给美国的朋友写信 英语作文七年级下册（精品20篇）

I have a good friend.She is a cute girl. Her hair is long and straight. Her eyes are big. Her nose is small. She is very thin.She likes to help others. She is a hard-working student. She is good at English and Chinese. Her favorite season is summer, because she likes eating ice-creams in hot days.She has many hobbies. She likes playing the piano, reading books and singing songs. We often play games together. I hope we can be friends forever.

我有一个好朋友。她是一个可爱的女孩。她有一头又长又直的头发。大大的眼睛，小巧的鼻子。她很瘦。她喜欢助人为乐。她是个很用功的学生。她的英语和语文都很好。她最喜欢夏天，因为她喜欢在大热天吃冰激凌。她有很多爱好。她喜欢弹钢琴，读书，唱歌。我们经常一起玩游戏。我希望我们永远是好朋友。

[英语优秀作文我的好朋友

I have a good friend.Her name is Betty.She is 12 years old.I‘m one year older than her.Her eyes are bigger than mine.Her hair is black and long.My hair is longger than hers.Betty is 156 centimetres tall.Im 2 centimetres taller than her.She is about 40 kilos.Im 50 kilos.So she is thinner than me.Betty is a beautiful and helpful girl.She does better in English than me.She often helps me with my English.Well be good friends forever.

我有一个好朋友.她的名字叫贝蒂.她今年12岁,我比她大一岁.她的眼睛比我的大,头发又黑又长.我的头发比她的更长.贝蒂156厘米高,我比她高2厘米.她大约40公斤,我50公斤,所以她比我瘦.贝蒂是个漂亮的乐于助人的女孩,她的英语学得比我好,她经常帮助我学英语.我们将永远是好朋友.

Dear John,

Long time no see, how is your summer vacation? I’m really sorry for writing

so late. I have been too busy at this moment. I am happy to hear that you have

traveled to Tibet at this summer holiday. How I wish I could go there with

you!

Let me tell you something about my summer holiday. My summer holiday is

rich and colorful. My parents take me to Hong Kong. That’s a beautiful place. I

buy a lot of funny things at there. Such as pretty dresses, cute dolls and the

snacks I never eat before. I really want to stay there and never come back! In a

word, I really appreciate the life there.

I’m really looking forward to your reply!

Truly yours,

Zoey

dear lucy,

i am so glad to receive your letter and happy to know that you have a pleasant holiday. please send my sincere wishes to your parents. i have a happy holiday just like you do. this holiday, i visited to guangzhou with my parents. guangzhou, also known as the flower city, there are many flowers along the both sides of streets. it’s very beautiful. besides, the environment is clean and the climate is comfortable. there are many skyscrapers in guangzhou, especially in the downtown. we visited to many tourist attractions. they are all worth visiting. i hope you can visit there personally one day. you must like it.

best wishes.

sincerely yours,

alva

Friendship is priceless, is not buy friendship, and when you give up your friendship who, you need his help, he can not help you, even if you can not buy with thousands of gold back.

I am a heavy feeling of people, sense of obligation, so there are a lot of friends, such as: “Tang Tao, Zhou Jie, Liu Longyu, Liu Fan, off field … … my good friend, are infinite in number, no one told me they After a wonderful childhood, with these friends, my childhood full of joy.

They gave me numerous times to help, Don Tao is my first grade friends, our class took part in the running, everyone knows me and the strength of the Tang Tao comparable to the running of the day, I was flabbergasted, my running time, slipped and fell a somersault, then, Tang Tao, Stop right now, pick me, help me to pat the dust off, suddenly, I felt a burst of warm heart, the somersault to get my speed was much slower , Tao Tang met with me crossing the finish line is busy pulling up and give me the second I knew that he was very second.

Zhou Jie is my understanding in the second grade, he often helped me record straight. D O I did not play and when to give me happiness. Liu Longyu fifth grade I knew, he was my classmate, math problems often tell me, tell me a joke, was my best playmate … …

Liu Fan, off field in the sixth grade, I know, and we you, for me, be sworn, and I have a difficult time, they are always the first to help me.

Friendship is priceless, with friends, you will be better tomorrow.

我家养了一只小乌龟，因为它个头小小的，所以我叫它小不点。乌龟小不点的背上是坚硬的外壳，上面有几何形状的纹路，十分漂亮。短短的四肢、三角形的小脑袋，还有短短的尾巴，全都伸缩自如，十分可爱!

