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2019圣诞节英语作文80词5篇 初中英语作文大全【20篇】

导语:灿烂的阳光洒在我们每个人的身上,快乐在我们心中荡漾。这精彩的运动会呀,我们永远难忘。下面是小编整理的一些关于运动会的优秀作文,欢迎查阅,谢谢!

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导语:你有几个好朋友呢?你觉得你们之间的友谊珍贵吗?下面是yuwenmi小编为大家整理的相关优秀英语作文,欢迎阅读与借鉴,谢谢!

I have a good friend, her name is Lily. We met each other since we were five years old. At that time, I moved next to her house, because of my father’s work. I felt so lonely when I facing the new environment. Then someday, Lily played in her yard and when she saw me, she smiled at me and asked me to play with her. I was shy at first, but then I was affected by her kindness. We became good friends soon. When I meet difficulties, she will help me without hesitation. I am so thankful to her, I am so lucky to have her as my friend. Our friendship is precious.

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我有一个好朋友,她的名字叫莉莉。我们在五岁就彼此认识。那时,因为我父亲的工作我搬到她的房子旁边。当我面临的新环境的时候感到如此孤单。然后有一天,莉莉在她的院子里玩耍,她看到我并对我微笑,让我和她一起玩。最初我很害羞,但是我感受到了她的友好。我们很快成了好朋友。当我遇到困难时,她会毫不犹豫地帮助我。我很感激她,我很幸运拥有她作为我的朋友。我们的友谊是珍贵的。

相关标签: 朋友Friend 感谢Thank 真诚Sincere

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篇1:参观动物园初中英语作文

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Yesterday ,I went to a zoo with my parents .

When we got to the zoo, we climbed up a little hill first. We can see many kangaroos on the hill, I played with some kangaroos. Then, we went to a pond. I fished in the pond, and got a big fish and 2 small fishes. I was very happy at that time. After fishing, we walked on grass. There are many parrots on the grass. And we were surprised that one of them can speak English. I spoke to it, and it said ‘hello’ to me. That made a lot of fun for me.

In the afternoon, we went to see monkeys, pandas, snakes and big sharks. And I took many photos from them. I also rode a horse and painted a mask for fun.

When we back home, it almost got drak. But I’m very happy, because I had a good time at the zoo that day

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篇2:初中关于保护环境的英语作文

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Now the earth is yellow and the green is decreasing. Whats going on here? It turns out that people are cutting down trees, which not only causes the birds to lose their home, but also causes the collapse, the flood and so on. Without trees, our earth would seem to be missing a supporting beam.

Now each store all follow our hobby, mass production soda, and soda "appearance" is the jar and jar is a kind of pollution, the road, the park even schools have become their home. The cans are made of aluminum, which is also harmful to the human body.

You know what? Waste batteries contain a lot of heavy metal pollutants - chromium, lead, mercury, etc. The effects of pollution from used batteries are slow and profound. When they are mixed with ordinary household waste, under certain conditions, will produce a series of chemical reactions, slowly releasing toxic substances, these toxic substances atmospheric pollution when burned, seeping into the underground pollution of groundwater and rivers and lakes; Once in the soil water, it will enter the body through the food chain, damaging the nervous system, hematopoietic function, kidneys and bones. Therefore, it belongs to hazardous waste. Experiments show that a mercury battery pollutes more than one persons lifetime total.

Before the river bottom, can see Derek fisher, now the factory in order to improve the efficiency, they put the stream discharge sewage as a good place, river sewage got dirty, passing pedestrians were quickly leave.

To conserve water is to protect our environment, which is to save resources. We want to own practical action to protect the environment, the most simple is to start from oneself, pay attention to save water, such as: use after the tap turn off the tap at any time; Water the washing water with water, rinsing and flushing. Dont think that a few drops of water in a water bridle cant make a difference. A water bridle drops a drop of water every second, and a year is a waste of 36 square water. If a family saves one person per month, how much water is saved in a month?

Fortunately, people have learned the earth now to be polluted, everyone has to act, I hope people who didnt act, they bent and picked up the paper on the ground, a low back, let us tomorrow is more beautiful, neat!

