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英国文化英语介绍加翻译【精选20篇】

很多时候,我们需要向他人介绍自己,让别人知道自己是谁,这样是让别人认识自己的一种途径。以下是小编整理的英国文化英语介绍加翻译,欢迎大家借鉴与参考!

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自我介绍的小学生英语

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Hello , my English name is Janice , my Chinese name is Fu Xiao Tong . I m ten years old , I m live in GuangZhou ji nan hua yuan .

I have a one brother and one sister . Everyone Loves us . But they often compare my brother and sister with me . This makes me angry . I don t want to be like my brother and sister . I only want to be myself .

I like skipping , But good at skipping .

I m friendly . If you need help , please come to me . I ll help you . I hope we can be good friends.

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篇1:大学开学1分钟自我介绍英语大众版

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Hello everybody. My name is Stone. I come from Sichuan province in China.

I am very happy to come here to study with you.When I arrived at this school three days ago, I fell in love with it.It is so beautiful and exciting here, and everyone is kind to me especially Kim.This class feels just like one big family to me.

I’m interested in sports, music and mountain climbing.I also enjoy playing soccer. I would love to play with you sometime.I hope I can become your friend soon. Thank you very much.

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篇2:英语日记美好的一天及翻译

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June 13th Friday

It is a fine day today. There are some clouds in the sky, but the sun is shining. Mr Jones is with his family. They are walking on the bridge. There are some boats on the river. Mr Jones and his wife are looking at them. Sally is looking at a big ship. The ship is going under the bridge. Tim is looking at an aeroplane. The aeroplane is flying over the river.

译文:美好的一天

今天,天气晴朗,空中有少许云朵,天阳在照耀着。琼斯先生和他的家人在一起。她们在桥上走着,河面上有几艘小船,琼斯先生和他的夫人正看着它们,莎莉正看着一艘大船。它正从桥下经过。蒂姆在看着一架飞机,这架飞机正从河上空飞过。

[英语日记美好的一天及翻译

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篇3:英语大赛自我介绍

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Goodafternoon, teachers! Today, I`m very happy to make a speech here. Now, let me introduce myself.

My name is ZhuRuijie. My English name is Molly. I`m 12. I come from Class1 Grade 6 of TongPu No.2 Primary School. I`m an active girl. I like playing basketball. Because I think it`s very interesting. I`d like to eat potatoes. They`re tasty. My favourite colour is green. And I like math best. It`s fun. On weekend, I like reading books in my room. I have a happy family.

My father is tall and strong.My mother is hard-working and tall, too. My brother is smart. And I`m a good student. My dream is to be a teacher, because I want to help the poor children in the future. Thank you for listening! Please remember me!

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篇4:小学英语自我介绍的

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My name is Simon. Im 24 years old now. Im from Changsha University. I

major in English, because I have the gift for language study.

In my opinion, English is well-known all around the world. If I can speak

excellent English, I could travel to everywhere in the world without language

barriers. Now I can speak English like an American. Most of my classmates always

envy my oral English.

I like traveling very much. Through traveling, I can widen my perspective

and know more about our world. Now I have been to so many cities, such as

Guangzhou, Zhuhai, and Zhongshan. These cities are nice, clean and modern.

I think Im easy-going and hard-working. When Im at work, I always try my

best to do everything well. I never let others do anything that I can do, and I

never put off todays work to tomorrow. When you have difficulties, I’m eager to

give you a hand if Im able to. I hope I can be your best friend.

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篇5:以假期为主题的英语作文以及中文翻译

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I had a fun and special holiday。On Monday,I did my homework and read some interesting story-books。Tuesday morning,I went to a big nice supermarket。I bought a lot of food。Then I ate them。Oh,they were yummy!In the afternoon,I played ping-pong with my father。 I won the match。I was so happy。Wednesday morning,I played chess with my mother。My mother won the game。But I was not sad。Because it was only a game。We played,we had fun。Wednesday evening,I watched TV with my parents。My parents are always busy。They have no time to play with me。But that night we were very close,very happy!

