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高中英语作文:分享的意义

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I believe whenwe were little babies, we were taught to learn to share with others. At first, Idon’t understand.

But now I can understand gradually.

Share happiness will makeme feel happier, while share my sadness with my friends will make me reduce sadness.When I told my friends I got the first praise in the recital contest, they allcongratulated to me and said many good words, which made me happier.

When I gotblame from my teacher, I told my friends, which made me felt comfortable. Besides,their comfort also helped me feel better.

What’s more, sharing my experiencewith others that help them lots can makes me feel satisfied.

Anyway, sharing my emotion and things withothers makes me feel awesome. You’d better try to learn to share, and then youwill understand.

我相信在我们还是小孩的时候,我们就被教导要学会与人分享。起初,我不是很明白。

但现在我慢慢地了解了。分享快乐会让我更加快乐,而和朋友分享我的悲伤也会减轻我的悲伤。

当我告诉我的朋友我在朗诵比赛上取得第一名的时候,他们都向我表示祝贺,并说了很多好话,这让我感到更开心。

当被老师责备时,我告诉我的朋友,说出来能让我感到舒服。此外,他们的安慰也能让我感到更舒适。

更重要的是,分享我的经验给他们,能够帮助他们使我感到很满足。不管怎么说,与别人分享我的情感,事情让我觉得很棒。你最好也努力尝试着分享,之后你就会明白了。

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篇1:去动物园高中英语作文

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I still remember the first time I went to the zoo.

When I was only five years old, my mother took me there.We took the camera and went to the station together. There were so many monkeys, tigers, lions, wolves and other animals in the zoo. We took many photos in the zoo with the animals. I was pleased to see so many real animals at the same time. They seemed so lovely and active.

I spent a nice day. But on my way home, I began to feel sorry for them. They were taken away from their parents and friends and also far away from the nature. They must have felt lonely, I thought. Every day, the only thing they could do was to sit there and wait for food.

我仍然记得第一次去动物园的那一天。

5岁那年,妈妈带我去动物园。我们带了相机一起过去。那里有猴子、老虎、狮子和狼等等,我们跟它们照了很多相。我很高兴能同时看见那么多活灵活现的动物,他们看上去又活泼又可爱。

我度过了快乐的一天。可是在我回家的路上,我开始替它们难过起来。人们把它们从父母和朋友身边捉走,它们一定感觉很孤单,我想。它们每天惟一可做的事就是等着人们来喂食。

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篇2:高中英语日记

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Everyone has a dream.

Now I want to say something about my dream. What is my dream? I often ask

myself. In my mind, everyone shall have his own dream. I think that having a

dream means that we have an idea, and then we will do all the things to achieve

the target. As long as we have a goal to be realized, we won’t be blind at

least.

My dream is to become a successful doctor, helping those sick people and

saving their lives. Of course, to be a good doctor is very difficult, but I will

do whatever I can do to keep everyone healthy. Thats my dream. I want to try my

best to help the poor sick people of our country. I want to let them have an

opportunity to receive excellent treatments for their illnesses without having

to pay much or just enjoy them free. China is a developing country which needs

good medicine and good doctors, especially in the countryside and distant

villages.

Now I’m a junior student on Grade One, all my classmates and I are working

hard. We all know that the entrance exam of high schools coming in the year of

2009 is a big challenge for us, so we must study harder and harder in order to

go to a good high school. Thus after we finish our senior high school, we are

able to go to a good university. Finally, we can find a good job in society.

My dream is also that although at present I’m good at study, I’ll still try

my best to be the study winner. Now everything I do is close to my dream. I feel

life is fill with hope and is colorful, and I have enough confidence to realize

my dream.

I know that fantasy is something hard to realize, but dream can. I’ll work

hard for my dreams, I’ll never give up.

