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1000介绍故宫英语作文
全文共 1844 字
+ 加入清单The majestic the Imperial Palace museum is a world famous one of the Royal buildings.
Into the Tiananmen, through the side door, gate, came to the gate, a large palace show in my eyes, this is the office of the Taihe palace, after the temple came to the temple and temple, and there is. Each house has Zhu Hong walls and gates, the roof is covered with yellow glazed tiles. After then, then turn a corner, I saw a small door in the door, look right, see nine, nine engraved with nine dragons, their colors are white, blue, yellow, black four kinds of shapes of them, no two are the same. Over history, then from the left door into the room to watch. When I entered the room when I watch, startled, apparently came to the bell of the Kingdom, the clock of the ocean, big and small Guzhong row upon row of, a mahogany clock fan a superb collection of beautiful things, characters, gilded bronze green shark skin chronometer, clepsydra, hardwood carved since the name of clock, there are 1000 kinds of clock. The watch room, turn a circle came to the Imperial Garden, Imperial Garden, beautiful scenery, there are four flowers, the flowers are not welcome, that kind of opened again. There is a rockery in the middle of the garden, and the rockery is more beautiful under the cover of the surrounding grass.
The Imperial Palace Museum, the beautiful scenery everywhere, not to say that, I hope you have a chance to appreciate.
雄伟壮观的故宫博物院是世界闻名的皇家建筑群之一。
走进天安门,经过端门,午门,就来到太和门,一座高大的宫殿展现在我的眼前,这就是皇上办公的太和殿,经过太和殿就来到中和殿,过了中和殿就是保和殿。每个殿都有朱红的宫墙和大门,屋顶上盖的是黄色的琉璃瓦。过了保和殿,再拐个弯,就看到一个小门,进了门,向右看,就看见九龙壁,九龙壁上刻着九条龙,它们的颜色分别是白,蓝,黄,黑四种,它们的形状各异,没有哪两条是相同的。过了九龙壁,再从左边小门进去,就来到钟表室。当我进入钟表室时,我不禁愕然,分明是来到钟的王国,钟的海洋,大大小小的古钟鳞次栉比,琳琅满目,有红木人物风扇钟,铜镀金绿鲨鱼皮天文钟,铜壶滴漏,硬木雕花自名钟等,一共有钟表1000多种。过了钟表室,转个圈儿就来到御花园,御花园景色优美,四季都有花开,这一种花还没有谢,那一种又开了。花园中间有个假山,在周围小草的掩映下,假山更漂亮了。
故宫博物院到处有美丽的景色,说也说不尽,希望有机会你去细细赏玩。
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篇1:初中英语作文大全
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+ 加入清单The night of November 12th, 2010 was indeed a glorious night for our Chines, because the Opening Ceremony of Asian Games was held on Haixinsha Island in Guangzhou. Over 7000 people took part in it.
All of the performances were impressive, but the most interesting one was Sail on Cloud. During that programme, 180 performers were hung in the air to dance. How wonderful it was! Every audience burst out praise. I couldn’t help shouting. But it was a pity that I just watched it from TV. How I wish I were there!
篇2:自我介绍初中生的
全文共 589 字
+ 加入清单那个她,个不高,爱笑,不长的马尾束在脑后,每天都嘻嘻哈哈、大大咧咧的。性格开朗、外向又乐观,我很了解她。她喜欢笑,喜欢闹,喜欢到处蹦蹦跳跳,哪里都会有她活跃的身影。
那个她口才真的很好,那技术,可真不是一般人能练出来的。而练过跆拳道的她,甚至打架技术也一流,同学都不敢惹她,一旦惹上了。吵也吵不过,打更打不过,那可就麻烦大了!可是她到现在,还没真正打过人呢!
