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1000关于英语作文vacation
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+ 加入清单Yesterday, after a long meeting in the class, all the students had been
told about the safe issues, then the summerVacationfinally came. All of us
felt so happy and liked a free bird, rushing to home quickly. I had been looking
forward to this holiday for such a long time, I really needed to take some rest
after studying for a semester. I have made some plans for my summer vacation.
First, I wanted to spend some time to stay with my grandparents. I miss them all
the time and they always tell me to visit them when I have the time. My grandma
will cook the delicious food for me. Second, I want to read some books I like,
such as the fiction books. I don’t have much time to read fiction books because
I have to focus on my study. Summer vacation provides the time to adjust
myself.
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篇1:关于my hobby英语
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+ 加入清单I have many hobbies, such as reading, writing, singing, drawing, watching
TV and doing exercise. I think hobbies can make my life colorful. And I can make
friends easier, because we have common interests and we have many things to talk
about. Besides, having some hobbies can bring knowledge to me. For example,
reading is a good way to get knowledge. I can not learn all from class, so
reading can bring me other knowledge. Singing and drawing are skills. They can
help me to improve myself.
篇2:我的暑假英语
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+ 加入清单Think about it, the summer vacation is also almost, in retrospect, this
summer over the full and happy, busy and comfortable grace, really some
reluctant to these happy days ah!
This summer vacation in July and in previous years, in different corners of
the city shuttle. The morning wore no temperature but still dazzling sun out of
the house, accompanied by me there is a book full of books, books, pens, big
bag, I hummed my familiar tone to catch the bus, with the also Work adults
walking together on the road. Get out of the car at the familiar station, go to
the class with the familiar teacher, and take the bus from the familiar bus! At
this time the sun is already so sinister, the air outside the window floating
hay flavor. This tastes coupled with the shaking of the car makes me sleepy,
immediately fell asleep when the car on the station! Wait until I get home,
sleep no, casually eat some things, then out of the family. Hot waves ah! The
back of the piano will be more and more heavy, my clothes have been sweat
soaked. And then practice two hours of erhu, I am not too hot. Has five points,
I dragged his tired body back home again. Every day in July is so busy and full
of harvest!
My August is much easier, in the morning I can sleep nine, ten oclock, eat
breakfast together, and then finished homework, and finally on the 2 to 3 hours
network, watching TV, also to 5 oclock The Ha ha. After dinner, my mom and aunt
will go to the badminton hall to play an hour of the ball, or go to the swimming
pool swimming, after the sport can be in the night stalls stunned meal. Summer
cool wind, cool bean paste, how pleasant life ah!
Holiday, please you more violent it!
篇3:高二关于环境英语作文
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+ 加入清单I am a child of the suns mother, my name is called the earth. I used to live happy, wake up in the morning, light rain "hua" to give me a bath; People planted many trees and flowers in my body, to get dolled up on me, then, clean running around the sun mother I, let the sun mother look at my new skirt. In the afternoon, the children from school, and I do homework together and play with me together. At night, people also make me very beautiful, they gave me the street lamp, make me golden... The mother said: "the human also is really good, not only your dress is very beautiful, also play with you, you are so blessed, so lucky!"
But now, the human is not as great as the sun mother said. They throw rubbish in my body, I got into a lot of dirty, human "car" still love discharge of tail gas, the rain is full of dirty water, the more I to wash the dirty; People still love the disorderly cut down trees flowers and plants, destruction of street lamp, make clothes and they gave me a bad bad, dirty... The sun mother urged me to say: "you still get rid of those humans!" But the good and I dont have the heart to leave them. Because it make me a bad meal every day, sleep well, so, I got sick, floods, earthquakes often... Some said 2012 could be the end of me. People in the disaster, are aware of this they destroy me, and they began to care about me, love me! I believe in the days that followed, I will become more beautiful, beautiful!
我是太阳妈妈的孩子,我的名字叫地球。我以前生活的很快乐:早上一醒来,小雨就“哗啦啦”地给我洗澡;人们在我身上种了很多花草树木,把我打扮得漂漂亮亮的,然后,干干净净的我就围着太阳妈妈转来转去,让太阳妈妈看看我的新裙子。下午,孩子们放学了,就和我一起写作业,一起和我玩。晚上,人们也把我打扮的很漂亮,他们给我身上安上路灯,把我打扮的金灿灿的……太阳妈妈说:“人类还真好,不仅把你打扮的很漂亮,还和你一起玩,你真是太有福气,太幸运了!”
