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话题英语作文范文10篇【汇集20篇】

大海是多么美。大海不似小溪般轻快,也不似小湖般宁静。它的美是广阔的美,是野性的美,是浩渺的美。正如“日月之行,若出其中;星汉灿烂,若出其里。”它那吞吐日月星岑的气势有怎是小溪小湖可以比的呢?这里给大家分享一些话题英语作文范文10篇,供大家学习。

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【写作要求】

养成良好的生活习惯和学习习惯,对于我们每一位学生成长很有帮助。请根据提示要点用英语写一篇词数90左右的短文,发表在学校网站上。

提示要点:

(一)良好的生活和学习习惯包括:

1)在生活方面:①健康饮食 ②经常锻炼 ③利用好时间

2)在学习方面:①课前预习 ②认真听讲 ③独立作业

(二)良好习惯带来的益处包括

1)帮助我们更好的学习知识

2)使我们提高技能,学会自我控制。

(三) 谈谈你的感受

作文要求:

1、表达中必须包含所给提示要点,可以适当发挥,不要简单翻译。

2、词数90左右,开关已经写好,不计入总词数。

3、表达中请勿提及真实校名及姓名。

A Good Habit, a Successful School Life

A habit is something that you do often or regularly almost without

thinking, especially something that is hard to stop doing.

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A Good Habit, a Successful School Life

A habit is something that you do often or regularly almost without

thinking, especially something that is hard to stop doing.

In our daily life, we ought to keep a healthy diet.Also, it’s necessary for

us to exercise a lot.And we should learn to make good use of our time.In our

school life, we should prepare well for each lesson.In class, we must listen to

the teacher carefully.Besides, it’s important for us to do our homework on our

own.

In a word, good habits can help us learn things better and improve our

skills.We can learn to control ourselves if we have good habits.

I think good habits are really good for our mind and body.

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篇1:关于学生是否应该承担家务为话题的英语作文

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Some parents think that it is necessary and sometimes important for students to do some housework. Housework is a kind of physical exercise necessary for mental development. Other parents, however, think that it is study that is of extreme importance to students. Priority should first and foremost be given to study both at school and at home. Hence students should be exempt from any tedious and time-consuming housework.

I think students should share some housework with their parents. The reasons are as follows. First, doing some housework can enable the students to have some sense of responsibility. There is a lot of housework in each family. As a member of the family, each one should do his or her share. Since a student is a member of the family, undoubtedly, he is of no exception. In the second place, doing some housework can give the student opportunities to get to know his parents better. By doing housework, a student will know how hard it is for his parents to go to work everyday while raising a

family. He will make even greater efforts in his study later on. Finally, doing some housework can give the student a chance to do some physical exercises. Since the student has to sit studying most of the time, this is certainly beneficial to his health.In light of the above, I strongly recommend that those who are not in the habit of doing housework start doing some right now. Your parents will be pleased and you will learn something from it.

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篇2:以成功为话题的英语

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From now on,never spend your precious time thinking of reasons for your failures and shortcomings.Instead,realize that seeds of success were planted within you when you were born.Only you have the power to make those seeds grow.

The seeds,and the power to grow them,are contained in the most awesome machine ever created:the human mind.Successis a choice and not a chance.You were born a winner.You were born rich.You can be a success if only you make the righy choice.

You cannot be successful without first developing your self-esteem.Your level of self-esteem is always based on the degree of control that you are able toexercise over yourself,and thus over your life.People with low self-esteem are people who do not believe that they have any power,or responsibility for their lives.They are the perennial victims and martyrs.They are leaves tossed by the winds of chance blown about with any sudden change in the weather.

You can exercise control ove your life only to the degree that you believe that you are responsible for everything that happens in your life.Failures think that everything happens by accident and chance.Successful people realize that they are responsible.

Everything happens as a result of something.If we can identify the cause,we can control the effect.We are responsible for what we choose to think and believe.One generally rises th the level that one expects.We are responsible for setting our expectations.Our success is dependent upon ur level of confidence.

If you associate with positive-thinking people,you are definitely going to achiece success.On the contrary,the opposite happens.We are responsible for finding,planting,and nurturing the seeds that contain future victory,born from setbacks.

