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给美国的朋友写信 英语作文七年级下册【最新20篇】

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山外青山楼外楼,妙妙是我好朋友。瞧,它摇着尾巴来了……

妙妙是一只泰迪狗,它有一身棕色的卷毛,乌溜乌溜的小眼睛水汪汪的。总是迈着四条小短腿儿,跟在我脚边转悠,冰淇淋般的尾巴冲着我摇啊摇啊。跑起来就像一道闪电,快极了。它才三个月大的时候,就来跟我作伴啦,现在已经三岁多了。我看着它慢慢长大,它也陪着我成长。

妙妙不仅仅是我的伙伴,还是我的骄傲。它有许多小本领,总能让我在朋友们面前炫上一把。

记得那天晚饭后,我带着妙妙在小区里散步。突然,一道黑影闪到我们面前。原来是邻居家的孩子潘子彦和他的大、不,是超大金毛寻回犬。潘子彦从包里拿出了个飞盘,斜着眼珠子瞅着妙妙,轻蔑地说:“敢带着你的‘小不点’跟我的大金毛来场‘飞盘大战’吗?”

“哼,比就比!”我不服气地答道。妙妙也跟着“汪、汪……”地叫了几声。好像在表示同意,也好像在表达它内心的不平:“谁怕谁!我这么灵活,一定赢得了你这个大块头!”

大战马上拉开了序幕。妙妙那冰淇淋尾巴不再摇来摇去了,而是笔直地竖着,显然它做好准备了。我拿起飞盘往前一甩,两只狗同时冲了出去。

妙妙就像离弦的箭似的撒开腿往前跑,两只耳朵迎着风飞了起来。在飞盘落下的瞬间,妙妙奋力向上一跃,张开嘴用尖尖的牙齿,稳稳地接住了飞盘。再看看那只大金毛,还在吭哧吭哧地找飞盘在哪儿呢。

哈哈哈,妙妙赢了,妙妙真棒!小小的身体藏着大大的能量。小妙妙果然没让我失望!

妙妙是我的骄傲,也是我的“编外”好朋友。在我心情不好时,它会静静地陪在我身边,像是给我安慰和鼓励。

临近艺术节了,我正在练习要参赛的曲目,妙妙安静地趴在我的脚边听着,时不时还随着旋律摇摇尾巴。可总有句歌词总是唱得不够好,一直在卡壳儿,越练越沮丧的我一屁股坐在沙发上,不想再练了。妙妙见我不唱了,似乎知道我的心思,跳上沙发,把两只前爪搭在我的腿上,抬着脑袋眼巴巴地望着我,摇着尾巴。我觉得它似乎在安慰我,鼓励我别放弃,继续努力练习。渐渐地,我的心情平复了,又开始认真地练了起来……

在我伤心时,它在陪伴我;开心时,它与我分享。

虽然妙妙是一只狗,它却像我的朋友一样,一直和我形影不离。真想定格每一个与妙妙在一起的快乐时光,既然短暂且留不住,就更需要珍惜每一刻相互陪伴的幸福。

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篇1:美国英语作文

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The Americans are much in love with food. This is part of being American too. Baseball is Americans national pastime1, but whats a ball game without hot dogs, peanuts2 and Cracker Jacks (sweetened popcorn3)? Hollywood is Americas symbol of glamour4 and excitement all over the world, but who would watch a movie in America without asking for an extra large bag of popcorn? And the astronauts took instant orange drink [Tang] with them.

Americans love all kinds of food, Italian, Chinese, Mexican, Greek, French, Japanese and many others. The Americans are in fact

“The UN of Food.”

To get familiar with the American eating custom, one must know two things. First, one must know the sequence5 of service. There is something special in terms of the sequence, or order, of dish service in America compared with ours. Here is the order:

1. Aperitif6—a small cup of alcoholic drink to increase ones appetite7. The host or hostess will ask: “Do you like a cup of aperitif?”

2. Hors doeuvre8—some tasty food offered in small quantities at the beginning of a meal.

3. Appetizer —or called starter, it is a small serving of juice, fruit or seafood or something else, at the beginning of a meal, to stimulate9 peoples appetite.