那个她也奇怪,别人喜欢香浓的奶茶,可口的可乐,酸酸甜甜的橙汁。而她,却喜欢绿茶。喜欢绿茶的淡雅,绿茶的清香,喜欢绿茶的甜中带苦。他觉得,喝绿茶真的是一种享受。
他也善变,变得还很离谱。在家长老师眼里,她很乖,是一个人见人爱的乖乖女;而在同学面前,她又变得酷酷的,几乎做的每一个动作都是那么潇洒。
那个她很能干,却很笨。每次让她完成一件任务的时候,看起来好像挺精干,但仔细去斟酌,漏洞百出,她只是不仔细,做事毛毛糙糙的,跟他说了多少遍,要学会精益求精,可她怎么也做不到、
那个她也很倒霉,那些该出现的,不该出现的倒霉事,都会拐着弯地降临到她头上。其实也怪她自己,大大咧咧、笨手笨脚的。
那个她乐于助人,并不是出于良心而是她的人际关系太好了,每次路见不平,就顺便拔刀相助。次数多了,自然而然地也就演变成了乐于助人。
好了,她的介绍写完了。兴高采烈地拿去给爸爸看。爸爸看了,笑着摸了摸我的头,说:“傻孩子,她像你。”
哦?像我?那就是我吧!
篇3:面试英语自我介绍实用内容
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+ 加入清单part-time job: 兼职工作
full-time: 全职
position / vacancy: 职位,空缺
manager: 经理
director: 主任
president: 董事长,总经理
General Manager: 总经理
salesperson: 推销员
engineer: 工程师
accountant: 会计
degree: 学位
introduce:(动词)介绍
introduction: (名词)介绍
Let me introduce myself. / Let me do some introduction. 让我来介绍一下自己。
Which aspect do you want to know about me?
或者 What do you want to know about myself? 您想知道我哪方面的情况?
1. I noticed that you advertised a job in this morning’s paper. 我看到你们在今早的报纸上刊登的招聘广告。
2. I’m coming for your advertisement for …. 我是来应聘你们广告上的……职位的。
3. I have applied for the position of …. 我申请了贵公司的……职位。
4. Do you have any job for a part-timer? 你们需要兼职吗?
5. I’d like to know if you need any full-time secretary. 我想知道你们是否需要全职秘书?
6. I’m looking for a job. Are there any vacancies? 我在找工作,请问你们有空缺吗?
面试英语自我介绍的常用句型
1. I got a degree in Literature and took a course in typing. 我获得了文学学士学位,还学过打字。
2. I haven’t done anything like that before. 我以前没有做过这种工作。
3. I think I’m quite fit for assistant’s job. 我觉得我很适合做助理的工作。
4. I used to work as a sale’s manager. 我以前做销售经理。
5. I’m quite familiar with editing. 我做过很多编辑工作。
6. I want a job with a vacation every year. 我想找个每年都能度假的工作。
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8. I worked in the accounting section of a manufacturer of electrical products. 我曾在电子产品制造商的会计组工作。
9. I love playing tennis. 我喜欢打网球。
篇4:自我介绍英语含翻译
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+ 加入清单Everyone is good, I should be more obedient, I like green, blue in my heart is a symbol of freedom, happiness and loveliness. I wont be furious when Im angry, but I just face it.
Remember again, my deskmate clashed with another classmate, my deskmate fell in my bag, my bag is pressed by him, I was very angry, picked up his pen to fling caution to the winds and threw all of a sudden, pencil, pen, ruler of the fly.
Look at it! I can lose my temper in some times, but most of the time will be very obedient. Are you willing to be my friend?
篇5:介绍美国的英语
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+ 加入清单After a brief reunion with our American aunt, we soon embarked on a trip to the east of the United States. Our first stop was New York.
On July 21, we got up at 6:30 am and after more than half an hours drive, we came to Wall Street. There was a bull in the street, and I took many photos with my parents. After that, we went to the Empire State Building and passed through security. Then, lets go through the winding corridor to the elevator, and soon, a delicate elevator will we carry on the 80 layer, through the 80th floor of pictures and words, I understand the process of the Empire State Building construction in the 1830 s, the U.S. government in 400 days time built the 102th floor of the Empire State Building, is a miracle. Were on the 86th floor, and the 86th floor is a sightseeing layer that can get a full view of New York City. Then we went to the met and saw the Egyptian temple, the dunhuang murals, the longyan grottoes and so on
Then we followed the guide to the intrepid America and saw the American space agency NASAs space shuttle.
