the failure stronger.

[感恩节的英文作文:Live with thankfulness

Every city has many theme parks, the local people like to go to the park for a walk or take some exercise. In China, most parks are free, people can go there without charge, but still some other parks need to charge. People urge that all the parks should be free, while I think it will do harm to the park.

每个城市都有很多主题公园，本地人喜欢去公园散步或者锻炼。在中国，大部分公园免费，人们无需给钱就可以进入公园，但是仍然有一些公园需要付费。人们要求所有的公园应该免费，然而我觉得这样会对公园有害。

One the one hand, opening the parks for free encourages people to go to the park for entertainment. Most people have the habit to take a walk after dinner, so it can help them to keep their bodies healthy. The children can have fun with their friends, too. The parks provide people so much fun, so it is good for people to go to there for free.

一方面，免费开放公园鼓励着人们去公园娱乐。很多人有饭后散步的习惯，这样有助于让他们保持身体的健康。孩子们也可以和他们的朋友找乐子。公园给人们提供了很多的乐趣，因此免费开放公园对人们是有好处的。

On the other hand, too many people go to the parks will do harm to the environment. Some people will throw away their trash away, the environment will be polluted. What’s more, the crowed people will make people have less space for them to have fun.

另一方面，过多的人去公园会对环境造成伤害。一些人会随处扔垃圾环境会被污染。而且，成群的人会让人们享有很少的空间来娱乐。

For me, I think it is not good to open the parks for free, it needs to control the number of people, so we can protect the environment.

对于我来说，我觉得免费开放公园是不好的，要控制人群的数量，这样我们才能保护环境。

Christmas arouses increasing attention year by year in China. Christmas cards become popular with students. People hold Christmas parties and exchange Christmas girts. A lot or TV and radio programs about Christmas are on. Meanwhile the Spring Festival is less appealing （有吸引力的）to youngsters. Thus some people wonder whether Christmas will replace the Spring Festival.

This worry is fairly unnecessary. Why ？One reason lies that Christmas only affects Christians，college students and joint-venture （合资企业）workers. Another reason is that Christmas is mostly celebrated in cities. Few people in countryside show extreme interest in this exotic（带有异国情调的）festival. By contrast，the Spring Festival is the most influential traditional festival in every family.

I think，it is natural that with increasing exchanges with the West，a lot of Western holidays have been gradually introduced into China. For us Chinese we should never neglect or even discard our own traditional festivals. For centuries Chinese have observed this traditional holiday to welcome the beginning of a new year. And we will treasure the Spring Festival forever.

导语：谚语是广泛流传于民间的言简意赅的短语，多数反映了劳动人民的生活实践经验，而且一般都是经过口头传下来的。它多是口语形式的通俗易懂的短句或韵语。以下是小编整理关于春节的英文谚语的资料，欢迎阅读参考。

1, spring to three minutes warm.

2. Spring has been frosted, when spring will rot.

3, the spring equinox has rain patient sparse.

4. Spring rush.

5It is easy to plow the fields in spring.

6After the beginning of spring, tidal currents increased.

7If it rains, it will rain until the morning. It is not rain, especially thunder.

8The vernal equinox day is twelve hours each day.

9. The rainy day of spring, wet and wet to clear.

10, the rain spring cattle head, seventy-seven forty-nine days of sorrow.

11A years plan is in spring.

12. Spring exposure, summer fog to make big water.

13. Spring thunder, ten piglets nine empty.

14Spring east wind, rain ancestors, summer east wind, an empty: spring if blowing east wind, it will be spring rain; If the wind blows in the summer, there will be a shortage of rain, which will bring harm to the growth of crops.

15. Spring sunshine, rain all.

16, the twelfth lunar month spring water early, the first month of spring water late.

17, the spring sunshine, the rain all.

18. Early spring evening.

19. Mother noodles after spring.

20In spring, when the temperature is low, it will be rainy. In winter, there will be less rain.

21One day in the spring, the ploughing is easy.

22, February 2nd thunder, rice heavier hammer.

23. After the spring, all vientiane spring, paddy fields, ponds and other water began to evaporate, express the world spring has come.

24, in the year of double spring rain water, the year of spring good farming.

25The spring equinox peony, to the old do not blossom: peony flowers in summer, the spring equinox is too slow.

26Spring cold rain if spring, winter and cold rain scattered.

27Fat is not the spring rain, but the autumn frost.

28In the spring, there is a lot of land, and in the fall there is a great stone valley.

29Ray hit the Spring Festival, the sting of the rain.

30The spring equinox peony, to the old do not blossom.

31In spring, the weather is sunny and the Pepsi crop is good.

32People get up early in spring, and the people in the autumn are full.

33Three days of spring is fine.

34, the spring equinox has rain patients thin: vernal equinox day if it rains, fewer patients.

