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1000春节初中英语作文100字
全文共 552 字
+ 加入清单Spring Festival ,known as the Chinese New Year,is the most important
holiday in China.From late January to early February,Chinese people are busy
preparing for the New Year.They clean their houses ,have their hair cut,and buy
new clothes .Jiaozi or dumpling is most popular.To those who live far away from
their home,this festival is also a framily reunion occasion.
And they often go back home to celebrate the festival with their family.The
first day of the new year is the time when people visit their friends adn wish
each other good luck in the new year.
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篇1:保护环境英语
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+ 加入清单Important to save water
Water is a kind of liquid. It has no taste or smell. It is transparent, too. Water is useful and is important to us. Why? For example, we use water to water the plants. We use water to wash our face or to have a bath. We drink water or we will die…Water is also very important for China. There are 2.8 hundred millions of steres of water in China, but everyone can only use 2300 steres. It is only twenty–five per sent in the world.
Not too long ago, there was a man called Jacques Cousteau. He loved the beautiful colors, and the beautiful fish in the sea. However, when he returned some years later, the colorful coral reefs were dead and grey because the factory near the sea poured waste water into the sea. Jacques Cousteau decided to tell people how important it was to save the environment under the sea. He started the“ Cousteau Society ” to help protect life in the sea. Now there are over 30000 members all over the world. Since water covers most of the earth, Cousteau knew that we should keep the sea clean. We should not litter the sea, and should clean up the dirty parts. As water is very important to our environment, he encouraged everyone to take part in protecting our lakes, rivers, sea and ocean.
There are still a few people who are not protecting the water now in the world. For example, some factories pour waste things into the rivers, lakes or into the sea near by. The water there has become very dirty and we can’t use them at all. Although there are seventy–five per sent of water in the world, we can only use fresh water, that there is only a little. So we should use little water when we need to use it. For example, I do not use too much water when I am washing my face or having a bath… It is important for us to keep the water clean. You may ask yourself, have I ever poured or thrown dirty things into the water? If your answer is “No”, that means you have already helped to protect the environment. It is our duty to protect the environment. You may ask yourself again, have I ever helped to clean up the water? If your answer is “Yes”, that means that you have already done something useful to improve the water. If we use up all the water, it is difficult for us to get it from anywhere, including the universe. It is terrible to think that people are too thirsty to live! I believe, that if everyone helps to protect the water, the water must be protected. You do not want to “kill” your son or your grandson, do you? So now let us to protect the water! Please don’t let the last drop of water on the earth is we human’s tear!
篇2:关于朋友英语作文高中
全文共 463 字
+ 加入清单Friend plays important role in our lives. Everyone needs his or her own
friends. Some people make friends easily but some do not. And “friend” means
differently to people. Some people think friends should stay together all the
time, but some others think that share and support is the real meaning of
friend. From my point of view, friend is the person who will always be with you
no matter what happens. It’s the person who can share your happiness as well as
sorrows.
篇3:大学生活英语
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+ 加入清单With time goes by, it bees a bit hard for me to remember everything about
myself at the first day of my college life。 However, there was one thing for
sure that I did feel quite excited and curious about my university。 There is no
doubt that students like me have struggled for a long time so that can be
permitted to enter the university。
Bringing with expectation, I got into Gongshang University。 Generally
speaking, its an interesting and fantastic place for us to study and live in。
Every day a series of outgoing people get into my eyesight。 Curious and out of
politeness, Id talk to them heart to heart。 Here I make friends with my new
classmates from everywhere around China。 Whats more, time and weather
permitting, I will enjoy jogging or playing basketball with my classmates on the
playground, tired but happy。 When staying in dormitory, I choose to read news
online and sometimes watch a film for relaxing。 However, a good student can
never leave his study behind。 When it es to study, hard problems never upset me,
instead they arouse me。 Rather than ignoring it, Id think carefully for a while
and ask my classmates for help。
To be honest, there are some things I don’t deal with properly。 For
instance, once I spent nearly a whole day playing puter games。 Personally, we
university students are already adults and its our obligation to develop
ourselves in college by learning new professional skills。 Not until we take a
right attitude towards our study and life can we win a rich and colorful
experience in college。
篇4:共享单车英语
全文共 779 字
+ 加入清单Bike-sharing has been advocated by the government in recent years. It
offers help to the people who is in a hurry to reach the destination soon, the
more important is to let more people back to the simple traffic style and reduce
private cars, so as to protect our environment. But some people make use of this
policy to take advantages of others. News report that some middle age men and
women force people to give charge after finishing using bike-sharing, because
they look after the bikes. It is known to all that bike-sharing is free, which
is the convenience government offers to the public. It is ridiculous to charge.