In short,in all areas of your life,whether they are financial,physics,emotional,or spiritual,your are responsible.Once you recognize this,accept it,and firmly believe it,you are on the road to success.

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篇3:以习惯为话题的英语作文

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导语:每个人都有自己的一个小习惯,可是习惯一旦养成就很难改掉,所以我们在养成习惯的时候要特别小心,下面是yuwenmi小编为大家整理的相关英语作文,欢迎阅读与借鉴,谢谢!

Habits, whether good or bad, are gradually formed. When a person does a certain thing again and again, hell be obliged to do it in the same way by some unseen force. Thus habit is formed. Once a habit is formed, it is difficult and sometimes almost impossible to get rid of it. ThereforeIt is very important that we should take care in the formation of habits.

Good habits have many advantages. Going to bed early and getting up early makes us healthy. Diligence helps to succeed. Honesty helps to win the respect and trust of others.

If we form bad habits, such as rudeness, laziness, lying and stealing, we might be mined by them.

We ought to keep away from bad habits and try to acquire good habits for ourselves and others.

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习惯,不管是好是坏,都是逐渐形成的。当一个人反复的做某件事时,他就会被某种看不见的力量驱使不得不以同样的方式再去做这件事,于是习惯就形成了。习惯一旦形成,就很难、有时几乎不可能改掉。因此,在养成习惯时我们都应该特别小心,这一点至关重要。

良好习惯有着许多优点。早睡早起身体好;勤奋助人成功;诚实助人赢得他人的尊重和信任.

如果我们养成了坏习惯,比如:粗野、懒惰、说谎、偷窃,我们就可能堕落。

我们应该远离坏习惯并努力养成对己对人都有好处的习惯。

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篇4:英语话题作文

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Strong Will

Since I go to high school, I live in the school and stay away from my

parents.

I have three roommates. At the beginning, we have trouble in staying in the

same room, but now we have got used to it. One of my roommates impresses me so

much. Since she came to our room, she has kept the habit of reading novels when

we go to bed. She told me that when she lived with her parents, she dared not to

read because her mother would blame her for sleeping late. Now she is very happy

that she is out of control, it seems that she is free. But I feel sorry for her,

because she is short-sighted now. What’s more, she is lagging behind other

students in the study. Staying away from her parents, she is not strong enough

to behave herself.

We should have the strong will and behave ourselves.

坚强的意志

自从我上了高中,我就住在学校,远离父母。

我有3个室友,刚开始,我们不习惯同处一室,但是如今,我们已经习惯了。有一个室友让我印象很深刻,自从她住进我们的房间,她就在我们睡觉的时候保持看小说的习惯。她告诉我们在她和父母住在一起的时候,她不敢看小说,因为她妈妈会责怪她那么晚睡觉。如今她很高兴再也不受控制了,似乎她得到了自由。但是我为她感到遗憾,因为她现在已经近视,而且,在学习方面也落后于其他同学。离开了父母,她不够强大,无法自律。

我们应该有坚强的意志,并且自律。

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篇5:以信心的重要性为话题的高中英语作文

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Whatever one does, one should do it with confidence. If one has no confidence, there is little possibility that one would ever achieve anything, especially when one is faced with drawbacks or hardships. This troth seems to be self-evident. However, in reality we do see a lot of people who complain that they lack the ability to do ,something or that their difficulties are too great to be overcome,For someone, this might be true. But for many others, this only shows that they have lost heart.

Why do people often feel frustrated even though they are capable of doing some thing? There are, among others, two main reasons. First, these people do not have a correct estimate of themselves. Second, they overestimate the difficulties.

It is passible to build up faith in oneself by having the right attitude towards ones own abilities. We should never underesrimate our abilities but should believe in the proverb: "Where there is a will, there is a way." Confidence is the promise for fulfilling a task successfully.

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篇6:以我的房间为话题的英语范文

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I have my own room.It is big and nice.There is a bed,a desk and a shelf.The doll is on the bad.The lamp is on the desk.The books are on the shelf.The trash bin is behind the door.The clothes are in the closet.There is a air-conditioner over the closet.Look!There are many pictures on the wall.I love my room very much.