I love this special holiday!

我有一个饶有趣味并且特殊的假期。在星期一,我做了回家作业,还读了一些有趣的故事书。星期二的早晨,我去了一个又大又漂亮的超市。我买了很多食物,接着我吃掉了它们。哦,它们真美味!下午,我与爸爸打起了乒乓。我战胜了他。我非常开心。星期三早上,我和我妈妈下棋,我妈妈赢了比赛,但是我不伤心,因为它只是一个游戏。我们在游戏中获得了乐趣。星期三晚上,我和我的父母一起看电视。他们总是很忙。他们没有时间陪我玩。但是那个晚上我们很亲密,非常高兴!

我爱这个特殊的假期!

[以假期为主题英语作文以及中文翻译

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篇6:英语口语自我介绍

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My name is Li Yang.I graduated from Lanzhou University and majored Mechanical Engineering.

I was once a poor student of English,and it was my biggest headache and trouble-maker.I got sick and tired of learning boring grammar rules and lifeless words.

But through hard work in practicing speaking English and breaking away from the traditional grammar games,I found myself a totally different and exciting new world.Not only did I pass Band four and Band six College English Exams very easily with high marks,but importantly,I began to use English.

Finally,I developed a new Language Cracking System myself,I began to teach German not long after I started to learn this terribly difficult language in my own way.It was a miracle but I made it.英语口语自我介绍篇二

Hello everybody.My name is (Lily) .Im (twenty )years old. I live in (beijing)。I very love English. I read English every day. I yell English every day, My favorite sports are tennis and swimming.

I play tennis all the time since Im a child. My father is a doctor and my mother is a teacher. We are all interested in English. My parents want me to be an English thacher when I graduate. I hope we can be friends.lets help each other from now. 英英语口语自我介绍篇三

My name is XX .21years old. Graduated from XX school. My hobbies, such as reading extensively, dancing, singing, etc. I think English is very useful to us, because the world many people speak English, if I can speak good English, I can talk with them and with their friends.

So I hope to have the chance to exercise myself. In my home, my father has three people in the catering company work, my mother is a housewife, I sometimes very outgoing personality sometimes love quiet, I believe I can do this job. Glad to meet you can today.

I hope you can give me this opportunity, thank you。

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篇7:少儿英语大赛自我介绍

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My name is Liyuanyuan. Im a boy and I am 12 yeas old, there are 4 people in my family. My father is a Chemistry teacher. He teaches chemistry in Zhengxin senior high school. My mother is a Chinese teacher. She teaches Chinese in the university. I have an elder brother; he is a junior middle school student and is preparing for the entrance exam. Im tall and I have a pair of big eyes. Now, I am in Grade 5, my study is not very good, but I like English, so my English is better than others. I like singing, drawing, playing basketball.

I like to read English story books in my free time. Sometimes I surf the Internet and download the English study materials. Because it also enlarges my vocabulary words. I think one day I can master English. Thank you.

我的名字叫黎圆圆,我是男孩,今年12岁,我们家有四口人,爸爸是一个化学老师,他在正心高中教化学,妈妈是个语文老师,她在大学里教书,我有一个哥哥,他是初中生,他准备参加入学考试,我很长的很高,眼睛很大,现在我已经五年级了,我学习不是非常好。

但是我喜欢英语,所以我的英语比别的科目好,我喜欢唱歌、画画、打篮球,在空余的时间我喜欢读英语故事书,有时也会上网和并下载英语学习资料,因为这样可以增加我的词汇量,我想我会掌握好英语。

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篇8:我的爱好英语作文与翻译

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Everyone has his or her hobbies. My hobby is collecting stamps. I collect all kinds of stamps, mostly Chinese stamps. I started collecting stamps when I was in my elementary school. I enjoy collecting stamps because I can learn many things from these stamps. I hope my stamp collection will grow slowly to include foreign stamps. I plan to have many pen pals and exchange letters with them, so I can collect more stamps from letters.