4. Now the main course is under way:

a) Soup—it is usually the first course in a dinner.

b) Fish—it is usually served after the soup and before the entree10 in a formal meal.

c) Entree—the third course of a meal, generally it is made up of a hot meat.

d) Savory11—the last course in a formal meal, it is something pleasant to eat but with a salty rather than sweet taste.

5. Dessert12 —sweet food served toward the end of a meal, usually it is a pudding, chocolate cake, or cheese and biscuits sometimes.

6. Coffee—thats the last stage in a formal present-day European and American dinner. Its served either at table or in the living room.

In a family treatment, the above-mentioned No 1-3 stage may be omitted13, though No 4 is the essential part. And the main course generally includes no more than 5 dishes of nutrient14 food. Ostentation15 is never under consideration.

Another thing to mention is that serving oneself from ones own plate is popular in Europe and America, except for the soup and bread which is taken and enjoyed according to ones need.

The second one we must know about the American eating custom is the taboos at table.

(1) Dont circle your plate with your arm. If you do so, you will become the focus16 of the table. Everyone would wonder: “Is there anything wrong with the food?” This may give a false message that you dont like the food or something like that.

(2) Dont push the plate back when finished. Leave it where it was. Do you mean to remind17 the hostess that youve just completed a labor?

(3)Dont lean18 back and announce that “Im through” or “Im stuffed19.” Just put the fork and knife quietly across the plate, thats all.

(4) Dont cut up everything before you start to eat. Cut only one or two bites20 at a time.

(5) Never take huge mouthfuls of anything. Do you mean to show how hungry you are? Dont do that! Be gentlemanlike or ladylike.

(6) Dont crook21 your finger when picking up a cup or glass. That looks too affected22, far from ladylike!

(7) Never wear too much lipstick23 to the table. It may stain the napkins24 and look gaudy25 and embarrassing on the rims26 of the cup or glass.

(8) Its never acceptable to reach across the table for anything (a serving dish, for example). If the item you want is not at hand, simply ask for the nearest person for help, like “Mrs. Smith, would you mind passing me the butter (or a dish)?”

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篇2:一位好朋友英语作文

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A Good Friend of Mine-一位好朋友

迈克是我的好朋友。每当我需要帮助时,他就来到我身边。一天放学了,我不得不留下来跟3组的同学一起打扫卫生。但3组的其他人都在外边玩,他们谁都不想回来。于是迈克就过来帮我扫地。真是,患难朋友才是真正的朋友。

Mike is my good friend。 Any time I need help, he will come to me。 One day after school, I had to stay and clean the classroom with Group Three。 But they were still playing outside without any sign to go back。 So Mike came and helped me clean the floor。 A friend in need is a friend indeed。

A Good Friend of Mine

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篇3:给朋友的一封信高中英语作文

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Dear Mercy,

亲爱的梅斯,

How is everythinggoing! Last time you said you are anxious now because you find it hard to learnEnglish well. Don’t worry. I think you have to improve your English step bystep. And I will right behind you. In my view, you should develop you intereston English first. According to my experience, I think watching English movie,listen to some wonderful English songs and talk in English on the Internetwould be helpful. Secondly, you have to prepare lessons before class that willhelp you understand what the teacher says in the class. I know you feel boredin the class, but you have force yourself to be concentrated. A few days lateryou will feel it a little easy to learn English. The left steps I will tellnext time. By the way, we have not seen each other since your family move toHunan a year ago. Have you ever thought about going back to visit me and learnEnglish together in the coming Summer vacation. Looking forward to your reply.

过得可好。上次你说你现在很焦虑因为你觉得很难学好英语。别担心。我觉得要提高英语你得一步步来。我会帮你的。在我看来,首先应该要培养你对英语的兴趣。根据我的经验,我认为看英文电影,听美妙的英文歌曲以及在互联网上与他人用英语交流会有很大的帮助。其次,你要预习,这样可以让你理解老师在课堂上说的东西。我知道你觉得上英语课很无聊,但你必须强迫自己聚精会神的听。一段时间后,你会感觉到学习英语变得容易些了。剩下的步骤下一次我会告诉你的。顺便提一下,自从一年前你们家搬到湖南后我们就没见过面。你有没有想过暑假的时候回来看看我,我们可以一起学习英语。期待你的回复。

Best wishes,

Li

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篇4:2024七年级下册英语作文题目:MyFavouritesubject

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My name is Susan. I‘m 12 years old.My favorite subject is Math.

