关于家乡的高中英语作文（推荐20篇）

My sister is Alice. She is very lovely. She has long hair .Her hobby is flying kites. She likes collecting stamps too. Her favourite fruit is apples. She likes noodles very much.

She is a good girl. She often helps her mother do the housework. She is very kind. She has many friends in her school. She likes riding bikes with me. This is my sister. I love her very much.

In everybody’s eyes, I am a good girl, because I make the good marks in the exams and help my parents to do things. Unlike other students, who will go against their parents, I follow my parents’ words. I don’t think that to do something goes against the adults is the wise choice, but I do want to do something new. Recently, I want to cut my hair and make the short style. My mother doesnt agree with me, because she thinks a girl should have the long hair. This time, I insist on my idea. Finally, she supports me. Trying something new makes me feel happy and be myself. The short hair makes me look like a cool boy and I like this style. My friends admire me to have the courage to change my image.

导语：民族传统文化的生态环境遭到不同程度的破坏，传统文化形态逐渐被现代化的生活方式所替代，民族传统文化日渐流失。所以，保护我国的民族传统文化势在必行。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!

假如你是李华，某中学生英文报就“保护中国传统文化”为主题举行英语征文活动。你准备给该报投稿，稿件内容包括：

1、保护中国传统文化的重要性;

2、列举1-2个你所知道的国家或当地政府文化保护的事例;

3、谈谈你对文化保护的建议。

字数要求：120字。Protect Traditional Chinese Culture

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Dear editor,

I know on your school English newspaper that the readers are expected to have a discussion on the topic of protecting Traditional Chinese Culture. The protection of national and folk culture is of great significance to Chinese cultural diversity and also to the harmonious social development. I have a strong desire to share my personal viewpoints on it.

In my opinion, some measures should be taken to protect traditional culture effectively. To begin with, we should make a law to regulate the society’s performance. What’s more, we should draw more people’s attention to it, for the more they know about the importance of culture protection, the stronger support we can get from the public.

In a word, it is high time for us to treasure and develop our own valuable culture.

I used to live in a small town with trees all around. there was no tall building and the only street was narrow. just outside the town， there was a river. you can see different kinds of fish swimming in the clear water. people here lived a simple life.

great changes have taken place here. you can see tall buildings， big department stores and factories everywhere. different kinds of cars and buses are running in the big streets. but with the development of the industry， we have fewer trees. air and water pollution is becoming more and more serious.

we must do something to stop pollution and make our town even more beautiful.

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st important role in the environmental protection today.

In my opinion, to protect environment, the government must take even more concrete measures. First, it should let people fully realize the importance of environmental protection through education. Second, much more efforts should be made to put the population planning policy into practice, because more people means more people means more pollution. Finally, those who destroy the environment intentionally should be severely punished. We should let them know that destroying environment means destroying mankind themselves.

On October 6th, 2013, I went Xiao Meisha with my fellows to spend a nice seaside holiday. On our arriving at Xiao Meisha, we were all filled with excitement, since this was our first trip to the seaside. Xiao Meisha was an excellent seaside resort indeed. There the sky was clean and bright, the wind was mild and pleasant, the sandy beach was soft and comfortable, and the sea was so magnificent. We felt refreshed at that moment. It seemed as if we traveled in the heaven.

We did many kinds of activities at the seaside. Some of us went swimming in the sea; some went surfing; some dived underwater; some had a walk along the sea; some played sports on the beach. But I just took some photos of the beautiful sea scenery. All of us had a happy time.

In the evening, when it was about the time for leaving, we were unwilling to go, because the beautiful sea scenery deeply attracted us. We all expected for our next coming. So I could say that the seaside holiday was both relaxing and wonderful.

we are supposed to expresour gratitude to otheron thanksgiving day. however, we should feel gratitude everday.

god hatwo dwellings, one in heaven, and the other in a meek and thankful heart. be grateful to otheria wato show your love. in our daillife, we often receive help from our parents, friends, colleagueand strangers. perhapit ia little thing, pick up the pen you drop, lift a heavbox for you or offer you a seat in the bus. we should be thankful to them for whatever thehave done. the more love you give, the more love you receive.