35Spring is the first year of the year.

36The fog will clear up in the spring, and the fog will flood in the summer.

37, water in spring, farmers worry.

38It is like the mud of a sting.

39Time and tide wait for no man.

40The spring day, as in December, is called early spring. If the sowing is not too early, it is too late to do it by season.

41No one is old enough to have a spring in one day.

42Before the spring equinox, there is a good harvest of beans: this is the agricultural phenomenon in northern Taiwan, and the south is relatively early.

43Spring rain is as expensive as oil.

44Spring has frost, when spring will rot.

45After spring, the climate is very changeable.

46The lunar New Year spring.

47The rain is poured on a lamp, and the sun is shining.

48. The six animals are uneasy.

49The spring equinox before the good cloth field, after the spring equinox good beans.

50, spring rain to qingming.

Recently we did a survey in our class in order to learn about students’

ideal jobs. Here’s a report about my group members’ ideas.

Mary wants to be a fashion designer because she likes beautiful clothes and

is good at drawing. Kate wants to be a gardener, she lives plants, and she wants

to make the cities better. Mike would like to be a writer. He’d like to share

his wonderful stories with others. Tom would like to be a cook. He’d like to

cook delicious food for others. I would like to be a policeman. I want to

protect the people safe.

Hopefully everyone can realize their dreams in the future.

dear mike,

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yours,

li hua

qing ming jie(all souls day)qing ming is a time to remember the dead and the dearly departed. more important, it is a period to honour and to pay respect to ones deceased ancestors and family members. because it reinforces the ethic of filial piety, qing ming is a major chinese festival.

literally meaning "clear" (qing) and "bright" (ming), this chinese festival falls in early spring, on the 106th day after the winter solstice. it is a "spring" festival, and it is an occasion for the whole family to leave the home and to sweep the graves of their forebears. chinese being practical people this sweeping of the graves is given an extended period, that is, 10 days before and after qing ming day. among some dialect groups a whole month is allocated.

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有两则关于同一条英语谚语Blood is thicker than water的译例。其一是“清水不浓血却浓”，其二是“血浓于水”。从字面上看，上述两则译例译得固然不错，似无可厚非。译文读起来很顺，又比较易懂，但读后似有不知所云之感。

这是因为译文的形象没能准确地传达出这条谚语的喻义来。

Longman Dictionary of English Idioms（p.28）上对这条谚语的解释是“The relationship between people of the same family is stronger than other，relationships”因此，这则谚语似可以借用汉语中一句俗语“亲不亲一家人”来译更能表达出“属于同一血缘关系的一家人比别人更亲近一些”的寓意。

语言是文化的表现形式。谚语同文学作品、诗歌一样是语言的精华。英语谚语是富于色彩的语言形式，一般具有生动形象、喻义明显、富于哲理的语言特征。在一定程度上，英语谚语反映了英语民族的文化特点。因此，翻译英语谚语时，仅仅以语言之间词汇的同义性（等价性）为前提，寻求对等的表现是不够的。译者须较多运用汉语的表现手段，力求能再现英语谚语的语言风格和丰富内涵。只有多注意英语谚语字面以外所特有的语言内涵色彩，才能使译文讽喻得当，宜于说理，又不失原来谚语所具有的语言形象。

某些英语谚语和汉语成语、俗语在表现形式和含义方面是一致的或基本一致的。汉译这些英语时，可惜用与其喻义相同或相近的成语或谚语及俗语直接对译。这样不但可以比较好地保持原文的神韵和形式，又使译文易于为读者或听者接受。如：

Pride comes before a fall．骄兵必败。

Amiss is as good as a mile.差之毫厘，失之千里。

Two is company，but three is none.两个和尚抬水吃，三个和尚无水吃。

Walls have ear.隔墙有耳。

Enough is as good as a feast．知足常乐。

有些英语谚语虽然在语言习惯和文化背景方面和其相对的汉语谚语之间存在着某些差异，而且所比喻的事物并不一样，但他们的喻义却相互吻合，而且表达方式也很相似，汉译这些英语谚语时，常常需要“易其形式，存其精神”，即采用形象近似的汉语成语意译。这样可使译文既喻义明显，又含而不露，且可再现原文所具有的语言效果，容易达意。如：

Two can play the game.孤掌难鸣。

Newbroom sweeps clean.新官上任三把火。

Speak of the devil，and he appears.说曹操，曹操到。

The grass is greener on the other side of the hill．这山望着那山高。

Putting the cart before the horse.本末倒置。

有些英语谚语意在言外，语言含蓄，寓意深刻。如果仅从字面意义直译成汉语，而不领会原文的具体含义及其效果，译文势必平淡无味。这样既不能表达意思，又有损于原文的语言形象和丰富内涵。因此，在翻译时，应在汉语中寻找那些与原文喻义相同或效果相似的成语、谚语或俗语来表达，则会使译文形象生动，准确达意。试比较下列各译例。

