羊脂球英文原文(精彩20篇)

The skiing,or traveling over snow on skis,the has a history of almost five millennia.Although modern skiing has evolved from beginnings in Scandinavia,it may have been practised as early as 600 BC in Daxinganling,in what is now China.

Originally purely the utilitarian,starting in the mid-1800s skiing became a popular recreational activity and sport,being practised around the world,and providing crucial economic support to purpose-built ski resorts and communities

The oldest and most accurately documented evidence of skiing origins is found in modern day Norway and Sweden.The earliest primitive carvings circa 5000 B.C.depict a skier with one pole,located in Rdy in the Nordland region of Norway.The first primitive ski was found in a peat bog in Hoting,Sweden which dates back to 4500 or 2500 B.C.

Skiing is a recreational activity and competitive sport in which the participant attaches long runners or skis to boots or shoes on the feet and uses them to travel on top of snow.Aside from recreation and competition,skiing has been used for military purposes and even travelling in areas that experience heavy snowfall.Many types of competitive skiing events are recognized by the International Olympic Committee,and the International Ski Federation.

My mother is a ordinary women.She is a very very ordinary women,really.She looks like very ordinary;her age very ordinary;only her wears looks like very special.

My mother always wear a wide casual pants,a T-shirt (or a wide vest),and a pair of sunglasses.She always use toiletry,consequently she’s skin was very good.

My mother is very benignant,and she was very love me.I with regard to these,I to be thankful.I love my mother , too.Because she gave me very very many.She civilize by education me how to do in world and knowledge.

My mother is a office workers.She everyday works hard,but she always not to get heighten.Ha ha~

I love my mother , because she gave me very many thinks.

I love my Mum . A ordinary and largeness mother.

Dear John:

Thank you very much for the nice birthday present you have sent me! I have been longing for a dictionary for a long time. It will surly be very helpful to my study.

Its very nice of you to remember my birthday. Ill make good use of the dictionary and Ill think of you with gratitude and affection every time I use it.

Love,

Sally

Traffic safety is everybody＇s business. Records show that every year a lot of people die in traffic accidents. Some of the accidents are due to mechanical problems. However, most of them are the results of careless and reckless driving, and could be avoided. A lot of people disregard traffic signals and rules. They drive regardless of speed limits, run through red lights, drive in the wrong direction, talk and laugh while driving, and turn as they wish without giving signals. They don＇t slow down while approaching crossroads. So many people violate traffic regulations that we cannot put too much emphasis on the importance of traffic safety. Only when everybody thinks traffic safety is everybody＇s business can we be safe driving on roads and walking on sidewalks.

交通安全人人有责。纪录显示每年有许多人死于车祸。有些车祸是由于机械问题。然而大部分车祸都是疏忽而卤莽驾驶的结果，并且可以避免的。许多人无视于交通号志和规则。他们驾驶时不管车速、闯红灯、逆向行驶、开车时交谈，并且不打灯号就任意转弯。他们接近十字路口时不减速。如此多的人违犯交通规则以致于我们再怎么样强调交通安全的重要性也不为过。唯有当每个人皆认为交通安全是众人的事时，我们在路上开车、在行人道上走路才安全。

留学申请时，推荐信的作用很重要，好的推荐信对申请人来说能够起到事半功倍的作用。在写推荐信时，必然会提及被推荐人的品性（Characters）。介绍每个人独特的个性用词也十分讲究，下列Characters是国外大学所欣赏的形容词，请各位读者参考。列举该类词汇的目的并非要各位将之奉为圭臬，而是希望在大家头痛脚痛浑身都痛的时候有个参考。请别忘了你的独特性，还请别忘了别人同你一样看过这个表格。

