未来生活英语作文带翻译【精选20篇】

I imagine a lot about lives in the future. I think two words can summarize

my imagination. The first word is fast. In the future, we will have more quickly

transportation means. Now matter how far we go, it takes only a short time. With

the development of science and technology, we can travel to the moon, Mars or

somewhere outer space. People may can live in other planets. The second word is

convenient. Because of the fast development of our society, many work can be

done by computers or even robots. Lots of things are fully automated. Humans

just need to give some simple instructions to complete complecated tasks.

My Friend-我的朋友

John is the most diligent student in our class.He is one of my friends.As a matter of fact,he gets along with his classmates.He might spend just five to ten minutes talking to you once in a long while,but he talks with enthusiasm and energy,and he likes to share his thinking and ideas with you.He is honest; he does not like to waste his time and energy.He never appears sleepy and tired in the classroom.He always hands in homework on time and also does well in his examinations,yet he has time practicing playing football and his violin skill.I admire him.I hope I can be as diligent as he is; John is persistent,attentive,and energetic.

John是我们班上最勤奋的学生.他也是我的一个朋友.实际上,他和班上的同学相处的都很融洽.也许过好长时间他才只是花5分钟或10分钟和你聊天,但是他的谈话充满了活力和热情,而且他喜欢和你分享他的思想和想法.他是诚实的,他不会无谓的浪费他的时间和精力.在教室里,他从没有显得困倦或是疲惫.他常常会按时交作业,考试中也会取得好成绩,然而他仍会有时间踢足球和练小提琴.我羡慕他,我希望自己能象他那样勤奋.John是个执着、专注、充满活力的人

[题目是我的朋友的英语作文及翻译

在一片碧绿的草坪上，一座雪白的小洋楼矗立在草坪中央，这便是我可爱的家。“主人，该起床了！”在机器人管家迪诺的呼唤中，我拉开窗帘，任由暖烘烘的阳光照进房间。我深深地吸了一口清新的空气，明白新的一天到来了。

吃过早餐，我驾驶着私家飞船，火速赶往在海边的“全球海洋动物研究所总基地。”进入研究所，三三两两的同事们便汇集在一个巨大的透明水晶台下。所长走上水晶台，开始向我们分配今天的任务。我得到的任务是下潜到海洋深处采集珍稀动物的标本，便于进行保护。于是我快速穿好潜水服，吃下一粒氧气丸（可以让人在水下自由呼吸的药丸），带上迪诺，来到大海边，只听“扑嗵”一声，我和迪诺一起进入了大海。

经过这十几年来对大海的保护，海水已经恢复了当初湛蓝的颜色。我们一路游过去，一株株美丽的珊瑚映入了我的眼帘，它们有的披着一件淡白色的外衣，上面还缀着一个“花纽扣”；有的身穿一件紫蓝色相间的“花格服”……水中不时游过一群群活泼可爱的小鱼，朝我友好地摆摆尾巴……“到达目的地了，主任！”迪诺告诉我。只见这里水草茂盛，贝壳、海螺繁多，最适合珍稀动物居住了。我戴上特制的月光眼镜，微弱的光把海洋照得分外绚丽，不用担心，这种眼镜只有人眼才会看见，动物根本看不见，对动物本身不造成任何伤害。“我找到了！”我轻声叫了起来。在我手指前方，一个约手掌大小、全身呈乳白色的初生珊鱼正躲在一处茂密的水草中，一双滚圆的大眼睛正胆怯地望着我。我小心翼翼地游过去，轻轻抱起它。珊鱼感到不安，剧烈地挣扎了起来。在我轻轻的抚摸下，它渐渐平静下来了，我心中一阵窃喜，小心地把它抱进了海中的“生物研究所”内。

吃过午饭，我返回“生物研究所”内，开始研究起珊鱼。我将它捧起来，小心翼翼地检查它的全身，“啊，有细菌虫！”我尖叫道。于是我通过反反复复地试验，配出了一种神奇药水，涂抹在珊鱼身上，细菌虫马上死亡了，小珊鱼也更灵气了。看着活蹦乱跳地珊鱼，我倍感欣慰。

