我的喜好的英文作文【通用20篇】

It is said that in the year of 300 AD, there was a kind old man and his name was Saint Nicholas. He was always ready to help the poor and often gave presents to them.

Today, Father Christmas is an imaginary figure, but nearly all young children believe in him. They think he is a happy old man with a long white beard and a long red robe.

On the night of the twenty-fourth of December every year, Father Christmas from some cold northern land comes down the chimney of the fireplace to put presents by the beds of children or to fill their stockings. So when children go to bed that night, they hang up their stockings, and on Christmas morning they wake to find them full of presents. Of course, it‘s really their parents who fill the stockings.

Another name for Father Christmas is Santa Claus.

译文：

据说，在公元300年，有一个善良的老人，他的名字是圣尼古拉斯。他总是愿意帮助穷人，常常送礼物给他们。

如今，圣诞老人是一个虚构的人物，但几乎所有的孩子都相信他。他们认为他是一个快乐长长的白胡子和一个长长的红色长袍的老人。

在第二十每年的十二月份的第四夜，父亲从寒冷的北方一些圣诞归结土地的壁炉烟囱提出的儿童床礼物或填补他们的袜子。因此，当孩子上床睡觉，那天晚上，他们就挂上他们的袜子，并在圣诞节早晨醒来发现他们装满礼物。当然，这需要他们的父母谁填补了袜子。

圣诞老人的另一个名字是圣诞老人。

[介绍圣诞老人的英文作文及翻译

A great poem is a fountain forever overflowing with the waters of wisdom and delight (P.B.Shelley, British poet)

伟大的诗篇即是永远喷出智慧和欢欣之水的喷泉。(英国诗人 雪莱 P B)

A novel is a mirror walking along a main road. (Stendhcl,French writer)

一部小说犹如一面在大街上走的镜子。(法国作家 司汤达)

A picture is a poem without words. (Horace, ancient Roman poet)

一幅画是一首没有文字的诗歌。(古罗马诗人 贺拉斯)

A poet is a man who puts up a ladder to a star and climbs it while playing a violin. (E.de Goncourt, French writer)

诗人是这样的人，他架起通向星星的梯子――一边爬梯子一边拉提琴。(法国作家 龚古尔 E)

A poet is born, not made. (L.A.Florus, Ancient Roman poet)

诗人靠天分，不是靠培养。(古罗马诗人 弗洛鲁 L A)

Any one who conducts an argument by appealing to authourity is not using his intelligence; he is just using his memory. (Da Vinci, Italian painter)

一个借着引经据典来辩论的人，不是在运用自己的才智，他是在运用自己的记忆力。(意大利画家 达?芬奇)

Art is a lie that tells the truth. (Picasso, Spanish painter)

美术是揭示真理的谎言。(西班牙画家 毕加索)

Art is long, and time is fleeting. (Longfellow, American poet)

艺术是永恒的，时间则是瞬息即逝的。(美国诗人 朗费罗)

Art is much less important than life, but what a poor life without it ! (Robert Motherwell, American painter)

艺术远没有生活重要，但是没有艺术生活是多么乏味呀！(美国画家 马赦韦尔 R)

Art is not a handicraft, it is the transmission of feeling theorist has experienced. (Len Tolstoy, Russian writer)

艺术不是手艺，它是艺术家的体验到的感情的传递。(俄国作家托尔斯泰。L)

Art is the mold of feeling as language is the mold of thought. (Susanne Langer, American philosopher)

艺术是感情的模制品，犹如语言是思想的模制品。(美国哲学家 兰格 S)

Art is the object of feeling, and the subject of nature. (S.K.langer, American philosopher and educator)

艺术是情感的客观表现。也是本性的主观反映。(美国哲学家、教育家 兰格 S K)

Art is the right hand of nature. The latter only gave us being, but the former made us men. (Friedrich Schiller, German poet)

艺术是自然的右手。自然只让我们存在，而艺术创造我们的人类。(德国诗人 席勒 F)

Art is the stored honey of the human soul, gathered on wings of misery and travel. (Theocore Dreser, American novelist)

好画犹如佳肴，只可意会，不可言传。(法国画家 弗拉曼克 M)

Good painting is like good cooking; it ca n be tasted, but not explained. (Maurice de vlaminck, French painter)

简单地说，伟大的文学就是包涵极其丰富意义的语言。(美国诗人 庞德 E)

Great literature is simply language charged with meaning to the utmost possible degree (Ezra Poud, American poet)

