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导语:秋,收获的季节,金黄的季节,同百花盛开的春天一样可爱,同骄阳似火的夏天一样热情,同白雪飘飘的冬天一样迷人。下面是小编为大家整理的英语作文,希望对大家有所帮助。

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高中英语口语考试自我介绍

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good morning, my admirable professors and my dear fellows. it’s my great honor to be here to introduce myself to all of you. my name is xing heng and i’m in my eighteen years old. i come fromxiamen, which is a famous and beautiful city. i strongly suggest you visiting there and i can be your guide if it’s convenient. after three years’ hard work, i am so excited that i am finally enrolled by my dreaming school,sichuanuniversityand be one of you. i am outgoing and i have many interests, such as playing basketball, football, and swimming, but i am only good at basketball.

i hope we can always play together in the next four years. computer science and technology is my favorite subject and i am sure that it’s also a promising area in the future, with the great development of computer science and our society. i am glad to be a classmate of you and i hope we can study and make progress together in the future. i greatly expect my life to be with you in the coming four years.

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篇1:介绍汕头的英语作文

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导语:说到汕头,小编就想到汕头牛肉丸,下面是yuwenmi小编为大家整理的优秀英语作文,欢迎阅读与借鉴,谢谢!

My hometown is a seashore city—— Shantou.

Shantou lands place motherland southeast coastal have unique natural and humanity environment.

It is a bridge town swim the silk feelings of son Su is fish for sea love.

Shantou is also a culture city literature origin flows out length has rich content. It have fed a tide of acting another generation people its culture is immortal.

Shantou is also beautiful meal Zhi it has the varied snack of delicious food tide Shan congou is more famous world.

Again besides Shan the environment with graceful head since attracting countless visitor this travel.

after entering the program of " 115 " Shan head is more dynasty the goal of modern seashore city disdain with great efforts.

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我的家乡 我的家乡是一座海滨城市--汕头。 汕头,地处祖国东南沿海,有着独特的自然和人文环境。

它是一个桥乡,游子的丝丝情愫,是鱼儿对海的依恋。 汕头更是个文化之都,文学渊源流长,内容丰富。它哺育了一代又一代的潮汕人民,其文化永垂不朽。

汕头也是个美食之都,它有多种多样的美味小吃,潮汕工夫茶更是闻名天下。 再加之,汕头优美的环境,吸引着无数游人来这旅游。

而且,进入“十一五”规划后,汕头更是朝着现代化海滨城市的目标不屑努力。 汕头,我可爱的家乡,它是个美丽的神化。我爱它!

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篇2:介绍英国文化的英语作文

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导语:英国是一个丰富多彩、充满国际和多元文化的国家,下面是yuwenmi小编为大家整理的优秀英语作文,欢迎阅读与借鉴,谢谢!

Britain is a rich and varied, with international and multi-cultural society, to welcome students from all over the world come here to learn and to value their contributions.

Britain is a tolerant, democratic society, where different political views and beliefs are respected. You will find many people wearing and eating habits and you do not have their own different major cities around the world have sales of snack food, meat from an Islamic shop, the Islamic meat from the shop. Asia to sell fruit and rice kind of Jewish food store to store, everything.

In different towns and cities, the year has a variety of activities to celebrate the worlds major religious festivals and activities, for example, in the city of Leicester at the Stradivari outside the Indian sub-section is the most spectacular Festival of Lights.

Britain itself from England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, they have different characteristics and personality.

Britain from all over the world to accept immigrants and refugees has a long history, many people have been here for permanent settlement. London may be the largest gathering of minority British city, other cities also have a large number of minority residents.

All the worlds major religions are British. Mosques, Sikh temples, synagogues, churches and India Fodou together with a variety of Christian churches (Anglican and Roman Catholic from the Protestant and Orthodox) co-exist.

This diversity means that you will come to Britain is easy to integrate into Britains multi-ethnic society. You will also come from different religious and ethnic groups and people contacts, enhance understanding of different cultures.