每个人都有他或她的爱好。我的爱好是收集邮票。我收集各种邮票,大多是中国邮票。我在小学时开始集邮。我喜欢收集邮票,因为我可以从这些邮票中学习很多东西。我希望我的邮票收藏会慢慢的增长,包括外国邮票。我计划有许多笔友,并与他们交换信件,这样我就可以收集更多的邮票信件。

[我的爱好英语作文与翻译

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篇9:介绍元宵节的英语

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There was a sea of people, and the lanterns were gathered together like a meeting. Its hilarious. The lantern dazzled me. The lamp has big, small, color is different, the shape is strange. The most interesting thing is the golden pig lamp. Let me introduce you!

The golden pig lamp was made of several pieces of wire, and the body was made of a few golden sponges. A few smiles on her face. Really cute! It looks like running. The pig tail of the golden pig had a note on it, which said: happy Lantern Festival.

After watching the eye-catching golden pig lamp, go to the green light!

Two hands came out from below, beside the woods and meadows. There is also an o line "stream", "brook" water is really "clear see low" ah. You can think of it as a mirror! There are two bamboo rafts in the "stream" of the word "stream". I think they must be looking at the scenery! How is it? Its beautiful!

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篇10:学生的自我介绍英语带翻译

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Hello,everybody.大家好

My names(  ).我的名字叫( )

Im in Class( )Grade six of(  )school.我在( )学校6年级()班级 Im tall(short).Im ( )centimeters.我很高(矮),我()厘米。 I like English very much.我非常喜欢英语

Beacuse English is interesting.因为英语很有趣。

So my English is very good.所以,我的英语很好。

I acquire many award.我获得过很多奖项。

I hope that every of you will love me。希望大家能喜欢我。

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篇11:介绍家乡的初二英语作文

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My hometown has many scenic places, there are four spring like Longtan cave, fruit fragrance has a charming scenery and pinnacle, psc...... But my favorite is the mountain of my hometown.

In the hot summer day, my father took me to climb the mountain and looked up from the foot of the mountain. "The peak is so high that it seems to be in the sky." Look at the steep stone steps, one layer and one layer. It seems that there is no way to find it, alas! As I wanted to give up, my father said to me, "do things to the end!" At last, I began to climb the mountain. I grabbed the weeds with my hands. My legs pressed hard. Soon we climbed half the mountain, and I climbed and climbed in this steep mountain. I didnt know that I was so flexible. At this time, my stomach rumbled up, suddenly a red fruit aroma drifting, I smell the fragrance found a tall red fruit tree, the tree node is full of big and sweet red fruit, I just want to greedy DC slobber, climbed up the tree to pick one to eat, suddenly. A ripe red fruit from the tree fell down, I quickly picked up the red fruit, Dakoutaikou to eat it, "ah, really sweet!".

After a long time, we arrived at the top of the mountain and looked out. It turned out that Miyi was located in the mountain. I roared, "ah... Ah... Ah...! " I hear the echo from the mountain.

I love my hometown, I love the mountain of my hometown.

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篇12:春节习俗介绍英语作文

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在中国,凡逢春节和其他的喜庆日子,人们总要燃放爆竹来表示庆贺.燃放爆竹可以说是中国民间一个十分重要的风俗习惯.

爆竹也叫"炮竹","爆仗","炮仗",平常人们更习惯叫"鞭炮",有大约2000多年的历史了.最早的爆竹叫"庭燎".是用竹竿一类的东西做成火炬,燃烧时发出噼噼啪啪的爆裂声,也叫"爆竿.

