羊脂球英文原文(汇集20篇)

1、Practice makes perfect.

熟能生巧。

2、God helps those who help themselves.

天助自助者。

3、Easier said than done.

说起来容易做起来难。

4、Where there is a will,there is a way.

有志者事竟成。

5、One false step will make a great difference.

失之毫厘，谬之千里。

6、Slow and steady wins the race.

稳扎稳打无往而不胜。

7、A fall into the pit,a gain in your wit.

吃一堑，长一智。

8、Experience is the mother of wisdom.

实践出真知。

9、All work and no play makes jack a dull boy.

只工作不玩耍，聪明孩子也变傻。

10、Beauty without virtue is a rose without fragrance.

无德之美犹如没有香味的玫瑰，徒有其表。

11、More hasty,less speed.

欲速则不达。

12、Its never too old to learn.

活到老，学到老。

13、All that glitters is not gold.

闪光的未必都是金子。

14、A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.

千里之行始于足下。

15、Look before you leap.

三思而后行。

16、Rome was not built in a day.

伟业非一日之功。

17、Great minds think alike.

英雄所见略同。

18、well begun,half done.

好的开始等于成功的一半。

19、It is hard to please all.

众口难调。

20、Out of sight,out of mind.

眼不见，心不念。

21、Facts speak plainer than words.

事实胜于雄辩。

22、Call back white and white back.

颠倒黑白。

23、First things first.

凡事有轻重缓急。

24、Ill news travels fast.

坏事传千里。

25、A friend in need is a friend indeed.

患难见真情。

26、live not to eat,but eat to live.

活着不是为了吃饭，吃饭为了活着。

27、Action speaks louder than words.

行动胜过语言。

28、East or west,home is the best.

金窝银窝不如自家草窝。

29、Its not the gay coat that makes the gentleman.

君子在德不在衣。

30、Beauty will buy no beef

.漂亮不能当饭吃。

31、Like and like make good friends.

趣味相投。

32、The older,the wiser.

姜是老的辣。

33、Do as Romans do in Rome.

入乡随俗。

34、An idle youth,a needy age.

少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲。

35、As the tree,so the fruit.

种瓜得瓜，种豆得豆。

36、To live is to learn,to learnistobetterlive.

活着为了学习，学习为了更好的活着。

[常见英文谚语励志篇

Last winter holiday, I went to shanghai with my mother.

It＇s very cold in winter. There is snow and ice everywhere and you are always in a white world. You must wear warm clothes. The most exciting thing is playing with snow. Skating is also very interesting there.

I will＇ always remember shanghai, for the snow, the ice and all the beautiful things. I love shanghai.

With the general standard of living improving and the working week becoming shorter， more and more people are able to make a holiday trip to places of interest. While many like to join package tours fro convenience， I prefer to travel on my own.

I like travelling on may own not only because it costs much less but because it gives a great degree of independence and freedom. Travelling on my own， I’m my own boss； and can decide when to start on my way， where to linger a little longer and which spot can be skipped over to save energy or time for another spot. I can always adjust my plan. On the contrary， in a package tour you‘re deprived of as much freedom as in a military base. At the sound of the whistle， you have to jump up from a sound sleep and， with heavy-lidded eyes， hurry to the gathering place where you are collected and counted to board a coach. At the sight of the little flag waving， you must immediately take yourself away from the scenes you are marveling at and follow the guide whose sole interest is to cover all spots according to him strict schedule， regardless of the weather or your health condition.

True，you may encounter inconveniences if you travel inpidually，for instance， getting accommodations for the night and finding a place for meals. But nothing can be compared with the freedom which is vital to a person who takes a holiday trip mainly to escape from constraints of his routine life.

