介绍红与黑英语作文（20篇）

Despite the cultural conflicts between the Orient and the Occident, there do exist some admirable ingredients in the Western culture.

First and foremost, the equality between parents and children. The parents are not always superior to their children, and the children do not always need to obey their parents ‘order, that is, they are more like close friends.

Second, the independent personality. Western people have a strong sense of supporting themselves and being independent. They begin earning their pocket money early in their life, even as kids.

Last, Western people do not always assess a person according to his background. If only he can achieve success through personal struggle, he can win status. Its a talent-oriented society, not background-oriented.

I have a lot of friends but Amy is my best friend.He is a boy. Both of us are good at English, so we often have a chat in English in our spare time. After school, we often play football together on the playground. He runs so fast that I can not catch up with him. He is an excellent student. He not only gets good marks in all subjects but also is very kind and modest. He loves popular songs and also classical music.

Qu Yuan (ca.340 BCE – 278 BCE) was a Chinese scholar and minister to the King from the southern Chu during the Warring States Period.His works are mostly found in an anthology of poetry known as Chu Ci.His death is traditionally commemorated on the occasion of the Duanwu Festival ,which is commonly known in English as the Dragon Boat Festival or Double Fifth (fifth day of the fifth month of the traditional Chinese calendar)

Living mainly in the Earths southern hemisphere, now known to the world a total of 18 kinds of penguins. Features that can not fly; legs was born in the lower part of the body, it was upright posture; toes webbed; plantigrade sex (other birds in order to toe the ground); forelimbs into flippers; feathers short, in order to reduce friction and turbulence; feathers between the retained a layer of air for insulation. Back in black, belly white. The main difference is that the various kinds of color head-and body size.

The name Christmas is short for Christs Mass. A Mass is a kind of Church service. Christmas is a religious festival. It is the day we celebrate as the birthday of Jesus.

There are special Christmas services in Christian churches all over the world. But many of the festivities of Christmas do not have anything to do with religion. Exchanging gifts and sending Christmas cards are the modern ways of celebrating the Christmas in the world.

The birth of Jesus had a story: In Nazareth, a city of Galilee. The virgins name was Mary was betrothed to Joseph. Before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Spirit. Joseph her husband was minded to put her away secretly. While he thought about these things, Gabriel, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and told him did not be afraid to take Mary as wife. And Mary will bring forth a Son, and he shall call his name, Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins.

Before Jesus births, Joseph and Mary came to Quintus was governing Syria. So all went to be registered, everyone to his own city. Joseph also went up out of Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judea, to the city of David, which is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and of the lineage of David, to be registered with Mary, his betrothed wife, who was with child. So it was that while they were there, the days were completed for her to be delivered. And she brought forth her firstborn Son, and wrapped him in swaddling cloths, and laid him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn.

And that, Christmas is the feast of the nativity of Jesus, is on 25th, December every year. But nobody know the actual birthday of Jesus. And the Christmas has become popular when Christmas cards appeared in 1846 and the concept of a jolly Santa Claus was first made popular in nineteenth Century.

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“圣诞节”这个名称是“基督弥撒”的缩写。弥撒是教会的一种礼拜仪式。圣诞节是一个宗教节日我们把它当作耶稣的诞辰来庆祝，因而又名耶诞节。

这一天，世界所有的基督教会都举行特别的礼拜仪式。但是有很多圣诞节的欢庆活动和宗教并无半点关联。交换礼物，寄圣诞卡，这都使圣诞节成为一个普天同庆的日子。

耶稣的出生是有一段故事的，耶稣是因着圣灵成孕，由童女马利亚所生的。神更派遣使者加伯列在梦中晓谕约瑟，叫他不要因为马利亚未婚怀孕而不要她，反而要与她成亲，把那孩子起名为“耶稣”，意思是要他把百姓从罪恶中救出来。

当马利亚快要临盆的时候，罗马政府下了命令，全部人民到伯利恒务必申报户籍。约瑟和马利亚只好遵命。他们到达伯利恒时，天色已昏，无奈两人未能找到旅馆渡宿，只有一个马棚可以暂住。就在这时，耶苏要出生了!於是马利亚唯有在马槽上，生下耶苏。

圣诞节便始于十二月二十五日纪念耶苏的诞生，但真实的诞生日就没有人知道了。十九世纪，圣诞卡的流行、圣诞老人的出现，圣诞节也开始流行起来了。

[介绍圣诞节的英语作文2篇

导语：“当我登上了神舟五号飞船的第一次，我不禁感到兴奋，我决定，我要飞了。”下面是yuwenmi小编为备考的同学准备的优秀英语作文，欢迎阅读与借鉴，谢谢!

