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+ 加入清单Mooncakes are to Mid-Autumn Festival what mince pies are to Christmas. The seasonal round cakes traditionally have a sweet filling of lotus seed paste or red bean paste and often have one or more salted duck eggs in the center to represent the moon. And the moon is what this celebration is all about. Mid-Autumn Festival falls on the 15th day of the 8th month,it is the time when the moon is said to be at its brightest and fullest.
There are two legends which claim to explain the tradition of eating mooncakes. One Tang Dynasty myth holds that the Earth once had 10 suns circling it. One day all 10 suns appeared at once,scorching the planet with their heat. It was thanks to a skillful archer named Hou Yi that the Earth was saved. He shot down all but one of the suns. As his reward,the Heavenly Queen Mother gave Hou Yi the Elixir of Immortality,but she warned him that he must use it wisely. Hou Yi ignored her advice and,corrupted by fame and fortune,became a tyrannical leader. Chang-Er,his beautiful wife, could no longer stand by and watch him abuse his power so she stole his Elixir and fled to the moon to escape his angry wrath. And thus began the legend of the beautiful woman in the moon,the Moon Fairy.
The second legend has it that during the Yuan Dynasty,an underground group led by Zhu Yuan Zang was determined to rid the country of Mongolian dominance. The moon cake was created to carry a secret message. When the cake was opened and the message read,an uprising was unleashed which successfully routed the Mongolians. It happened at the time of the full moon,which,some say,explains why mooncakes are eaten at this time. Mooncakes are usually stamped with Chinese characters indicating the name of the bakery and the type of filling used. Some bakeries will even stamp them with your family name so that you can give personalised ones to friends and family. They are usually presented in boxes of four which indicate the four phases of the moon. Traditional mooncakes are made with melted lard,but today vegetable oil is more often used in the interests of health. Mooncakes are not for the diet-conscious as they are loaded with calories. The best way to wash down one of these sticky cakes is with a cup of Chinese tea,especially Jasmine or Chrysanthemum tea,which aids the digestion.
中秋节吃月饼就像西方人圣诞节吃百果馅饼一样,是必不可少的。圆圆的月饼中通常包有香甜的莲子馅或是红豆馅,馅的中央还会加上一个金黄的咸鸭蛋黄来代表月亮。而月亮正是中秋节庆祝的主题。每年农历8月15日人们一起庆祝中秋,据说这一天的月亮是一年中最亮最圆的。
关于吃月饼这个传统的来历有两个传说。一个是唐朝的神话故事,说的是当时地球被10个太阳包围着。有一天10个太阳同时出现在天空中,巨大的热量几乎把地球烤焦了。多亏一位名叫后羿的神箭手射下了9个太阳,地球才被保住。为了奖励后羿,王母娘娘赐给后羿一种长生不老药,但是王母警告他必须正当使用。然而后羿没有理会王母娘娘的警告,他被名利冲昏了头脑,变成了一个暴君。后羿美丽的妻子嫦娥对他的暴行再也不能袖手旁观,于是她偷走了后羿的长生不老药,飞到月亮上逃避后羿的狂怒。从此就有了关于月宫仙子嫦娥,这个月亮上的美丽女人的传说。
第二个传说讲的是在元朝,朱元璋领导的起义军计划起义来摆脱蒙古族的统治。他们用月饼来传递密信。掰开月饼就可以找到里面的密信,起义军通过这种方式成功的发动了起义,赶走了元朝的统治者。这场起义发生在八月十五之时,于是中秋节吃月饼的习俗便在民间传开来。
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In the face of breaking virus and gradually failing position,medical team
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responsibility on their shoulder.What is called the hero? Ordinary people made
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万圣节前夕
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Spring Festival, a day Im looking forward to for a long time, should be
full of happiness, bustle and laughter. But this years novel coronavirus is so
rampant that I can only stay at home and wear masks when I go out, and my
parents remind me to keep warm and pay attention to personal hygiene every day.
The novel coronavirus seemed to have no intention of retreat, but doctors
struggled for many days and nights. In these days, I dont know how many people
have been killed by the virus, and how many doctors are still fighting against
the virus in order to fight the epidemic.
我不禁要问:“新型冠状病毒,你为什么选择了人类?为什么选择这样的日子降临人间?为什么要来伤害人类?”
What novel coronavirus, what do you choose to do with humans? What makes
such a date come to earth? Why do we want to harm human beings?
