我的周末生活英语作文（精选20篇）

六年级前我的周末是在家中的电脑电视上度过的，但六年级以后我的周末是在学校·生物园·操场上度过的。

住宿生每一个星期回一次家但我是两个星期回一次，刚开始留宿时，我回到冷冰冰的宿舍会自言自语地说“赖咏仪 。张晓。唐姝林，这几个望书石现在还不回来，我先洗了，”或说“她们三个买东西也太慢了吧我先洗了。”

随着时间的推移我已经习惯了这样的生活回宿舍时也不在自言自语，因为现在他们之走一天星期天还要上补习但我却有一种一日不见如隔三秋的感觉，也许我和她们的感情已不像已前一样淡了吧。

我的周末单调却不乏味，我可以在早晨带着香喷喷的早餐踏入生物园做在大石板凳子上啃一口松软的蛋糕喝着甜美的豆浆闻着花儿处晨的花香真是人生一大享受。

中午吃完午餐我可以享受学校少有的安静，操场上独有的宁静，在草地的伴随下美美地睡觉。

晚饭后，感受这那轻轻的微风在生物园，操场上散步等天快要暗示躺在操场上看着那依旧未变的的火烧云。

随然我没有玩到电脑但我却感到了不一样的周末生活。

There are many things in the world. Compare to those, people is a very small part of the world, so it is very difficult and lucky to be a person in the world. Thanks to my monther.I should live happy to thanks my monther. When she see my smile, she will be happy too. She will think that all she does for me is deserved. I think that the meaning of live is not only make myself or my month happy, but also bring the happies to all of the people around me.Hope everyone in the world can live happily.

life is to grow up. I dont like to be a child. I would like to be a elder sister/brother, a monther/father. big person can have money, beautiful dress. Their words are always right. Child should liston to them.I hope that I can grow up quickly.

[对生活的感悟英语作文

As a Senior Grade Three students, I am very busy in preparing for the college entrance examination.

I have seven classes a day, and two self-study classes at night. And only a day left for the weekend. So, most of the time I have to spend on the study, after all the college entrance examination is very important for almost all of us. Aside of study, I would play football with my friends after school and the weekend. I like playing football very much. When I run on the football field, I can put the examination thing off my mind for a while, only sweat and laugh left. It is a good exercise for health and a good way to relax from the busy study too.

This is my high school life, busy and fulfilling.

[我的生活英语作文

Among all the highlighted topics, there is “how to live a meaning life?” Everyone has his or her own opinion. As the saying has it, “the greatest use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it.” I cannot agree any more.

If our life is just to pursue something for ourselves, we will surely feel fruitless and meaningless when we grow old. From Steve Jobs’s bibliography, we can get that the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do. Steve Jobs has brought a great many changes to our world. His life, although short, definitely outlast. That’s a life worth living.

Therefore, if there is a way to make my life meaningful, it should be to find something I’m interested in and also helpful to others or the whole society. Only in this way can I keep my passion throughout my life until I finally fulfil my life.

在所有的突出主题,有“如何生活的意义?“每个人都有他或她自己的意见。正如一句老话所说:“人生是花的最大使用它将比它的东西。“我不同意。

如果我们的生命只是为自己追求的东西,我们肯定会感到徒劳的和毫无意义的,当我们变老的。从乔布斯的参考书目,我们可以得到那些疯狂到认为他们可以改变世界的。乔布斯给我们的世界带来了许多变化。他的生活,虽然短,绝对比。这是一个生活有价值。

因此,如果有一种方法可以让我的生活有意义,它应该找到我感兴趣的东西,也有利于他人或整个社会。只有用这种方法我可以借我的激情在我的生活,我终于实现我的生活

[有意义的生活英语作文

I began school at seven in accordance with the law in a remote village. Short of funds, the school had only a few classrooms, all poorly constructed.  to say, our teachers were few, too. As a pupil I preferred the playground to the classroom and often liked to play tricks on girls, as by hiding insects in their desk drawers. On one occasion, I even grimaced behind the back of our teacher, caing the whole class to break into laughter; however, instead of becoming angry, he merely asked why we were laughing and wondered whether there was anything wrong with him. On ather occasion, I punctured the tires of a  parked inside the school by ing something sharppointed, leaving the principal frightened and bewildered after he had ticed that. Such were the happy moments in my life at that school. The happiest moment, to me and to all of my schoolmates, however, was the one when the school was letting out at the last bell of the day and we were rhing home as if we would never be back. Once, on our way home, a bunch of naughty students found a crickets hole and exerted themselves to inject water into it with loud cheers. The girls were  less frantic than the boys when they were having a good time at such games as jump-rope, hopscotch and battledore and shuttlecock.