可是现在,人类也不像太阳妈妈说的那么好了。他们在我身上乱扔垃圾,把我搞得浑身脏兮兮的,人类的“车”还爱排放尾气,雨下下来的全是脏水,把我越洗越脏;人们还爱乱砍伐树木花草,破坏路灯,把他们给我的衣服也搞得的烂烂的,脏脏的……太阳妈妈劝我说:“你还是摆脱那些人类吧!”可是好心的我又不忍心丢下他们。因为这件事让我每天吃不好饭,睡不好觉,所以,我就生病了,经常发洪水、地震……还有人说2012年可能是我的末日。人们在这些灾难中,意识到了这都是他们破坏我而造成的,于是他们又开始关心我,爱护我了!我相信以后的日子里,我一定会变得更加美丽、漂亮的!
篇4:关于英语作文traveling
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+ 加入清单More and more people now show their great interests intraveling, because
traveling can bring us a lot of benefits.
To begin with, having worked hard for a few months, traveling can release
us from high pressure. More importantly, traveling can help us acquire more
knowledge. No matter how many books we have read, there is still plenty of
knowledge for us to learn from traveling, like history, culture, custom, and
geography of the places we visit. By the way, through traveling, we can meet
many new friends and taste different kinds of delicious food.
While some people are not interested in traveling at all, since traveling
will cost a great deal of money on transportation and accommodation, and they
may feel tired after sightseeing as well.
As far as I’m concerned, the advantages of traveling are more than its
disadvantages, so if our time and finance permit, we can travel to some nice
places every year, in order to make our life more colorful and vivid.
篇5:中秋节英语
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+ 加入清单I think Mid-Autumn Day is an old traditional festival in China。 Everybody
likes it because its a family get-together。 You see it is called"Mid-Autumn
Day", so it often es in September or October。 It is on the 15th of the 8th of
the lunar month。 Now, lets say something about this interesting festival。
Firstly, Id like to say something about the moon。 I like it very much
because I want to be an astronaut in the future。 That day the moon is round,
big, just like a beautiful plate hanging on the blue cloth。 When I see the moon,
I will remember the ancient myths——the godess Chang Er and her little rabbit are
playing under the tree which Wu Gang grows。 I will also think about Armstrongs
first moonwalk。 I will also miss the friends in Tai-wan island, in Macao and
Chinese people who are abroad。 I know they are missing us very much, too。
Secondly, I11 say something about the tradition on Mid-Autumn Day。
Look!Theres a big tree in a garden of a Chinese fami-ly。 All the family members
are sitting around a big table under the tree in the open air。 They are eating
the mooncakes and admiring the full moon in the sky。 That is a family reunion
dinner。 The mooncakes and the moon represent the love from a family。 I think
this is one of the most valuable things in the world。
Thirdly,it is a very good opportunity to make three wishes on Mid-Autumn
Day。 My wishes are: the first, I, an astronaut in the future, would like to go
to the moon one day, and stay with the sky and stars; the second, I hope every
person in the world will stay with family, share love from the family forever;
the third, I hope everybodys dream will e true。
That is the Mid-Autumn Day in my mind。 I will always re-member: East or
West, home is best。
篇6:有关交通英语初一
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+ 加入清单The traffic problem is one of the most serious problems in my hometown.
Recently, more and more people have private car, but the roads are so narrow
that we have to fight against the heavy traffic when we go out. Especially
during the rush hours, cars and buses are unable to move. To make things worse,
many people are killed in the traffic accidents. How miserable it is!
For the sake of our life and security, some measures must be taken to
change the present situation. In the first place, as there are a great many
cars, we should control the number of private cars and vehicles and use the
public transportation more often. Secondly, the government should widen the
roads and build more flyovers, so as to ease the traffic pressure and reduce the
traffic accidents. In addition, the undergrounds and light rails should be
constructed, so that we can have more choices when going out and do not have to
worry about the traffic jams in the future.
I believe the traffic problem could be solved if we devote our actions to
them.