（1）Scholastic aptitude（方面的才能）

a． Native intellectual ability（天赋）

b． Imagination（想象力）

c． Creativity（创造力）

d． Capacity for analytical thinking（分析思考能力）

e． Intellectual curiosity; spirit of inquiry（好奇心）

f． Ability to work independently（独立工作的能力）

g． Memory（记忆力）

h． Accuracy（准确性）

i． Methodology（研究方法）

j． Capability for abstract reasoning（抽象推理的能力）

k． Potential as a researcher（研究的潜力）

1． Potential as a teacher（教学的潜力）

m． Ability to express his ideas orally and in writing（口头或文字的表达能力）

n． Capacity, desire and determination for good quality graduate work（获得学业成功的能力、愿望与决心）

o． Probable success as a graduate student（作为研究生成功的可能性）

（2）Academic performance（学业上的表现）

a． Breadth of general knowledge（知识丰富）

b． Knowledge of literature in his field（本专业领域知识）

c． Grade or achievement（成绩或成就）

d． Industry, diligence（勤勉）

e． Participation in discussion（讨论积极）

f． Academic maturity（学业上的成熟）

（3）Languages（语言能力）

a． Ability to speak, understand, read and write the English language（听、说、读、写英文的能力）

b． Ability to read significant literature in other languages than English（英语以外的语言阅读能力）

（4）Character（品行）

a． Honesty; integrity（诚实）

b． Sincerity（诚恳）

c． Sense of responsibility（责任感）

d． Cooperation （合作）

e． Enthusiasm（热诚）

f． Conscientiousness（自觉性）

g． Ethical and moral standards（伦理与道德标准）

h． Reliability; dependability（可靠性）

我最盼望的日子——春节终于来到了，因为在这喜庆的节日里，我们小孩子有好东西吃，有新衣服穿，有压岁钱花，有小伙伴玩？？最让我感到快乐的还是给乡亲们拜年了。

大年初一的三四点钟，我就迫不及待地催爸爸起来了。（我们这里的风俗是新年第一天有家里的男主人放开门鞭和烧团圆饭）好不容易等到喝完团圆茶后，我就找了几个方便袋迫不及待地准备出发了。妈妈开玩笑地说：“家里买了这么多好吃的，还不够你这只馋猫吃的！”唉！老妈，你怎会懂得儿子的心思呢，我这不是给乡亲们拜年，为他们送上新春祝福吗！我一溜烟跑到了村子的西头，与早已等候在那里的小伙伴汇合，便开始给乡亲们拜年了。

我首先来到了李叔叔家，李叔叔是个农民，靠种植大棚蔬菜走上了财富之路。我恭祝他：“新春万事顺！蔬菜长得旺，价格一路长！”乐得李叔叔连忙塞红包，盛情难却，只好收了。我又来到了瓦工张叔叔家，他们一家正在喝茶，我祝他们：“身体健康！万事如意，钱财如砖砌墙，越摞越高！”王阿姨听了合不拢嘴，给了我满满一捧糖果。接着我又来到了杨奶奶家，祝她老人家“身体健康，万寿无疆！越活越精神 ！ ”她一高兴竟然笑掉了假牙，我也跟着乐开了怀。就这样，我挨家挨户给乡亲们送上了新春的祝福。我的口袋里塞满了红包，带来的方便袋也都装的满满的。

拜年结束后，我和小伙伴们汇合，一起来到了徐爷爷家，徐爷爷是个老革命战士，他的四个哥哥都在抗日战争中光荣牺牲了，他也因为战争而失去了一条腿，没能成家，今年九十几岁的徐爷爷，孤苦伶仃地瘫坐在床上，我和小伙伴们给他拜完年后，将自己红包里的钱都给了他，一共有两千多元。我们还将袋子里的花生瓜子糖果分了类，放在徐爷爷的床上。徐爷爷感动得热泪盈眶，不住地感谢我们。其实我们才应该感谢徐爷爷这样的老革命战士，没有他们的抛头颅洒热血，哪有我们今天如此安定幸福的生活。

寒假结束了，庆祝春节的活动也接近了尾声，我觉得拜年是我在春节中做的最有意义的一件事。

My most anticipated day —— the Spring Festival finally came， because in this festival， we children have good food to eat， new clothes to wear， lucky money to spend， and little friends to play。 What makes me happy is to give the people a new year。