去年寒假，我和妈妈去了上海。

冬天很冷的。世界上到处都是雪和冰，你总是在一个白色的世界里。你必须穿暖和的衣服。最令人兴奋的事情是玩雪。滑冰也很有趣。

我将永远记住上海，因为雪，冰和所有美好的事物。我爱上海

随着人们生活水平的提高和工作时间的缩短，越来越多的人能够去旅游景点度假旅行。而许多想参加旅行团摇来摇去方便，我喜欢在我自己的旅行。我喜欢旅行，可以自己不仅因为它的价格要便宜得多，因为它给了很大程度的独立和自由。我独自去旅游，我是自己的老板；可以决定什么时候出发上路，在那里逗留久一点，哪一点可以跳过了一个景点节省精力和时间。我可以随时调整我的计划。相反，在包价旅游你剥夺尽可能自由的一个军事基地。在口哨的声音，你要跳起来从睡，沉重的眼皮，赶去聚会的地方，你正在收集和统计上的教练。在小国旗飘扬的景象，你必须立即把自己远离你希奇的场景和跟踪指导的唯一的兴趣是根据他走过所有风景点严格的时间表，无论天气或你的健康状况。真的，你可能会遇到麻烦如果你单独旅行，比如，得到住宿过夜，找地方吃饭。但没有什么可以是一个人度假旅行主要是为了逃避他的日常生活的约束自由比较重要。

The recent rainy weather is really not a happy new year, but the show already full in the rainy sky, sometimes see people on the street were home to catch the least things hurriedly, everyones face is wreathed in smiles, their hands still carrying new clothes, it can not help but remind me to new year, the custom of wearing new clothes.

When wearing? * * * Qiao hammer also play hissing? Ne busy chaos benzyl push to put the exhausted ash cellar??? They die cutting process? Yi satin. Gray glare? Suddenly I Meng Yao Li Mei "gun? Nan Jia Yun Yi Li and Huang sole? Mei capsule?? BR>early in the Spring Festival comes before, in order to receive relatives and friends to pay New Years call we will put, inside and outside the home, clean, will put up a couplets on the door, pray for good luck. The traditional poetic couplet is written on black or gold in red paper on the language, what "Caiyuanguangjin" be promoted step by step "and" rich house ", and its all auspicious words.

Send kitchen is big event before the spring festival. Listen to my grandma said, send kitchen is on December 24th of the lunar calendar, the day God banished to the emperor to report the things of the earth. People want God to speak, so that one day people will be specially prepared food offerings to worship god.

The day of new years Eve is very important to people. On this day, people are ready to resign from the old and eat the reunion dinner. Once a year reunion dinner can fully show the family members love each other. After a reunion dinner, began to staying-up late on new years Eve.

The most important thing for children to enjoy is not only to wear new clothes and play firecrackers during the new year, but also to receive the lucky money that adults give to them. The big people send red packets to the younger generation, which means to bring them the best wishes and good luck. The amount of money in the red packet is not important, mainly to make the children happy, the main meaning is in the red paper, because it is a symbol of good luck.

In the sound of the firecrackers, the Spring Festival has passed long ago, but the taste of the year is still lingering, and it still gives people endless aftertaste.

Hainan not have winer.In Hainanover here is very very hot!You can go to there in winter.Because the winter in HaiNan is warmer than most areas of China.Swimming in the sea playing on the beach or having meals outside are very good choices for travellers. But you must be good sunscreen preparations.There are usually 40 degrees Celsius .But before and after Septemberthere are usually 30 degrees Celsius.I like Hainan very much!

One day in summer, Xiao Ming does his homework in the room.

Xiao Ming finished writing his homework, and suddenly the chirping of birds was heard outside. Xiao Ming ran outside to see, is a kitten in the tree, want to eat birds, so the bird was afraid, Xiao Ming hurried back to the house, brought a big stick, the kitten away. The bird like chirps, “ thank you, save me. ”

After a while, mother came back. Xiao Ming told his mother about it.

Mum said happily, "&ldquo, you are really a good child to protect the birds.". ”

There has been a long time since I came back from Hainan―wowhainan is such a wonderful place that I will never forget it .It‘s really a good place where gave me a rather good impression. I feel so wonderful during the journey as I have experienced a lot of things for the first time.

In January 7th ---the first day of my journey the fluttering snowflakes diffused over Changzhou. I first took the train to shanghai then took the plane to Hainan in Pudong airport. Although it’s my second time to take plane I felt even more excited than the first time. When flying I found that I was flying over the cloud of different types and colors. The sky is also brighter and clearer than that I had ever seen. Soon we arrived in Meilan airport in Haikou the climate is totally different from that in Changzhou It was warm there and we could see coconut trees everywhere.

After 3 days competition I went to BoAo where is famous for its forum. It was my first time to experience the sea and the beach in the sunshine. When sitting on the cruise I could clearly see the ocean waves pushing the windows of the cruise. It seemed that I was surrounded by the waves and the crystal water. I felt as if a fish which had been living in the sea happily. Then we land on the beach. The sand on the beach was so soft that it was cosy to lie on the beach. I tried searching for the shells on the beach but failed. The beach was totally different from what I heard before as there was nothing except footsteps on the beach. In the afternoon I played football on beach and scored a goal with my new friends from all around China. It was really interesting and challenging.

