有关学习外语的建议的英语作文(合集20篇)

假设你是红星中学高三(1)班的学生李华，请根据以下四幅图的先后顺序，用校刊“英语园地”写一篇短文，记述你和同学们向学校提推荐，解决自行车存放问题的过程。

注意： 1。 词数不少于 60。

2。 短文的开头已给出，不计入总词数。

范文：

There was a problem with the parking place for bikes in our school， I noticed the entrance was small and almost blocked。 So my classmates and I had a discussion and wrote a report。 Then we went to meet the schoolmaster in his office and gave the report to him。 He accepted our suggfestions。 Soon afterwards， a second entrance was opened to the parking place。 Now it is easy to park our bikes there。

Soon ripe, soon rotten.熟得快，烂得快。

Speech is silver, silence is gold.能言是银，沉默是金。

Still water run deep.静水常深。

Strike the iron while it is hot.趁热打铁。

Success belongs to the persevering.坚持就是胜利。

Take things as they come.既来之，则安之。

Reading enriches the mind.开卷有益。

Reading is to the mind while exercise to the body.读书健脑，运动强身。

RESPect yourself, or no one else will respect you.要人尊敬，必须自重。

Rome is not built in a day.冰冻三尺，非一日之寒。

Saying is one thing and doing another.言行不一。

Seeing is believing.眼见为实。

Seek the truth from facts.实事求是。

Send a wise man on an errand, and say nothing to him.智者当差，不用交代。

Set a thief to catch a thief.以贼捉贼。

Short accounts make long friends.好朋友勤算账。

Something is better than nothing.聊胜于无。

Soon learn, soon forgotten.学得快，忘得快。

Today is Saturday. Today is very strange, very special, because when I go

online today, an unexpectedly found a note, tonight at 8-9: to earth hour,

really depressed.

Then after I know detailed understanding of earth hour is what meaning,

which requires us out all the unnecessary lighting, achieve energy conservation

and emission reduction, global warming, improve the environment effect. Really

is a joke.

To improve the earth - our homes and not so easy. An hour out unwanted

light can achieve? Not that things are not so simple. Want to save our beautiful

home, must pay more attention to the ecological environment and save the earth

is not a moment to achieve.

I hope some and some of our homeland enterprises can give their hand.

my sister likes always goes swimming in last summer she was very unlucky.

she put her clothes in an old was hard to lock she went to she played happily in the swimming hours later,she went out the water and took out the key to the soon she found she cant open it at spent about half an hour to open it but nothing course she couldnt wear a swimming suit and go was worry about it.

at last she was kicked the it opened!

At the beginning of the summer vacation, our family of three returned to my

hometown, Shehong.

Back in Shehong, we stayed at my grandmothers house. One Friday morning,

my brother and I made an appointment to catch cicadas in the bushes downstairs

at their house because they have a lot of cicadas there. Before night, I rushed

over and saw that my brother was already there waiting for me, with a prepared

pocket in his hand.

We walked cautiously into the bushes, for fear that our every move would

disturb the cicadas on the trees. At this time, the cicada was screaming

"knowing" and "knowing", as if they were holding a wonderful concert. I walked

very carefully under a big tree and found a cicada lying in the middle of the

tree pole, screaming happily! I grabbed it after thinking about it, and covered

it with my hands. I wasnt nervous before, but at this time I was extremely

nervous, and my heart was jumping like a little rabbit, for fear that the cicada

would fly away all of a sudden. As a result, as soon as my hand touched the

branch, the cicada flapped its wings and flew away nimbly. The elder brother

said: "Look at me! I can definitely catch the cicada." While talking, the elder

brother found another cicada on the tree. He raised his hand high, moved his arm

gently, and when he was about a decimeter from the cicada, his brother suddenly

covered it, and suddenly he covered the cicada in the palm of his hand and put

it in a bag. Next, my brother caught five cicadas in the same way. I really envy

my brothers ability to catch cicadas.