At the three or four oclock of the first day of the year， I could not wait to hurry Dad up。 Our custom is on the first day of the new year， when the owner of the family opens the door and sells the rice， so I cant wait to finish the reunion tea。 After that， I find several convenient bags and I cant wait to get ready to go。 Mom jokingly said： "the family bought so many delicious， you are not the only cat to eat！" Oh！ Mom， how can you understand the mind of the son， I dont give the people a new year to give them a new years blessing！ I went to the village of West swiftly， and had been waiting there buddy confluence， began to give folks pay New Years call。

I first came to Uncle Lis house。 Uncle Li was a farmer， and he went on the road of wealth by planting vegetables in the shed。 I wish he： "spring maestro！ The vegetables grow well and the price is long！ " Uncle Li was hastily stuffed envelopes， shengqingnanque， had received。 I went to the Mason Zhang Shushu home， they are a cup of tea， I wish them good health。 "！ Good luck in everything， money such as the brick wall， the more the higher the stack！" Aunt Wang was grinning， gave me a full of candy。 Then I went to Yang grandmother， wish her good health， a long life "！ The more alive the more spiritual！ " She was happy off teeth， I also follow the music open arms。 In this way， I sent my family from door to door to the people of the new year。 My pocket is full of red envelopes and all the handy bags are full。

After I pay New Years call， and buddies joined together at Home Xu Xu Grandpa， grandpa is an old revolutionary soldier， his four brothers are in the Anti Japanese war in the glorious sacrifice， he also because of the war and lost a leg， could not get married this year， 90 year old Xu Grandpa， lonely and helpless to sit down on the bed， and my buddies to him after， his money gave him a total of two thousand yuan。 We also classified the peanut melon candy in the bag and put it on Grandpa Xus bed。 Grandpa Xu was moved to tears and thanked us。 In fact， we should thank the old revolutionary soldiers such as Grandpa Xu， without their throwing head and blood， which has our life so stable and happy today。

The winter holiday was over， and the celebration of the Spring Festival was close to the end。 I think it was one of the most meaningful things I did during the Spring Festival。

May the torch of youth warm spring breeze, its fragrance flowers in May, and the spring, accompanied by the summer of rhyme, in the dazzling display of the season, we are ushering in the "54" Youth Day.

May 4, 1919, the outbreak in Beijing, China is opposed to imperialism, feudalism and patriotic activities. World War I broke out, Russia declared war on Japan as an excuse to attack and occupy all of the railway in Qingdao, Shandong province claimed control of the German occupation in the various rights and interests of Shandong. World War in 1918, Germany‘s defeat. January 18, 1919, held in Paris victorious "peace conference." Guangzhou(Joozone Note:this place is in Guangdong), the Beijing government and coalition military government of the Chinese delegation to attend and will be victorious, to abolish the powers of the privileges in China, the abolition of the Japanese imperialists made with Yuan Shikai, "21" unequal treaties, the return of World War II During the Japanese away from the hands of Germany the rights of Shandong requirements. Paris and will be manipulated by imperialist powers, China has not only refused the request, but also in Germany and about, the express provision to Germany in the transfer of all the privileges in Shandong to Japan. The Beijing government was prepared to "Peace Treaty" was signed, has aroused strong opposition from the Chinese people. From joozone.com.

The afternoon of May 4, Beijing University, the Higher Normal School and other schools, 13 more than 3000 students, to break through the obstruction of police in Tiananmen Square speech before the assembly, held after the demonstration, the "outside the sovereignty dispute, in addition to" , "the abolition of 21",

[英文作文弘扬五四精神创建和谐社会

Leifeng was known as a pattern that offered help to others selflessly. He

devoted all this life into his beloved career as well. I, myself, was totally

shocked by his character.

Such is human nature; people trace the good, water flows to low. Everyone

should copy his sprit as our daily life goes instead of uttering a meaningless

slogan “learn from Leifeng, our decent idol”, so that we could definitely see a

lot more smiling faces rather than conflict.

