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圣诞节的英语作文5句话六年级(热门20篇)

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Today, when I look back on the last six years, I feelTimeis flying.

Suddenly I grow up and I will finish my primary school soon. I need to cherish

the time and do the meaningful things. I should study hard, so that I can have a

bright future. I don’t want to waste my time, or I will be regretful when I look

back at my childhood.

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篇1:介绍圣诞节的英语

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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。

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篇2:小学六年级关于暑假英语作文

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Is great and for the summer, but the color in the summer, but always so single, finally I found today, that a piece of blue summer, blue sky.

Walking on the road today, first have to look up at the sky, ah! Really good blue, blue is very clean, have a holiday since the first time I see, so beautiful sky, I like the color of the sky, and sky today just gives me more of such frames on the road, that kind of feeling really very comfortable, good light, all the troubles at that instant.

I like this summer vacation, if every day how wonderful it is the sky is so blue! but it doesnt realize that the sky will appear only in the second day after the rain, I hate rain, because I dont like the sky is cloudy, that day is difficult, will be very boring, but if it doesnt rain, the sky will not have so good-looking color, maybe just like rainbow will appear after the rain!

Blue summer, let a person some lazy, after school, there will be a so beautiful memories stay in summer vacation, but not in time to relax, on the second day, of course not to have time, alas! School is really tired, perhaps every student youth time is spent in the classroom!

Blue summer vacation in my life the most gorgeous color!

真好又到暑假了,但暑假里的色彩,却总是那么单一,终于我今天发现,那一片蓝蓝的暑假,蓝蓝的天。

今天漫步在路上,头不由的仰望了一下天空,啊!真的好蓝,蓝的很干净,放假以来我第一次看到,这么美的天空,我喜欢天空的颜色,而今天的天空刚更让我不由自主的就这样定格在路上,那种感觉真的好舒服,好轻松,所有的烦恼在那一瞬间烟消云散。

我喜欢这样暑假,如果每一天的天空都如此蓝那多好啊!但那不会实现的,这样的天空也是在雨后的第二天才会出现,我最讨厌下雨,因为我不喜欢天是阴的,那样的一天是难熬的,会很闷,但如果不下雨,天空就不会有那么好看颜色,也许就和雨后才会出现彩虹一样吧!

蓝蓝的暑假,让人有些懒懒得,开学后,还会有一段这么美好的回忆留在暑假,但不会在有放松的时间了了,上初二了,当然不会在有时间了,唉!上学真累,也许每一个学生的花季时代都是在教室里度过!

蓝蓝的暑假成为我生命中最绚丽的色彩!

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篇3:小学六年级英语作文:我的假期计划

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I will have a seven-day holiday next week. In these days, I have many things to do. First, I must finish the exercises left by teachers, Chinese, math and English. It may take me two days to finish. I plan finish them in the first and second day. And then, I will go to see my grandparents with mom and dad. I miss them very much. So do they. I will stay there for three days. The last two days, I want to have a good rest or play with my friends. It’s my own time, so that I want to spend it with my friends. This is my plan for the holiday. What about yours?

下周我将有七天的假期。在这几天我有很多事情要做。首先,我必须完成老师布置的作业,有语文,数学和英语。完成这些作业要花我两天的时间。我打算在第一天和第二天完成,接着我会和爸爸妈妈去看望爷爷奶奶。我很想念他们,他们也很想念我们。我会在那里待上三天。最后两天,我想好好休息或者和我朋友一起玩。这是我自己的时间,所以我想和朋友一起度过。这就是我的假期计划。你的计划是怎么样的呢?

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篇4:六年级关于低碳生活的英语作文

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最近一个时期,我听到了“低碳生活”一词。通过看书了解,低碳生活是一种低消耗,低能量,低开支,从而减少二氧化碳的排放的生活方式。在查阅资料的过程中,我知道了保定是全国中小城市的试点城市,作为一名小学生,我能为低碳生活做点什么呢?

Recently, I heard a "low carbon life" is a word. By reading books about low carbon life is a kind of low consumption, low energy, low cost, thereby reducing carbon dioxide emissions by way of life. In the data access process, I know Baoding is a pilot city of national small and medium-sized city, as a student, what can I do for the low-carbon life?