Watching my brother catch so many cicadas, can I not feel itchy? So I said

to my brother: "Brother, you can rest for a while, Ill catch it." I handed the

bag to my brother and learned his method. After a while, I caught one. Before

long, we had more than twenty cicadas in our bags.

Watching these cicadas stay in the bag obediently, my brother and I both

laughed happily, and the cheerful laughter echoed in the trees for a long

time.

《考拉小巫的英语学习日记——写给为梦想而奋斗的人》是在班级的书 架上，不过那时赶到马上放寒假，学校里事物多，一直到放假在家中才开始有幸读一下。书中讲诉的是作者从一个英语菜鸟到高阶，从懒孩子到勤孩子、从中国环境到美国家庭的巨大转变，告诉我们即便你不出身名校、不天资聪颖，奋斗和坚持依然可以将你引向成功。这不仅仅是一本英语学习日记，更是一本作者在彷徨、无助、动摇时的人生感悟，是关于奋斗、坚持和梦想的故事，读完此书，让我们热血沸腾，激励着我们去为理想奋斗、拼搏，即使我们迷茫在人生中的大海中，也能超越自己劈波斩浪。考拉小巫的故事就是一个选择和坚持的故事，就像托福名师无老师所说：“人生中常常面临选择，而更常遇到的则是选择过后的迷茫与自我怀疑。就好像进入一间密室，只有从黑暗和碰壁中坚持下来的人，才有机会开启通向光明的大门。” 我佩服考拉小巫的勇气，选择之后坚持到底，虽有过彷徨、迷茫、无助，甚至自我怀疑，但那孤注一掷的风格，坚持到底的毅力，生命不止、奋斗不息的精神，帮助她一路披荆斩棘，冲向梦想开花的地方。这样的女子，值得拥有一切美好的事物！

看了考拉小巫的故事，我觉得要想成功，需要有值得你奋斗的梦想，有孤注 一掷的勇气和奋斗到底的坚持。翻上书本，我问自己，你的梦想是什么？你准备好为你的梦想奋斗了吗？你有勇气放弃一切，有勇气面对“密室”中的灰暗和碰壁吗？你有坚持到底奋斗不息的毅力吗？ 的确，并不是每个人都能做到这些。每个人都有梦想，但最终实现者确凤毛 麟角，因为命运之神总是眷顾那些坚持到最后的人。或许我做不到像考拉小巫那些拼，那样孤注一掷。但她的生活态度和想法对 我来说很有启发。

书中的“傻子哲学”很有意思：为什么傻子能成功，是因为傻子很傻，他不 管自己是不是能做成，也不管别人怎么笑话他，也不管遇到多少困难，他只是一个人傻头傻脑地一直做。而聪明人很聪明，他总是会考虑自己目前的目标对不对， 会不会有更好的办法，能不能抄捷径省时间。最后，聪明人选了一条路又一条路， 每条路都刚走了一点点就又换，所以，他总是在离起点不远的地方徘徊。而傻子却在一条路上一直走，虽然他速度慢，但他一直都在坚持。最后，傻子比聪明人先到达了终点。”其实傻子的哲学不复杂，就两个字“坚持”。 生活中有很多这样的聪明人，这样的人真的很搞笑，事情没做之前，总担心 这害怕那，担心会失败，你把时间花在无谓的担心上，根本都还没做，当然不可能成功，有时候我们需要点傻子精神，一根筋到底。从考拉小巫身上我学到了坚持，更让我感动的是她的拼劲，那股子年轻人的 朝气蓬勃，似乎有挥霍不完的青春。而反思我们这一代的年轻人，身上还有多少锐意进取、干劲十足、青春无敌的精气神，渐渐得变得喜欢随大流、甘于平庸安逸生活、不愿冒尖。