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每个人都有一个梦想。

现在我想说一些关于我的梦。我的梦想是什么?我经常问自己。在我的脑海里,每个人都有自己的梦想。我认为有一个梦想意味着我们有一个想法,然后我们会做所有的事情来实现目标。只要我们有一个目标要实现,我们就不会盲目。

我的梦想是成为一名成功的医生,帮助那些生病的人,挽救他们的生命。当然,做一个好医生是非常困难的,但我会尽我所能做的,以保持每个人的健康。这是我的梦想。我想尽力帮助我们国家的穷人。我想让他们有机会接受良好的治疗,为他们的疾病,而不必付出太多,或只是享受他们的自由。我国是一个发展中国家,需要良好的医药和医生,特别是在农村和偏远的村庄。

现在我是__年级的学生,我所有的同学和我都在努力工作。我们都知道,2009年来的高中入学考试对我们来说是一个巨大的挑战,所以我们必须努力学习,努力去上一个好的高中。因此,在我们完成我们的高中,我们可以去一个好的大学。最后,我们可以找到一份好的社会工作。

我的梦想是,虽然目前我很擅长学习,我还是会尽我最大的努力成为学习者。现在我所做的一切都接近我的梦想。我觉得生活充满希望,是丰富多彩的,我有足够的信心实现我的梦想。

我知道幻想是一件很难实现的事情,但是梦想可以。我会为我的梦想努力工作,我永远不会放弃。

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篇3:万圣节的高中作文英语

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Today is Halloween in the west. I went to suzhou park with my parents and went to Halloween.

I feel very lively as soon as I get in! Many, many monsters! They are all tourists. Then I saw the floats! The people on the float came down, cats, death, vampires and so on. I took pictures with them.

The most dynamic is me (wang xin), I am wearing orange pumpkin, with pumpkin cap and pumpkin basket, I am the pumpkin fairy! Dad wears a skeleton head mask, mom with a fluorescent stick, we are the devil combination, we follow the crowd to the Caribbean square. Oh! It turned out that there was a performance, and the show was a dance, and it was wonderful. Whos patting me on the shoulder when were looking at it in high spirits? I looked back, and there was a monster that startled me! The actor finished his performance and ran off to frighten every...

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篇4:我想做一名英语翻译家六年级作文

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哲学家苏格拉底曾说:“世界上最快乐的事,莫过于为理想而奋斗”。每个人都有自己的理想,并一直朝着这个目标奋斗着,这的确是一件快乐的事。我也有我自己的理想--做一名英语翻译家。

你们一定想知道我为什么要做英语翻译家?因为我从小就喜欢英语。在我上幼儿园,第一次接触英语的时候,老师教我们读“apple苹果”,“banana香蕉”,老师怕我们不懂,还特意拿来香蕉,指着香蕉对我们说:“这是不是很像‘b’呢?上面瘦瘦的,下面胖胖的。一个个香蕉就成了banana,这样,香蕉的英语是不是很容易拼出来。”老师还教我们学了很多英语单词。从那以后,我就喜欢上了英语。

虽然这个理想对我来说是一件非常遥远的事情,但我愿意为这个理想而努力拼搏。每当我听到别人那一口流利的英语,我都非常羡慕,同时我的心灵也一样受到了鼓舞。我相信只要努力就一定可以做到。现在我会从身边的每一步开始做起,努力学好英语。我希望通过我的努力,可以实现我的梦想。

通向理想的道路是遥远的,艰辛的,但我坚信自己只要为理想奋斗,为理想拼搏,就一定能实现理想。

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篇5:动物园的三年级英语作文带翻译

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This morning, my father took me to school by bike. I sat at the back of the bike, eating a banana. After I ate it up, I threw the skin onto the street randomly.

今天早晨,爸爸骑车带我去上学。我坐在后车座上,吃着香蕉。吃完后,我顺手将香蕉皮扔到了街上。

No sooner had I done this than I realized that I had done something bad to our environment. And maybe someone would step on it and tumble over. I must pick it up. Thinking of these, I asked father to stop. I jumped off the bike and ran back to pick up the banana skin and threw it into a roadside dustbin. Seeing this, father praised me and I felt very happy.

我马上意识到我的所作所为破坏了我们的环境,或许有人会踩在上面而跌倒,我必须把它拾起来。想到这些,我让爸爸停车。我跳下自行车,跑回去拾起香蕉皮,并扔到了路边的垃圾箱里。看到这些,爸爸表扬了我。我感到很高兴。

In future I will protect the surroundings more consciously and think more about others.

将来我要更自觉地保护周围的环境,更多地为他人着想。

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篇6:有关除夕的英语高中

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The Lunar New Year

The Lunar New Year occasion to the Chinese people. It lasts about the first four days of the year, during which people do not work except for the workers on duty. Students do not go to school, and shops are closed.