篇7:国庆节初中英语
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+ 加入清单在国庆假期里,最快乐的事就是妈妈带我去动物园游玩。
动物园里的动物可多了,有会喷水的大象,有活泼调皮的猴子,有高贵漂亮的长颈鹿……最凶猛的狮子、老虎和大狗熊是圈养在虎山的,我和妈妈是坐着缆车观看的,坐在缆车里往下看,我刚好看到有一头黄色的大狮子正在张着那血盆大口吼叫,声音大得像打雷,我的心紧张极了,不由得握紧妈妈的手。
在百鸟园里,我见到了好多鸟,不过大部分我都不认识。我们看了鸟艺表演,观看了鹦鹉说话、鸽子识字等节目。最有趣的要数乌鸦拉车子了。一只黑黑的乌鸦拉了一只雪白雪白的鸽子,到了目的地,鸽子却不付钱,乌鸦气呼呼地把车子推翻在地,逗得观众哈哈大笑。
这里好看好玩的可多啦,说也说不完,真让人流连忘返!
In the National Day holiday, the happiest thing is that my mother took me to the zoo to play.
Zoo animals can be more, there will be sprayed elephants, lively naughty monkeys, there are noble and beautiful giraffe ... ... the most ferocious lions, tigers and big bears are captive in the hills, and my mother is sitting Watching the cable car, sitting in the cable car down to see, I just saw a big yellow lion is hanging that blood pool big mouth roar, the sound is like a thunder, my heart is very nervous, could not help but clenched my mothers hand.
In the bird park, I saw a lot of birds, but most of the I do not know. We watched the bird show, watched the parrot to speak, pigeon literacy and other programs. The most interesting to the number of crow pull the car. A black crow pulled a snowy white pigeon, to the destination, the pigeons did not pay, the crows to the car overturned to the ground, amused the audience laughed.
There are so nice to play more friends, that can not finish, really let people forget!
篇8:传统文化英语作文高4
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+ 加入清单The Culture of China is home to one of the worlds oldest and most complex
civilizations. China boasts a history rich in over 5,000 years of artistic,
philosophical, political, and scientific advancement. Though regional
differences provide a sense of diversity, commonalities in language and religion
connect a culture distinguished by such significant contributions such as
Confucianism and Taoism. Confucianism was the official philosophy throughout
most of Imperial Chinas history and strongly influenced other countries in East
Asia. Mastery of Confucian texts provided the primary criterion for entry into
the imperial bureaucracy.
With the rise of Western economic and military power beginning in the
mid-19th century, Western systems of social and political organization gained
adherents in China. Some of these would-be reformers rejected Chinas cultural
legacy, while others sought to combine the strengths of Chinese and Western
cultures.
China is a unified nation consisting of many different ethnic groups.
Fifty-six different ethnic groups make up the great Chinese national family.
Because the Han people accounts for more than ninety percent of Chinas
population, the remaining fifty-five groups are generally referred to as "ethnic
minorities." Next to the majority Han, the Mongolian, Hui, Tibetan, and Uygur
peoples comprise the largest ethnic groups. Although Chinas ethnic minorities
do not account for a large portion of the population, they are distributed over
a vast area, residing in every corner of China.
Particularly since the implementation of Chinas opening and reform policy,
the central government has increased investment in minority areas and
accelerated their opening to the outside world. This has resulted in an upsurge
of economic development in these areas. Each of Chinas ethnic minority groups
possesses a distinctive culture. The Chinese government respects minority
customs, and works to preserve, study, and collate the cultural artifacts of
Chinas ethnic minority groups. The government vigorously supports the
development of minority culture and the training of minority cultural workers,
and fosters the development of traditional minority medicine.
The relation among Chinas ethnic groups can be described as "overall
integration, local concentration, mutual interaction." Concentrations of ethnic
minorities reside within predominantly Han areas, and the Han people also reside
in minority areas, indicating that there has been extensive exchanges among
Chinas ethnic groups since ancient times. With the development of the market
economy, interaction among ethnic groups has become even more active in the
areas of government, economics, culture, daily life, and marriage. Linked by
interdependence, mutual assistance, and joint development, their common goals
and interests creating a deep sense of solidarity, Chinas ethnic groups
resemble a great national family, together building Chinese civilization.
篇9:关于成功的因素的英语
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+ 加入清单As we all known, the man who wants to be success should have a good
disposition. As the saying goes, “disposition decide to everything.” I remember
a famous motto: there are no two identical people in the world, but the success
people are similar in many ways. Exactly, good disposition is the foundation of
success. From my point of view, I deemed it success should also rely on these
factors: diligent, confident, humor. It can help us to open the door of
success.
