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471我的母亲英语作文高一100词
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+ 加入清单It was Mother’s Day.Sun Zheng thought he should do something for
hismother.He decided to help his mother do some housework.After school he went
toa shop to buy some food on his way home.
When he got home, he did his best to cook some nice food,though he
couldn’tdo the cooking well.Thenhe cleaned the room.He felt very tired, but he
wasvery happy.
When his father and his mother came back and saw the clean rooms and
disheswhich weren’t so nice, they were very happy.They had their supper
together.Hismother said, "Thank you,my child!"
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篇1:英语高一优秀作文100字
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+ 加入清单Almost everyone knows that water covers three-fourths of the earths
surface. Most of it, however, is in the oceans and is too salty to drink. Also,
some of it is frozen and cannot be used. In fact, less than one percent is left
for the use of people, animals and plant life. All through history men have
tried to build their homes near the sources of fresh water. Now fresh water is
becoming scarce, but more and more is needed because of the increasing number of
people in the world. Some industries also use large amounts of fresh water in
the production of things such as steel, petroleum, paper and rubber and so on.
Scientists estimate that the need for fresh water will have doubled by the year
2003. If they are correct, we must find new ways of saving it or producing it.
Some nations have worked on the problem and are already sharing their
information with others. They are trying to keep their rivers from becoming
polluted. Deep wells are also being dug, and rain water is being collected in
huge artificial lakes. In one way or another, they hope to provide enough water
to satisfy the needs of their people.
篇2:高一关于EasterDay复活节英语作文
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+ 加入清单easter is celebrated on the weekend after the first full moon that follows march 21. that means in some years it‘s in late march, and other years in april. the word easter comes from the old english name for the goddess of dawn called eostre. she was worshipped(敬奉) in the spring. in canada, the easter season is also a time for celebrating the rebirth of nature. the long cold winter is beginning to melt into(融合) spring.
复活节是庆祝周末的第一个满月后的三月二十一日,如下。这意味着在一些年的3月下旬,并于四月其他年。这个词来自于古英语名字复活节为黎明的女神被称为黎明。她崇拜(敬奉)在春天。在加拿大,复活节是一个庆祝万物复苏的时间。在漫长寒冷的冬天开始融化成春天(融合)。
while all canadians celebrate the return of the warm weather, there is another meaning to easter. christians because they believe that jesus christ rose from the dead on easter sunday three days after he was crucified(钉十字架上处死) on good friday. to celebrate the of his resurrection(复活), they attend churches filled with candles and white lilies (百合花) on easter sunday. the lilies symbolize (象征) hope and rebirth. a lot of communities (社会) have easter parades (游行), some religious, others with brightly decorated floats(彩车), costumes and hats.
虽然所有的加拿大人庆祝回归的温暖的天气,还有另一种意义的复活节。基督徒,因为他们相信耶稣基督从死里复活在复活节的星期日,他被钉在十字架上,三天之后(钉十字架上处死)在星期五。为了庆祝耶稣的复活(复活),他们参加的教堂充满了蜡烛和白百合(百合花)在星期日的复活节。百合花象征着希望和重生(象征)。很多社区(社会)有复活节游行(游行),一些宗教,以明亮的花车装饰别人(彩车),服装和帽子。
篇3:关于树英语高一
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+ 加入清单There was a man who had four sons. He wanted his sons to learn to not judge
things too quickly. So he sent them each on a quest,in turn,to go and look at a
pear tree that was a great distance away.
The first son went in the winter,the second in the spring,the third in
summer,and the youngest son in the fall.
When they had all gone and come back,he called them together to describe
what they had seen.
The first son said that the tree was ugly,bent,and twisted. The second son
said no - it was covered with green buds and full of promise.
The third son disagreed,he said it was laden with blossoms that smelled so
sweet and looked so beautiful,it was the most graceful thing he had ever
seen.
The last son disagreed with all of them;he said it was ripe and drooping
with fruit,full of life and fulfillment.
The man then explained to his sons that they were all right,because they
had each seen but one season in the tree‘s life. He told them that you cannot
judge a tree,or a person,by only one season,and that the essence of who they are
- and the pleasure,joy,and love that come from that life - can only be measured
at the end,when all the seasons are up.
If you give up when it‘s winter,you will miss the promise of your
spring,the beauty of your summer,fulfillment of your fall. Don’t let the pain of
one season destroy the joy of all the rest.