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篇7:以如何尽快适应大学生活为话题的英语作文

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After entering college, we found, to our surprise, that differences between high school life and college life are great. In high school, we always depended on our parents and teachers to solve all kinds of difficult problems. At college, however, we have to rely exclusively on ourselves. Whats more, we have to learn how to get along with our classmates and roommates.

Four years at college is an important yet very short period of time in our life. So it is always expected that we adapt to this life as quickly as possible. But it is a pity that not everyone can do so immediately. Here are some suggestions.

First, get familiar with the main buildings on the campus. Spend one or two hours by yourself or with your classmates to go around the campus so that you can know the location of such important places as the library, the dining room, the post office, the clinic and classrooms. Next, try to be independent. Learn to do such things as making sound decisions on how to spend your time, how to spend your money etc, and washing clothes on your own. Furthermore, form good study habits. Talk with your classmates and learn from their good habits. Finally, try to take part in all kinds of activities to get out of your solitude and get on well with your classmates.

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篇8:2024年高考英语作文热门话题之三---中学生使用iPad

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假如你是李华,是一名高中生。随着科技的发展,iPad已成为中学生的新宠。用iPad既可以听音乐,阅读纯文本电子书,又可玩电子游戏。请你用英语给某英语报社写一封信,谈谈中学生使用iPad的情况。信的内容必须包括以下几点:

1、使用iPad对学习的好处:

2、对课堂纪律和学习可能产生的负面影响:

3、提出自己的建议并说明理由。

注意:开头已经给出,不计入总数。词数120字左右

Dear Editor,

Im a senior high school student named Li Hua. Now many students have iPads and think its a fashion to use them.

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Dear Editor,

Im a senior high school student named Li Hua. Now many students have iPads and think its a fashion to use them. U sing an iPad, we can listen to music, download a lot of learning materials and read them on the screen. Apparently, its helpful to our study, especially to our English listening.

Some students, however, bring their iPads to the classroom and listen to music without earphones, which makes the teacher and other students greatly annoyed. Some of them even waste precious time in class playing video games.

In my opinion, as students, we should make good use of iPads to help achieve academic success. The classroom is a place for students to study, and thereforeconcentration is awfully needed for us to learn our lessons. Furthermore, the school should make a rule to guide the students to use iPads in a proper way. Yours sincerely, Li Hua

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篇9:关于责任感accountability话题的英语作文

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A wise man once said that the only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do not

A wise man once said that the only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing. So, as a police officer, I have some urgent things to say to good people.

Day after day my men and I struggle to hold back a tidal wave of crime. Something has gone terribly wrong with our once-proud American way of life. It has happened in the area of values. A key ingredient is disappearing, and I think I know what it is: accountability .

My job as a police pfficer is to impose accountability on people who refuse, or have never learned, to impose it on themselves. But as every policeman knows, external control on peoples behavior is far less effective than internal restraints such as guilt, shame and embarrassment.

Fortunately there are still communities smaller towns, usually where schools maintain discipline and where parents hold up standards that proclaim:

In this family certain things are not tolerated they simply are not done!

Yet more and more, especially in our large cities and suburbs, these inner restraints are loosening. Your typical robber has none. He considers your property his property; he takes what he wants, including your life if you enrage him.

The main cause of this break-down is a radical shift in attitudes. Thirty years ago, if a crime was committed, society was considered the victim. Now, in a shocking reversal, its the criminal who is considered victimized: by his underprivileged upbringing, by the school that didnt teach him to read, by the church that failed to reach him with moral guidance, by the parents who didnt provide a stable home.

[关于责任感accountability话题英语作文

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篇10:以性格为话题的英语范文

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决定成功的三种性格Three Personalities Lead to Success

There are no two identical people exist in the world, but most successful people are similar in many ways. Good character is the foundation of success. Most of successful people are modest, diligent and creative etc. In my opinion, being confident, honest, and persevere are the three important keys to the door of success.