People who live in glass houses should not throw stones.如译成“住在玻璃房子里的人，不应扔石头”不如译成“己有过，勿正人”或“责人必先责己”。

In fair weather prepare for the foul．如译成“晴天要防阴天”，不如译成“有备无患”或“居安思危”或“未雨绸缪”。

Murder will out．如译成“谋杀终必败露”，不如译成“纸包不住火”。

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread．如译成“愚者敢闯天使不敢去的地方”，不如译成“初生牛犊不怕虎”。

One cannot make an omelette without breaking eggs.如译成“想吃煎蛋卷，就得打鸡蛋”，不如译成工“有得必有失”或甚至可以引申为“不破不立”。

如果所要翻译的谚语喻义清新，形象逼真，按其字面直译其意，就能表达出原文的喻义来，则可直译。这样做既能较完整地保存原文的表达方式，且又可丰富我们自己的语言文化，一举两得，请看下面的译例。

God helps those who help themselves.上帝帮助那些自己帮助自己的人。或“自助者天助之”。

Money is the root of all evil．金钱是万恶之源。

An empty sack cannot stand upright．空袋立不直。

Do as you would be done by. 以你所期望的别人待你的方式待人。

这与另一谚语： Don’t do unto others what you don’t want others do unto you.“己所不欲勿施于人”很相似。

Money talks.钱能通神。

有些英语谚语常常采用对称的修辞手段。使用这一修辞手段的目的在于加强语势，宜于说理，读后有心悦诚眼之感。汉译这些谚语时，应适当注意保持其修辞色彩，以便体现原文的表达方式。如：

You may take a horse to the water， but you can’t make it drink．

如果按字面译成，“你可以把马牵到河边去，但不能叫它饮水”至少是没有充分体现这句谚语本身所具有的强烈对比色彩。从语法分析的观点看，在这个句子里，情态动词may和can虽然都表示“可能”的，但在含义上有所不同。这里may表示“事实上的可能性”，而can则表示“逻辑上的可能性”。并列连词but使前后两个分句意义相反，对比色彩强烈。在这种情况下，译文也必须力求对偶整齐，前后呼应，形成对照。如将此句译作“牵马河边易，逼它饮水难”或“老牛不喝水，不能强按头”会更好些。

总之，即使像谚语这样孤立的语句，翻译时也需尽一番揣摩切磋之功，否则译文就可能与原文“貌合神离”，文不达意。译事艰辛也许正在于此。

Be Grateful to Our Parents Since we were born, many people help us a lot. We should be grateful to their kindness. But the ones we should show our greatest appreciation are our parents.

From the first day we appear in their lives, they give us all their love and care, but never expect anything in return. As long as they are there, we do not feel any difficulties, because they are always in front of our shelter, preventing us from difficulties and danger.

In order to make our lives better, learn better, they do everything they can to create the best conditions for us, but ignore their own needs. Therefore, we need to cherish parents’ love and repay their upbringing. We should treat them as they treat us.

I have a happy, happy family.

My father, the advantage. Dad ready to help others. Since we bought a printer back home. Relatives and friends need to print something, came to find my father. Gave the information to us, the friend went away. When he finished print, just call me to send it in the past. My mother said that here is bad there bad there.

Dad is very good at math, and sometimes I dont math problem you can ask him to help. He like the teacher, read the question first, yourself, the equations. After these ready, began to thin to speak up for me. The formula or the equations listed from that place, he said. Then let me repeat. It is difficult to imagine the math problem is a piece of cake in his hand. Every time he told me the topic, understand fast, high efficiency, less time consuming. This is a major bright spot.

My mother much more special, have financial and life, and nutrition. Want to buy something in the home, to her this. Moms food is delicious, and safety, and nutrition. Every cook according to her diet. My father is the most like to eat bacon, every time want to toward to my mother. Mother said: "eat many bacon can harm the body, should eat less." So our bacon rarely eat, bacon this year and last year. It is hard to want to these.

My brother is the most naughty home, one of the most annoying people. He is the most headache, when you eat. You dont give he said a good word, he is not to eat. He is running around the house while eating, also cant catch him. After we finished eating, he is still in a bite to eat slowly. When he was playing in the room, dont know how many things he broke.

Look, this is our family. The typical character in our house is my brother.