夕阳西下，霞光洒满大海，海面泛起了一阵阵亮晶晶的银波。我早已回到家中，吃过晚饭，与家人一起漫步在碧绿的草坪上。悠悠凉风徐徐吹来，我微眯着双眼，细细品味着这美好的一天……

In recent years, the global warming gets increasingly attention. More and

more people make contribution to stop the global warming. Therefore, a new

lifestyle occurs--low carbon life. What can we do to live in low carbon?

First, remember to turn off lights and turn off the faucet when you do not

need to use. Use the energy-saving lamps. There are many small things we can do

to save resources. Second, when we go out, take public transport as much as

possible, to reduce gas emissions and to ease the transporting pressures.

All in all, there are many other things we can do to live in the low carbon

life. It needs us to do something practically. If everyone can keep this

lifestyle from now on, it will greatly change the situation and our home would

become more beautiful.

早晨，我乘着“甜心号飞船”来上班。

我的机器人助理珍妮，早已经在门前等候。“早上好，董事长！”“嗯，早上好！”我乘坐“升天电梯”来到地160层。我的办公室很气派，墙上挂了好多画，使办公室看起来很漂亮。

我拿起话筒拨打了珍妮的电话。“喂，珍妮，把今天应聘人的资料发过来。”“知道了！”在秒后，我接收到了几个人的资料：第一位，姓名：苏冰琦，性别：女，年龄：24岁，应聘：总经理职位；第二位，姓名：王亚轩，性别：男，年龄：23岁，应聘副总经理职位；第三位，姓名：聂艺菲，性别：女，年龄：23岁，应聘记者职位；第四位，姓名：韩雨潇，性别：女，年龄：22岁，应聘记者职位。我的助理珍妮打电话对我说：“董事长，请去检查应聘人。”“好，我这就去！”我来到应聘室。向他们一一提问，珍妮在一旁用“电子笔”飞快地记录着。“检查完毕，除韩雨潇以外，全部通过！试用期半个月！”我大声宣布。“耶！”房间里响起一片欢呼声。我回到办公室，伸了个懒腰，坐在“休闲按摩椅”上，按摩着后背，打开听着音乐。看了看“万能手表了，去吃饭！“机器人厨师”一边耍杂技一边做饭，把大家逗得哈哈大笑。味道就别说了，使人回味无穷。

下午，由于上午把下午的事情都完成了，我决定带大家出去采访一下，回来再登一些家庭新闻。我们乘坐“开心越野车”来到大兴枣园小区采访。居民们家的小窍门可真多啊呀！我们忙的不亦乐乎。太阳要下山了，我们回到公司，把资料放在一起，然后就下班了。

我来到家门口，按一下手印，门就自动开了。我进门就开始用“定量热水器”洗澡，它可以定量喷水。洗过澡，我打开“高智能电视”，说了一声“古装剧”！它就打开所有古装剧让我挑。我看了一个小时电视，也困了，来到卧室，打开我的“折叠音乐床”，伴随着悠扬的音乐进入了梦乡。

这就是我未来的一天，你觉得怎么样呢？

He comes home, has a shower,

And eats dinner, every day.

Now he’s sitting in his favourite chair

Too tired to laugh or play.

He reads his book or newspaper

To learn what’s new today.

Soon he’ll go to bed.

He’s a boring man, my dad.

Then I see him working,

On the building site.

He’s high up in the clouds

Higher than a kite

He’s walking on a narrow piece of wood

Not worried about the height,

Not afraid, not afraid like me.

He’s a superman, my dad.