在这个世界上没有完全相同的两个人,但大多数成功人士在许多方面是相似的。良好的性格是成功的基础。大多数成功人士都是谦虚,勤奋有创造性等等。在我看来,自信,诚实,和坚持是开启成功大门的三条重要的钥匙。

There is an old saying that confident is the first step to succeed. Suppose that a person is not confident, how he gets trust from others. A singer singing in the stage without nervous means he is confident. Public speakers express their opinions to others without tension which also means he is confident. Confidence offers people courage to overcome difficulties, what’s more, if people believe themselves, they may meet more opportunities that they had never thought about.

有句老话说,自信是成功的第一步。如果一个人不自信,他如何得到他人的信任。一个歌手在舞台上唱歌没有感到紧张意味着他有信心。在公共演讲上表达自己的观点而不紧张,也意味着他是自信的。自信给人们提供了克服困难的勇气,更重要的是,如果人们相信自己,他们可能会遇到更多他们从来没想过的机会,。

The second key helps people succeed is honesty. There is no denying that most of friendships are based on honesty and most of businesses are based on friendship. Honest people are easy to get others’ respect and people often prefer to cooperate with the honest ones rather than liars. It’s obvious that no one could tolerate a friend always tell lies. China have a famous story which is about a shepherd boy who wants to play farmers and lie to them a wolf is coming. After he lies to them twice, a wolf is really appears, when he asks them for help, no one believe him anymore.

第二个有助于成功的因素是诚实。无法否认大多数的友谊是建立于诚实的基础上,而大多数的事业是基于友谊上的。 诚实的人很容易得到别人的尊重,人们往往喜欢跟那些老实的人而不是谎话连篇的人合作。很显然,没有人能容忍一个总是说谎的朋友。中国有一个著名的关于一个牧童的故事,说的是他想戏弄农民就向他们撒谎说谎狼来了。他撒了两次谎之后,狼真的出现了,但当他求助的时候,再没有人相信他了。

Beside what I talk about above, I consider that perseverance is an essential personality to people who want to succeed. Everyone will meet problems, but not everyone could insist. In fact, perseverance is another attitude which belongs to optimistic. A famous saying is that difficulty is like a spring which weakens in face of a strong-willed but strengthens in face of a faint-hearted. When people run into problems, as long as they persevere, they will be closed to success.

除了上面我所提到的,我认为毅力是想取得成功的重要性格。每个人都会遇到的问题,但并不是每个人都能坚持。事实上,毅力是另一种乐观的态度是。有一句名言说的是,困难就像弹簧,你弱它就强。在人们遇到问题时,只要持之以恒,就会成功。

To conclusion, everyone has his personality. Kindhearted people make others feel warm, and humorous guys bring happiness to people; enthusiastic ones could easy be on good terms with others. Sometimes people’s personality decide who they are, even who they want to be.

总之,每个人都有自己的性格。善良的人让人感到温暖,幽默的人给人带来开心;热情的人可以很容易和别人好好的相处。有时候人的性格决定了他们是什么样的人,甚至是他们想成为什么样的人。

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篇11:微笑话题英语

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About ten years ago when I was an undergraduate in college, I was working as an intern at my Universitys Museum of Natural History. One day while working at the cash register in the gift shop, I saw an elderly couple come in with a little girl in a wheelchair.

As I looked closer at this girl, I saw that she was kind of perched on her chair. I then realized she had no arms or legs, just a head, neck and torso. She was wearing a little white dress with red polka dots.

As the couple wheeled her up to me I was looking down at the register. I turned my head toward the girl and gave her a wink. As I took the money from her grandparents, I looked back at the girl, who was giving me the cutest, largest smile I have ever seen.

All of a sudden her handicap was gone and all I saw was this beautiful girl, whose smile just melted me and almost instantly gave me a completely new sense of what life is all about. She took me from a poor, unhappy college student and brought me into her world; a world of smiles, love and warmth.

That was ten years ago. Im a successful business person now and whenever I get down and think about the troubles of the world, I think about that little girl and the remarkable lesson about life that she taught me.