燃放爆竹风俗最早起因于驱鬼除邪,祈求一年的吉祥顺利.传说,有个叫做"山臊"的四角怪兽和恶鬼平常藏在深山,每隔365天便出来伤害人畜.这些无恶不做的坏东西害怕爆炸的声音和亮光.于是,每到岁末年首,人们就争着燃放鞭炮,用来驱赶"山臊"和恶鬼.

中国的唐代发明火药以后,人们便把火药放进竹筒,点燃后发出巨大的声音,这种爆竹叫做"爆竹筒".到了宋代,爆竹的制作方法改为把火药装进用纸卷成的筒里,名字也叫爆竹了.后来人们开始把许多小的炮仗用药线连接起来,成为"一发连百余响不绝"的鞭炮.讲究的鞭炮用红颜色的纸制作,鞭炮爆炸后,红屑满地,人称"满地红",表示吉利.随着发展,鞭炮的品种和色彩也由原来的单调发展得丰富多彩,有小鞭炮,电光雷,母子雷,射天炮,百头,千头鞭,甚至还有几万头长的鞭炮.

现在,随着人们环保意识的加强,燃放鞭炮的习俗在中国很多大城市中受到禁止.但是,聪明的中国人依然想出了其他热闹的庆祝节日的办法.

Useful Words and Expression The spring festival(春节)

generation gap(代沟)

stereotyped concept/opinion(传统观念)

commercialized versions(商业化版本)

shopping rush(购物热)

tourism-oriented trend(春节旅游化趋势)

spring outing(春游)

the spring festival eve dinner(年夜饭)

spring festival couplets(pasted on gatepost or door panels)(春联)

Variety Show on CCTV-1(春节联欢晚会)

migrant workers(民工)

home-returning(返乡)

white-collar(白领)

petty bourgeoisie(小资)

over-loaded transportation during the spring festival(春运)

pay aNew Year call(拜年)

Christmas prayer(religious aspect)(圣诞祷告)

the thorough house-cleaning(年前大扫除)

etraditional entertainment(playing cards,mahjong)(传统娱乐节目,如打扑克,玩麻将)

The Spring Festival is anational holiday.

On that day,people often play firecrackers,hang lantern,affix Spring Festival couplets and New Year paintings,pay New Years call and eat Jiao-zi.

For the children,the most exited thing is fetting their gift money.

It is really ahappy day.

上面的生词是必须要的,是介绍春节的

春节是全国人民的假期.

那天,人们常常放鞭炮,挂灯笼,贴春联和年画,互相拜年,和吃饺子.

对于孩子们来说,最兴奋的是能得到压岁钱.

那真是一个让人愉快的日子

Spring Festival The Spring Festival is very important to Chinese people.

In the past,people could not often have meat,rice or other delicious food.They could only eat these during the Spring festival.So every year they hoped that the Spring Festival would come soon.Now,although peoples life is much better,and we can eat the delicious foods everyday.People still like the festiv al.Because most people can have along holiday,and we are free to go on atrip or visit our friends or have parties with our family.In the evenings,we can have abig meal in the restaurant or stay at home with family and watch the TV programmes.

I like the Spring Festival very much.How wonderful the Spring Festival is!

春节见闻英语作文1 Far and away the most important holiday in China is Spring Festival,also known as the Chinese New Year.To the Chinese people it is as important as Christmas to people in the West.the dates for this annual celebration are determined by the lunar calendar rather than the GREgorian calendar,so the timing of the holiday varies from late January to early February.

To the ordinary Chinese,the festival actually begins on the eve of the lunar New Years Day and ends on the fifth day of the first month of the lunar calendar.But the 15th of the first month,which normally is called the Lantern Festival,means the official end of the Spring Festival in many parts of the country.

春节见闻英语作文2 Spring Festival is the most importantand popular festival in China.Before Spring Festival,the people usually clean and decorate their houses.And they go to the Flower Fairs to buy some flowers.During Spring Festival,the adults usually give lucky money to children.People often get together and have abig meal.Some people eat dumpling for dinner.

