小学六年级上册英语作文范文10篇【实用20篇】

9月22日，我有幸受邀参加了在郑州举行的“献祖国”《朗读者》总决赛。

整个活动非常精彩，老师和学生都用优美的文字和生动的阅读表达了对祖国的热爱和赞美。有时气势磅礴，有时温文尔雅，有时激情澎湃，有时泪流满面。洋洋得意，饱含情感，深刻体现了对祖国的深情和大爱。

有一对父女同台读书，父亲读书很专业。每一个字，每一个停顿，都能让人感受到他渊博的学识。我女儿很年轻，但她也不甘示弱。她的声音甜美，情感纯洁。她的父女为大家奉献了一段悠扬的朗诵。

新密市的一位老师背诵了他创作的一部作品：《长城，长城》，给我留下了深刻的印象。他文笔老练，文笔高超，表达水平清晰，朗诵优美有趣。

印象最深的是一个幼儿园小朋友的朗诵。她的表情、肢体语言、情绪表达、语气、停顿都恰到好处。她年轻的时候，观众给了她热烈的掌声和欢呼声，她终于获得了一等奖。有时候，真的和年龄无关。

参加这次活动不仅让我欣赏和学习了优美的朗诵，也增加了我对祖国的热爱和骄傲。

六年的时光转眼就过了，感觉就像做了一场长长的梦，梦醒了，就要离开这个生活了六年的母校了。真有点舍不得啊!舍不得朝夕相处的同学们，舍不得慈祥和蔼的老师们，更加舍不得这所美丽漂亮的学校。

还记得我刚踏入这所美丽校园时候的情景，整齐干净的教学楼，宽阔的操场，花坛里的月季仍在绽放，亲切的老师，和我一样无知的同学们……现在，这里的一切我都了如指掌，这里就像我的家一样。

难以忘记，朝夕相处的同学们，失败时候给我鼓励，让我从哪里跌倒就从哪里站起来;难以忘记，高兴的时候和我一起傻笑，我们一起疯，一起笑;难以忘记，体育课上，雨哲仰卧起坐做不起来的时候，我们大家一起给她加油，看到她的坚持，我们一起泪洒操场;难以忘记……

当然，更忘记不了的是六年来为我们操劳的老师们，不仅课堂上教我们知识，也教给我们做人的道理，让我们从一颗种子变成一棵小树;从幼稚的小小孩童，变成茁壮少年;一件件，一桩桩，都是老师的心血，每一步成长都是老师的功劳，而我们，不记得多少次，让你失望，让你生气，让你哭笑不得。老师，就让我代表所有的同学对你说一声：“对不起!谢谢你!”

操场上的蒲公英，明年春天一定会开的更多吧!小竹林明年一定也会有更多的春笋破土而出吧!可惜，我都不能亲眼看到了。舍不得这里的一切，一草一木，一花一人，一事一物。

再见!我的母校!再见!我的童年!

When I was five years old, my mother decided to send me to learn dance

class, at first, I was afraid, because I knew nobody there. But as when I went

there, I found there were a lot of children who were at my age, we became

friends soon. Now I like the dance class so much, I can dance with my friends,

we have great fun.

Dear Miss Wang

How are things going? Thanks for you very much. You make your English class so interesting that we all like you and your class very much. I still remembed when you was my English teacher at the beginning, I was so weak in English and I nearly gave up. It was you that talked with me and taught me how to learn English well. You often helped with my English after school. With your help, I have made great progress in English. Now, I am good at English and I always get good grades. Thanks so much for your help and your education. I will study hard in the future.