我有一个快乐，幸福的大家庭。

我的爸爸，优点特别多。爸爸乐于助人。自从我们家里买了一台打印机回来以后。亲戚朋友们需要什么要打印的东西时，就找我爸爸来了。把资料给了我们，朋友就走了。等他打印完的时候，就叫我把它送过去。我妈妈就在那里说这里不好那里不好的。

爸爸的数学学的很好，有时我不会的数学题就可以请教他来帮助。他就像老师一样，先把题读了，自己做好，列出方程。这些做好了以后，就开始给我细细的讲了起来。那个算式或那个等式是从那个地方列出来的，他说完后。然后就让我重复。再难的数学题在他手上是小菜一碟。每次他给我讲题时，懂得快，效率高，费时少。这就是他的一大亮点。

我妈妈管的事特别多，有金融，生活，营养。家里要买什么东西，要过她这一关才行。妈妈做的饭菜又好吃，又安全，又营养。每天做饭都要按照她的食谱走。我爸爸是最喜欢吃腊肉的人，每次想吃时就要向着我妈去要。妈妈说：“吃多了腊肉会伤害到身体的，要少吃。”所以我们家的腊肉很少吃，去年的腊肉今年还有。想吃到这些是很难的。

我的弟弟是家里最调皮的，最烦的一个人了。他吃饭的时候，是最头痛的。你不给他说好话，他是不会吃的。他吃饭时还在屋子里到处跑，抓也抓不住他。等我们吃完了以后，他还在一口一口地慢慢吃。他在屋子里玩时，不知他弄坏了多少东西。

瞧，这就是我们这一家子。我们家的典型人物就是我的弟弟。

每年都有很多考生问老师，怎么提高写作？除了阅读，考研英语中占分值最大的就是写作。对于各位考研学子，大家无论学习阅读还是写作，首先要弄清楚一个问题，什么叫做好句子？

好句子绝不仅仅是把主谓宾或者主系表堆砌在一起。好句子具有一些特点。如果同学们能够把握这些特点，那么相信大家一定能够提升作文句式的表达。下面英语老师跟大家分享一下好句子的特点。

特点一：整体性

句子的整体性：即能表达单独的、完整的思想。

Eg. Born in a small town in South China in the early 50s, he grew up to be a famous musician.

【分析】这个句子表达了两层思想：1. Born in a small town出生在一个小镇 2. grew up to be a musician.长大成为了音乐家。这个句子应该分成两句来写。除此之外，还需要增加一些信息来连接两层思想。

【提升】He was born in a small town in South China in the early 50s. In his childhood he liked to sing. Later he entered a music conservatory. In the 70s, he grew up to be an accomplished musician.

特点二：连贯性

句子的连贯性：即能清晰地连接句子的各个部分，没有虚假的平行结构，没有指代不请的代词，没有不清晰的句内关系。

Eg. Upon entering the classroom, the students stood up and said, "good morning!"

【分析】这个句子从语法来讲是正确的，但是句内关系不清楚，到底谁进入了教室？

【提升】When the teacher entered the classroom, the students stood up and said, "good morning!"

Eg. Elizabeth and I enjoy walking, to ski, travel and teaching university students.

【分析】这个句子的连贯性较差，可以利用平行结构来体现连贯性。

【提升】Elizabeth and I enjoy walking, skiing, traveling and teaching university students.

特点三：准确性

句子的准确性指句子内部没有不准确的，不必要的词。

Eg. He returned in the early part of the month of August.

【分析】这个句子感觉有故意写长之嫌，需要精简。

【提升】He returned in early August.

特点四：重点突出

好的句子应该重点突出，词的选择，词的重复都有助于句子的重点突出。

Eg. When the bank robbers entered the bank they yelled, "dont move!"

【分析】这个句子比较平淡，可以修改一下动词。

【提升】When the bank robbers rushed into the bank they yelled, "dont move!"

特点五：语法正确，句式多变

句式多变指句子长短结合。如果全篇都是复杂的长难句，文章读起来会晦涩难懂，并且有挑衅阅卷人之嫌。反之，全篇都是短句，感觉有侮辱阅卷人之感。

Eg. Daisy, who was the first-year student of college, would go to a par near her school every day in morning, she would bring a small recorder with her, in park she would find quiet corner and listen to a tape of English stories.

【分析】这个句子不仅仅存在语法问题，另外还有完整性，准确性问题。

【提升】Daisy, a first-year college student, enjoys studying in the park near her school. Each morning she brings a small recorder, finds a quiet corner in the park, and listens to a tape of English stories.

如果同学们在写句子的时候，注意以上五点，相信大家一定能够写出正确，完整，准确的英文句子。

The main importance of goal setting is that it provides us with direction and purpose. When we have goals, we know what we want to achieve so that we can focus our mindson a single worthwhile target and avoid getting distracted easily. Personal goal setting also provides us with motivation to achieve what we want to achieve.

Goal setting is of especial significance for today’s students. A study reveals that when students set goals, they learn the importance of taking responsibility, of minimizing excuses and of helping others. Goal setting is a lifelong skill that first helps students succeed in school and then later in life.