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327我喜欢冬天英语作文附翻译
全文共 1382 字
+ 加入清单I like winter, because the winter can snowball fights with your friends, make a snowman.
Winter is cold, but the snow is very beautiful. Snow, snow, the earth mother covered with a thick layer of the quilt, houses and trees are put on the silver dress. Flying snow, the snow baby naughty, the soft, white snow, like catkin, like it, like a goose feather swirl of falling down. A little later, the earth mothers arms have many snow doll.
Winter, I and many children make a snowman, make snowballs into a ball, and then rolling into a big snowball. Then do a small snowball on snowball, snowman is forming. Then, take two longan nuclear when the eyes, with a carrot as the nose, with branches draw a mouth, with stones do buttons, do the snowmans hat with a steel drum, broom do the snowmans arm, give her a red scarf, the snowman is ready.
Play snowball fights better, make snowballs into a snowball, and then you throw me, I throw you, snow fall, ice ice cool, everybody happy.
I like winter, winter really is very beautiful, what do you think?
冬天很冷,可雪景很美。下雪了,下雪了,大地妈妈铺上了一层厚厚的棉被,房子和树木都穿上了银白色的衣裳。雪大了,雪花娃娃调皮的飞舞着,那雪轻柔、洁白,像柳絮,像杨花,像鹅毛一样纷纷扬扬的飘洒下来。不一会儿,大地妈妈的怀抱里就有许多雪娃娃了。
冬天,我和许多小朋友堆雪人,先把雪团成一团,然后滚成一个大雪球。然后再做一个不大不小的雪球放到大雪球上面,雪人就成型了。接着,拿两个龙眼核当眼睛,拿个胡萝卜当鼻子,用树枝画一个嘴,用石头做纽扣,用一个铁桶做雪人的帽子,扫把做雪人的手臂,再给她围个红领巾,雪人就做好了。
打雪仗更好玩了,先把雪团成一个个雪球,然后你扔我,我扔你,雪落到身上,冰冰凉凉的,大家开心极了。
我很喜欢冬天,冬天真的很美,你觉得呢?
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篇1:关于我最喜欢的动物高二英语作文
全文共 899 字
+ 加入清单With big eyes, there is an emergency ears like flying up to now。 You guess what? Let me guess, is the rabbit。
A rabbits eyes like ruby, of course, I also gave a name to my rabbit called ruby。 Because the rabbit eyes glistened like ruby。
Remember once, my mother took me to go for a walk, I bring my ruby went to the park。 Ruby remembered it home for many years, because of the ruby grew up in the park, but his mom and dad have vanished into thin air, I also know that the rabbit is very poor, but I also didnt find its relatives。 The rabbit ears soon ran off, may be sad, I had to chase her for a long time。
This is my favorite little animals。 Smart, lovely ruby。
眼睛大大的,有紧急情况耳朵像飞的一样竖起来了。大家猜猜是什么?猜不到吧,就是兔子。
兔子的眼睛像红宝石一样,当然,我也给我的兔子起了一个名字叫红宝石。因为兔子的眼睛像红宝石一样亮晶晶的。
记得有一次,妈妈带我去散步,我带着我的红宝石来到了公园。红宝石想起了它多年的家,由于红宝石是在公园里长大的,但是他的爸爸妈妈却消失得无影无踪,我也知道兔子很可怜,但是我也没有找到它的亲人。兔子很快就竖起耳朵跑了起来,可能是伤心了,我追了很久才追到。
篇2:英语作文我喜欢的音乐
全文共 971 字
+ 加入清单Music is an important part in my life,I even cant live without music。
Actually,I like many kinds of music,Id like to talk about my favorite music here。Well,I like Irish folk music best,New age is Irish style,and its mixes some morden melody,it sounds very nice and pure,can bring you into the never land and dream land,just relax,and forget all the problems。I like Enya,she is a very famous New age singer,her song just like the voice of heaven,her song is as nice and beautiful as herself!
Im not keen on American pop songs,they are terrible for me!The melody is not soft and nice at all!So fast and strong beat,too exciting,and cant hear them clearly。I cant stand the strong beat,that nearly make me fainted!
In a word,music has an very important place in my life。As for the importance of music to my life,I think you can guess,it just like meals and sleeping,I cant live without it。Does anyone want to take it away from me,Im gonna fight him and never give up!