Yours,

____

端午节到了，我和我的母亲到街上买来红枣、肉和粽子叶准备包粽子。

开始包棕子了，我的母亲先叫我仔细看：只见我的母亲先拿两张叶子放在手上，然后，拿一点点米放在叶子上，再拿米来把红枣或肉盖住，最后，把粽子给绑起来，这样一个粽子就做好了。

接着，我的母亲叫我也一起包粽子。我说：“好的。”刚开始包粽子还算顺利，可是就在绑粽子那里，米全部散出来了。我反复做了很多次都没有成功，有点灰心了。这时，我的母亲鼓励我说：“不要灰心！对自己要有信心。只要你努力去做，我的母亲相信没有什么事情可以难倒聪明的帆帆。”于是，我的母亲仔细地教着，我耐心地包着，包着……后来我终于学会了包粽子。

粽子煮熟了，我吃着自己包的香甜美味的粽子，心里暗暗地想着：

世上没有困难的事，只要对自己有信心，再大的困难也难倒不了我。

今日，我们上了一节自由活动课，我们开心极了。瞧，有的同学在跳绳，有的同学在踢足球，有的在赛跑，还有的在出黑板报……

我参加了跳绳比赛，嘿，看到了吧我是第7个，“耶!耶!小华上了啦!加油!”其他同学在为我加油呢!我一听到她们的呐喊声，心里就充满了自信。到了第160下时，我最终跳不动了，满头大汗地坐在阶梯上，观看其他同学跳，她们一上一下地跳啊跳，开心极了。还没有轮到的同学在加油助威，本来我也该去助威的，可是我实在是太累了。“咦!他们在干嘛难道是在踢足球嘿!趣味!”于是我慢步走过去。哇!黄队队员射进了一个漂亮的球，与蓝队打成平手，蓝队的啦啦队也挺累的，喊喊停停，多叫人失望啊!

哇!有人在赛跑耶!并且是中长跑400米比赛。虽然我想参加，可是已经精疲力尽了。罢了，先逛逛其他的吧!

“好好学习，天天向上!”我正在观赏几个同学出黑板报呢!“嘿!她们画得真好，你瞧，那只小猫懒洋洋地趴在那里，还有两只小鸟，画得很逼真。我要去跑步了。我站在起跑线上，等候指令，“预备，开始!”我一个劲地往前跑，好不容易跑到第3名了，不，是第2名!我必须争取第一!我暗暗下定决心。我三步并作两步跑，最终，我超过了刚才还是第一名的小莉，耶!我取得冠军罗!

这就是我们丰富多彩的第二课堂，我爱这样的学校生活。

People always complain time is limited, they want to have more time to do more things, but the time stops them. Actually, I once feel my time is less while others have a lot of time to do what they want. I start to think about myself, I realize that I always waste my time on playing computer games, so I decide to not to play computer games.

人们总是抱怨时间是有限的,他们想要有更多的时间做更多的事情,但时间阻碍了他们。实际上,我曾经觉得我的时间很少而其他人有很多时间去做他们想做的事情。我开始思量自己,我知道我总是把时间浪费在玩电脑游戏,所以我决定不玩电脑游戏。

伴随着习习秋风，我们迎来了一年一度的秋季运动会。在艳阳高照的日子里开幕式拉开了帷幕。看，整齐的步伐;听，喧天的掌声。在蓝天，白云的映衬下显得格外引人注目。 With the practice of autumn wind, we ushered in the annual autumn sports meeting.The opening ceremony kicked off in the sunny days.Look, neat steps; listen, applause.In the blue sky, Baiyuns reflection seemed particularly noticeable.

不久，比赛就正式开始了。

尽管比赛项目很多，可就牵动人心的要数男子800米比赛。我班的小杰同学也参加了。

只听“砰——”地一声，比赛开始，他昂首挺胸，摆臂是那样的富有节奏，步伐是那样的富有弹性，不急不躁，似乎在等待的超越时机。显然早也胸有成竹，其他人也不甘示弱，紧追不舍，后面几个运动员虽个个汗流浃背，气喘如牛，可仍咬紧牙关，奋力追赶。已经是第二圈了，小杰仍然精神抖擞，速度不但丝毫没有减慢，反而越来越快。

后面几位运动员都急红了眼睛，恨不得生出一对翅膀，玩命的追。随着终点的临近，啦啦队的呐喊助威声也越来越高，一阵盖过一阵，只剩下最后30米了，出人意料的情况发生了，只见一班的一位运动健将明显加快了速度，似流星赶月一般转眼超过了一个，又超过了一个......