To help others is not a hard thing, however, what you need is to consist

doing it. Take myself as an example. I am the representative of Math, to collect

homework is my daily task, however, I would turn them to the right page for

shorten the time for teachers when correcting them.

I strongly propose that we shall see a better world if each of us treat

Leifeng as our model and copy his spirit.

Chinese New Year or Spring Festival  the most important of the traditional Chinese holidays. It  sometimes called the "Lunar New Year" by Englh speakers. The festival traditionally begins on the first day of the first month (Chinese: 正月; pinyin: zhēng yuè) in the Chinese calendar and ends on the 15th; th day  called Lantern Festival. Chinese New Years Eve  known as chú xī. It literally means "Year-pass Eve".

Chinese New Year  the longest and most important festivity in the Lunar Calendar. The origin of Chinese New Year  itself centuries old and gains significance because of several myths and traditions. Ancient Chinese New Year  a reflection on how the people behaved and what they believed in the most.

Celebrated in areas with large populations of ethnic Chinese, Chinese New Year  considered a major holiday for the Chinese and has had influence on the new year celebrations of its geographic neighbors, as well as cultures with whom the Chinese have had extensive interaction. These include Koreans (Seollal), Tibetans and Bhutanese (Losar), Mongolians (Tsagaan Sar), Vietnamese (Tt), and formerly the Japanese before 1873 (Oshogatsu). Outside of Mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan, Chinese New Year  also celebrated in countries with significant Han Chinese populations, such as Singapore, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, the Philippines, and Thailand. In countries such as Australia, Canada and the United States, although Chinese New Year  not an official holiday, many ethnic Chinese hold large celebrations and Australia Post, Canada Post, and the US Postal Service sues New Years themed stamps.

Within China, regional customs and traditions concerning the celebration of the Chinese new year vary widely. People will pour out their money to buy presents, decoration, material, food, and clothing. It  also the tradition that every family thoroughly cleans the house to sweep away any ill-fortune in hopes to make way for good incoming luck. Windows and doors will be decorated with red colour paper-cuts and couplets with popular themes of “happiness”, “wealth”, and “longevity”. On the Eve of Chinese New Year, supper  a feast with families. Food will include such items as pigs, ducks, chicken and sweet delicacies. The family will end the night with firecrackers. Early the next morning, children will greet their parents by whing them a healthy and happy new year, and receive money in red paper envelopes. The Chinese New Year tradition  a great way to reconcile forgetting all grudges, and sincerely wh peace and happiness for everyone.

Although the Chinese calendar traditionally does not use continuously numbered years, outside China its years are often numbered from the reign of Huangdi. But at least three different years numbered 1 are now used by various scholars, making the year 2009 "Chinese Year" 4707, 4706, or 4646.

Dear Santa claus:

Hello

My name is Yifan, Christmas is coming, I wish you a merry christmas! I

would like to get a gift like the "viaduct" this year! My mom and dad told me

that you would meet my requirements, right? I promise: I will take good care of

you gave me the gift, and after the play, I will own the good to clean up their

own toys, no need to help me. So, you will continue to give me a gift next year,

right?

OK, just write it, Im looking forward to the coming of Christmas. I wish

you a happy day!

This

Salute!

Love you all

亲爱的圣诞老人：

您好!

我叫一凡，圣诞节就要来了，我先祝您圣诞快乐!今年的圣诞节我多想得到一件像“高架桥”的礼物啊!我的爸爸妈妈告诉我说您会满足我的要求的，对吧?我保证：我会好好的爱护您送给我的礼物，而且玩过之后，我会自己收拾好自己的玩具，不用爷爷帮我的。这样，您明年会继续送我礼物的，对吧?

好吧，就写到这力了，我盼望着圣诞节早点到来，再次祝您快乐每一天!

此致

敬礼!

爱您的一凡

Today, it is our traditional Chinese festival - the Dragon Boat Festival. On this day, all families have different customs: eating zongzi, hanging leaf, white sugar... Today, I went to my grandmothers house to eat the cake tube with my mother.