My winter vacation

我的寒假

During the winter vacation, nothing is different for my life. I wake up 11 o’clock Am everyday, after a washing, I have a good lunch with my parents. Next I play computer games till the time to have supper. After have dinner. I go on playing till 2 o’clock Am, and then go to sleep with tired. This is one dull day of my winter vacation.

寒假期间，我的生活没有什么不同的。我每天十一点醒来，洗完碗后，与我的父母吃丰盛的午餐。之后我玩电脑游戏，玩到吃晚饭的时候。晚餐后。我继续玩游戏玩到凌晨两点，然后去睡觉了。这就是寒假我暗淡无光的一天生活。

But I haven’t bored all the time. Sometimes I read the books, sometime I listen to the music or the radio in the bed，because it was very cold outside and snowy all the day. And I also meet some of my good friends during the vacation ,we have a very long talk about the life of each other in the past year and play table tennis tegether .And I watched the spring festival party of the CCTV in the last seconds of the 2011 year! I think this is the thing most people of china doing at that time.

但我不是所有的时间都是那么的无趣。有时候我读书，有时我听音乐或在床上听收音机，因为外面很冷而且一整天都在下雪。寒假的时候我也会跟我一些好朋友见面，我们会聊各自在过去一年里的生活，一起打乒乓球。我会在2011年的最后一秒钟看中央电视台春节联欢晚会!我认为这是中国的大多数人会做的事情。

My school life is very common. I get up at six o’clock every morningfrom Monday to Friday. And the I would go running with my classmates, as our head teacher says health is themost important thing. After running I have to do morning exercises on theplayground. Then I can have breakfast. Having breakfast, I need to have morningreading. Oh, I almost forget that all of the students have to do some cleaningbefore breakfast. There come the various classes. Then noon comes. Havinglunch, I will go to sleep. I often read twenty minutes before I fall asleep. I haveclass in the afternoon. And I still have classes at night. It’s boring, right? ButI have got used to it and enjoy myself at school.

I was happy this summer holiday! Do you know why? Because I had enjoyed a good summer holiday! In the morning, sometimes I went toYueXiuParkto play badminton with my families or friends. We always went to McDonalds to have lunch after we finish the game. My sister and me like swimming, so in the afternoon, we went to swimming with our father. It was so cool! It feels so great to swim in such hot summer days.

这个暑假我很开心。你知道为什么吗?因为我度过了一个愉快的暑假!早上，有时候我和家人或者朋友到月秀公园打羽毛球。游戏结束后，我们经常去麦当劳吃午餐。我姐姐和我都喜欢游泳，因此，下午我们通常和爸爸去游泳。游泳是如此凉快。在这么炎热的夏天游泳感觉是那么的棒。

Hello! My name is Tom,I’m a student of NO.7 Middle school,I like my school,because my school life is very interesting.I like my classmates and teachers.They are very friendly.

Classes begin at 8:00.I have four classes in the morning.I study English,Chinaese,math,biology,history and some other subject.I like English very much,I also like music.But I dont like geography at all.Because it’s very boring. Do you think so?I often have lunch at school,in the afternoon.I have four classes,too.

After school,we have outdoor actives.I usually play basketball with my classmates and sometimes I read books at school library.You must keep quiet at school library.There are so many beautiful flowers and trees in school gardens.And there are some apples on the trees,they are very delicious.I often go home on foot with my friends.

This is my school life. Do you like my school life? I think you must like it very much!