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篇12:2024高考英语作文话题预测:文明旅游

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文明旅游让我们努力营造文明出行的社会氛围,传播快乐旅程的社会正能量。下面是写文明旅游的英语作文范文,希望对你有帮助。

预测作文】文明旅游

【猜题理由】有些旅游景点的文物景观遭到了严重的破坏,致使最近文明旅游的倡议越来越受重视,因此就“游客可付费在仿造长城上涂写留言”发表看法。

【预测题目】文明旅游

写作内容:1. 以约30个词概括短文的要点;

2. 以约120个词写一篇短文,就“游客可付费在仿造长城上涂写留言”发表你的看法,内容包括:

(1)谈谈对某些人喜欢在旅游景点随便涂鸦留言的看法;

(2)对专门修一段仿造城墙让游客付高价留言的做法你是赞成还是反对,并简要陈述你的理由。

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It is reported that tourists to China’s Great Wall can now leave their mark on a fake wall recently built near the real wall in Badaling if they pay 999 yuan.

In China, many visitors have the hobby of carving graffiti on places of interest, especially on some famous cultural relics. Last year I went to the Great Wall and found many people had left names and ugly words on the Wall, which destroys many historic bricks. In my opinion, such people should feel ashamed of leaving their marks on the great relics which were created by our ancestors.

So personally I quite agree with this brilliant project though it has caused criticism from some people. The Great Wall would be ruined one day if we didn’t take any steps to protect it. The fake wall is a really good idea because it will protect our relics as well as making profits from the project.

文明旅游英语作文

Behaved Tourism When holiday comes, thousands of people pour into the tourist sites, they want to relax themselves and enjoy the beautiful scenery. But Chinese people have a bad habit, they like to leave some notes on the site, proving them have been here before. Such a behavior has been criticized by the public, because the leaving note will damage the preservation of the tourist site. Most of the tourist sites are part of our country’s historical relics, these sites are priceless, it is everyone’s duty to protect the sites. When we go to travel, we should behave ourselves. First, we need to have the idea that no rubbish being leaved behind when we leave the site. We should take away what we bring, keep the environment clean. Second, no any notes being written in the sites. Though in the old days, Chinese workers like to leave their names on the sites, but now it is a new world, we need to behave ourselves.

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篇13:以成功为话题的高一英语

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When it comes to success, different people have different opinions about

what makes it come true. Some people regard hard-working as an essential quality

to success while others believe being clever would lead to success. From my

point of view, I think perseverance and hard-working are indispensable for those

who want to make an achievement.

Firstly, perseverance let people step closely towards success. Most people

want to make a big difference to prove their value. People who set their goal

and keep moving would make their dream come true. However, there are some people

who set their goal but they stop at the difficulty would fail in the end. I

think the difference between success and failure is perseverance. If we have

perseverance, even if we are not clever, we will make a great difference, but if

we not, we are doomed to lose. As we all know, Edison is a great inventor in the

world. However, before he invented the bulb, he kept trying for tens of

thousands of times to find a suitable wire. Let us imagine, if he gave up at the

999th, then how he couldn’t become so successful. So, I strongly believe that

perseverance produces success.

Secondly, there is also a kind of people who are born with cleverness, I

think they are lucky. Nevertheless, if they don’t make a hard work on their way

to their goal, they, absolutely, will become loser. Whether we are gifted for

intelligent, we must be hard-working so as to success. I regard hard-working as

an efficient approach to be successful because I believe ‘pains and gains’. As

for those who do not make great efforts on work, failure follows. In old times,

there is a clever boy who can make excellent poem when he can talk. When his

father found the little child’s cleverness, he just let the child make poems to

show around while never let the boy learned anything. When the boy grew up,

people forgot him because he lost the ability to compose poems and became

ordinary as others. From this matter, we can see that only by hard-working can

we get knowledge and make a good future.

Anyway, I think perseverance and hard-working are both important in our way

to success for they enhance us and produce success.

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篇14:以公平教育为话题的英语作文

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At this precise moment in time and with the impending entrance examination, the problem of educational injustice has loomed more conspicuous and has been brought to the center of public attention. It is almost absolutely correct that schools misbehavior gave rise to seditions and agony.