The next day I went to Haikou. I first visited the tomb of Hairui an officer in Qing dynasty who was famous for rectitude. I think he should be the role model of every person. In the afternoon I went to the geological park of volcano. A lot of stones of different shapes came into views. When arriving the top of the park it seemed that the while city was under my view. Also I had seen plenty of interesting and rare types of the plants. I also got into a small hole in the park it is said that the hold was exactly the original hole where maqma came from. But the volcano had stopped from erupting for thousands of years.

I can’t forget this trip not only does it give me a lot of joy knowledge and good memory but also it give me a chance to make friends with people from different fart in China. By enjoying the excellent scenery I think I have fallen in love with this beautiful city. I will cherish this experience.

初恋50 First Dates

What would it feel if I can wake up everyday forgetting what happened for the last whole year?

Lucy in the movie “50 First Dates” told me this feeling. Every morning when she woke up, she only rememberred the Sunday of last year which was her father’s birthday, also the date she had the car accident which made her only keep memory before Sunday, so she always felt happy living the same habit as what she did on Sunday a year ago with the kind set-up by her father and brother. After meeting Hey, she could only remember who he was on the same day. But after one night, he became a stranger to her. She couldn’t even recognize he was the one she used to date and love everyday. Hey tried his best to give her a new different meeting every day so as to win her smile and regain their “First Date”. Hey made her tapes every morning to help her remember what happened the day before and the last whole year. Lucy thus felt grateful with all she had when she woke up everyday. On the same day, she always had the same deep gratitude to face Hey with her sweet smile. What a beautiful feeling it is to always feel thanksgiving and to always

appreciate each other’s effort. A touching story between a memory lost woman and a devoted man taught all of us, normal people, the essence of love. When two people can thank each other for their devotion everyday like what they did for each other on first date, love can forever be refreshed and energetic. On Lucy’s side, people with memory will ask for more than yesterday and become critical of their partners day by day, while people without memory will feel grateful for their life and the people around them everyday.

In the movie, when one day Lucy decided to break up with Hey to let him rebuild his life by burning all their diaries and tapes, I cried for Hey’s broken heart. For her, it was just one day feeling. For him, it was long-term affection and connection. It was easier for her than him to give up their love. On Hey’s side, people with memory will always remember the past happiness and

treasure it for the rest of their life, while people without memory will easily give up at the end of the same day.

What a ruthless feeling it is to end a relationship just after one minute thought. People with fragile mind would easily ruin a long-term relationship no matter what reason they have. The torture between Lucy and Hey tells us the fatal factor to do harm to intimacy between a couple is their fragile mind of

balancing emotion and reason. Thus most of couple lose their trust for each other after experiencing this weakly testing broke-up.

飓风Taken

What is the right relationship between the father and the daughter? There is no certain answer. But the love of Brains to his daughter must be one of the best ones.

His daughter, a young pretty 17-year-old girl was kidnapped during a tour in Paris. Brain got the news and hurried to France to take his daughter. He found that the gangsters that kidnapped his daughter were connected with an old friend which made him exetreme angry. He finally found the place where was holding an auction selling young virgins and broke in successfully taking his daughter away.

No matter how hard and stressful the situation was, and how dangerous things he faced, he never went back just because of the greatest love of a simple father. In the movie, we are all moved not only his actions of kindness, but also his insistance and the greatest of all- a fathers love.

魔术师THE ILLUSIONIST FACTS

When word of the famed Eisenheims (Ed Norton) illusions reaches Crown Prince Leopold (Rufus Sewell), the ruler attends one of the magicians shows in order to debunk the performance. But when the princes intended, Sophie von Teschen (Jessica Biel), assists the magician onstage, Eisenheim and Sophie recognize each other from their childhoods, and pretty soon theyre totally hot for each other. As the clandestine romance continues, the princes best cop (Paul Giamatti) is charged with exposing Eisenheim, even while the magician gains a devoted and vocal public following. Before long, Sophie turns up dead, and the logical suspect is Eisenheim himself.

