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Nowadays, mobile phones become an important tool in modern life indispensable, some people use it to office, some people use it to chat, some people are beginning to send text messages with it...

We now phone really is also very useful, very convenient, no matter the ends of the earth, can be reached, the letters can be more convenient than before. It may be said "near", the world we live in on the mobile phone signal under siege. It has the function of strong, is not a tool and a...

But mobile phones bring us, all is not good, sometimes is bad. Mobile phone has changed many peoples ideas, it is also restricted the people,

Imagine what the poet tao yuanming described vividly in his "tori picking", will have a cell phone rings? Li bai in exclamation "bowed their heads and remembering home", someone will make a phone call for he will be home to have a look? Must not! And they have lots of classical poems, we are now living in an age of han han and guo jingming, no one to appreciate those celebrities yake excellent poems.

Mobile phones has both advantages and disadvantages, we should properly use cell phone to, can not afford to indulge in a world of mobile phone.

现如今,手机成为现代生活必不可少的一个重要工具,有的人用它办公,有的人用它聊天,有的人则用它劈劈啪啪地发短信……

我们现在的手机确实也很有用,很方便,不论天涯海角,都可以联系上,比以前的书信可方便多了。可谓“咫尺天涯”,我们生活的世界就在手机信号的包围之下。它的功能之强大,根本就不是一个工具所能及的了……

不过手机给我们带来的,不一定都是好处,有时也有坏处。手机改变了很多人的观念,它也可以说是制约了人们,

想像一下,诗人陶渊明在“采菊东篱下”的时候,会有手机铃声响起吗?李白在感叹“低头思故乡”的时候,会有人打电话让他会家看看吗?一定没有吧!而他们却有许许多多的经典诗作,我们现在却生活在韩寒和郭敬明的时代,再也没有人去欣赏那些名人雅客的优秀诗作了。

手机有利也有弊,我们要恰当地利用手机才对呢,可不能沉迷在手机的世界里了。

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The generation gap is unavoidable in almost every family, which brings

about a number of conflicts in a family. In my opinion, to limit the bad effects

of the generation gap, each family should use the following three methods:

First of all, it is important that family members discuss openly about

their pleasures or sadness in childhood in family gatherings. This activity does

not only create a close relationship but also help build up understanding among

all members. For instance, once children are aware that their grandparents and

even their parents did not have a good upbringing during their hard childhood,

they will stop complaining about the previous generations’ obsoleteness. In the

meantime, once old people realize young people are nurtured in a new modern way,

it is easy for them to be tolerant of young people’s new habits or hobbies.

Secondly, people of each generation should not develop a very high feeling

about themselves. In order to do that, they should not think that they are the

only right people in their family because each person has his or her own

limitations. Teenagers would realize that their parents have to struggle with

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中秋节的传说 关于中秋节的英语作文

Mooncakes are to Mid-Autumn Festival what mince pies are to Christmas. The seasonal round cakes traditionally have a sweet filling of lotus seed paste or red bean paste and often have one or more salted duck eggs in the center to represent the moon. And the moon is what this celebration is all about. Mid-Autumn Festival falls on the 15th day of the 8th month,it is the time when the moon is said to be at its brightest and fullest.

There are two legends which claim to explain the tradition of eating mooncakes. One Tang Dynasty myth holds that the Earth once had 10 suns circling it. One day all 10 suns appeared at once,scorching the planet with their heat. It was thanks to a skillful archer named Hou Yi that the Earth was saved. He shot down all but one of the suns. As his reward,the Heavenly Queen Mother gave Hou Yi the Elixir of Immortality,but she warned him that he must use it wisely. Hou Yi ignored her advice and,corrupted by fame and fortune,became a tyrannical leader. Chang-Er,his beautiful wife, could no longer stand by and watch him abuse his power so she stole his Elixir and fled to the moon to escape his angry wrath. And thus began the legend of the beautiful woman in the moon,the Moon Fairy.

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Do you think what is the most important in your life? Maybe some answers

are dreams. I may directly answer “lovers”.