他每天回到家，洗个澡，

吃晚饭。

现在他坐在他最喜欢的椅子上

太累了不笑也不玩。

他读书或者看报

了解今天又什么新的消息。

一会儿他就上床睡觉。

我的爸爸，他是个无聊的人。

后来我看见他在工作，

在建筑工地上。

他高高地在云端

比风筝还高。

他走在一块狭窄的木板上

不恐高，

不害怕，不像我一样害怕。

我的爸爸，他是个超人

[我的爸爸英语作文以及翻译

It was Mothers Day. Sun Zheng thought he should do something for his mother. He decided to help his mother do some housework. After school he went to a shop to buy some food on his

way home.When he got home, he did his best to cook some nice food, though he couldnt do the cooking well. Then he cleaned the room. He felt verGPS论坛[bbs.xc138.cn]y tired, but he was very happy.When his father and his mother came back and saw the clean rooms and dishes which werent so nice, they were very happy.They had their supper together. His mother said, Thank you, my child!今天是母亲节。孙峥觉得应当为妈妈做点事，他决定帮妈妈做些家务。放学回家的路上，他往商店买了食品。到家后，他尽全力做些好吃的，固然他实在不善于烹任。做完饭，他又打扫了房间。他感觉有些累，但依然很兴奋。当父母回来后，看见干净的房间和实在不太美味的饭菜，他们依然很兴奋。他们一起吃了晚饭。妈妈说：谢谢你，孩子。

From 20xx to 20xx, I spent my college life in Hunan First Normal College. Reminding my college life, I think it was of great significance.

When I was in college, I studied very hard. As a major of English, I often practiced my oral English. Every time, I could think in English. After thinking and expressed my thoughts to others in English. Although sometimes I couldnt speak English so freely, other people still appreciated me, because of my confidence.

In English class, I was always the first one to open my mouth, so my teachers always praised me for my good pronunciation, and my classmates also admired me for my courage. It seemed as if I were on top of the world.

However, I have few chances to speak English now, because my job has nothing to do with English. What a great pity! How I wish to work with foreigners, so that I can use my great English.

Now,I am sixth grade student. After ten years later, I will be a college graduateand apply for the first job in my life. I think I will be a teacher, because it’smy dream. I will teach my students all I know. Maybe I will meet some problems andchallenges in my new job, but they can’t beat me. Besides, I can earn money andsupport myself at that time. Therefore, I can do a lot of things I like. For example,I can travel in summer or winter vacation. Or I can go to see a movie atweekends. It seems so wonderful.

The Dragon Boat Festival is a traditional festival of the han. It is a very important festival in our hometown, so every year the Dragon Boat Festival is very busy.

The Dragon Boat Festival is the most indispensable, nature is zongzi, every year the grandmother of the Dragon Boat Festival and everyone will pack hundreds of big dumplings! There are many kinds of dumplings, such as reed leaves, bamboo shoots, wild leaves and lotus leaves. But our hometown is a lot of reeds, so most of them are wrapped in reeds. First, grandma "rate the army" to pick reed leaves. When picking reed leaves, a large family listens to grandmothers labor trumpet: "come on! A zongzi three leaf! Hundreds of zongzi thousands of pieces, hey, come on!" Listen to the drum of the "general", "little soldier" more effort! After the reed leaves, just burn them. But the preparation material is not so simple, still have to go to the bazaar to buy the good red bean, the pork, the peanut, the plate millet, the jujube and the glutinous rice, also buy the red line!

Of course, the most fun time is when you make zongzi. When making zongzi, the man is responsible for cutting the meat into small pieces. Women are responsible for the washing of red beans and glutinous rice. The child was responsible for washing the basin clean, and then putting the mans work in a large basin. The older people are in charge. When everything is ready, the dumplings are started. The adults are working harder, and the kids? Is playing in a side, always when the adults do not pay attention to, to steal a couple of dates, mouth on the surface seems to be a little things didnt do, but in my heart secretly complacent - because jujube is delicious!

The final step is boiled dumplings, grandpa always keep the temperature of fire to grasp well, smell very sweet, very strong, if eating zongzi in the first, you can see the meat dumplings are always tender oil and see jujube rice dumplings are always the golden tender; The eight-treasure zongzi is always delicious, and we are cute.