一线声机"Cellular" has the setup for a solid straight-ahead thriller: A kidnap victim who does not know where she is being held phones a total stranger who must then stay connected on his cell phone to find her before she is killed. Joel Schumacher scored earlier with a similarly phone-themed Larry Cohen story, "Phone Booth." As executed by tone-deaf director David R. Ellis, however, "Cellular" becomes an unintentionally hilarious cousin to Brian de Palmas "Raising Cain" and "Snake Eyes."

Ellis seems to have unwittingly spliced together two different films with

mismatched tones: Kim Basinger as the kidnapee and Jason Statham as the kidnapper occupy the deadly-serious, straight-to-video thriller half, while Chris Evans as the rescuer and William H. Macy as a police officer seem to be in a "Saturday Night Live"-alum action comedy. Nowhere else is the disjointedness in tone more apparent than when Basinger and Evanss performances are placed side-by-side during their conversations: The scenes keep cutting between an overwrought Basinger wringing out every drop of melodrama, while a blissfully inept Evans seems to be channeling a cross between Chris Kattan/Jimmy Fallon and Ben Affleck/Keanu Reeves.

Meanwhile, Ellis pulls out tricks intended to generate thrills and surprises. He throws in out-of-nowhere "shocks," a la "Final Destination"; he throws in

flashbacks; he throws in a gun-blazing Macy in Jerry Bruckheimer action-hero slo-mo; and yet, Ellis has no handle on staging any of them competently. Case in point: "Cellular" is the proud owner of one of the most ineptly scored chase sequences ever, as if Ellis simply heard a snippet of the songs lyrics ("...where you gonna run to?") literally and paid no attention to the inappropriateness of the accompanying music (which just bop, bop, bops along). (The song is even reprised during the closing credits, which itself is misbegotten in conception.)

And yet, for all of its failures as art, "Cellular" is always entertaining for those very same faults

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

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!

It was the second day of our summer holiday. I felt good. I felt Im free.

I had a lot of time to do things I like. My parents are in Beijing. So I live

alone but I dont feel lonely. But I didnt do something special. I stayed at

home and watched TV. Oh! I wrote an English daily composition. It was my

homework. Today, I have slept for 14 hours. I thought I was very tired. It was

time for dinner. I must go! I am very hungry.

my friend，

im very happy writing to you.are you well these days.i hope you could give me a hand about my english studies.you know my english is so poor sepecially the spelling that i couldnt enhance my scores in english studies.

as we know english becomes more and more popular in recent years,so im very worried about it.i know your english is very good and usually gain the high score,if you can help me,my english would develop very fast! i hope you could help me as soon as possable,thank you very much!

yours,

li hua

★给同学写一封信英文★

★英语话题作文10篇★

★英语书信格式及范文★

★致国外朋友的一封信英文★

Fathers Day is a holiday to celebrate fatherhood and parenting by males,

just as Mothers Day celebrates motherhood. Typically giving gifts to fathers

and celebrating as a family is the main event of the day. Fathers Day is

celebrated on different days in different countries.

Fathers Day exists almost all over the world to honor and commemorate

fathers or forefathers. In the Roman Catholic tradition, Fathers Day is

celebrated on Saint Josephs Day, March 19, though in most countries Fathers

Day is a secular celebration.

In recent years, retailers have adapted to the holiday by selling

male-oriented gifts such as electronics and tools. Schools and other childrens

programs commonly have activities to make Fathers Day gifts.

In the United States, the driving force behind the establishment of the

celebration of Fathers Day was Mrs Sonora Smart Dodd, born in Creston,

Washington. Her father, the Civil War veteran William Jackson Smart, as a single

parent raised his six children in Spokane, Washington. She was inspired by Anna

Jarviss efforts to establish Mothers Day. Although she initially suggested

June 5, the anniversary of her fathers death, she did not provide the

organizers with enough time to make arrangements, and the celebration was

deferred to the third Sunday of June. The first Fathers Day was celebrated on

June 19, 1910, in Spokane.

Unofficial support from such figures as William Jennings Bryan was

immediate and widespread. President Woodrow Wilson was personally feted by his

family in 1916. President Calvin Coolidge recommended it as a national holiday

in 1924. In 1966, President Lyndon Johnson made Fathers Day a holiday to be

celebrated on the third Sunday of June. The holiday was not officially

recognized until 1972, during the presidency of Richard Nixon.