I love Spring Festival.

春节见闻英语作文3 The spring Festival is coming soon!The festivel is considereded the most important one for Chinese people.It is on the first day of lunar year.It is also the day of reunion among family members.During these days,people would say"happy new year!or wish you make fortune!to each other.They would also visit their relatives and friends.Children would be given"red packets".Children would have more to eat and play than usual.Playing firecrackers is also apopular game for children.春节见闻英语作文

春节见闻英语作文4 Spring Festival is the most important festival in China.Its to celebrate the lunar calendars new year.In the evening before the Spring Festival,families get together and have abig meal.In many places people like to set off firecrackers.Dumplings are the most traditional food.Children like the festival very much,because they can have delicious food and wear new clothes.They can also get some money from their parents.This money is given to children for good luck.People put New Year scrolls on the wall for good fortune.

The Spring Festival lasts about 15days long.People visit relatives and friends with the words"Have all your wishes".People enjoy the Spring Festival,during this time they can have agood rest.

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篇13:英语日记带翻译

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My New Deskmate

My new deskmate is a boy of sixteen. His name is Zhang Gao. He is 1.8

meters tall. His strongly-built body and sun-tanned skin make him look like a

sportsman. He has two big dark eyes under a pair of thick eyebows. It seems that

they are always smiling at you. Compared with my yellow hair, his hair is black

and thick. He speaks a little bit fast but very clearly. However, he likes to

gesture from time to time while hes talking. He has a dream of becoming a famous

actor one day. I believe his dream will come true because of his handsome face

and well-developed figure.

我的新同桌是一个16岁的男孩。他叫张高,身高一米八。结实的身材、晒黑的皮肤使他看起来像运动员。他浓浓的眉毛下有一双又黑又大的眼睛,似乎总是在对人微笑。与我的黄头发相比,他有一头浓密的黑发。他的语速有点快,但相当清楚,只是他说话时爱打手势。他的理想是当一名演员,我想他英俊的长相和匀称的身材定会让他好梦成真。

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篇14::介绍小兔子的英语作文

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In my neighbor Liu grandmother at home, there is a very cute little white rabbit. Long ears, red eyes, small nose, short tail, a white hair, it became a lively and lovely little white rabbit.

When the white rabbits eat, vigilance of the incredible, it first walked around the food, and staring at the food, walked for about a minute, and then slowly close to touch the food with his feet, and then flew Open to determine the safety, and then come back to eat! Sometimes, the little white rabbit and I am very warm. I got my hand close, at first it was very frightened, flew away, motionless, and then slowly approached, rubbed my hand with my head, and I gently stroked it, it was happy to roll on the floor, naughty The

If the white rabbit would like to sleep, then, will lie on the side, motionless, while fell asleep. Little rabbit is very cute when sleeping! It is lying on the body, four legs straight, and sometimes, it is still asleep legs still moving it! May be dreaming! Children, this little rabbit is very cute, right?

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篇15:春节英语作文带翻译

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Last years Spring Festival is special. My uncle and my aunt came back from

Shanghai. My family were very happy to spend the Spring Festival with them. And

it was the most exciting festival of all the festivals.

On New Years Eve,my father and my uncle talked about their work together.

My mum did some cooking with my aunt. Grandparents and I watched the New Year TV

programmes. At about six o’clock, we had a special family dinner. We all thought

the dumplings were delicious.

On the first day of the New Year, we visited our relatives. In the

afternoon,we went shopping in Jiefang Road. My uncle bought some Jays CDs. He

likes Jay’s music very much. There were so many people on the road. It was more

alive than any other time of a year.

On the second and the third days,we spent a wonderful weekend in the

country. There were much bigger trees than in the city. And the animals were

more beautiful than in the city. We all enjoyed ourselves.

I had an interesting Spring Festival. How about you?