以前,我就每天把水拧到最大,洗手、洗脸每月都要耗水十几吨,现在,老师告诉我们要准备两个水桶,用来储存废水。废水可以用来冲厕所,拖地、浇花。用电也要节约,看完电脑或电视后,要把插座上的小红灯关掉,以便节约电源,尽量放假时白天写作业,晚上早关灯一小时,用那一小时的时间和家人散步。既节约了电源,又起到了减肥的作用,还增进了感情,真是一举多得呀!少用一次性物品(筷子、饭盒等)少用塑料袋,多用环保袋。出行最好步行,少开私家车,少做出租,多做公交车。这样就做到了“低消耗、低能量、低开支”的作用。

Previously, so every day I screwed water to wash hands, every month, water consumption of ten tons, now, the teacher told us to prepare two bucket, used to store the waste water. The waste water can be used to flush the toilet, mopping the floor, water the flowers. Use of electricity is to save, read a computer or TV, to the socket on the small red light off, in order to save power, as far as possible when the homework, early in the evening lights for one hour, walking in the one hour time with family. Save power, but also played a role in weight loss, but also to enhance the feelings, really serve multiple purposes! Use less disposable items (such as chopsticks, lunch boxes) to use less plastic bags, use environmental protection bags. The best travel on foot, opened a small car rental, do less, do more buses. So do the "low consumption, low energy, low cost" role.

低碳生活,人人有责,让我先行,保护环境。

Low carbon life, everybody, let me first, Protect environment.

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篇5:圣诞节英语作文:圣诞节夜景_1500字

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Christmas is a Christian holiday held on December 25 which celebrates the birth of Jesus Christ. Eastern Orthodox Churches, which use the Julian Calendar to determine feast days, celebrate on January 7 by the Gregorian Calendar. Both dates are merely traditional and neither is thought to be the actual birthdate of Jesus. Christs birth, or nativity, is said to fulfill Old Testament prophecies concerning the coming of a messiah, or savior.

The word Christmas is derived Middle English Christemasse and from Old English Cristes m?sse.[1] It is a contraction meaning "Christs mass". The name of the holiday is often shortened to Xmas because Roman letter "X" resembles the Greek letter (chi), an abbreviation for Christ .

In Western countries, Christmas has become the most economically significant holiday of the year. The popularity of Christmas can be traced in part to its status as a winter festival. Many cultures have their most important holiday in winter because there is less agricultural work to do at this time. Examples of winter festivals that are believed by some to have influenced Christmas include the pre-Christian festivals of Yule and Saturnalia.

In Western culture, the holiday is characterized by the exchange of gifts among friends and family members, some of the gifts being attributed to Santa Claus (also known as Father Christmas, Saint Nicholas, and Father Frost). However, various local and regional Christmas traditions are still practiced, despite the widespread influence of American, British and Australian Christmas motifs disseminated by film, popular literature, television, and other media.

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篇6:六年级关于地震的英语作文双语

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2008年的五月十二日,发生了一场惊天动地的大地震,是中国由史以来规模最强的一次地震,当时我们全家都吓得魂飞魄散。

In 2008 May 12th, an earthquake shaking heaven and earth, is an earthquake China by scale in history the strongest, at that time we were all scared Stigmata.

隔天我们看新闻才知道,这次天然灾害的灾情最为严重的地方是汶川。

The next day we watch the news to know, the natural disaster is the most severe place is Wenchuan.

这次地震,汶川的桥梁断落、房屋倒塌、花草树木折断,许多住户因为和家人分散或亲朋好友死亡,而痛哭失声,有许多人出钱、出力、捐血,来帮助灾民,使灾民恢复正常的日子,真是好心。

The earthquake, Wenchuan bridge broken, houses collapsed, trees and flowers break, many residents and their families because of the dispersion or relatives and friends die, and cried, many people have money, output, blood donation, to help the victims, the victims to resume normal life, is really good.