已经同小杰并驾齐驱了，只剩下最后十多米的较量，究竟谁胜谁负?这时，啦啦队的嘴巴仿佛被胶布封上了一般，发不出喊声。同学们的心都吊到嗓子眼儿，裁判员们也都瞪圆眼睛。最后，小杰第二个冲出终点。

800米的跑道，800的角逐，800米的较量，这不仅是力与没的展现，更是毅力的拼搏，获得的不仅是奖牌，更是一种荣誉。

Happy Christmas Eve is coming, my heart is very excited, because Santa Claus comes

Its Christmas day on December 25th, and we still go to school as usual. No way, can only go to school, ah foreign friends must have a holiday, because this is their festival, why, why, China does not have a holiday!

In the evening I see Santa Claus, he and I said with a smile, Ill give you gift, I accept gifts, open on see, is a piece of paper, top write: I wish you good good study, day day up! Dont dwell on vacations!

I dont want to have a holiday when I hear that!! Thank you Santa!

快乐的圣诞夜就要来了，我的心情十分激动，因为圣诞老人来了

早上起来看的日历今天是12月25日圣诞节，我们还是像往常一样上学，我想，圣诞节还要上学，累死人啊!没办法，只能上学了，哎外国的朋友一定放假，因为这是他们的节日，为什么，为什么，中国不放假!

我在这天晚上看到了圣诞老人，他笑着和我说，我来给你送礼物了，我收下礼物，打开一看，是一张纸，上边写着：我愿你好好学习，天天向上!不要老是想着放假!

我听到这句话，我在也不想着放假了!!谢谢你圣诞老人!

啊！我们就要去郊游了！一下课我们就围在一起叽叽喳喳说个不停。“你带了什么东西？”待会一起吃。一句句话汇成了一曲曲交响乐。

眼保健操一做完，大家如同骏马似的背上背包跑出了教室，我们排好队。再瞧一下四班。嘿！也准备好了，那就出发！

一路上，我们哼着小曲，迈着大步向前走着，半路，天上下起了雨。绵绵的秋雨像倾诉着自己的心事。雨停了空气那么新鲜。半路上看到了一棵苍天大树。老师介绍说这叫“檀抱樟”这外面是黄檀里面是樟树……

我们终于到了目的地。我看到了田里的稻谷已经成熟了。沉甸甸的穗子压得稻秆抬不起头来，一阵风吹过，掀起起伏的稻浪……

下午，我们和四班来了一场拔河比赛。第一战是团体战我们最终被四班打败。第二战女生战更是惨不忍睹不到一分钟就输了。第三战男生战杨老师说：前两场我们都输了，就看你们！老师说预备—开始！我们双方都必须使出九牛二虎之力。红旗向我们移来5米、3米、1米，“赢了！”我们班同学高兴地欢呼起了。

在这其乐融融中，时光不知不觉地溜走了。我们也要回家了。在这一天里我认识四班的同学，也增加了同学们之间的友谊。大家都很珍惜这次秋游。这次秋游使我难忘。

六年级圣诞节的英语作文【一】

I like Christmas, it is just like our Spring Festival.

Maybe the Spring Festival is much more important and interesting than Christmas, but I like Christmas Day better. Because we can spend time with our friends and classmates during Christmas. When it is snowy, Christmas becomes much more lovely, just like in fairytales. I can imagine I am in a fairytale, the girl who sold the matches is my friend, the ugly duck becoming more and more beautiful and so on. What a beautiful place! So we can also call Christmas “Snowy Lovely Day.”

On Christmas Day, shops are red and green. There are so many Christmas cards, Christmas hats, Christmas dolls and many colourful things. So shops look very beautiful. We can give a card or a doll to our friends and say “Merry Christmas.” By the way, I think studying can also become much more interesting.

Christmas is coming, it also means a new year will come. Let’s study harder to welcome the new year!

六年级圣诞节的英语作文【二】

it was christmas day yesterday. we had a christmas party at school. many friends of mine came to the party. after we said"merry christmas",we began to sing christmas songs, such as edelweiss, andso on. then we told some christmas stories, such as christmas father. then i danced and laughted with my friends. we all had a good time. when the party came to the end,we said "happy new year" to each other.