一个星期天的早上，阳光灿烂，我发现乌龟小不点身上脏脏的。“你这么脏，得洗个澡了。”说完，我打来一盆水，把小乌龟放在水里。在温暖的阳光下，我拿着软毛刷子在小乌龟的背上刷起来。它非常配合，一动也不动。看来这小不点也觉得洗澡很舒服呢!刷完它的壳，我给小不点翻了个身，正要帮它刷肚子和四肢的时候，没想到，它不干了，不停地蹬着四肢，抬着脑袋，想要翻身。看它不配合，我轻声说：“你是怕痒痒什么?放心，我不会弄疼你的。”我把它轻轻按住，飞快地刷好它的四肢和肚子后，立刻把它翻了回来，放在旁边的地上。小不点的脚一着地就立刻爬远了。它这是在躲这我呢!给它洗澡还生气?

瞧，这就是我的乌龟小不点，它总是这么呆萌可爱。小不点已经陪伴我五年了，它是我的朋友，也是我的家人。听了我的介绍，你喜不喜欢乌龟小不点呀?

I have a very good friend, I cannot leave her every day, every moment of the day accompany with her.

I took her to school, I want to look at her in class, after coming home from school, I want to use her, even sleep I also want to next to her, all in all, she is like my shadow never leaving with me.

She is mother introduced to me, she has been with me through the infancy, early childhood and primary school is grade one, two, three. She like the teacher opened my eyes, told me a lot of knowledge, fairy tales and myths, have science, has a history; She told me more than two hundred countries in the world, there are many nationalities, there are four people of different skin color, they are white, yellow, black and brown people; She also told me the earth is a blue planet, the universe has the Pacific Ocean, the Indian Ocean, the Atlantic ocean and arctic ocean, the earth is divided into Asia, Europe, Africa, America, Oceania and Antarctica.

Now how I think eighty days to travel around the earth "in the hero philia. Fogg as traveling around the world, take a look at the earth really as beautiful as she describes, the world is true or not as charming as she told me.

Now you know how knowledgeable my friend, do you want to make friends with her? Ok, then I will tell you her loud and clear the name of the book.

我有一个非常要好的朋友，我每天都离不开她，时时刻刻都与她相伴。

上学我带着她，上课时我要看着她，放学回家后我要用到她，就连睡觉我也要挨着她，总之，她就像我的影子一样与我寸步不离。

她是妈妈介绍给我的，她一直伴我度过了婴儿期、幼儿期及小学一、二、三年级。她就像老师一样开阔了我的眼界，告诉了我许多许多知识，有童话、有神话，有科学，有历史;她告诉了我世界上有两百多个国家，有许许多多的民族，有四种不同肤色的人，他们分别是白种人、黄种人、黑种人和棕色种人;她还告诉我地球是宇宙中一颗蓝色的星球，有太平洋、印度洋、大西洋和北冰洋，整个地球被分为亚洲、欧州、非洲、美洲、大洋洲和南极洲。

现在我多么想像《八十天环游地球记》里的主人公菲利亚.福格一样环游地球啊，看一看地球是不是真的像她描述的那样美丽，世界是不是真的像她告诉我的那样迷人。

现在你知道我的这位朋友知识多么渊博了吧，你想与她交朋友吗?好，那我就告诉你她响亮的名字书。

A history of long and effortless success can be a dreadful handicap,but,if properly handled,it may become a driving force.When the United States entered just such a glowing period after the end of the Second World War,it had a market eight times larger than any competitor ,giving its industries unparalleled economies of scale.Its scientists were the worlds best,its workers the most skilled.American and Americans were prosperous beyongd the dreams of the Europeans and Asians whose economeics the war had destroyed.

It was inevitable that this primacy should have narrowed as other countries grew richer.Just as inevitably,the retreat from predominace proved painful.By the mid 1980s Americans had found themselves at a losss over their fading industrial competitiveness.Some huge American industries,such as consumer electronics,hand shrunk or vanished in the face of foreign competitiong.By 1987 there was only one American television maker left,Zenith.(Now there is none :Zenith was bought by SouthKoreasLGElectronics in July.)Foreign made cars and textiles were sweeeping into the domestic market.Americas machine-tool industry was on the ropes.For a while it looked as though the makeing of semiconductors,whidh America had invented and which sat at the heart of the new computer age,was going to be the next caualty.