"When I boarded the Shenzhou-5 spacecraft for the first time, I couldnt help feeling excited, I decide that I must fly it."------said by Yang Liwei.

Colonel Yang Liwei is an astronaut, and he is also a member of the Astronaut Team of the Peoples Liberation Army.

Born on June 21st,1965 in a teathers family in Suizhong Country of Liaoning Province,Yang Liwei had a happy childhood with his parents.Not only was he a good student in school,but he also had a gift for math.He won a lot of math competition prizes.After graduating from middle school,Yang Liwei continued his studies at the No.8 Aviation College of the Air Force of the Peoples Liberation Army.He studied very hard and graduated with a Bachelors degree.Later,hebecame a fighter pilot.

Several years later,because of his excellent manifestaion,Yang Liwei was among 14 persons chosen from 1,500 pilots for astronaut training.Yang Liwei did very well and passed astronaut tests in 1996 and 1997.Then he became one of three astronauts for Chinas first manned space flight.After a series of hard trainings and tests,Yang Liweibecame Chinas first astronaut on Oct15,2003 at last.

Being the first Chinese to travel in space,Yang Liwei is a hero of our nation in our heart and mind.He devotes himself to Chinese space program.Whenever we review the moments which Yang Liwei was traveling in Shenzhou-5 in space,holding our national flag in hand, we will be proud of our country and think highly of Yang Liwei.I believe that China will make greater progress in space flight in the future.

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“当我登上了神舟五号飞船的第一次，我不禁感到兴奋，我决定，我要飞了。”------杨利伟说。

杨利伟上校是一名宇航员，也是人民解放军航天员小组的成员。

出生于绥中的国家辽宁省在一个教师家庭1965年6月21日，杨利伟有一个幸福的童年和父母。他不仅是个好学生，但他也有一个礼物给数学。他赢得了很多数学竞赛的奖品。中学毕业后，杨利伟继续他的研究，在对人民解放军空军航空大学8。他学习很努力，和学士学位毕业后，成为一名战斗机飞行员。

几年后，由于他出色的表现，杨利伟被选为宇航员训练飞行员从1500 14人中，杨利伟做的非常好，在1996和1997通过测试的宇航员。然后他成为了对中国的首次载人航天飞行的三名宇航员。一系列的艰苦训练和测试后，杨利伟成为中国的第一个宇航员。

作为第一个中国旅游的空间，杨利伟是我在我们心目中的民族英雄。他致力于中国的太空计划。每当我们回顾的时刻，杨利伟乘坐神舟五号在太空，手里拿着我们的国旗，我们会为我们的国家感到自豪，对杨利伟的评价很高。我相信中国会在太空飞行的未来更大的进步。

My name is Yang yao, I am a girl, but high forehead, nose slightly tilted,

appears somewhat reiki.

My body is thin, when I was a child often sick. Therefore, mom and dad is

everything depends on me, over time gradually formed the habit of love lost his

temper, a little a bit is not good, to mom and dad lost his temper. Remember

once, have more minutes at 9 o clock, I have finished my homework and went to

watch TV, my mother wont let me see, turn off the TV. I am not talk to her a,

turn on the TV again, just like that, mom, I drive, back and forth several

times, mom finally angry, loudly say: "you are not obedient, give me out." I

have heard, stared at mother, pushed the door open and ran outside. In the end,

still mother took me to back up. You see, at that time, my temper is what kind

of ah!

I gradually grew up, or a lot of temper, I also fell in love with music,

has become a small fan. Mom and dad bought me a tape let me learn many childrens

songs.

I am also a love of labor of a little girl, my mother got up very early

every morning, mom told me dont you wash the clothes today, but when I get up in

the, see home there are a lot of clothes not wash, and every itch I put my

clothes washed. My grandma and neighbors compliment I love work, some neighbors

said that I would do.

I have a fault, is the problem when the teacher let the students to answer,

my heart will be pounding, a long time to calm down.

Friends, capricious, is my personality; Love to sing, love labor is my

hobby. Do you like me?