做一个像考拉小巫一样勇敢的人，为自己的梦想而拼！ 这是书中最让我感动的一幕：十二月里天气越来越冷，楼道里也很冷，但是我每天都把板凳从自习室里搬出来，坐在楼道的走廊里，把电脑架腿上，一边计时连口语题，一边给自己录音。说一道录一道，录完以后认真听，不满意了就重录，每道题都是录到自己完全满意的地步才继续下一题。当时我一直在矫正牙齿，满嘴上下都戴着布满细铁丝的牙套。由于练口语的缘故，嘴唇和舌头总是被无数次划破，一被冷风吹就特别疼，吃饭的时候也很困难，经常饿肚子：我觉得这世上最宝贵的事物莫过于不畏艰险的坚持不懈的做一件事。方言茫茫人海，有几人能做到，我想这就是为人们存在的价值，作为我们精神上的领袖，“要从失败中汲 取教训，那就是：你贪玩儿，可以，但是要记住，贪玩儿是要付出代价的。你想要得到一样东西，必然要放弃另外一样东西。老天爷是公平的，他不可能让你什么都得到。当你贪玩儿的时候，别人都在奋斗，所谓逆水行舟，不进则退。老天爷给了人生两种味道：苦与甜。如果你选择前半生吃苦，那么就可以后半生享乐。 但如果你选择前半生享乐，那么就只能做好后半辈子吃苦的准备了。”我在书中 看到这段话，对我感悟颇深。我感悟的并非是字里行间的意思，而是对世事的无奈，这句话我们何尝不懂呢，但做到的又有几人，每当看到那些中年人为自己少年虚度光阴后后悔，我想经历过苦中苦，才能彻头彻底的明白，但又有什么用呢， 过去的不在回来，留下的只有悔意。我想到那时的我们也会一样来悔恨自己，可一切为之已晚。然后就将希望寄托在下一代，可悲的是，一代一代亦是如此，实在让人可笑又无奈。这，就是大学了吗？

接下来，我该做什么？我到底为什么要上大学？大学 是什么？大学这四年我到底该怎么度过？这一切的选择到底对吗？人生又是什 么？人生的意义何在？我这辈子到底要做什么？到底该做什么？和我的朋友们 比起来，我之前为什么失败了？我到底错在哪里？只因我学习不够刻苦吗？如果是的话，人，又是为了什么而学习？为了什么而奋斗？为了什么而坚持？为了什么而活着？我想这些问题是我们最应该们也是最迫切去弄明白的。封面的那句“写给为梦想而奋斗的人”深深的激励着我，成功无捷径，需要 我们在梦想的征程中勇敢、坚持、不顾一切 。同志们，革命尚未成功，同志仍 需努力。

[读考拉小巫的英语学习日记有感

学习对于我们每个人都是很重要的。除了老师的辛勤培养外，也需要我们自身的努力。学习如吃饭，是每天必不可少的。学习时间的安排一定要合理，不能乱了分寸，要不然后果将不堪设想。

我的学习经验是这样的。首先，每天按时完成老师布置的作业，这是最基本的要求。再者，除了老师课堂上布置的题目完成了，还远远不够，自己还得另外找练习题做，熟练掌握已学知识。每当发现做错了的题目，就得用另外一支笔来标出，旁边还得写上错误的缘由和分析，这样的话，以后翻开来就一目了然。或者，我们可以做一个错题本，把错了的题目抄在上面，并写上原因和正确答案，考试前翻开看一看，加深记忆，以后出现这种题就不会再错了。

还有，不要以为课外的题目就可以瞎做，要把每一次的练习都看作是一次重大的考试，绝不能疏忽怠慢了，字字句句都要写清楚。如果你不认真做的话，考试时就改不了了，所以现在养成良好的习惯，考试时也不会由于粗心而失分。

接着，则是一定要养成爱读书的习惯。高尔基曾说：“书籍是人类进步的阶梯。”读书不仅可以让我们增长知识，还可以提高我们的写作水平，让我们养成良好的阅读习惯。常言道：书山有路勤为径，学海无涯苦作舟。或许，有些同学认为读书是一件很无趣的事，但俗话说：兴趣是最好的老师。如果你去读那些你不感兴趣的书籍的话，同样也会爱上读书。

最关键的还是，上课要仔细听讲，不能东看看西望望，不是两人说话，就是借着四人小组讨论的时间聊一些与学习无关的废话，这种行为也该消失。

以上就是我的学习方法与经验，希望能帮助到大家。

The people I respect the most is my father. He is a doctor. He always busy

with work. Since I can remember, he never spent a whole weekend to stay with me.