All of this caused a crisis of confidenc.Americans stopped taking prosperity ofr granted .They began to believe that their way of doing business was failing,and that their incomes would therefore shourtly begin to fall as well .The mind -1980s brought one inquiry after another into the causes ofAmericas in dustrial decline.Thir sometimes sensational findings were filled with warnings about the growing competitiong from overseas.

How things have changed!I1995 the United States can look back on five years of solid growth while Japan has been struggling.Few Americans attribute this Self doubt has yielded to blind pride.American industry has changed its structure ,has gone on a diet ,has learnt to be more quik witted,according to Richard Cavanagh,executive dean of Harvards Kennedy School of Government.It makes me proud to be an American just to see how our businesses are improving theirproductivity,says Stephen Moore of the Cato Institute ,a think tank in Washington,DC,And William Sahlman of the Harvard Business School believes that people will look back on this perido as a golden age of business management in the United States.

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

When meeting someone for the first time it is customary to shake hands both for men and for women. Hugs are only exchanged between close friends. Kissing is not common and men never kiss other men.

Americans will usually introduce themselves by their first name and last name (such as “Hello I’m John Smith”) or if the setting is very casual by their first name only (“Hi I’m John”). The common response when someone is introduced to you is “Pleased to meet you.” Unless someone is introduced to you with their title and last name (such as Mister Smith or Miss Johnson) you should address them by their first name. Americans normally address everyone they meet in a social or business setting by their first name. However you should always address your college professors by their title and last name (such as Professor Jones) unless they ask you to do otherwise.

第一次见面的时候，男人和女人都习惯握手。拥抱只是亲密朋友之间的交换。接吻并不常见，男人从不亲吻其他男人。

美国人通常会介绍他们自己的名字和姓氏(如“你好，我是约翰·史密斯”)，或者，如果设置很随便，由他们的名字只(“嗨，我是约翰”)。当某人被介绍给你时，通常的反应是“很高兴见到你”，除非有人向你介绍他们的姓和姓(如史米斯先生或约翰逊小姐)，你应该称呼他们的名字.。美国人通常用他们的名字称呼他们在社交或商务场合遇到的每个人.。然而，你应该总是称呼你的大学教授的头衔和姓(如琼斯教授)，除非他们要求你做其他的事情.。

[美国习俗的英语作文

动物是人类的好朋友，因为它们无处不在，和我们的生活息息相关。

我的动物朋友是一只猫，我给它起名叫布丁。布丁长得非常可爱，它那黑宝石般的眼睛水汪汪的，全身是白色的绒毛，摸起来毛茸茸的。

布丁特别淘气。有一次我写完作业后发现它不见了。突然我听到“喵喵”的叫声，我走过去，发现它把妈妈的衣服扒了一地。我看见之后连忙把衣服放在衣柜里，把它抱走了。说它淘气吧，的确是啊，要不怎么会扒妈妈的衣服呢!

布丁既胆小又勇敢。它见到了小虫子就马上躲到我的身后，但它又是那么勇猛，只要见到老鼠，就瞪大眼睛随时进行攻击。

布丁平时也有些贪吃。它只要看见我和弟弟在吃饭，就跑过来围着我们转圈。我刚给它一条鱼不一会儿它就吃完了，它吃饭的时候常常逗的我们哈哈大笑。

布丁最喜欢让我给它整理毛发，像个爱臭美的小姑娘，每当我摸它的毛发时，它就躺下来，四脚朝天很享受的样子。

这就是我的好朋友布丁，它给我带来了一个难忘快乐的童年。

我的朋友My Friend

Zeng Qiao is one of my friends。 She is a beautiful， outgoingand good-tempered girl。 She smiles frequently。 I think it’s her smile that makes her beauty。 We live in the same dormitory， so that we always stay together， no matter going to classroom or having dinners。 At first， I don’t like her very much， because she is always talking。 It seems that she can’t stop open her mouth。 I am a little bit quiet and introverted， so I seldom talk to others。 But gradually， I find that she can have influence on others by what she says。 Zeng Qiao likes sharing interesting things with others。 For example， she likes telling us her funny stories of her childhood or her former classmates。 She always tells me that I should be more extroverted and learn to talk to others。 Under the influence of her， I municate with others more frequently and I find that it feels so great。 I am so grateful that I can have such a good friend。