Finally, we went to times square, but I didnt buy anything I liked.
篇6:自我介绍800字初中作文
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+ 加入清单她有一头漂亮的乌发,她有一双明亮的大眼睛,她有一个能说会道的嘴巴,她就是我--王媛!
我的优点?嗨,那可太多了:优雅、端庄、开朗……我的爱好?那就是画画、围棋、书法等等等等。我的缺点?呜--有吗!应该有吧,只不过,只不过有一点点马虎,有一点点莽撞而已了。下面就给你一一讲解。
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平时样样都好的我就有一个致命的、巨大的缺点,那就是时不时地马虎。这两天,作业一发下来,我就非常郁闷:“怎么还是九十八分?”回家一看,耶?不对,老师给我改错了。让妈妈一看,她便大声说:“老师没改错,这明明就是你写错了,再看看吧。”我赶忙接过作业,耶?还不对,我怎么写错了,刚才还对着呢,我又想了想,嗨,我原本以为那句话是对的,就给画了个对号,没想到人家往后空了几格,画了一个叉,让人判断。我真是太马虎了,这个让人头痛的问题,我一定要解决。生活中,我还经常发生像电影里周星驰一样的笑话--着啥啥败、摸啥啥坏,没办法,妈妈总跟在后面一边大呼“莽撞”,一边愤愤地收拾残局。
这就是我,一个有趣的小姑娘。你愿意成为我的新朋友吗?愿意陪着我度过接下来的小学生活吗?如果愿意,就一定告诉我呦!
篇7:介绍春节的英语
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+ 加入清单My plan of next year
A new year ,a new start,when I stand on the edge of a new year,I can#39;t help thinking about my plan of next year.
Just as the old saying:"Well began is the half of the success."So I decide that I should be at work while the others are still relaxing ,and then ,at the beginning ,I#39;m quicker than the others and of course I will get better result than the others.
But ,what I really decide to do is that I must make good of anytime I can spare though it seems impossible. While,I will do my best to live up with what I have planned,and the result will prove it.
篇8:中学英语作文自我介绍
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+ 加入清单self-introduction自我介绍
Introducing yourself is very important when you meet new people. You always want to make a good impression when telling others about yourself. Allow me to introduce myself.
当你认识新的人时,介绍自己是非常重要的。你一定会想要在告诉别人有关自己的事时,给别人留下好印象。让我来介绍我自己。
My name is Pat and Im from Taiwan. Right now, Im a student. I study very hard every day. I like going to school because Im eager to learn. I enjoy learning English. Its my favorite class. I like to make friends and I get along with everyone. This is the introduction I give whenever I meet new people. It tells people a little bit about me and about what I like to do.
我的名字是派特,我来自台湾。我现在是学生。我每天都很用功念书。我喜欢上学,因为我渴望学习。我喜欢学英文。那是我最喜欢的课程。我喜欢交朋友,而且我和每个人都处得很好。这就是我每次认识新的人时,所作的自我介绍。它可以告诉别人一点关于我的事,还有我喜欢做什么。
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篇9:初中英语作文大全之我的喜好
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+ 加入清单我们每个人都有着不同的爱好,下面老师就为同学们带来一篇关于我的喜好的范文,供同学们写作参考。
Dear friend,
My name is Wang Lin . Now I live in Hangzhou , China. I want to find a pen pal in England. I’m now 14 years old . I speak Chinese .And I can speak a little English. I like sports ,swimming is my favorite . I also like playing the computer games . My favorite subject in school is math. I like to
go to movies with my friends. My favorite movie is Beauty and Beast . Now I live with my parents .
Can you write to me soon ?
Wang Lin
我们也许会喜欢唱歌,也许会喜欢跳舞,也有可能喜欢看书,但都有一个共同的特点,那就是我们都有自己喜欢的东西。
篇10:我的班级初中英语作文
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+ 加入清单My Class
here are forty-two students in my class, with 25boys and 17girls. It’s an active class, and the reason may be that the boys are more than girls. The classroom atmosphere of our class is very good, because we interact with teachers quite often. Our classmates are all united and helpful to each other. We often organize some activities to enhance the relationship between classmates and our regular activity is the English Day in every two weeks that we can only speak English during recess. Maybe it sounds a little difficult but it really funny and classmates enjoy it very much.