Because I think it‘s difficult but funny.I like green very much.I often play volleyball after school.I think it‘s interesting .I like

playing the violin and the piano.My favorite day is Sunday.Because in that day I don‘t go to school.

It is time for sports It is about half past four.It is time for sport.The students are on the playground.

They are playing a football match.LiDong is one of them.He is good at football.He plays well.He is on the school football team.LiDong says,I like playing football.It is my favourite sport.LiDong‘s friends,PanChen and WangHaisay,He‘s a football fan.Ronaldo is his favourite player.

Look at the boys around the basketball court.Many boys are watching a basketball match.The tall boy,Tanglin,is very good at playing basketball.He is very fast and he plays well.Many of his friends say,He is a good basketball player.His favourite basketball player is YaoMing.His team is sure to win.

I hope they can be the good players of our country,too.

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篇5:关于朋友英语年级

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Whats friends? Do you have friends? I have many friends, so I always feel

happy. In the morning, some of my friends will go to school with me. We often

talk and laugh on the way to school. Sometimes we will stop to buy some snacks,

school things and other stuff. When I am in school, I always study with friends.

When I have something confusion, I will ask them to help. So do they. We help

each other. After class, we play together, and go to the shop to buy snacks.

They accompany me, so do I. I think this is friends.

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篇6:英语作文写我的朋友

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The sky is happy because of the land. The fish is happy because of the nourishment of water, but I am happy because of my friend.

Someone because of this and become friends, some people and his friends and I and she is friendship between generations, by an enemy into a friend.

She is Li Wenrong, is a classmate of mine in the low grade, she was sitting in front of me, every time I always love the class put his foot on her stool legs, but she is because of this and I always quarrel, so we slowly become enemies, the day you kick me a foot I have you.

One time, I forgot to bring a ballpoint pen. I was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot. I borrowed it left, and I borrowed it right. No one had any extra pen. At this time, I saw two pens in my pencil case, Li Wenrong thought, to ask her to lend it, think of their past and her friendship, she not only wont lend your pen to me, she will be a good scolding, so not only did not borrow a pen, but also like a defeated cock, falling to a place. But dont borrow, what do I use for the exam? I plucked up my courage and said to her, "Li Wenrong, I... Can I borrow you... To use a ballpoint pen? " Im a little incoherent. "Yes, of course." She saw my anxiety, and replied. I was surprised. I never thought that she had lent my pen to me in the past. "Thank you." I answered. She laughed and showed her white teeth.

After that test, we were divided, we were not in a class, we had no quarrel, we became a good friend to contact. However, after a period of time, she turned to school, and I felt I was empty. "Friend, you go, we dont know what year and month we can meet." I thought in silence.

Since then, this person, this sentence, forever imprinted in my heart.

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篇7:如何学习英语七年级作文

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同学们好!老师好!

今天我要演讲的是我对于英语学习方法和态度,不需要花太多的时间,只要能够理解就可以了。

我认为,学习英语的方法其实很简单,那些辅导材料只不过就是巩固知识。而我们在巩固知识前,就得学会学习英语。兴趣,记忆力和自信就是我的秘诀。

第一步:兴趣。兴趣使然,如果你把学英语当成是一种娱乐,一种使你兴趣盎然的娱乐方式。我把英语当做是一种荣耀,一种享受,也把这种荣耀和享受化为自己的优势,弥补其他学科的缺憾。但是,这只是我的方式,也有的人其他方面很优秀。或许,不是学习上的,却也是一种优势。就比如,很多人喜欢玩电脑,就可以把学英语当成在玩电脑,每一次的检测都是打电脑的一关,把自己当成闯关的人,学习的过程,考试是终点,老师就是最后的评委。