曾巧是我的一个朋友，她是个漂亮活波，脾气又好的女孩子。她很喜欢笑，我觉得是她的笑容使她看上去漂亮。我们住同一间宿舍，因此不管是去教室还是吃饭都形影不离。之前我并不喜欢她，我认为她太喜欢说话了，总是停不住她的嘴。相反我性格内向，喜欢安静，很少跟别人说话。但是渐渐地，我发现她是个善于用言语影响别人的女孩子，她喜欢跟别人分享搞笑的事，那些童年的故事或是以前同学的事情。她经常开导我要变得外向，多试着跟别人说话。在她的影响下，我跟别人交流也更多了，并且发现这感觉十分好。我觉得有这样的朋友很幸运！

Friend plays important role in our lives. Everyone needs his or her own

friends. Some people make friends easily but some do not. And “friend” means

differently to people. Some people think friends should stay together all the

time, but some others think that share and support is the real meaning of

friend. From my point of view, friend is the person who will always be with you

no matter what happens. It’s the person who can share your happiness as well as

sorrows.

It is true that no one can goes on well all the time. We will meet some

difficulties now and then. The one who runs away from the test may be a loser

and the one who has the courage to face the challenge may make breakthrough. It

is important to have confidence, and never to be afraid of meeting difficulty.

When it comes, we should not run away. Regardless of the result, we will gain

precious experience and become stronger. My parents stand by my side all the

time, and they give me the confidence to fight. I am so thankful for them. They

give me the confidence, which is the very important thing in my life.

My friend and I

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 .

I have a good friend named xue xiaoming, who is eight years old, tall and chubby, and walks with a twist.

He has a black head of hair, chubby face like a red apple, curved eyebrows under intense has a pair of round eyes, high nose bridge on a pair of glasses, half a big mouth, laughing with two small dimples, very cute.

He is a lively and lovely little boy who always jumps and loves to laugh. He is also very naughty and active, as long as it is the activity time he always has to go to the ball activities, sometimes we play games he often comes to disturb. He is a snack boy and often takes money to small shops to buy his favorite snacks.

He likes to play table tennis and basketball. He often plays table tennis with us. Once I beat him, he refused to admit defeat and firmly say: "I will work harder than you, defeat you." From then on, he often came to school to practise playing table tennis.

Xue xiaoming is such a lively and lovely child.

我有一个好朋友叫薛小明，他今年八岁了，高高的个子，身体胖乎乎的，走路来一扭一扭的。

他留着一头乌黑的短发，胖胖的脸像红苹果似的，弯弯的眉毛下有一双圆溜溜的眼睛炯炯有神，高高的鼻梁上架着一副眼镜，一半张大大的嘴巴，笑的时候露出两个小酒窝，很可爱。

他是个活泼可爱的小男孩，平时总是蹦蹦跳跳，爱说爱笑。他也很调皮好动，只要是活动时间他总要到球活动，有时候我们玩游戏时他常来捣乱。他是个爱吃零食的孩子，经常拿钱到小店铺买自己爱吃的零食。

他很爱打乒乓球和篮球，活动课经常和我们一起打乒乓球。有一次我打败了他，他不肯认输并坚定地说：“我要刻苦练习超过你，把你打败。”从此他晚上经常来学校练习打乒乓球。

薛小明就是这样一个既活泼又可爱的孩子。

The National Day, aunt took me to the nantong play in the park.

Along the way, I saw flowers, flowers are varied. There are red, yellow, purple... , let a person see more dazzling. A breeze blowing, the grass in nod, flowers are in the dance. Beautiful.

We in the supermarket to buy something to eat first, and then we went to the park. Entered the park, we saw many animals, have a smart lovely little monkeys, they jumped up and down in the cage, wave to the visitors, I took some biscuits for them, the little monkeys pushing me like bees, with biscuits; That they are a jovian tiger, came over and their ferocious appearance makes people dare not near; With beautiful proud peacock, is to catch up with them when we got there the tail, the colorful feathers opened like handfuls of beautiful sun umbrellas, it is no wonder that the peacock proud. There are many unknown small animals. A long time, and I didnt leave in the aunts urging the zoo.

Then we have to play electric horse, sitting in the boat. Unconsciously by late afternoon, we are reluctant to go home, evening I still had a beautiful dream, dream of my house is a beautiful park.

This is really a happy day!