我叫杨娇，我是女孩，前额却高，鼻子微微翘起，显得几分灵气。

我身体比较瘦弱，小时候常常生病。因此，爸爸妈妈就什么事都依着我，天长日久渐渐地养成了爱发脾气的坏习惯，稍有一点儿不称心，就对爸爸妈妈发脾气。记得有一次，已经九点多钟了，我做完了作业，就去看电视了，妈妈不让我看，把电视关了。我才不理她那一套呢，又把电视打开了，就这样，妈妈关，我开，来来回回好几次，妈妈终于发火了，大声说：“你真不听话，给我出去。”我听了，瞪了妈妈一眼，推开门就往外跑。最后，还是妈妈把我给拖了回来。你们瞧瞧，那个时候，我的脾气是什么样的啊!

我渐渐地长大了，脾气也好了很多，我还爱上了音乐，成了一个小歌迷。爸爸妈妈给我买了许多儿童歌曲磁带让我学。

我也是个很爱劳动的一个小女孩，每天早上我妈妈起得很早，妈妈就跟我说今天的衣服不要你洗了，但是我起来的时候，看见家里有很多衣服没有洗，我就手痒痒把衣服给洗了。我的奶奶和邻居夸奖我爱劳动，有的邻居说我会做事。

我还有一个缺点，就是当老师要让同学起来回答问题时候，我的心就会怦怦直跳，很久才能平静下来。

朋友们，任性，是我的性格;爱唱歌、爱劳动是我的爱好。你们喜欢我吗?

扬州是一座历史名城。下面是小编整理分享给大家的介绍扬州的优秀英语作文，欢迎阅读鉴赏。希望大家喜欢！

Yangzhou (simplified Chinese: 扬州) is a prefecture-level city in central Jiangsu Province, Peoples Republic of China. Sitting on the northern bank of the Yangtze River, it borders the provincial capital of Nanjing to the southwest, Huaian to the north, Yancheng to the northeast, Taizhou to the east, and Zhenjiang across the river to the south. Historically it is one of the wealthiest of Chinas cities, known at various periods for its great merchant families, poets, painters, and scholars.

Geography and climate

Rivers: the Yangtze River, Jinghang Canal, Baoshe River, Datong River, Beichengzi River, Tongyang Canal, Xintongyang Canal, Baima Lake, Baoying Lake, Gaoyou Lake, Shaobo Lake.

Local landscape: Slender west lake, Ge garden, He garden, Da ming temple, Phoenix island, etc. Subtropical monsoon climate with humid changeable wind; longer winters for about 4 months, summers 3 months and shorter springs and autumns, 2 months respectively; frost-free period of 222 days and annual average sunshine of 2177 hours. Average temperature: 15 °C annually; the hottest in July of 27.6 °C and the coldest in January of 1.7 °C; maximum temperature of 39.8 °C and minimum 19 °C

The annual average precipitation is 1,030 mm, and about 45 percent of rainfall is concentrated in the summer. The rainy season known as "plum rain season" usually lasts from mid-June to late July. During this season, the plums are ripening, hence the name plum rain.

Cuisine

Yangzhou dishes may be one of the reasons why the people of Yangzhou are so infatuated with their city. They have an appealing color, aroma, taste and appearance. The original color of each ingredient is preserved after cooking, and no oily sauce is added, so as to retain the fresh savor of the food.

In Yangzhou all dishes, whether cheap or expensive, are elaborate. Cooks will not scrimp on their work, even with Zhugansi (stewed sliced dry bean curd), a popular dish that costs only a few yuan. Dry bean curd is made by each restaurant that serves it, so the flavor is guaranteed. The cook slices the 1-cm-thick curd into 30 shreds, each one paper-thin but none broken, and then stews them for hours with chopped bamboo shoots and shelled shrimps in chicken soup. In this way the dry bean curd shreds can soak up the flavor of the other ingredients, and the soup is clear but savory. It is not only Yangzhou cooks but also the ordinary people who are conscientious about cooking.

[介绍扬州的优秀英语作文

Please allow me to introduce myself fou you. My name is xx, my 20-year-old, was born in Qinghai Province. Very honored to have this opportunity to come here to interview. Now I will briefly introduce themselves. I graduated from the Qinghai first vocational schools My specialty is computer software applications. In the past year I have the basic expertise. I like reading books, watching movies, listening to music, and so on. I think I am an honest and optimistic, can also work under great pressure. This is probably, thank you。

导语：白鸽,有一身洁白无瑕油亮的羽毛。它们在空中飞翔,就像一个个白衣天使在翩翩起舞。 下面是yuwenmi小编为大家整理的优秀英语作文，欢迎阅读与借鉴，谢谢!

