初中英语作文常用的句型（精品20篇）

Panda is our country’s treasure, we should protect it. nowadays, we see from the TV that panda is less than before, it is not only because of the damage of the environment, but also the weakness of the panda. Everybody loves panda, it is so lovely, a panda has two black eyes, it is very lazy, it likes sleeping all the time. When we see its round body shape, we can’t help loving them. In order to see the lovely animal, we need to protect them. We must protect the environment, like not to throw the rubbish away, not to cut down the trees. We condemn such behavior that killing the animals. Protecting the animals is everybody’s job.

熊猫是我们国家的珍宝，我们应该保护它。现在，我们可以从电视上看到熊猫比以前少，这不仅因为环境的破坏，还因为熊猫自身的脆弱。大家都喜欢熊猫，它很可 爱，熊猫有两只黑色的眼睛，很懒，总是在睡觉。当我们看到熊猫圆圆的身形时，忍不住喜欢它们。为了看到这些可爱的动物，我们需要保护它们。我们必须保护环 境，比如不随处扔垃圾，不砍伐树木。我们谴责杀动物的行为。保护动物，人人有责。

Hi! Peter,

I’m glad to know you are having a good time in Chengdu.

TheSpring Festival is the most important festival in China. It is a custom to give lucky money to children. I get lucky money every year. I will put most of it in the bank, and spend the rest on some books. This year is no exception(也不例外) and I also got lucky money.With it, I bought some school things for several poor students in Ningxia，hoping the things can bring some happiness to them.

For you, I think it’s a good idea to buy a gift with the lucky money for your hostfamily before you leave China. You can also buy some Chinese gifts for your parents and friends in England. Or, just keep it as good memories.

I hope what I said can help you.

Yours,

Li Hua

Dear Mike,

How are you? Im really glad that you are interested in traditional Chinese

festivals. There are many traditional festivals in China, such as Spring

Festival, Mid-Autumn Day and so on. Id like to introduce the Spring Festival to

you. Spring Festival is the most important traditional holiday in China. It

usually lasts for 15 days.

Days before the festival, people clean their houses. They think cleaning

sweeps any bad luck. They decorate their houses with paper cuts. On the eve of

the festival, family members get together and have big meals. Then they watch

the Spring Festival Gala on TV. At midnight, they set off fireworks to welcome

the New Year. During the festival, kids get lucky money from old people. People

visit their relatives and friends. They wish each a happy year and good luck.

How happy we are.

Best wishes!

Yours,

Liu Wei

In our English Class, we often have group activities. There are usually three or four students in one group. In my opinion, the group activities help us study English better. First of all, we should know what the task is all about and how we will do it. Second, we have to make ourselves understood that what we try to conevy.

We should know that each group member should play a different role and students should work together.

If we have any questions, we should turn to our teacher for help.

At the same time, we should have communicate with our group members. Last but not least, we must preform our activities in front of the whole class. It helps us to learn English better.

在英语课堂中,我们经常组织集体活动。一般来说,每个组都有3、4名学生。在我看来,小组活动能帮助我们更好的学习英语。首先,我们得知道小组的任务是什么,我们应该怎么做。其次,我们要让他人明白自己所表达的东西。每个组员都扮演着不同的角色,学生们要相互合作。如果我们有任何问题,可以向老师求教。与此同时,我们应该与其他的组员进行交流。最后一点,我们必须要在全部同学的面前表演所接受的任务。做表演让我们的英语学得更好。

[初中英语作文：小组活动能帮助我们更好的学习英语

Every one has a different personality. I have an optimistic personality and

I always do everything happily. But not every one finds this easy. When I meet

people like this, I usually advise them to see the school councilor. There are

reasons why everyones personality is so different. If your parents love you and

care about you, then your personality will be healthy and happy. If your parents

dont, then your personality could sad and withdrawn. A persons personality

determines his or her future. So if you come across someone who is often

worried, you can try and help them or tell them to seek help from a

councilor.

Computer has been part of our life. We use it to work or to keep in touch

with our friends. Computer provides people a way to recognize the world and

share resources. For teenagers, they are so crazy about computer games. There

always news reports teenagers playing computer games for a long time. Some

people blame the company to create online games, while others criticize the

school for not educating children well. Actually, parents have much

responsibility to teach their children the danger of playing online game too

much. Whats more, not every child overuses computer, so it depends on their

behavior.