Dated back to last month, one official representative at the meeting of Peoples Representatives put forward the issue of educational partiality, maintaining that the possibility of certain metropolises students admitted to Tsinghua University and Peking University is approximately 40 times more than that in Henan province. Recently, when it comes to the enrollment of middle school students, another heated news has been propagated that certain schools enjoying better location, faculty and favorable policies are illegally stretching their legs towards elite students over the whole province, exerting definitely pernicious influences on the regulation of tests and examinations.

As a student, Im sincerely concerned with this. From my own perspective, the leading action we should be encouraged to take is to distribute resources more sensibly. Its imperative to give more rights for admission to prestigious universities to students in need, which may propitiously precipitate the process of social justice. Also, governmental regulation and punishments are in desperate demand. Banning on such misconducts as searching for students over the boundary in certain schools serves as a solution.

What is more, personally, its advisable for the school administrators to secure a clear mind that faculty and regulations rather than students are more significant linchpins in maintaining competence and attractiveness.

There is still a long way to go for sake of overcoming the perplexity of educational injustice. Notwithstanding, we are bound to accomplish it with fortitude.

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篇15:英语作文热点话题:毕业感想

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How time flies! I have studied in my school for three years. And I will graduate from middle school in a month. I am eager to share my happiness and sadness with you. I had so many memories in three years’ life. One of them impressed me very much. I still remember, when I began to learn English, I found it too difficult. No matter how hard I tried, I still couldn’t do well in it and almost gave it up. As soon as my English teacher found my problem, she had a talk with me about how to learn English well. Since then, she has kept helping me. Little by little, I’ve become interested in English and I’m good at it. I think I am so lucky to become one of her students. I’ve learned a lot from her. I will try to help others when they are in trouble. I think it is a happy thing to help others.

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篇16:以感恩为话题英语

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How long has it been since you had the feeling of being moved ? Do you feel grateful when you taste the delicious food your mother prepares for you ? On Teacher’s Day, do you say “Thank you teachers” from the bottom of your heart, or just do it as others do ?

In the West, there is Thanksgiving Day. People invented this festival to be grateful for what they gained, because no one could be happy or successful without the help from others. Though our country don’t have Thanksgiving Day, we should be grateful hourly.

If the grateful full of your heart ,you will be happy everyday. Life’s happiness is to be convinced we are loved. A telephone from parents, a criticism from teacher, a exhortation from friend, a competition from opponent and so on. All this are the foundation of mature for us.

We must learn to be grateful, otherwise , we will be apathetic, can’t notice the love from others. Only have the heart of be grateful, we can understand how to love others and how to repay our society.

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篇17:英语话题作文

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李华沉迷于电脑游戏中,影响了学习。作为他的好朋友,你打算怎么帮他呢?请用下面所给的提示词写一篇不少于80字的短文。字迹工整,语言流畅。

提示词:give up concentrate on be (become)interested in

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Li Hua spent too much time playing computer games and he fell behind

others. As a good friend of his, I must do something to help him.

Firstly, I think it’s very important for him to learn lessons well. He

should spend most of his time on his study instead of computer games. Secondly,

I must tell him that playing computer games too much is bad for his health,

especially for his eyes. So he must give it up. I can play more sports with him

after school. Maybe he will become more interested in sports than computer

games. And then Ill ask him to concentrate more on his study. Of course, I will

try my best to help him with all his subjects. I think I can do it in many fun

ways and let him find much fun in studying. At the same time, Ill ask both his

parents and our teachers to help him, too.

If I try these, Im sure he will make great progress soon.