At noon, we saw a lot of people sitting together, surrounded by a circle, very lively. The adults are talking about all kinds of events and children are playing. The dining table is full of all kinds of delicacies. There are bright yellow fried onions with brilliant colors and fried noodles with fine and gorgeous salted vegetables, and fat and tender meat... It is a table of dazzling "manhanquanxi".

I saw my mother put a fresh cake skin flawless and perfect for food in the upper crust a layer of thin and long spicy noodles, in order not to break the dough. Then put on your own love of food, eel, fat, egg...... Then, roll up the pie crust and roll it into the shape of a barrel. Finally, a simple and tasty cake canister was done. I am greedy slobber DC three thousand feet, regardless of the consequence, wolf, Dakoutaikou eat up, soon after it disappeared

This "Manhanquanxi" let me eat like a little fat, very satisfied!

课外的活动之我见 My Views on Extracurricular Activity

Some students like to participate actively in after class activities. They think after class activities are an integral part of school life. By going in for such activities, they can learn what they cant learn from books, which will be beneficial to them in the future.

一些学生喜欢积极参与课外活动。他们认为课外活动是学校生活不可或缺的一部分。通过参加这些活动，他们可以从书本上学到什么，这对他们将来是有益的。

Others, however, dont like after class activities at all. They think that a students work at school is learning theoretical knowledge and nothing else. Taking part in after class activities is a waste of the valuable time at school.

然而，其他人，不喜欢在所有的课外活动。他们认为学生在学校的工作是学习理论知识，没有其他的东西。参加课外活动是浪费宝贵的时间在学校。

In my opinion, every student should engage in some after class activities because from these activities we can learn many valuable things that we wont learn in classrooms. School is not just a place for learning the difference between "lie" or "lay", or what caused the hours of the daily schedule. Finally, after class activities broaden our circle of acquaintances. No amount of ordinary school work can take the place of friends acquired in the informal familiarities of activities.

在我看来，每个学生都应该参加一些课外活动，因为从这些活动中，我们可以学到很多宝贵的东西，我们在课堂上不学。学校不仅仅是一个学习的地方，在“说谎”或“奠定”，或是什么造成了每天的时间表。最后，课外活动拓宽我们的熟人圈子。普通学校没有多少工作可以在非正式熟悉收购活动的朋友的地方。

[课外活动之我见英文作文

My father, no one knows him better than I do. Let me introduce him to you today!

Dad, hes tall, usually wear black clothes, hands in pockets in love, with a cool look. Introduce his appearance and introduce his personality! He is humorous and serious. For example, this year! At that time, we made snowmen in the snow, “ thump ” once, brother wrestling, but who knows, his ass under the snow “ stroll ” a little, all jumped on the fathers face, “ HA ha! ” when the father was a big cat. When he was serious, he didnt laugh like that. For example, I am doing math homework, play while writing, how can such a trifle escaped, Dads piercing eye? Of course was not free for a scolding!

My father is both humorous and serious. Hes really a “ a versatile ” a dad.

Gao Kao is a Chinese version of college entrance examination. Once it was probably the most important event in Chinese students life, and it is still to some students. It is optional whether to attend this exams or not, so the choice lies in each student. Now more and more students start to take this choice seriously, and disreputes arose. As for me, attending Gao Kao is a better choice.

Firstly, college education is a necessity for each student, and one can only get enrolled in a college in China with a score of Gao Kao. Secondly, preparing Gao Kao is a very valuable experience to help us grow, exactly for the reason that it is not a little trying and harsh. Lastly, unless better opportunity arise, applying for native colleges is the best choice for us to embrace a propectful future, which makes attending Gao Kao a necessity for each of us who choose to receive education home in China.

All in all, it depends whether attending Gao Kao is the best choice, but for me and other who havent plan to receive overseas education, there is no doubt that it is a necessity and an opportunity to make our way in the society.