Last year, my grandparents might have made zongzi, if they hadnt taken care of my uncle and aunt in yancheng. I was suddenly "disgusted" with my uncle, aunt, who had a good economic condition, why not find a babysitter? Take my joyful Dragon Boat Festival and zongzi all "take away", I be so angry! Or miss the delicious dumplings!

端午节是汉族的传统节日。在我们的家乡算得上是个特别重要的节日，所以每年的端午节都过得异常热闹。

端午节最不可少的，自然是粽子，每年端午节外婆和大家都会包上几百个大粽子呢!包粽子虽然有很多种，比如芦苇叶、竹笋叶、菰叶、藕叶等。但我们的家乡是芦苇比较多，所以大多都用芦苇叶包了。首先，外婆“率兵”去采芦苇叶。采芦苇叶时，一大家子听着外婆的劳动号子：“加油!一个粽子三片叶子!上百个粽子几千片，嘿哟，加油!”听了“将军”的鼓劲，“小兵”们更加卖力了!采完芦苇叶，现在只要将它们暴晒就行了。但准备材料可没有这么简单哟，还得去集市上买来上好的红豆、猪肉、花生、板粟、蜜枣与糯米，还要买红线呢!

当然，最好玩的时候还是包粽子的时候。包粽子时，男人负责把肉切成不大不小的块儿;女人负责洗红豆、糯米之类的;小孩负责把大盆洗干净，再把大人加工好的东西装在大盆里;而老人们则负责指挥。一切准备好之后，就开始包粽子了。大人们干得格外卖力，而小孩们呢?却在一旁玩着，总是在大人们不注意时，偷一两颗蜜枣往嘴里塞，表面上似乎一点儿事都没做，可心里却暗暗自喜——因为蜜枣太好吃了!

最后一步就是煮粽子，烧火的外公总是把火候把握的很好，味道很香、很浓，如果在第一时间内吃粽子，你看到的肉粽子总是嫩地流油，看到的蜜枣粽子总是金黄柔嫩;看到的八宝粽子总是很可口，我们可爱吃了。

去年，要不是为了去盐城替舅舅、舅妈照顾表哥，外公外婆可能在包粽子哩。我突然有些“厌恶”舅舅、舅妈，他们家的经济条件不错，为什么不找个保姆?把我的欢乐端午节和粽子都“夺走了”，我好生气呀!也好怀念那味香色美的粽子呀!

It has been two years since I first got to university. Some of my

classmates say that the college life is boring, because they have plenty of time

but do not know what to do. However, from my point of view, the campus life in

college is interesting and colorful as long as you make it meaningful.

In the first semester in college, I didnt relax and I still worked hard as

I was in the senior school. I usually spent two hours in study at night and I

went to the classroom forautonomous learning.But the difference is that I have

many extracurricular activities. For example, I went to the English Corner

regularly on Tuesday night, in which I could practice my spoken English and make

friends with common interests.

Besides, I join the Student Union of my department. In the Student Union, I

have a group of workmates who work hard together and support to each other.

Actually, it looks like a big, warm family that we can share our lives together.

During various activities, I realize the importance of team spirit that helps us

go further.

Finally, college is great stage to improve a student and show ones

abilities. In college, I know more about our society and get more channels to

explore the outside world. I realize that I am not only a student but also an

adult who is preparing to step into the society.

In short, I cherish my life in college campus and I will try hard to make

it colorful as well as meaningful.

I used to pouring away the water directly after I using it. Someday, my

mother asked me to help her wash the clothes, as I was about to pour away the

water, my mother stopped me and she told me that most water can be recycled. It

can be used to water the flower or to wash other things. From then on, I realize

how to save water.