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篇3:初中英语作文:阅读的好处

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导语:阅读有利于我们整个生活,可以增加我们的知识,开拓我们的视野,下面是yuwenmi小编为大家整理的英语作文,欢迎阅读与借鉴,谢谢!

I think reading is important in the whole life for people. There are many benefits of reading. Firstly, reading increases our knowledge and we can learn the world affairs without going out. Secondly, reading is a good way to improve reading and writing skills. Before you learn to write, you must know how others write. Thirdly, reading can broaden our knowledge and horizon, which is important to job hunting in the future. Finally, reading helps us become self-cultivation that would be beneficial to our whole life. Therefore, start to reading, no matter how old you are and what you are doing. Then, you may find the great charm and benefits of reading.

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我认为阅读是重要的在整个生命的人。阅读的好处有很多。首先,阅读增加我们的知识,我们可以学习世界事务,没有出去。其次,阅读是一个很好的方法来提高阅读和写作能力。你学会写之前,您必须知道别人怎么写。第三,阅读可以拓宽我们的知识,开拓自己的眼界,这对将来找工作很重要。最后,阅读可以帮助我们成为修养,将有利于我们的整个生活。因此,开始阅读,无论你多大了,你在做什么作文。然后,你会发现伟大的魅力和阅读的好处。

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篇4:初中英语作文:生活需要幽默

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When we are chatting with our friends happily, suddenly if we are talking about the awkward topic, we need to do something to change this situation, what are we gonna do?

The answer is using your humor to make things seem easy, and then your friends won’t take your awkward topic seriously. Humor is very important, it can adjust the atmosphere, making things work easily.

Life needs humor, without humor, life would be boring. Foreign people like to make friends with humorous people, they can feel relax when they are chatting, while most Chinese people are always taking things too seriously.

I like to make friends with humorous guys, they make me feel life is easy, and we should positive about life.

当我们和朋友聊得很开心的时候,突然如果我们聊到很尴尬的话题,需要做一些事情来改变情形,我们该怎么做呢?答案是使用你的幽默来让事情看起来轻松些,然后你的朋友就不会把你尴尬的话题当真。幽默很重要,它可以调整氛围,让事情更好地运行。生活需要幽默,没有幽默,生活就会很无聊。外国人喜欢和幽默的人交朋友,他们聊天的时候可以感到很轻松自在,然而大部分中国人总是把事情看得很正式。我喜欢和幽默的人交朋友,他们让我觉得自由,对生活要积极。

[初中英语作文:生活需要幽默

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篇5:我的假期初中英语作文

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导语:假期这个词语让很多学生一听心情都会变好了吧,下面是yuwenmi小编为大家整理了优秀英语作文经典模板,欢迎阅读与借鉴,谢谢!

Winter vacation this year, I had a very full.

Just have a holiday, my mother had to go to work, all is me a person at home during the day, my mother just home for lunch at noon. Mom said, to do things to QianJinHouSong. I hope to finish the homework early, so I basic schedules in accordance with the school, but I didnt go to school in the morning, of course, the early, to school, the day hasnt light is about to get up. Just a few days, the teacher assigned written homework, I had already finished, the rest is back to the tang dynasty, every day to review English and finish this semester did not finish the exercises. In spare time, I read books, this winter holiday Ive looked at a few books - "Chinese childrens literature", "love education", sometimes I also can see the readers digest. Now I was watching writer zhou guoping wrote "niu".

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今年寒假,我过得十分充实。

刚放假的那会儿,妈妈要上班,白天都是我一个人在家,妈妈只是中午回家做个午饭。妈妈说过,做事情要前紧后松。我希望早点完成作业,所以我基本按照学校的作息时间,不过,我早上起床当然没有上学的时候的早,上学时,天还没亮就要起床了。才几天,老师布置的书面作业,我就已经完成了,剩下的就是每天背唐诗,复习英语以及把这学期没有做完的练习题完成。在空闲的时候,我会看课外书,这个寒假我已经看了几本课外书——《中国儿童文学》,《爱的教育》,有时候我也会看《读者》。我现在正在看作家周国平写的《妞妞》。

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篇6:我的朋友初中英语Myfriend

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My friend and I are good friends.she is  shy and I am outgoing.she likes studying English but I like studying math.she has long straight blak hair and I have short curly blak hair.she likes playing volleball but Ilike playingbasketball.we are still friends.