He goes to the hospital very early before I get up, and comes back home after I

sleep. But I doesn’t matter at all, he is hero to me. He devotes almost all the

time to his patients, many lives are saved. He always said, a man should have

dignity, integrity, honor, and most of all, be helpful to others. This affected

me deeply, so I work hard so that someday I could be the man like my father.

No sooner had the summer vacation begun than I returned to my native town.

Of course I must make good use of it; otherwise I would incur the displeasure of

my parents.

In the morning I reviewed my lessons and read newspapers or magazines. In

the afternoon I played ball games with my friends or went fishing in the river.

At night (In the night) I watched television with my family (the members of my

family). hardly had the clock on the wall struck ten when I went to bed.

"Yeah, right. It isn’t that easy." I protested.

"Yes it is, " Michael said. "Life is all about choices. When you cut away

all the junk, every situation is a choice. You choose how you react to

situations. You choose how people will affect your mood. You choose to be in a

good mood or bad mood. The bottom line is: It’s your choice how you live life. "

I reflected on what Michael said.

Soon thereafter, I left the big enterprise that I had worked in for years

to start my own business. We lost touch, but I often though about him when I

made a choice about life instead of reacting to it. Several years later, I heard

Michael was involved in a serious accident, falling off 60 feet from a

communications tower.

After l8 hours of surgery, and weeks of intensive care, Michael was

released from the hospital with rods placed in his back. I saw Michael about six

months after the accident. When I asked him how he was, he replied, "If I were

any better, I’d be twins. Wanna see my scars?" I declined to see his wounds, but

did ask him what had gone through his mind as the accident took place.

"The first thing that went through my mind was the well being of my

soon-to-born daughter," Michael replied. "Then, as I lay on the ground,

remembered I had two choices: I could choose to live or I could choose to die. I

chose to live." "Weren’t you scared? Did you lose consciousness?" I asked.

Michael continued, "... the paramedics were great. They kept telling me I was

going to be fine. But when they wheeled me into the operation room and I saw the

expressions on the faces of the doctors and nurses, I got really scared. In

their eyes, l read ’He’s a dead man.’ I knew I needed to take action." "What did

you do?" I asked. "Well, there was a big burly nurse shouting questions at me”

said Michael. "She asked me if I was allergic to anything. ‘Yes,’ I said. The

doctors and nurses stopped working as they waited for my reply. I took a deep

breath and yelled", ‘Gravity’” Over their laughter, I told them, ’I’m choosing

to live. Operate on me as if I am alive, not dead’."

Michael lived, thanks to the skill of his doctors, but also because of his

amazing attitude. I Learned from him that every day we have a choice to live

fully. Attitude is everything.

The generation gap refers to the difference in attitude toward thing or the

lack of understanding between young people and older folks.

In families as well as in society, the young and the older may not agree

with each other on this and that from time to time. Young people would llke to

make as much money as they could and spend as much money as they could earn

while older folks are easily satisfied with what they earn and save as much as

possible. Young people llke the exciting and deafening pop music while older

folks prefer melodious folk-songs or classic music. A boy and a glrl today may

fall in love with each other as quick as lightning, while their parents or grand

parents might trudge over a long distance before they kissed each other and

became lovers when they were young.

However, we should not be amazed at the generation gap,for it is quite

natural in the development of society. The world is a changing world, in which

everything keeps changing, generations of human beings included. And changes

lead to progress.