The history of the Spring Festival is very long. Legend has it that there was the custom of "Spring Festival" in the neolithic period. There is a legend about the origin of "Spring Festival" : there was an animal called nian in ancient China. "Year", the head long antenna, fierce abnormality. "Nian" lived at the bottom of the sea for a long time, and every day on a certain day (it was New Years eve), he climbed ashore and devoured livestock and killed people. Therefore, every New Years eve, the people of the village of the village of the village of the village to help young people to escape the "year" of harm.

On the New Years eve, an old beggar came from the village. Village a hurried panic scene, nobody answered him, only village east an old woman gave the old man some food, and urged him quickly up the hill avoid "year", the old man beard snatched up say with smile: "mother-in-law if let me stay overnight in the home, Ill get years away." The old woman continued to persuade, begging the old man smiling without a word.

In the middle of the night, "nian" broke into the village. It found that the atmosphere in the village was different from previous years: the wife of the village dongtou, the door was covered with red paper, the candle in the house was bright. "Nian" shuddered, a strange cry. Near the door, there was a sudden "crackling", "nian" shuddering, and dared not to move forward. Originally, "nian" was most afraid of the red, the fire and the explosion. At this time, the door of the mother-in-law opened, and a man in red robe in the hospital laughed. "Nian" paled with surprise, and fled. The next day was the first day of the first month, and people who came back to the village were surprised to see the village safe and sound. At this moment, the old woman suddenly understood, and hurried to tell the villagers the promise of begging the old man. It quickly spread around the village, and people knew how to get rid of the year.

From now on, every year on New Years eve, every house red couplet, set off firecrackers; Householder candle fire is clear, shoule to be old. Early in the early morning, I would like to walk a friend to say hello. This custom has been widely circulated, becoming the most solemn traditional festival of Chinese folk.

On Saturday afternoon, my tenth birthday, I invited many friends.

My sister and I make up hair, and when my sister and I finish, we wait for 7:30. In the waiting, I think time passed very long ah! I waited and waited until 7:30. My mother and aunt sent me to the chicken with my sister and my sister. My mother said, "you two are waiting here. Ill go get the cake with my aunt." My sister and I are waiting for our friends to come, "ah! Duan yunwen." "Cried the sister. After that, hu also came. After a while, zhang wanqian and li xin arrived. My friend has finally arrived. Mother and aunt came with the cake, and my sister and I opened the box for the cake. "oh, how can we only put white cream on the cake?" I shouted. "You see," said the mother, "I have brought the tools for making the cake, so my husband, who is called cake, only has white cream." I thought about it, and it was good, and I laughed. "You must do it quickly," said the aunt.

We finally did it, although not good-looking, but also we created to do, we are so happy that day!

Moving old freight car came, those who stop in my home is downstair. A few blue, dirty old freight car is stopping shipshapely, father is directing a worker to move furniture and goods. Our old building is too old, was forced to take away. At that time, I just am controlled 6 years old, at the back of see a few workers put one pile empty cabinet, empty shelf into old freight car, my heart thinks: Really amused, can play hide feline cat ah! I look around all around: Ground of father without a stop is being directed, bead brandish is aspersing the sweat with big beans; Mom has baled the dress that leave terribly defeatedly. Nobody notices me, I am stepping on a piece of small table, climbed the jian hou mian of van, get into an ordinary little cupboard, had closed the door, foolish the ground is laughing. Passed a little while, listen to a worker to say only: Be installed, go.the rear cover door of van was shut, I am foolish still foolish is the jian hou mian that the ground crouchs in van what kind of outside the illusion. Passed a little while again, air is heated up again frowzily again, I opened cupboard door, see only all around inky, outside faint the sound that transmits father motherhello, where is her person? how can I know? Be you look at?... just began, I still feel especially amused, laugh persistently, but do not have with a bit activity sultrily more and more as airy outside, Wow wow!I cried. Later, one moves a thing slow when the worker is opening lid, just mereleasecome out, see sky and father mother, I just arrive cheerfully to take candy at the same time again.