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英国是一个丰富多彩、充满国际和多元文化的国家,欢迎来自世界各地的学生来这里学习和珍惜他们的贡献。

英国是一个宽容、民主的社会,不同的政治观点和信仰受到尊重。你会发现很多人的穿着和饮食习惯和你没有自己不同的大城市在世界各地有销售的零食,从伊斯兰商店的肉,从商店的清真肉。亚洲卖水果和大米的犹太食品店,所有的东西。

在不同的城市,每年都有各种各样的活动来庆祝世界主要宗教节日和活动,例如,在莱斯特市在斯特拉迪瓦里在印度部分是光的最壮观的节日。

英国本身来自英国、苏格兰、威尔士和北爱尔兰,具有不同的特点和个性。

来自世界各地的英国接受移民和难民有着悠久的历史,许多人在此定居。伦敦可能是英国少数民族最大的聚集城市,其他城市也有大量的少数民族居民。

世界上所有主要的宗教都是英国的。锡克教寺庙,教堂,清真寺,教堂和印度Fodou与各种基督教教会(圣公会和天主教一起从新教和东正教)并存。

这种多样性意味着你来到英国很容易融入英国的多民族社会。您还将来自不同的宗教和族裔群体和人们接触,增进不同文化的理解。

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篇3:英语自我介绍

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My name is Li Haiqing. I am a local person who is 21years old. I am from

chongqing and I am of the opinion that my hometown is a beautiful city.

Moreover, I would like to say something about my family. I have my mother

,my father,and my elder sisther,they love me very much,I know my parents have so

much hops and dreams for me。So I must study well.

I have the confidence because I have such ability! I am kind-hearted,

patient, outgoing and creative. I am a hard working student especially do the

thing I am interested in. I will try my best to resolve any problem no matter

how difficult it is. I always believe that one will easily lag behind unless he

keeps on learning.

In spare time, I like reading books, surfing on the Internet, listening to

music like, classic, or light music, because they can make me feel relaxed.

Nobody could keep on working efficiently, therefore proper amusement is a must.

In addition,() I insist on do some physical training such as running, and

horizontal bar as well. By doing this, I can always stay healthy.

Thatrsquo;s all. Thank you for giving me such a valuable opportunity!

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篇4:面试酒店的英语自我介绍3

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Good afternoon, Everyone! I am XX. And I am 23 years old. My previous job was a Front Office Supervisor. During the three years when I was working, I also majored Tourism and Hotel Management in the local radio broadcasting and television college. I like this job very much and I like to deal with different guests every day. I hope I can have this chance to one of the members in this hotel. Thank you so much to share my brief introductions.

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篇5:高中面试自我介绍英语

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good morning/good afternoon teachers,

My name is...I am from ....primary school and I am ..years old now. I have a lot of interests and hobbies. For example, I like reading and swimming very much.

I think ... middle school is the perfect choice for me and I really wish to study in this school.

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篇6:介绍自己的英语作文

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I’m a primary student. I live happily. I have long hair and a lovely face. But I ‘m very short. Being the shortest girl in my class, I feel shamed of it, though my teacher and classmates always say I will grow taller in the future to comfort me. Besides, I feel very happy in school. There are so many students play with me, and I always do well in study. So, when I go home, my parents also happy, too. My father often take me out to different interesting places. And my mother usually cook delicious food for me. How happy I am!

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篇7:医生求职英语自我介绍

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Good afternoon,honorable judges. I am glade to be here for this interview. First let me introduce myself to you. My name is **, 23. I come from zhengzhou, the capital of Henan Province. I will graduate from the Central South University in july this year.

After four years’ extensive training in science and engineering with a focus on microbiology and biotechnology in the last one and a half years, I am fully absorbed in biology and their various novel applications. Driven by my interest and capacity in these areas, I would expect myself to be a senior professional in 10-15 years time, working as either a faculty member in a university or a researcher in some institute.

Having realized that such a goal would require much more knowledge than what I have acquired, I am determined to pursue graduate study in a best university. The origination of my interest dates back to my senior high school year when I attended an intensive but interesting course given by the biological teacher on general biology. My interest was reinforced when I had the opportunity to participate in some research projects in the Central South University. In May, 2003, I began working with prof.Zhou to do research on microbial treatment processes for the nitrogen removal in wastewater. I participated in the separation method of nitrifier and denitrifier (chemolithoautotrophic bacteria, very small colony, grows slow, have the same color with the culture medium) and do some research on their Physiology characteristics.

I have been consciously strengthening my research ability by teaching myself advanced knowledge including microbial physiology, microbial statistics. Through these projects, I have not only learned many practical techniques but also acquired a solid theoretical background and a broad scope in scientific research in my fields of interest. Despite the intensive curriculum, I have always kept an eye on a broader world outside.