我的春节

去年的春节是特别的。我的叔叔和我的阿姨从上海回来。我的家人都很高兴与他们共度春节。,这是最令人兴奋的节日的节日。

在新年前夕,我父亲和我叔叔一起谈论他们的`工作。我妈妈和我阿姨做了一些烹饪。祖父母和我看到新年的电视节目。大约6点钟,我们有一个特殊的家庭聚餐。我们都认为饺子是美味的。

在新年的第一天,我们参观了我们的亲戚。在下午,我们去购物在解放路。我叔叔买了一些周杰伦的cd。他非常喜欢周杰伦的音乐。有那么多人在路上。这是活着比其他任何一年的时间。

在第二和第三天,我们在乡下度过了愉快的周末。有更大的树比城市。和动物比在城市更美丽。我们都玩得很开心。

我有一个有趣的春节。你呢?

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篇16:传统文化英语作文高2

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The human race has entered a completely new stage in its history,along with

the advance of the society and the increaceingly rapid economic globalization

and urbanization, which resulted in the phenomenon that we are accustomed to

living a very fast rhythm lifestyle,ignoring the Chinese traditional

culture.

It is universally acknowledged that Chinese culture has a history of more

than two thousand years, which once had great influence on the world, such as

Japan, South Korea and other Asian and European countries. As one of the four

ancient civilizations,China creates many splendid cultures,such as the four

ancient Chinese inventions,which benefited human society in the history.

Although China risks copying the Western lifestyle’s worst aspects,

especially of unhealthy eating and drinking,Which once gave rise to many

problems.Fortunately,Chinese begin to realize the importance of Chinese

traditional culture.Such examples might be given easily,Chinese traditional

culture was added into our CET4 and CET6 ,which help us get hold of it

better.

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篇17:短篇英语日记带翻译

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Today, I opened my free forum and I was very happy because I could do a lot

of things there. I decided to upgrade my forum and make it interesting. Then I

will make it grow up and at the same time, I can write down what I want to say

there. I will be very happy.

今天我开通了自己的免费论坛,我很高兴。因为我可以在那里做很多事。我决定要好好改造我的论坛,让他变得很新奇。然后我就会慢慢地让他成长起来,同时在那里写下我的心声。那样我会很快乐。

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篇18:介绍打游戏英语作文

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Nowadays playing computer games is a very common hobbies, especially among young people and teenagers. However there are many arguements on whether computer games are advantageous to people or not.

Although many people doubt the advantages of computer games, if used wisely computer games can actually be used in educational purposes, for example typing games to allow students to learn typing English or Chinese. Also another advantage of computer game is that the games may be played together among friends or family members, which may improve the relationship between family members and allow parents to know more about their children on their hobbies and interests.

However computer games if misused can also have very bad effects on human beings. Firstly spending long time in front of the computer screen will bring to various health problems, such as eye sore, back pain and headache. Also if people spend too much time on computer games rather than the work they should do, for example school work for students and projects and presentations for employees, it may have bad effects on their real life and social life status.

It is true for everything that it is beneficial if used wisely, therefore although computer games are widely said to be bad for people, it can still be used as a good tool if used wisely.

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篇19:英语日记带翻译

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Next week I would like to go to Kaifeng and parents。 Kaifeng has many great

snacks, such as steamed buns, sesame seed Gaul。 Kaifeng also on the famous

Qingming River Park, I think it has to be very beautiful。 My parents will be

opened to see my uncle and live in his house one night。

翻译:下周我要和我的父母去开封。开封有许多十分棒的小吃,比如小笼包子、高卢烧饼。开封还有著名的清明上河园,我想那必须十分的漂亮。我和我的父母将会在开封见到我的叔叔,并住在他家一晚。

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篇20:春节英语作文附翻译

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Spring Festival is the most important festival for Chinese people. The Spring Festival is very exciting, especially on the eve of the Spring Festival.