幽默被人正确地解释为“以诚挚表达感受，寓深思于嬉笑”。(美国诗人 庞德 E)

Humor has been well defined as thinking in fun while feeling in earnest. (Mark Twain, American novelist)

我写作只是为了增加自身的美。(美国作家 杰克?伦敦)

I write for no other purpose than to add to the beauty that now belongs to me. (Jack London, American writer)

音乐要用心灵去听，用头脑去感觉。(法国作家 雨果 V)

In music one must think with the heart and feel with the bra

[有关英文的名言警句

Whenever I hear this song "Jingle Bells", I know that Christmas has quietly come to our side; whenever I see a large supermarket Christmas decoration, I know that Christmas is close at hand......

Before Christmas, I had fantasized that I had held a grand hall, where there were many figures, both high and low. But no matter who, they can always be friendly and amiable. No matter the enemy or the friend, we can always get through the day.

I have also fantasized that on Christmas night I quietly squatted beside the chimney waiting for the arrival of Santa Claus. But Ive been waiting for a long time, but I dont see the figure of Santa Claus. I thought, "well, why dont Santa Claus come?" It must be a "traffic jam" on the road.

I had to go to bed. But it was not a few minutes before I lay down, and the chimney was moving. I looked down there with squinted eyes. I saw that wearing a red robe, wearing a Red Hat Santa is to my Christmas stocking stuffed with gifts! At that time, I was happy in my heart. Christmas Eve a chimney, I ran out of the house. He saw Santa Claus in his sledge and went to the next house.

When I opened the magic socks, I found there was a small gift box in it. When I cautiously opened the box again, I found that there was a book I most liked and wanted most, "a brief history of time", because it is a book about cosmology. When I carefully opened the book, I found that there was a small note in it. The note read: "learning without limit, asking questions, asking questions and learning."

Hi Yanglang!

I’m really miss you , we can’t see about three months . Are you OK? I hope you happy everyday.

We have eight classes everyday , and only two classes are not English , another classes is listening , reading , speaking and writing English . Some people think it is boring in the classes , but I think this is very enjoyable .

I love my life now . because I always feel fulfilled all day . I am so busy that I can’t play ping-pong . I think it is my desire to enjoy life.

I want to travel to Mountain Hua . Three years ago I went there , but don’t go to the top , so I must go there when I have free time. Take care yourself

Love Young!

Dear ___,

i am very happy to see you,i think you teach very well,we all love you!

i think your english class is better than our old english teachers class,i believe you can do better than better!i believe in you!

Best wishes to you!

yours,

__

the mid-autumn festival falls on the 15th day of the 8th lunar month, usually in october in gregorian calendar.

每年农历八月十五日，是传统的中秋佳节。这时是一年秋季的中期，所以被称为中秋。

the festival has a long history. in ancient china, emperors followed the rite of offering sacrifices to the sun in spring and to the moon in autumn. historical books of the zhou dynasty had had the word "mid-autumn". later aristocrats and literary figures helped expand the ceremony to common people. they enjoyed the full, bright moon on that day, worshipped it and expressed their thoughts and feelings under it. by the tang dynasty (618-907), the mid-autumn festival had been fixed, which became even grander in the song dynasty (960-1279). in the ming (1368-1644) and qing (1644-1911) dynasties, it grew to be a major festival of china.

中秋节有悠久的历史，和其它传统节日一样，也是慢慢发展形成的，古代帝王有春天祭日，秋天祭月的礼制，早在《周礼》一书中，已有“中秋”一词的记载。后来贵族和文人学士也仿效起来，在中秋时节，对着天上又亮又圆一轮皓月，观赏祭拜，寄托情怀，这种习俗就这样传到民间，形成一个传统的活动，一直到了唐代，这种祭月的风俗更为人们重视，中秋节才成为固定的节日，《唐书·太宗记》记载有“八月十五中秋节”，这个节日盛行于宋朝，至明清时，已与元旦齐名，成为我国的主要节日之一。

folklore about the origin of the festival go like this: in remote antiquity, there were ten suns rising in the sky, which scorched all crops and drove people into dire poverty. a hero named hou yi was much worried about this, he ascended to the top of the kunlun mountain and, directing his superhuman strength to full extent, drew his extraordinary bow and shot down the nine superfluous suns one after another. he also ordered the last sun to rise and set according to time. for this reason, he was respected and loved by the people and lots of people of ideals and integrity came to him to learn martial arts from him. a person named peng meng lurked in them.