What is art? When people think about this question, they will naturally

think about all kinds of musical instruments or the great paintings in the art

museums. Art seems to so far away from the ordinary people, but I don’t think

so. Art is everywhere. For example, the delicious food that is made by our

parents is the great art, and the value of the food is to bring people the great

joy when they have a taste of it. The scenery around us is the visible art, when

we appreciate it, our mood become eased. Art is something that brings people the

positive value for me, so art is around everybody. If we take time to slow down

our pace, then we can enjoy art from life and feel the comfortable

lifestyle.

In my opinion, the movie “ the pursuit of happyness “ is a meaningful film,

the hero of the movie is an active man. Though his life was very hard, his wife

left because of the situation of their family.His work was also unfortunate. He

never gave up and still work hard.Then he took care of his little son. He is

going after happiness all the time, so his life is running . Time is very

importmant to him, he must finish his task on time , or he wouldnt live a

steady life , he has to pay the rent and taxes and so on, but he insist on

taking every chance to make his life live better and he believe in himself.

Finally, he succeed , his part of life in the movie is moving and real.

I also like the song in the movie very much, it says “ the mountains have

high places and low places ……”

Everyone has a dream, if you work as hard as the hero of the movie , your

dream will come ture, so I will learn from the hero ---Chris Gardner.

And I believe my dream isn’t far away!

在条静静的小河里住着小鲫鱼家，小鲫鱼长的黑黑的，所以爸爸妈妈叫它小黑。有天，小黑不舒服，鲫鱼爸爸妈妈带着小黑来到鲤鱼爷爷的诊所，鲤鱼爷爷给小黑检查了下，说：“小黑得了肠炎，给它配些药吧！可能跟这几年这里的水质变差有关系。”鲫鱼爸爸说：“是呀，这几年附近建了好多新工厂，人们把废水和污水直接排到河里，水是越来越黑，好多邻居都搬走了。”鲤鱼爷爷说：“是呀，为了孩子们，只有离开我们的家园。”说完，小鲫鱼家告别了鲤鱼爷爷回家了。

回去以后，小黑的病很快就好了。鲫鱼爸爸妈妈为了小黑，也决定离开了它们的家乡，来到了个小池塘，遇到了小蝌蚪家。小蝌蚪们很欢迎小黑家的到来，拉着小黑说：“你们快跟我们来，我们边上还 有蜻蜓阿姨呢!”小黑很喜欢这个新家，还 有这些新朋友！每天跟小蝌蚪游来游去，玩得可开心了。没过多久，小蝌蚪们长成了小青蛙，小黑都不敢认了。小青蛙们在荷叶上蹦来蹦去，小黑在荷叶下游来游去！

有天，蜻蜓阿姨回来说:“小河那边来了几艘水泥船，在清理河里的垃圾，还 要把水抽干，把河底的黑淤泥挖起来运走，灌上干净的水，种上芦苇，还 让那些工厂的废水不能直接排到河里，让河水变清！“小黑忙问妈妈：妈妈，水变干净了，我们是不是就可以回家了！”鲫鱼妈妈笑嘻嘻得说：“是的！”

几个月之后，小黑和爸爸妈妈跟青蛙家、蜻蜓阿姨告了别，小黑和小青蛙们都舍不得分开，眼泪都流下来了。小黑他们家人游了好几天，终于回到了自己的家乡，看到了清清的河水，绿绿的水草，还 有成群的鱼儿、虾儿都回来了。回到了从小生活的家，小黑也无比开心，它还 告诉爸爸妈妈，不久以后它要去看望小青蛙家和蜻蜓阿姨，告诉它们它的家乡又和以前样美丽了，它生活的很好......小河又恢复了以前的面貌，小鲫鱼家又自由自在的生活在起！

What are you going to do when you grow up? When I was a child, people often asked me this question about the ideal. Undoubtedly, every individual, especially a young person, should have an ideal. Hardly can we find any great people we know ideal when they were young.

An ideal is a vital importance to ones growth and success. On the one hand, an ideal is the target of ones life. Once you decide what your ideal is, you know where to go, and which way to take. Otherwise, you might become puzzled in many things in your life. On the other hand, an ideal is like the engine of vehicles. Only when we have our own ideals, can we find the origin of energy and enthusiasm in life, and become active and perseverant. Whatever your ideal is, careful plan and preparation is vital to its realization. Of course, the path from where you are to where you want to get is not always smooth and straight. Therefore, an optimistic, positive mind is indispensable in the process of your persevering your ideal.