I have a pet. It is a pigeon. It has got white and gray feathers a red mouth and two small eyes. It’s cute.

I found it near a park. Its leg was injured and couldn’t fly. I took it home and cured it. Every morning I give it some water and small pieces of bread. It gets stronger and stronger.

Now the pigeon has become my best friend. When I come home from school it always flies to me and rests on my shoulders it likes to talk to me. It makes my spare time colorful.

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我有一只宠物。它是一只鸽子。它有白色和灰色羽毛，一个红色的嘴和两个小眼睛，很可爱。

我在公园附近发现它的。它的腿受伤了不能飞。我把它带回家治愈它。每天早上，我给它一些水和小块面包。它变得越来越强壮。

现在鸽子成了我最好的朋友。当我从学校回家的时候，它总是飞到我的肩上，它喜欢和我说话。它使我的业余时间丰富多彩。

My favorite little animal, of course, is a small rabbit it! Shape, action, play phase ... ... can be fun!

The little rabbit has a white hair, a pair of big and red round eyes like two rubies; two long ears heard a sound to listen to the vertical, can be sensitive! I gave it a name - noob.

I remember once, in order to express the love of it, then reach out and touch it soft body of the villi, but accidentally touched it that short tail. It was furious and it was a little jumping, escaping from me, and I wanted to reach out and grab it - it did not catch it! So I was so wit and shouted "ah -" White was scared me, shocked, and then with a pair of big eyes staring at me, two little claws still shivering. I took the opportunity to rush up, grabbed its ears, it carried back home.

One day I just went home, put down my bag, ready to start doing homework, white will jump on my desk, in the pencil box on the stamped a few small plum, I not only blame it, but also that it is very cute in my I was happy when I was doing my homework.

I really like my good friend - white.

Lei Feng (雷锋; Léi Fēng) (December 18,1940 - August 15,1962) was a soldier of the Peoples Liberation Army of the PRC. He was characterized by propaganda as a selfless and modest figure after his death and consequently was an idol to many. Today Lei continues to serve as the idol to elementary school students who commemorate and "learn from" him in everyday life,and has become a resilient cultural icon,with many t-shirts printed with his picture on the front.

Born in Wangcheng,Hunan (near the Town of Leifeng,Changsha,Hunan,named in his honour),Lei joined the Communist youth corps when he was very young. Lei died in 1962 at the age of 22,when a telephone pole,struck by an army truck,killed him,when he was directing the truck in backing up. After Leis death,Mao Zedong began what was to be known as the *"Learn from Comrade Lei Feng" (向雷锋同志学习) Campaign,designed to use Lei as a good example to the Chinese people to be cheerfully selfless and noble in thought.

the Chinese word 学习，when translated literally,can be "to learn,or learn" however,given this context,it means something like "to follow",therefore,the slogan/phrase 向雷锋同志学习 means more of something like "follow the examples of comrade Lei-Feng."

Since,March 5th has become the official "Learn from Lei Feng Day". This day involves various community and school events where people go clean up parks,schools,and other community locations. Local news on that day usually has footage from these events.

Leis most recognizable image in popular culture is in t-shirt,hes in the same category as other revolutionary symbols including Mao Zedong and Che Guevera at street vendors. Some Lei Feng t-shirts have made their way into the United States as well. Hayden Christensens character in the movie Life as a House is wearing a Lei Feng t-shirt.

In March 2006,China released a game titled Learn From Lei Feng Online in which the player has to do good deeds,fight spies,and collect parts of Mao Zedongs collection. If the player wins,he or she gets to meet Chairman Mao in the game.