As a member of the CSU-Students Union, I’ve improved my communication and cooperation skills through some meaningful activities. It has become clear to me that a good academic environment can play a very important role in my pursuit of excellence. I believe pursuing a Master’s degree at CSU, would be a most reasonable extension of my academic pursuit and a major step forward toward my career goal.

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篇8:2024小学生自我介绍英语

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hello everybody,im a televe-years-old student who study in changsha city daotian junior shool called qiyuan lee.im good at ping-pong,ranking the second in our team.i am also found of piano,and already pass grades five.in addition,i like eating kfc,causing my heavey.this is my first join in english match,not having enough experiment.but i hope that i can do it better!and then,i will perform. a song which call edlewise to everyone.

[ 2017小学生自我介绍英语

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篇9:英语口语的自我介绍

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I am xxx. I was born in Changsha. I graduate from senior high school and major in English. I started learning English since I was 12 years old. My parents have a lot of American friends. That’s why I have no problem communicating with Americans or others by speaking English.

In my spare time, I like to do anything relating to English such as listening to English songs, watching English movies or TV programs, or even attending the activities held by some English clubs or institutes. I used to go abroad for a short- term English study. During that time, I learned a lot of daily life English and saw a lot of different things.

I think language is very interesting. I could express one substance by using different sounds. So I wish I could study and read more English literatures and enlarge my knowledge.

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篇10:介绍自己的英语作文

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Hello! My name is Chen Danqing.  My English name is Joy.  Im 14 years old.  Im a happy girl.  I have a happy family.  My father and my mother are both office workers.  Theyre busy.  But at weekends, they always cook nice food for me.  Im happy in the family.  I love my parents and they love me very much.

Im a student at Dongzhou Middle School.  It is very big and beautiful.  There are many classroom buildings and office buildings.  Besides the buildings, there is a big playground.  After school, there are lots of boys playing basketball on it.  I think they are happy.  There are a lot of flowers and trees in my school.  They are beautiful.  I like my school.  In my school, I have many friends.  All my friends are polite and helpful.  My friends are all nice to me.  They can make me happy.  So I like playing with them.

My hobbies are listening to music and reading.  I like pop music very much.  I dislike sports because Im not strong.  Its hard for me.

I have a happy family, a beautiful school and many nice friends.  I enjoy every day.

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篇11:英语口语的自我介绍

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Good afternoon,

It’s my great pleasure to stand here for this interview.

First, let me introduce myself. My name is ** and you also can call my English nickname **.

I like a word said by Napoleon: I succeeded because I will it; I never hesitated. I believe in all time: If you think you can, you can.

I come from **, the capital of ** province and will graduate from the management of department of ** university, in July this year. In undergraduate period, I achieved scholarship when I was sophomore and junior, meantime I became the chairman of pingpong club.

In term of which, you could feel I am an optimistic and active man. Moreover, I am a thoughtful student. Specially, I am pretty good at learning form daily life and study. It is energetic of me to think some meaningful issues. When I face to problems, I am capable of analyzing and settling them by myself. If the matter is special intricate, I also can corporate well with others as a team.

In spare time, I have broad interests like many other young people. Sport and reading are my favorites. I am also a pure sport fan. In all of these, I do well in playing Pingpong, there are several medals I won as the captain of school or department team include individual game and team games. Taking part in some sport game can help me study energetically.

In this fast-change time, I am also skillful in operating computer and network. Frequently I exchange with other people by making comments in the forum on line. In additional, I am familiar with searching for information in internet.

I have past cet6 test, however, I am aware that there’s lots of room to develop my English speaking.

In the past one year, I have been preparing for the postgraduate examination. In this course of studying, on one hand, I gain knowledge in some fields, more importantly accumulated enough study ability and willpower for further developing in this famous school. Now all my industrious work has gain return for this opportunity to present myself here.

I will appreciate it very much if you could send me the chance to further my study toward management.

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篇12:小学生英语自我介绍范例

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Good afternoon, teachers! My name is YangXiaodan. I`m 11

now. I`m from Class2 Grade 5 of TongPu No.2 Primary School. My English teacher is Miss Sun. She`s quiet and kind. She`s short and young. My good friend is ZhangBingbing. She`s 12. She`s tall and pretty. We`re in the same class. We both like English very much. I like painting , listening to music, playing computer games and

reading books. My favourite food is chicken. It`s tasty and yummy. I often do my homework and read books on Saturdays. This is me. Please remember YangXiaodan. Thank you very much!