国庆节到了，阿姨带我去南通公园玩。

一路上，只见花草丛生，花儿们争奇斗艳。有红的、黄的、紫的……，让人看得眼花缭乱。一阵微风吹来，小草们在点头，花儿们在跳舞。美丽极了。

我们先在超市买上一些吃的东西，然后我们到了公园。一进公园，我们就看到了许多动物，有机灵可爱的小猴子，它们在笼子里跳上跳下，对着游人招手，我拿了一点饼干给它们，小猴子们像蜂儿一样挤过来，抢着饼干;有威风凛凛的老虎，它们正大摇大摆地走过来，它们那凶猛的样子使得人们不敢靠近;有美丽骄傲的孔雀，我们到那儿时正赶上它们开屏，那五颜六色的羽毛打开了就像一把把美丽的太阳伞，难怪孔雀要骄傲了。还有许多不知名的小动物。看了很久，我才在阿姨的催促下离开了动物园。

接着我们又去玩了电马，坐了小船。不知不觉到了傍晚，我们恋恋不舍地回家了，晚上我还做了一个美好的梦，梦见我家也开了一个美丽的公园。

这真是愉快的一天啊!

导语： 高考刚刚落下帷幕不到半个月，现在高二的同学们马上就会升到新高三年级。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 am hua from Beijing Hongxing Middle School. I am very happy to learn that youre going to stay with my family while youre in Beijing.

While you are here,well provide you with a room of you own with a bed,a desk,a couple of chairs and a TV. Youll also have you own bathroom. Our school is quite close to our home, so we could go to school together by bike. At noon well eat at the school dinner hall. Im sure youll like the delicious Chinese food there,and enjoy talking with friends over lunch. Classes in our school usually finish at 4 in the afternoon.You can then join other students in playing ball games or swimming.Ill be a lot of fun.

If you have any questions or requests,please let me know. Well try our best to make your stay here in Beijing a pleasant experience.

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我来自北京红星中学。我很高兴得知你在北京期间要和我的家人呆在一起。

当你在这里的时候,我们将为你提供一个你拥有的房间,一张床,一张桌子,几把椅子和一台电视。你也会有自己的浴室。我们学校离我们家很近,所以我们可以骑自行车去上学。中午我们将在学校食堂吃饭。我相信你会喜欢那里的美味的中国菜,喜欢和朋友一起吃午饭。我们学校的班级通常在下午四点结束。你可以和其他学生一起参加球类运动或游泳。我会很有趣的

如果你有任何问题或请求,请告诉我。我们将尽力使你在北京的逗留愉快的经历。

Recently watching American TV Dramas has become more and more popular with youth in our country. There are various kinds of reasons. Generally speaking, TV Dramas are suitable for the psychology of youth. The network technology will be developed as well at the same time. What’s more, it can make our spoken English well. Every coin has two sides, but it shows off a humanism, and spreads bad influences such as violence, etc.

I think the positive influences are more important than negative ones.

First of all, a number of American TV Dramas express duty, family, freedom, justice and love concept. It’s useful to develop youth’s recessive education. Only in this way will TV Dramas play a positive part and make up for shortcomings in political education. Next, it can broaden our eyes and knowledge and make us know what is different from home and abroad. With this method, we can know the western society. We’ll be affected by different culture ambience and ideology concept. Under the background of the whole world, knowing the cultures of western countries can promote each country’s communications well. In addition, In this process, TV Dramas play a role of bridge. Then, it will develop independent personality. America uphold particular concept and suggest their educational productions. Youth is the most energetic generation, encourages people show off personality and dares to break the outmoded conventions. It’s the prerequisite of innovation.

Finally, TV Dramas also help you face reality and surmount ideality. Nowadays, some youth always depend on others, such as their parents or friends. They also have idealism and is extremely conceited or inferiority. They often don’t find themselves in society, due to the influences of life education environment.

By this we can make a conclusion. No matter how hard it will be, we should always be free and try our best to conquer the enemy, just like the actors in the film. Another thing we have to remember is the great development of China. TV Dramas’ productions suggest the culture and psychological state of the country from some kinds of degree. It can promote our country’s economic development. Watching TV Dramas is a way to follow fashion. Therefore, everyone should work hard to make our country stronger and stronger. Through American TV Dramas, we should strengthen our duty and proud of our country. Let’s work together!