相传，远古时候天上有十日同时出现，晒得庄稼枯死，民不聊生，一个名叫后羿的英雄，力大无穷，他同情受苦的百姓，登上昆仑山顶，运足神力，拉开神弓，一气射下九个多太阳，并严令最后一个太阳按时起落，为民造福。后羿因此受到百姓的尊敬和爱戴，不少志士慕名前来投师学艺，心术不正的蓬蒙也混了进来。

1 A wish to two happY people for a future of dreams comes true, congratulations!

祝两个幸福的人儿，来日美梦都成现实。 祝贺你们！

2 OnlY once in a lifetime that a special dream comes true、 And suddenlY Your entire world seems beautiful and new、 Best wishes alwaYs!

一生中只有一次美梦实现的奇迹，你俩的整个世界顿时变得绚丽新奇。 祝永远幸福！

3 You two are a perfect match、 Here’s wishing You both a lifetime of happiness、

你们是天生的一对，祝你们永远幸福。

4 We never knew two people better suited to each other、

我们从未见过如此般配的一对。

5 You’re the luckiest guY in the world、

你是世界上最幸运的人儿。

6 God bless You and Yours, and surround You ever with his blessing、

愿上帝祝福你和你的爱人，永远赐福于你们。

7 MaY You two alwaYs be in love! MaY happiness increase with age、

愿你俩永浴爱河，祝你俩幸福与年俱增。

8 Wishing You a world of happiness and love as all Your dreams come true、

但愿天从人愿，幸福与爱情无边！

9 He must be extra special, because he is marrYing a lovelY girl、

新娘如此可爱， 新郎必定英俊不凡。

10 MaY the joY You share on Your wedding daY 、Be the kind You’ll share all along life’s waY、

愿你俩婚礼之日分享的喜悦，

将伴随你俩共度人生的岁月。

11 I wish You manY more anniversaries each happier than the last、

愿你们有更多周年纪念日，一年比一年更幸福。

12 On Your SILVER WEDDING ANNIVERSARY

First, by traveling we can enjoy the beautiful scenery in different places. We will see with our own eyes many places read of in books, and visit some famous cities and scenic spots.

Second, we will meet people with different interests and see strange and different things when we travel. We can get ideas of the conditions and customs of other people, taste different foods and local flavours if we like. In this way, we can understand how differently other people live.

Third, travel will not only help us to gain knowledge of geography and history and other knowledge, which will arouse our deeplove :for our m0therland, but also will help us keep healthy and make us less narrow-minded. Travel does benefit us both mentally and physically.

With all these advantages of travel, it is no wonder that travel has now become more popular than exer in China.

[旅行的好处英文作文

关于成功的英语作文1：

Different people have different views on success.Some hold that making a great deal of money means success.Others argue that holding an important post in the government means success.Still others believe that having a high academic title at a famous university or a research institute means success. In my opinion,success means brilliant achievement in our work.In other words,no matter what we do,making outstanding contributions to the development of our country and bringing help and happiness to others is success. To achieve success,we should,first of all,have a clear long-term goal in our life.Besides,we should have short term goals in different periods of life.As we know,it is these short term goals that make our long-term goal possible.Second,we should be both perseverant and hardworking.Whatever we do,there are always two possibilities:success and failure.We should never lose heart when we come across difficulties or when we are confronted with failure.Instead,we should learn from our experience,build up our confidence and work even harder and smarter towards our purpose.Third,we should follow the examples of those who are successful and learn from them.Finally,we should try to get along well with our classmates and colleagues.We should care for each other and help each other in our study,our work and our life,because team work is of great importance in the realization of our dream. If we can follow these principles,we will certainly achieve remarkable success in our life. 关于成功的英语作文2：

Every body wants to succeed. But when it comes to the question that which factor leads to success, opportunity or hard-work, different people will offer different answers. Some people think that opportunity is the first factor leading to success. They hold the idea, as a proverb saying, “Man proposes, god disposes”. Because almost all successful people have good luck and have caught their valuable opportunities, they believe that opportunity is a leading conndition of the success. If seizes and makes the best use of opportunity available, one can succeed surely. In summary, to them, chances and lucks play the most important role on the road to success. However, others maintain that “no pains, no gains” .Without exerting oneself, one could never expect to achieve success in no matter what one is doing. As is known to all, there is no royal road to the summit of success. One is likely to succeed only when one has worked with whole-hearted devotion and perseverance. Those who are lazy, sloppy and indifferent to their work, those who never concentrate on work will definitely end in failure. On the whole, as far as they are concerned, hard-working is the decisive factor to success. In my view, both hard work and opportunity eventually matters. They are inseparable from each other, and put together, they make a great success. Hard work is to luck what fish is to water, and can be seen as an interior precondition of success. It lays the corner-stone for building a house while luck serves to cement it, to make the building bricks adherent to one another. They are the twins that contribute to success together. They are the factors from within and without respectively. We must work hard, make efforts and get prepared. When opportunities come, meet and make full use of them. Only in this way can we succeed one day.