Several days before the new year, people begin to prepare. Farmers kill pigs, sheep, cocks and hens. City dwellers buy meat fish and vegetables. Houses are cleaned; couplets are posted on the doors. Colourful lanterns are hung at the gate.

On the eve of the new year, each family has its members gatherd together and eats a family reunion dinner. After the meal they watch TV until the clock strickes twelve. Then every family sets off long strings of small firecrackers and other fireworks to welcome the new year. On the first day of the new year, almost everyone is dressed in his or her best. Whenpeople meet on the way, they say to each other "Happy New Year". Friends and relatives pay new year calls and gives presents to each other. Children indulge themselves in games.

春节

农历新年对中国人来说是个很重要的节日。它大约要持续4天,在这期间,除了值班人员外,人们都放假了。工人不开工,学生上不学,商店关门。

新年前几天人们就开始准备。农民们宰杀猪、鸡、羊。城市居民买肉、鱼、蔬菜。人们打扫房子,贴对联,挂彩灯。

新年除夕,各家各户围坐在一起吃团圆饭。饭后,人们看电视,到了午夜12点,在这辞旧迎新的时刻,人们燃放各种烟花炮竹来庆祝。新年第一天,即正月初一,所有的人都穿着最漂亮的衣服,路上相遇,互相道“新年好”,亲戚朋友拜年互赠礼物,孩子们尽情地玩耍。

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篇7:女生自我介绍英语翻译

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My name is Zheng, 9 years old this year, is a small girl, almost 1.4 meters tall, is a medium height, some yellow skin, is a native of Chinese. I was fat, on the big, round face, with two big eyes like grapes, the nose collapsed, and the mouth was small.

My personality is: considerate caring, generous, gentle personality perfectionism, rich imagination, sometimes very lively, with strong tolerance, sensitive love fantasy, not too confident, but dont be sentimental, reject, thought of two minds, very complex. But these are the students comments on me. I think my biggest problem is the love of two minds, take the last math exam for example: I had the score 100 points, because I be negligent, so a path of two minds, wrong, I will deduct 1 points, only 99 points, but I was careless, I think: anyway, I not like the 2 grade exam Eighty-nine points, on the line, I also got 10 points!

This is me. Do you think Im cute?

我叫郑好,今年9岁了,是个小女孩,身高差不多1.4米,是个中等个子,皮肤有些黄,是个地道的中国人。我胖胖的,在那又大又圆的脸上,镶着两颗葡萄似的大眼睛,鼻子是塌塌的,嘴巴小小的。

我的性格特征是:善解人意有同情心,很慷慨,完美主义,想象力丰富,个性温和也有时会很活泼,具超强的包容力,敏感爱幻想,不太有自信,不多愁但善感,三心二意,不善拒绝,思想很复杂。但这些都是同学们对我的评价。我觉得我最大的毛病就是爱三心二意,就拿上次数学考试来说吧:本来我该得满分100分的,就是因为我粗心大意,三心二意,错了那么一小道题,就扣了我1分,只得了99分,可我还是满不在乎的,我想:反正我没像2年级考试时得89分,就行了,我还进步了10分呢!

这就是我了,大家觉得我可爱吗?

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篇8:高中英语小说作文中英文

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A HONG KONG boy has published an English novel of some 50,000 words. The novel was included in Hong Kong’s book exhibition, Xinhua News Agency reported Thursday. Xinhua said the boy, Li Yupeng, 11, finished the science fiction, The Four Phoenixes, in one year. Some 1,000 copies of the book were printed and 200 copies had been sold — to the boy’s schoolmates. The boy’s father published the book at a cost of HK$30,000 (US$3,846), as a gift for the boy’s graduation from primary school. The book was about a hero’s adventure in the “Dark Age.” The hero, Koba, took four “Phoenix swords” in the “Dark Age” to assassinate a warlord named Scaren, Li said. Li began reading English cartoons at the age of six and had read nearly 500 English books, said his mother. He took only five hours to finish reading a Harry Potter novel which had more than 600 pages.