名词：math, favorite subject，beginning, fun, skill, sir, madam, activity, group, unit, team, joke, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, reason, test, geography, yesterday, middle school, suggestion, exam, classmate, report, article, idea, rule, hallway, classroom, Ms, dinning hall, sports shoes, gym, Dr, in class, schoolwork, physics, grade, gift, prize, visitor, monitor, umbrella, raincoat, end-of-year exam, report card, semester, disappointing result, senior high school, half the class, mistake; secret; speaking skills; writing skill, grammar

动词：pass, relax, star, teach, clean, read, study, describe, improve, stop, remember, say, did, went, stay, have, spend, discuss, said, fight, look for, talk about, do some reading, practice, have to, do one’s homework, have fun doing, study for the test, have a party, practice English, help sb. do, win, end, drive, go for a drive, sleep late, have a day off, hang out, study for a test, copy, have a really hard time with, be surprised to find, forget to do, start a bad habit, get over it, get mad at sb, be able to do, write in English, break the rule, make mistakes, laugh at; take notes, look up, work with friends, read the textbook, listen to tapes, ask the teacher for help, study for a test, watch a video, can’t understand, spoken English, find a pen pal, try one’s best, be afraid to…, succeed, achieve, stay up until 11 pm, be strict with…, talk about the rules, wear uniforms, wear our own clothes, allow sb to do…, care about, concentrate on

形容词：busy, interesting, boring, fun, tired, difficult, cool, following, regular, irregular, present, past, colorful, better, different, wet, hard-working, own, unimportant, frustrating; relaxing, strict, frustrated, serious enough, wild, old enough, calm enough

I am really busy. At … I have math.

It’s difficult but interesting. I like…/I don’t like…

We have to clean the classroom.We can’t run in the hallways.

I take the subway to school and it takes 25 minutes.

The early bus takes him to school.

The bus ride usually takes about 25 minutes.

In other parts of the world, things are different.In China, it depends on where you are. That must be a lot of fun than taking a bus!My favorite subjects are physics.

Last week’s talent show was a great success.

The prize for the funniest act went to Steve Tian and his dog.

I study by …; I have learned a lot that way.

Studying grammar is a great way to learn a language.

First of all, …; Then…; At last…;

It is easy for me to understand …

Teenagers should be allowed to …

I am (not) allowed to…

We have a lot of rules at my school/home.

So do we. I have to…

单句翻译:

1. 每个学校都有许多校规。学生应该遵守它们。

2. 在学校，每人必须穿校服。

3. 我们不能在教室吃东西。

4. 学生不被允许把手机带入学校。

5. 我同意第一个规定。

6. 校服看起来普通。

7. 它使我们运动时轻松。

8. 我建议在不同场合穿不同类校服。

9. 在不同天穿不同颜色的校服。

10. 我相信校规会越来越完善。

11．每个学校都有学生必须遵从的规则。

12．校服使我们注重学习，不攀比。

13．我同意手机不能带进学校的规定

14．它非常分散精力，以至于你不能集中于学习。

连句成文:

Every school has school rules. _________ students should obey them. Here are some of them. ____________, everyone has to wear school uniforms at school. _____________, we can’t eat in classrooms. ___________, we are not allowed to bring mobile phones to school. I agree with the first one. ____________ our uniforms might look very normal, they enable us to do all kinds of sports easily.

__________, I have a piece of advice for it. I suggest that we should _________wear different styles of uniforms in different situations.

____________, I believe the school rules will be improved better and better.

亮点提升:

1. 词组搭配,

建议：suggest sb. do, suggest doing, advise ab to do, give some advice on,

同意：agree to do，agree with sb, agree that, be in agreement, approve, disagreement

允许：allow/ permit sb to do, be allowed to do, should, be supposed to do…, It’s our duty /

responsibility to do…obey /break / follow the rules

校园活动：take part in, join in club, enjoy doing, , keep/stop/prevent… from doing, set an

example，do exercise, have PE class,

学习： concentrate on , pay attention to, put one’s heart into... take notes, work out, catch up

with, by doing, get good grades, make great/rapid progress, have difficulty in doing， find it difficult / frustrating / amazing / encouraging / fantastic to do, be afraid of, work on, work out, help with, help out, ask… for…, try one’s best, get over, go over, be afraid to , can’t understand, listen to teachers

科目：Chinese, math, P.E, English, favorite subject，interesting, boring, fun, tired,

2. 句型从句 too…to, so that, not only…but also…, Let’s…make sb. adj., that/which/who

3. 非谓语结构：It’s +adj. for sb. to do, doing sth …

e.g. Every school has school rules which students should follow.