篇4:高一英语作文题目
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+ 加入清单With the improvement of living level, the goods package have become more
and more complicated and exaggerated. Thus, the phenomenon of the excessive
packaging is common around us. Such as Mid-autumn moon cakes. But what factors
contribute to this phenomenon?
Firstly, as we all know, a large number of markets and stores think that
goods which are well-decorated could attract consumers and inspire consumers to
purchase goods. So they can earn more money. Secondly, consumers hold the idea
that the more elegant the goods look, the better quality of the commodity is.
Whats more, the government didnt make relevant rules to prevent this
phenomenon.
Personally speaking, excessive packaging has a bad influence on our
environment, which also wastes precious resources. So we should increase our
awareness of consuming and save rare resources. At the same time, some useful
measures should be taken by the government. Its high time we took action to
prevent this situation. Only in this way can we put an end to this trend.
篇5:中国的家庭生活高一英语作文
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+ 加入清单I live with my father and mother in a very big house in dongguan. my parents are both very busy. they leave for work very early in the morning and don’t return home until late in the evening.
When i am home on weekends from school, we spend a lot of time together. we talk about my studies, my health and my school life. i love my parents very much.
My grandparents are still living, but they don’t live with us. their health is good and they both do sports very early in the morning. my grandmother does gymnastics with elderly women her age in the park. both of my grandfathers play basketball in the morning and sometimes they go swimming.chinese people eat rice for every meal, but i don’t like rice because i think it is tasteless! we eat meat, fish and vegetables. my family eats noodles and congee. my favorite is noodles.
I often play computer games because i like it so much. i often watch japanese cartoon movies with my parents on the weekends. on long holidays we take trips, too.
That is my description of typical family life in china.
篇6:高一议论文800字
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+ 加入清单当你垂头丧气打不起来精神的时候会做些什么呢?
人在低落时,会情不自禁的渴望陪伴,会下意识的忽略身边的美好。可当你真正转过头看的时候或许才更能够发现,身边的一切又都是那样的美好。
考试考砸了,我的心情十分低沉。我不知道方向,不知道要如何去努力,不知道那么多厚厚的课本和试卷哪些能给我带来帮助。可尽管这样,我依旧不愿意放弃我的生活。生活中不美好的事情太多了,如果每一件事情都能够让自己伤心落泪,那生活也确实是无趣的很。
我出去吹风,抬头仰望天空。或许是因为太久没有像这个样子放松式的来感受生活了。我发现原来天空是真的湛蓝,十分的清澈,偶尔几朵白云层层铺垫在天空之边,让人有了一抹可爱的感觉。这跟自己脑海中的天空不同,许久之前的天空还是阴霾而又灰暗的,是因为污染的缘故吧。看来今年的环境保护措施确实有了很大的提升。领导们的号召正在起着作用,金山银山,不如绿水青山。
要说生活,也是相似的。
挫折再多,都不能因此而陷落,保持一颗好心情,享受着对于生活的追求和热爱比什么都好!
年龄越大,经历的也就越多,感慨也是越多。我曾在学校时候经历了分别,初中的,高中的,日常的。我深刻体会到了生活所带给人的无奈,许多种情况下,原本天天相见,关系相熟悉的两个人都是会被迫分隔两地的。许多种情况下,原本很近的距离,会因为生活而被辣的很远,遭遇分离。
此外,你还可能被外界的压力所被迫完成自己不想完成的事情。为了生活选择了工作放弃了爱好,为了家庭选择了刻苦而逐渐遗失了自我,为了在前进的道路上不停歇,你可能会来回头等待朋友的时间都没有留下……
当然,即使生活是这般无情且充满压力,却也依旧是爱意满满的。你会因为录取通知书上自己的名字而高声呐喊,你会因为自己生日的祝福而暗自窃喜,你会因为你精心准备的事物被他人所肯定而嘴角上扬。
生活就是这般,带有着不美好的同时又充满了美好。很多事情只要自己想做,就会千方百计的去完成,也就不存在所谓的将就了。而这些也就是对于生活的热爱。热爱生活,追求生活,不要被世俗的压力所击倒,这就是我们所应该去努力的方向。
热爱,美好而充满朝气,是我们无法拒绝的。
篇7:我的母亲英语作文高一100词
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+ 加入清单My mother is a woman of the old school. She is too conservative to keep up
with the times. However, she is goodnatured and treats others sincerely. For
this reason, all her neighbors are only too glad (pleased) to make friends with
her.