第二步,记忆力:记忆力的好也可以帮助学习,但是死记硬背的方式实在是套古老了,也太死板了,再好的兴趣也会被消磨光。所以,可以用一种节省时间,增加兴趣,享受时间的方法。在老师留作业,抄单词或句子的时候,先抄一遍,再根据脑袋里“肯定”的答案在接着继续默写,这样就达到了节省时间着点了。还有在背课文的时候,有些同学们后觉得这些太多了,太难了,简直就是在谋财害命,但老师就是硬要我们被下来,太痛苦了!那么,在这个时候,你可以把被课文当做是在背诗,记歌词,背诗背着背着就顺了,记歌词记着记着就好像是自己在听喜爱的音乐一般,这也有了增加兴趣,享受时间和节省时间了。

第三步,自信:不论是丘吉尔的“好运”还是海伦`凯特的身体残缺,贝多芬的老年失聪,他们都凭借着自己的努力而成功。当然,在他们最努力的时候才是他们最自信的时候。因为他们都相信自己,才有努力的动力。而我们不论是学英语还是其他的什么科目,相信了自己,才有成功耀眼的那一刻!

谢谢大家!我讲完了。可能有些和我不一样的,欢迎和我交流!

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篇8:给台湾小朋友写信作文

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亲爱的台湾朋友

你们好!

我是来自家市五小六年级三班的一名小学生,我叫孙盛禄,今年xx岁。

我的家乡东北是一个美丽的地方,这里的春、夏都非常凉爽,不像南方那样四季分明。我十分喜欢冬天。

冬天的时候这里经常下大雪。我一步一步地走在雪地上,脚下面的雪软软的,身后雪地上留下的脚印好似跳跃的音符,又像童心写出来的诗行。雪花飘呀飘呀,轻轻地抚摸我的脸蛋,凉丝丝的,落进脖子里,麻酥酥的,我闭上眼睛,觉得自己就像一片大雪花……

家木斯的冰雪大世界也是冬天里的一大特色,晶莹剔透的冰雕使洁白的冬天不再单一,给哈尔滨的冬天增添了一道亮丽的风景。

我特别喜欢冰糖葫芦,远远看去一串又一串的冰糖葫芦好像一团火,看了就会是心里特别暖和,一口咬下去先是甜丝丝的感觉,在咬一口便是酸溜溜的感觉,吃了还想吃!

虽然我们相隔千里、素不相识,但我们的心是紧紧连在一起的,因为流着一样的血,因为我们有一个共同的家,因为我们同样是华夏儿女!希望你们能早日来到大陆,早日来到拜泉,早日让我们相会。

敬祝

身体健康

学习进步

你的朋友:孙盛禄

20xx年10月18日

[给台湾小朋友写信作文

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篇9:给远方朋友的一封信英语作文

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Dear Mercy,

How is everything going! Last time you said you are anxious now because you find it hard to learn English well. Don’t worry. I think you have to improve your English step by step. And I will right behind you. In my view, you should develop you interest on English first. According to my experience, I think watching English movie, listen to some wonderful English songs and talk in English on the Internet would be helpful. Secondly, you have to prepare lessons before class that will help you understand what the teacher says in the class. I know you feel bored in the class, but you have force yourself to be concentrated. A few days later you will feel it a little easy to learn English. The left steps I will tell next time. By the way, we have not seen each other since your family move to Hunan a year ago. Have you ever thought about going back to visit me and learn English together in the coming Summer vacation. Looking forward to your reply.

Best wishes,

Li

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篇10:我的好朋友英语作文

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My name is Li BaoLing . I have a good friend . Her name is Chen ZiQing . I am 13 years old . She is as old as me. I am 155cm tall. She is 150cm tall . She is 5cm shorter than me . I am 36kg . She is 37kg . She is heavier than me .She often does homework with me .We always help each other. I am happy to have a good firend .

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篇11:英语作文写我的朋友

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I have a friend whose name is Xu Yi. She has short ears and big eyes, like two bright black pearls on the round face, showing a smart look. Under the eyes, there is a small nose, and under the nose, there is a cherry like small mouth, often jumping out some funny sentences.

She is the most love to read books, each reading will see the point of sleepless nights. Once, I play with her class when she was found, reading attentively, I called out to her, she did not respond. So I walked in front of her, and she was still indifferent. I cant bear to disturb her, but I can only go to other students to play.