篇3:关于我最喜欢的动物小学生英语作文
全文共 602 字
+ 加入清单i have two turtles, they are cute. i′ve had them for two years.
they carry heavy shells,just like carrying a school bag. they have eyes which shines just like black beans. they are funny.
they are like to eat the watermelon in the summer. mother always buy more for the turtles,so i think that they like to cool down as well, but they are shy when eating, they don′t want to be watched, as they inhaling the food . the ofter day , i bried to observe how they eat their food.
the way they eat is really funny.no wondey why they are so shy.
grauing up, fradually. i want to stay with him as long as he lives.
篇4:最喜欢的一节英语课作文700字
全文共 660 字
+ 加入清单还记得上次上的一节英语课,这节课并不是我们的英语老师给我们上,而是另一位英语老师。
据我所知,这位老师就是我们学校的一位英语老师,这位老师姓王,是我们楼上七年级五班的英语老师。
以前听五班的同学说过,他们的英语老师很好,很和蔼,就一直很想见一见,那天上课的时候,终于见到了。
王老师刚走进教室,我就觉得果然名不虚传,能让这样一位老师教我,哪怕只有一节课,我都会感到非常荣幸。所以,我的心情异常的激动,心里非常紧张:毕竟是第一次上这位老师上的英语课,并不知道这位老师是怎样讲课的,自己能否听得懂?我心里非常的没底。
这位老师讲课竟然全用英语讲,刚上了一会,我就非常惊讶,一节课下来我更是非常的惊讶,一节课下来,都是流利的英语,一句汉语都没有。不止我,其他同学下课后都这么说。
虽然全是英语,我还是能听得懂,并且一节课进行的非常顺利。
王老师还与我们做了一个小游戏。这个游戏的规则是:老师大声说单词,我们就小声说单词;老师小声说单词,我们就大声说单词。
有新进行的非常顺利,都的同学们哈哈大笑,我也在其中找到了无限的乐趣。
除了这个小游戏,王老师还给我们带来了一个抢答游戏,用到的词语都是本节课所学到的,让我们说出这些词的反义词,想到就立刻站起来说。
我们也都非常积极,都站起来抢答,有时候一下子站起来一半多的同学,而我也站起来很多次。
时间飞逝,不知怎的,不一会儿就下课了,我还没有上够这节课呢!
我最喜欢的就是这节课了,因为这节课气氛活跃,老师呢,既漂亮又和蔼,而且还很幽默,这那倒不是很好的一节课吗?
篇5:我喜欢冬天的小学英语作文
全文共 490 字
+ 加入清单导语:一年有四个季节,春夏秋冬,各有特色,你最喜欢的季节是什么呢?为什么呢?下面是yuwenmi小编为大家整理的相关英语作文,欢迎阅读与借鉴,谢谢!
It was snow just now, there are lots of snow in the sky. The rivers are stopping flowing. The ground is covered with a layer of snow.
The snow looks like smoke, its white. It likes a piece of paper. The snow fall from the sky. It kisses the ground. How white the snow is! How beautiful the snow is!
I like snow! I like winter!
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刚才下雪了,天上有很多雪。河流停止流动。地上覆盖着一层雪。
雪看起来像烟,它是白色的。它喜欢一张纸。雪从天空坠落。它亲吻大地。雪是多么白!多么美丽的雪!
我喜欢雪!我喜欢冬天!
篇6:初三英语作文:我最喜欢的节日
全文共 897 字
+ 加入清单My favorite festival is Spring festival,It is inportant holiday in every year .
First, it is a good chance to rest after a year s hard work . It is a great pleasure to prepare for the festval ,by shopping and cleaning up.And Spring Festival can bring many friend people. And we can stay at together, watching TV , playing the cards and singing.
Secondly, the celebration of the Spring Festival highlights traditional Chinese culture. People write in gold on red paper expressing good wishes around the doorframe and set off firecrackers.
Finally ,Spring Festival is stand for a begin in next year ,we should have a good wises ,and believe these can bring good fortune .
In a word,I l like the Spring Festival!
首先,它是一个很好的休息机会经过一年的辛勤工作。这是一个很大的乐趣准备festval,购物和清理。春节可以让很多朋友的人。我们可以呆在一起,看电视,玩卡片和唱歌。
其次,春节的庆祝活动突出了中国传统文化。人们写在红纸黄金表达良好祝愿在门框和放鞭炮。
最后,春节是站在明年开始,我们应该有一个很好的点子,相信这些可以带来好运。
总之,我我喜欢春节!