In a word, only if you have an ideal, you will have the chance of realizing it.

The Ten-minute Break Between Classes Time seems to be so limited for us Senior Three students. As a result, more and more students try to study from early morning till late afternoon, even during the ten-minute breaks. In my view, taking a ten minute break between classes is equally important. Otherwise, we will feel exhausted both physically and mentally,During the ten minute break, we are supposed to do something really relaxing, we need is to have a rest, instead of getting more tired. Besides, studying during the break doesn ’ t necessarily mean that you will achieve more. So doing nothing tiring in that short period is of greater significance. As far as my ten-minute breaks are concerned, sometimes I take some simple exercise, such as having a walk with my classmates, or just a free chat to refresh myself. When the next class begins, I feel energetic again.

My hometown is located at the outside of the city. I was born and grew up there. It was a little village with natural scenery of green mountains, a beautiful river and lovely village houses. In the summer, I liked to go to picnic under the mountain and swim in the river. But now my hometown has changes.

The mountains were blown down to build the factories, and the river was polluted by the waste water from those factories. There are no more green mountains but the smoking factories. The water of the river turns black and stinks, I can never swim in it again. And the village houses are gone too, the ugly storied houses with walls are instead.

They said it is the way urbanizing is. I don’t like the changes of my hometown, it is a polluted hometown.

My hometown is abundant, beautiful scenery, known as "prairie pearl", this place is beautiful in Inner Mongolia. It is a prairie town, though not nearly as great cities, like Beijing and Shanghai but with rare there is clean and beautiful. There are famous aobao mountain, the mountain have past temple, as if in a tin to introduce people to the history of the event. The grassland here is the most beautiful, green grassland, vast grasslands dotted with white sheep, herdsmen riding a horse on the grass singing aloud, all of which constitute a beautiful picture in the grassland. The herders in here are friendly and hospitable, honest is good, whenever a guest comes, they will take out the most delicious dairy products, entertaining and delicious koumiss, and grassland peoples warm wishes. The spring snow melt, all things recovery, everywhere a vibrant scene. The hot sun hot summer here, the water dried up; And the tall trees, leaving only a shade of such as cover, let people try to have a rest. The autumn grass fair here, the tea fragrance, golden leaves like a butterfly dancing in the woods. Here in winter snow, snow mountains everywhere and a piece of white. The children snowball fights, make a snowman and play with joy.

This is my hometown, and the beautiful in Inner Mongolia.

我的家乡物产丰富、风景秀丽，被人们称为“草原明珠”，这个地方就是美丽内蒙古。它是一座草原小城，虽然比不上北京、上海那样的大城市，但却有着那里难得的洁净与美丽。这里有远近闻名的敖包山，山上有一座座古庙，仿佛在向人们介绍锡林浩特的历史。这里的草原最美丽，碧绿的草原一望无际，草原上点缀着洁白的羊群，牧民在草地上骑着骏马放声高歌，所有的一切构成了草原上一幅美丽的画卷。这里的牧民热情好客、淳朴善良，每当有客人来临，他们就会拿出最美味的奶食、可口的马奶酒招待客人，并且献上草原人民温暖的祝福。这里的春天冰雪融化、万物复苏，到处一片生机勃勃的景象。这里的夏天烈日炎炎，水干涸了;还有那高大挺拔的树木，只留下一片如盖的绿荫，让人们纳凉休憩。这里的秋天水草肥美，奶茶飘香，金黄的落叶像蝴蝶一样在林间飞舞。这里的冬天白雪皑皑，到处银装素裹，一片洁白。小朋友们有的打雪仗，有的堆雪人，玩儿的不亦乐乎。

这就是我的家乡——美丽的内蒙古。

I love my hometown. Warm spring to all things on earth brings great blessings, make the earth full of vitality. Home with a mountain lion in the mountain, the mountain flower although there is no the smell of the rose aroma; Nor as very beautiful peony. But ordinary like that. It looks so good. So generous.

I love my hometown. A hot summer day in baked the earth. We enjoy cool air under the tall trees, proud of cicadas in the "make" project for us. Little girls picked up the flower on the head of the ground, held than the competition.

I love my hometown. Cool autumn brings people a warm smile, because autumn is the harvest season. From a distance that today the beans of fluorescent valley pieces of beautiful and noble carpet. Make the person see will not give up to leave, will lead you forward, can bring people closer to like rich gold.