She has many advantages and versatility, taking classes seriously in class. There is a language class, I accidentally found next to her classmates wanted to talk with her, but Xu Yi just glanced at him, and then continue to listen to the teacher, the students see she ignored him, had turned his head to listen to the teacher carefully. I say she is versatile because I remember once in art class, one of her paintings was very good, the color was bright and the outline was clear. It was shown to the class by the art teacher on the stage. When you see the picture, you cant help but "wow". Her pen writing is also very good, I remember not long ago, the teacher let us in class a few pen good students to write a pen, when I put my pen into the platform, found Xu Yi has made, I probably looked at several eyes, found her handwriting is well, nice and clean, let people have a fresh feeling.

I can have such a versatile, hard and serious friend, how can I not be proud of it!

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篇12:美国习俗的英语

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As the saying goes: women kiss offer more to its parent when no memory in young. I have also recognized but I turn to. I do not know who is not often youyue. My first kiss from memory dedicated to love people in my most beautiful years. Who ever thought that things were always against.

俗话说:女人亲吻,在青春没有记忆时给予父母更多。我也承认,但我转向。我不知道是不是经常优越。我的初吻,从记忆中,献给爱的人,在我最美的年华里。谁曾经认为事情总是反对。

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篇13:高三年级英语作文:交朋友的原则

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We all like to make friends, we live in a society that we need to communicate with others. Without a friend, one can never express his emotions, no one share his sorrow and happiness. Making friends balances ones emotions, you can talk to friends any things, like secret, which you dont want to share with our parents. But here is the fact that not everyone is suitable to be friend, we need to obey the rules. First, the guy must be honest. Honesty is the base of the being friends, to be frank and then to be close. Second, there is something common in you two. The same interest always brings two hearts close, the more something in common, the better, thus he will be your best friends, you can share things with him. Making friends is a big deal, cause if you make the wrong one, you may get the negative thing from him.

我们都喜欢交朋友,我们生活在一个社会,需要彼此交流。没有朋友,一个人不能表达他的情绪,没人分享喜怒哀乐。交朋友能平衡感情,你可以和朋友谈任何事,比如你不会和父母分享的秘密。事实上,并不是所有的人都适合成为朋友,我们需要遵守原则。第一,那个人必须诚实。诚实是成为朋友的基础条件,闯开心扉然后变得亲近。第二,你们两个之间有共同点。共同的兴趣让两颗心靠近,越多共同点越好,因此他会成为你最好的朋友,你可以和他分享事情。交朋友是一件很大的事,因为如果交友不慎,你可能会感染他的一些恶习。

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篇14:给自己朋友的一封信英语作文带翻译

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Dear Kate,

亲爱的凯特,

This term I moved to a new house and studied in a new school. But I always

missed my friend. My old house was move comfortable than this new house. I

wanted to go back to my old house.

这学期我搬到新房子,在一所新学校学习。但我总是想念我的朋友。我的老房子是比这舒适的新房子。我想回到我的老房子。

Everything was strange for me,so I couldnt study better. I felt nervous in

the first test. And I got bad scores,I felt very sad. The teacher shouted at me.

And then,I felt under too much pressure and very tired. My parents were also sad

with me. When my classmates knew this thing,she helped me,and gave me some

advice. Later,I thought I can be better next time.

一切对我来说是陌生的,所以我不能更好的学习。在第一个测试中我感到紧张。我得到糟糕的成绩,我感到非常难过。老师对我大吼大叫。然后,我感到太多的压力和很累。我的父母和我也难过。当我的同学知道这件事,她帮助了我,给了我一些建议。之后,我想我可以更好的下一次。

I hope to get on well with everyone and get a good mark soon.

我希望和每个人都相处得很好,很快就取得好成绩。

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篇15:如何交朋友的英语作文

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How do you get on with your classmates? I think it’s easy to answer that question.

If you meet up with your friends, you can say, “Hello!” Your friends must be happy, they will think that you are a polite girl or a boy!

If your friends have some questions, you should help them. They’ll thank you for your help.

My classmates are very helpful and polite. If one of my classmates has some problems, my classmates will help them solve it. So they are excited.

We help each other and take care of each other.