篇11:初中英语
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+ 加入清单The teacher set up the summer homework. Good guy, that damned language
teacher actually call us to the 4th grade the old poem famous quote to copy 8
times! By this time, the roof of the classroom was "overturned". The students
were Shouting at each other. I myself comfort myself: nothing, dont copy 8
times, the big deal I make quick, still do not change plan.
Another day after that, my classmate xiao sheng called me to study
taekwondo with her. After the family discussed, I decided to let me go to
school. Then the cousin called again and said, "hello, yueyue, stay for a few
days during the summer vacation! I will teach you to draw pictures, by the way!"
"Really? Thats great! I must come!" By this time, I had forgotten to plan and
threw it out of the clouds.
When I look at the schedule, I have found that I am completely filled with
the schedule and time is not enough. How to do? Only a little bit of time... But
in comparison, none of them are free. That how to do? Can only be changed. What
better? Well, I only had a three-hour nap to learn taekwondo... That way, my
summer vacation will be "ample". What a bad summer!
篇12:用英语做两分钟自我介绍
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+ 加入清单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 .(General Introduction)
I was graduated from Qingdao university. my major is electronic.and I got my bachelor degree after my graduation in the year of 2015. During university, I spent most of my time on study so that I have passed CET4/6 .and acquired basic knowledge of my major.(Education background) 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.
Thats all. Thank you for giving me the chance.
篇13:描述春节的初中英语作文
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+ 加入清单The Spring Festival is our Chinese nation an important festival to couplets, firecrackers, etc. staying-up late on new years Eve, pay New Years call. Different nationalities have different customs.
In the year thirty, our family changed new clothes and attached new Spring Festival couplets to welcome the arrival of the new year. In the evening, our family eats dumplings. The dumplings have a moral meaning: the money is rolling. Because dumplings are like a treasure, in ancient times Yuan Bao was money. Not certain staying-up late on new years Eve "spring", not "spring", there is no meaning staying-up late on new years eve. We were sitting on the sofa, laughing and laughing, watching the Spring Festival evening, and it was happy.
On the first day of the year, my father and I were sitting in their own car, walking on the new road. Although the cold wind was sharp, it was still very happy. When I arrived at Grandmas house, I got a big red bag with my grandmother for a year and thought: "Im rich this year!" And then the neighbours of grandmas neighborhood had a year of worship. Then came to the great uncles house, came to the great uncles house, and went to the paradise of the book, with the story, the science, the art... After dinner at the great uncles house, I received a red bag and some books, and I had to digest the books a little bit. Its a pleasure to come to the great uncles house.
Im really happy this year. Its a happy Spring Festival!
篇14:介绍家乡菜英语作文
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+ 加入清单Each place has its own unique delicacy, in my hometown, many snacks, when the number of the most famous mung bean jelly.
Mung bean jelly although the approach is very simple, but it is a sigh. The production method is: first with warm water to soak mung bean, and then use the powder machine to grind, ground into a slurry, with a filter basket, then leave mung bean powder, mung bean powder and water according to a proper proportion of blending, boiled, Sheng and pot inside, let it cool, forming, can the. Eat when you can put some spices, if you love to eat spicy, add some chili oil, to keep you cool home, jelly on the table, a fragrant smell, is full of high streets and back lanes irresistible fragrance.
The jelly taste good. When you put the jelly in the mouth, also did not eat, then slipped into the belly, suddenly, full of fragrance. I still love to eat spicy, so every time you eat, are sweating, even if the flow so much sweat, but still love to eat more, eat more, eat more so our family became a frequent visitor to the Museum of jelly.
There are a lot of people love to eat bean jelly, so mung bean jelly has become my hometowns most famous delicacy.
Such delicious food is already let you unable to hide greeds, what are you waiting for? Come to my hometown and taste it!