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篇13:介绍家乡的英语

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Welcome to my hometown! Shanghai is my hometown. It is a modern and busy town. It has a long history. There are many big supermarkets, beautiful gardens and good factories here. It is very easy to go shopping. You can see big trees and nice flowers.There are many restaurants in Shanghai. The food tastes very delicious.You can enjoy eyery minutes of it. Many visitors come here to enjoy it.

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篇14:面试中的英语自我介绍

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i am linjiang. i was born in jilin changchun. i graduate from henan university of urban construction. i started learning english since i was 15 years old.my father is a farmer . and my mother is a housewife. i am the youngest one in my family. my brother have a lot of american friends. that’s why i have no problem communicating with americans or others by speaking english.

in my spare time, i like to do anything relating to english such as listening to english songs, watching english movies or tv programs, or even attending the activities held by some english clubs or institutes. i used to go university for a short- term english study. during that time, i learned a lot of daily life english and saw a lot of different things.

i think language is very interesting. i could express one substanceby using different sounds. so i wish i could study and read more english enlarge my knowledge.

我是。我出生英寸我毕业的高中和英语专业。我开始学习英语,因为我是12岁。我的父母有很多美国朋友。这就是为什么我没有问题,与美国或其他国家的英语沟通。

我在业余时间,我喜欢做的任何与英语的听英文歌曲,看英文电影或电视节目,甚至参加一些英超俱乐部或学院所举行的活动。我曾经去作短期英语留学。在此期间,我学到了很多日常生活的英语,看到了很多不同的事情。

我觉得语言很有意思。我可以表达一种substanceby使用不同的声音。所以,我希望我能学习更多英语文学和扩大我的知识

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篇15:介绍儿童节的英语

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Today is 61 Childrens Festivals, my early gets up, eat a meal, went happily going to school, to class when, I see inside opening TV, run to class hastily inside, sit quietly to look, not a little while, the teacher calls us to move the chair, we began to move, arrived rock-bottom, I see in front placing an arena, we had moved the chair, sat to come down, before long, whole ground floor is a person, I sit inter, within an inch of is crowded flat, because the person is really too much. 61 congratulatory ceremony began, there are a few teachers on arena, still have a fellow student above speech. A little while, the classmate of Pu cropland city also comes to our school, we welcome them with enthusiastic applause. Began to perform, a lot of classmates agitato stood up, make I was lost sight of, perform everybody to want to applause, and applause is very resonant.

It is to play game next, some classmates were washed out too quickly because of speed, really regretful, between the process that plays game, a classmate at the back of me tosses paper to me here come, just was seen by the teacher, call him to go on the floor pick up of a piece of a piece of ground comes, this calls be apt to to have cable of be apt to, sow the wind and reap the whirlwind, ah. Todays program was finished, the teacher says with us: Want to hold pleasance activity afternoon, everybody should get ready, certificate of merit also is afternoon reappearance.what meaning is pleasance activity? We go to school afternoon, the table that sees us runs to the side, be to should play game so, when attending class, the teacher prepared a lot of ping-pongs, use those who play game, the first group game regulation is: Use 3 ping-pongs to cast in the case, in casting even if win. The 2nd group game regulation is: Take bat of a ping-pong, a ping-pong is above, put the table tennis ball in ping-pong bat above, should from pass among two chairs, who holds to terminus, who calculates win. Began to play, I play the first group first, took 3 table tennises, I begin to cast, the first ball was entered originally, but be received,that classmate of the ball gives catching, I ask this ball does not calculate the teacher, the teacher says not to calculate actually, if calculate can get a candy.

I walk along the 2nd group disappointedly, but I took one step only, the ping-pong drops. I play again, but they had not begun to play, we waited a little while in the doorway, began eventually, we rush at once, come to 3, their game regulation is: Cover the eye, informal in front a place draws a circle, if this classmate walks into that circle inside the time of 10 seconds, even if won. There are a few fellow students before me very fierce, go in, when be turn for me, the teacher quited sport, she says: Did not play, very tired.I answer a class, on stair, I say alone: How to meet such, be turn for me, did not play unexpectedly?return class in, the teacher prepares award prize account, the teacher sends the certificate of merit of 3 good students first, I am thinking all the time: Be sure I also am 3 good students. As a result I became 3 good students as expected, I am too excited, the teacher still grants me articles for use of a bag of study, I return a seat to look, it is to write belt of diarial notebook, small staple, stationery, pen, rule, semicircle to measure feet of measuring implement, triangle to wait so, I looked very glad, effort study just gets this, I want to try hard to learn even later, strive for become 3 good students every year.