一个香港男孩已出版了约50,000字英文小说。小说 在香港书展包括,新华社今天报道的。新华社说,男童,黎吁棚,11, 完成科幻小说,在四凤,在一年。有些书1000份印制了200份 出售 - 男孩的同学。这名男孩的父亲在发表以港币一本书的$ 30,000(约合三点八四六美元),作为礼物 男孩的小学毕业。这本书是一个英雄的在“黑暗时代的冒险。”英雄,科巴,采取 四个“凤凰剑在”黑暗时代“刺杀名为Scaren,李一军阀”之称。李开始读英文漫画 在6岁和阅读了近500本英文书,说他的母亲。他只用了5个小时才能读完一哈里 哈利波特小说其中有600多页。

[高中英语小说作文中英文

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篇9:高中的记忆的英语作文

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High school is very important in one’s lifetime. Nowadays, the movies about the high school time are so popular, but the stories are exaggerated, my memories about high school life are so different from the movie. During the three years, study occupied most of my time. I fought for the future with my classmates. We studied together and shared our opinion about the difficult points. When I made great progress, I was so happy, but when I fell behind, I would not give up. I grew up and became patient, I was not the little girl anymore. In the part-time, I would go to play basketball with my friends, it became the most exciting thing at that time. Though the high school life was simple, I gained a lot. I would never forget the classmates who worked with me together.

高中是一个人一生中非常重要时刻。如今,关于高中生活的电影如此受欢迎,但这些故事被夸大了,我对高中生活的记忆是不同于电影里面的。在三年里,学习占据了我大部分的时间。我和我的同学们一起为未来奋斗。我们一起学习,并且分享我们对难点的意见。当我取得很大的进步的时候,我很高兴,但是当我落后,我也不会放弃。我长大了,变得有耐心,我不再是个小女孩了。在课余时间,我会和我的朋友一起去打篮球,这成为最令人兴奋的事情。尽管高中生活很简单,但是我收获了很多。我永远不会忘记曾我和一起学习的同学。

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篇10:高中英语作文大全

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Dear Chris,

How is everything going? I have good news to tell you. A volleyball match

is going to be held in a few weeks and our team will participate.

As for the detailed information of the match, there will be probably dozens

of teams which are going to make a revolving competition. Additionally, not only

can the top three teams each be awarded a medal but all the other teams taking

part in it will get a reward as well. What will be the most attractive is that

it will be a great honor for the top three teams to receive special volleyballs

that have the name of the most popular volleyball player on them. Therefore, we

must do enough preparations before the match, such as training as frequently as

we can.

So excited am I that I can’t wait to join in it.How about you? Looking

forward to your reply.

Yours,

Li Hua

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篇11:家庭生活高中英语

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proud of yourself; when you fail, never give up. Please smile to face your life. If you do this, you will find the sky more blue; the sea more green….. Your life will become better and better!

One day my grandmother and I went to the park, it began to rain when we got there. Some people were disappointed, but my grandmother smiled: "it is good to rain, it will water the field, and the crops will grow better. I think so. If we can change our mind to see the things, we will discover all things are beautiful. In everyones life, the mood is very important. It can encourage unsuccessful people not to lose heart, to make sad people feel better. At last I want to say, if you enjoy life, you will be happy forever.

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篇12:关于我的梦想高中英语作文

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in my mind, everyone shall have his own dream. i think that having a dream means that we have an idea, and then we will do all the things to achieve the target. as long as we have a goal to be realized, we won’t be blind at least.

my dream is to become a successful stateman, helping those people who need help with their rights. of course, to be a good stateman is very difficult, but i will do whatever i can do to keep everyone satisfied. thats my dream. i want to try my best to help the poor sick people of our country. china is a developing country which needs good stateman,especially in the countryside and distant villages.

now i’m a junior student on grade one, my dream is also that although at present i’m good at study, i’ll still try my best to be the study winner. now everything i do is close to my dream. i feel life is fill with hope and is colorful, and i have enough confidence to realize my dream.

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篇13:有关合作英语作文高中

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Last week, my English teacher gave us a task, she asked us to form a small

group, each group was made up of five students, the groups need to do a

research, it is about how much people know about foreign country. In my group,

there are three girls and two boys, at first, we did not know what to do, then I

suggested our group take the cooperated work. As I and the girl are good at

writing paper, so the two of us decided to design the questions, and the other

three students are so active, so they like to ask people the questions. The

research went go so well, we finished it in two days, thanks to the teamwork, we

did well on the task. The teacher praised my group, I have learned the

importance of cooperation, since then, I will considerate other people’s

feelings.

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篇14:高中英语作文:对手机的看法

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With the development of science and technology, smart phone becomes more and more popular. Even the students on campus begin to use handphone. Is it a good or bad thing?