Whenever I hear this song "Jingle Bells", I know that Christmas has quietly come to our side; whenever I see a large supermarket Christmas decoration, I know that Christmas is close at hand......

Before Christmas, I had fantasized that I had held a grand hall, where there were many figures, both high and low. But no matter who, they can always be friendly and amiable. No matter the enemy or the friend, we can always get through the day.

I have also fantasized that on Christmas night I quietly squatted beside the chimney waiting for the arrival of Santa Claus. But Ive been waiting for a long time, but I dont see the figure of Santa Claus. I thought, "well, why dont Santa Claus come?" It must be a "traffic jam" on the road.

I had to go to bed. But it was not a few minutes before I lay down, and the chimney was moving. I looked down there with squinted eyes. I saw that wearing a red robe, wearing a Red Hat Santa is to my Christmas stocking stuffed with gifts! At that time, I was happy in my heart. Christmas Eve a chimney, I ran out of the house. He saw Santa Claus in his sledge and went to the next house.

When I opened the magic socks, I found there was a small gift box in it. When I cautiously opened the box again, I found that there was a book I most liked and wanted most, "a brief history of time", because it is a book about cosmology. When I carefully opened the book, I found that there was a small note in it. The note read: "learning without limit, asking questions, asking questions and learning."

This is a hot and beautiful love story, the heroine Margaret beautiful, clever and kind, although prostitution, but still maintained a pure and noble soul. She was passionate and hopeful to pursue a real love life, and when this hope was disillusioned, she was willing to sacrifice herself to become a man.

A prostitute and a very good young man love each other, and they use all their power to love each other. But they can not save their love, not to want the happiness. Deep will eventually become an indelible status for gully love, how many people love can transcend everything eventually defeated in the match with reality. This book is a realistic fairy tale, with a beautiful vision, a bright hope, but cruel to the social nature of social standards out of apathy.

I sympathize with Margaret, but I admire her more. While Armands depravity in higher education, Margaret, a prostitute, was constantly sublimated. A weakness of social system underlying women are hard to find new ways to change the fate, she had to use the body in exchange for money to maintain and Armand poor love, nobody has the power to accuse her lowly, on the contrary Margaret bones is pure pain ".

In the end she was unable to be with her beloved Armand, a tragic death. But she never regretted for her short life. She fell in love with a person, a person who brightens her life and gives her confidence and hope. With the love of the tea flower girl, although still in the flower pattern years of death, but has already got a persons sincere love. No matter how stumbling on the road of love, she never lost her dignity.

Winter came and the north wind blew up. The snow was heaped on the roof, on the ground, and in the pond a thick layer of ice. I dont have to pass the final exam,

A group of children were attracted by the white snow. They put on thick cotton padded clothes and went to the snow to play happily. Some of them are having a snowball fight, see, such a cold day, they can play the sweaty; some in the snowman, look, they pile up can be really nice; and in skiing, they had a good time!

How beautiful the winter is!

Hello! I am Li Leying.I am 12 years old. Everyone hasmyselfbirthday, Me too. Mybirthday is on June 16th。In my birthday,myparents will holdapartyforme. My father,my mother,my grandma, my grandpa, my brother,my uncle, my aunt, my friends and me are eatdinnertogether. Thenweeata bigbirthdaycake， I open the presents .Then we play or sing and dance. At about 9:00, we say good bye to each other. Tonight we are happy!

Dear parents,

“You always say that I am naive. In your eyes, I am always the little girl who will never grow up”. This is my favorite song and also the sound from the bottom of my heart. You made me feel so lucky to be your child. But I find our hearts getting further apart as time goes by.

You strictly forbid me to do entertaining activities even if I finished my homework, such as watching TV or playing computer games. Based on this, I couldn’t get any grade less than A. It is said that genius only means hard-working all one’s life. But I think combining exertion is the best way for learning.

The most important thing to me was that I feel frustrated for having few friends to confide in due to your strict rules. I can’t have a play date, participate in a school play or even choose my own extracurricular activities. Who will accept such a boring and troublesome person? I am just an ordinary girl who can’t stand loneliness, so I always feel contradictory.