Cultural Importance

Communist Chinas leaders have praised Lei Feng as the personification of altruism,the truly selfless figure. Although the historicity and authenticity of the mans story is under dispute,his cultural importance is ingrained within everyday life in China. The importance of moral character was emphasized heavily during Maos era,but Deng-era reforms have seen a moral erosion where competitiveness in social networks has paved its path. Lei Fengs prominence from school textbooks have declined since the 1970s,although he remains part of the national curriculum and many of his deeds are taught in the elementary school curriculum. The term huo Lei Feng (literally Lei Feng alive) has become a noun (or adjective) for anyone that is seen as selfless,or anyone that goes out of their way to help others.

hello,everyone!

my name is xxxx is my english name,which is also the name of my idol.i’m a recommended student from ccfls,in which i have studied for six years.during the time i stayed there,i’ve learned a lot from the teachers who i must thank sincerely.another school in my life is my family.1990 witnessed me born in a happy family.i was treated as the apple of my family members’ eyes since childhood.genuineness,perseverance,conscientiouness,the urge for improvement are the characters my family gives me.today,but for their support,i would not be this confident.many thanks to my family.i love them all.

i’m an optimistic,energetic,outgoing,active,humorous girl with any amount of hobbies,such as listening to music and writing my blog.what deserves to be introduced is my blog on sina,which takes me a lot of pains.it’s without much gaudy decorations,but many articles which are really worth reading.the website address is here.your prensence and guidance are requested.

unlike many other girls,i’m quite good at sports.swimming,skating,basketball,volleyball,badminton,table tennis and etc. are my preferences.in spite of my height,i have a good jumping capacity.due to this,i’m the captain of the female basketball team and the principal member of the female volleyball team in our school.in addition,i’m fond of playing chess.i’ve got a silver medal when i was a child.futhermore,i’m a very versatile girl.piano and clarinet are my forte.they all get the ninth level.besides,i’m a good organizer and leader in the school activities.i organized many english speech contest,also took a part in it and ranked among the best.especially,i directed an english play called“the sound of music”,which is a gorgeous success,so that every audience spoke highly of it.i’m very proud of that.

to conclude,i’m sure i won’t let you down.i hope that you can give me a chance to study in xiamen university,which is the shrine in my mind, and i’ll give you much glory in return.

that’s all.thank you for your attention.

The Spring Festival is the first traditional festival of the Chinese people in one year. It marks the end of the old year and the new year has begun. The annual evening meal is one of the important activities of the Spring Festival, and the Chinese peoples families attach great importance to the dinner. At the beginning of the first two of the month, I went to my grandmothers house with my mom and dad to have dinner.

Today, there are a lot of people, grandmas home is very busy, the year is super strong. My aunt, uncle, and my father are talking about a hot day. They eat melon seeds, while talking off the reel. Cousin and sister in sister-in-law in the room amused baby happy, looking at the babys smiling face, they do not mention how happy. And both of me and my cousins were "unscrupulous". Three of us sat cross legged on the sofa, leisurely play cut the rope on the iPad, occasionally heard bursts of laughter.

After a while, grandma kindly led us into the room and gave us a red envelope with "horse" printed. We received the red envelope and smiled, thanks, grandma.

There are 5 minutes to 6. Uncle arranges us to each seat on the table, and my 2 cousins around her. Start with a pre - meal dessert "vegetable salad" and open the stomach. We have to take three chowhound a spoon to scoop a spoon Salad salad, not for a while, almost finished. The aunt laughed and said, "eat slowly, everyone and you snatch." At this time, the second dish "years of fish" came up. The flavor of the sauce is full, the taste of the soy sauce is right, and the onion is added to it. The dish does not mention how beautiful it is. The fish is over, and the next is "boiled shrimps". This dish is sweet and delicious, with a bowl of vinegar, make people unable to hide greeds. Later on a lot of good food, are a delicacy, today is really fantastic.

In the evening, after dinner. We have continued are scattered, and my mom and dad and grandma reluctant to part also had to say "goodbye", today is a day to play indescribably happy, and the family is a happy thing.

Nowadays, there are many kinds of activities for people entertaining in their leisure time, especially in holiday, such as climbing a mountain, having a picnic, holding a party and so on. However, these recreational activities have its advantages but also bring some harmful influences to people’s lives.

First, to some extent, these recreational activities enrich people’s lives. Those who take part in different activities will not be easy to feel lonely or boring in their leisure time and live wonderful lives instead. Second, taking part in some group activities is a good form to strengthen friendships. For example, many students will hold a union to collect their old classmates or friends in winter holiday so that they have a common time to communicate with each other. Last but not least, such activities like climbing a mountain provide a good chance to do exercise.

However, these recreational activities also bring some problems at the same time. For one thing, taking part in too many these activities will increase the burden of themselves or their families because it is inevitable to spend some money in holding these activities. For another, some recreational activities have potential harm for participants’ health, particularly staying up all night, drinking and smoking.