我过去常常在用完水后直接倒掉水。有一天，妈妈叫我帮助她洗衣服，就在我要去倒掉水的时候，妈妈阻止了我，她告诉我说大部分水可以循环利用。那么水可以用来浇花或者洗别的东西。从那时候起，我就意识到如何节约用水。

I have a grandpa, he is nearly 70 years old, it sounds old for him, but in his heart, he is really young. Two years ago, when I was in summer holiday, I went back to hometown and visited him. When I used my cellphone, my grandpa could say out which brand it belonged to, he also told me the advantage and disadvantage of my cellphone. I was so surprised, my grandpa said since I went to school, he had nothing to do, so he became interested in the digital products. He is familiar with all kinds of digital products, he is so cool to me. My grandpa is so lovely, he is so fashionable, he is never old.

我有一个爷爷，他将近70岁了，这听起来有点老，但是在他的心里，他很年轻。两年前，当我在放暑假，我回到家乡，看望爷爷。当我用手机的时候，我的爷爷能说出手机属于哪个品牌，他也告诉我手机的优点和缺点。我很吃惊，爷爷说打从我上学起，他就没有事情做，所以他就会数字产品很感兴趣。他熟悉各种各样的数字产品，对我来说他真酷。爷爷是如此的可爱，很时尚，他永远都不老。

未来，我先要的是充满诗情画意的生活。

我想要拥有一间小屋，它面朝广阔的大海。海是碧蓝的，和天空的颜色很相似。我每天可以坐在小屋前的沙滩上，呼吸着新鲜的空气，哼着小曲儿。阳光轻轻地弥漫在每个角落。妈妈和爸爸也会在午后泡上一壶茶，坐在沙滩的躺椅上，慢慢品尝。这种恬静平淡而又温馨的生活就是我想要的生活。

我的小屋里有散发着淡淡的木香的桌椅，还有很大很大的书橱，上面摆放着许多许多我要看的书。我的姐姐喜欢养狗，他送了我一条白色的比熊，我会把喜欢的书念给它听。也会把自己的心里话告诉它。

晚上我看着天上的星星，听着海浪拍打岩石的声音，总会觉得自己很幸福。

这样的生活就是我想要的生活。阳光、沙滩、海浪、仙人掌，还有爱爸爸妈妈和爱我的姐姐，还有可爱的小狗在我身边陪我着我。

我想要过着那样简单的生活，平平淡淡总是真。我在家中的每个角落都能感受到真正的幸福，只有朴实和本真。这就是我未来我想要的生活。

What a fine day today !I’m very happy in this fine day 。 Beaucse today I don’t have to do my homework and I can play with my good friends 。There is lots of snow now ，so we make a sonw man 。That’s really intersting 。We play with snow to about 6:30 。Of couse I must go home now。 What a fan day !翻译：多么好的天气阿！在这样的好天气里我十分高兴，因为这天我不用写作业，并且能够和朋友们出去玩。那里此刻有很多雪，所以我们堆了一个雪人。那真的很搞笑。我们玩雪，一向到晚上6：30。当然此刻我务必回家了。 多么搞笑的一天啊！

我校几乎每天都有一节自习课，设置在每天最后一节，表面上说是一节自习，其实写不了几份作业，大多数时间用来讲话了。对此，班主任多次重点强调，却依然堵不住我们班一张张能说会道的嘴。

作为能讲者这一列的人，自习课是我发挥的天地。大多数时间下老师不在，无人“干扰”，想说多少说多少，只有班长无力的几声“安静”，都淹没在鼎沸的人中去了。

终于，在开学一次座位大调后，我被调到了班长的后座，同桌娴静少言，平时不怎么爱说话。一下子我全无“用武之地”，只好强迫自己安静下来，静一静，写几本作业，在一次自习课上，我进行了第一次尝试。

我沉下心来，深吸几口气，掏出笔，摊开作业，“闭目，凝神”几分钟后，长舒一口气，立即着手动笔。“唰唰……”沉下心来作业写得还真快。我心里想，然而好景不长，几分钟后，我便浑身瘙痒，内心实在不爽，总想找个人倾泻一下我沉淀已久的情感。但是呢，前有班长，同桌又不善言辞，只好憋住等下课再说了。于是我只好强力克制，才将嘴边的话又收了回去。