篇7:我最喜欢的季节英语
全文共 246 字
+ 加入清单My favourite season is autumn. The weather in autumn is neither hot nor cold, its so cool, that makes people feel very suitable. Also it is the season that people can get the harvest of the crops from the field. We can go to fly kites in autumn .
篇8:最喜欢的电视节目英语
全文共 1312 字
+ 加入清单As the fast development of the technology, people can have access to all kinds of high technologies. TV is one of them, since the being of the TV, people can know more about the world and TV brings people a lot of fun. Nowadays, TV program provides various shows, my favorite program is the dating show.
Dating show is very hot now, people like to see the boys and girls how to choose each other. In the show, the girls are the guests, they wait for the boys, and then choose the one they like. Of course, the boys also have the rights to choose the girls, only if they can come to the final round.
The reason why I like to see the dating show lies in that I can see the young people’s view about the marriage, at the same time, I also can see their lives. The boys and the girls give their own opinion of their views about the marriage, which are very different from our parents’.
The dating show program provides people a way to know the young generation’s ideas about marriage, people can learn a lot from the show.
随着科技的发展,人们能接触到各种各样的高科技。但是就是其中一个,打从电视的出现,人们可以更加了解世界,但是也给人们带来了很多乐趣。现在,电视节目提供了多种节目,我最喜欢的节目是相亲节目。
相亲节目如今非常的火热,人们喜欢看男孩和女孩如何选择对方。在节目里,女孩子是嘉宾,他们等待男孩子们,然后选择自己喜欢的。当然,男孩子也有权利去选择女孩子,只要他们能挺到最后一关。
我喜欢相亲节目的原因在于我可以看到年轻人对婚姻的看法,同时,我也可以窥见他们的生活。男孩们和女孩们给出了他们对婚姻呢的看法,这和我们父母那一带是很不同的。
相亲节目给人们提供了了解年轻一代对婚姻观的看法,人们也可以从节目里学到很多。
篇9:关于我喜欢的事英语作文
全文共 668 字
+ 加入清单I like reading books when I have time.I think its a good way to relax and spend my free time.When I was a kidmy mother often read books for me before I went to bed.From then on I was interested in reading books."Books are mans best friends." Books give us knowledge.Through readingwe can understand more kinds of peoplehow do they think.When I readI always lose myself in the book and forget all my worries.I like reading all kinds of booksstory-booksnovels and so on.My farourite book is "Harry Porter".当我有时间时我喜欢读书.我认为读书时很好的放松和度过业余时间的好方法.当我还是个孩子时我母亲在我睡觉前经常给我读.从那时起我就对读书感兴趣.“书是人类最好的朋友”书给我们知识通过读书我们可以明白各种各样的人及他们如何的想法.当我读书时我总沉浸在书中忘记了我的烦恼.我喜欢读各种各样的书故事书小说等等.我最喜欢的书是《哈利波特》.
篇10:我喜欢的动物小学英语
全文共 451 字
+ 加入清单I like dogs, because they are man’s good friends. They can do many helpful thingsto us, such as guarding our houses, greeting guests, helping the police, and soon. Some trained dogs can even lead the blind people and save people’s lives.So they‘re treated as our family members. I hope someday dogs will be in greatharmony with human-beings.
我喜欢狗,因为它们是人类的好朋友。他们可以为我们做很多有用的事情,如,保护房子,问候客人,帮助警方等等。一些受过训练的狗甚至可以引导盲人、拯救人们的性命。所以他们都被当做是我们的家庭成员。我希望有一天狗能与人类和谐共处。
篇11:五年级英语作文:我最喜欢的节日
全文共 482 字
+ 加入清单My Favorite Festival
There are many festivals in a year, I love Children’s day, because on that day, I can have many candies from school. In the school, i will play many games, there will be no class on Children’s day, everybody will have fun. Children’s day is my favorite day, the day belongs to me. I enjoy that day so much. My parents will also celebrate it for me.
一年中有很多的节日,我喜欢儿童节,因为在那天,我可以从学校里得到很多的糖果。在学校里,我可以玩很多的游戏,儿童节那天没有课,大家都玩得很开心。儿童节是我最喜欢的节日,那天是一个属于我的节日。我很享受那一天。我的父母也会为我庆祝。
篇12:我喜欢的动物的英语
全文共 342 字
+ 加入清单I like dogs, because they are man’s good friends.
