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初中生的英文自我介绍

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Hello: My name is **,I like sports very much.I am good at swimming.I also like riging a bike.Because my home is far from school,I ride to school everyday.I admire my English teacher very much!

A different people have different ideas. I think the most important thing for me is having a good relationship with my family members and my friends. My family has always been very closeknit?and my friend sand I spend a lot of time together. Without that I would be much less happy than I am. I’m afraid I’m a poor talker. I’m not comfortable talking with the people whom I have just met for the first time. That is not very good for business?so I have been studying public speaking.I don’t like regular work. I am interested in different projects with new opport unities and new challenge?but I can do regular work if the company needs me to do so.

I always approach things very enthusiastically. When I beg in something?I don’t like to leave it halfdone. I can’t concentrate on something new until the first thing is finished.

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篇1:亚运会志愿者英文自我介绍

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Hello everybody, my name is xx. Is the xx school students. Very pleased to be able to participate in the Expo volunteers interview, also very grateful to the school for giving me this opportunity and hope through this interview, so I can become a glorious and sacred Expo volunteers.

In my mind, a new generation of young volunteers are responsible and dedicated, without asking, a symbol of selfless dedication.

As a professional student exhibition, the first day of school I took my Expo tight, organic link, looking forward to one day into the Expo, more profound, more direct understanding of the Expo.

Now I have the opportunity near the Expo, more eager I am able to participate as a volunteer in the Expo, I will use what I learned, the enthusiasm for the World Expo services, and through my efforts, to our great, Beautiful China has shown in front of the world, and let the world understand China, love China.

I believe I am capable volunteers for the job. Sincerely look forward to receive the honor. Thank you!

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篇2:体育老师自我介绍英文

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体育老师自我介绍英文要怎么写呢?下面是小编整理的体育老师 自我介绍英文,欢迎大家阅读!

Respected school leaders:

Hello!

It is a great honor for me to have the opportunity to come here for an interview this year, and it is particularly precious to this opportunity. At the same time, through this interview, I can also show myself to everyone, I hope you can remember me, below to introduce my basic situation.

My name is XX, and I come from beautiful XX. Cheerful, lovely image has a baby face, born with a calm, kind heart, School of professional skills, positive thinking, through years of learning, have more confidence in the preschool education work, I love children, my personality and my age in the industry, I want to find a fine work, after all these years I have been studying preschool education, is hoping to become an excellent preschool teacher, although I graduate, but before I go to the kindergarten internship, work, is to increase the personal experience, summed up how to better make children the joy of learning, how to protect children. Hope to give children is the best education. I hope you can give me a chance, and you will see a better me.

I used to work in the XXX kindergarten in XXX kindergarten has worked in different positions, I began to work in XX, followed by the kindergarten to XX, have certain working experience, made some achievements in their work, but also by the recognition of the kindergarten. Work through the years I learned a lot of knowledge, but also cultivate my firm and indomitable will and care for childrens spirit; and I feel that my enthusiasm has not been excited to the highest, I love my work, but everyone is constantly looking for better results, my self cognition let me feel your kindergarten is a correct choice, these strengthened my confidence and determination for your kindergarten. So I participated in this kindergarten and applied for XX. If I can succeed in this interview, I believe I can get training and development opportunities in XX.

As the saying goes: the ship can not have no direction, life can not be ideal, and I would like to become a selfless young teacher. If I pass the interview and become a member of many kindergarten teachers, I will continue to study and work hard, bring more joy and knowledge to all my children, and never fail to honor the honorable title of "the engineer of human soul".

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篇3:楚门的世界英文观后感

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Unusually intelligent Jim Carrey movie - a provocative and prescient media satire. Puts Big Brother and the current spate of docu-soaps firmly into perspective Truman Burbank (Carrey) is a happily married insurance salesman living a normal life in a small American town so perfect that he has never felt the need or desire to leave it. He has a loving wife (Linney), and a loyal best buddy (Emmerich). Life is good until one morning a stage light drops from the skies and shatters on the ground perilously close to him. It is the trigger that sets him questioning everything around him. What is behind the facades of the buildings he has never entered? Why do people seem to be travelling around him in a perfectly synchronized loop? What is going on outside his home-town? Truman is, it turns out, the unwitting star of a top-rated 24-hour-a-day TV docu-soap. Under the careful critical scrutiny to which it has been subjected, the plot turns out not to be watertight. This is to miss the point of what is a hilarious and breathtakingly conceived satire which also allows Carrey to edge away from broad comedy. The Truman Show is also oddly moving and has, as you would expect from a Weir film, a pronounced metaphysical slant with Ed Harris playing the shows archly named producer/creator Christof. Verdict One of the cinematic highlights of the 1990s, The Truman Show is up there with Weirs very best work.