最近看美国电视剧已经在我国青年中越来越受欢迎。有各种各样的原因。一般来说，电视剧合适青少年的心理。同时，网络技术将被发展起来。更重要的是，它可以使我们的英语口语变好。每个硬币都有两面，但它显示了一个人文主义，和传播的不良影响如暴力，等。

我认为积极的影响比消极的影响更重要。

首先，美国一些电视剧表达的责任，家庭，自由，正义和爱的概念。培养青年的隐性教育是有用的。只有这样，电视剧中扮演一个积极的角色，弥补政治教育的不足。其次，它能开阔我们的视野和知识使我们知道，国内外不同的是什么。用这种方法，我们可以了解西方社会。我们会受到不同的文化氛围和意识形态概念。在全世界的背景下，了解西方国家的文化可以促进各个国家的通讯。此外，在这一过程中，电视剧起到了桥梁作用。然后，它会培养独立人格。美国坚持特定的概念，建议他们的教育成果。青春是最充满活力的一代，鼓励人们展示个性，敢于打破陈规。这是创新的前提。

最后，电视剧也帮助你面对现实和超越的理想。如今，一些青少年总是依赖别人，如父母或朋友。他们也有理想主义和极其自负或自卑感。他们经常不能在社会中找到自己，因为生活教育环境的影响。

因此我们可以得出结论。不管有多难，我们都应该是自由的，尽我们最大的努力去征服敌人，就像电影中的演员。另一件我们需要记住的是，中国经济的巨大发展。电视剧作品从某种程度上表明了这个国家的文化和心理状态。它可以促进我国经济的发展。看电视剧是一路追随时尚。因此，每个人都应该努力使我们的国家越来越强大。通过美国的电视剧，我们应该加强我们的义务，让我们一起工作让我们的国家感到自豪。！

[美国电视剧英语作文

Music美国人的音乐爱好

James Fenimore Cooper, an early American writer, once said, "The Americans are almost ignorant of the art of music." If that was once true, you would never know it today. Most Americans——even those without a musical bone in their bodies——have a favorite style of music. Many people enjoy classical and folk music from around the world. But other popular music styles in America were "made in the U.S.A."

一位美国早期的作家柯柏(James Fenimore Cooper)曾说：「美国人对音乐艺术几乎可以说是相当的无知。」如果这话曾经是事实，今日你绝不会这么认为了。大部份的美国人，甚至包括那些没有音乐细胞的人，都有自己喜爱的音乐型态。许多人喜欢世界各国的古典音乐和民俗音乐，然而美国其它的流行音乐则是「在美国制造」的。

Country and western music lies close to the heart of many Americans. This style originated among country folks in the southern and western United States. Country music tells down-to-earth stories about love and lifes hardships. Guitars, banjos and violins——also known as fiddles——give country music its characteristic sound. The home of country music is Nashville, Tennessee——Music City U.S.A. Country music even has its own theme park called "Opryland" where you can enjoy music shows and fun rides. "The Grand Ole Opry," the oldest radio show in the United States, broadcasts country music live from Opryland every weekend.

乡村和西部音乐深得很多美国人的人心，这种型态的音乐起源于美国南部和西部的乡村小民们。乡村音乐传述着真实不加渲染的爱情故事和生活中的艰难。吉他、五弦琴和小提琴(violin又名fiddle)可弹奏出乡村音乐的特殊音色。乡村音乐的发源地是田纳西州的纳许维尔市——美国的音乐城市。而乡村音乐甚至还有它自己的主题乐园——Opryland呢!在那儿你可以享受音乐表演以及好玩的游乐设施。美国最老牌的广播节目「The Grand Ole Opry」每个周末都实况播放Opryland的音乐。

Jazz music, developed by African-Americans in the late 1800s, allows performers to freely express their emotions and musical skill. Instead of just playing the melody, jazz musicians improvise different tunes using the same chords. The peak of jazz music came in the 1920s, known as "The Jazz Era." This period produced musicians like Louis Armstrong, Benny Goodman and Duke Ellington. These musicians later created the "big band" sounds of the 1930s. Different styles of jazz developed in different cities, such as New Orleans, Chicago, New York and Kansas City. Composer George Gershwin brought jazz into the world of classical music with pieces like "Rhapsody in Blue."