She is always studys home but I always study at shool because it is very investsting.I like watching action moves but she likes watching the TV show she has big eyes and she likes wearing jeans but I like wearing shirt.she usually helps me in my study

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篇7:初中英语作文大全

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When the owner is not at home, the family may be messy mess, I want to

invent a robot it can help the owner of the dishes were washed clean, the bed

was neat, to sweep the spot, it will put Clothes washed clean, folded neatly,

into the closet, and then wait for the owner to check home! The following are

the same as the "

This robot is very hard, but if there is no electricity, this robot will be

hungry down, so I designed this robot as long as it kept moving, work, it will

automatically generate electricity. It can also housekeeping, to prevent theft.

If no electricity the owner can also directly told him to serve the water, the

snack! The following are the same as the "

With such a robot can be really convenient!

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篇8:圣诞节用英语给老师的一封信

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Dear teacher,

Hello!

In our life, since childhood, we have received the educational grace of our parents, now, we are receiving the educational grace of our teachers.

Teachers, hard gardener, all the time for our sake, and you are one of them. You and other teachers, three feet of the podium, a piece of chalk, do not know how much knowledge for us to write down. Chalk foam dyed your hair white, winter to spring, you in this small platform, do not know how many students.

I remember when I was just in junior high school, you led our class to teach us Chinese, but our classs Chinese score was not good, so I was afraid of Chinese class. Every class, I will be a person silently hiding in the corner. A few days later, you spotted me and called me to your office. At this point, the school is over and you are the only one left in the office. You kindly said to me: "my child, learning is an essential part of the way of life. It is by studying that you can acquire knowledge. But knowledge has the power to change everything. You must study if you want to grow up and get out of this backward village. And Chinese, is our mother tongue, is our root. We are all descendants of the Chinese people and should carry forward our mother tongue." I hung my head in shame. "Chinese is an essential part of learning. In fact, Chinese is not difficult to learn, as long as you carefully observe everything around you, usually pay more attention to accumulation, you will improve: you go back to think about it. Say that finish, let me hurry home.

As I trudged out of the office, I looked through the window and saw that you were still correcting our homework. The red marks on the exercise book all show your diligence and hard work. Since then, I will study hard Chinese, carefully observe the things around me, listen carefully in class. When you saw this, you finally smiled. This smile, like the sun, warms me and makes me work harder.

You are no longer teaching me, but you have taught me the most profound lesson. I will never forget you. I will never forget your back as you corrected your homework under the light. I will never forget the time when we studied together, the help you gave me.

Teacher, it is you who taught me Thanksgiving and taught me knowledge. I will always grow up with a grateful heart.

Wish: good luck in everything and good health.

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篇9:初中英语满分

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My favorite cartoon film is "Kung Fu Panda".Because its very funny and

interesting.The story was great and the background was beautiful, it really felt

like an ancient Chinese city.So many people like it.In this cartoon movie the

character who I most like is the panda Arab League valuable.Because it not only

unusual lovable and annoys the human to like, moreover is this cartoon movies

lead .But I did not deny that other roles also very much annoy the affection,

for example tigress (Angelina Jolie), viper (Lucy Liu), praying mantis (Seth

Rogen), hoist crane (David cross) and monkey (Jackie Chan).I from this cartoon

movie middle school: Each people have the merit and the shortcoming, perhaps you

only know your shortcoming, so long as but you look diligently, also will

discover that oneself will have the merit.

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篇10:初中英语作文:快乐来自乐观和奋斗

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Lifeis a mirror. If we smile to her, she would also return the happiness to us. Butif we cry, she would be disappointed. Therefore, we should be positive towardlife, so as to get happiness.

生活就是一面镜子。如果我们对她微笑,她也会回报我们幸福。但如果我们哭泣,她会很失望。因此,我们应该积极的态度对待生活,从而得到幸福。

Actually,happiness is everywhere if we keep a good attitude. As we keep a good mood, ourworld will be a sunny land, which is resounded with soft music. However, if weare pessimists, well find our world is full of darkness.