我觉得生命真是太可贵了,所以我们要珍惜在世界上生活的每一分每一秒,那些出钱、出力和捐血的人,是如此的热心助人,这是我们该学习的地方。

I think life is too precious, so we want to cherish the life in the world every minute and second, those who invest in, output and blood man, was so helpful, this is our place of study.

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篇7:圣诞节英语

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hristmas is one of the most important celebrations of the year for the western countries. It falls on the twenty- fifth of December and has the same importance as Chinese New Year to people with English backgrounds. The celebration is for the birth of Jesus Christ, who is the son of God in Christianity. Now days Christmas is no longer only celebrated by the Christians, but by most people from all over the world.

On the twenty- fourth of December everyone gets excited for it’s the day before Christmas which is called Christmas Eve. The children are usually sent to bed early and are warned that “Santa Claus will only come and give you a present if you be good.” The younger kids actually believe that Santa will come down the chimney on the sleigh that’s pulled by his reindeers. Food like short bread and beer are prepared for Santa when he comes, however most times parents just eat them. Some children put socks and sacks up for the holding of the presents (that their parents put in).

Rise and shine on Christmas morning! The children are always the first ones to wake up, some even do at four. Present wrappers everywhere! They look into their presents with a big smile on their face and oh dear….I hope no one’s disappointed. I feel sorry for anyone that got pink underwear. Children play while dinner is prepared by the adults. The Christmas dinner are usually eaten together by relatives. The tradition of Christmas pudding and roosters are usually eaten with deserts afterwards. The rest of the day is usually games and fun before the good days all come to an end.

I wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!!!

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篇8:关于野餐的六年级英语作文_小学英语作文2500字

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关于野餐六年级英语作文篇1

It is a nice Sunday.The air is fresh and the sky is blue.The classmates of Class one Grade seven is having a pinic on Nan Shan.Look,some students are looking at how to cook the food.Jane is washing vegetabels .Tom is catching fish in the river.And other classmates are laying the table.They are all busy,but they are very happy.What a nice picnic it is!

关于野餐的六年级英语作文篇2

Last Sundy I went to the park with my friend.It took us an hour to get there by bike.It was sunny and warm that day.There were lots of people in the park.We climbed the mountain and went boating.And we had a picnic in the park,too.When we finished the picnic,we picked up the rubbish and threw it into the dusbin.We thought it was our duty to make the environment clean.We had a good time that day.

关于野餐的六年级英语作文篇3

Yesterday,I went to have a picnic with my old classmates.We dated with each other several days ago.And we were all expecting the day#39;s come. At last, the excited day came. We went to the part where we have decided to have the picnic. During the picnic ,we talked with each other,played games,and so on. On balance, I had a nice day and I will never forget it.Because it is so happy in the picnic and we remaided so many pleasures things in our childhood.

关于野餐的六年级英语作文篇4

We had a picnic in fall last year. first we climbed to the top of the hill. we saw many pupils there. we talked ,laughed and played together. then at picnic time, we shared our food .we saw a beautiful stream near by. but there was much rubbish in it. that#39;s a pity .we thought we should tell the people to protect our living environment. so after our picnic, we put up several signs near the stream. we wrote "please keep the stream clean and beautiful" on the signs. time to go home, we said goodbye each other and we made an appointment of next year.. on our way home, we all thought that#39;s a very interesting picnic.

关于野餐的六年级英语作文篇5

It was a sunny day. We decided to have a picnic outside the city. In the morning, we took an early bus to Nanhui. It was quite a colorful world. there were GREen trees, orange leaves,red peach blossoms. At noon, we reached the place, we sat by the river bank and took out a lot of things, such as bread, orange juice, apples, cakes, eggs and so on.But all of a sudden, it began to rain. Unluckily there was no shelter nearby. We had to take a bus to go back home in a hurry.

What an unforgettable picnic it was!

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篇9:圣诞节英语作文:Christmas

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Very long has not related! Recently fortunately? How studied? Thesuch long time not and you relate very are really embarrassed! Whenare you coming China? My father ,my mother and I all very much thinkof you!Christmasday is drawing near, has not fluttered in the snow andice,

The Christmas tree not long is also high,

The Christmas colored lantern has not shone,

The turkey has not been baked,

The sock has not hung up the window,

The gift has not prepared before,

Wishes your * Merry Christmas *

Again comes China time records comes my family place guest weto welcome you very much the arrival.