六年级圣诞节的英语作文【三】

christmas is one of the most important celebrations of the year for the western countries. it falls on the twenty- fifth of december and has the same importance as chinese new year to people with english backgrounds. the celebration is for the birth of jesus christ, who is the son of god in christianity. now days christmas is no longer only celebrated by the christians, but by most people from all over the world.

on the twenty- fourth of december everyone gets excited for it’s the day before christmas which is called christmas eve. the children are usually sent to bed early and are warned that “santa claus will only come and give you a present if you be good.” the younger kids actually believe that santa will come down the chimney on the sleigh that’s pulled by his reindeers. food like short bread and beer are prepared for santa when he comes, however most times parents just eat them. some children put socks and sacks up for the holding of the presents (that their parents put in).

rise and shine on christmas morning! the children are always the first ones to wake up, some even do at four. present wrappers everywhere! they look into their presents with a big smile on their face and oh dear….i hope no one’s disappointed. i feel sorry for anyone that got pink underwear. children play while dinner is prepared by the adults. the christmas dinner are usually eaten together by relatives. the tradition of christmas pudding and roosters are usually eaten with deserts afterwards. the rest of the day is usually games and fun before the good

六年级圣诞节的英语作文【四】

Christmas is the most important festival in the western world.It falls on December 25th.When my mother and Istayed in America,we were invited by one of my mothers friends to have Christmas with an American family.We bought some presents for our American friends on our way to their house.They had prepared different kinds of gifts for their family and guests when we got to their house,such as Christmas candles,cakes,cards,little toys,biscuits and so on.A Christmas tree was placed in the comer of the brilliant hall.How beautiful it was！We were impressed by these.We had abig meal.After dinner,they told us some interesting stories about Christmas.We learned that Christmas had something to do with God.We went to bed at midnight.Though we knew the Santa Claus was not true,we were still waiting for the Santa Claus with white beard to bring us presents.And we received many beautiful presents the next morning.This Christmas was really unforgettable.Not only did Ihave agood time,but also Iknew something about foreign culture.

有一天，我早早的起来了，一阵风抚摸着我的脸，凉凉的，我知道秋天来了！

秋天有黄黄的银杏叶，银杏叶像一把把小扇子，扇啊、扇啊、扇走了夏天的炎热，迎来了秋天的凉爽。果园里的水果也来争秋了！你看水果们你挤我碰，争着要人们去摘呢！尤其是苹果挤得脸都红了。秋天还有好闻的香味。苹果香香的、橘子甜甜的、还有梨、柿子……好多好闻的香味，路人的脚常常被香味勾住。大雁有时排成：“人”；字形，有时排成：“一”：字形，一片一片的向南方飞去。

我爱秋天，因为秋天是个五彩缤纷的季节。

天行健，君子以自强不息。 Tian Xingjian, gentleman continues to improve.

曾几何时，从古到今，哪儿不需要勇气。在古代，在国家面临衰败之时，他用勇气与国家共存亡;忠臣之士们为了保全自己的国家，战胜君王的懦弱，在百姓面前需要勇气;在今世，她用勇气战胜生活中的挫折。这也需要勇气，没了它，我们永不会胜利;有了它，我们才会有战胜挫折的喜悦之喜。

“路漫漫其修远兮，吾将上下而求索”。屈原他对着苍穹发出悲凉的感叹，《天问》，你何所悲?你为何悲?只为那支离破碎的山河的沉浮，今却全城的瓦砾。在无穷的天河之间徘徊中等待。一次怀石投江的一道弧线，他丝毫没有犹豫，纵身一跃。180°的完美的弧线在黄昏的照耀下显得完美无瑕，一道金光在一瞬间消逝。勇气，是他爱国情感的中流砥柱，因为有了它，才会有不朽的《天问》。问君何所思?问君何所忆?只为那大好江山，至今却……

“出师一表真名世，千古谁堪伯仲间”。陆游为《出师表》的悲壮的情怀。诸葛亮一生为蜀鞠躬尽瘁死而后已。他的一生只为兴复汉室，正如他所说的：“受命于败军之际，奉命于危难之间，尔来由二十又一年以。”他用他过人的胆识去北定中原。勇气，是对他兴复汉室的信心与奠定北伐的信念，是伟大的情感的忠贞的所铸造的精华所在。