Chinese New Year starts with the new moon on the first day of the new year

and ends on the the full days later. In china,people regard Spring Festival as

the most important thing.People studied and worked throughout the year.No matter

how far and how busy, they must do their best to go back home.Thats a tradition

and now becoming a habit. During this time,transport is extremely busy.Although

the way is difficult,it cant reduce the urgent feeling of going home.I cant

describe this feeling,only the people that experienced it can

understand.Actually,on one hand,people miss their family,and they need to get

comfort in the family.On the other hand,getting together is a symbol of

blessedness and auspiciousness.People in other country dont have this

consciousness that going home is necessary.For example,American could celebrate

the Christmas in everywhere they like or with anybody.This diversity is

occasioned by different culture between two countries.

On Spring festivals eve,the whole family prepare the dinner.Of

course,dumplings is essential.In the

evening,family members always sit at the television and watch Spring

Festival Gala.At 0:00,people set off firecrackers and fireworks,at the same

time,children pay New Year,s call to old people.The old people give money to the

children as a lunar new year gift.Usually,people stay up late or all night.

On lunar New Years Day, the Chinese family eat vegetarian dumplings which

imply they will plain and neat in this year. People change their new

clothes,this stands for a new beginning.Next,people visit relatives with some

gifts.The second day is son-in-laws festival,the husband and married women

visit their side of the family.In a word,Chinese attach great importance to

Spring Festival.

Recently, the news reported that one special kind of rhino from Africa just

passed away, which meant the disappearance of this lovely creature. What a great

pity. The tragedy is caused by the damaged environment, while human being must

be blamed for it, because we have done so many bad things to pollute the

environment and make the nature lose its balance. In order to make up our faults

and save our offspring, it is in need of protecting the environment. As the

ordinary people, we can do the small things, such as do not throw away the

rubbish and join some activities to bring the world green, like planting trees.

Every small act can make a difference. Some day, when we live with the

environment friendly, what we do is worth.

I have a two months summerVacation. During the holiday, I was very happy,

because I did not have to focus on my study all the time. But I still spent some

time in my study. I want to learn more in the holiday. Besides, I spent a lot of

time in playing, such as meeting friends, watching TV, searching the Internet,

playing computer games and so on. In addition, I help my mother do some house

work. I can reduce some burden of her and learn to be independent. In short, I

have a good and rich holiday.

It is reported that thick fog and haze surround many parts of China. People

have to wear masks when they go out.As air pollution is getting increasingly

worse,it has become the main concern of people.

Air pollution can have serious consequences for human’s health and also

severely affects natural ecosystems. Millions of people die of illnesses related

to air pollution every year.Due to particles from exhaust emissions,green house

effects result in warmer weather,acid rains corrode the earth,and frequent haze

causes traffic problems.

Confronted with such situation,positive measures should be adopted. The

government should keep its regulatory role for properly supervision. Related

rules should be made out for reducing emissions of new vehicles and limiting

high-emission vehicles.Factories should meet standards for curbing emissions of

pollutants in surrounding cities.Meanwhile, provinces and municipalities in each

target region should set up a mechanism for the joint prevention and control of

air pollution.

在课堂授课的中学英语课堂条件下，“面对全体学生”的理念和学生人数众多的客观事实之间形成了一种矛盾，对教师是一个很大的挑战。相当多的教师仍然采用教授语言点和布置练习并讲评的模式上课，教师自始至终是课堂的主角，学生被动地接受，缺乏主动性，因此课堂沉闷是一个普遍现象，很多学生渐渐失去了兴趣甚至厌学，把学习看作是沉重的负担。

1.口语练习课的合作学习教学活动设计。

利用多媒体技术可以丰富和活跃口语课堂。多媒体技术能将社会、文化背景等人文因素形象化、具体化，使口语活动更具体化。口语活动设计可以采用采访与协商讨论;小组实践与拼图游戏等，恰当组织小组分工合作。同时，在设计口语任务时要难易得当。教学任务既要切合实际又要有一定的灵活性和挑战性，