They consider her a model woman.She is a typical housewife. She keeps the
(her) house neat and clean and looks after us with extreme care . She often says
to us, “You cannot study too hard.”
篇8:高一关于节日英语作文:五一劳动节
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+ 加入清单May Day that day, I meet my brother and younger brother to play in the riverside wetland park. Im very glad to get off when Im singing while jumping down.
So many people in the park! Some fly a kite, some play in the water, and watch the scenery. My favorite is the reeds. The green reeds sway in the wind, as if to welcome us; There were a few wild duck in the reeds, swam to busy to catch fish and shrimp eat; Little dragonfly fly tired, fell on the reeds, pointed to rest!
The park is really fun, we had a happy May Day.
五一节这天,我相约哥哥和弟弟去滨河湿地公园玩。我非常高兴,下车时我是一边哼着歌一边蹦下去的。
公园里的人真多哪!有的放风筝、有的在水边玩耍、还有的观赏风景。我最喜欢的就是芦苇荡。绿油油的芦苇荡随风摇摆,好像是在欢迎我们的到来;还有几只野鸭在芦苇丛中游来游去,正忙着捉鱼虾吃;小蜻蜓飞累了,落在芦苇尖上休息呢!
公园里可真好玩,我们过了个快乐的五一节。
篇9:高一寒假英语日记
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+ 加入清单Today I found time was a cruel thing. Whatever man is, time always goes on. It won’t stay to wait for somebody. You can’t use anything to exchange time. Time is also a fair thing.
Although you have a lot of money or you enjoy high reputation, time won’t leave them more. Today I found I hadn’t enough time. Although I have 50-day holiday, but I found I had a lot of things to do. I had a lot of homework to do and I had something necessary to do.
篇10:英语四六级作文万能模板:议论文之利弊型
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+ 加入清单Nowadays, there is a widespread concern over (the issue that)___作文题目______. In fact, there are both advantages and disadvantages in __题目议题_____. Generally speaking, it is widely believed there are several positive aspects as follows. Firstly, ___优点一______. And secondly ___优点二_____.
Just As a popular saying goes, "every coin has two sides", __讨论议题______ is no exception, and in another word, it still has negative aspects. To begin with, ___缺点一______. In addition, ____缺点二______.
To sum up, we should try to bring the advantages of __讨论议题____ into full play, and reduce the disadvantages to the minimum at the same time. In that case, we will definitely make a better use of the ____讨论议题___.
篇11:高一英语作文辅导100词
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+ 加入清单Today was the first day of my new life. I looked at my new books and
checked everything for the new school year. I was excited as well as
worried.
Entering new school, I was curious about everything, new classrooms, new
teachers, new classmates etc. It would be a new start for each student. And what
I was worried about is that I had no friends here. I wondered if no liked to
play with me. Were the teachers strict with students?
I fell relaxed when the teacher asked me, What else could I help you,
freshman?". I found that the teachers were kind and polite, and the classmates
around me were friendly. While I was thinking about how to get on well with my
classmates, my desk mate showed me his favorite Ipad4s. He wanted to play with
me, but I didnt know how to play, so he taught me patiently, and we played
happily.
Worries have gone, and happiness is coming.
篇12:思考人生意义的高一英语作文
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+ 加入清单I do not think deeply about the life the significance, my life instead crosses very much meaningful. Even I do not need to know that anything is the life, so long as lived is sufficing. The significance when you seek for it, it only then exists, when your further seeks, it will vanish. Perhaps, only then in we felt when the life does not have the significance, only will then go to seek for it. As for found or not, depended entirely on individual lucky chance, because that was not individual strength can decide. we are not are living depending on the significance, but when we are not is living depending on the significance, our persons status has received the question, will this will test us be a qualified person. If in a person life had never thought tracks down one kind of significance, has never tracked down one kind of significance, has never had outside the material spiritual pursue, then he will be a personality damage person.if a person is only wants to live, so long as he had the basic survival to suffice, do not be too many. If he wants to enjoy, that he wants the thing will be many, not very easy to achieve. But if he wants a significance, that so long as he chooses one from thought that the meaningful matter, relentless does, might. The significance is this kind of kind of thing, when you think it is meaningful, it is meaningful.