In my opinion, lovers not simply mean your partner of life, but the people

you love: your parents, husband or wife, children and friends. I have a happy

life because of their company. I even can’t imagine the life without them.

My mum told me” money is not as important as you think, you neednt think

too highly of it. Don’t be greedy, my girl.” I got it. Person around us is the

most important. If they are unhappy, you won’t be happy. There is many beautiful

scenery in our life, however, the most important thing we should notice is that,

without the people we love, they worth nothing.

In reality, many people are chasing wealth which results to the ignorance

of people around them. Obviously, its not a brilliant choice. Don’t’ be

controlled by wealth or money. About life , this is my idea, what’s about

yours?

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I like to make friends, I can share my happiness and sorrow with friends.

Friends are very important part of our lives, without them, I will be very

lonely. I learn it when I was very small. It was Friday, I went to school to

join the English contest, before I went into the classroom, I found I did not

bring the admission card, I felt so worried, without admission card, I could not

walk into the classroom. My friend Li looked at me and asked me what happened, I

told him the truth, then he asked me to stay here and he rushed to our

classroom. Ten minutes later, he came back with my admission card. I was so

thankful, friends are very important.

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In recent years, China’s food industry occurs security issus frequently,

which makes people worried and lose confidence. Food safety, related to the

people’s health, safety and healthy development of economy, is the major issue

of national stability and social development. Since the Sanlu Incident occurred

in 2008, the entire society increasingly concerned about food safety issue. It

was in this context that the food safety issue was referred to an unprecedented

level.

There are the following main issues in food security: using poor quality

raw materials in the food manufacturing process, adding toxic substances,

excessive use of food additives, abusing of chemical additives and so on. There

are many reasons to cause this problem, and regulators, producers and even

consumers share responsibilities. The entire society should try effort to avoid

food safety issues.

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Last weekend, On Saturday morning I got up at 6;30. After breakfast I did

my homework at home.

In the afternoon , I played football with my friends on our playgroud. In

the evening I watched TV with my parents at home.

On Sunday morning I went to visit my grandparents with my mother. In the

afternoon I went to go fishing with my grandpa. We had a good time . I went back

home with my mother in the evening. What a wonderfu weekend !

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Over the past couple of years, several cases of the food scandal have been

disclosed on various media. The problem of food security has become a hot button

across society. The prevalence of food insecurity has greatly impacted public

health, which the government could not afford to ignore, according to the online

edition of the People Daily. ?

There are a couple of driving forces, I would argue, behind this

undesirable tide. First, in the course of the rapid economic evolution, we

ignore moral education, giving rise to the rising rate of the problem. More

importantly, the lack of adequate regulation and punishment on those illegal

producers enforces the trend. ?

As Confucius instructed, it is better late than never. Prompt and strict

measures should be taken to turn back this evil trend. The government should

launch a massive moral campaign to educate all citizens and draw up tougher laws

to crack down on those irresponsible corporations and prohibit them from

entering the food industry again. I am firmly convinced that through our

combined efforts we are bound to enjoy more risk-free foods in the days

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篇8:高三英语作文朋友100词

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Sally is my good friend.She is slim with long black hair.She is a pretty

girl with big eyes and small mouth.She is good at English,so she can speak

English very well.She also likes singing and dancing.Well,she likes doing

sports,and she is good at playing badminton.Her favorite hobby is collecting

stamps,so she has many beautiful stamps from all over the world.She is kind and

funny too,all of us like her.

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篇9:关于手机作文高中600字

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手机,作为二十一世纪最要的通讯工具之一,它在世界方兴未艾。手机的价格有高有低,它的价格与它本身所带的功能是成正比的,一名普通高中生需要一台怎样的手机呢?

今年夏天,当堂哥拿着那智能触屏手机在玩游戏时,我只能拿着我的那台按键“老手机”在一旁观战,眼里流淌的满是羡慕。见此情景,父亲就给我买了一台智能手机。

那是一台价格昂贵的手机,它相当于一名普通工人两三个月的工资,可是父亲连眼都不眨一下,就给我买了回来。我既不是富二代、也不是官二代,更不是星二代,我只是一名普通农民家庭的孩子,凭什么拥有这样的一台手机?它对于我,又有怎样的意义呢?