Yours

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篇10:圣诞节英语短篇作文

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Christmas Is Coming .

I like Christmas, it is just like our Spring Festival.

Maybe the Spring Festival is much more important and interesting than Christmas, but I like Christmas Day better. Because we can spend time with our friends and classmates during Christmas. When it is snowy, Christmas becomes much more lovely, just like in fairytales. I can imagine I am in a fairytale, the girl who sold the matches is my friend, the ugly duck becoming more and more beautiful and so on. What a beautiful place! So we can also call Christmas “Snowy Lovely Day.”

On Christmas Day, shops are red and green. There are so many Christmas cards, Christmas hats, Christmas dolls and many colourful things. So shops look very beautiful. We can give a card or a doll to our friends and say “Merry Christmas.” By the way, I think studying can also become much more interesting.

Christmas is coming, it also means a new year will come. Let’s study harder to welcome the new year!

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篇11:圣诞节寄给朋友的一封信英语

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Dear ___,

Christmas is coming,I think it is the largest festival in your

country,which just is as grand as chinas spring festival.At this nice

moment,let me say happy to you,and also say hello to all your family.hope you

and your family have the best festival.

yours,

sincerely ___

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篇12:圣诞节英语作文

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Christmas Day

圣诞节

Christmas Day is the biggest festival in the western countries.It is on December 25, the birthday of Jesus Christ.Before the festival, every family will buy a Christmas tree, and put it in the middle of the living-room. And their houses look more soft and beautiful.

圣诞节是西方国家最盛大的节日。节日在12月25日,是耶稣基督的生日。节日前,每个家庭都要买一颗圣诞树,放在起居室的中央,这样他们家看起来又温馨又漂亮。

On Christmas Eve, children always hang up their Christmas stockings and hope Father Christmas will come to put presents in them. In fact, their parents put the presents in their stockings.

在平安夜,孩子们总是把圣诞袜挂起来,希望圣诞老人会把礼物放到里面,实际上把礼物放到袜里面的是他们的父母。

How interesting it is! On Christmas Day, people say "Merry Christmas" to each other.

你说有趣不有趣! 在圣诞节那天,人们互相祝贺“圣诞快乐”。

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篇13:有关圣诞节英语作文小学

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For most western countries, Christmas Day is the biggest festival, and all

the people will have the long vacation, just as Spring Festival in China. With

the development of globalization, Christmas Day is celebrated by people around

the world. When the day comes, Christmas trees can be seen in many shops and

some products have the great discounts. One of the main reasons for people to

love Christmas is that they can get the great discounts from some products,

which saves them a lot of money. For American people, Christmas Day is the great

moment for the families to get together and enjoy the family hour, while for

some people they just treat it as the shopping day.

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篇14:2024学生庆祝圣诞节英语词

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Most westerners always celebrate Christmas Day as their major festival, in order to memorialize Jesus.During that time, they always have several days off, so they can enjoy this festival with all their hearts.The children often get together with their friends.The adults are busy with decorating their houses.They also send the postcards with their best wishes to each other. In the streets, there are so many Fathers Christmas sending presents to the passers-by.And everything is on a discount in the supermarkets.Thus the supermarkets are the busiest places.

In the evening, the families usually have pudding, sandwiches, apple pies and some other desserts for dinner.After supper, the families always sing and dance around the Christmas tree.Sometimes, they also go to church.Before going to bed, the children often hang up their stockings beside their bed, so that Father Christmas will fill them with presents.It is said that Father Christmas always drives a deer to the human world and entering into each house from the chimney.Now the children no longer believe in Father Christmas, but they still hang up their stockings, because their parents will fill them with presents.

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篇15:2024圣诞节英语手抄报内容

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1 A cheery Christmas and the New Year hold lots of happiness for you!

2 A Christmas greeting and good wishes to you who is thought about all the year through. Have a beautiful Christmas and a happy New Year.