春节对于中国人来说是最重要的节日。在每年的春节都让人兴高采烈,尤其是大年三十那晚,更是达到了高潮。

The Spring Festival lasts for 15 days, there would be starting on the first day, to the end of the January 15 Lantern Festival.it is the busiest time of the year for Chinese people. The arrangements they have to make for family reunions, buying necessities and preparing food keeps them busy throughout the holiday. Many of them travel back home and meet friends over dinner and drinks. The celebrations include decorating the house and setting off fireworks.But we are talking about a tradition that seems to be fading.

春节一共有15天,从大年初一开始,到元月十五元宵节这一天结束。在这段比较长的时间是中国人最忙的时候,他们为家庭聚会作安排,采购年货,准备丰盛的食物,以至于整个春节假期都忙忙碌碌的。许多人在春季期间都要回老家过年,跟朋友碰碰头,聚个餐。庆祝春节也包括大扫除和放烟火。但是我们现在要谈的是越来越淡的年味。

Spring Festival, as it is celebrated today, has undergone many changes, thanks to the country‘s economic development and globalization.

现在的春节已经因为我国经济的发展和全球化的影响而改变了很多。

Yet no Spring Festival is complete without food. People could not get good food whenever they desired in earlier times, something that does not apply to society today. More often than not, people faced the risk of famine. The best time for people to celebrate was when food was available in plenty, and that was possible in spring, or the beginning of the lunar new year. That was the main reason why Spring Festival acquired such great importance among Chinese people.

但是没有哪个春节是完全离得开“吃”的。从前,不论人们提前多久想要买年货,总是不能如愿,而现在早已今非昔比。过去常常还要闹饥荒。人们最好的庆祝时间就是他们能得到食物丰盛的时候,也就是春天或是元月初的那段时间。那也是为什么春节对于中国人如此重要的主要原因。

But three decades of economic growth has ensured that people in China, except for those who are still poor, can enjoy a good meal whenever they want. Such has been the change in people‘s fortune that some have to be treated for obesity and other health problems associated with excessive eating.

但是三十年来的经济发展已经让中国人,除了那些仍然穷苦的人以外,随时都能享受美食。这得益于人民财富的增长,但是后者也导致一些人吃得太多而受到肥胖威胁和健康问题。

In the past, celebrations were limited to events like song-and-dance duets in North China, dragon/lion dances in South China and fireworks, which required the joint efforts of the entire community. But economic development and urbanization seems to have weakened the social links among people. Many, especially those living in cities, are not interested in celebrating the festival with people they hardly know.

在过去,庆祝春节还只停留在北方的二人转和南方的舞龙舞狮等形式。那些庆祝活动往往需要许多人合力才能办得起来。但是经济的发展和国际化程度的提升似乎已经将这种社会联系弱化了。许多人,特别是城市居民,不太愿意与不相识的人一起共度春节。

Many customs associated with Spring Festival have changed, too. In the past, people used to visit relatives and friends with gifts and lots of good wishes. Today, many people, especially the youth, use their cell phones or the Internet to send their good wishes and even "gifts" to their relatives and friends. Some may say this a sign that people have become less caring about their near and dear ones, but we should see this development as a time- and energy-saving exercise granted by the information age.

与春节相关的许多习俗也被改变了。在过去,人们常常会带着礼物走亲访友,互道祝福。今天许多人,特别是年轻人,用手机或是网络向亲朋好友发去“礼物”和祝福。有些人或许会说,这说明人们已经没有那么关心至爱亲朋了,但是我们应该把这种变化看作信息化时代省钱省力的好办法。

In recent times, many people have started praying for a career promotion or more money instead of invoking God or the Buddha for a healthy and long life and the welfare of their family. But the number of such people is decreasing now, which shows that people are becoming more reasonable.

最近几年,许多人开始祈祷事业高升,财源滚滚,而不是求神拜佛,他们身体健康,长命百岁,家庭美满。但是这样的人数现在正在减少,说明人们开始变得更加理性。

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