It is difficult for people to achieve professional success without sacrificing important aspects of a fulfilling personal life.

Discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the opinion slated above. Support your views with reasons and/or examples from your own experience, observations, or reading.

Are professional success and a fulfilling personal life mutually exclusive? Probably not, although it is more difficult today to achieve both.

Undeniably, todays professionals must work long hours to keep their heads above water, let alone to get ahead in life financially. This is especially true in Japan, where cost of living, coupled with corporate culture, compel professional males to all but abandon their families and literally to work themselves to death. While the situation here in the states may not be as critical, the two-income family is now the norm, not by choice but by necessity.

However, our societys professionals are taking steps to remedy the problem. First, they are inventing ways such as job sharing and telecommuting to ensure that personal life does not take a back seat to career. Second, they are setting priorities and living those hours outside the workplace to their fullest. In fact, professional success usually requires the same time-management skills that are useful to find time for family, hobbies, and recreation. One need only look at the recent American presidents-Clinton, Bush, Reagan and Carter- to see that it is possible to lead a balanced life which includes time for family, hobbies, and recreation, while immersed in a busy and successful career. Third, more professionals are changing careers to ones which allow for some degree of personal fulfillment and self-actualization. Besides, many professionals truly love their work and would do it without compensation, as a hobby. For them, professional and personal fulfillments are one and the same.

[GMAT理想与现实为题目的英文作文

People always say that spring is the most beautiful season. But I don’t

think so. I like summer, autumn even winter better than spring. Because the

weather in spring is changeable. Maybe it is warm today, it will be cold

tomorrow. I often catch a cold in spring. Besides this, it often rains in

spring. I can’t go out to play ball games. I have to stay at home to spend my

time. How boring it is! Some people think the flowers in spring are very

beautiful, but I think the flowers in winter are more beautiful, because they

live through the extremely cold weather and we should learn from them.

The earth is our home.We should be kind to it.How does our earth turn better?Here are some tips.Firstly,we should know the important of environmental protection.Secondly,as a student,we shouldn’t litter paper and empty bottles everywhere.We should keep our environment clean and tidy.Thirdly,we can plant more kinds of trees in our spare time,they can make fresh air.

In a word,protecting the environment is very urgent.It is everyone’s responsibility.We should try our best to make our earth better and better.

现在许多大学生喜欢追求名牌。从移动电话的衣服，甚至像电子辞典，学习钢笔文章，他们倾向于购买知名品牌。此外，很多学生来自贫困家庭开始遵循这一消费趋势，以及。这一现象已引起广泛关注。下面是小编带来的是学生追求名牌英文作文，希望对您有帮助。

现在，走进学校，观察一下学生的穿着用品，我们不难发现他们在消费观念上进入了一个误区，喜欢追求名牌。在校区内，吃好的，喝好的，比比皆是，谈名牌，比品牌，蔚然成风。

吃，要上肯德基、麦当劳，喝，要喝可口可乐、卡布奇诺，似乎洋东西更能显示档次。运动衫要穿“李宁”、“卡帕”，书包要背“麦芝西伯”，单车要骑“斯波兹曼”，球鞋要穿“阿迪达斯”，往往某一个同学买了一件新名牌产品，就开始有人羡慕，接着有人追随，过不了多久，这一名牌就成了许多学生皆备的必需品。

其实，这种赶时髦的做法并不好，作为未成年的学生，涉世不深，对消费品质量、价格审视能力还不强，名牌便成了他们衡量商品价值的唯一标准。实际上名牌商品价格是相当“黑”的．一双“阿迪达斯”一般得花四五百元，一部高档山地车上千元，对于并不十分富裕的工薪家庭来说，一般都承受不起．追求名牌，无疑加重了家长的负担。“侈恶之大，俭德之共”。从青少年的身心成长看，这种追求名牌的风气，有可能成为学生纯洁心灵的腐蚀剂。要知道，一个人如果把主要心思用在吃喝玩乐上，自然不会多思进取，将影响其上进。而且，将来步入社会后，万一经济来源难以敷出，那些高消费习惯又很难改变，结果欲望不能满足，会对自己的心灵造成伤害，也会逐渐将人引向痛苦的深渊。俗话说，由俭入奢易，由奢入俭难。