They can do many helpful things to us, such as guarding our houses, greeting guests, helping the police, and so on.
Some trained dogs can even lead the blind people and save people’s lives. So they‘re treated as our family members.
I hope someday dogs will be in great harmony with human-beings.
篇13:我喜欢的小动物英语作文
全文共 1140 字
+ 加入清单I like the small animal is a puppy, it whole body covered with a white hair, like a regiment cotton candy; The eyes are the YuanLiuLiu, like two gem; Ear is a semicircle, nose is black, short tail, very lovely.
我喜欢的小动物是一只小狗,它全身长满白色的毛,像一团棉花糖;眼睛是圆溜溜的,像两颗宝石;耳朵是半圆形,鼻子是黑色的,短短的尾巴,非常可爱。
I give it to love to eat, it will be the bones of a piece of a piece, a short for a short to chew. It finished eating bones, will call a few barks
我给它爱吃的,它会一块一块骨头,一小段一小段咀嚼。它啃完骨头后,将调用一些树皮
Sound, as if to say: "small host, thank you." Whenever I go to school, she will always give me a journey, until I pretended to be angry, hit it two or three it quietly ran home. It will not only send me to school, also like and I together race, run very quickly, sometimes, I fell a journey. At ordinary times, it looks very timid, but saw the stranger, but do not break again fierce with his eyes wide open to tight stared at the strangers every move, the key when still can call out,
的声音,好像在说:“小主人,谢谢你。”每当我去上学,她总是会给我一个旅程,直到我假装生气,打了两个或三个它悄悄地跑回家。它不但会送我去上学,还喜欢和我一起赛跑,跑得很快,有时,我觉得一个旅程。平时,它看起来很胆小,但看到的陌生人,但又不失猛睁大眼睛紧紧地盯着陌生人的一举一动,关键时还可以呼叫,
It was a clever and loyal dog!
一个聪明的和忠诚的狗,它是!
篇14:我喜欢的一本书英语作文
全文共 1637 字
+ 加入清单导语:这是一篇小编精心挑选的关于我喜欢的一本书的英语作文范文,无论是语句还是内容都是值得我们去学习以及借鉴的.让我们一起来欣赏吧!
I like reading,so I love many different kinds of books very much,because they not only broaden my horizons(视野)but also give me inspiration(灵感).
Up to now I have read a lot of books, for example,magazines,novels and storybooks and so on.But one of the books that I like best is My Life Story.It was created(创作)by an American writer—Helen Keller(海伦·凯勒)in 1902.She was a blind(盲的),deaf(聋的)and dumb(哑的)person.In the book,she wrote that she had not been able to see,hear or speak since the age of one year and seven months.This unusual thing made her very sad.When she was seven years old,she knew Miss Sullivan(沙利文),her good teacher.Helen was getting happier every day.Then,Miss Sullivan helped her learn how to write English words.At first,Miss Sullivan wrote some words on Helens hands with her own fingers again and again.Helen was a very diligent girl.Because of this,she tried as much as possible to remember words.After that,she wrote and published(出版)many famous works.My Life Story is one of them.
My Life Story described her hard struggle to become an outstanding(著名的)writer and educationist(教育家)of the world.
It shows us a universal(普遍的)truth:“Nothing is difficult if you put your heart intoit!”This is why I like it best.What about you?
我喜欢阅读,所以我很喜欢各种类型的书,因为他们不仅拓宽我的视野,而且还给我灵感
到目前为止我读过很多书,例如,杂志,小说和故事书等等。但是,我最喜欢的书是《我的生活的故事》。它是美国作家海伦凯勒写与1902的。她是一个又盲又聋又哑的人。在书中,她写道,自从她一岁零七个月后就没能再看到、听到或说过了。这些不寻常的事情让她很伤心。她七岁的时候,她认识了她的好老师,沙利文。海伦每天变得越来越开心。然后,沙利文小姐帮助她学习写英语单词。起初,沙利文小姐她自己的手指在海伦的手中一次又一次的写一些字。海伦是一个很勤奋的女孩。
《我的生活故事》阐述了她成为一个世界著名的作家和教育家的艰辛。
这向我们展示了一个普遍的真理:“世上无难事只怕有心人!”这就是我最喜欢它的原因,你呢?