I agree to the idea that cell phones can’t be brought into school

I am honored to give some advice on the improvement of some rules

We get up too early to have our breakfast. As a result, we need sth to refresh us.

School rules are of great importance for young people’s development, and all of us approve most of our school rules.

By following the rules, we take the responsibility to make our school safer and more harmonious.

It’s our duty to obey the school rules and in return the rules keep us from dangers and distractions

I hope this idea will be taken into account and I’d like to know more suggestions, which will add color to our life at school for sure.

2010河北

回想三年的英语学习历程，丰富多彩的英语课堂活动一定给你留下了许多难忘的印象。请你以“What should we do in English class” 为题写一篇英语短文，谈谈在英语课堂上学生应该怎样做，才能使英语学习更有效。

提示：

⑴ Listen to the teacher.

⑵ Take part in activities.

⑶ Be confident in ourselves.

要求：⑴ 文稿须包括所有提示内容，可适当发挥。

⑵ 文稿中不得出现真实的人名、校名和地名。

⑶ 词数：60-80个。

参考词汇： take notes, work in groups with..., not be afraid of…

What should we do in English class

In English class，_______________________________________________

优秀范文：

In English class, we should listen to the teacher carefully. Without doubt, the more carefully you listen, the more useful information you can get. Besides, taking notes is also a good way to make you concentrate on the class.

In order to learn English well, we are supposed to take part in all kinds of activities. We need to work in groups with our classmates and talk with them in English.

Last but not least, it is very important for us to be confident. As a proverb goes, confidence in yourself is the first step on the road to success. We shouldn’t be afraid of making mistakes in class. Only in this way, can we improve our English.

In a word, I believe as long as we remember all these strategies, we will surely make it in English in the end.

2007北京中考

根据中文大意，写出意思连贯、符合逻辑、不少于50词的短文。所给英文提示词语供选用。

作为一名中学生，你学习的课程一定很多，但同时学校里又有丰富多彩的课外活动，例如：有的同学参加英语角的活动；有的同学喜欢球类、跑步等体育活动；有的同学喜欢音乐、舞蹈、美术；还有的同学参加电脑小组、摄影小组、集邮小组等。你最喜欢哪一项课外活动？活动中你都做些什么？说说你的想法和理由。

提示词语：I, a middle school student, learn, many subjects, after class, take part in, activity, be interested in, grow up, important, be sure.

注意：不要写出自己真实的姓名和所在学校。

范文

I am a middle school student. I learn many subjects at school. After class, my classmates and I often take part in different school activities. I’m interested in computer science and I often go to our school computer group. I learn to get useful things from the Internet. I think it is important to learn to use computers because they are used everywhere in our modern life. I want to work for our country with computers when I grow up.

学生作文:

I am a middle school student who is always busy with school work. Luckily, though we have to learn many subjects at school, we can enjoy a number of activities. In order to free ourselves from studying pressure, my friends and I often take part in different school activities after class. However, I showed great interest in computer science and I spent most of my spare time in our school computer group. I learned to get useful things from the internet so that I could teach my classmates how to use computers. I feel very proud and happy while helping them. I think it’s important to learn to use computers because not only are they used everywhere in our modern life, but also they help us communicate better with the world. I am keen on learning computer and I would like to put this love to good use by working for our country when I grow up. I’m sure that my dream will come true if I work hard.

All in all, I have a colorful school life.

I am a middle school student. Our school provides us with many kinds of activities. I prefer the sports club to others. Therefore, I became a member of the volleyball team and benefitted a lot from it. Fitting as much time as possible practicing playing it results in my healthy body.

As far as I’m concerned, taking part in the school activities can not only help us learn different skills, but also make us understand the importance of team spirit. Besides, we’ll feel refreshed after these activities. Only in this way, can we be energetic enough the next day. It is because the school activities have many advantages that we all like them very much. I’m sure that they will keep adding colors to our school life.

2011朝阳二模

假如你叫Sally, 是Betty的笔友，你收到了她的来信。请你给她写一封回信，针对她的问题，谈谈你的看法，并给出可行的建议。

Dear Betty,

I have read your letter. _____________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________

Yours truly,Sally

Dear Betty,

I have read your letter. I can understand your feeling and I’m worried about your health and your study. Here are some suggestions for you.