Some kind of significance not necessarily belongs to all, but only belongs believes it individual. some people said that only then the human will think deeply about the life the significance, but exactly said that only then the very few people will only then think deeply about the life the significance, most people only will be living certainly. Did not know that what the life is, cannot affect their survival. But from says thoroughly understands the life significance the innate person, also has not seen their life to have anything different kind.
篇13:保护动物高一英语
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+ 加入清单When I was very small, I lived in my hometown. My grandparents raised two
dogs, and I liked them very much. I watched them grow up from the little animals
to the big dogs. Every time when I leaved home for school, they would follow me
for some distance. When I walked a little far away, they would turn home. When I
went home after school, they would wait for me in the door and swayed their
tails. I knew they were welcoming me home. They were like my family members and
I learned that animals are part of our nature. We should protect them. We can
create a harmonious society.
篇14:成为一个好学生高一英语作文
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+ 加入清单Three attributes can help people in their studies. First, a sense of responsibility is important for building a sound character. If you arent responsible, youll postpone your assignments or devote too little time to your schoolwork.
Second, in school life, relationships between people are valuable. Friends can bring you happiness and laughter. In addition, you can discuss problems and pursue knowledge with them.
Last, it is important to have a constructive philosophy of life. If you are defeated, dont be disappointed. Try to face your life and your studies with courage and determination.
If you can work toward these goals, youll become a well-rounded and versatile student instead of being a bookworm.
篇15:文明的议论文高一
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+ 加入清单从历经沧桑的古代到科技高速发展的现代,人类追寻文明的脚步从未停歇,文明已深深埋入人们心中,浸润到生活中的每个细节,根深蒂固。不得不承认,文明为生活增添了新的色彩。
走进历史,让古代文明演绎曾经的辉煌。
站在长城的一角,轻轻抚摸着斑驳的城墙,历史的卷轴在微风中徐徐吹展,让霞光来见证它曾经的辉煌。脑海中不觉展现那场金戈铁马群雄纷争的战场,耳边响起轰鸣的鼓声和呐喊,而这座宏伟的古物就矗立在那里,守护者秦朝。历史带给我的是新的震撼和使命,不觉到这残缺的古墙产生敬畏之心。月光慵懒地洒在这一座座古城,一件件古物上,像为它们披上一层薄纱,宁静柔和,我轻拭尘埃,温暖它们的冰凉。
生活中需要历史,去反思去领悟,方可精彩。
走进社会,让现代文明彰显新的生机。
静立在川流不息的人群中,文明随处可见。它可能是陌路者的相视一笑,可能是交谈间的礼貌用语,可能是世博奥运时志愿者的热情帮助,它可能是公交站台井然有序的队伍,自动取款机的一米线旁,可能在斑马线红绿灯下。文明虽小,但彰显的是现代人的素质与修养。因为有文明,陌路也会成为朋友;因为有文明,干戈也会化为玉帛;因为有文明,他人也会成为彼此一瞬的温暖。我静静体验着文明的力量,带着友好与感动,与文明对视。
生活中需要文明,去尊重去弘扬,方可精彩。
走进文明,让传统与现实碰撞新的火光。
现在祭孔拜佛盛行,文明也成为代名词,这是在对文明的弘扬与传承。中国是礼仪之邦,向来重视礼节与文明。孔丘“己所不欲,勿施于人。”刘备的“勿以善小而不为,勿以恶小而为之。”都是文明的很好体现。而现在传统也深入人心。见面时父母会教年幼的孩子问好,书信时“您好”“此致敬礼”等用语的运用,“令尊”“贵姓”的交流称谓等等。餐桌礼仪,节日习俗等都被发扬光大。从传统到现在,文明在岁月的长河中生生不息,历久弥新。
生活中需要文明,去磨合去发扬,方可精彩。
文明是一个城市的标签,是一个人道德的鉴别,它更是一个民族的灵魂。生活需要文明来温暖人心,需要文明在维系秩序,也需要文明来实现境界。文明是一个微笑的弧度,是见面握手的风度,是谦让隐忍的韧度,文明让心灵上升了新的高度。
让文明潜移默化地浸润心灵,让生活因文明而精彩!