2.精读课文的合作学习教学设计。

预先阅读阶段中的小组合作学习。在正式阅读课文前,教师可根据阅读文章的内容等提出一些问题，供学生思考、回答，以激发学生阅读的兴趣，为下一步的阅读作好准备。阅读阶段的小组合作学习——重心转向课文理解。这一阶段可以分为大意理解和细节阅读两个层次。大意理解要求学生寻找段落大意和文章大意，教师可以设计一些问题进行检测，如要求学生能够找到段落主题句，或做课文后的阅读理解练习。阅读后阶段的小组合作学习。此阶段旨在对课文内容进行梳理、总结，进而引发深层次的理解和思考。要求学生在课上规定时间内用英语写课文内容总结或读后感。然后，小组成员互相修改，每组派代表课上宣读。课后，教师随机抽查其他学生写作和修改的情况。在此过程中，学生可以将新课的词汇、短语等语言基础知识学以致用，同时锻炼写作能力。

3.写作课的合作学习教学设计。

英语写作能够比较客观地反映学生多方面的语言运用能力。然而在传统教学中教师对写作教学重视不够，往往导致学生英语写作能力较差。教学中采用合作式的写作模式，遵循“熟悉写作要求——小组讨论——合作写作——教师点评”的教学步骤。在熟悉写作要求阶段，教师布置写作任务，使学生熟悉写作要求。小组讨论由组长组织，学生根据教师和小组其他成员的意见进行构思、讨论、措辞等，充分发挥他们的思维能力来进行写作和修改，这有助于他们发现写作中存在的问题。在教师点评阶段，教师对各组展示的作品进行点评，指出共同错误，表扬优秀作品。这种合作式的协作写作课堂能充分调动学生的积极性和主动性，并且每个学生都得到提高。

4.选择适当的合作学习时机。

合作学习是课堂教学的一种重要方式，但不是唯一的方式。我们应该根据教学内容，学生实际等因素，让学生进行合作学习。一般来说，对于复杂、综合的学习内容，可以采用小组合作的学习方式，教师要根据教学内容的特点精心设计小组合作学习的“问题“为学生提供适当的，带有一定挑战性的学习对象或任务。通过竞争让学生获得小小的成功体验，增强他们学习英语的信心，同时也让学生在竞争中自觉完善自己。

5.构建结构合理的合作小组。

教师在构建合作小组时，应注意结构的合理性。一是小组人数要合理，一般以4~6人为宜，人数太多不利于学生间的交流和个人才能的充分展示;人数太少也不利于学生间的交流和互助;二是分组应遵循“组间同质，组内异质，优势互补”的原则，即按照学生的知识基础，学习能力，性格特点的差异进行分组，使每个小组都有高、中、低三个层次的学生，这样分组不但有利于学生间的优势互补，相互促进，而且为全班各小组之间的公平竞争打下了基础;三是小组成员应是动态的，可以根据内容的不同互换角色，这不仅使学生有新鲜感，提高合作学习的兴趣，而且可以改变学生在小组中长期形成的地位，即有的学生始终处于控制地位，有的学生始终处于从属地位，给每个学生提供发展的机会。

总之，在提高中学公共英语课堂教学水平方面，小组合作学习教学模式值得广大中学公共英语教师去探索和发展。合作学习以“学生为中心”的教学理念有助于形成积极有效的学习氛围，从而激励学生学习;它有利于激发学生对课堂教学活动的参与欲望，同时能培养学生的学习成就感和团队精神。

As we all known，food safety problems are more and more popular in our

country，because more cases about food safety problem have appeared.

Firstly，As the old saying goes，the food is what matters to the people。 Food

plays an important role in peoples life。So food safety influences peoples

health and life。Secondly，some producers only think about earning money without

thinking about ensuring food safty。they produce unqualified food.Thirdly， some

food supervisory departpents dont perform their duty pletely。This behavior make

some producer ignore the safety of production.