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篇4:英文介绍中秋节的来历

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the mid-autumn festival falls on the 15th day of the 8th lunar month, usually in october in gregorian calendar.

每年农历八月十五日,是传统的中秋佳节。这时是一年秋季的中期,所以被称为中秋。

the festival has a long history. in ancient china, emperors followed the rite of offering sacrifices to the sun in spring and to the moon in autumn. historical books of the zhou dynasty had had the word "mid-autumn". later aristocrats and literary figures helped expand the ceremony to common people. they enjoyed the full, bright moon on that day, worshipped it and expressed their thoughts and feelings under it. by the tang dynasty (618-907), the mid-autumn festival had been fixed, which became even grander in the song dynasty (960-1279). in the ming (1368-1644) and qing (1644-1911) dynasties, it grew to be a major festival of china.

中秋节有悠久的历史,和其它传统节日一样,也是慢慢发展形成的,古代帝王有春天祭日,秋天祭月的礼制,早在《周礼》一书中,已有“中秋”一词的记载。后来贵族和文人学士也仿效起来,在中秋时节,对着天上又亮又圆一轮皓月,观赏祭拜,寄托情怀,这种习俗就这样传到民间,形成一个传统的活动,一直到了唐代,这种祭月的风俗更为人们重视,中秋节才成为固定的节日,《唐书·太宗记》记载有“八月十五中秋节”,这个节日盛行于宋朝,至明清时,已与元旦齐名,成为我国的主要节日之一。

folklore about the origin of the festival go like this: in remote antiquity, there were ten suns rising in the sky, which scorched all crops and drove people into dire poverty. a hero named hou yi was much worried about this, he ascended to the top of the kunlun mountain and, directing his superhuman strength to full extent, drew his extraordinary bow and shot down the nine superfluous suns one after another. he also ordered the last sun to rise and set according to time. for this reason, he was respected and loved by the people and lots of people of ideals and integrity came to him to learn martial arts from him. a person named peng meng lurked in them.

相传,远古时候天上有十日同时出现,晒得庄稼枯死,民不聊生,一个名叫后羿的英雄,力大无穷,他同情受苦的百姓,登上昆仑山顶,运足神力,拉开神弓,一气射下九个多太阳,并严令最后一个太阳按时起落,为民造福。后羿因此受到百姓的尊敬和爱戴,不少志士慕名前来投师学艺,心术不正的蓬蒙也混了进来。

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篇5:面试时英文自我介绍

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Good afternoon (morning), professors:

It is my great pleasure to be here. My name is mingmingzhou , graduated from Computer Science Department of Wuhan University.During my four-year study in the university as an under-graduate student, I have built up a solid foundation of professional knowledge, as well as a rich experience of social activities. I am a determined person, always willing to achieve higher goals.

Whats more, I am good at analysis, with a strong sense of cooperation. All of these led me to the success of passing the first round of the entrance examination to the Masters degree. Personally, I am very humorous and easy-going, enjoying a good relationship among my classmates.

In my spare time, I like to read books regarding how to be myself and how to deal with problems. Music and movies are my favorite entertainments. As for my sport interest, I could not deny my greatest interest is football. Playing this game brings me a lot of glory, happiness and passion.

All in all, Wuhan University, with a highly qualified faculty and strong academic environment is the university I have long admired. I believe that I am a very qualified applicant for admission into your Master of IT program and can contribute to the enrichment or diversity of your university.

Thank you for your attention!

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篇6:介绍世界文化遗产400字

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长城,一听就知道它很长,很多人都喜欢去爬,不过大多数人都会累得要死。所以它到底有多长呢?古人为什么要活受罪把它建得这么长呢?