拿着手机,我心情变得复杂起来。

最初,从父亲手中接过手机时,我就被它华丽的外观吸引了。我对它爱不释手,每天都拿着把玩。父亲,只是沉默着。

直到那天,我望着父亲在外劳作的背影,再看看手中的手机,陷入了沉思。这手机于我,有着怎样的意义?手机上有学习功能,我却从未开启过;遇到学习困难,可以上网“百度”一下,我却从未“百度”过;有无尽的有益书籍可以进行网上在线阅读,我却从未读过;有紧急求救功能,我从未认真了解过……父亲转过身,看着我微笑。那一刻,我明白了,原来这手机承载着父亲对我的爱与关心,而我却忽略了。

以后每当我疲惫不堪时,我就会看着手机,仿佛看到了父亲劳作的背影,微笑的脸庞,手机传递过来的温暖,让我无所畏惧,勇往直前。

手机,感谢你,让我牢牢记住了那个我最爱的,最令我感动的背影。

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篇10:厦门初中英语

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Xiamen is a beautiful seaside city! Come to Xiamen to play the visitors

will be praised thumbs. There are many beautiful scenery in Xiamen, such as

Gulangyu scenic spots and historical sites and beautiful scenery of egrets Chau.

Not only that, Xiamen Cuisine is a lot more. In addition Xiamen also enjoys the

title of "civilized city".

Xiamen not only has beautiful scenery, food is delicious surprise. Gulangyu

Islet pie is very characteristic, where the pie tastes the skin is very crisp,

taste very good, very popular. There are Fried leek dumplings, Fried leek

dumplings is a traditional good point of Xiamen, Fujian and Taiwan folk. Fried

leek dumplings Xiamen early in the prestigious. Fried leek dumplings made of

spiral, epidermal layers with crisp, delicious, crispy and delicious to eat.

There are Griddle Cake, Griddle Cake also called chunbing. Its skin is thin and

flexible, it is delicious, but not greasy. During the festive season, many

places have the custom of eating Griddle Cake. If the volume will become "good

Griddle Cake fried fried Spring rolls, eats is another taste.

Xiamen, ah, you are really a beautiful place!

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篇11:关于疫情的英语优秀作文

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背影有大有小,有悲伤也有不舍的。最让我感动的是2020年白衣天使们逆行的背影。

There are big and small back, there are sad and reluctant. What moved me

most is the back of the angels in white in 2020.

新的一年来了……以往的春节都是热热闹闹的,大街小巷都挤满了人,超市、菜场更是人山人海,每个角落都能听到人们的笑声。

The new year is coming In the past, the Spring Festival was full of bustle,

streets and alleys were full of people, supermarkets and vegetable farms were

even more crowded, people could hear peoples laughter in every corner.

可今年的年却没有了年的样子,新型冠状病毒来到我们的身边,破坏了热闹非凡的春节和无忧无虑的假期。

Novel coronavirus came to our side light of heart from care and the

carefree holiday.

新型冠状病毒长得像一个皇冠,因此得名。他就像一个高傲无知的国王,把人们都锁在家里,不能出去。

The novel coronavirus is named after a crown. He was like a proud and

ignorant king who locked people in his home and could not go out.

疾风知劲草,大浪现英雄。钟南山爷爷带领着医护队研究药品,李兰娟奶奶也为此疫情做出了极大的贡献。一方有难,八方支援。无数医护人员听到消息纷纷从四面八方赶往武汉支援。

The wind knows the grass, the waves show the hero. Grandpa Zhong Nanshan

led the medical team to study drugs, and Grandma Li Lanjuan also made a great

contribution to the epidemic. If one side is in trouble, support from all sides.

Countless medical staff rushed to Wuhan from all directions to support when they

heard the news.