篇16:作文描写人物高一800字议论文
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+ 加入清单首先感谢老师给了我们这个畅所欲言的机会,结合政治课上所学的知识,谈一谈这个在我们心中许久的话题。
学校、老师对于在学校中度过了七年生活的我们来说真是个最熟悉不过的词语。我们在学校的灿烂阳光中成长,又在老师的关怀帮助下增高。学校与老师对我们提出了许多的要求,我们也在心底对学校与老师有了一个衡量的标准。近些年来反映校园生活的中外影视剧层出不穷,其中不乏有一些相当优秀而有教育意义的作品。它们从校园概貌写到学生的心理,让我们看见了心目中的学校,心目中的老师。
在我的心目中,学校应该如一个世外桃源,远离城市的喧嚣,为学生们营造出一种和谐的读书气氛。教学设施一定要非常完备,应把基础教育与欧美开放的教育方式相结合,多多采用电脑授课。学校也应在每周开展一节社会实践课,让我们认识社会,熟悉社会,走进社会。为了了解学生的思想情况,学校应该多搞一些不记名的调查活动,并与政治课结合,全方位的对学生进行思想教育。学校可以利用这种方式,让我们定期填写一些问卷调查,了解国内外历史与新闻。这样,学校才能深化素质教育,但同学们最敏感的考试问题,学校也应全面革新,对学生的创造力考试应大于或等于基础的测验,使学生能够成为一个全面发展的人才,而不是一个两耳不闻窗外事,一心只读圣贤书的呆子。
许多同学认为老师不能留太多的作业,不能对我们使用“暴力”,不能照本宣科,但我在这里要讲一位我最欣赏的老师,那就是电视剧《校园先锋》中的南方老师。她美丽、正直、大方、热情,教学方法也独具特色,很能就事论事,不推脱责任弄虚作假,强调学生重要的是品质,品质高尚、思想健康的学生才能成就大事业。它能理解学生们对学校、社会中坏现象的看法,赞成他们与坏现象作斗争,勇敢承担后果,不怕跌倒与失败。在生活中她仿佛是同学的父母,遇事她能正确地引导学生,她敢说敢做,在各方面都能成为学生的表率,我喜欢这样的老师。
这就是我们心目中的学校,这就是我心目中的老师,但是我想,在不久的将来,我们的学校定会比我设想的更加美好,我们的老师也会更加完美,学校这个使我们面向未来的窗口,定会以一种新的姿态展现在我们的面前,让我们期盼着这一天的到来吧!
篇17:高一英语健康词
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+ 加入清单All the people want to stay in good health. Health is better than wealth.
It is true that health is the first step to success. Imagine this, if you’re
sick, all you can do is to stay in bed and do nothing at all, how can you chase
after your dreams?But if you’re in good health, you can overcome the adversities
you ever encounter and make your dreams come true. Since health is so important
for everybody, how can we maintain and enhance our health? There are some useful
suggestions:
First of all, we should lead to a regular life. Early to bed and early to
rise makes a healthy man. Do not stay up late. Some people love to play cell
phones games or reading electronic-books before sleep, this can be bad for the
health. We should remember to turn off the phones before sleep. Second, don’t be
too particular about food. Try to eat more fruit and vegetables and less sugars
and soft drinks. If you want to eat a bar of chocolate, eat an apple instead. If
you want to drink milk tea or coffee, drink water instead. Don’t eat too much
meat in one week. Last but not least, we should do exercise everyday. There are
many exercises for us to choose. Such as, swimming, jogging, square dancing,
playing badminton and so on. Doing exercise can increase the circulation of
blood and enhance our immune system. The one who in better immune system, the
less disease he will have.
In conclusion, if we pay close attention to our health, we can avoid
getting sick. Try to sleep earlier, eat more fruit and vegetable, drink more
water, and do exercise everyday. You will realize that it’s not that hard to
stay in good health.
篇18:高一年级关于雾霾的英语作文
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+ 加入清单This morning, I learn calligraphy. A go out find a grey outside a, like entering a without the four seasons, no color, only the yellow fog with the country. Walk on the road, I feel three meters outside cant see a person, like a blind. Choking air indistinctly has a foul smell, I think such a world, everything all have no vitality.
Remember the book about the fog is very beautiful, people compare it to a white gauze, illusory. People walk in the clouds like walked into the wonderland. But now, we call it the fog haze, whats happening to our environment? Who destroyed it?
This all of all, are we cause ourselves. Because of increasing car emissions a large amount of exhaust gas, the factory of drainage, casually forest are constantly, green space constantly decreases, and so on, make the environment has been destroyed, so just can have the haze weather it is today.