First, hamburgers, ice creams and potato chips are bad for your health, so you had better give up the thought that you want to eat them at school. Second, try to eat as much school lunch as possible in order to have enough energy. Try your best and everything will be all right soon. Finally, if there is really something wrong with the school lunch, you can talk to your teachers and help improve it. It’s not only for yourself, but also for the whole school.

Good luck.

Yours truly,Sally

Dear Betty,

I’ve read your letter. I can understand how you feel. And I’m willing to help you out. Here’s some advice for you.

Firstly, hamburgers, ice creams and potato chips are so bad for your health that your school doesn’t provide you with them. On the other hand, whether the food your school offers is delicious or not, it must be safe and nutritious. Thus, I suggest that you give up those junk food and try to eat as much school lunch as possible in order to have enough energy to keep you concentrating on your lessons. In addition, if the lunch is really bad, you need to take action. I think one of the nice things about admitting to the fact that your school lunch do has some unpleasant point is that it gives you a chance to take the responsibility to help improve it. Talking to your teacher about it may help make a difference.

In conclusion, I hope all these above can help you in one way or another. I’m looking forward to your good news.

Yours truly,Sally

[初中一年级英语作文：My School Life

What do I want to do when Im older ? Someone wants to be a doctor. Someone wants to be a basketball player because they are good at sport. Someone wants to be a writer and to make the writing. Someone wants to be a teacher because they like teaching children.

I like playing the piano and I good at it. So I want to become a piano player. Play the piano is very interesting. And you can learn something of music. Piano can make you like music. A lot of musician and singer are love playing piano.

I play the piano when Im ten years old. Now Im in grand five. I hope when Im sixteen years old , I can become grand eight. I’ll be harder and harder to practise.

Become a piano player is a hard job. But I believe I can do it.

Im have a busy weekend.

On Sturday, Im going to the bookstore with my mother . We are going to buy

some books.? Then were? going to eat breatfast. On Sunday .Im going to visit my

grandparents with my? father, mother and brother. Then? were going to the park

.that well be fun !

What about you?

What are you going to do this weekeng? Can you tell me?

Youth is not just a stage of life, but it is also a state of mind. Being

young is so great and also the most cherrish moment in a life, as young men have

more energy and power to move forwards. Once we grow up more, we might lose

enthusiasm to propell our expectation. Nowadays, young men are looking for a job

to work. Work provides money to support our living and meaning of a life.

However, There are some young men who do not work, but the world is not proud of

them. Those who prefer not to work and would rather spend money from inherited

can be seen wandering on the street, speeding on the highway, or gathering as

gangsters. Many of them tend to become drog addicted after they got broke. They

expect good fortune surrounding forever. They don‘t know it is hard to sustain

money for a generation. Fortunately, our education system has influenced on the

majority of young people that we all recognive the importance of having a job.It

is believed that the more we work, and the more opportunitis and treasures will

arrive. Thus, The society will become harmony and peaceful.

I get up at seven oclock in the morning every day. After I brush my teeth

and wash face, I eat my breakfast. My mother makes the breakfast for me. I go to

school at 7:30 am, and come back from school at 6:00pm. Before I go to bed I

will do some homework. I usually go to sleep at 10:00pm. On the weekend, I will

go to play football with my friends, in the summer we like to go swimming. These

are my daily life.

NO.1：

I had a very happy weekend .

On the Saturday , I fished my homfwork . Then I played basketball whit my best

friends.We had a great time.When we went home ,we found a little boy was crying.

We asked he,"Why do you cry ,little boy?"The little told we he lost the way to get home.(迷路)We asked where he lives,he told his address(地址).We halped he to

get home.When we saw his parents,they were found him.They sayed ,"your a good child".We feeled very happy!

That was a very happy weekend!Are your agree?

NO.2：

Last Sunday my father took me to the zoo.

There are many animals there,such as tigers, elephants, deer, monkeys and so on. The tigers are strong and the elephants are very big.The monkeys jumped all the time.They are all very lovely.People all like them.

Next sunday, I will go to the zoo again.

[英语我的周末日记100字

叮铃铃铃，“同学们上课了，希望你们做好课前准备工作，安安静静等待老师来上课。”清脆悦耳的铃声响了。

Jingle bell, "the students in class, I hope you do the preparatory work before class, quietly waiting for the teacher to class." The clear sweet sound of the bell.