On the one hand, I’m grateful to have you in my life, to disappoint you was the least I would do. On the other hand, what you asked for me made me felt like a puppet rather than a real person. I appreciated your efforts to pull me away from a self-indulgent life, but your obsessively extravagant strictness has pushed me into an isolated and insensible one. I need a little freedom so that I will concentrate on something I really interested in.

Father and mother, these words were hid in my deep heart for a long time. I love you, and I believe if you change some harsh rules. I will have a wonderful life.

Best wishes.

Yours, daughter

关于元宵节的英文介绍

the lantern festival falls on the 15th day of the 1st lunar month, usually in february or march in the gregorian calendar. as early as the western han dynasty (206 bc-ad 25), it had become a festival with great significance. this days important activity is watching lanterns. throughout the han dynasty (206 bc-ad 220), buddhism flourished in china. one emperor heard that buddhist monks would watch sarira, or remains from the cremation of buddhas body, and light lanterns to worship buddha on the 15th day of the 1st lunar month, so he ordered to light lanterns in the imperial palace and temples to show respect to buddha on this day. later, the buddhist rite developed into a grand festival among common people and its influence expanded from the central plains to the whole of china.每年农历的正月十五日，春节刚过，迎来的就是中国的传统节日--元宵节。元宵主要的活动就是看灯。东汉明帝时期，明帝提倡佛教，听说佛教有正月十五日僧人观佛舍利，点灯敬佛的做法，就命令这一天夜晚在皇宫和寺庙里点灯敬佛，令士族庶民都挂灯。以后这种佛教礼仪节日逐渐形成民间盛大的节日。该节经历了由宫廷到民间，由中原到全国的发展过程。

till today, the lantern festival is still held each year around the country. lanterns of various shapes and sizes are hung in the streets, attracting countless visitors. children will hold self-made or bought lanterns to stroll with on the streets, extremely excited. "guessing lantern riddles"is an essential part of the festival.

lantern owners write riddles on a piece of paper and post them on the lanterns. if visitors have solutions to the riddles, they can pull the paper out and go to the lantern owners to check their answer. if they are right, they will get a little gift. the activity emerged

during peoples enjoyment of lanterns in the song dynasty (960-1279).

as riddle guessing is interesting and full of wisdom, it has become popular among all social strata.

直到今天，元宵点灯的习俗仍然在中国的各地流传的，各式各样美丽的花灯在这一天都会点亮，孩子们提着自制的灯笼走街串巷，非常高兴。猜灯谜也是元宵节的一项重要活动，花灯的主人会将谜面写在灯笼上，挂在门口，如果有人可以猜中，就能得到小小的礼物。这项活动最早起源于宋朝，因为谜语能启迪智慧又饶有兴趣，所以流传过程中深受社会各阶层的欢迎。

people will eat yuanxiao, or rice dumplings, on this day, so it is also called the "yuanxiao festival."yuanxiao also has another name, tangyuan. it is small dumpling balls made of glutinous rice flour with rose petals, sesame, bean paste, jujube paste, walnut meat,

dried fruit, sugar and edible oil as filling. tangyuan can be boiled, fried or steamed. it tastes sweet and delicious. what’s more, tangyuan in chinese has a similar pronunciation with "tuanyuan”, meaning reunion. so people eat them to denote union, harmony and happiness for the family.