There is no denying that diligent is the first step to the success. As the
proverb says, no pains, no gains. Absolutely, guess that a person without
diligent, how can he get achievements. Many successful people have become famous
in the world by their diligent. Therefore we should take diligence as a good
habit rather than lazy at every time.
Edison said “confident is the mother of the success. There is no doubt that
confidence is important to our daily life .If someone without confident, he will
never succeed in the end of his life. If someone trusted himself, he would
gained more chance to succeed. How could you get other’s trust if you didnt
trust yourself?
In addition, humor plays an important role in our life. It’s obvious that a
sense of humor can bring happiness to others and get involved to a group easily.
Just like my friend who is an energetic and lovely boy. The boss and staff like
him very much. Boss thinks highly of him in the company. Sometimes, we should
learn to how express humorously. A sense of humor can create unexpected
result.
From what has been mention above, a good disposition is an important factor
to our success. Therefore, how to develop a good disposition is essential.
篇10:有关压力英语初三
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+ 加入清单The moment I stepped in high school, I have made up my mind to study hard
for the purpose to enter a good university. In the first year, I made a lot of
new friends. All of them were so excellent that I wanted to learn from them. As
the second year has come, I felt great pressure. My scores went up and down and
I felt so worried. I told myself that I should find a way to relieve pressure.
Listening to music was a good way. I would sing with the music and shake my
body, which made me forget everything but the joyous music. Second, I would like
to talk to my friends, because they understood me. We would have some tea in the
shop and then shared our secrets. When we laughed out loudly, all the annoyance
would disappear.
篇11:关于青春英语年级
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+ 加入清单Youth is the most beautiful time to a person. When they are young and
beautiful, they can do whatever they want. Some people say that youth is the
time deserves us to be wasted, because if we are not crazy for one time, then we
will become old soon. I don’t agree with this opinion. During the most beautiful
time, we should fight for our future. The things we do will mean so much for us.
When we look back on the past days, we will be proud of ourselves. The time that
we fight for our dreams deserves to be remembered all the time. This is what
youth means to us.
篇12:有关英语作文traveling初3
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+ 加入清单As the National Day came, I have a vacation, so I made the plan to go out
and travel to the different places. Last year, I went to the big cities, like
Shanghai, there were so many people, I could hardly see the tourist site. So
this year, I decided to go to the small place, Wu Zhou. But the result is almost
the same, so many people were around everywhere.
When I arrived at Wu Zhou, I was attracted by its beautiful scenery, though
the city is small, the water and the mountain are around the city, which makes
the city beautiful and casual. The city is famous for the food, especially the
restaurant which below the Baiyun mountain. I thought it maybe a little more
people, so I woke up early in the morning for avoiding the summit time. I came
to the restaurant at about 7 o’clock, there were a lot of people standing in the
long line. It needs to take about two hour for me to get a table!
Now I have learned a lesson, it is better not to take a trip in the
festival, I need to miss the time if I want to travel in a comfortable way.
篇13:妇女节的英语
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+ 加入清单Today is womens day, and also the day I get the scholarship. Look! I made a chocolate bar for my mother with a scholarship. Although I have paid a lot for myself, I am very happy in my heart: I can also give my mother a gift, instead of wrapping around my mother for presents!
But mom is sick and cant eat sweet food. I had to put the chocolate in the fridge, but after a few days my mother was very ill, and she took a big bite, and I eagerly asked, "is it good?" She said it was a little sandy. I took a bite, too. I was a little depressed. But my mother encouraged me, "but its sweet, its great!" My heart is sweet and happy! I wrote a few words specifically for my mother, although it was not very good.
篇14:英语作文健康食物高一80词
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+ 加入清单Last night, I ate a lot of food, such as KTC and ice cream, before I slept,
I ate some cold food in the fridge. At midnight, I felt my stomach hurt badly,
my family was woke up, they sent me to the hospital. After seeing the doctor, he
told me that I had eaten too much food, what’s more, the food was not healthy,
so it hurt my stomach. Since then, I realized that I should not eat the rubbish
food often, I should keep the healthy diet. Now my diet is regular, I won’t take
in much food before sleeping, my body is becoming healthy. In the morning, I eat
an egg and make sure I take in enough vitamins. Even when I see the rubbish food
is tempting, I take no hesitation to say no to them. I am so proud of
myself.