一天晚上,新型冠状病毒大胆地出现在我面前,扬起下巴轻蔑地一笑说:“你只看结果,不看经过,你知道我是怎么来的吗?我本来生活在动物身上,可是你们这些人类杀死了它们,还把它们吃了,还有人直播吃蝙蝠的过程。所以引发疾病的不是我,而是你们人类。而且我想告诉你,在这个世界上最可怕的不是狮子、老虎,而是你们人类,你们人类的嘴是一个无底洞,是永远也填不满的,你们人类贪婪、残忍,不停地伤害动物,难道你们就不害臊吗?”说完它转过身就走。我冲着病毒叫喊:“可人类也有善良的一面,在这个世界上好人一定比坏人多。”新型冠状病毒转过身来说:“人类的残忍是不可想象的,你们已经打破了生态平衡,直到现在还有人不知悔改!”我大声喊道:“你快走吧!人类已经知道错了,如果你再不走,人类总有一天会把你消灭的。”新型冠状病毒说:“我可以走,不过,如果人类再不知悔改,我的兄弟们还会再来的。”
One night, novel coronavirus boldly appeared before me. Chin lifted up and
smiled scornfully. "You only look at the results, but do not see the passage. Do
you know how I came? I was living on animal, but you humans killed them, ate
them, and someone else was eating live bats." So its not me that causes the
disease, its you humans. And I want to tell you that the most terrible thing in
the world is not the lion or the tiger, but you human beings. Your human mouth
is a bottomless hole, which is filled with discontent forever. You human beings
are greedy, cruel, and constantly hurting animals. Arent you ashamed? "After
saying it, turn around and walk away. I shouted at the virus, "but human beings
have a good side. There must be more good people than bad people in this world."
The novel coronavirus turned around and said, "the cruelty of human beings is
unthinkable. You have broken the ecological balance. Until now, there are still
no repentance!" I shouted, "go away!" the human race has already known that it
is wrong. If you do not go again, mankind will one day destroy you. The novel
coronavirus said, "I can go, but if the human beings do not know repentance, my
brothers will come again."
突然一阵铃声传来,我醒了,可新型冠状病毒说的话却还在我耳边回荡。我希望人类可以吸取此次的教训,善待地球,拒绝吃野生动物,也希望那些染上新型冠状病毒的人们快点好起来
Suddenly, novel coronavirus came back, but I still woke up in my ear.
Animal and novel coronavirus, I hope that people can learn from this lesson,
treat the earth well, refuse to eat wild animals, and hope that those who are
infected with new coronavirus will get better soon._ueditor_page_break_tag_
篇18:读书的快乐英语
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+ 加入清单April 23 is "World Book Day" announced by the UNESCO。 This is not a long history of the festival, from 1995 began. However, it has been widely welcomed and responded in the world: held in Copenhagen, Denmark reading marathon, Canadas Toronto Festival held in Canada…
When these popular cultures such as Pop music and Hollywood movies get quite prevailing today, people have not forgotten literature, the writers and reading.
Whether Reading is a funny thing, only love reading people know.
I study for many years, however, I know the sense of reading so little . Where fun of reading comes? There are four opinions put forward in this paper.
First, Reading is the treatment of depression governance magic.Immersed in books, what partiality, what desire fame and fortune, what lack a clear round, what fuel, what life 3,000 silk trouble, they all forget about.
Second, People in Libraries are often forget the time and forget to go home, that the study is not the intrinsic happiness? Some celebrities even held overnight in the library.
Third, We often see someone reading forget thirst. India, reading knowledge is the spirit of Canadian admirable. However, the morning watching a professor at the empty plates and ask ourselves: I eat the lunch? Oh. After eating, they continue schooling. Some people forget to study cooking and was good meal blame reprimanded.
Last, Reading the fastest time flies. Joy of reading, an unconsciously Influence past, the sun has not allowed Health attraction downhill whims.
篇19:网上购物英语
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+ 加入清单With the development of information industry, there are more and more
people shopping online. Shopping online means shopping on the Internet without
going out. Therefore, on the one hand, shopping online has its advantage. One
the other hand, shopping on line also has its disadvantage.
First of all, shopping online is very convenient. People can buy thing only
they have a computer, which can surf the Internet. They don’t need to go out on
a rainy day or under the shining sun. Meanwhile, people can save their time to
finish their work or other things. On the contrary, as people just decide what
they buy depending on the picture placed by the shop owner, they can’t see the
quality before they receive the product. Sometimes people maybe buy the things
are in low quality, or some fake products.
In general, shopping online has its advantage and disadvantage. In my
opinion, I prefer shopping online than shopping on the street.
篇20:写长城的英语作文初三80词
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+ 加入清单What impresses me most in Beijing is the Great Wall which is one of the
greatest projects in the world.
Its not only the cultural heritage, but also a symbol of China. "Its
glorious." I think. It looks like a big dragon running across the mountainous
area. It starts Shanhaiguan in the east to Jiayuguan in the west.Its so long that nobody can walk from the beginning to the end.It was firstly built in Qin Dynasty and prolonged in Ming and Qing
dynasties.It was used to protect the enemies from invading in the past, but now it
has become the place of interest which attracts so many tourists both at home
and abroad.
When I was standing on the top of the Great Wall, I felt as if I were in
ancient days.
I could see many laborers working very hard. How could they finish this
extremely difficult task by hand?