民间过元宵节吃元宵的习俗。元宵由糯米制成，或实心，或带馅。馅有豆沙、白糖、山楂、各类果料等，食用时煮、煎、蒸、炸皆可。起初，人们把这种食物叫“浮圆子”，后来又叫“汤团”或“汤圆”，这些名称“团圆”字音相近，取团圆之意，象征全家人团团圆圆，和睦幸福，人们也以此怀念离别的亲人,寄托了对未来生活的美好愿望。

in the daytime of the festival, performances such as a dragon lantern dance, a lion dance, a land boat dance, a yangge dance,

walking on stilts and beating drums while dancing will be staged. on the night, except for magnificent lanterns, fireworks form a

beautiful scene. most families spare some fireworks from the spring festival and let them off in the lantern festival. some local

深蓝的天空中挂着一轮金黄的圆月，下面是海边的沙地，都种着一望无际的碧绿的西瓜。其间有一个十一二岁的少年，项带银圈，手捏一柄钢叉，向一匹猹②用力地刺去。那猹却将身一扭，反从他的胯下逃走了。

这少年便是闰土。我认识他时，也不过十多岁，离现在将有三十年了；那时我的父亲还在世，家景也好，我正是一个少爷。那一年，我家是一件大祭祀的值年。这祭祀，说是三十多年才能轮到一回，所以很郑重；正月里供祖像，供品很多，祭器很讲究，拜的人也很多，祭器也很要防偷去。我家只有一个忙月（我们这里给人做工的分三种：整年给一定人家做工的叫长年；按日给人做工的叫短工；自己也种地，只在过年过节以及收租时候来给一定的人家做工的称忙月），忙不过来，他便对父亲说，可以叫他的儿子闰土来管祭器的。

我的父亲允许了；我也很高兴，因为我早听到闰土这名字，而且知道他和我仿佛年纪，闰月生的，五行缺土，所以他的父亲叫他闰土。他是能装弶捉小鸟雀的。

我于是日日盼望新年，新年到，闰土也就到了。好容易到了年末，有一日，母亲告诉我，闰土来了，我便飞跑地去看。他正在厨房里，紫色的圆脸，头戴一顶小毡帽，颈上套一个明晃晃的银项圈，这可见他的父亲十分爱他，怕他死去，所以在神佛面前许下愿心，用圈子将他套住了。他见人很怕羞，只是不怕我，没有旁人的时候，便和我说话，于是不到半日，我们便熟识了。

我们那时候不知道谈些什么，只记得闰土很高兴，说是上城之后，见了许多没有见过的东西。

第二日，我便要他捕鸟。他说：“这不能。须大雪下了才好。我们沙地上，下了雪，我扫出一块空地来，用短棒支起一个大竹匾，撒下秕谷，看鸟雀来吃时，我远远地将缚在棒上的绳子只一拉，那鸟雀就罩在竹匾下了。什么都有：稻鸡，角鸡，鹁鸪，蓝背……”

我于是又很盼望下雪。

闰土又对我说：“现在太冷，你夏天到我们这里来。我们日里到海边捡贝壳去，红的绿的都有，鬼见怕也有，观音手也有。晚上我和爹管四瓜去，你也去。”

“管贼吗？”

“不是。走路的人口渴了摘一个瓜吃，我们这里是不算偷的。要管的是獾猪，刺猬，猹。月亮地下，你听，啦啦地响了，猹在咬瓜了。你便捏了胡叉，轻轻地走去……”

我那时并不知道这所谓猹的是怎么一件东西——便是现在也没有知道——只是无端地觉得状如小狗而很凶猛。

“它不咬人吗？”

“有胡叉呢。走到了，看见猹了，你便刺。这畜生很伶俐，倒向你奔来，反从胯下窜了。它的皮毛是油一般的滑……

我素不知道天下有这许多新鲜事：海边有如许五色的贝壳；西瓜有这样危险的经历，我先前单知道它在水果店里出卖罢了。

“我们沙地里，潮汛要来的时候，就有许多跳鱼儿只是跳，都有青蛙似的两只脚……”

啊！闰土的心里有无穷无尽的希奇的事，都是我往常的朋友所不知道的。他们不知道一些事，闰土在海边时．他们都和我一样只看见院子里高墙上的四角的天空。

可惜正月过去了，闰土须回家里去。我急得大哭，他也躲到厨房里，哭着不肯出门，但终于被他父亲带走了。他后来还托他的父亲带给我一包贝壳和几支很好看的鸟毛，我也曾送他一两次东西，但从此没有再见面。

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