When the news exposed, the public know the truth and the ones who take charge
are criticized. Under the government’s supervision, now bike-sharing is more
popular.
篇5:端午节的由来的英语作文700字
全文共 916 字
+ 加入清单Today is Dragon Boat Festival. My mother let me watch the origin of the Dragon Boat Festival from the computer. In fact, it was a memorial to Qu Yuan. Qu Yuan was a patriot. He wanted to make his country strong and often give advice to the king, but the king did not like to listen and he drove him out of the country.
Once the Qin state came to the state of Chu, the state of Chu was quickly defeated, the country was soon lost, and Qu Yuan was more sad. In the early May of this year, five, he moved a big stone and threw himself into the river. People know, very sad, in order not to let the fish eat Qu Yuan, put the dumplings inside the bamboo tube, throw it into the river, hope that the fish will not eat Qu Yuan, the dumplings are like this.
This story tells us to love our country. I also know, now eat dumplings, but is bamboo, replaced by a kind of broad leaves. Eating zongzi is also a memorial to Qu Yuan.
篇6:话题:情有独钟成长之路付出与收获
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+ 加入清单英特尔金童杨旭的目标故事
杨旭,现任英特尔公司销售与市场营销事业部副总裁兼中国大区总经理。自他踏入英特尔公司的第一天起,他就为自己树立的人生的目标。特别是在实习结束时,公司老板的一句话,更是坚定了他的信心。
“Ian,你应该去做销售。”这就是当年杨旭结束英特尔实习生涯时老板一句由衷的建议。“这句话提醒我今后要做销售和市场,或者至少是做靠近客户端的工作。”明确的目标让杨旭学习积累有了更明确的方向。在俄勒冈州工作的5年时间里,这位风风火火的青年开始变得沉稳,他不断虚心求教,遇到不理解的问题,他会想尽办法弄懂。用他的话说他的目标已经成为“血液里面的东西”。正是这种“东西”让他一步步走向了成功。2007年1月1日,英特尔中国大区正式独立,作为英特尔亚太区总经理杨旭目标更加鲜明,他对未来充满信心。
点评:人生需要前进的目标,这样的人生才会丰富多彩。一旦你明确了自己的目标后,就应该想尽办法努力去实现,不要因为一时的困难和挫折而放弃。遇到一些困难,我们必须要对实现目标充满信心。
篇7:关于网购英语作文高中
全文共 938 字
+ 加入清单Which is better, shopping online or traditional shopping? Different people
have different attitudes towards it. Some people think that online shopping is
very convenient, for it can save them a lot of time and energy. It’s especially
helpful for those who are always busy with their work. Besides, through the
internet, they can get more information about the commodities they want to buy
and buy a lot of things that cannot be bought in local places.
Nevertheless, I’m not keen on online shopping at all, since most
commodities which are bought online are of poor quality. Once we are cheated, we
may find it difficult to make a complaint. Thus we should take more cautions
when shopping online.
In my eyes, I prefer traditional shopping, because I can choose what I
really need. Also, I can know the quality of every commodity more clearly. Even
if there’s something wrong with the commodities, I can still ask the sellers to
compensate for my loss.
篇8:高中英语
全文共 1543 字
+ 加入清单It goes without saying that english plays an important role in our modern
society. english is an international language. wherever you go, you can hear
english spoken by many people.
From this point of view, it is true that english is important to our daily
life. learning english is like learning to swim or learning to play ball. our
primary trouble is that we have tackled the study of language from the wrong
end. we are like theman who thinks he can learn to swim only by reading books
about swimming. in actuality, we learn by doing. the grammatical rules are
valuable as we plunge into the language and need some assistance. in the same
way, advanced instructions about swimming are helpful as we learn something from
actual experience in the water. but reading books never makes a swimmer and
learning rules never makes a practical linguist. the regular procedure in
learning english involves listening first, to be followed by speaking. then
comes reading, and finally the writing of the language. the way you learn
english is much the same as the way you learned your own language.
First of all you must listen and then repeat and repeat until you can use
the language easily. in other words, you have to build up language habits in
english just as you build up english habits in your own language. to sum up, we
must bear in mind that nobody can learn to swim for you. nobody can learn to
play ball for you. nobody can learn english for you. its up to you. you must
learn for yourself and you will learn if you really want to and are willing to
practice.