3 A Christmas greeting to cheer you from your daughters.

4 A Christmas greeting to cheer you, my good friend.

5 A Christmas wish from your nephew.

6 A holiday wish from your son Tom.

7 A Merry Christmas and a wonderful New Year.

8 A merry Christmas from all of your students.

9 A merry yuletide!

10 A present from me is on the way. Hope youll like it.

11 A special card from your grandson.

12 A wish for a truly merry Christmas and may the joy of Christmas linger in your heart all the year!

13 At Christmas and always, may peace and love fill your heart, beauty fill your world, and contentment and joy fill your days.

14 Beautiful dream comes true.

15 Best of luck in the year to come.

16 Best wishes for a wonderful new year.

17 Best wishes from Mark, Janet and the kids.

18 Best wishes on this holiday season.

19 Bring you Good wishes of happiness. This Christmas and on the coming year.

20 Christmas comes but once a year. But when it comes it brings good cheer.

21 Christmas greetings and best wishes!

22 Christmas is the most human and kindly of season, as the month of June with sunshine and the balmy breath of roses.

23 Christmas should be a time of banked-up fines, the scent of flowers and wine, good talk, good memories and loyalties renewed. But if all else is lacking - love will do.

24 Christmas time is here. I hope you have a wonderful New Year. May every day hold happy hours for you.

25 Dont forget to hang up the sock!

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篇16:六年级关于我的家乡英语作文

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My hometown, located in huadong town, huadu district, where there is a beautiful river, called the flow streams.

Flow streams and rivers is very clear, clear enough to see the stones in the river, the river there are a lot of fish, every day, the little fish are swimming in the river, very happy. Trees, pine trees like a soldier standing beside the river, protected the flow streams. Yellow flower colourful, put them in a stream rills on more appropriate. Happy every day, many children in play, play. More beautiful pieces of paddy fields, distance, like pieces of a golden ocean.

Near the river, there is a small park. Kind of a variety of flowers in the park, chrysanthemum, rose and Chinese rose... The trees there are many, in autumn, the leaves like to park on the shop with a golden carpet, beautiful!

How, my hometown is very beautiful!

我的家乡,位于广州市花都区花东镇,那里有一条美丽的河,叫流溪河。

流溪河的河水很清,清得能看见河底的小石头,河里还有很多很多的小鱼,每天,小鱼都会在河里游来游去,快乐极了。树木茂盛,松树像战士一样站在小河的旁边,保护着流溪河。一朵朵小花五彩缤纷,把它们种在流溪河上更合适不过了。每天,很多开心的小朋友在玩耍、嬉戏。一片片稻田更美丽,远远看去,就像一片片金色的海洋。

在溪河附近,有一个小公园。公园里种着各种各样的花,有菊花、有玫瑰花、还有月季花……那里的树木也很多,秋天的时候,落叶像给公园铺上了一张金黄的地毯,美丽极了!

怎么样,我的家乡很美吧!

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篇17:2024圣诞节的英语作文带翻译

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Christmas is coming, I have a lot of desire to achieve, to the snow outside the window I quietly pray:

Dear Santa Claus: please give me a time machine. I would be very happy, thank you! Do you see my smile will be very happy, right?

I also hope I can fly machine, fifty tea eggs, one hundred popsicles, a refrigerator, a picture of a lady Yang portraits, article 50 sausage, a rod and an automatic pencil. All of these things should be easy to tidy up, and sent to me, I will share with my friends, you say?

Who are you building? Is god? If its mom and dad posing as, I want to thank you. I want to have a read, dont worry mom and dad. My wishes in this Christmas.

圣诞节就要到了,我有很多愿望想实现,对着窗外的皑皑白雪我轻声的祈祷:

亲爱的圣诞老公公:请送给我一个时光机。我会非常高兴,谢谢你!你看到我的笑容一定会非常开心,对不对?

我还希望我有可以飞的机器、五十个茶叶蛋、一百个冰棒、一个冰箱、一幅杨贵妃肖像画、五十条香肠、一支鱼竿和一枝自动铅笔。这些东西应该都很容易整理好,送给我,我会跟我的朋友们一起分享,你说可好?