长城始建于2000多年前的春秋战国时期,秦朝统一中国后开始修建。汉明两代曾大规模修建长城,主要是用来抵抗外敌。长城总长度21196.18千米,根据不同时代防御对象,可分为南长城和北长城。

北长城:北方的游牧民族特别是匈奴逐渐强大起来,不断侵犯秦、赵、燕的北部边境,于是三国便先后在北部修长城以抵抗善于骑马射箭的匈奴。

南长城:南长城的作用与北长城不同,南长城的防御对象为其它诸侯国,修建南长城的主要有:楚、齐、魏、韩、中山国。

始建长城:秦始皇为了抵御北方匈奴来犯,开始大规模修建长城,动用了全国1/20的人力来修建长城。

长城结构:长城不止是一道单独的墙,它由城墙、敌楼、关城、墩堡、营城、卫所等所构成的防御系统。墙身平均高度为7.8米,有些地方高达14米。还有外檐墙和内檐墙。

万里长城凝结着古人的智慧,是中国规模最宏伟的建筑!

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篇7:介绍中国的世界文化遗产兵马俑

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兵马俑于2月26日—7月14日在苏州举行,这是我们年轻人应该义不容辞参加的活动,这对我们青年人来说,能够更加的了解这世界遗产,同时也能学会怎么保护这些世界遗产,为了保护世界遗产作出更大的贡献。

秦始皇兵马俑五为三个坑,一号坑为东西向的正方形坑,长230米,宽62米,四周各有五个门道。坑东西两岸有长廊,南北两侧各有一边廊。军镇驻地面向东,在南北西边走廊中各有一排是为面向外,担任释义后面。哦,对了!你现在看到的那一个桶,说不定就是古代11名宫君,或将军,真是奇迹。这就是八大奇迹。二号兵马俑坑遗址大厅,位于一号兵马俑坑遗址主厅东端北侧。三号兵马俑坑中部,出土墓志战车一乘,车一巧,仅存残迹。车有战车、马车。

介绍完了秦始皇的兵马俑,客人们会为这第八大奇迹而感到骄傲,也会为这个世界而感骄傲。同时我会呼蓄大家,为保护世界遗产共同努力。因为这世界遗产是属于全世界的,也属于全人类们的。

让我们年轻人共同参加这一次世界遗产大会,更加了解这世界遗产。异变为保护这些世界遗产尽自己最大的一份力保护兵马俑。

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篇8:介绍世界文化遗产作文500字

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各位旅客大家好!我就是你们的导游。现在我们来到了苏州。

苏州是中国著名的历史文化名城之一,素来以山水秀丽,园林典雅而闻名天下,有江南园林甲天下,苏州园林甲江南的美称。

城内有小园林将近200处。其中沧海亭、狮子林、拙政园每一个园林都有一个故事。大家请跟我来去看看沧海亭吧!

沧海亭位于苏州市城南三元坊内,是苏州最古老的一所园林。占地面积约10800平方米。沧海亭始于吴越王钱缪之子钱元亮的池馆。宋代诗人苏舜钦以四万贯钱买下废园,进行修筑,傍水造亭,因感于沧海之水清兮,可以濯吾缨;浪浪之水浊兮,可以濯吾足,题名沧海亭,自号沧海翁,并作《沧海亭记》。欧阳修应邀作《沧海亭》长诗,诗中以清风明月本无价,可惜只卖四万钱题咏此事。自此,沧海亭名声大振。苏氏之后,沧海亭几乎荒废,南宋初年一度为抗金名将韩世忠的宅第,清康熙三十五年巡抚宋荦重建此园,把傍水亭子移建于山之巅,形成今天沧海亭的布局基础,并以文征明隶书沧海亭为匾额。清同治十二年再次重建,遂成今天之貎。沧海亭虽因历代更迭有兴废,已非宋时初貎,但其古木苍老郁森,还一直保持旧时的风采。

还有许多的园林故事,我不一一跟你们说了。想要了解请到园林的亭子里去看。注意要保护好树木,不要让它枝折花落。

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篇9:小学生英文自我介绍

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Good afternoon, teachers! My name is YangXiaodan. I`m 11 now. I`m from Class2 Grade 5 of TongPu No.2 Primary School. My English teacher is Miss Sun. She`s quiet and kind. She`s short and young. My good friend is ZhangBingbing. She`s 12. She`s tall and pretty. We`re in the same class. We both like English very much. I like painting , listening to music, playing computer games and reading books. My favourite food is chicken. It`s tasty and yummy. I often do my homework and read books on Saturdays. This is me. Please remember YangXiaodan. Thank you very much!