篇15:有关交流英语作文初中
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+ 加入清单Once, I talked to the foreign people, he was staring at me all the time,
which made me feel not comfortable, so I chose to avoid his eyes and kept a
little distance from him. When I talked about this problem to my foreign
teacher, she told me that it was natural for them to look at you during
communication, which meant respect. While in China, people do the opposite
thing. They try to avoid eye-contact, because it is not eased to look at each
other. The different culture sometimes creates distance. The foreigners always
feel strange when they look at Chinese people’s eyes and every time when they
want to come closer to hear more clearly, Chinese people will walk away. So the
more we learn about the culture, the more we know about the world.
篇16:关于故宫的英语作文初中
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+ 加入清单Ive been to a lot of beautiful places, but in my mind, the most important
thing in my mind is the Forbidden City.
The Forbidden City is a place where the ancient emperor of China can live.
The imperial palace has: temple of heaven, echo wall, emperors study and so on
many beautiful places. There are colorful flowers in the temple of heaven, very
beautiful. The flowers and grasses and the famous flowers and plants are all
numerous and numerous, very beautiful, far from looking like a colorful flower
in the open. Like a fairyland on earth. The temple of heaven is not a famous
artist.
The echo wall is a miracle of acoustics, which is a masterpiece of ancient
craftsman. The wall tiles of the echo wall are not as strong as others. It is
specially made in shandong linqing place. The slurry brick is exquisite, and the
sound of the metal sound, commonly known as the gold brick. If you shout in the
echo wall, the echo will be strong.
Its better to see if you have the chance, and believe that it will make
you feel better.
篇17:端午节的习俗英语高中
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+ 加入清单Dragon Boat race Traditions
At the center of this festival are the dragon boat races. Competing teams drive their colorful dragon boats forward to the rhythm of beating drums. These exciting races were inspired by the villagers valiant attempts to rescue Chu Yuan from the Mi Luo river. This tradition has remained unbroken for centuries.
Tzung Tzu
A very popular dish during the Dragon Boat festival is tzung tzu. This tasty dish consists of rice dumplings with meat, peanut, egg yolk, or other fillings wrapped in bamboo leaves. The tradition of tzung tzu is meant to remind us of the village fishermen scattering rice across the water of the Mi Luo river in order to appease the river dragons so that they would not devour Chu Yuan.
Ay Taso
The time of year of the Dragon Boat Festival, the fifth lunar moon, has more significance than just the story of Qu Yuan. Many Chinese consider this time of year an especially dangerous time when extra efforts must be made to protect their family from illness. Families will hang various herbs, called Ay Tsao, on their door for protection. The drinking of realgar wine is thought to remove poisons from the body. Hsiang Bao are also worn. These sachets contain various fragrant medicinal herbs thought to protect the wearer from illness.
翻译:风俗习惯端午节最重要的活动是龙舟竞赛。比赛的队伍他们多彩的龙舟前进的鼓声中。这项活动的灵感是来自村民的勇敢的尝试营救汨罗江畔的屈原。这个传统一直保持了几个世纪。
粽子非常受欢迎的菜在端午节粽子。粽子的米包着肉、花生、蛋黄及其他材料,再以竹叶包裹。而粽子的传统是为了提醒我们的渔夫,将米丢进汨罗河水安抚蛟龙,希望他们不要将屈原吃掉。
塔索(Taso)的时间每年的端午节,农历的第五天,具有更多的意义,不仅仅是屈原的故事。许多中国人认为每年的这个时候,一个特别危险的时候,必须做出额外的努力,保护家人免受疾病。家庭在门上将挂各种草药,叫驱邪。喝雄黄酒被认为是去除体内的毒物。香包也穿,它是以含有多种香味药草认为保护人们远离疾病。
篇18:端午节的高一英语
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+ 加入清单what s your plan for dragon boat festival?
As a chinese, I was really ashamed of having a little knowledge of dragon boat festival. Perhaps I was born in northern city, though my city is nearby sea, it has been built a U port which I can only see cargo ships and can t see the sweeping ocean. So I have never see the dragon boat contest since I was born. So the dragon boat festival is just a holiday for eating Zong Zi . My mother made Zong Zi when I was a child. Because there was no supermarket, we couldn t buy finished product from market. However, now, we can buy anything in supermarket, so my mother didn t make them anymore. The boat festival began to fade out my mind.