I enjoy singing very much. While singing, my heart as well as my body is

joyful. When Im happy, I often sing out to share my happiness with others. I

also sing out to pour out my bad feelings when Im upset.

I like pop music most, because I want to follow the trend. I prefer soft

music to rock music. Since we may be very tired after a long days work, we need

a rest very much. Perhaps soft music is the best recreation for us. My favorite

pop stars are JJ and Jay Chou. They always make a wonderful performance on the

stage. Their songs are so charming. I admire them very much.

In my spare time, I often sing a song to others. Everyone is so happy to be

my listener, because Im very brave and confident. Even though I couldnt be a

professional singer, I can still get a lot of good fun from singing. Because of

singing, my life becomes more colorful.

The way of learning English

Nowadays, English has become the international standard language. As China is stepping to the internationalization, learning English is more and more important. But many people find it hard to learn English well. According to my own learning experience, I think determination, read English materials and patience are the most significant.

如今，英语已经成为国际标准语言。由于中国正在迈向国际化，学习英语变得越来越重要。但是许多人发现很难学好英语。根据我自己的学习经验，我觉得决心，阅读英语材料和耐心是最重要的。

First of all, doing everything needs determination. Determination is a prerequisite to do something. When facing difficulty, the people who have determination will insist, on contrary, thepeople who don’t have determinatin are easily give up. Thus, if people wants to do something well, the first thing they need to do is to make up their mind. Secondly,reading English materials is a great help for learning English. It can help people raise sense for English language,have interest and confidence in Engilsh. That will help people a lot in the process of learning. Last, patience is necessary in English learning. Most people will feel difficult to learn English at the beginning. The people without patience will often upset towards learning English. As a result, it will increase the difficulties of learning English and vice versa.

首先，做所有的事情都需要决心。决心是做一件事的一个先决条件。面对困难时，有决心的人会坚持下去，相反，那些没有决心的人则很容易放弃。因此，如果有人想完成一件事情，他们要做的第一件事是下定决心。其次，阅读英语材料对学习英语有很大的帮助。它可以帮助人们提高英语语感，对英语有兴趣和信心。这将在学习的过程中对人们的帮助很大。最后，耐心在英语学习中是必须的。刚开始学习英语的时候大多数人都会觉得很难。没有耐心的人对学习英语会经常感到心烦。结果就是增加了学习英语的困难，反之亦然。

In general, determination, reading English materials and patience are the effective ways to learn English. If people recognize those, they will learn it well sooner or later.

总之，决心，阅读英语材料和耐心是学习英语的有效途径。如果人们意识到这些，他们迟早都会学好它的。

[学习英语的方法初中英语作文

My grandma likes gardening very much. she is over sixty,but she is still busy with her work.She grows all sorts of flowers and plants in her small garden.Its interesting that all the flowers and plants in her garden grow well.

No matter when you come to visit her garden you can always find beautiful flowers there.My grandmother doesnt just work hard in the garden. she sometimes sits in the middle and listens to music.

She says music helps the plants grow well. maybe that’s true.

My grandma is really a clever lady.

This morning,as we all know,this is a special day___our Chinese national festival.so we go out of home, and began to preper for somthing for the day.

There were so many people with smiles on their faces in the street.we had the same feelings to think about a family get-together.mum and dad are in the countryside,I wonder if we can get back home,or we only wait their coming.by the calling back,parents would come here.and the next time,its our busy in buying diferent food time.but thats the beginning.after doing that,when we went back home,mm called back and told that they perhaps didnt come.this is really a bad news,what should we do with the food?

A short thought while,we took all the things to go to the bus stop.so busy the stop is!there was no any tickets more.no other way we could do,only paiy more money to get back.you know,20 yuan, how sad we were!all the things were ready,we finished the activities about the festival.stayed at home by watching TV in the afternoon.

The day will be end.the festival finished with no feeling,just like other poor days. no much time to study hard,its true that lazy is aroud me.sorry for readers.still hope you happy the day!

A letter of thanks

Dear mother ,

The mothers day is coming and I would like to say “Happy mothers day” in

this letter. I love you and thank you so much for everything you did for me.