Haze weather this year has seen many times, long duration, wide range, damage degree, has greatly influenced peoples health and induce many diseases, such as heart disease, lung disease, bronchitis and so on. This kind of weather to us again and again the alarm strikes, environmental governance is urgently needed!
So we should advocate, take good care of the trees, planting trees, dont burning garbage, the discharge of pollutants. We have to scientific development, respect the nature, in harmony with nature. This is to protect the environment, and protect our living environment. Blue sky, green water, green space, fresh air, you can always around us!
今天早上,我学书法。一出门发现外面灰蒙蒙的一片,就像走进了一个没有四季,没有颜色,只有黄色的大雾陪伴的国度一样。走在马路上,我感觉三米之外都看不见人,就像双目失明一样。呛人的空气隐隐约约的有股臭味,我觉得这样的世界,万物都没有了生机。
记得书里描写的雾非常的美,人们把它比作白纱,虚无缥缈。人们走在云雾里如同走进了人间仙境。可是现在,我们却称之为雾霾,我们的环境到底怎么了?是谁破坏了它?
这一切的一切,都是我们人类自己造成的。因为汽车的增多排放大量的尾气,工厂随便的排污,森林不断地被采伐,绿地不断的减少,等等,使环境被破坏了,所以才会有了今天这样的雾霾天气。
今年的雾霾天气已经出现了多次,持续时间长,涉及范围广,危害程度重,极大地影响了人的健康,诱发了很多疾病,比如心脏病,肺病,气管炎等等。这种天气给我们一次次敲起了警钟,环境治理刻不容缓!
所以我们要提倡,爱护树木,种植树木,不要焚烧垃圾,随便排放污染物。我们必须要科学发展,尊重大自然,与大自然和谐相处。这样既保护了环境,又保护了我们的生存环境。蓝天、碧水、绿地、新鲜的空气,就能时时在我们身边!
篇19:关于网购英语高一
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+ 加入清单November 11 is Bachelor’s Day, it is a joke that shopping can make up the
loneliness on that day, the manufacturers sense the great business, so they give
great discount on that day, people are attracting by the discount, they buy a
lot of things on that special day. But we known that people lose their wisdom
when they buy things, most things are useless.
Today, shopping online brings great discount, the price of the product will
be cheaper online, so people like to shopping online. When the holiday comes,
the products even get cheaper, customers always wait for the chance to pay the
lower price. It is said that as so many buy things on Bachelor’s Day, the
express delivery congested, customers got their stuff very late. It is more
ridiculous that a couple divorced because the wife bought too many things
online.
Now December 12 is coming soon, the discount is being presented, it is a
great lure that customers can’t control themselves. Shopping online should be
rational, we just buy what we need, the rest even is cheaper, but without value,
we must realize is a waste.
Now, we can get cheaper stuff not only online, we should control ourselves,
we buy what we are using, we can use the money to do meaning thing.
篇20:高一年级英语作文:Chinas traditional festivals
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+ 加入清单The Chinese New Year has a great history. In our past, people lived in an agricultural society and worked all year long. They only took a break after the harvest and before the planting of seeds. This happens to coincide with the beginning of the lunar New Year.
The Chinese New Year is very similar to the Western one, rich in traditions, folklores and rituals. It has been said that it is a combination of the Western Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year. This is hardly an exaggeration!
The origin of the Chinese New Year itself is centuries old - in fact, too old to actually be traced. It is popularly recognized as the Spring Festival and celebrations last 15 days.
Preparations tend to begin a month before the date of the Chinese New Year (similar to a Western Christmas). During this time people start buying presents, decoration materials, food and clothing. A huge clean-up gets underway days before the New Year, when Chinese houses are cleaned from top to bottom. This ritual is supposed to sweep away all traces of bad luck. Doors and windowpanes are often given a new coat of paint, usually red, then decorated with paper cuts and couplets with themes such as happiness, wealth and longevity printed on them.
The end of the New Year is marked by the Festival of Lanterns, which is a celebration with singing, dancing and lantern shows.
At the Festival, all traditions are honored. The predominant colors are red and gold. "Good Wish" banners are hung from the ceilings and walls. The "God of Fortune" is there to give Hong Baos. Lion dancers perform on stage continuously. Visitors take home plants and flowers symbolizing good luck. An array of New Years specialty food is available in the Food Market. Visitors purchase new clothing, shoes and pottery at the Market Fair. Bargaining for the best deal is commonplace!