I hope you can be a polite and helpful child, and I hope you can get on well with all of your classmates.

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篇16:英语作文美国情况

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Early this morning, we took a flight to San Francisco. One of the things that impressed me most was the visit to the Intel museum.

Had no sooner arrived at the museum of strong science and breathed, threshold before those incredible illusion, now all become a reality in my eyes, most especially, I saw "anatomy" internal computer, reminds people of multifarious, the winding river maze.

The computer that we normally see is always so convenient, which brings people many benefits, but who thought how complicated it is inside? Today I finally saw the hard-won computer. The main thing in the computer is the chip, which looks like a labyrinth with no end. Its hard to make a chip.

First, cut the chip plate at the bottom of the well, but at the bottom of the plate, but have to hard gold wire to build by laying bricks or stones becomes, in the process of making chips, making people have to keep the body clean, because in the process of production, the chip can not be stained with a trace of dust inside. Otherwise, the previous efforts can be abandoned! The whole process must be careful, and every part needs to be carefully selected and meticulous. It is conceivable that a computer is made up of many "meticulous".

Its hard to make a computer, but the worlds elite have honed it in this difficult situation. As long as you work hard, you can create your own life and the world. Today I am proud of mankind, tomorrow man is proud of me.

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篇17:小学英语作文-我的朋友Myfriend

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小学英语作文:我的朋友(My friend)

I have a friend. Her name s Xuke. She has two black eyes, her hair is not so long, she s not tall and not short. She is a teacher. She likes many colors, such as white, pink, purple, blue, yellow and so on.And she also likes pets very much. She has a lovely little dog, its name s Janny. It has white hair and always smile to me.

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篇18:关于朋友英语作文高中

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Should students make friends on line? Some people say yes. The Internet

helps make many friends. Chatting on line, students can express their feelings

and opinions more freely, and even get help with their foreign language

studies.

Others, however, think students should not. They say making friends on line

is a waste of time, which should be spent more meaningfully on study. Besides,

some students, get cheated on line.

It is my opinion that students should place their study, health and safety

before other, things. As for friendship, we can readily find it in our

classmates and other people around us.

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篇19:我和我的朋友英语MyFriendHsiao-mei

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Whenever I have a party, Hsiao-mei is always the first person I invite. She is such fun. I know that she will be able to make my other guests laugh. She does not get upset if somebody tries to tease or make fun of her, either. Hsiao-mei can also be very serious and can discuss almost anything you can think of. If it gets late before the party ends, I can always depend on Hsiao-mei to clean up the house. She never says no, even if she is very tired and would rather go straight home to bed.

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篇20:美国英语作文

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before the 1850s, the united states had a number of small colleges, most of them dating from colonial days. they were small, church connected institutions whose primary concern was to shape the moral character of their students.

throughout europe, institutions of higher learning had developed, bearing the ancient name of university. in german university was concerned primarily with creating and spreading knowledge, not morals. between mid-century and the end of the 1800s, more than nine thousand young americans, dissatisfied with their training at home, went to germany for advanced study. some of them return to become presidents of venerable colleges-----harvard, yale, columbia---and transform them into modern universities. the new presidents broke all ties with the churches and brought in a new kind of faculty.

professors were hired for their knowledge of a subject, not because they were of the proper faith and had a strong arm for disciplining students. the new principle was that a university was to create knowledge as well as pass it on, and this called for a faculty composed of teacher-scholars. drilling and learning by rote were replaced by the german method of lecturing, in which the professors own research was presented in class. graduate training leading to the ph.d., an ancient german degree signifying the highest level of advanced scholarly attainment, was introduced. with the establishment of the seminar system, graduate student learned to question, analyze, and conduct their own research.

at the same time, the new university greatly epanded in size and course offerings, breaking completely out of the old, constricted curriculum of mathematics, classics, rhetoric, and music. the president of harvard pioneered the elective system, by which students were able to choose their own course of study. the notion of major fields of study emerged. the new goal was to make the university relevant to the real pursuits of the world. paying close heed to the practical needs of society, the new universities trained men and women to work at its tasks, with engazuowenng students being the most characteristic of the new regime. students were also trained as economists, architects, agriculturalists, social welfare workers, and teachers.

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