每当在新闻中看到白衣天使们穿着7层厚厚的防护服时,我都想对他们说一句:谢谢,你们辛苦了!在密不透风的防护服里,医者们大汗淋漓。他们几乎没有休息时间,因为他们还要争分夺秒从死神手里夺回病人的生命。

Whenever I see angels in white wearing 7 thick protective clothing in the

news, I want to say to them: Thank you, youve worked hard! In the airtight

protective clothing, the doctors are sweating profusely. They have little rest

time because they have to fight against the clock to take the patients life

back from death.

我希望这次没有硝烟的战争早日结束。白衣天使们,你们辛苦了!

I hope the war will be over as soon as possible. Angels in white, you work

hard!

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篇12:以放下手机为话题的英语作文

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导语:高科技带给人们带来了隔离。有些人不经常看望他们的父母和朋友,因为他们相信一个电话能解决所有的事情。放下你的手机去陪伴你的家人吧,下面是yuwenmi小编为大家整理的相关优秀英语作文,欢迎阅读与借鉴,谢谢!

With the development of technology, today we live in the world with high technology. People seem to cant live without computer and smart phone, once they dont have smart phone at hand for a while, the seem to be lost and feel something miss in their life. When I talk to my friends at table, I find them always play smart phones or check on the text all the time. Though we sit face to face, the distance between us is so far. The high technology brings isolation between people. Some people dont often visit their parents and friends, for they believe that a call can solve all the things. Communication in face to face is far more important than a call. It is time for some people to put down their smart phones for a while when they are communicating to others.

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随着技术的发展,今天我们生活在一个高技术的时代。似乎人们的生活离不开电脑和智能手机,一旦智能手机不在手上,他们似乎感到失落,感觉到有东西缺失在他们的生活中。当我和朋友们吃饭时 ,我发现他们总是在玩智能手机,或者在检查信息。虽然我们面对面坐着,但是我们之间的距离是如此的遥远。高科技带给人们带来了隔离。有些人不经常看望他们的父母和朋友,因为他们相信一个电话能解决所有的事情。面对面的交流比电话更重要。是时候对一些人来说去放下手中的智能手机一会,当他们在和别人交流的时候。

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篇13:初一暑假英语

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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.

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篇14:有关交通英语作文初中

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In recent years ninny cities are faced with the problem of heavy traffic.

People have to waste more time on their way home or to work and even might be

involved in an acci dent. With the development of industry and population

expansion, this problem becomes more and more serious.

One solution is to lay down more roads. The solution has many advantages.

For ex ample, it can efficiently decrease the number of buses and trucks in many

main streets. But it will take up so much land that crowded cities become more

crowded. Another solu tion is to open up more bus lines. If more bus lines

should be opened up,the number of bicles and cars in the main streets would be

greatly decreased. But the disadvantage of this solution is that many people

wouldn’t feel so convenient os they used to.

In my opinion, the right solution to the problem is the combination of the

two, thatis, to lay down more roads in spacious areas and to open up more bus

lines in downtown.

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篇15:关于国庆节英语

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October 1st is the national day of our country, which is a public holiday

for the whole country. It’s an important day that marks the beginning of PRC. On

that day, there are plenty of celebrations holding throughout the country, from

the central government to the general people. And public places, including big

squares, parks are decorated in festive theme. In recent years, the national

holiday means the golden week as well, which is a short holiday that all people

expect to. With the improvement of living standards, people have more money and

desire to travel and the golden week is a good chance for them. Besides, for

those people who would not go out, it’s a good time to have a good rest as well.

Therefore, the national day means a lot to the Chinese.

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篇16:高一的压力英语

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ncreased stress results in increased productivity--up to a point. However,

this level differs for each of us. Its very much like the stress on a violin

string. Not enough produces a dull. harsh sound. Too much makes sharp, annoying

noir, or causes the string to snap. However, just the right degree can create

magnificent tones. Similarly, we all need to find the proper level of stress

that promotes optimal performance, and enables us to make harmonious music. Good

health is more than just the absence of illness. Rather, it is a very robust

state of physical and emotional well being that acknowledges the importance and

inseparability of mind/body relationships. In the next program. I hope you will

join me in the pursuit of learning how to exploit stress, so that it can work

for you. and make you more productive, rather than self-destructive.