篇15:我最喜欢的运动英语作文
全文共 718 字
+ 加入清单During my secondary school years I often liked to go to the recreation room to play table tennis. Some of my classmates were very good at this game and I often tried to compete with them to improve my skill. In high school I spent many hours playing outdoor sports. I enjoyed team sports like basketball and volleyball. In my senior year I started to practice tennis. Sometimes I would find a partner to play tennis with me, but as yet I am not very good at this sport. Tennis requires great strength in the arms and legs as well as strong concentration on the game.
在我读中学的日子里,我常到活动室打乒乓球。我有些同学精于此道,我常与他们对抗以提高自己的技术。读高中时,我把大量的时间用来做户外运动,我喜欢团队的运动项目,比如篮球和排球。临毕业那年,我开始练乒乓球。有时我可以找到一个同伴陪我打,但是我打得不是很好。打乒乓球不仅需要强壮的臂力和腿部力量,还需要集中精力。
篇16:我喜欢旅行英语高中作文
全文共 3805 字
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The ancient said the world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page. I like travel, because travel not only allows me to enjoy the great rivers and mountains of the motherland, but also brings me knowledge and exercise. Beautiful sceneries make me impressed and friendly people make me warm. Travel is a process of discovery of beauty that would company my whole life. I like the feeling on the road, which greatly enrich my life and fields of vision. Being to different places, seeing different views makes me know how big the world is, so that I won’t bother my trifles. I think a broad mind is extremely important to a person, and traveling is a good way to get it. Maybe some people would say that I travel just because I want to relax. There’s no doubt about that. No matter for what reason, traveling is attractive to us all.
古人云:读万卷书,不如行万里路。我喜欢旅行,旅行不仅让我饱览祖国的大好河山,而且在学到知识的同时还锻炼了自己。美丽的风景让我印象深刻,有好的人们也让我倍感温暖。旅行就是一个发现美的过程,这种美的感受将会陪伴我的终生。我喜欢在路上的感觉,这极大的丰富了我的生活和视野。到不同的地方,看不同的风景会让我知道世界之大,从而不会被琐事叨扰。我认为开阔的胸襟对一个人来说尤为重要,而旅行是开阔胸襟的一个好方式。也许有的人会说,我之所以去旅行,只是因为想得到放松,这是毫无疑问的。不管出于什么原因,旅行总是充满诱惑。
篇二:
As for this essay, I want the person who likes travel to read. And, I also want the person who yearns to the solitary journey to read.
I like travel very much. I often go to travel. It meets a lot of people when traveling. It can touch not only the person but also the region. Therefore, it comes to want to go even times how many.
I was traveling and all the people met had a very warm mind. It was very kind. There is a person who taught variety of land, too. I do not think meeting with two another degrees in the person. However, I do not think that I forget. Because, The reason is that there are a lot of very good memories.
Therefore, travel is not stopped. It went to not only the country but also foreign countries. The communication of the intention can have been done with the person in the country though the word did not run well. However, I thought that the handicap of the word was large. I thought it was good if the word could be understood more many times. Therefore, I think that I should study the language study more. It can meet the one different according to the land when traveling. The tourist spot is, and there is a lot of one not so either. There are a lot of very good points of the place taught to the person in local. Therefore, it is always made to speak. I have not traveled still alone. I want to go out to travel alone sometimes. How about you? Traveling with someone is also good. However, I yearn to the solitary journey very much. It is not, and yearns for the destination to free travel. I want to go out to unrestrained travel some time.
Finally, I yearn to the solitary journey. However, I do not hate tour travel. I think that there is a merit also in the tour. I think that traveling with the person who does not know also has the enjoyment. However, I like independent tour more. Which do you like?
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The ancient said the world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page. I like travel, because travel not only allows me to enjoy the great rivers and mountains of the motherland, but also brings me knowledge and exercise. Beautiful sceneries make me impressed and friendly people make me warm. Travel is a process of discovery of beauty that would company my whole life. I like the feeling on the road, which greatly enrich my life and fields of vision. Being to different places, seeing different views makes me know how big the world is, so that I won’t bother my trifles. I think a broad mind is extremely important to a person, and traveling is a good way to get it. Maybe some people would say that I travel just because I want to relax. There’s no doubt about that. No matter for what reason, traveling is attractive to us all.
篇17:英语我最喜欢的动物
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+ 加入清单Most kids like animals. Girls like cats, and boys like dogs. However, my favorite animal is the horse.