In reality, young people began to have a bug to celebrate foreign festivals, such as Christams, Saint Valentine s day, April Fool s Day, some people also celebrate Easter in church. Talk about Dragon boat festival, it s the same as some foreign conventional festivals, such as Witch s Day in Czech. People burned the witch s puppet so as to welcome spring. Some people are willing to celebrate foreign festivals because they like alien culture. And vice versa, foreigners who like China also concern about Chinese traditional culture.
After new holiday regulation, we have three holidays during the dragon boat festival. So many people will choose this time to travel. People who lived in Xiamen are able to visit Xiapu or Wu Yi mountain, these tourist attractions are in Fujian province,which is suit a short tirp. but I d like to stay at home for my decorate painting. I decide to draw two canvases about Christmas, it s really a big project. Then I ll hang them on the new house wall. I must start it now, or I can t finish them before Christmas eve. But I preceive it s a little difficult to draw them in such a hot season.
篇19:关于梦想英语作文初中
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+ 加入清单People’s whole life is not too long or too short. They have experienced
many things in their life journey, such as, success, fail, happy, sad, and
excited and so on. What about dreams? Some people think that they have so many
things to deal with in the limit time. How can they spend time for dream? It is
a waste of time. However, some people regard dreams are as important as their
life. People can’t live without dream. In my opinion, I agree with the latter
idea.
First of all, dreams provide life motivation for human beings. If a person
has a dream, he will try his best to take every chance to reach it. Even though
he will meet many difficulties on the way, even has to give up, but he will
renerve in the end. It is because he has dreams, and he has the desire to see
the day his dream come true. So no matter what obstacle he meets, he has the
motivation to overcome. This is the power of dreams.
In addition, life without dreams is meaningless. We often see that when
someone talks about his dream, his face is full of smile. It is because dreams
give him hope and fun. No matter the dream is easy to make it or not, when the
people think of it, they will have the beautiful vision to fight for. But if a
person who don’t have a dream, he would not know what he should do and can do.
His life is confused and meaningless.
In a word, dreams look like the lighthouse in the ocean. It gives people
motivation and the meaning of their journey. It is so significant that everyone
needs dreams.
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+ 加入清单Cellular phones have had a major impact on our lives and the way that we
perform every day tasks. Many of these changes are apparent, while others we may
not even be aware of.
Cell phones have brought a whole new meaning to the term multitasking.
Twenty years ago, it was not possible to talk to the office while you were at
the grocery store picking up some necessary items. You could never have had a
three-way business conference while you were fixing dinner or been able to deal
with a business client from home while caring for a sick child. Cell phones have
enabled us to do various tasks all at the same time.
Cell phones have also enabled families to keep in closer touch with each
other. Children can contact you if they have missed their ride form soccer
practice and your spouse can call while he is stuck in traffic to let you know
that he is going to be late for supper. Teenagers are able to call to ask
permission to go somewhere, and with GPS features that are now available on some
cell phones, you are able to check to make sure that they are where they are
suppose to be.
Many of these advantages we do not even notice. Have you ever arrived at
the grocery store and realized that you have forgotten your grocery list? The
first thing you would probably do is to call home and have one of your children
read the list off to you. In the same situation in past years, you may have
forgotten things or have had to drive all the way back home to get it. If your
car breaks down, you automatically call for help instead of having to walk to
find a pay phone. Cell phones have certainly made our lives much more
convenient.
Cell phones have also changed the way that people interact with each other.
When we call someone, we are actually calling the person and not a place. This
enables us to be more spontaneous when making plans as you rarely get a busy
signal and unlike a land line telephone, someone is always home. Cell phones
also enable us to call if we are going to be late for an appointment, although
this has led to cell phone users running late more often than those who do not
have cell phones. These users seem to have adopted the attitude that appointment
times are not concrete and use their cell phones to renegotiate their arrival
time.
One of the greatest disadvantages of the cellular phone is the fact that we
do not talk to strangers when traveling anymore. In the past, several people
waiting for a bus would engage in a conversation while they were waiting. People
who traveled the same routes every day might develop friendships along the way.
This situation does not happen anymore. Today when people are waiting for a bus,
they just pull out their cell phones and speak with old friends, missing out on
the opportunity to make new ones. In large cities, many people do not know their
neighbors, even though they may have lived in the same neighborhood for years.
As a society, we are beginning to lose the face-to-face contact that was such an
important part of our lives in the past.
Cell phones are a great asset in aiding in our every day lives. You should
remember, however, to hang up every once in a while and pay attention to the
world around you.