我见过有学生不考虑自己的家庭条件，与同学去攀比，为了穿名牌，在家里与父母哭着、闹着，要买名牌服饰，也见过有家长专门让自己的孩子享受名牌，刻意打造富贵一族。名牌，对于现代的人来说，的确很有魅力，是富贵的象征，是品味的显示，是一种文化的教养。现代生活中，一般来讲，老年人穿名牌，表现出富贵，中年人穿品牌，增加品味，年轻人穿品牌，纯粹追求时髦，而少年穿品牌，那是家长的灌输培养。

当然，有条件，享受名牌，是提高生活质量的表现，这些我们不可妄加指责。可有人家里没有什么钱，自己又不会赚钱，却一味地赶时髦，追求品牌，是不是有点好高骛远？有些家长为了让孩子高兴，巅起脚来做长子，打起脸来充胖子，自己平时省吃俭用，省下的钱给孩子买名牌。这种做法，既违背家长的意愿，又助长了孩子的虚荣心，并不可取。

当今时代，是独生子女时代，大部分家庭只有一个孩子，让孩子吃好、穿好无可厚非。可许多孩子在吃喝上根本不懂得“谁知盘中餐，粒粒皆辛苦”的道理，在理财治家上，更是不明白为什么要看菜吃饭，不知道怎样量体裁衣，不晓得节约为何物。他们从小过着衣来伸手，饭来张口的生活，不愁吃，不愁穿，无忧无虑地度过每一天。孩子们被宠得“高处不胜寒”，对大人的当家显得麻木，不想想父母的艰辛，不过问柴米油盐，不理睬锅碗瓢盆，一心只想别人有我就应该有。这样下去，将把孩子的消费观引向何处？值得深思啊。

现如今，随着科学的发达，社会的进步，人类对享受的追求的标准，也越来越高。追求高品味，高质量的享受，也成为人们心中的一种时尚。当然，有条件，用名牌，穿名牌，出入高档娱乐场所，增加消费，拉动内需，这样反而搞活了经济，应该是无可厚非。但要因人而宜，具体情况具体处理，爱孩子，应该根据家庭收入情况有所节制，宠孩子，应从实际出发，量入而出，量力而行把握分寸，否则，只能是父母压力增大，孩子的虚荣心膨胀，弄不好，真的可能是一发不可收拾。

消费者行为学认为，选择品牌的心理过程是一个很复杂的过程，它受文化，经济，政治等多方面的影响。学生成长时代、所处的社会地位，会对他们形成各种各样的品牌偏好，也会引导他们走向某种价值取向，特别是品牌消费观念，将对其今后衡量物品的价值起到重要的作用。通过调查，了解到当代学生中对品牌认知，品牌选择过程中的主要心理活动，对品牌的态度等情况。有不少学生追求名牌，是为了使生活更加个性化。在追求个性化，享受性的消费时，学生的消费存在着不合理的地方。过分追求品牌，消费结构不合理等。因此，即便是家庭条件比较好的，在名牌的追求上，也应该注意引导孩子消费，不可盲目跟风，也不要一味地追求高档享受，在这个问题上，教育孩子学会理性消费，应该是每个家庭的重要一课。

Now, walk into the school, observe the students wearing goods, we can easily find that they have entered a misunderstanding in the concept of consumption, like to pursue famous brand. Eat well, drink well in campus, talk about the brand, the brand than meet the eye everywhere, and so.

To eat, to drink, KFC, McDonalds, Coca-Cola, it seems to drink cappuccino, foreign things can show the grade. Sweater to wear "Lining" and "kappa", "back the bag to Madge Siberia", "J Bozeman", a bicycle riding shoes to wear "Adidas", often a classmate bought a new brand-name products, people began to envy, then followed, before long, this a brand name will become a necessity for many students are prepared by.

In fact, this kind of fashion is not good, as a minor student, inexperienced deep, the quality and price of consumer goods examine ability is not strong, brand has become the only standard to measure the value of the goods they. In fact, famous brand commodity price is quite "black". A pair of "Adidasi" generally have to spend five million, a high-end mountain bike for a thousand dollars, not very rich working families, generally can not afford. The pursuit of brand names, will undoubtedly add to the burden of parents. Extravagance and extravagance". From the physical and mental growth of young people, this kind of pursuit of famous brands may become the corrosive agent of students pure mind. You know, if a person is mind in nature to think not idle away in seeking pleasure, enterprising, will affect its progress. Moreover, enter the society in the future, if the economic source is difficult to meet, those high consumption habit is hard to change, the desire cannot be satisfied, can cause harm to your heart, will gradually lead people to the abyss of suffering. As the saying goes, from frugality to extravagance, from extravagance to frugality.