其实,如果我们保持良好的心态幸福无处不在。如果我们保持一个好心情,我们的世界将是一个充满阳光的地方,充满了柔和的音乐。然而,如果我们是悲观主义者,我们会发现我们的世界充满了黑暗。

Whileon the other side, happiness is not a destination but a journey. Because theres no paradise at all, but wecan make a paradise if were hard-working and intelligent. So we should worklike we dont need money, smile like weve never been hurt, and perform ourselveslike no one can see us.

而另一方面,幸福不是目的地,而是一段旅程。因为根本就没有天堂,但如果我们勤劳有智慧,我们可以自己弄一个天堂。所以我们应该就像我们不需要钱一样工作,就像从未受伤过一样微笑,就像没有人能看到我们一样表演。

[初中英语作文:快乐来自乐观奋斗

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篇11:环境问题的初中英语作文

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Today the quality of our natural environment has become an important issue.

The world population is rising so quickly that the world has become too crowded.We are using up our natural resources and at the same time polluting our environment with dangerous chemicals.

If we continue to do this,life on earth cannot survive.Concerned people have made some progress in environmental protection.

Governments of many countries have established laws to protect the air,forests and sea resources and to stop environmental pollution.Still more measures should be taken to solve environmental problems.

People should be further educated to recognize the importance of the problems,to use modern methods of birth control,to conserve our natural resources and recycle our products.

We are sure that we can have a better and cleaner place in the future.

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篇12:初中英语学校生活作文

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My name is Beth。 Im 14 years old, and I study in No。 1 Middle School of Hangzhou。 My school is very big and beautiful。 Im very happy in the school。

I usually get up at 6:15 in the morning。 Then I do morning exercises in the playground。 At 6:40, I have my breakfast。 You can see many students and teachers in the dinning room。 After breakfast, I often read English with my classmates。

We have six classes every day。 The first class begins at 7:50 am。 I like all the classes for my teachers can make the classes lively and interesting。 My favorite subject is English, so I join English Corner every week。 I can speak English with many other students there。 Its very interesting and exciting。 I think its helpful for me to learn English well。 After class, I always play games with my friends。 We play soccer ball,basketball, volleyball, ping—pong and so on。 They are very relaxing。

I like my lessons, my friends and my teachers。 In a word, I love my school。 I find my school life more and more meaningful and colorful。 My school life is wonderful, isnt it?

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篇13:初中英语作文:我的表妹

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I am one year older than my cousin. Both of us are the only child in the family, so my cousin and I are very closed, we are just like the sisters. I like to share my secret with my cousin, because I don’t want to tell my parents.

My cousin is a good listener, when I feel not happy, I will tell her about my annoyance, then she will comfort me and make me feel better. When Friday comes, I will ask my cousin to sleep with me, we will talk about a lot of things.

I am so lucky that I have a cousin as my good friends.

我比我的表妹长大了一岁。我们都是家里的独生子女,所以我和我的表妹很亲近,我们就像姐妹一样。我喜欢和我的表妹分享我的秘密,因为我不想告诉父母。我的表妹是一个好的倾听者,当我感到不高兴时,我会告诉她我的烦恼,然后她会安慰我,让我感觉良好。周五时,我会叫我的表妹和我睡觉,我们会谈论很多事情。我很幸运,有一个表妹作为我的好朋友。

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篇14:学习英语的方法初中英语作文

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The way of learning English

Nowadays, English has become the international standard language. As China is stepping to the internationalization, learning English is more and more important. But many people find it hard to learn English well. According to my own learning experience, I think determination, read English materials and patience are the most significant.