“黑夜给了我黑色的眼睛，我用它去寻找光明”，这句话莫不过于海伦。她用他那双眼睛去寻找她心中光明，这一切的外力所做的都是无用功，只有用自己的心去聆听，用心去寻找光明，用心去替代光明才会进入“人类”的世界，但这条路太漫长了，一路上的荆棘布满了，但在她铸梦的路途上，她却拥有了勇气。勇气，使她的心比眼睛还要明亮。《假如给我三天光明》的心灵的呼唤。

文天祥的“人生自古谁无死，留取丹青照汗青”的壮志雄心：辛弃疾的“了却君王天下事，赢得生前身后名”的信念：苏轼的“会挽雕弓如满月，西北望，射天狼”的勃勃雄心。生活需要勇气，需要它去战胜困难。但我们每个人拥有勇气并心手相连时，九州大地上便有无穷的力量，在那一刻我们都有永恒的勇气，也将在不竭的奇迹出现——勇气是挫折我敌人，是中华民族那最亮丽的风景线。

今天是9月29日。我们要错过你们两天一夜的教育基地综合社会实践活动了。

我非常兴奋地上了公共汽车。有些学生在睡觉，有些在玩手机，有些人津津有味地吃着零食。就这样，一个小时过去了。到了那里，遇到一位漂亮的女教官，就是我们带领的教官。到了宿舍，拿到了三张床，找到了自己的宿舍，铺好了三张床。过了一段时间，我就想不起来了。我说;“难道这几张被子我也不能拿走吗?经过激烈的斗争，我终于打败了他们。

然后我们去弄了一套迷彩服，男生帅气威武，女生英气。

我觉得最有意思的是《礼射》。我们走进活动室，穿上汉服，捡起地上的竹简，跟着老师念。看完之后，我们开始学习仪式射击。老师说先敬礼，再起立，最后拉弓射箭。哇!我开枪了!我太激动了!

晚饭后，每个人都聚集在一个大厅里举行聚会。学生们自愿上台表演，欢呼鼓掌。聚会结束后，我们回到宿舍，整晚像小偷一样默默吃着零食。

第二天，老师带我们参观了枣树厂和枣树博物馆。时间不知不觉就过去了，见面的时间也结束了。登上公交车开始返程。

通过这种综合实践，我们锻炼了我们的独立性和集体意识。“我好想你”。再见!

Every May in Chinese lunar calendar is Dragon Boat Festival, do you know anything about it? Let me speak for you.

Once upon a time, there was a patriotic poet Qu Yuan, once he went to Beijing to go to work, see a decline of state variable, then vote Miluo River to commit suicide. Before he died, he wrote a poem. People in order to commemorate the patriotic poet, the annual Lunar New Year in May at the beginning of a dragon boat festival.

The main contents of the Dragon Boat Festival is the dragon boat racing, zongzi.

Dragon boat racing scene is very lively, crowded shore. Just listen to the sound of gunfire, paddled boat people desperately, but the river is full of cheering.

Rice dumplings wrapped in bamboo leaves, is for filling, with glutinous rice. When the package is very sticky, not professionals, but the package is not good!

According to legend, the dragon boat race is to salvage the Miluo River to die of the patriotic poet Qu Yuan. Threw rice dumplings into the river, is to let the fish and shrimp to eat, not eat Qu Yuans body.

姑姑，有您真好!在生活上，您给予了我无微不至的关心和照顾;在为人处事上，您教会了我许多做人的道理;在学习上，您鼓励着我努力向前。光阴似箭，日月如梭，转眼间我已经十一岁了，在这过去的十年多间，我们经历了酸甜苦辣的时光，但在我的记忆里，这些都是满满的美好的回忆。

记得在三年级的一次体育课上，我一不小心把膝盖摔伤了。回到家里，姑姑知道我受伤了，急忙来到我面前，让我把裤子慢慢卷起来。姑姑看着我的膝盖，心疼地说：“摔疼了吧?还能看见血呢，以后可要小心些，伤口这么大，要注意些，别让它发炎了。你坐好了，我先帮你消消毒。”