I have seen some students do not consider their own family conditions, to compete with the students, in order to wear brand-name, at home with their parents crying, crying, want to buy brand-name clothes, have seen some parents let their children enjoy the brand-name, deliberately create a rich family. Famous brand, for modern people, it is really attractive, is a symbol of wealth, is the display of taste, is a kind of cultural upbringing. In modern life, generally speaking, the elderly wear brands, showing rich, middle-aged people wear brand, increase the taste, young people wear brand, pure pursuit of fashion, and youth wear brand, it is the parents indoctrination training.

Of course, the conditions, enjoy famous brand, is to improve the quality of life performance, these we can not blame. What can have money at home, they do not make money, but a taste of fashion, the pursuit of brand, is a bit too ambitious? Some parents in order to let the children happy, on tiptoe to do eldest son, playing face to charge fat, they usually live frugally, saved money to buy brand-name children. This practice, both contrary to the wishes of parents, but also contributed to the childrens vanity, not desirable.

In todays era, the only child age, most families have only one child, let children eat well and wear well, understandable. Many children in eating and drinking do not know who knows Chinese food, a journey into the truth, in the financial management, but do not understand why you want to see food to eat, do not know how to do not know what is to save. They have had on hand, eat a ready-cooked meal life, do not worry about food, do not worry about clothes, light of heart from care to spend every day. The children were unbearably mad, for adults when is numb, do not think about the hardships of parents, but asked the fuel, ignoring the pots and pans, just want to have someone else I should have. Where will the childs consumption concept go? Its worth pondering.

Nowadays, with the development of science and the progress of society, the standard of human pursuit of enjoyment is also getting higher and higher. The pursuit of high taste, high quality of enjoyment, but also become a fashion in peoples minds. Of course, there are conditions, with brand-name, wear brand-name, access to high-end entertainment places, increase consumption, stimulating domestic demand, so instead of invigorating the economy, it should be understandable. But to the person who should, specific treatment, love children, family income should be based on moderation, spoil the child, starting from the actual amount of income out, according to grasp the sense of propriety, otherwise, only parents pressure increases, the childs vanity expansion, does not do well, it may be a get out of hand.

According to consumer behavior, the psychological process of brand selection is a complicated process, which is influenced by culture, economy, politics and so on. The growth of students age, the social status, they will form a variety of brand preference, will also lead them to a certain value, especially the brand concept of consumption, will be an important role in the future to measure the value of the goods from the. Through the survey, we know the brand awareness, the main psychological activities and attitude of the brand in the process of brand selection. Many students pursue famous brands in order to make their lives more personal. In pursuit of individuality and enjoyment of consumption, there is an unreasonable place for students to consume. Excessive pursuit of brand, irrational consumption structure and so on. Therefore, even if the family conditions are relatively good, in pursuit of the brand, but also should pay attention to guide the children to consume, not blindly follow the trend, do not blindly pursue high-grade enjoyment, in this problem, education children learn to rational consumption, should be an important lesson for each family.

Since its first appearance in the 15th century in the courts of European royalty, ballet has become one of the most loved forms of dance. One of the most beloved ballets is “Swan Lake.” First performed in Russia in 1895, it continues to thrill audiences around the world today.

The word “ballet” itself is French, and comes from the Italian word ballo, meaning “a dance.” Ballet dancing, as we know it today, is a result of influences from many countries.  Italy, France, Russia, England, and America have all contributed important elements to this style of dance.

Highly technical, ballet is always performed to music and often tells a story. Though learning this style of dance is a difficult process, the results on stage are magical. The graceful moves display the body in the most elegant and beautiful manner possible.

The main importance of goal setting is that it provides us with direction and purpose. When we have goals, we know what we want to achieve so that we can focus our mindson a single worthwhile target and avoid getting distracted easily. Personal goal setting also provides us with motivation to achieve what we want to achieve.

Goal setting is of especial significance for today’s students. A study reveals that when students set goals, they learn the importance of taking responsibility, of minimizing excuses and of helping others. Goal setting is a lifelong skill that first helps students succeed in school and then later in life.