时间现在看起来是漫长、无边无际的。似乎已经过了10分钟，看一看表，其实5分钟都不到。不觉想起了不知哪位同学的演讲上似乎讲过，能静下15分钟，你就进入学习状态了。就15分钟，不长，现在离下课还半小时，若能坚持，则可以克服这个困扰我多长时间的问题。于是我努力打消脑子里的一切念头，使自己真真正正地安静下来。

静，静，静……我脑子中时刻刻意要求自己做到这几个字眼，时间似乎失去了他的意义，在这静中空灵的消失，不复存在了。时间分秒流逝，仅有笔声与呼吸声存在了。

“叮铃铃”下课铃一下子惊破了静的世界，我不知不觉中已写了30分钟，不由地身心畅爽。

生活本来就该充满静啊，只是我们习惯闹了。

Today we visited Red Star Farm.

Early in the morning, we met at the school gate and went there together.

About two hours later, we arrived. On arriving there, we were given a warm

welcome by the farm workers. Then one of the workers showed us around the farm.

We were very glad to see the crops and vegetables growing so well. At noon, we

had a picnic happily.

After the picnic, we enjoyed ourselves in the sunshine. We listened to

music, dancing and singing. Some were talking happily and even two of our

classmates played chess. How time flies! It was time for us to leave though we

didnt want to. It was really an unforgettable visit for us.

今天我们参观了红星农场。

一大早，我们就在校门口，走到一起了。大约两个小时后，我们到达。一到那里，我们是由农场工人的热烈欢迎。然后其中一名工人向我们展示了农场周围。我们很高兴地看到庄稼和蔬菜长势那么好。中午的时候，我们有一个愉快的野餐。

野餐后，我们喜欢自己在阳光下。我们听音乐，跳舞和唱歌。有些人愉快地交谈，并有两位还下起了象棋。时间过得真快!现在是时候让我们离开，虽然我们不希望。这真是一个令人难忘的参观啊。

导语：你觉得100年后的人类生活是怎么样的呢?下面是yuwenmi小编为大家整理的优秀作文，欢迎阅读与借鉴，谢谢!

nobody can tell what would be the life like after one hundred years or, at least the ordinary people like us can not do that. however from level of development of todays technology and science, one thing that everyone can be sure about is that life of future will definitely be much more easy and convenient than the life of today(provided only if the environmental issues do not get worse). moreover, many new stuff will be created or rather i should use the word invented in order to satisfy the needs of people of our future generations. with these new creations ,inventions and technologies, things like travelling on the moon or some other planets for vacation with our families, which would only happen in our dreams at present age will possibly become true in one hundred years time. what is more, those new creations may also allow the scientist of that time to not only carry out their researches on land but in the deep blue occean as well, what i mean is that they could live under the sea and do their study just like how they did it on the land for as long as they want. people could almost do anything they like without leaving their houses, they could just simply make some click on the keyboard to satisify their every needs like shopping and body check-up. and parents of the time do not need to worry about the education problems of their children because internet could provide everything they need and want to learn about. by that time, maids or servants will no longer be needed as robot would have replaced them to be the mechanical housework expert of the new era.

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没人知道一百年后的生活会是什么样子，或者至少像我们这样的普通人是不会这样做的。然而，从当今技术和科学的发展水平来看，每个人都可以肯定的是，未来的生活肯定比今天的生活简单得多(如果环境问题不恶化的话)。此外，许多新的东西将被创造，或者更确切地说，我应该使用“发明”这个词，以满足后代人的需要。有了这些新的发明、发明和技术，像在月球上或其他星球上和我们的家人一起度假，这些事情只会发生在我们现在的梦想中，可能在一百年内实现。更重要的是，这些新的造物也让当时的科学家不仅开展他们的研究土地但在深蓝色的海洋一样，我的意思是，他们能生活在海中，做他们的研究就像他们是只要他们想要的土地。人们几乎可以做任何事情，他们没有离开他们的房子，他们可能只是做一些点击键盘来满足他们的每一个需求，喜欢购物和身体检查。那时的父母不必担心孩子的教育问题，因为互联网可以提供他们所需要和想要学习的一切。到那时，不再需要女佣或佣人，因为机器人将取代他们成为新时代的“机械家务专家”。