This day，I will stay away and cant give you my appreciation at home. I know I

will watch myself，so dont worry about me. I am doing very well on my study. My

schoolmates and teachers are all very nice. Though I cant be at home， I hope

you will have a wonderful mothers day.

Your son,

Li ming

We all wish (hope) to be happy, so we should take good care of our health.

Health is the best treasure (which) a man can possess. Money can do many things, but it cannot buy happiness. However, so long as man has good health, he can enjoy the pleasures of human life.

In order to insure good health we must pay attention to three things. They are-nourishing food, fresh air and proper exercise.

我们大家都希望快乐，所以我们应该好好保重健康。一个病人因为失去健康而很少快乐。

健康是一个人所能拥有最好的财富。钱能做许多事情，但是它却不能购买。然而，只要一个人有良好的健康，他就能享受人生的乐趣。

为了保证良好的健康，我们必须注意三件事情。它们是营养食物，新鲜空气和正当运动。

[初中生英语日记良好的健康

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Winter vacation this year, I had a very full.

Just have a holiday, my mother had to go to work, all is me a person at home during the day, my mother just home for lunch at noon. Mom said, to do things to QianJinHouSong. I hope to finish the homework early, so I basic schedules in accordance with the school, but I didnt go to school in the morning, of course, the early, to school, the day hasnt light is about to get up. Just a few days, the teacher assigned written homework, I had already finished, the rest is back to the tang dynasty, every day to review English and finish this semester did not finish the exercises. In spare time, I read books, this winter holiday Ive looked at a few books - "Chinese childrens literature", "love education", sometimes I also can see the readers digest. Now I was watching writer zhou guoping wrote "niu".

【参考译文】

今年寒假，我过得十分充实。

刚放假的那会儿，妈妈要上班，白天都是我一个人在家，妈妈只是中午回家做个午饭。妈妈说过，做事情要前紧后松。我希望早点完成作业，所以我基本按照学校的作息时间，不过，我早上起床当然没有上学的时候的早，上学时，天还没亮就要起床了。才几天，老师布置的书面作业，我就已经完成了，剩下的就是每天背唐诗，复习英语以及把这学期没有做完的练习题完成。在空闲的时候，我会看课外书，这个寒假我已经看了几本课外书——《中国儿童文学》，《爱的教育》，有时候我也会看《读者》。我现在正在看作家周国平写的《妞妞》。

This is my first impression of Mr.Lu Xun.He was "Head-bowed as a willing

ox" day and night to change the destiny of the nation rather busy.Frail,he was

literary giant.Mr.Lu Xun humor,and no lack of cordial.He hated the dark as the

devil,but a lot of the benefit of others,to play down their own.In my opinion,he

is ordinary and great people!There is a sub-heat,made a spectrophotometry."Mr.Lu

Xun,Lu Xun article will always be the history of Chinas most dazzling bright

light.

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

Today, people count on the high-tech products so much, we can see no matter

where we are, we could find people low down their hands, playing their

cellphones. About two years ago, it is very popular that people shopping online,

now as the function of cellphone has been highly developed, people can use their

cellphone to shop online. As shopping online is so convenient, more and more

people like to buy things online, especially the men, because they don’t like to

go out, now the Internet can help them shop in a quick way. The things online

are various, people can search what they want and compare with the price, they

can buy the products they want. Shopping online is the new way for people to

purchase, in the future, it will be more and more popular. The Internet provides

people’s life.

1. China needs to reexamine the results of political and social modernization in order to ascertain the benefits and indeed the detrimental aspects from a new perspective . Otherwise , various perceived accomplishments might in fact prove to be far from beneficial .

中国需要重新检查政治和社会现代化带来的结果以便从新的角度明确它们的好处，甚至是有害的方面。否则，许多我们以为取得的成就实际上可能完全不会带来好处。

2. It is essential to heed warnings of potentially catastrophic consequences associated with the Year 2000 computer bug and , in turn , to attach top priority to finding effective solutions to ensure a smooth transition into the new century .