如今,英语已经成为国际标准语言。由于中国正在迈向国际化,学习英语变得越来越重要。但是许多人发现很难学好英语。根据我自己的学习经验,我觉得决心,阅读英语材料和耐心是最重要的。

First of all, doing everything needs determination. Determination is a prerequisite to do something. When facing difficulty, the people who have determination will insist, on contrary, thepeople who don’t have determinatin are easily give up. Thus, if people wants to do something well, the first thing they need to do is to make up their mind. Secondly,reading English materials is a great help for learning English. It can help people raise sense for English language,have interest and confidence in Engilsh. That will help people a lot in the process of learning. Last, patience is necessary in English learning. Most people will feel difficult to learn English at the beginning. The people without patience will often upset towards learning English. As a result, it will increase the difficulties of learning English and vice versa.

首先,做所有的事情都需要决心。决心是做一件事的一个先决条件。面对困难时,有决心的人会坚持下去,相反,那些没有决心的人则很容易放弃。因此,如果有人想完成一件事情,他们要做的第一件事是下定决心。其次,阅读英语材料对学习英语有很大的帮助。它可以帮助人们提高英语语感,对英语有兴趣和信心。这将在学习的过程中对人们的帮助很大。最后,耐心在英语学习中是必须的。刚开始学习英语的时候大多数人都会觉得很难。没有耐心的人对学习英语会经常感到心烦。结果就是增加了学习英语的困难,反之亦然。

In general, determination, reading English materials and patience are the effective ways to learn English. If people recognize those, they will learn it well sooner or later.

总之,决心,阅读英语材料和耐心是学习英语的有效途径。如果人们意识到这些,他们迟早都会学好它的。

[学习英语的方法初中英语作文

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篇15:初中英语作文:我的乡村生活

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导语:随着现在城市空气污染越来越严重,很多人都会选择到乡下生活,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 like to live in the countryside. I live in a small village. There is a river near it. Lots of trees are around my house. I can see a lot of farms and birds. There is less noise. The air here is cleaner and fresher. There are fewer cars. I read aloud early in the morning. When it is getting dark, the moon is bright in the sky. It’s very quiet . What a nice place I live in !

我的乡村生活

我喜欢住在乡下。我住在一个小村庄。附近有一条河。许多树在房子的周围。我能看到很多农场和鸟类。有低噪音。这里的空气清洁和清新。有私家车的减少。我念在清晨。当它变得黑暗,月亮在天空明亮。它很安静。一个好地方我住在!

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篇16:初中英语作文:尝试独立

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Since I go to middle school, I stay away from home and live in school from Monday to Friday.

The first time for me to leave home made me felt so lonely. I did not have friends here and no one to count on. But I told myself that I needed to try to be independent. So I solved all the problems by myself, I washed my own clothes and cleaned the bed, which were done by my mother before.

I found that I could take care of myself without my parents’ help. What’s more, I made good friends here, we had the same interest and we helped each other in study. A year passed, I learned a lot and became independent.

自从我上中学,我就远离家,住在学校,从星期一到星期五。第一次离开家让我感到如此孤独。在这里我没有朋友,也没有人可以依靠。但我告诉自己,我需要试着去独立。所以我自己解决了所有的问题,我自己洗衣服,整理床铺,在之前是我母亲为我做这些。我发现我能照顾自己,即使没有父母的帮助。更重要的是,我交到了好朋友,我们有同样的兴趣,互相帮助学习。一年过去了,我学到了很多,变得独立。

[初中英语作文:尝试独立

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篇17:初中优秀英语作文谢谢你,我最好的朋友

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Three years ago, I was a cool and detached girl. I never helped others or cried, because I thought that was very boring.

One day an unusual girl rushed into my life. She looks like a boy and she is also very lovely. She is very cheerful. I always feel she is a "Red Sun". She is the most beautiful girl that I have ever seen. She often helps me and plays with me. We became good friends at once. Since then, I have been sanguine.

Now, I am still a happy girl. I‘m often moved by the world. I think our life is so short, and it isn‘t easy for people to live in the world. I‘ve learned to help others and to cry. I‘ve also learned to be happy and grateful. I also understand that crying doesn‘t mean "coward", crying can mean "visualize a bright future!"Though she has lots of new friends and I have many too, she will be my best friend forever, because she has taught me a lot…

Thank you--my best friend!