篇15:中考英语作文范文自我介绍500字
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+ 加入清单根据以下要点提示写一篇60-80词的短文。
1、在学校学习汉语、英语、数学、历史和一些其他学科;
2、我学习很努力,最喜欢的学科是英语,经常找机会练习英语;
3、现在中国已经加入世贸组织wto,并且2008年奥运会将在北京举行,英语正变得越来越重要;
4、我将更加努力学习英语,将来为祖国作贡献。
I study Chinese、English、maths and History and some other subject at school.I study hard. My favorite subject is English.I often find chance to practice English.China has joined WTO and Beijing will host the 2008 Olympics,English is more and more important .I will study hard and be dedicate to my homeland.
篇16:自我介绍日记400字初中
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+ 加入清单面对镜中的这个小女孩,高高的个子,细细的眉毛下有一双水汪汪的大眼睛。一头乌黑的短发,样子像个假小子。
这就是我。
我的性格活泼开朗,嫉恶如仇,看到不公平的事就会大发脾气,去年,我发现班上有一些同学抄袭作文,我狠狠的批评了他们,吓得他们再也不敢抄袭作文了。
至于开朗,不假,正因为这样,人们才更容易走进我的内心世界,所以,我在班上人缘很好,有许多好朋友。
我很喜欢看书。不,是嗜书如命,因为这个原因让我对写作有着特殊的情感,我的作文成绩在班上名列前茅,小有名气。
说到这里,也许有人会说了,你把自己夸成一朵花了,就没有一点缺点吗?
惭愧,惭愧,人是吃五谷杂粮的哪能没有缺点呢?我的缺点就是粗心大意,因为这四个字,让本人考试屡次受损。
我十分喜欢语文,因为语文的世界丰富多彩,数学相对就死板一些了。
我觉得世界上没有过不去的坎儿,只要努力,成功就会在不远的地方向你招手。
我将继续努力,发扬优点,克服缺点,更上一层楼。
这就是我,一个对未来充满自信,对生活充满希望的我。
篇17:祝贺朋友初中英语作文
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+ 加入清单I have a good friend, when I was five years old, I met her, she is my neighbor, we became friends and play together all the time. Last week, my friend took part in the female basketball match, she is good at basketball, so I encouraged her to join our school team. The team played so well that they came to the final yesterday, the match was so excellent, at last, my friend’s team won the first place, I feel so happy, I plan to buy her a present and congratulate her. I feel so proud of her, she inspires me, too. We give each other encourage to move on. We will be good friends forever.
我有一个好朋友,在我五岁的时候,我就遇到了她,她是我的邻居,我们成为了好朋友,一直在一起玩耍。上周,我的朋友参加了女子篮球比赛,她很擅长篮球,所以我鼓励她加入校队。她的队伍打得很好,昨天打入了决赛,比赛很精彩,最后,我的朋友的队伍赢得了第一名,我感到很开心。我打算给她买一个礼物,祝贺她。我为她感到自豪,她也鼓励了我。我们给予彼此勇气前进。我们永远都是好朋友。
篇18:初中自我介绍作文
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+ 加入清单从很小的时候开始,我的父母和老师就教育我要做一个爱祖国、有目标、勤奋上进、积极乐观、身心健康、拥有优良道德品质的人。
平时,我能做到礼貌待人,懂得感恩,懂得回报。对人真诚热情,乐于助人,能和同学团结友爱。记得有一次,坐在我后面的两位同学吵了起来,其中一个同学把另一个同学的文具扔了一地。我默默地把这些文具捡了起来,告诉他们能成为同桌就是一种缘分,应该将心比心,互相谅解。后来他们成了很好的朋友。如果我与同学有了矛盾,我总是尽量让大事化小,小事化了。我觉得只要心怀宽容,没有解决不了的矛盾。所以同学们都愿意和我做朋友。
从小我就树立了一个目标:要做一个健康快乐,有文化有内涵的人。所以我一直严格要求自己,勤奋学习,珍惜时间,合理安排时间。我认真及时地完成老师布置的各项任务,学习成绩优异,年年被评为“三好学生”。我还抓紧一切可以利用的时间,大量阅读各种课外读物,这大大扩展了我的视野和知识面。
然而,人不可能总是一帆风顺,我也会遇到困难和挫折。当我考试不够理想时,我也会失落。但妈妈告诉我,关注分数是没有意义的,更加值得我们关注的是成绩下降的原因。是平时学习有了懈怠,上课听讲不够认真,作业马虎?是做试题时不够细心?还是试卷出的有难度?这些都有可能造成成绩下滑。所以,每次我都能很好地调整自己的心态,重新出发。
我长得比较瘦弱,体育的很多项目不够优秀,可我并不灰心。我知道,尺有所长,寸有所短。不管做什么,只要尽力就可以了。没必要过分地计较得与失,更没必要事事争第一。我觉得保持积极乐观的心态很重要。
少年强则国强,少年进步则国进步!我愿为祖国之崛起而奋发读书!