篇9:付出与收获
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+ 加入清单小的时候,总是见到书上写着:“一分耕耘一分收获。”农民伯伯付出劳动和汗水,收获硕果累累的果实。这就是付出与收获。可是小小的我,却从未去实现过。直到一次比赛,让我深深的明白了这个道理。
学校为了提高我们的写作水平,培养优秀的人才,所以每一学期都会举行“语文竞赛”的活动,而我很幸运的被老师选去参加比赛。
星期三下午,我一走进学校就看见板报栏那里围满了人。难道是“语文竞赛”的前十名结果出来了?我急忙挤进那拥挤的人群,结果果然出来了。我仔细找我的名字,啊!终于在第二名的位置上找到了我的名字。我兴奋的一蹦三尺高。
一放学,我便冲出教室,见到妈妈就高兴地大喊:“妈妈,我的作文是语文竞赛第五名了!”
“是吗?”妈妈惊讶的问到。“那是当然了!”我开心的说。“一分耕耘一分收获,你有进步,宝贝。"妈妈笑着说。
回想起以前写作文的时候,当同伴们在玩耍嬉戏的时候,我只能呆在家里,一边的看着作文辅导书,一边一遍遍的修改自己的作文。我无数次不想坚持下去,妈妈总是说:“一分耕耘一分收获,只有勤学苦练,持之以恒,才会取得成功。”
现在回想起来,觉得妈妈的话真有道理,想到这儿我情不自禁的笑起来。
“对了,老妈,还有一件事让我们班老师高兴得不得了呢!我们班有三个人得奖,所以我们班获得了作文优秀班级的称号呢!”我自豪地说。
“对啊!一分耕耘一分收获,只要勤学苦练,就一定会有收获的。”妈妈说。
我从作文中体会到了观察的乐趣,从品位作文中感受到了幸福,写作文的同时,更培养了我的细心,提高了我的审美能力。
随着“语文竞赛”评比活动的深入,我的作文水平会再提高的!
通过这件事情,让我深深的懂得了:“一分耕耘一分收获。”的真正含义,也让我明白了,想要成功,就需要付出努力。只有付出了,你才有成功的机会。
篇10:共享单车英语
全文共 600 字
+ 加入清单Dear Jim,
I’m writing to tell you more about the new form of sharing bike--mobike
mentioned in your latest letter.
It’s very convenient to use if you have a smartphone. What you do is to
find a nearest mobike through the APP, scan the QR code on the bike, and enjoy
your trip.
Compared to other forms of sharing bike, the greatest advantage of mobike
is that you can easily find one and never worry about where to park it. It is
becoming a new trend as a means of transportation, which relieves the traffic
pressure and does good to the environment as well.
Hope to ride a mobike with you in China.
Yours,
Li Hua
篇11:付出与收获的高考作文素材
全文共 1708 字
+ 加入清单导语:要想收获,就必须付出,付出了就不应该计较收获。下面是yuwenmi小编为大家整理的相关高考素材,欢迎阅读与借鉴,谢谢!
收获与付出原本就是一对反义词,但转念一想:咦!不对噢,没有付出难得收获,花木兰代父从军收获了满城凯旋;勾践卧薪尝胆十年收获了最后胜利;孙膑付出了双腿收获是魏军的大败,红军战士付出了鲜血和生命收获了中国的统一,我们才有今天和谐的社会,而你,我付出了什么?又收获了什么?
你婉转一笑,继而深沉,是啊,生命的挫折,坎坷给你带来了太多不幸,你为了学业敦敦不倦但收获的还是那“好朋友”的光顾,一个个大红鸭蛋,这时的你,竟像一个小孩子一样,坐在座位上“呜呜”的哭泣。
而我,付出了学而不厌,却收获了满城的“风雨”谣言,难道付出并不是一定会有收获?播种并不是一定有有果实吗?
不!我坚信,付出一定有收获,播种一定有果实,,人是这收获的好与坏,多与少,果实的大与小是另一码事,继而想想,也觉得没什么!收获的好坏,果实的大小这一种权力还是属于我们,“尽吾我”,只要自己曾经努力过,又何必在乎结果呢?只要自己曾经拥有过,何必在意好坏呢?只在自己曾经尽力地付出过,又何必看重收获的多与少呢?