If we want to solve problems that is illustrated former，we must call on the

supervisory department to manage the food market.And the producers must paly

their roles。 Lastly， we hope that there is law that punish illegal acts.

With the rapid development of our society, more and more people are fond of

online shopping for its convenience. Online shopping has been a heated fashion.

But different people have different views on this point. After all, every coin

has two sides.

Online shopping has advantages as well as disadvantages. Firstly, nowadays,

the Internet has become a must. As convenient as it is, people depend on online

shopping as it caters for those who are busy with work or other things. And it

can help us save much money, which is cheaper than what we buy in the physical

store. What’s more, it contributes the Internet to the further development.

However, it is also a risk of online shopping as we pay the bill online by

our credit cards, we may be cheated by the dishonest shoppers. Sometimes the

quality of what we buy online is much worse than we could imagine.

In my opinion, when we are shopping online, we should keep wise to prevent

us from treating. And we’ll find that online shopping has advantages over

disadvantages.

When autumn comes, I feel so excited, because the sports meeting comes. I

like sports so much. When I was very small, my father took me to watch the

basketball match, in the long time, sports have become part of my life. When I

started to come to school, I join the basketball team, I had the great time to

practice with my friends. Though high school life is very busy and I have to

learn so many subjects, I still keep taking exercise everyday. Sports meeting

time is my favorite time in the semester. I can take part in many activities,

such as basketball and high jump. I am full of energy, I just want to enjoy the

moment of taking exercise. Sports meeting indeed brings students many energy and

make the students become active. They can also exercise their bodies.

There are many different beliefs about the origin of the Lantern Festival.

But one thing for sure is that it had something to do with celebrating and

cultivating positive relationship between people, families, nature and the

higher beings they believed were responsible for bringing/returning the light

each year.

One legend tells us that it was a time to worship Taiyi, the God of Heaven

in ancient times. The belief was that the God of Heaven controlled the destiny

of the human world. He had sixteen dragons at his beck and call and he decided

when to inflict drought, storms, famine or pestilence upon human beings.

Beginning with Qinshihuang, the first emperor to unite the country, all the

emperors ordered splendid ceremonies each year. The emperor would ask Taiyi to

bring favorable weather and good health to him and his people. Emperor Wudi of

the Han Dynasty directed special attention to this event. In 104 BC, he

proclaimed it as one of the most important celebrations and the ceremony would

last throughout the night. They clean it all up in the morning.

Another legend associates the Lantern Festival with Taoism. Tianguan is the

Taoist god responsible for good fortune. His birthday falls on the 15th day of

the first lunar month. It is said that Tianguan likes all types of

entertainment, so followers prepare various kinds of activities during which

they pray for good fortune.

Yet another common legend dealing with the origins of the Lantern Festival

speaks of a beautiful bird that flew down to earth from heaven, which was hunted

and killed by some villagers. This angered the Jade Emperor in Heaven because

the bird was his favorite one. Therefore, he planned a storm of fire to destroy

the village on the 15th lunar day. The Jade Emperors daughter heard of this

plan, and warned the villagers of her father’s plan to destroy their village.

The village was in turmoil because nobody knew how should they escape their

imminent destruction.

However, a wise man from another village suggested that every family should

hang red lanterns around their houses, set up bonfires on the streets, and

explode firecrackers on the 14th, 15th, and 16th lunar days. This would give the

village the appearance of being on fire to the Jade Emperor. On the 15th lunar

day, troops sent down from heaven whose mission was to destroy the village saw

that the village was already ablaze, and returned to heaven to report to the

Jade Emperor. Satisfied, the Jade Emperor decided not to burn down the village.

From that day on, people celebrate the anniversary on the 15th lunar day every

year by carrying red lanterns on the streets and exploding firecrackers and

fireworks.

There are many stories on how this festival was created. One other story is

about a maid. In the Han Dynasty, Mr. Eastern was a favorite advisor of the

emperor. One winter day, he went to the garden and heard a little girl crying

and getting ready to jump into a well to commit suicide. Mr. Eastern stopped her

and asked why. She said she was a maid in the emperors palace and her name was

Yuan-Xiao.