上课了，我和同学们一起在宽敞明亮的教室里充满感情地朗读课文，动人的语调抑扬顿挫，真是好听极了!这时候，窗外变得十分安静，树叶不动了，鸟儿不唱了，连蝴蝶也不飞了，仿佛都被我们的琅琅书声给吸引住了。最有趣的是跑来了几只小狗，这几个可爱的小朋友，静静地站在校园外面，是那样好奇地听着我们读课文。下课了，我和同学们一起开心地掰手腕、讲笑话，有的同学在饮水机前喝水，还有的同学在玩石头剪子布......

In class, my classmates and I in the spacious and bright classrooms full of feeling to read the text, beautiful intonation cadence, it was nice! At this time, the leaves become very quiet, do not move, birds do not sing, even the butterflies do not fly, seems to have been attracted to the sound of reading. The most interesting is running a few puppies, these cute little friends, stood outside the campus, so listening curiously we read the text. After class, my classmates and I happily arm wrestling, telling jokes, some students in the drinking water machine water, there are students in the play stone scissors cloth......

这就是我的校园生活，幸福快乐的校园生活!

This is my school life, happy life on campus!

Since we were born, we are meant to face the stage of study and work until

we retire, which seems everybody does the same thing in their life. They start

to wonder about the meaning of life. In my opinion, the meaning of life lies in

study and finding the right place.

Study comes first for human being. Since we learn the knowledge, we get to

know about the world. The more we learn, the more we want to search for the

unknown knowledge. The world is beautiful because of diversity, and there are so

many amazing scenery waiting for us to discover. At the process of searching the

knowledge, we also become mature and have our own thinking.

Finding the place in the world is the basic task for us. The purpose of

knowledge is to master some skills, so as to get accustomed to the world and

know what we want to do and what we can bring to the world. The value we create

can bring happiness to people we love and make a contribution to the world.

Life is short, but we keep searching all the time.

During the winter vacation, nothing is different for my life. i wake up 11 oclock am everyday, after a washing, i have a good lunch with my parents. next i play computer games till the time to have supper. after have dinner. i go on playing till 2 oclock am, and then go to sleep with tired. this is one dull day of my winter vacation.

But i havent bored all the time. sometimes i read the books, sometime i listen to the music or the radio in the bed, because it was very cold outside and snowy all the day. and i also meat some of my good friends during the vacation, we have a very long talk about the life of each other in the past year and play table tennis tegether. and i watched the spring festival party of the cctv in the last seconds of the 2004 year! i think this is the thing most people of china doing at that time.

I went to beijing to play during last summer holiday.

I went to Beijing more than eight times. Beijing is the capital of China. It’s a big city. I am very familiar with Beijing. It takes an hour and forty minutes from Nantong to Beijing by plane. There are many tall buildings in Beijing. It’s a modern city. My family visited the Great Wall, the Palace Museum, the Beihai Park, I went to the countryside of Beijing to go boating and fishing. It was very interesting. I went shopping in WangFuJing. I bought lots of souvenirs and other things. I like eating Beijing snacks. They are delicious. Don’t miss the Beijing Duck. It is really nice.

The trips helped me open my eyes. I enjoyed my day.

I am Mike, a Chinese boy. I have a plan about next weekend. First I am

going to read magazine on Saturday morning. It’s my favorite. And then I will go

to the zoo with my parents because they have promised me. On Sunday, I will go

to the book store and buy an English book. After that, I have to do some

homework.

It’s my weekend plan. And I think it will be wonderful days.

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I spent this summer vacation in quite a different way. I used to run about every day in previous summer vacations, but this summer vacation I simply could not afford to do so. I would soon be in the last year of my high-school education and would after graduation be up against the college entrance examinations.

Though those examinations were still a year away, I had to start early to make myself well prepared by reviewing all those things I had learned at school and this summer vacation was the ideal time for me to do this.

At first I was rather dismayed at the thought of this, but later I thought it was better this way because by working hard this summer I could count on endless happy summers to come. With this in mind I then set to work like anything and only occasionally went out for a change or did some physical. I was not at all bored by this kind of life, for I was sustained by a hope.