付出就必定有收获,而收获的好坏还是在于自己,不要去找客观原因,不要去推卸责任,勇敢地面对现实,人偶然也是会出错的,不用畏惧,以后再努力,记住:只有付出才能收获,没有不劳而获的美差事。
收获与付出原本就是一对反义词,但转念一想:咦!不对噢,没有付出难得收获,花木兰代父从军收获了满城凯旋;勾践卧薪尝胆十年收获了最后胜利;孙膑付出了双腿收获是魏军的大败,红军战士付出了鲜血和生命收获了中国的统一,我们才有今天和谐的社会,而你,我付出了什么?又收获了什么?
你婉转一笑,继而深沉,是啊,生命的挫折,坎坷给你带来了太多不幸,你为了学业敦敦不倦但收获的还是那“好朋友”的光顾,一个个大红鸭蛋,这时的你,竟像一个小孩子一样,坐在座位上“呜呜”的哭泣。
而我,付出了学而不厌,却收获了满城的“风雨”谣言,难道付出并不是一定会有收获?播种并不是一定有有果实吗?
不!我坚信,付出一定有收获,播种一定有果实,,人是这收获的好与坏,多与少,果实的大与小是另一码事,继而想想,也觉得没什么!收获的好坏,果实的大小这一种权力还是属于我们,“尽吾我”,只要自己曾经努力过,又何必在乎结果呢?只要自己曾经拥有过,何必在意好坏呢?只在自己曾经尽力地付出过,又何必看重收获的多与少呢?
付出就必定有收获,而收获的好坏还是在于自己,不要去找客观原因,不要去推卸责任,勇敢地面对现实,人偶然也是会出错的,不用畏惧,以后再努力,记住:只有付出才能收获,没有不劳而获的美差事。
人们常说:“一分耕耘,一分收获。”要想收获,就必须付出。
记得有一位老师对我们说过:“因为你们还不懂得付出,所以收获并不多。”听了这句话后,我真的觉得很惭愧,自我呱呱落地那天起,我付出的寥寥可数,而别人为我付出的则是多不胜数,例如父母为了养育我而付出,老师为了教育我而付出,他们的付出都不渴望回报。而我们呢?不但没有付出,还希望收获。当我们看到别人受到表扬的时候,也希望受到别人的赞赏,但自己所做的一切根本就不值得表扬。当我们看到别人取得优异的成绩的时候,也希望得到优异的成绩,但自己却没有努力学习。
如果这种喜欢“不劳而获”的想法成了习惯,那么我们就会很自私,在社会上的人际关系就会变得很糟糕,在我们班上,自私的同学也不少见。当发现自己的脚下有一团废纸时,谁也不愿意捡起来,只会把废纸踢到另一个同学的脚下。而这个同学也不会捡起来,把纸团继续传来传去,这种场面就像在球场上传球一样,而跟运动员不同的是,我们每一个人都不想要这个“球”。就这样传来传去,直到传到了一个热心的同学的脚下时,纸团才能顺利地去到垃圾桶里。有时纸团刚好呆在过道中间,同学们就会视若无睹。试问:弯下腰捡起废纸团能消耗我们多少力气呢?为什么我们要吝啬这么一丁点的爱心呢?
当我们做一件事时,第一时间是想什么呢?是思考做了这件事后会吃亏。假如这件事每个人都觉得做了后会吃亏,还会有什么人做这件事呢?
要想收获,就必须付出,付出了就不应该计较收获。
篇12:有付出才有收获的作文600字
全文共 953 字
+ 加入清单书是一瓶酒,时间愈久愈香;我们每人都是一瓶清酒,只有在读书中提炼,才能酿出醉人的芳香。 The book is a bottle of wine, the longer the time, the more fragrant; each of us is a bottle of sake, and only in reading can we make intoxicated aromas.