随着科学和技术的发展,手机变得越来越流行,就连在校园里的学生也开始使用手机了。这到底是好还是坏?

Smart phone , on one hand, is good for students. For one thing , it enables students to keep in touch with their friends and family more conveniently and quickly. For another, it makes students fashionable and proud.

手机一方面来说对学生是有利的,举例来说,它能使学生与朋友和家人更方面快捷的取得联系。同时,它也使学生感到很时尚和骄傲。

On the other hand, smart phone has a negative effect on the students. First , it will cost them more money than before. Second, it will distract them from their study and life. Third, it will sometimes become a nuisance especially when it rings in classroom or in the library.

但另一方面,智能手机对学生也有负面作用。首先,手机会让学生们比以前花费更多的钱。其次,智能手机也让人更容易从学习和生活中分心。第三,智能手机让人感到麻烦和讨厌,尤其是在图书馆里或者是上课的时候。

so , smart phone is a good thing .However , the students should use it well .

所以,智能手机是个好东西,但是,学生们也要好好使用才行。

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篇15:英语日记带翻译

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Today is lantern Festival. I am very happy. Lantern Festival is Chinese

festival. Every year once.

In this day, people are very happy . In the steet, people is a lot

of.people see a lantern. In the evening,I eat yuanxiao together with my family.

It’s very delicious.

I like Lantern Festival very much.

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今天是元宵节。我非常快乐,元宵节是中国节日,每年一次。

在这一天,人们都快快乐乐的。在街上,有许多的人,人们看到一个灯笼。在晚上,我和家人一起吃元宵,很美味的元宵。

我非常喜欢元宵节。

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篇16:英语日记带翻译

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Ah ha, when I get up, it was time for lunch. But I really have a lot of

work to do, I must write words English dairy, then learned “Li yang” English,

then …… .Oh, my god, if I do it in the afternoon, I will ready to dead. So I

wrote words, now I’m writing my English dairy. Wish I could finish these works

today. Bye!

哈哈,当我起床的时候,刚好到了午餐时间。但我真的有很多工作要做,我必须写单词,然后学习"李阳疯狂英语",然后……哦,我的上帝,如果我要一直做到下午,我真的快死了。因此我在写单词,写我的英文日记。希望我能完成今天这些任务。再见了!

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篇17:封信英语翻译

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Dear Xiao Wang,

I am very glad to learn that you are going to visit me during the week-long holiday.

[我很高兴得知你要在我为期一周的假期里来看我。]My parents will also be happy to see you again.[我的父母也很高兴再次见到你。]I am sure you will enjoy every minute here. [

我相你会喜欢这里的每一分钟。]

I have arranged our schedule for the holiday as follows.[我已经安排好我们的日程安排的假期如下.]On the first day you arrive, I will show you around our campus. [在你来着的第一天,我会带你参观我的校园。]On the second day, we will visit the art gallery and the music hall.[第二天,我们去参观艺术馆和音乐厅。]Next day,we will climb a hill in the northeastern part of the city.[第三天,我们去攀爬城市东北部的山峰。]On the top of the hill, we can have a wonderful bird’s eye view of the city.[在山顶上,我们可以鸟瞰这个美丽的城市。]During the next three days, we’ll make some short trips to some places of interest nearby,such as the Swan Cave, the Golden Lake, etc.[接下来的三天,我们去附近的名胜古迹来些短途旅行,例如天鹅洞,金色湖。]On the last day, I’ll see you off at the railway station.[最后一天,我会到火车站送你。]

Please remember to call and tell me your train number and time of arrival so that I can meet you at the railway station. [请记得打电话告诉我你的火车号和抵达时间以便我去火车站接你。]By the way, it is very hot here and we have a lot of sunshine, so don’t forget to wear

you sunglasses. [顺便提一下,这里天气很热阳光强烈,所以不要忘了戴太阳镜。]

I’m looking forward to seeing you soon.[我期待很快见到你。]

Sincerely yours,

Zhang Ying

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篇18:高中励志英语

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if you want to understand adversity, take two identical acorns from the same oak tree and plant them in two different locations. plant the first in the middle of a dense forest, and the other on a hill by itself.