I love my hometown. The cold winter in the cold wind blowing shout loud, want to give firmness unyielding plum to wake up. The plum flower fragrance bring industrious bees, they "buzzing" honey, as if to say: "ah, the plum flower I love you. Without you in this cold winter we had been starved to death."

Ah! I love my hometown.

我爱我的家乡.温暖的春天给大地上的万物带来了无比的恩惠，使大地充满了生机。家乡里的狮子山上开满了山花，那些山花虽然没有玫瑰的气味浓香;也没有牡丹那样国色天香。但它显的那样平凡.那样善良.那样大方。

我爱我的家乡。炎热的夏日在烤着大地。我们在高大的玉兰树下面乘凉，骄傲的知了在“吱吱”地为我们解闷。小姑娘们捡着地上的花插在头上，举行比美比赛。

我爱我的家乡。凉爽的秋天给人们带来了温暖的笑容，因为秋天正是丰收的季节。从远处看那今灿灿的豆谷一块块美丽又高贵的地毯。使人看到就不舍的离开，还会引你往前走，走近了又像能给人带来致富的金子。

我爱我的家乡。寒冷的冬天在吹着呼呼响的寒风，想把坚贞不屈的梅花给叫醒。梅花的清香把勤劳的蜜蜂引来，它们“嗡嗡”的采蜜，好像在说：“啊，梅花我爱你。在这寒冷的冬天要是没有你我们早被饿死了。”

啊!我爱我的家乡。

The happiest memory in my childhood was making snowman with my friends. As

I was a little boy, I always went out with my friends to make snowmen and play

with snow when it snowed heavily. We divided ourselves into several groups, two

or three people in each group. Then, we began to make our own snowman. We used

buttons to be snowmans eyes and carrots for its nose. After making our snowman,

we compared ours with others’ to decide whose snowman is the best. Sometimes, we

wrapped our scarfs around snowmen or put our caps on their head, so as to make

our snowman more beautiful. The last time I making a snowman was when I was in

university. But it snowed rarely these years. Thus, making snowman has become

the long-lost fun for me. How I hope it would be snowy this winter!

My hometown -- JianHu, here is a long history, the humanities ceremony, picturesque land of fish and rice.

I love my hometown, because here is dedicated to patriotic Liu Xiufu generation of photograph, the famous diplomat qiao guanhua, the first chinese-american Wang Ganjun in space.

I love my hometown, because there are many scenic spots, there are picturesque double lake park, the nature of the nine dragon, green xitang river sight. One of the most famous is the nine dragon, trees and flowers there are vibrant, there is a touching legend, long, long ago, there a evil python here make waves in the world, make people. Then stirred the jade emperor, the jade emperor was very worried, sent a python nine dragon and evil struggle, formed the trace of the fight, therefore, becomes a nine river.

I love my hometown, because there is a picturesque lake park, there is the bottom of the lake, the blue sky white cloud, thick reed, flocks of ducks and geese, make a picture of beauty. Sat on the boat and rowed into the lotus pond lotus, remove withered lotus out of tender and white lotus seed, let a person want to bite. Again to water, to water chestnut, the opposite of open water chestnut can see out, like a green wing water chestnut, if you are lucky enough, you can also see each round egg!

JianHu not only picturesque, we have lit up the world of energy saving lamps and lanterns, gone through the aspects of leather shoes, and glittering and translucent get rid of lotus root starch round! Visitors to our JianHu, will be a great choice!

I love my hometown!

我的家乡——建湖，这里是历史悠久，人文荟萃，风景如画的鱼米之乡。

我爱我的家乡，因为这里有尽忠报国的一代名相陆秀夫，着名的外交家乔冠华，有第一位登上太空的美籍华人王赣俊。

我爱我的家乡，因为这里有许多的风景名胜，有风景如画的双湖公园，自然天成的九龙口，绿意盎然的西塘河风光带。最有名的就是九龙口了，那里花草树木都生机勃勃，还有一个动人的传说呢，很久很久以前，人间有一条恶蟒在这儿兴风作浪，使老百姓不得安宁。后来惊动了玉皇大帝，玉皇大帝十分着急，就派出了九条神龙与恶蟒搏斗，形成了打斗的痕迹，由此，就变成了九条河流。

我爱我的家乡，因为这里有一个风景如画的双湖公园，那里有清澈见底的湖水，蓝天白云，茂密的芦苇，成群的鸭鹅，构成了一幅水乡美景图。坐上小船，划到荷花池里去采莲蓬，剥开枯萎的莲蓬露出了嫩白的莲子，让人真想咬上一口。再划到菱角丛中，去采菱角，翻开菱角的反面可以看到一颗颗像绿元宝似的菱角，如果你运气好的话，还可以看到一个个圆溜溜的鸟蛋呢!