读书,使我快乐
读书,一向是让人快乐的。在读书的时候,我就会感觉到心中十分快乐,仿佛是初生的小鹰,正在展翅高飞。每次我一遇到不开心的事情,就会拿起书本,开始认真地阅读。读着读着,我就会沉浸在书中所写的故事中。那些不开心、不快乐的事情,就会被暂时抛之脑后。对我而言,书香是令我快乐的。
前一段时间,我和一个好朋友因为一件小事闹翻了。我十分生气,大发雷霆,随手拿起一本书开始看。看着看着,就被书中跌宕起伏的故事给吸引了,我也仿佛随着书中的主人公在进行一场冒险……渐渐地,不愉快的事情被抛之脑后。我呢,也变得平静起来,认为这件事情我又不对的地方,就去和好朋友道歉,我们俩再次和好了。
读书,给我启迪
读书,也会让我成长。在读书的时候,我会明白很多道理,懂得很多事情。这些道理,能够让我做出正确的判断。有时候,这些判断,是非常重要的。前一段时间,奶奶正在外面散步,突然遇到了一个算命先生。算命先生对奶奶说家里近期会有血光之灾,奶奶不相信,可算命先生说的头头是道,把奶奶说的也有些怀疑了。
回到家后,奶奶闷闷不乐。我就问奶奶:“奶奶,你怎么了?”奶奶就语气沉重地说:“哎,家里近段时间可能会有灾难。这是一个算命先生跟我说的。”我一听,就想到了书里提到过这些骗子,立刻说道:“奶奶,别相信他们的话,他们就是想骗钱,然后把我知道的骗子的有关骗术一一说给奶奶听。”奶奶这才再次开心了起来,那血光之灾呢?哪有啊,只不过是他们捏造的罢了。
读书,给我感悟
读书,给予了我无限的人生感悟。它为我指明了路,它告诉我,只要坚持不懈,就会获得成功。因此我变得坚强,做事能够坚持。我在书香中进入了一个奇妙的世界,那里有公主、有王子、有各种奇奇妙妙、不可思议的事情。我知道了,“败不可轻言放弃,胜也不可骄傲自满”。读书,让我感悟,让我明白道理。
读书,使我快乐
篇13:高考英语作文万能模板
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+ 加入清单Currently,?there?is?a?widespread?concern?over?(the?issue?that)__作文题目_______?.It?is?really?an?important?concern?to?every?one?of?us.?As?a?result,?we?must?spare?no?efforts?to?take?some?measures?to?solve?this?problem.?
As?we?know?that?there?are?many?steps?which?can?be?taken?to?undo?this?problem.?First?of?all,?__途径一______.?In?addition,?another?way?contributing?to?success?of?the?solving?problem?is?___途径二_____.?
Above?all,?to?solve?the?problem?of?___作文题目______,?we?should?find?a?number?of?various?ways.?But?as?far?as?I?am?concerned,?I?would?prefer?to?solve?the?problem?in?this?way,?that?is?to?say,?____方法_____.?
篇14:my vacation英语
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+ 加入清单I have a two months summerVacation. During the holiday, I was very happy,
because I did not have to focus on my study all the time. But I still spent some
time in my study. I want to learn more in the holiday. Besides, I spent a lot of
time in playing, such as meeting friends, watching TV, searching the Internet,
playing computer games and so on. In addition, I help my mother do some house
work. I can reduce some burden of her and learn to be independent. In short, I
have a good and rich holiday.
篇15:英语满分优秀作文
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+ 加入清单dear bob,
i have found a place for you to live in. the room is on fangcao street, which is only one stop distant from jianxin chinese school. you can take no.11 bus there.
it’s a small fiat with a bedroom, a bathroom and a kitchen. and it is only 25 square meters. the rent is 500 yuan every month. in the bedroom, there is a sofa, a
bed, a chair and a desk. do you like it? if not, please tell me and i will find another room for you.
yours,
li hua
篇16:关于疫情的英语作文万能句子
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+ 加入清单1、Wuhan
just had a disease, the motherland and we still love it!
武汉只是生了一场病,祖国和我们依然爱它!
2、With
so many people sticking it out, why wouldnt we try.
有这么多人都在坚守,我们有什么理由不去努力。
3、No
party this year, double love next year.
今年不聚会,来年双倍情。
4、All
over China is waiting for you to recover. We will meet you in spring to watch
the cherry blossoms!
全中国等你痊愈,我们相约春天观赏樱花!
5、Having
a meal together will not break the family relationship; eating together will add
chaos to society.
少聚一顿饭,亲情不会断;聚一起吃饭,给社会添乱。
篇17:感悟收获初中
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+ 加入清单今天是暑假最后一次来成功作文工作室了,难免有些依依不舍,说实话,在这里,我的作文的确提高了许多。
记得有一次作文考试,写一篇关于朋友的文章,我一下愣住了,虽然可写题材很广,但我依然无言以对,好不容易想出了一个可写的素材,又被字数否认了,结果扣了6分。在平日写作文时,我也遇到过许多问题,比如:觉得无话可以写,没有引起我的共呜。
但自从来了成功作文工作室,我就和作文结下了不解之缘。
通过更深一步的学习,现在,我的作文远远不同于原来了。
先不谈好还是坏,先说说字数,一下子从原来的三、四百字、到了八、九百字!最多还达到了一千多字,为什么会这么多呢?在工作室里,老师常常和我们交流,了解我们的学习情况、生活经历和兴趣爱好。从细节描写到心路历程,从亲情到友情。每一篇文章、老师都会细心指导。写得不好,老师不会责骂你,而是耐心启发引导我们走向智慧的殿堂,老师的启发引导引起我们感情上的共鸣,自然就有话可说喽!