The horses are strong, not like the tame cats or puppy dogs. They look wild and hard to get close. Yet, they will be very timid and friendly after they get to know you. Horses remember the way home. They are also faithful to their masters. They even understand what you are trying to tell them. Ive heard many stories about how a horse saved his masters life. Thats also the reason why I love horses. They never betray you.
大多数孩子喜欢动物。女孩喜欢猫,和男孩喜欢狗。然而,我最喜欢的动物是马。
马是强大的,不像猫或狗温顺的小狗。他们看起来野生和难以接近。然而,他们会很胆小,友好在他们了解你。马记得回家的路。他们也对他们的主人忠心耿耿。他们甚至理解您想要告诉他们。我听说过很多故事一匹马救了他的主人的生活。这也是为什么我爱马。他们从不背叛你。
篇18:我喜欢万圣节英语
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+ 加入清单Halloween Halloween is an autumn holiday that Americans celebrate every year. It means "holy evening," and it comes every October 31, the even
ing before All Saints Day. However, it is not really a church holiday, it is a holiday for children mainly.
Every autumn, when the vegetables are ready to eat, children pick large orange pumpkins. Then they cut faces in the pumpkins and put a burning candle inside. It looks as if there were a person looking out of the pumpkin! These lights are called jack-o-lanterns, which means "Jack of the lantern".
The children also put on strange masks and frightening costumes every Halloween. Some children paint their faces to look like monsters. Then they carry boxes or bags from house to house. Every time they come to a new house, they say,"Trick or treat! Money or eat!" The grown-ups put treat-money or candy in their bags.
Not only children, but most grown-ups also love Halloween and Halloween parties because on this day,they can disguise themselves as personages or ghost as their imaginations will lead them. This bring them the satisfaction of being young.
万圣节前夕
万圣节前夕是美国人年年都会庆祝的秋季节日。它的意思是“神圣的夜晚”,在每年的10月31日,也就是万圣节前夜。但实际上这不是一个真正的宗教节日,而主要是孩子们的节日。
每年秋天蔬菜成熟可以食用的时候,孩子们就会挑出大个儿的橙色南瓜。然后在南瓜上刻上一张脸,把一根点燃的蜡烛放在里面。看起来就好像有人在向南瓜外面张望。这些灯就叫做“iack-o-lantems”,意思也就是“杰克的灯”。
每年万圣节前夕孩子们还戴上奇怪的面具,穿上吓人的服装。有些孩子把脸刷成怪物。然后他们拿着盒子或袋子挨家挨户串门。每来到一个新房子他们就说:“不款待就捣乱!给钱还是吃的!”大人们就会把用来招待的钱或糖放在他们的袋子里了。
不仅孩子,许多成年人也喜欢万圣节前夕和万圣节前夕晚会。因为这一天他们可以根据自己的想象把自己装扮成名流或幽灵。这会带给他们年轻的快感。
篇19:我喜欢冬天英语作文100字
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+ 加入清单Everyone likes a season. Some people love the spring, because spring is very beautiful, taogongliulu, spring. Some people like summer or autumn, because the summer not only can swim, but also eat ice cream, autumn is also a season of good harvest.
My love is cold winter, because the winter snow, you can use those to make a snowman and have snowball fights, ski.
I love you, winter...!
篇20:我最喜欢的水果英语
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+ 加入清单Of the fruits of the year I give my vote to the orange. In the first place it is a perennial--if not in actual fact, at least in the greengrocer’s shop. On the days when dessert is a name given to a handful of chocolates and a little preserved ginger, when macédoine de fruits is the title bestowed on some raisins and two prunes, then the orange, however sour, comes nobly to the rescue; and on those other days of plenty when cherries and strawberries and kiwi-fruits riot together upon the table, the orange, sweeter than ever, is still there to hold its own. Bread and rice, beef and mutton, eggs and milk, are not more necessary to an ordered existence than the orange.
It is well that the commonest fruit should be also the best. Of the virtues of the orange I have not room fully to speak. It has properties of health giving, as it cures influenza and establishes the complexion. It is clean, for whoever handles it on its way to your table but handles its outer covering, its top coat, which is left in the hall. It is round, and forms an excellent substitute with the young for a tiny football. The pips can be flicked at your enemies, and quite a small piece of peel makes a slide for an old gentleman.