我们必须注意有关计算机千年虫可能带来的灾难性结果的警告，并且相应地优先考虑寻找有效的解决办法以确保顺利过渡到新世纪。

3. It is high time we put an end to the deplorable practice of infanticide.

我们早该杜绝杀婴这种应遭谴责的做法。

4. There is little doubt that immediate action is required to eliminate the scourge of corruption once and forever .

毫无疑问，必须立即采取行动彻底消除****的祸害。

5. In short , we must work diligently to make the world a better place for coming generations . We must not persist in pursuits harmful to the environment .

简而言之，我们必须勤奋工作，为了下一代把世界变成更美好的地方。我们不应该坚持对环境有害的追求。

6. We must avoid overindulgence and conspicuous consumption . We must instead continue to recognize the benefits of thrift in order to protect our newfound prosperity .

我们必须避免过分放纵和铺张浪费。相反，我们应该继续发扬节俭的优点以守护我们新获得的繁荣。

我的英语老师并不是我的班主任，但她也并没有因为这个而更偏向于她的班级，相反，她总是一视同仁。

英语老师带着一副没有任何装饰的眼镜，就像她的性格，很直，虽然有时说话会有些重，但每个同学也都是明白他的用心良苦的;她的眉毛很浓，这也算是远看上去，老师最大的特点了吧;老师的个子也是不高，几乎全班同学都会有她高，但是她在同学们的心中却是无比高大的……但无论如何，老师的教学水平还是很不错的。

我是英语课代表，所以在英语方面我是一向不敢有一点怠慢的，在之前的每一次考试中，我也是有惊无险的坐在第一名的宝座上(在这里说一句实在话，这真的是很累，每次都得付出那么多，我也都是有一些厌烦了)。但是上次的期末考试，确实让我栽了个跟头，我的英语成绩一向是维持在140分左右的，考试这次竟然130分都考不到，这让我有些惊讶，更有些害怕，在几天后的通英语老师的交谈中，我也是从她的眼神中看到了一丝失望，这让我下定决心在今后一定要更加发奋学习。

当然，在英语方面，我也是犯了一些原则性的错误。前几天，老师突然在早上检查起了作业，要知道平日里老师是很少用课堂上的时间来做这样耽误时间的事的。可是那天，也是因为我的一些失误，作业有些未完成的没有告诉老师(再说句实话，告诉老师，真的很得罪人，就是因为怕得罪人，所以.....可是，世界上哪里有不自私的人啊?!!)也是被狠批了一顿，并跟着他们被多布置了几遍作业。对此，我很是心服，我也当然知道这是不对的，是害了同学。可是我却是因为怕得罪同学，我觉得这是我思想上的问题，今后我也应当正确承担起课代表应付的责任，真心为同学服务，所以，这也应了一开始我就说的话，老师对一切同学都是一视同仁的!

这便是我的英语老师，一个能够一视同仁，为同学着想，一个真正让我心服的老师!

学。

When we are chatting with our friends happily, suddenly if we are talking about the awkward topic, we need to do something to change this situation, what are we gonna do?

The answer is using your humor to make things seem easy, and then your friends won’t take your awkward topic seriously. Humor is very important, it can adjust the atmosphere, making things work easily.

Life needs humor, without humor, life would be boring. Foreign people like to make friends with humorous people, they can feel relax when they are chatting, while most Chinese people are always taking things too seriously.

I like to make friends with humorous guys, they make me feel life is easy, and we should positive about life.

当我们和朋友聊得很开心的时候，突然如果我们聊到很尴尬的话题，需要做一些事情来改变情形，我们该怎么做呢？答案是使用你的幽默来让事情看起来轻松些，然后你的朋友就不会把你尴尬的话题当真。幽默很重要，它可以调整氛围，让事情更好地运行。生活需要幽默，没有幽默，生活就会很无聊。外国人喜欢和幽默的人交朋友，他们聊天的时候可以感到很轻松自在，然而大部分中国人总是把事情看得很正式。我喜欢和幽默的人交朋友，他们让我觉得自由，对生活要积极。