Still study activist, labor activist, literary activist waits, these classmates have award prize to taste, a classmate got literary activist, but he does not know to ran where to go, the teacher sends a few classmates to look for him, but entire school has searched, also do not have the message of that classmate, at this moment, a classmate found him 4 classes in 2 years, he looks 4 classes in 2 yearscalabash childcartoon, tell a teacher immediately, say: Teacher, that classmate looks 4 classes in 2 yearscalabash childcartoon.before the teacher calls that fellow student teacher range, come, say: Be award prize shape important still lookcalabash childis cartoon important ah? If if want,looking from now on you attend class 4 classes to 2 years.that classmate feels very feel embarrassed, do not say to gave a word to come, the teacher says: This certificate of merit is withheld first in here, if had been behaved after you, certificate of merit sends you, if behave bad word, send expression good fellow student.classessed are over, I am returned this thing says with the person in the home in the home, everybody says: Study is good, we also want award your award.award of little mothers brother my pen box; Grandfather and grandmother award my shoe; Award of big wife of mothers brother my chocolate; A friend of big mothers brother is a teacher, his award my UFO is labyrinthian, I am too glad really.

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篇16:介绍笔友的英语作文

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I would like to tell you a secret. I have a great penfriend. We haven’t see each other ever. But we are good friends. We have common interest and always know what each other thinks. We both like reading, watching movies and listening to soft music. If anyone of us find any new books, latest movies or some wonderful music, we will recommend to the other one. And then we will share the feeling after reading, watching or listening. If I have any trouble, I will tell him. And almost everytime he knows the best way to comfort me. If he is upset, I would do the same thing for him.

我想告诉你一个秘密。我有一个很好的笔友。我们彼此都没见面。但我们是好朋友。我们有着共同的兴趣而且总是知道对方的想法。我们都喜欢读书,看电影和听音乐。如果我们中的任何人发现任何新书,新电影或一些美妙的音乐,我们会推荐给另一个。之后我们会分享读后感。如果我碰到什么困难,我都会告诉他。几乎每次他都知道安慰我的最好方法。如果他不高兴,我会为他做同样的事情。

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篇17:自我介绍英语作文

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Good morning, ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls. Now ,Its my turn. My name is Edgar, a high school student. I am very honored to be here to give you a speech. Also its a good chance for me to improve my English. I hope I can make a good performance today. The topic of my speech is "After studying here".

Before I came here,I can never imagine that I can learn so much knowledge about other countries, which cant be got from my books in school. Three months ago, I took my first class. Unfortunately, I felt so embarrassed, because I even cant speak any words, though I know I really love English .

After that, I took some of my tutors advice and previewed the lesson that I’ll learn. What’s more, In every class, I JUST try my best to say as much as possible. Now,I can only remember Its a really hard time. What’s worse, I had to go to my high school and went there at the same time.

After several weeks, I began to get used to the atmosphere in web .At least Im not afraid to speak in front of my tutor and foreign teachers.

During web’s period,I found I had improved a lot, both physically and mentally. For example, how to be a confident person, how to plan for my future. And the most important is that I have learnt how to communicate with others, which is a necessary skill. Nowadays studying is not the only thing that we high school students should do, there are some more important things we have ignored.

First, I am grateful for my parents. They have spent so much money for me, but never ask for anything in return. I really know how hard it is to work on such living conditions.

Now Its time to introduce my tutor sally. It was she that led me to the right studying here. It was she that helped me deal with all kinds of annoying things. Also there are some other teachers that I appreciate, especially Laura and Anita. Of course, I like to take foreign teachers classes. Anyway, thanks all of you!

I know I am young; there is a long way in my life. I have to face the difficulties and solve them by myself. But i know i must keep on my dream, I agree that If you put your mind to, you can accomplish anything.

I know im not the best ,but im the most diligent one。I hope you can remember me ,an ordinary boy.

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篇18:英语求职信自我介绍

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Dear sir,

I am writing for employment with your firm about the position of Territory Sales Representative in shanghai on 51job newspaper.

I am very interested in your company especially mimeograph and imaging products. I have a bachelor of degree in marketing and excellent sales potential. Besides, I worked for the line of Fast Moving Consumer Goods around 2 years.