The Cobbler and the Banker

By La Fontaine

A cobbler passed his time in singing from morning till night;it was wonderful to see,wonderful to hear him;he was more contented in shoes,than was any of the seven sages.His neighbor,on the contrary,who was rolling in wealth,sung but little and slept less.He was a banker;when by chance he fell into a doze at day-break,the cobbler 12 awoke him with his song.The banker complained sadly that Providence had not made sleep a saleable commodity,like edibles or drinkables.

Having at length sent for the songster,he said to him,

"How much a year do you earn,Master Gregory?"

"How much a year,sir?"said the merry cobbler laughing,"I have reckon in that way,living as I do from one day to another;somehow I manage to reach the end of the year;each day brings its meal."

"Well then!How much a day do you earn,my friend?"

"Sometimes more,sometimes less;but the worst of it is,-and,without that our earnings would be very tolerable, a number of days occur in the year on which we are forbidden to work;and the curate,moreover,is constantly adding some new saint to the list.

The banker,laughing at his simplicity,said,"In the future I shall place you above want.Take this hundred crowns,preserve them carefully,and make use of them in time of need."

The cobbler fancied he beheld all the wealth which the earth had produced in the past century for the use of mankind.Returning home,he buried his money and his happiness at the same time,No more singin;he lost his voice,the moment he acquired that which is the source of so much grief.Sleep quitted his dwelling; and cares,suspicions,and false alarms took its place,All day,his eye wandered in the direction of his treasure;and at night,if some stray cat made a noise,the cat was robbing him.

At length the poor man ran to the house of his rich neighbor;"Give my back." said he,"sleep and my voice,and take your hundred crowns."

参考翻译

皮匠和银行家

拉.封丹

一个皮匠从早到晚在唱歌中度过。无论见到他本人或听见他的歌声都使人觉得很愉快。他对于制鞋工作比当上了希腊七圣还要满足。

于工作把他吵醒了。银行家郁郁寡欢地抱怨上帝没有睡眠也制成一种像食品或饮料那样可以买卖的商品。后来，银行家就叫人把这位 歌手请来，问道：“格列戈里师傅，你一年赚多少钱?”

“先生，你问我一年赚多少钱吗?”快乐的皮匠笑道：“我从来不算这笔帐，我是一天一天地过日子，总而言之坚持到年底，每天挣足三餐。”

“啊，朋友，那么你一天赚多少钱呢?”

“有时多一点，有时少一点;不过最糟糕的是一年中总有些日子不准我们做买卖，牧师又常常在圣徒名单上添新名字，否则我们的收入也还算不错的。”

银行家被皮匠的直率逗笑了，他说：“我要你从今以后不愁没钱用。这一百枚钱你拿去，小心放好，需要时拿来用吧。” 皮匠觉自己好像看到了过去几百年来大地为人类所需而制造出来的全部财富。他回到家中，埋藏好硬币，同时也埋葬了他的快乐。他不再唱歌了;从他得到这种痛苦的根源那一刻起，他的嗓子就哑了。睡眠与他分手;取而代之的却是担心、怀疑、虚惊。白天，他的 目光尽朝埋藏硬币的方向望;夜间，如果有只迷途的猫弄出一点声响，他就以为是有人来抢他的钱。最后，这个可怜的皮匠跑到他那富有的邻居家里说：“把你的一百枚钱拿回去，还我的睡眠和歌声来。”

[皮匠和银行家英文作文欣赏

If we look at the sky on a perfectly fine summer‘s day we shall find that the blue colour is the most pure and intense overhead，and when looking high up in a direction opposite to the sun。

晴空万里的夏日，如果我们观察一下天空，且背向太阳，极目仰望，就会发现头顶上空的蓝色最纯净，最浓郁。

Near the horizon it is always less bright，while in the region immediately around the sun it is more or less yellow. The reason of this is that near the horizon we look through a very great thickness of the lower atmosphere，which is full of the larger dust particles reflecting white light，and this diluter the pure blue of the higher atmosphere seen beyond，and in the vicinity of the sun a good deal of the blue light is reflected back into space by the finer dust，thus giving a yellowish tinge to that which reaches us reflected chiefly from the coarse dust of the lower atmosphere。

靠近天边，色彩往往较暗淡，太阳周围的地方则略呈黄色。这是因为我们向天边望去时，目光要穿过极厚的低空大气层，其中布满颗粒较大的尘埃，反射出白光，这就冲淡了天际高空大气层的纯蓝色。在太阳附近，大 量蓝光则由细微的尘埃反射回太空。这样，主要由低空大气层的粗粒尘埃反射到地面的光线，便带有浅黄色。