我坚信,通过这次作文学习,我在平常写作文的时候和考试中再也不会出现“偏题、语言干瘪”这类毛病了,我会再接再厉,争取在作文上比别人更上一层楼,不至于输在起跑线上。
篇18:寒假英语作文初中
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+ 加入清单Once a child asked such a question: What can I benefit from being "a good
child"? Among the many answers he received one ran like this: "A good child" is
the most precious gift God gives to you. And the same can be said for being
honest. It pays to be honest.
Yes, its true that dishonesty exists almost everywhere in the society.
Consumers often found themselves being blackmailed by those merchants selling
shoddy products; and there are students
Cheating in order to pass the exams or get high marks; moreover, we are not
short of examples that many rich professionals evade the taxes by sacrificing
the interests of government.
But havent we seen their results? "A fall into the pit, a gain in
customers wit", which would surely drive those dishonest merchants out of
business. Regret of wasting time yet being
Empty-handed would accompany those dishonest students all their life. On
the contrary, we could have all they lost, especially a good reputation and a
clear conscience, which are the best qualities of human beings. Thats why we
say "It Pays to Be Honest".
篇19:妇女节的英语
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+ 加入清单On March 8th, 1975, the United Nation started to celebrate the
International Women’s Day. In China, the women’s day also called “March 8th”day.
Why we celebrate women’s day? There is a long story.
On March 8th, 1909, the Women’s Union of Chicago demonstrated against the
inequality between men and women. They demanded that they should have the same
payments, the same working hours as men had, and they should have the rights to
vote. They even put forward a slogan: Bread and Rose, which stood for equal
payment and a better living standard. This demonstrated had caused international
attention to the women’s rights. A year later, a critical meeting was held in
Demark, in order to promote the women’s liberation and equal rights, the council
members decided to establish the Women’s Day on March 8th. Then March 8th, 1911
just became the first Women’s day.
In our country, during the women’s day, the women usually have a day-off
holiday. The communities or companies will organize the recreational activities
such as a spring outing, a nice dinner and some extra welfare. On this special
day, the women can really realize that a woman’s value is not only giving birth
to a child, doing endless housework, but also find her own status in the modern
society. That is she can make a different. She can do everything that a man can
do. When you look around, you will find that more and more women are acting as
scientists, doctors, lawyers, even leaders. Just try to remember, women rule
half of this world. The life could quite different without their wisdom and
beauty.
Happy International Women’s Day!
篇20:茶文化英语作文高1
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+ 加入清单When a guest comes to my home from afar on a cold night, I light bamboo to
boil tea to offer him. Ancient Chinese poem.China is the home country of tea.
Before the Tang Dynasty, Chinese tea was exported by land and sea, first to
Japan and Korea, then to India and Central Asia and, in the Ming and Qing
dynasties, to the Arabian Peninsula. In the early period of the 17th century,
Chinese tea was exported to Europe, where the upper class adopted the fashion of
drinking tea. Chinese tea like Chinese silk and china has become synonymous
worldwide with refined culture. At the heart of the culture of tea the study and
practice of tea in all its aspects is the simple gesture of offering a cup of
tea to a guest that for Chinese people today is a fundamental social custom, as
it has been for centuries.China traces the development of tea as an art form to
Lu Yu, known as the Saint of Tea in Chinese history, who lived during the Tang
Dynasty and who wrote The Book of Tea, the first ever treatise on tea and tea
culture. The spirit of tea permeates Chinese culture, and throughout the country
there are many kinds of teas, teahouses, tea legends, tea artifacts and tea
customs. Better-known places to enjoy a good cup of tea in China include Beijing
noted for its variety of teahouses; Fujian and Guangdong provinces and other
places in the southeast of China that serve gongfu tea, a formal serving of tea
in tiny cups; the West Lake in Hangzhou, also the home of the Tea Connoisseurs
Association, noted for its excellent green tea; and provinces in southwest China
like Yunnan where the ethnic groups less affected by foreign cultures retain tea
ceremonies and customs in original tea-growing areas.