As a person who has both knowledge of marketing and customers service, add to my rich experiences from all kinds of practice relating to sales, I am sure that an energetic individual would surely be an asset to your company.

I am eager to prove to you my persistence, teamwork and optimistic initiative. I am ready to your personal interview on your most convenient date.

I am looking forward to your early reply.

Yours Sincerely,

Zhigao Tan

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篇19:介绍海洋动物英语

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I am the most intelligent Marine. Good magic. Very fun and very friendly to you humans Marine mammals, is a small and streamlined shape toothed cetaceans. My body like a fish, and general body length 4 ~ 5 meters, back 靑 black, with a white belly. On small fish. Shrimp. Squid, etc.

I am a swimmer and can swim 15 meters per second, can the fishing boat far behind, swimming, the entire surface of the skin can do Ann water waves, become and the shape of the wave is consistent; Reducing the friction of 90% of the water.

I can show, such as: playing table tennis. Jump fire, people often training my brain, to train it to complete the underwater operation. A trained dolphins can trace of the investigation to the fish. Can undertake port alert, rescue the victims and wrecked plane for sea and underwater in service.

Want to know me!

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我是海洋中最聪明.善良神奇.极富情趣而且对你们人类十分友好的海洋哺乳动物,是一种身材小且呈流线型的齿鲸类。我体型似鱼,,一般体长4~5米以下,背部呈靑黑色,腹部呈白色。以小鱼.小虾.乌贼等为食。

我是游泳能手,每秒可游15米,能把渔船远远的抛在后面,游泳时,整个皮肤表面能安水流做波浪起伏,变得和水流波的形状一致;这就减少了90%的水的摩擦力。

我还能表演节目,如:打乒乓球.跳火圈等,人们常常训练我的大脑,来训练它完成水下作业。训练过的海豚可以侦查到鱼群的行踪。还能承担海港警戒,抢救遇难者以及寻找海上失事的飞机和海底沉船等在务。

想认识我吧!

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The Double Seventh Festival on the 7th day of the 7th lunarmonth is a traditional festival full of romance. It often goes into August in the Gregorian calendar.

This festival is in mid-summer when the weather is warm and the grass and trees reveal their luxuriousgreens. At night when the sky is dotted with stars and people can see the Milky Way spanning from the north to the south. On each bank of it is a bright star which see each other from afar. They are the Cowherd and Weaver Maid and about them there is a beautiful love story passed down from generation to generation.

Long long ago there was an honest and kind-hearted fellow named Niu Lang (Cowhand). His parents died when he was a child. Later he was driven out of his home by his sister-in-law. So he lived by himself herding cattle and farming. One day a fairy from heaven Zhi Nu (Weaver Maid) fell in love with him and came down secretly to earth and married him. The cowhandfarmed in the field and the Weaver Maid wove at home. They lived a happy life and gave birth to a boy and a girl. Unfortunately the God of Heaven soon found out the fact and ordered the Queen Mother of the Western Heavens to bring the Weaver Maid back.

With the help of celestial cattle the Cowhand flew to heaven with his son and daughter. At the time when he was about to catch up with his wife the Queen Mother took off one of her gold hairpins and made a stroke. One billowyriver appeared in front of the Cowhand. The Cowhand and Weaver Maid were separated on the two banks forever and could only feel their tears. Their loyaltyto love touched magpies so tens of thousands of magpies came to build a bridge for the Cowhand and Weaver Maid to meet each other. The Queen Mother was eventually moved and allowed them to meet each year on the 7th of the 7th lunar month. Hence their meeting date has been called "Qi Xi" (Double Seventh).

Scholars have shown the Double Seventh Festival originated from the Han Dynasty (206 BC-AD220). Historical documents from the Eastern Jin Dynasty (AD371-420) mention the festival while records from the Tang Dynasty (618-907) depict the grand evening banquetof Emperor Taizong and his concubines. By the Song (960-1279) and Yuan (1279-1368) dynasties special articles for the "Qi Xi" were seen being sold on markets in the capital. The bustling markets demonstrated the significance of the festival.

Today some traditional customs are still observed in ruralareas of China but have been weakened or diluted in urban cities. However the legend of the Cowhand and Weaver Maidhas taken root in the hearts of the people. In recent years in particular urban youths have celebrated it as Valentines Day in China. As a result owners of flower shops bars and stores are full of joy as they sell more commodities for love.

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