姑姑说完，就去拿医药箱了，一手取出一瓶消毒水，一手拿着棉签，小心翼翼沾了些药水涂在我的伤口处，我却依然哇哇直叫的。这时姑姑温柔地说：“忍一忍，一定要消毒干净了，不然很容易发炎的，伤口要清理干净，不然以后会留下难看的疤痕的。”说着又把她自己的亲身经历的事说给我听。

姑姑一边讲着过去的事，一边帮我细致地处理着伤口，消完毒后，姑姑在伤口上帮我倒了些云南白药，她说这样可以早点好，然后姑姑拿着纱布，把纱布缠绕在我的伤口处，并用胶布把纱布固定在腿上。晚上要冲凉时，姑姑又叮嘱：“夏立峰，伤口是不可以碰到水的哦，过来一下，让我帮你在你的伤口外绑上一个塑料袋，让水不会流到你的伤口上。”就这样在姑姑细心地照顾下，我的伤口很快就好了。从这件小小的事情中，让我感到了姑姑的好。

在我成长的时光里，您一直是那颗耀眼的启明星，在漫漫长夜中指引我前行!您又像那充满无限光芒的太阳，温暖着我的心灵。姑姑，有你，真好!

During the winter vacation, nothing is different for my life. I wake up 11

o’clock Am everyday, after a washing, I have a good lunch with my parents. Next

I play computer games till the time to have supper. After have dinner. I go on

playing till 2 o’clock Am, and then go to sleep with tired. This is one dull day

of my winter vacation.But I haven’t bored all the time. Sometimes I read the

books, sometime I listen to the music or the radio in the bed，because it was

very cold outside and snowy all the day. And I also meat some of my good friends

during the vacation ,we have a very long talk about the life of each other in

the past year and play table tennis tegether .And I watched the spring festival

party of the CCTV in the last seconds of the 2004 year! I think this is the

thing most people of china doing at that time.that’s all, all my dull, coldly

and snowy winter vacation.

周五放学的铃声响起，一阵喧闹声后，整个校园安静下来。张明没有马上离校，独自在校园的丁香树下徘徊，似乎心事重重。

原来，张明的爷爷生病住院了，张明想去看他。送爷爷什么礼物呢?买水果?爸爸已经买了很多;买点心?妈妈已经送过去了……给爷爷送一束鲜花吧!送什么花儿呢?张明已经有了主意。校园里的丁香花开得多茂盛啊!爷爷是哈尔滨人，最喜欢的花就是丁香花。可是，学校规定不准摘花，怎么办呢?别看张明是个淘气包，但是违反校规的事，他不会干的。张明在丁香树下走来走去，犹豫不决。

“张明，你怎么不回家呢?”张明身后传来班长王寒冰的声音。“我，我，我想……”张明结结巴巴说不出话来。王寒冰快人快语：“我都看见了，你在丁香树下转悠半天了，你想找摘花吗?这可不行!”别看张明平日里十分淘气，他最怕的就是班长王寒冰，这会儿更不敢出声了。就在这时，下班的李军老师背包走出来，“你们两个怎么还没走呀?”王寒冰一贯雷厉风行，抢先告状：“老师，张明在丁香树下转悠半天了，我怕他摘花。”“摘花?张明，你真想摘花吗?”李老师奇怪地问。张明鼻子一酸，眼泪差点儿掉下来，“老师，我爷爷病了，他是哈尔滨人，丁香是哈尔滨的市花，他最喜欢丁香花，我想摘一束送给他行吗?我交点儿钱也行。”李老师笑了，“原来如此呀!不用交钱，多孝顺的孩子呀!我帮你摘一束!”王寒冰不好意思了，“你怎么不早说呢?”张明红着脸说：“我怕被人发现了，给班级扣分。”