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篇10:初中英文自我介绍

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Good morning !

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

Now i will introduce myself briefly, I am 26 years old,born in shandong province .

I was graduated from qingdao university. my major is electronic.and i got my bachelor degree after my graduation in the year of 20**.

I spend most of my time on study,i have passed CET4/6 . and i have acquired basic knowledge of my major during my school time.

In July 20**, I began work for a small private com#pany as a technical support engineer in QingDao city.Because Im capable of more responsibilities, so I decided to change my job.

And in August 20**,I left QingDao to BeiJing and worked for a foreign enterprise as a automation software test engineer.Because I want to change my working environment, Id like to find a job which is more challenging. Morover Motorola is a global com#pany, so I feel I can gain the most from working in this kind of com#pany ennvironment. That is the reason why I com#e here to com#pete for this position.

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

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

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篇11:小学生英文自我介绍

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Hello!My name is Liu yi tian,my English name is Nancy,I’m a girl pupil,a good girl pupil!My favourite food is meat,I also like rice、noodles、milk、apples、oranges,and so on.I don’t like pears.I like riding my bike、skipping,I don’t like swimming.

Now, do you know me?Make friends with me quickly!

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篇12:小学生英文自我介绍

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Tointroducemyself

Hello,everyone!

My name is azuowen.Im a 15 years old girl. I live in the beautiful city of Rizhao.

Im an active,lovely and clever girl.In the school,my favourite subject is maths.Perhaps someone thinks its difficult to study well.But I like it.I belive that if you try your best,everything can be done well.

I also like sports very much.Such as,azuoweng,volleyball and so on.

Im kind-hearted. If you need help,please come to me .

I hope we can be good friends!

OK.This is me .A sunny girl.

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篇13:英文自我介绍

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I am cheerful, modest, self-confident and good at communicating with others. I study industriously and rigorously. Whenever I come across a problem in study, Im able to consult with an open mind and try my best to get an indepth knowledge. Possessing the honest credible moral character, a sense of teamwork and responsibility for my work, I have strong endurance, willpower and hard-working quality of the work to identify persistent optimism, the courage to face difficulties and challenges.

At the same time, I have taken an active part in all kinds of activities in order to improve my personal qualities. From these experiences, I have not only realized the importance of unity and cooperation, but also learned a lot of social knowledge, and I believe all these will play an important role in my future career.

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篇14:小学生英文自我介绍范文

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hello, everyone, its my honor to stand here introducing myself.

大家好, 很高兴有机会在这里介绍我自己。

My name is xxx, from Class 2, Grade six,xxxx Primary School.

我是xxx,xx小学六年级2班的学生。

Im doing well in my study, besides Im the monitor of my class and I get on well with my classmates.

我学习成绩优秀,是班上的班长并且我和同学们相处很融洽。

Im a happy and talented girl. Im good at drawing and many of my drawings have won prizes. At the same time, I like telling stories.

我是一个开朗又多才多艺的女孩,画画是我最擅长的,曾多次或奖。同时我还很会讲故事。

Im interested in learning English very much, and I believe that I will do well in future. I wont let you down!

我很喜欢学习英语,我相信我会表现的出色,我不会让大家失望的。 Thanks for your listening.

谢谢你们的聆听。

[小学生用英语自我介绍

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篇15:英文自我介绍面试英语教师

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good morning everyone!

im nickole. im 24. i graduated from hunan normal universaty on shuda campus. my major is english education. after graduation, i have worked for one year in li yang听kids engish. my students are between 5 and 12 years old.

im outgoing and open-minded. in my spare time, i have broad interests. such as reading, surfing the internet, listening to music and even chatting with foreign friends online if possible. i like children very much. i think children are active, innocent and pure. with them, i feel very relaxed, plesant and younger. therefore, i learned a lot from my one year working experence.

teaching children english is very interested but it is also challeging. because children are always active, even sometimes very naughty. so teachers need a lot of patience to deal with children. the most important that i have learned from my one year teacing experence is that a teacher should have the kind of听the mind that always wants to go on learning. teaching is a job at which one will never be perfet. if i have the chance, i will try my best to be a good primary english teacher.