你是谁打造的?是上帝吗?如果是爸爸、妈妈假扮的,我要好好感谢你们。我要好好读书,不要再让爸爸、妈妈操心。在这个圣诞佳节献上我的祝福满满。

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篇18:关于圣诞节的英语作文

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the original santa claus, st. nicholas, was born in the ancient southeastern turkish town of lycia early in the fourth century. his generosity was legend, and he was particularly fond of children. we know this primarily through roman accounts of his patronage of youth, which eventually led to his becoming the patron saint of children. throughout the middle ages, and well beyond, he was referred to by many names none of them santa claus.

children today would not at all recognize the st. nick who brought gifts to european children hundreds of years ago except perhaps for his cascading white beard. he made his rounds in full red-and-white bishops robes, complete with twin peaked miter and crooked crozier. he was pulled by no fleet footed reindeer, but coaxed in indolent donkey. and he arrived not late on christmas eve, but on his christian feast day, december 6. the gifts he left beside the hearth were usually small: fruit, nuts, hard candies, wood and clay figurines.

during the protestant reformation of the sixteenth century, st. nicholas was banished from most european countries. replacing him were more secular figures, who in general were not at center stage at that point in history..the dutch kept the st. nicholas tradition alive. as the "protector of sailors," st. nicholas graced the prow of the first dutch ship that arrived in america. and the first church built in new york city was named after him. the dutch brought with them to the new world two christmas items that were quickly americanized.

in sixteenth century holland, children placed wooden shoes by the hearth the night of st. nicholass arrival. the shoes were filled with straw, a meal for the saints gift laden donkey. in return, nicholas would insert a small treat into each clog. in america, the shoe was replaced with the stocking, hung by the chimney.

the dutch spelled st. nicholas "saint nikolass," which in the new world became "sinterklass". later changed to "santa claus".

much of modern day santa claus lore, including the reindeer drawn sleigh, originated in america. dr. clement clarke moore composed "the night before christmas" in 1822, to read to his children on christmas eve. the poem might have remained privately in the moore family if a friend had not mailed a copy of it (without authorial attribution) to a newspaper and became part of the santa legend.

it was in america that santa put on weight. the rosy-cheeked, roly-poly santa is credited to the influential nineteenth-century cartoonist thomas nast. from 1863 until 1886, nast created a series of christmas drawings for harpers weekly. these drawings, executed over twenty years, exhibit a gradual evolution in santa from the pudgy, diminutive, elf-like creature of dr. moores immortal poem to the bearded, potbellied, life-size bell ringer familiar on street corners across america today. nasts cartoons also showed the world how santa spent his entire year constructing toys, checking on childrens behavior, reading their requests for special gifts. his images were incorporated into the santa lore.

santa is known throughout the world in many different names, such as:

saint nikolaas (sinter klaas), from the dutch father christmas, from the english kris kringle, from the germans befana, from the italians bobouschka, from the russians (a grand motherly figure instead of a male)

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篇19:小学六年级英语一封信

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Dear Tom,

How is it going these days? I keep wondering how you feel about your school life in Beijing. Have you got used to the life in China? Are you enjoying your life? I hope you are.

Let me tell you a piece of good news: I’m going to take part in an English speech contest of middle school students in July in the coming summer vacation. So I’m busy preparing for it. But now I have some difficulty in collecting useful information and using proper English word to express my thoughts. Besides, I really want to improve my spoken English, especially the pronunciation and intonation(语调). Of course, as a native English speaker, you can give me some suggestions.

In addition, I’m going to visit you after the contest. I’m sure we will have a wonderful time together in Beijing! I can hardly wait to see you! I am looking forward to your early reply.

Yours,

Li Hua

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篇20:描述圣诞节的英语

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For many people Christmas is a very special time of year. It is a time filled with magic - this is especially true for Children. The gifts and toys, of course, are a big part of it ......

but it is much more than that. Christmas means many different things to different people but in its essence Christmas is about sharing joy and love with those who are dear to you, and then reaching out with that love to the world. May you and your loved ones have a very Merry Christmas!

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