[初中优秀英语作文谢谢你,我最好的朋友

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篇18:初中英语作文:我的优势和不足

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于我们而言,正确地认识我们本身的优势不足是非常重要的,其原因在于它有助于我们提高自身,我们应该自省并且学会认识我们自己是谁

It is important to know our good and bad points because this knowledge will help us to improve ourself. We should examine ourselves and learn who we are.

在自我认识当中,最重要的就是认识自己的优势和不足。举例而言,我是一个身体健康的人,由于这个原因,我可以非常努力地去工作。同时我乐观、谦和并且有礼貌。这些是我的优势。同时,我也存在一些不足。首先就是我脾气有点倔,而且缺乏耐心。在一些时候我也会犯懒,也许有时整天在看电视和吃垃圾食品。可是有这些缺点,我却并不觉得怎样羞愧,因为我了解到了他们,促进我提高了自身

Above all, we should recognize our strengths and weaknesses. For example, I am healthy and fit, so I can work hard. Im also optimistic, humble and polite. These are my strengths. However, I also have weaknesses. For one thing, Im stubborn and a little impatient. Im sometimes lazy as well and can spent a whole day just watching TV and eating junk food. Im not ashamed to admit these bad pints. Knowing what they are lets me focus on improving myself.

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篇19:小学英语圣诞节

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Is tiny, mom told me the story of Christmas, my mother said that Christmas day, as long as hang Christmas stockings on door, there will be a Christmas grandpa send gifts to the socks, then I know send gift Christmas grandpa is my father. Kindergarten, on Christmas day the teacher asked the children all wear Christmas hat, the children take a nice Christmas hat do morning exercise! Then the teacher will give us some candy.

Looking forward to Christmas every year, I go to the streets can feel the Christmas festive atmosphere. Hear nice Christmas songs, see beautiful Christmas trees and Christmas grandpa, can also receive gifts.

This Christmas I have an idea, I want to learn to sing the Christmas songs, and sing it as a gift to my teacher, classmates, and surrounded by all the people who care about me. I want to say to you: "my friends, merry Christmas!"

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很小很小的时候,是妈妈给我讲圣诞节的故事:妈妈说,过圣诞节那天,只要把圣诞袜挂到房门口,就会有圣诞爷爷发礼物到袜子里,后来我知道发礼物的圣诞爷爷就是我的爸爸。

上幼儿园的时候,过圣诞节那天老师让小朋友们都带上圣诞帽,小朋友们带上圣诞帽做早操真好看啊!然后老师还会给我们发些糖果。

我每年都盼着过圣诞节,走到大街小巷都能感受到圣诞节日的气氛。听到好听的圣诞歌,看到美丽的圣诞树和圣诞爷爷,也能收到礼物。

今年圣诞节我有一个想法,我要自己学会唱那首圣诞歌,并把它当作礼物唱给我的老师、同学,还有身边所有关心我的人听。我想对大家说:“朋友们,圣诞节快乐!”

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篇20:有关英语圣诞节

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Christmas, annual Christian holiday commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ. Most members of the Roman Catholic Church and followers of Protestantism celebrate Christmas on December 25, and many celebrate on the evening of December 24 as well. Members of the Eastern Orthodox Church usually delay their most important seasonal ceremonies until January 6, when they celebrate Epiphany, a commemoration of the baptism of Jesus. Epiphany also traditionally commemorates the arrival of the Three Wise Men of the East in Bethlehem (near Jerusalem, Israel), where they adored the infant Jesus and presented him with gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh. The official Christmas season, popularly known as either Christmastide or the Twelve Days of Christmas, extends from the anniversary of Christ’s birth on December 25 to the feast of Epiphany on January 6.

Christmas is based on the story of Jesus’ birth as described in the Gospel according to Matthew (see Matthew 1:18-2:12) and the Gospel according to Luke (see Luke 1:26-56). Roman Catholics first celebrated Christmas, then known as the Feast of the Nativity, as early as 336 ad. The word Christmas entered the English language sometime around 1050 as the Old English phrase Christes maesse, meaning “festival of Christ.” Scholars believe the frequently used shortened form of Christmas—Xmas—may have come into use in the 13th century. The X stands for the Greek letter chi, an abbreviation of Khristos (Christ), and also represents the cross on which Jesus was crucified.

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