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篇17:中秋节英语

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The Mid-Autumn Day

August 15th in Chinese Lunar Calendar is the Mid-Autumn Day. It is one of

the most important traditional festivals in China.

On that day people usually go back home to have family reunion. Each family

will have the members get together to have a big dinner. The most popular food

is moon cakes. They are round and look like the moon.

The moon is the brightest this night. People eat the delicious food while

they are enjoying a beautiful full moon in their yard. At this time, some old

people would like to tell many past events and tell the children a story about

the rabbit on the moon . The children really believe that there is a rabbit on

the moon. They hope to go to the moon and have a look one day.

What a great festival!

中秋节

农历八月十五日是中秋节,在中国它是最重要的传统节日之一。

在那一天,人们通常回家与家人团聚,一家人聚在一起饱餐一顿。最流行的食品是月饼,它们圆圆的就像月亮。

中秋节晚上的月亮特别地圆。人们都在自家的院子里一边赏月一边吃着可口的月饼。这个时候

,一些老人会讲述许多古老的故事,如月亮上的玉兔,孩子们信以为真,他们真想有一天登上月球看个究竟。

中秋是个美好的节日啊!

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篇18:英语满分优秀作文

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dear dick,

how time flies! i’m very glad to hear from you again. you want to know what is going on in schools in china? in a word, everything has changed. every school takes part in the campaign of reducing learning load. in the past, i used to study until 11:30 on weekends. but now i can arrange things on my own, such as reading books, visiting museums, or taking computer lessons in my weekend days. in the evening i can watch news on tv or read newspapers. what’s more, my parents support me. they said although i was a student, i didn’t have to work all day long. i think the idea of reducing learning load is well accepted by everyone.

best wishes,

yours,

li hua

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篇19:旅行英语词

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When I was a primary school student, my family and I took a trip to five

cities which were in the south of China.

First, we came to Nanjing by plane. That was the first time I had taken the

plane and it took us an hour and a half to get there. We arrived in Nanjing in

the morning. At 11:30 we went to a restaurant to have lunch. The food tasted

delicious. In the afternoon we went to “Zhongshanling”. It was the place that

preserve the tomb of Mr. Sugshan.

The next day, we came to Wuxi and then Suzhou where we visited the region

of rivers and lakes of “周庄”. It was a beautiful and old place. The house there

were along the river and the women always washed clothes at the bank.The fourth

day, we came to Hangzhou where We visited “The West Lake. It was very beautiful

and the water was clear .

As we all know, Hangzhou is famous for silk and tea, so we bought some

beautiful silk and famous tea of “龙井”.The last place that we visited was

Shanghai. It was one of the biggest city is China. The night view in Shanghai

was more beautiful than Beijing. We visited the TV tower of “东方明珠”. It was the

third tallest tower in the world. Standing in the tower you could see the whole

city. In the evening, we lived in a hotel with 25 floors. I was very excited

that evening.

This trip took us seven days and we went back to Beijing by plane. The

plane was very very big. There were three engine rooms. I felt happy and I would

never forget the trip.

If I were to leave my home for a year, there is one thing I definitely

would take with me: my cell phone. With my cell phone, I could call my friends

or family if I ever was lonely, needed advice, or just wanted to talk.

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篇20:勇气英语作文高三100词

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In the matter of courage we all have our limits. There never was a hero who

did not have his bounds. I suppose it may be said of Nelson and all the others

whose courage has been advertised that there came times in their lives when

their bravery knew it had come to its limit.

I have found mine a good many times. Sometimes this was expected--often it

was unexpected. I know a man who is not afraid to sleep with a rattle-snake, but

you could not get him to sleep with a safety-razor.

I never had the courage to talk across a long, narrow room. I should be at

the end of the room facing all the audience. If I attempt to talk across a room

I find myself turning this way and that, and thus at alternate periods I have

part of the audience behind me. You ought never to have any part of the audience

behind you; you never can tell what they are going to do.

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