She never had the chance to meet her family after she started worked at the

palace. She missed them so much every 12th lunar month. If she couldnt have the

chance to show her filial piety in this life, she would rather die. Mr. Eastern

promised her to find a way so she could reunion with her family. Mr. Eastern

left the palace and set up a fortune-telling stall on the street and disguised

himself as a fortuneteller. Because of his reputation, many people asked for

their fortunes.

But every one got the same prediction - a severe fire accident on the 15th

lunar day. The rumor spread quickly. Everyone was worried about the future and

asked Mr. Eastern for help. Mr. Eastern said, "On the 13th lunar day, the God of

Fire will send a fairy lady in red to burn down the city. If you see a lady in

red wearing green pants riding a black horse on that day, you should ask for her

mercy." On that day, Yuan-Xiao pretended to be the red fairy lady. When people

asked for her help, she said, "Im the messenger of the God of Fire and came to

check on the city and Im going to set up fire on 15th. This is an order from

Jade Emperor. He will watch from the heavens.

I will give you a copy of the imperial decree from the God of Fire. You

should go to ask your emperor to find a way out." After she left, people went to

the palace to show the emperor the decree which reads "The capital city is in

trouble. Fire burns on the palace, and fire from Heaven burns all night long on

the 15th." The emperor of Han Dynasty was very shocked. He called and asked Mr.

Eastern for advice. After pondering for a while, Mr. Eastern said, "I heard that

the God of Fire likes to eat Tang-Yuan (Sweet dumpling). Does Yuan-Xiao often

cook Tang-Yuan for you? On the 15th lunar day, let Yuan-Xiao make Tang-Yuan.

Your Majesty will take charge of the worshipping ceremony and you will give

an order to every house to prepare Tang-Yuan to worship the God of Fire at the

same time. Also, deliver another order to ask every house in the city to hang

red lantern and explode fire crackers. Lastly, everyone in the palace and people

outside the city should carry their lanterns on the street to watch the lantern

decoration and fireworks. If everything goes this way, the Jade Emperor would be

deceived.

Then everyone can avoid the fire accident." The emperor happily followed

the plan. Lanterns were everywhere in the capital city on the night of the 15th

lunar day. People were walking on the street. Fire crackers kept making lots of

noise. It looked like the entire city was on fire. Yuan-Xiaos parents went into

the palace to watch the lantern decorations, and Yuan-Xiao made a big lantern

and wrote her name on the lantern. They happily reunited together after her

parents called her name. Everybody was safe during the night. The emperor of Han

Dynasty had a new order that people should do the same thing every year. Since

Yuan-Xiao cooked the best Tan-Yuan, people called the day Yuan-Xiao

Festival.

Young people were chaperoned in the streets in hopes of finding love.

Matchmakers acted busily in hopes of pairing couples. The brightest lanterns

were symbolic of good luck and hope. As time has passed, the festival no longer

has such implications.

Those who do not carry lanterns often enjoy watching informal lantern

parades. In addition to eating tangyuan (simplified Chinese: 汤圆; traditional

Chinese: 湯圓; pinyin: tāngyuán), another popular activity at this festival is

guessing lantern riddles (which became part of the festival during the Tang

Dynasty), which often contain messages of good fortune, family reunion, abundant

harvest, prosperity and love.

Teacher, perhaps the two words you have listened to many times, but I still want to say to you: "teacher, thank you!" On the occasion of arrival of teachers day, I will always think of you taught my scenes at ordinary times. When I have trouble, you always took pains to my guidance and help me; When I have a mistake, you will seriously pointed out, and then kindly help me to correct mistakes; When I achieved good grades, you will always be cock thumb, smile with canthus.

Teacher, you are my teacher! You are let me admire, let me progress, let me grow up tutor!

Teachers, thank you!