Therefore, in my opinion, we have to make a careful consideration before we take part in these recreational activities.

The firecracker is a unique product in China. In ancient China, the sound of burning bamboo tubes was used to scare away wild animals and evil spirits. With the invention of the gunpowder, “firecracker” is also called “鞭炮biānpào” (“炮” in Chinese means gun) and used to foster a joyful atmosphere. The first thing every Chinese household does is to set off firecrackers and fireworks, which are meant to bid farewell to the old year and usher in the new. In the past few years, such an activity was completely or partially forbidden in big cities including Beijing due to fire and personal casualty caused by burning firecrackers. However, some Chinese thought that a Spring Festival without firecrackers was not lively enough and they burned firecrackers by stealth. So in recent years, the ban was canceled again. This shows that burning firecrackers is a very important activity during the Spring Festival.

My hometown has many scenic places, there are four spring like Longtan cave, fruit fragrance has a charming scenery and pinnacle, psc...... But my favorite is the mountain of my hometown.

In the hot summer day, my father took me to climb the mountain and looked up from the foot of the mountain. "The peak is so high that it seems to be in the sky." Look at the steep stone steps, one layer and one layer. It seems that there is no way to find it, alas! As I wanted to give up, my father said to me, "do things to the end!" At last, I began to climb the mountain. I grabbed the weeds with my hands. My legs pressed hard. Soon we climbed half the mountain, and I climbed and climbed in this steep mountain. I didnt know that I was so flexible. At this time, my stomach rumbled up, suddenly a red fruit aroma drifting, I smell the fragrance found a tall red fruit tree, the tree node is full of big and sweet red fruit, I just want to greedy DC slobber, climbed up the tree to pick one to eat, suddenly. A ripe red fruit from the tree fell down, I quickly picked up the red fruit, Dakoutaikou to eat it, "ah, really sweet!".

After a long time, we arrived at the top of the mountain and looked out. It turned out that Miyi was located in the mountain. I roared, "ah... Ah... Ah...! " I hear the echo from the mountain.

I love my hometown, I love the mountain of my hometown.

Me Hello，everybody!My name`s Kevin Bill。I am a 15-year-old boy and I am from China。My favorite movie are Rush Hour and Mr。Bean。Do you know them?I think they are exciting action movie and interesting comedy 。My English teacher is a beautiful teacher and she`s always friendly to us。Her favorite sport is basketball and we always play basketball together。My favorite music is pop and my favorite fruits are apples and grapes。And Sunday is my favorite day。How about you ?What`s your name?

Autumn girl walked the silent footsteps, the beautiful autumn to the world.

She waved a magic wand, the green rice fields into a golden. Far from the field, the field like a golden carpet; field, the channel side, a small river, that tree green cypress, is embroidered on the carpet on the green side; ridge, grass, grow all kinds of Colorful flowers, is embedded in the carpet on the color of pearls. The cool autumn wind blowing, blowing on the rice, the rice thrown the golden waves; blowing in the trees, leaves fluttering leisurely fall, like butterflies dancing in the fields. I stand on the ridge, you listen, the wind blowing rice "rustling" sound, between the grass, the insects "tweeted" sound, the branches, the birds "grumble" sound, with our childrens laughter Sound, merged into a ensemble; like a symphony, played the harvest of the movement.

I love autumn, more love the field of autumn. Because she is full of joy, full of hope, full of vitality.

​导语：白宫有着独特而迷人的历史。下面是yuwenmi小编为大家整理的优秀英语作文，欢迎阅读与借鉴，谢谢!

For almost two hundred years, the White House has stood as a symbol of the Presidency, the United States government, and the American people. Its history, and the history of the nations capital, began when President George Washington signed an Act of Congress in December of 1790 declaring that the federal government would reside in a district "not exceeding ten miles square...on the river Potomac." President Washington, together with city planner Pierre LEnfant, chose the site for the new residence, which is now 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. As preparations began for the new federal city, a competition was held to find a builder of the "Presidents House." Nine proposals were submitted, and Irish-born architect James Hoban won a gold medal for his practical and handsome design.

Construction began when the first cornerstone was laid in October of 1792. Although President Washington oversaw the construction of the house, he never lived in it. It was not until 1800, when the White House was nearly completed, that its first residents, President John Adams and his wife, Abigail, moved in. Since that time, each President has made his own changes and additions. The White House is, nts private home. It is also the only private residence of a head of state that is open to the public, free of charge.