[初中英语作文：生活需要幽默

explain... to sb.向某人解释……

look upon sb. as...把某人看作……

think sb. to be...认为某人是……

take sb.’sside站在某人的立场上

would like to do...愿意做……

allow sb. to do...允许某人做……

keep/prevent sb. from doing sth.阻止某人做某事

be afraid to do/be afraid of...害怕……

feel like doing sth.喜欢做某事

insist on doing sth.坚持做某事

drive sb. off赶走某人

think highly of sb./speak highly of sb.高度评价某人

speak ill of sb.对某人评价很差

force sb. to do...逼迫某人做……

offer to do...主动做……

refuse to do...拒绝做……

agree to do...同意做……

regret doing...后悔做了……

prefer to do A rather than do B愿意做……而不愿做……

had better do...最好做……

would rather (not) do(不)愿做……

have the habit of doing...有做……的习惯

have trouble in doing...做……有困难

make up one’smind to do...下决心做……

prepare sth. for...准备好做……

give up doing...放弃……

do sth. as usual像往常一样做某事

do what he wants us to do做他要求我们做的事

set about doing...开始做……

try one’sbest to do...=go all out to do...全力以赴做……

get into trouble遇到困难

help sb. out帮某人的忙

wait for sb. to do...等某人做……

find a way to do...发现做……的方法

make friends with sb.与某人交朋友

show(tell) sb. how to do...告诉某人怎么做……

take(send) sb. to...带(派)某人去……

I’m trying to find...我尽力找到……

It is dogged (that) does it.天下无难事,只怕有心人。

I’m afraid we are out of...恐怕……用完了

feel a little excited about doing...因做……感到兴奋

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1. 认为，主张argue, maintain, hold, believe

2. 考虑take…sth. into consideration, consider, ponder, meditate, contemplate, think over, reflect on/ upon, meditate on the matter(思考这问题), ponder over

3. 下结论，断定come into conclusion, arrive at the conclusion, draw the conclusion, conclude, decide, assert(宣称)

4. 获得acquire, obtain, attain, reap

5. 赢得，取得earn, gain, procure

6. 支持，赞成approve of, in favor of, uphold, stand by ones side, agree with, give ones assent

7. 提倡advocate, recommend

8. 反对opposite, object to

9. 抵制resist

10. 意义深远的，重大的far-reaching, profound, significant, eventful(变故多的,重要的)

11. 重要的，有决定性的vital, crucial, critical, decisive

12. 充分运用optimize, make best use of, make full use of,

13. 使用employ, utilize(vt.)

14. 应用apply

15. 后来，然后 afterwards, later on, later, after all

16. 高兴的，心情好的be in a good mood, happy, cheerful, joyful, joyous, pleased, delighted

17. 当前，目前nowadays, at present, currently, presently

18. 表达voice, convey, express, deliver, communicate

19. 描绘，描述，描写depict, describe, picture

20. 勤奋的，勤勉的 diligent, studious(慎重的), industrious, assiduous

21. 认真的，谨慎的 conscientious, cautious

22. 冷静的，清醒的sober, reasonable, sensible, rational

23. 聪明的，有才智的intelligent，bright，wise，brilliant

24. 疲惫不堪的exhausted，fatigued，run-down，worn-out，weary

25. 适应be adapted to，be accustomed to，be adjusted to

26. 阻碍，阻止hinder(后面的), curb(路边), hamper, restrain, prevent, ward off, avoid

27. 好处，优点 advantage，merit，benefit

28. 坏处，缺点 disadvantage, defect, flaw, drawback, deficiency

29. 参加participate in, attend, take part in, go in for, engage in

30. 集中精力于 focus on, center on, concentrate on

31. 专心于 set ones mind on

32. 抽出时间做set aside, put aside, spare

33. 依赖，依靠rely on, lean on

34. 沮丧的，失意的 frustrated, discouraged, depressed, down-hearted, disheartened, low-spirited

35. 努力做，尽力做attempt to, make efforts to, endeavor(尽力) to, manage to do

36. 进步，成就，成绩advancement, achievement, accomplishment, feat, fulfillment, progress (v)

37. 志气，抱负，渴望 aspiration, ambition, yearning, thirst, long for, aspire after/ aspire to sth./ aspire to do sth.

38. 禁止ban, disallow(不接受), prohibit, forbid, ban sth./ ban sb. from doing

39. 除……之外 apart from, in addition to, along with

40. 开展，实施，做practice, carry on, conduct, perform, implement (bring into effect, put in practice.)