篇19:年夜饭介绍英语作文
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+ 加入清单With the progress of the times, we have made a great change in China, and the night dinner is a good witness.
The words at the end of twentieth Century, on every new years Eve every family all at home with a big "blessing" word, in a small square table placed on delicious food, a family of three sat at the table, eating reeky meals, laughing and talking. "Its another year, Im going to be a year old again!" One wearing glasses, wearing a white tunic grandfather holding a cigarette said with a smile. The opposite wearing flower jacket grandmother holding chopsticks, answered: "yes, my son grow up, we are old." "Dad, mom, you are still young, not so fast..." After only listening to a young man in a black suit, the two old men laughed. Dont look at this years night meal simple, simple, in fact it is very warm. This is a warm years dinner.
The evening meal in the early twenty-first Century was quite different from that in the past. This time they came to the hotel, and hotel, there is a lively scene. Look, a bright ribbon hanging on the wall, a large "Fu" word in the middle. A pair of couplets is especially attractive: Happy Spring Festival and auspicious new year. Hengpi: good luck in everything. Look at the table again, and the delicacy is full of the table. Two men, the father and son, sit at the round table and raise their glasses. The son says, "Dad, Ill give you a cup and wish you health." Dad laughed and said, "good, good." After talking about his neck, he drank the wine at one breath, and the son drank the glass too. The wife holds the little baby in the middle of the sleep. Look, the little guy is asleep in her mothers arms. My mother stood beside my father, smiled and said: "Oh, today is really happy ah!" Oh, this is a happy dinner.
Todays night dinner is simply not the same as before. Son drove white to "fly", carrying on elderly parents, wife and children have grown up, smiling. The son said, "Dad, mom, now living conditions are good, high technology everywhere." Mom and dad nodded frequently and said, "yes, yes!" Under the "flying number", it is a high building with different shapes, triangular and rectangular shapes. Oh, this is a high tech years dinner.
The day and night, the better and better, reflects the change of our China and wishes China more prosperity and prosperity.
篇20:有关交流英语作文初中
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+ 加入清单Clearly if we are to participate in the society in which we live we must
communicate with other people.
A great deal of communicating is performed on a person-to-person basis by
the simple means of speech.
If we travel in buses, buy things in shops, or eat in restaurants, we are
likely to have conversations where we give information or opinions, receive news
or comment, and very likely have our views challenged by other members of
society.
Face-to-face contact is by no means the only form of communication and
during the last two hundred years the art of mass communication has become one
of the dominating factors of contemporary society.
Firstly, inventiveness has led to advances in printing, telecommunications,
photography, radio and television.
Secondly, speed has revolutionized the transmission and reception of
communications so that local news often takes a back seat to national news,
which itself is often almost eclipsed by international news.
No longer is the possession of information confined to a privileged
minority.
In the last century the wealthy man with his own library was indeed
fortunate, but today there are public libraries.
Forty years ago people used to flock to the cinema, but now far more people
sit at home and turn on the TV to watch a program that is being channeled into
millions of homes.
Communication is no longer merely concerned with the transmission of
information.
The modern communication industry influences the way people live in society
and broadens their horizons by allowing access to information, education and
entertainment.
The printing, broadcasting and advertising industries are all involved with
informing, educating and entertaining.
Although a great deal of the material communicated by the mass media is
very valuable to the individual and to the society of which he is a part, the
vast modern network of communications is open to abuse.
However, the mass media are with us for better, for worse, and there is no
turning back.