爵士乐是十九世纪末期由非裔的美国人发展出来的。它让表演者自由地表现他们的情感和音乐技巧。不仅演奏旋律，爵士音乐大师用同样的和弦即兴演奏出不同的曲调。爵士乐的高峰期出现于二○年代，该时期被称为「爵士年代」。这个时期创造出来的乐手有阿姆斯特朗(Louise Armstrong)，古德曼(Benny goodman)和埃林顿(Duke Ellington)。这些乐手稍后都创造了三○年代的「大乐团」之音。在不同的城市也孕育出不同的爵士风格，像是纽奥尔良、芝加哥、纽约和坎萨斯市。作曲家盖希文(George Gershwin)更以像「蓝色狂想曲」这样的作品，将爵士乐带入古典音乐的世界里。

James Fenimore Cooper, an early American writer, once said, "The Americans are almost ignorant of the art of music." If that was once true, you would never know it today. Most Americans——even those without a musical bone in their bodies——have a favorite style of music. Many people enjoy classical and folk music from around the world. But other popular music styles in America were "made in the U.S.A."

一位美国早期的作家柯柏(James Fenimore Cooper)曾说：「美国人对音乐艺术几乎可以说是相当的无知。」如果这话曾经是事实，今日你绝不会这么认为了。大部份的美国人，甚至包括那些没有音乐细胞的人，都有自己喜爱的音乐型态。许多人喜欢世界各国的古典音乐和民俗音乐，然而美国其它的流行音乐则是「在美国制造」的。

Country and western music lies close to the heart of many Americans. This style originated among country folks in the southern and western United States. Country music tells down-to-earth stories about love and lifes hardships. Guitars, banjos and violins——also known as fiddles——give country music its characteristic sound. The home of country music is Nashville, Tennessee——Music City U.S.A. Country music even has its own theme park called "Opryland" where you can enjoy music shows and fun rides. "The Grand Ole Opry," the oldest radio show in the United States, broadcasts country music live from Opryland every weekend.

乡村和西部音乐深得很多美国人的人心，这种型态的音乐起源于美国南部和西部的乡村小民们。乡村音乐传述着真实不加渲染的爱情故事和生活中的艰难。吉他、五弦琴和小提琴(violin又名fiddle)可弹奏出乡村音乐的特殊音色。乡村音乐的发源地是田纳西州的纳许维尔市——美国的音乐城市。而乡村音乐甚至还有它自己的主题乐园——Opryland呢!在那儿你可以享受音乐表演以及好玩的游乐设施。美国最老牌的广播节目「The Grand Ole Opry」每个周末都实况播放Opryland的音乐。

Jazz music, developed by African-Americans in the late 1800s, allows performers to freely express their emotions and musical skill. Instead of just playing the melody, jazz musicians improvise different tunes using the same chords. The peak of jazz music came in the 1920s, known as "The Jazz Era." This period produced musicians like Louis Armstrong, Benny Goodman and Duke Ellington. These musicians later created the "big band" sounds of the 1930s. Different styles of jazz developed in different cities, such as New Orleans, Chicago, New York and Kansas City. Composer George Gershwin brought jazz into the world of classical music with pieces like "Rhapsody in Blue."

爵士乐是十九世纪末期由非裔的美国人发展出来的。它让表演者自由地表现他们的情感和音乐技巧。不仅演奏旋律，爵士音乐大师用同样的和弦即兴演奏出不同的曲调。爵士乐的高峰期出现于二○年代，该时期被称为「爵士年代」。这个时期创造出来的乐手有阿姆斯特朗(Louise Armstrong)，古德曼(Benny goodman)和埃林顿(Duke Ellington)。这些乐手稍后都创造了三○年代的「大乐团」之音。在不同的城市也孕育出不同的爵士风格，像是纽奥尔良、芝加哥、纽约和坎萨斯市。作曲家盖希文(George Gershwin)更以像「蓝色狂想曲」这样的作品，将爵士乐带入古典音乐的世界里。

[描述美国的英语作文

My best friend is Xiao Yi. She has short hair. She has two big eyes and a small mouth. She is tall and thin. She lives on the tenth floor of a tall building. There are five people in her family.

Xiao Yi likes to do sports. She likes to play badminton and volley ball. Her favourite color is pink. Her favorite food is fish and vegetables, because they are healthy. Her hobby is reading books and riding a bike. She often plays the computer or goes shopping on the weekend. Sometimes we go to KFC together. We go there by car.

I like my best friend—XiaoYi. We are good friends.