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篇16:感恩节英文介绍汇总

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The early Thanksgiving has no fixed dates, temporary decision, by the states until after the independence, to become a National Day of Thanksgiving. Every Thanksgiving Day this day, the United States national lively very, christians according to custom to church to do Thanksgiving prayer, urban villages and towns are everywhere costume parade, theater or sports competition, etc. Respectively a year of relatives will be back from the country and the family reunion, taste to "Turkey" give priority to a meal.

Americas most famous local celebration was started in 1924 Macys Thanksgiving Day parade (Macy s Thanksgiving Day making).

Every Thanksgiving Day this day, the United States national jollification, people according to custom to church to do Thanksgiving prayer, urban and rural towns everywhere make-up marches, drama performances and sports competitions, such as schools and shops are given by the regulation off. Children to imitate the indians appearance in strange costumes and draw on facebook or wear a mask to the street singing, trumpet. Scattered in exile abroad will be home for the family, the family sit together, munch delicious Turkey, and the family said: "thanks!" . After Thanksgiving, the school will let the students draw a Thanksgiving picture, most of the students are drawing is Turkey.

At the same time, the hospitality of americans also not forget this day invite friends, bachelor or away from home for the holidays. Since the 18th century, the United States began to appear a give poor people a basket of food customs. There was a group of young women want to choose a day in a year for good, think that Thanksgiving is selected the most appropriate nevertheless. So Thanksgiving Day arrived, they were fitted with a full basket of food personally delivered to the poor. Soon it far or near, there are many people learn their appearance to do. No matter who meet, they would say: "thank you!"

初时感恩节没有固定日期,由各州临时决定,直到美国独立后,感恩节才成为全国性的节日。 每逢感恩节这一天,美国举国上下热闹非常,基督徒按照习俗前往教堂做感恩祈祷,城市乡镇到处都有化装游行、戏剧表演或体育比赛等。分别了一年的亲人们也会从天南海北归来,一家人团圆,品尝以“火鸡”为主的感恩节美食。

美国当地最著名的庆典则是从1924年开始的梅西百货感恩节游行(Macy‘s thanksgiving day parade)。

每逢感恩节这一天,美国举国上下热闹非凡,人们按照习俗前往教堂做感恩祈祷,城乡市镇到处举行化装游行、戏剧表演和体育比赛等,学校和商店也都按规定放假休息。孩子们还模仿当年印第安人的模样穿上离奇古怪的服装,画上脸谱或戴上面具到街上唱歌、吹喇叭。散居在他乡外地的家人也会回家过节,一家人团团围坐在一起,大嚼美味火鸡,并且对家人说:“谢谢!”。感恩节后,学校会让同学们画一张感恩节的画,大部分学生都画的是火鸡。

同时,好客的美国人也忘不掉这一天邀请好友、单身汉或远离家乡的人共度佳节。从18世纪起,美国就开始出现一种给贫穷人家送一篮子食物的风俗。当时有一群年轻妇女想在一年中选一天专门做善事,认为选定感恩节是最恰当不过的。所以感恩节一到,她们就装上满满一篮食物亲自送到穷人家。这件事远近传闻,不久就有许多人学着她们的样子做起来。不管遇到谁,他们都会说:“thank you!”

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篇17:简单英文自我介绍作文

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My name is zhouyuanpei.I`m 12 years oid.II`m famly is 3 pepo .My father my mather and I.My father is very clever ,He is worker .My mother is very nice .She is teacher .I like eat banana and pear.I like swimming and palying Table tennis. You like me?

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篇18:介绍小动物的英语短文

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My favourite animal is dog.They are very cute.There are many kinds of dogs.Some of them are big and some of them are small,some of them are white and some of them are black.I like the big dogs,like a bulldog,because they can protect me.I dont have anydog yet,because my mum does not like dogs.she think they are dangrous.I Will buy a dog after I become older.