[关于童年趣事的英文作文

for going on with my further studies， i took the entrance examination in a senior middle school last week。 i still remember there were more than three hundred candidates taking part in this examination。 for the first day， in the morning， chinese was easy。 we were required to write a composition of 250 words on "my home life"， and give definitions and illustrations to twenty phrases。 in the afterno on， we took an english examination。 there were dictation， sentence formation， and analysis for oral english。 in the oral examination， i was questioned about my home life， my experience in the junior middle school and my future prospects。

on the second day， we were examined on history and geography in the morning and physics and chemistry in the afternoon。

“我的入学考试”英语作文译文：

为了进一步学习，我上周在一所高中参加了入学考试。我还记得参加考试的有300多人，第一天上午，语文很简单，我们要写一篇250字的作文，关于“我的家庭生活”，并解释20个短语。下午，我们考英语，有听力，造句，分析口语。口语考试时，我被问道我的生活，中学经历以及未来的希望。

第二天，我们早上考历史、地理，下午考物理、化学。

Dear children,

Christmas is an exciting and busy time for me: elves are making toys,

reindeer are training to pull sleds, and Im preparing this years list of good

kids.

I need to let the elves know what to make now, so let me know what you like

as soon as possible.

I will get my sleigh ready for my long Journey on Christmas Eve. In the

meantime, Ill write as many letters as I can. To ensure that I receive your

letter, please send it to the following address:

Santa/Father Christmas

Santa s Grotto

Reindeerland

XM4 5HQ

Remember, it is important to write the Christmas address on the envelope.

Make sure you include your full name and return address so I can write back to

you.

Please mail your letter before December 9 so that I can have time to answer

your letter.

I look forward to sending you presents on Christmas Eve. And remember to

get me a mince pie, and Rudolph the reindeer carrots too!"

Merry Christmas to all of you

Santa Claus

身体不舒服、家里有急事儿，耽误了上班上学，你知道到该怎么请假吗?英文里跟请假有关的说法有很多种，一起来看看吧!

1. Ask for leave

Leave在这里不是“离开”，而是“准休假“的意思。这个词组的用法比较灵活。你可以说：I have to ask for leave tomorrow morning.

我明天上午不得不请假了。

如果请假不止一天，还可以说ask for 2 days leave 请两天的假

2. Take (something) off

看到这个词组，别告诉小编你只知道它是“起飞”的意思。请假也可以用它哦!

例句：Mr Smith, my dads here visiting me and Id like to take two days off to show him around the city.

史密斯先生，我爸爸要来看我，所以我想请两天假，带他到处转转。

3. Call in sick

病得实在爬不起来，连打开电脑发邮件的力气都没有?试试这个吧!“Call in sick”意思是”打电话请假“，

例句：I dont feel well this morning. Perhaps I ought to call in sick.我今天早上感觉不太舒服，或许我该打电话请个假了。

4. Pull a sickie

还有一种请假叫做装病。Sickie在俚语里指“病假”，但是pull a sickie意思则是“请假装病”。

例如： He took/pulled/threw a sickie to go to the football game.

他请假装病看球去了。

In the Warring States Period, a man in the state of Chu was offering a sacrifice(祭品) to his ancestors. After the ceremony, the man gave a beaker of wine to his servants.

The servants thought that there was not enought wine for all of them, and decided to each draw a picture of snake; the one who finished the picture first would get the wine.

One of them drew very rapidly. Seeing that the others were still busy drawing, he added feet to the snake.

At this moment, another man finished, snatched the beaker(烧杯，大口杯) and drank the wine, saying,"A snake doesnt have feet. How can you add feet to a snake?"

This idiom refers to ruining a venture by doing unnecessary and surplus things.

Normally I will be very happy and excited when I get the lucky money. And all of a sudden, the problem comes that how to make full use of them. I think it is highly determined by how much it is. For example, if the number is around 500, it is wise to buy some books that I would like to read to boarden my horizons. When the number reaches 2000, travelling could be a better choice, because what we acquires in an education trip is far more impressive than books and documentary. Lets imagine in a rich family the lucky money can be up to 100000. From my point of view, investment is of great necessity, which is able to resist the currency inflation.

People often say that gold and silver are the most valuable things in the world.But

I dont think so. In my opinion, to read books is more valuable than anything else.

The old saying “To open a book is always helpful” clearly tells us how good it is to read a book.

Books are our friends. They introduce us different kinds of knowledge. They lead us down the road to success.

Books are our teachers. They teach us troth, science, literature, and philosophy of life. Besides, they increase our knowledge, enlarge our experience,strengthen our character and do many other things which we can not do without them.

Books tell us what is good and what is evil. And only books can tell the good from the bad.

Therefore to read more books is the best policy for our young students.