My best friend is WangMing. He is 12 years-old.He always play jokes

with me.I like to stay with him.It is because he can help me all the time. When

I find him say that I am sad or happy,he always listen to me and he is very kind

to me.He is very clever.He always help with my homeworks.If I have a worry and

dont know how to do he could help me.He can be a friend with

everyone

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我最好的朋友是王明。他是12岁。他总是与我玩笑。我喜欢和他呆在一起。那是因为他能帮助我。当我发现他说我悲伤或快乐,他总是听我的,他对我很好。他是非常聪明的。他总是帮助我的家庭作业。如果我有一个担心,不知道如何去做,他可以帮助我。他可以和大家做朋友。

When I go to high school, our school has the rule to ask students to live

in the dormitory. Most students live with their parents before, so we all feel

excited and afraid of the group life. Luckily, I have three nice roommates. Soon

we become close friends. Living with others, we learn to do the house work, such

as everyone needs take turn to clean the floor, when we have something good to

eat, we will share with each other. The group life makes us have less private

space, but we enjoy the moment when we have the little talk before sleep, the

secrets that we dont want our parents know can talk to these girls. Whats

more, I become much independent. I learn to take care of myself and have really

grown up.

Christmas， annual Christian holiday commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ。 Most members of the Roman Catholic Church and followers of Protestantism celebrate Christmas on December 25， and many celebrate on the evening of December 24 as well。 Members of the Eastern Orthodox Church usually delay their most important seasonal ceremonies until January 6， when they celebrate Epiphany， a commemoration of the baptism of Jesus。 Epiphany also traditionally commemorates the arrival of the Three Wise Men of the East in Bethlehem （near Jerusalem， Israel）， where they adored the infant Jesus and presented him with gifts of gold， frankincense， and myrrh。 The official Christmas season， popularly known as either Christmastide or the Twelve Days of Christmas， extends from the anniversary of Christ’s birth on December 25 to the feast of Epiphany on January 6。  Christmas is based on the story of Jesus’ birth as described in the Gospel according to Matthew （see Matthew 1：18—2：12） and the Gospel according to Luke （see Luke 1：26—56）。 Roman Catholics first celebrated Christmas， then known as the Feast of the Nativity， as early as 336 ad。 The word Christmas entered the English language sometime around 1050 as the Old English phrase Christes maesse， meaning festival of Christ。 Scholars believe the frequently used shortened form of Christmas—Xmas—may have come into use in the 13th century。 The X stands for the Greek letter chi， an abbreviation of Khristos （Christ）， and also represents the cross on which Jesus was crucified。

12月25日，是基督教徒纪念耶稣诞生的日子，称为圣诞节。从12月24日于翌年1月6日为圣诞节节期。节日期间，各国基督教徒都举行隆重的纪念仪式。圣诞节本来是基督教徒的节日，由于人们格外重视，它便成为一个全民性的节日，是西方国家一年中最盛大的节日，可以和新年相提并论，类似我国过春节。西方人以红、绿、白三色为圣诞色，圣诞节来临时家家户户都要用圣诞色来装饰。红色的有圣诞花和圣诞蜡烛。绿色的是圣诞树。它是圣诞节的主要装饰品，用砍伐来的杉、柏一类呈塔形的常青树装饰而成。上面悬挂着五颜六色的彩灯、礼物和纸花，还点燃着圣诞蜡烛。红色与白色相映成趣的是圣诞老人，他是圣诞节活动中最受欢迎的人物。西方儿童在圣诞夜临睡之前，要在壁炉前或枕头旁放上一只袜子，等候圣诞老人在他们入睡后把礼物放在袜子内。在西方，扮演圣诞老人也是一种习俗。