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篇19:英文求职信的自我介绍篇

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dear personnel officers:

i am wumei, a junior in sichuan teacher university. i major in english and minor in japanese. i am writing to inquire the position you offered in the advertisement. here are my qualifications that prompt me to make application now.

as an english major, i have obtained skillful english writing ability and rich experience in dealing with the work requires knowledge about english background.

my interest in computer also has prompted me to forward my resume for your review. at present, i am working for the web site of shop.renren.com and in charge of the bbs program.

i am confident that i will make a successful addition to your program.

i am available if you dial the number: 13011819794.

yours sincerely,

wumei

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篇20:中元节的英文介绍

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The Ghost Festival, also known as the Hungry Ghost Festival, is a traditional Chinese festival and holiday celebrated by Chinese in many countries. In the Chinese calendar (a lunisolar calendar), the Ghost Festival is on the 15th night of the seventh lunar month (14th in southern China).

In Chinese tradition, the fifteenth day of the seventh month in the lunar calendar is called Ghost Day and the seventh month in general is regarded as the Ghost Month (鬼月), in which ghosts and spirits, including those of the deceased ancestors, come out from the lower realm. Distinct from both the Qingming Festival (in Spring) and Chung Yeung Festival (in Autumn) in which living descendants pay homage to their deceased ancestors, on Ghost Day, the deceased are believed to visit the living.

On the fifteenth day the realms of Heaven and Hell and the realm of the living are open and both Taoists and Buddhists would perform rituals to transmute and absolve the sufferings of the deceased. Intrinsic to the Ghost Month is ancestor worship, where traditionally the filial piety of descendants extends to their ancestors even after their deaths. Activities during the month would include preparing ritualistic food offerings, burning incense, and burning joss paper, a papier-mâché form of material items such as clothes, gold and other fine goods for the visiting spirits of the ancestors. Elaborate meals (often vegetarian meals) would be served with empty seats for each of the deceased in the family treating the deceased as if they are still living. Ancestor worship is what distinguishes Qingming Festival from Ghost Festival because the latter includes paying respects to all deceased, including the same and younger generations, while the former only includes older generations. Other festivities may include, buying and releasing miniature paper boats and lanterns on water, which signifies giving directions to the lost ghosts and spirits of the ancestors and other deities.

The Ghost Festival is celebrated during the seventh month of the Chinese calendar. It also falls at the same time as a full moon, the new season, the fall harvest, the peak of Buddhist monastic asceticism, the rebirth of ancestors, and the assembly of the local community. During this month, the gates of hell are opened up and ghosts are free to roam the earth where they seek food and entertainment. These ghosts are believed to be ancestors of those who forgot to pay tribute to them after they died, or those who were never given a proper ritual send-off. They have long needle-thin necks because they have not been fed by their family, or as a punishment so that they are unable to swallow. Family members offer prayers to their deceased relatives, offer food and drink and burn hell bank notes and other forms of joss paper. Joss paper items are believed to have value in the afterlife,considered to be very similar in some aspects to the material world, People burn paper houses, cars, servants and televisions to please the ghosts. Families also pay tribute to other unknown wandering ghosts so that these homeless souls do not intrude on their lives and bring misfortune. A large feast is held for the ghosts on the fourteenth day of the seventh month, when people brings samples of food and places them on an offering table to please the ghosts and ward off bad luck.

In some East Asian countries today, live performances are held and everyone is invited to attend. The first row of seats are always empty as this is where the ghosts sit. The shows are always put on at night and at high volumes as the sound is believed to attract and please the ghosts. Some shows include Chinese opera, dramas, and in some areas, even burlesque shows. These acts are better known as "Merry-making".

For rituals, Buddhists and Taoists hold ceremonies to relieve ghosts from suffering, many of them holding ceremonies in the afternoon or at night (as it is believed that the ghosts are released from hell when the sun sets). Altars are built for the deceased and priests and monks alike perform rituals for the benefit of ghosts. Monks and priests often throw rice or other small foods into the air in all directions to distribute them to the ghosts.

During the evening, incense is burnt in front of the doors households. Incense stands for prosperity in Chinese culture, so families believe that there is more prosperity in burning more incense.[4]During the festival, some shops are closed as they want to leave the streets open for the ghosts. In the middle of each street stands an altar of incense with fresh fruit and sacrifices displayed on it.

Fourteen days after the festival, to make sure all the hungry ghosts find their way back to hell, people flow water lanterns and set them outside their houses (a practice that can be found amongst the Japanese during Obon). These lanterns are made by setting a lotus flower-shaped lantern on a paper boat. The lanterns are used to direct the ghosts back to the underworld, and when they go out, it symbolizes that they have found their way back.

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