The White House has a unique and fascinating history. It survived a fire at the hands of the British in 1814 and another fire in the West Wing in 1929, while Herbert Hoover was President. Throughout much of Harry S. Trumans presidency, the interior of the house, with the exception of the third floor, was completely gutted and renovated while the Trumans lived at Blair House, right across Pennsylvania Avenue. Nonetheless, the exterior stone walls are those first put in place when the White House was constructed two centuries ago.

Presidents can express their individual style in how they decorate some parts of the house and in how they receive the public during their stay. Thomas Jefferson held the first Inaugural open house in 1805. Many of those who attended the swearing-in ceremony at the U.S. Capitol simply followed him home, where he greeted them in the Blue Room. President Jefferson also opened the house for public tours, and it has remained open, except during wartime, ever since. In addition, he welcomed visitors to annual receptions on New Year’s Day and on the Fourth of July. In 1829, a horde of 20,000 Inaugural callers forced President Andrew Jackson to flee to the safety of a hotel while, on the lawn, aides filled washtubs with orange juice and whiskey to lure the mob out of the mud-tracked White House.

After Abraham Lincolns presidency, Inaugural crowds became far too large for the White House to accommodate them comfortably. However, not until Grover Clevelands first presidency did this unsafe practice change. He held a presidential review of the troops from a flag-draped grandstand built in front of the White House. This procession evolved into the official Inaugural parade we know today. Receptions on New Years Day and the Fourth of July continued to be held until the early 1930s.

President Clintons open house on January 21, 1993 renewed a venerable White House Inaugural tradition. Two thousand citizens, selected by lottery, were greeted in the Diplomatic Reception Room by President and Mrs. Clinton and Vice President and Mrs. Gore.

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近二百年来，白宫一直是总统、美国政府和美国人民的象征。它的历史，和历史上的国家的首都，开始的时候，乔治·华盛顿总统签署了一项国会法案在十二月1790宣布联邦政府将居住区”不超过十平方英里…波托马克河上。“华盛顿总统，连同城市规划师彼埃尔朗方，选择了新的住所网站，就是现在的宾夕法尼亚大道1600号。当准备开始为新的联邦城市，举行比赛找到一个建设者的“总统府”九项建议被提交，爱尔兰出生的建筑师James Hoban获得金牌，他的实际设计和英俊。

1792十月开始铺设第一座基石时，建筑就开始了。尽管华盛顿总统监督这座房子的建造，但他从未在里面居住过。直到1800，当白宫已近完成，它的第一批居民，约翰·亚当斯总统和他的妻子，阿比盖尔，感动。从那时起，每个总统都有自己的变化和补充。白宫是新界的私人住宅。它也是一个国家元首的唯一私人住所，免费向公众开放。

白宫有着独特而迷人的历史。它在1814的英国手上幸存下来，1929在西翼发生了另一场大火，而Herbert Hoover则是总统。在哈里·S·杜鲁门的总统任期，这所房子的内部，与第三楼外，完全被烧毁和翻新而trumans住在布莱尔家，在宾夕法尼亚大道的权利。尽管如此，外墙石墙是在两个世纪前建造白宫时首次出现的。

总统可以表达他们的个人风格，他们如何装饰房子的某些部分，以及他们在入住期间如何接待公众。托马斯·杰斐逊在1805举办了首届就职公开赛。在美国国会大厦参加宣誓仪式的许多人只是跟着他回家，在蓝色房间里迎接他们。杰佛逊总统还开放了公众参观的房子，它一直开放，除了在战争期间，从那时起。此外，他欢迎游客在元旦和七月四日举行一年一度的招待会。1829、一大群听众20000就职总统安德鲁·杰克逊被迫逃往安全的旅馆，在草地上，身边充满washtubs橙汁和威士忌吸引怪物的mud-tracked白宫。

在亚伯拉罕.林肯就任总统后，就职人群变得太大了，白宫无法舒适地接待他们。然而，直到克利夫兰的第一任总统这样做不安全的做法改变。他举行了总统检阅部队从国旗覆盖看台建在白宫前。这一行列演变成今天我们所知道的正式就职游行。元旦和七月四日的招待会一直持续到1930年代初。

1993年1月21日，克林顿总统的公开会议重申了白宫悠久的就职传统。二千名公民被抽签选中，在外交接待室受到总统和夫人克林顿和副总统Gore夫人的欢迎。

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