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篇18:以万圣节为话题英语作文

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halloween has always been a holiday filled with mystery, magic and superstition. it began as a celtic end-of-summer festival during which people felt especially close to deceased relatives and friends. for these friendly spirits, they set places at the dinner table, left treats on doorsteps and along the side of the road and lit candles to help loved ones find their way back to the spirit world.

todays halloween ghosts are often depicted as more fearsome and malevolent, and our customs and superstitions are scarier too. we avoid crossing paths with black cats, afraid that they might bring us bad luck. this idea has its roots in the middle ages, when many people believed that witches avoided detection by turning themselves into cats. we try not to walk under ladders for the same reason. this superstition may have come from the ancient egyptians, who believed that triangles were sacred; it also may have something to do with the fact that walking under a leaning ladder tends to be fairly unsafe. and around halloween, especially, we try to avoid breaking mirrors, stepping on cracks in the road or spilling salt.

but what about the halloween traditions and beliefs that todays trick-or-treaters have forgotten all about? many of these obsolete rituals focused on the future instead of the past and the living instead of the dead. in particular, many had to do with helping young women identify their future husbands and reassuring them that they would someday--with luck, by next halloween!--be married.

in 18th-century ireland, a matchmaking cook might bury a ring in her mashed potatoes on halloween night, hoping to bring true love to the diner who found it. in scotland, fortune-tellers recommended that an eligible young woman name a hazelnut for each of her suitors and then toss the nuts into the fireplace. the nut that burned to ashes rather than popping or exploding, the story went, represented the girls future husband. (in some versions of this legend, confusingly, the opposite was true: the nut that burned away symbolized a love that would not last.) another tale had it that if a young woman ate a sugary concoction made out of walnuts, hazelnuts and nutmeg before bed on halloween night, she would dream about her future husband. young women tossed apple-peels over their shoulders, hoping that the peels would fall on the floor in the shape of their future husbands initials; tried to learn about their futures by peering at egg yolks floating in a bowl of water; and stood in front of mirrors in darkened rooms, holding candles and looking over their shoulders for their husbands faces.

other rituals were more competitive. at some halloween parties, the first guest to find a burr on a chestnut-hunt would be the first to marry; at others, the first successful apple-bobber would be the first down the aisle.

of course, whether were asking for romantic advice or trying to avoid seven years of bad luck, each one of these halloween superstitions relies on the good will of the very same "spirits" whose presence the early celts felt so keenly. ours is not such a different holiday after all!

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篇19:以食品安全为话题的英语范文

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June 15th, 2006

Dear Sir or Madam,

Thank you for taking time to read this letter. As the problem of food safety has been becoming worse and worse nowadays, I am obliged to write to you.

Several days ago, one of my classmates came back from supermarket with a large bag of food. Because of having found a new style of tinned?ish in the food store, she was very glad. Several other roommates were invited to enjoy the “mouth?atering chicken”. Unfortunately, after finishing the food, all of my three friends had stomachaches and vomited, their faces having become paler and paler. Due to sensitivity to that kind of tinned food, I escaped that suffer. At that time, my mind went blank. I dialed the emergency number with my trembling hand, therefore they were quickly sent to hospital. The doctor said they were lucky to be out of danger because they did not eat too much of that rotten fish and were hospitalized on time.

This is the matter that happened around me which made me realize the seriousness of the food safety problem. I sincerely hope that the whole society could attach much importance to this issue.

Thanks!

Yours,

Julie

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篇20:2024高考英语热点话题:中国梦

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2015高考英语热点话题中国

最近,你们班召开了以“我的中国梦”为主题的班会活动。请写一篇日记,记述班会情况及自己的感受。内容要点如下:

1.每位同学都畅谈了自己对中国梦的理解;

2.你谈到了自己的梦想;

3.如何实现自己的梦想。

注意:

1.总词数不少于100。

2.不可逐条翻译。

3.开头已给出,不计入总词数。

April 8 Monday Fine

Recently we had a class meeting on the topic of My Chinese Dream....

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April 8 Monday Fine

Recently we had a class meeting on the topic of My Chinese Dream. Inspired by(受启发)President Xi’s Chinese Dream, everyone talked enthusiastically about his understanding of the Chinese Dream. We all believe that this dream will come true in the future.I also talked about my own dream. I have always wanted to be (想成为)a doctor. Not only(不仅) can doctors save people’s lives but also they aredoing a respectable(值得尊敬的) job. Doctors can also help people to live a better life with their professional knowledge(专业知识).To realize my dream, I must try to work hard from now on. I must learn as much as I can so that I can get into a good medical college, where I can prepare myself adequately(充分) for the job of a doctor. Only in this way can I accomplish my goal.

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