李老师帮助张明摘了一大把丁香花，“祝你爷爷早日康复!”王寒冰爽快地说：“我陪你去!”张明捧了一束水灵灵的丁香花，和王寒冰一起高兴地走出了校门……

星期五下午第二节课，学校为了庆祝“读书节”，在操场上举办了“图书跳蚤市场”活动，参加买卖的是四·五·六年级的师生们。

同学们听到这个消息后，都十分高兴，纷纷拿出自己看过的好图书，标上自己满意的价格。终于等到星期五了，读书会结束以后，同学们飞一样的奔向操场，长方形的操场上围满各种商铺，商铺边上又围满了人，真是人山人海，琳琅满目的书籍使你看的目不暇接。

同学们走走瞧瞧，看看有没有自己喜欢的图书，不一会儿同学们夹着淘到的图书，欣喜遍布满脸。一位老师拿着相机，拍着这难忘的一瞬间。几个男生为了吸引顾客，大喊：“图书大酬宾，购买即送精美礼物。”推销员也更是热情，向顾客介绍图书；收券员更是忙得不可开交，收这个钱，收那个钱；图书整理员，细心的摆好被顾客弄乱的图书。

“图书跳蚤市场”活动结束了，但同学们还沉浸在喜悦中。真希望下次的“图书跳蚤市场”早点来到呀！

May 16, 2003

Dear Mr. Blake,

Thank you for informing us your new house address. It is fantastic that you have at last a house of your own, which, as explained, is located in a sea site city. I can imaginer that you are now enjoying your life and work, and you can entertain yourselves in such a big house.

When I told the news to Peter Li, James Wang and Nancy Zhang, the girl who always wears a long hair, and went to Beijing with us last year, they all wish you to send us some pictures of your new house. We hope that when we go on errand in America next year, we can pay a visit to your family. Then we are sure to have a nice gathering.

This morning, Peter and I went to an art gallery to pick up an oil painting with a beauty spot of China’s southern part as a token of our hearty congratulations. We hope it can add up to your decorations wherever you like, and we also wish you will like it.

Yours sincerely,

William Fang

The Lantern Festival falls on the 15th day of the 1st lunar month, usually

in February or March in the Gregorian calendar. As early as the Western Han

Dynasty (206 BC-AD 25), it had become a festival with great significance.

This days important activity is watching lanterns. Throughout the Han

Dynasty (206 BC-AD 220), Buddhism flourished in China. One emperor heard that

Buddhist monks would watch sarira, or remains from the cremation of Buddhas

body, and light lanterns to worship Buddha on the 15th day of the 1st lunar

month, so he ordered to light lanterns in the imperial palace and temples to

show respect to Buddha on this day. Later, the Buddhist rite developed into a

grand festival among common people and its influence expanded from the Central

Plains to the whole of China.

Till today, the lantern festival is still held each year around the

country. Lanterns of various shapes and sizes are hung in the streets,

attracting countless visitors. Children will hold self-made or bought lanterns

to stroll with on the streets, extremely excited. "Guessing lantern riddles"is

an essential part of the Festival.

Lantern owners write riddles on a piece of paper and post them on the

lanterns. If visitors have solutions to the riddles, they can pull the paper out

and go to the lantern owners to check their answer. If they are right, they will

get a little gift. The activity emerged during peoples enjoyment of lanterns in

the Song Dynasty (960-1279). As riddle guessing is interesting and full of

wisdom, it has become popular among all social strata.

People will eat yuanxiao, or rice dumplings, on this day, so it is also

called the "Yuanxiao Festival."Yuanxiao also has another name, tangyuan. It is

small dumpling balls made of glutinous rice flour with rose petals, sesame, bean

paste, jujube paste, walnut meat, dried fruit, sugar and edible oil as filling.

Tangyuan can be boiled, fried or steamed. It tastes sweet and delicious. What’s

more, tangyuan in Chinese has a similar pronunciation with "tuanyuan”, meaning

reunion. So people eat them to denote union, harmony and happiness for the

family.

In the daytime of the Festival, performances such as a dragon lantern

dance, a lion dance, a land boat dance, a yangge dance, walking on stilts and

beating drums while dancing will be staged. On the night, except for magnificent

lanterns, fireworks form a beautiful scene. Most families spare some fireworks

from the Spring Festival and let them off in the Lantern Festival. Some local

governments will even organize a fireworks party. On the night when the first

full moon enters the New Year, people become really intoxicated by the imposing

fireworks and bright moon in the sky.