我们建湖不仅风景如画，有照亮世界的节能灯具，走遍天下的森达皮鞋，还有晶莹剔透的藕粉圆呢!到我们建湖来的游客，一定会大饱口福的!

我爱我的家乡!

一、总结句型

1) ……in general/above all/with the result that/as a

result/consequently，……

2) As far as I am concerned/as for me，……

3) This truth above seems to be self-evident.

4) Whether we examine the ……above，such things can happens anywhere anytime to anyone.

5) In my point of view，I like/prefer A much more than B.

6) I still prefer A，however，for they teach me not only to be ……but also to be…… ，both in ……and in……

7) There is no doubt that……

8) In order to make our world a better place in which to live we should efforts to……

9) To a large extent，……，therefore，reflects……

10) If all above mentioned measures are achieved，……

11) Wherever you are and whatever you do，……is always meaningful.

12) So clear/evident/obvious it is that there are quite different opinions on it.

13) Now，which one do you prefer——the one……or the one……? Were it left to me to select，I should not hesitated a moment to choose the former/latter.

二、开首句型

1) Have you ever gone……? Have you ever been to……? If you have no experience like these，your life is an inadequate one.

2) Are you……? Are you……? We are，usually.

3) In large part as a consequence of……，somebody have focused a great deal of attention in recent years on something.

4) We expect the day will come when A with its characteristic of……

5) Being adj.is one of the virtues that people must possess (not only in……but also in……/during……/when……)

6) What A to B，that C to D

7) Currently，there is a widespread/serious concern over that……

8) The reasons for the……are manifold，for instance，……

9) Several factors contribute to this……，such as……，as for as I’m concerned，however，……is the most significant ingredient/element.

10) ……is more violent than what we thought it should be before.

11) There are intimate relations between the two.

三、并列句型

1) Some people like A due to…… However，there are many young people，including me，especially like B.

2) There might be two reasons，I think……，for the change.

3) A and B are both important，they are attribute which are equally necessary for a person to achieve success in his life.

4) Different people have different attitudes towards……，some believe that……others，however，argue that……still others maintain that……

5) First……besides，in addition……what’s more……

6) For one thing……nevertheless，for another……

四、转折句型

1)……Such defects as mentioned above can be prevented by the other way of ……

2) Except for ……’s sake only.

3) Perhaps A is the wrong word，however，B might be better.

4) First……last but not least……

5) Shall we do this? Not necessary the case.

6) ……，and vice versa indeed .

7) On the contrary，in spite of these increase……

8) Compared with A，B has many advantages such as……

9) Not so much…… as he had talked about.

10) ……，the truth of the matter，however，is that……

11) For some，the way maybe right，nevertheless，for many others……

12) As everything going to the extreme has its negative aspects，so has……

13) It is fairly well know that……however，it is less know that……

14) ……，but this was not always the case.

15) At first，……different in their opinions，on second thoughts，however，all of them agree to……

16) None the less(尽管如此)……

17) When people succeed，it is because of hard work，however，luck has a lot to do with it too.

18) ……，sometimes it isn’t totally the case，however.

19) Do some A else but B.

五、名理句型

1) It is usually the case that ……

2) It is plain common sense——the more/less……the more/less……

3) The serious reality had taught us a lesson： not being environment friendly will be avenged mercilessly.

4) As a proverb says/as is known to all/as a popular saying goes，……

5) I can think of no better illustration than an English poem/adage which goes like this：……

6) The old story of……can serve as a good illustration that……

六、强调句型

1) With/due to/spurred by……we can certainly cope with any task we are faced with，that is，……

2) The reason why……is no other than……as I know.

3) The same thing is true with……

4) What I want to point out is that，for a person who wants to be successful in life and to be useful in society，he will have to learn to be both A and B.

5) What a wonderful picture? Especially for we students always swimming in the sea of books!