要是你想理解什么是逆境,就去拿两颗从同一棵树上摘下来年龄相同的橡树果,并且把它们种到不同的地方。第一颗种在浓密的树林当中,而另外一颗则单独种在一座山上。

heres what will happen. the oak standing on a hillside is exposed to every storm and gale. as a result its roots plunge deep into the earth and spread in every direction, even wrapping themselves around giant boulders. at times it may seem the tree isnt growing fast enough—but the growth is happening underground. its as if the roots know they must ported the tree from the threatening elements.

事情的结果便是这样。那颗长在山上的橡树经历了大风大雨,结果它的根深深地扎进了泥土中间,并不断向四周扩张,甚至把自己置身于巨大的石块当中。有时它可能看起来长的不是很快,但这时它却在地下悄悄生长着,好像它的根知道自己必须快速生长来保护树木免受自然危害的影响。

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篇19:关于公共安全的英语作文带翻译

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同学们,生活中最重要是什么?当然,肯定是安全!为了安全期间,那就应该学会自我保护才行。大家在家里的家人的保护。可是,你想过吗?在外面怎么办?所以每时每刻都要小心。

Students,

what is the most important thing in life? Of course, it must be safety! In order

to be safe, we should learn to protect ourselves. The protection of everyones

family at home. But have you thought about it? What to do outside? So be careful

all the time.

每天有多少事故发生。有的车祸而死亡,有的因火灾而死亡,有的……在今年寒假,我就亲眼目睹了一次意外。那天妈妈带我去看太公,有一辆摩托车在我面前开过,那坐着4个人,并且开的很快。前面忽然又开出一辆摩托车来,那时他不停的踩刹车。已经没用了,世上已经又消失了一个生命了。他的`命还很长啊!为什么那么快就死亡呢?那都是不小心造成的。

How

many accidents happen every day. Some died in car accidents, some in fires, some

During this winter vacation, I witnessed an accident with my own eyes. That day,

my mother took me to see Taigong. There was a motorcycle driving in front of me.

There were four people sitting there, and they drove very fast. Suddenly another

motorcycle came out in front of him. At that time, he kept stepping on the

brake. Its useless. Theres another life gone. His life is still very long! Why

did he die so soon? It was all caused by carelessness.

世界上的事故有多少不是不小心造成的?只要我们学会交通安全,那就一定能打败不小心的!

How

many accidents in the world are not caused by carelessness? As long as we learn

traffic safety, we can defeat carelessness!

我们是新时代的接班人,是国家的希望和未来。所以,就让“安全”着两个字永远牢记在我们心中吧!

We

are the successor of the new era, the hope and future of our country. So, let

the word "safety" be remembered in our hearts forever!

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篇20:保护海洋高中英语作文

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Oceans becoming more acidicThe worlds oceans are slowly getting more acidic, say scientists.The researchers from California say the change is taking place in response to higher levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.The lowering of the waters pH value is not great at the moment but could pose a serious threat to current marine life if it continues, they warn.Ken Caldeira and Michael Wickett, from the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, report their concerns in the journal Nature.Increasing use of fossil fuels means more carbon dioxide is going into the air, and most of it will eventually be absorbed by seawater.

Once in the water, it reacts to form carbonic acid.Scientists believe that the oceans have already become slightly more acidic over the last century.But these researchers have tried to predict what will happen in the future by combining what we know about the history of the oceans with computer models of climate change."This level of acidity will get much more extreme in the future if we continue releasing CO2 into the atmosphere," said Dr Caldeira."And we predicted amounts of future acidity that exceed anything we saw over the last several hundred million years, apart from perhaps after rare catastrophic events such as asteroid impacts."If carbon dioxide release continues unabated, ocean pH could be reduced by as much as 0.77 units, the authors warn.It is not absolutely clear what that means for marine life, however.

Most organisms live near the surface, where the greatest pH change would be expected to occur, but deep-ocean lifeforms may be more sensitive to pH changes.Coral reefs and other organisms whose skeletons or shells contain calcium carbonate may be particularly affected, the team speculate. They could find it much more difficult to build these structures in water with a lower pH.In recent years some people have suggested deliberately storing carbon dioxide from power stations in the deep ocean as a way of curbing global warming.But Dr Caldeira said that such a strategy should now be re-considered."Previously, most experts had looked at ocean absorption of carbon dioxide as a good thing - because in releasing CO2 into the atmosphere we warm the planet; and when CO2 is absorbed by the ocean, it reduces the amount of greenhouse warming.

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