At sunset and sunrise，however，this last effect is greatly intensified，owing to the great thickness of the strata of air through which the light reaches us. The enormous amount of this dust is well shown by the fact that then only we can look full at the sun，even when the whole sky is free from clouds and there is no apparent mist。

不过，在日出日落时，由于光线到达地面南非要穿过厚厚的大气层，这种反射效果大大增强了。只有在这种时候，我们才可以直视太阳，即使万里长空没有一点云彩，不见一丝雾霭。这就充分显示了低空尘埃的数量之大。

Dear Miss Jiang,

I am writing to share my ideas about our English class. Now, our main

material in the class is the textbook, which is reasonable. But I think we can

get some other resources, such as English magazines, songs, movies and so on. We

can learn the basic knowledge from out textbook, and get some more from other

materials. In addition, those materials are more authentic and practical, which

will be useful to our learning. Besides, by doing so, we can get more fun from

learning and develop our interest to English. Please take good consideration of

my advice. Thank you!

Sincerely yours

Bella

尊敬的蒋老师：

您好!我写信是想和你谈谈我对英语课的想法。现在我们上课用的主要材料是课本，这是合理的。但是我认为我们可以获取一些其他资源，比如英语杂志，歌曲，电影等等。我们可以从课本上学到基本的知识，同时从其他材料获取更多知识。另外，那些材料更真实和实用，这对于我们的学习会有好处的。此外，通过这样做我们可以从学习中获得更多乐趣从而培养我们对英语的兴趣。请您认真考虑我的建议，谢谢!

I opened the "our festival", the first thing I saw is the introduction of the Spring Festival. Spring Festival is one of the oldest festivals in our country. Where does my hometown show the atmosphere of the Spring Festival? Lets look at it.

Before the Spring Festival, I saw on TV that the meals in the hotel were all booked. It shows that everyone is reunited with their family. 10 days before the Spring Festival, I noticed that the traffic in the train was getting bigger and bigger, and I couldnt even buy the tickets. What was the matter? It turns out that all people in other places want to go home and celebrate the Spring Festival. So, the flow of people home is getting higher and bigger.

Before the Spring Festival, I found that there are a lot of people who sell fireworks in the street, arent there? The traditional customs of our country during the Spring Festival! On the night of the Spring Festival, in the sound of thunderous firecrackers, fireworks flashes up and radiates a variety of gleaming rings in the night sky. Some are like chrysanthemums, some are like waterfalls, others are like big trees and golden lights. Some are like small lanterns full of sky. They are really gorgeous. Thousands of spectators are cheering with loud cheers.

After the Spring Festival, the people of our country should have an atmosphere of red and red fire and joy and bustle. You see, small red couplets, firecrackers red, red paper-cut, the old man for children red envelopes, new clothes, children red, paste “ Fu ” the word red, red lanterns and red, Chinese junction is red … … … … the whole country a piece of red.

The Spring Festival is celebrating the festival, more is a good day for thousands of households together, in this new years day, people in happiness and peace with a day every year, countries better every year.

Friends can be classified into two kinds, good friends and evil friends. Evil friends lead us astray and may destroy our life, while good ones drive us towards the right and make our life successful.

Two of them exist in our daily life. However, ideal friends exist in peoples mind. They should be diligent, successful and loyal. When you need help, they will stand beside you and be delighted to give you a hand. Also you can share your happiness and sorrow together.

In my opinion, friends can share something but they also should keep their own secrets. So I wish my friends wouldnt interfere in my privacy too much. On the other hand, my friends should have Something in common with me, at the same time something special. In this way we can attract each other and learn from each other.

[理想的朋友英文作文

dear chen lin and li hua,

i’ve just been out of hospital for a couple of days. right now ，i am really fine, but without your support, i wouldn’t have got better so soon.

you know, the traffic accident gave me a very hard blow, both physically and mentally. in the first two weeks after my injury, i almost lost my confidence in my future life. it is the doctors’and your encouragement that rendered me much strength and determination。

anyway, i learned a lot from this unfortunate accident. i’d neverrealize how important your friendship was to me. i can’t say anymore to show my gratitude for your taking turns keeping me company,and getting me through the blue time.

next saturday, my mother would give a recovery party to thank myfriends. i really want to see you there. so, 7 o’clock at my place,ok?

your truly,

li ming