6) It’s high time that immediate measures were taken to better the strength and face the challenges.

7) Before everything else，……is the secret of success.

七、图表句型

1) From the figures/statistics given in the table it can be seen/noticed that……

2) From the graph/table/diagram/chart above，we can see that……obviously.

3) As show in the chart/by the graph……

4) Have you ever anticipated the prospects of……in the coming decades? Let us just take a look at the figures of……as shown in the graph above.

5) The gap between……and……will be further widened.

6) In face of increasingly serious shortage of energy，we should take effective measures/which of the measures we should take?

7) It is clear that the increase of percentage gets greater and greater.

8) By……，the number of……had less/more than doubled/tripled compared with that of……

9) 短语：made up about……/the figure amounted to/will rise to/will reach/will double that/will tripled that

With the rapid development of the society, many things around our life are changed. Personally speaking, my hometown has changed a lot.

When I was a child, there was only one black and white TV set in our village. And I don’t know what’s computer. I often went to school on foot. What’s more, in summer, we had to use hand-made fans to make our temperature down. If I wanted to connect with the distant friends or relatives,  the most convenient way is writing letters, which may lost on the way or take a lot of time to reach the destination.

However, nowadays, there are four color televisons in my home and most people have their own computers. And now cars are seen everywhere. In addition, most houses have airconditioning, which can cool the whole house quickly. With the development of cell phone, people can reach each other in a second. They can talk or see each other through cell phone.

As time passes, my hometown has change a lot thanks to the social development. I believe there will be much more changes in the future.

HuangMei is  my  hometown. It is  in  the  East  in  HuBei.It is East  on  the  city  named  AnQing  of   AnHui.And it is  south to   the  city  named  JiuJiang  of  JiangXi. It  is  a    great city  in  my  heart.It  has  a long  history for about  1800 years  in  China .Example .The  temple  named  SiZu  and  WuZu were   in  HuangMei for a  long  years-old.Today,Every  year  many   visitor  come  different part  to  there.As  a  daughter  from Huangmei.I  leaved it away  for  about  seven  years. But  I miss it everyday .Even  in  a lot of  my  dream  in  the  night  .I belive HuangMei will  be  richer and  richer .The  new  year  2009  will going .Tonight  I  hope  everything  will  be  well  in  my  new 26  years-old.All  my friends  will be  well.I  must  work  hard in   the new  year.I will be ain growth as  my  hometown .

中文：我的故乡在黄梅.黄梅位于湖北省的东部，它东接安徽省安庆府，南邻江西省九江市.在我心中，它是一座伟大的县城.它在中国史上约有1800余年的历史，像闻名遐迩的四祖寺，五祖寺在黄梅有很长时间的历史了.每年，都有来自不同地域的许多游客去那.我自离开故乡已是七载余，但是我却每天思念故乡，以致在梦里都是如此.作为从黄梅走出来的女儿，我坚信我的故乡会越来越富饶.新的2009就要来临，今晚我祝福新的一年将万事顺利，我所有的朋友都好.在新的26岁年轮里，我必须努力工作，我会像我的家乡一样成长.

Girls at a training course offered by the "Care for Girls" program in

Qingjian county, Shaanxi province, talked about their pursuit of dreams despite

living in unfavorable conditions.

Initiated by the National Health and Family Planning commission in 2013,

the program helps girls in underdeveloped regions to build their self-esteem and

self-confidence.

"I want to be a teacher teaching Chinese because I like Chinese and

writing," Xi said. "By teaching I can not only share knowledge with my students,

but also keep learning new things from new versions of textbooks."

She is living with her mother in a room that has no bathroom and costs 300

yuan ($48) a month to rent. Merit certificates she received from school are

displayed on the wall. Yan Lingling, Xis mother, said she is proud of her

daughter.

According to the family planning policy, couples in which both the husband

and wife have rural residential permits can have another child if their first is

a daughter. Yan said she isnt planning on adding to the family because she

wants to give her daughter the best she has.

"My husband is away most of the time, working in construction sites and

making no more than 30,000 yuan ($4,840) a year. I work as an hourly worker

sometimes. The rent of our apartment is expensive. One more child means one more

burden," Yan said.

Speaking about how she plans to achieve her dream of becoming a teacher, Xi

said: "I will not give up on my dream easily, though I know it may be difficult.

When something becomes difficult, it only makes me want to try harder."