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介绍奥运会的来历说明合集三篇 作文英语(汇集20篇)

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上课学生英语自我介绍

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Please allow me to introduce myself fou you. My name is xx, my 20-year-old, was born in Qinghai Province. Very honored to have this opportunity to come here to interview. Now I will briefly introduce themselves. I graduated from the Qinghai first vocational schools My specialty is computer software applications. In the past year I have the basic expertise. I like reading books, watching movies, listening to music, and so on. I think I am an honest and optimistic, can also work under great pressure. This is probably, thank you。

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篇1:介绍家乡安顺英语作文

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In the Midwest of Guizhou Province, there is a beautiful city, which is my lovely hometown - Anshun.

Anshun is a famous historical and cultural city in Guizhou province. It is known as "the abdomen of Guizhou and the larynx of Yunnan".

In this land, storage of ancient culture, piercing Yelang Culture, unique culture of Tunpu culture. Known as the "mystery" of Guanling "Red Cliff mumbo-jumbo"; known as the "Oriental first dye" Anshun batik; known as the "living fossil Chinese drama" Anshun Dixi is digging on the land. Here is the hometown of Comrade Wang Ruofei, the old proletarian revolutionist of the old generation of our party.

In my hometown of Anshun, in a pleasant climate, where rich high-quality rice, rape, tea, ginger, fruit, there are a large number of cattle and chicken dog and so on moving animals. There are three national scenic area, which is the world famous Huangguoshu Waterfalls falls, Dragon Palace Getu River Scenic Area and national scenic area, here is the Jiulong Mountain national Forest Park, Huajiang gorge, Yelang lake, Ezra River Provincial Scenic area.

In these beautiful scenic spots, I dont know much about it. Here I would like to introduce to you a few of my most familiar attractions, they are:

The former residence of Wang Ruofei: This is my party early outstanding proletarian revolutionary, political activist, loyal communist fighter Wang Ruofei young life, a place of learning outstanding, it is located in the north of Anshun City, covers an area of more than 1000 square meters, from towards the door, corridor, gate, room, car, etc. to North and South hall. It is "the national patriotic education base", "the National Red Tourism classic scenic spot", "the Guizhou patriotic education base" and "the national defense education base". It is the Guizhou provincial cultural relic protection unit.

West Mountain Pagoda: located in Anshun City West southwest of Xiushan, trees around the tower is divided into nine stages, a wild profusion of vegetation, five cubits high, tower six, is one of the most important ancient buildings in Anshun.

Rainbow Lake: Rainbow Mountain Reservoir in Anshun city is important for flood control, irrigation, industrial and domestic water comprehensive water storage project. When the sun rises, the surface of the lake becomes glittering and glittering; when the spring comes, the lake appears particularly clear. There are jiukongqiao, peach forest and antique Pavilion, is a public rest, resort.

My hometown, Anshun, also allows many of the overwhelming majority of the customs, the natural landscape, which is also waiting for us to be familiar with, to find, to enjoy.

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篇2:初一英语自我介绍80词作文

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Hello, everyone!Let me introduce myself, I was a student in the *** school, seven Eight, my good grades, teachers, students and I are good, I like them, my after school with mystudents to play together, we are very happy together, we learn subjects: geography, politics, history, language, mathematics, English, computer and science as well as some other subjects, class schedule and at eight at night school at five 40a week eight lessons, we learned a very hard, has an extra-curricular activities after school, some students to participate, some students go home every day we had a wonderful time.

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篇3:我的自我介绍五年级英语作文

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Hello, I am Cao Wanqian. I am a smart girl.I am 12 years old.

I have short and black hair and small eyes.

Purple is my favourite colour. Kangaroo is my favourite animal.

I have a good friend. It’s name’s Zhao Xhuanru, It’s funny. I like she.

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篇4:介绍台湾风景英语

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Taiwanlies off the east coast ofFujian Province. It’s an island surrounded by the Pacific Ocean to the east, and theEast China Seato the north.

Taiwanis the largest island in our country. The island, which is about 3,6000 square kilometers, has a population of over two hundred million. There are lots of resources inTaiwan. Its products like banana, rice and tea are well-known all over the world. It has a good environment and mild climate. Thousands of people like to come here for traveling.

Taiwanis part ofChina. Most of people settling there come fromFujianandGuangdong. We Chinese all hope thatTaiwancan return to the embrace of the motherland at an early date.

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篇5:介绍别人的英语作文

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My Mother My Mother isa kind and gentle woman. She is always very gentle. She takes good care of her children and keeps them all at school. I have one brother and two sistets. So she gets four children in all. She gives us every comfort. We all love her and she loves us also. My mother has too much to do in bringing us up. As our family is too poor to keep a servant, my mother has always to do very much work. She gets up very early and sleeps very late every day. She works hard, yet without complaining. She is also a thrifty, and industrious woman. She saves every cent that she can and keeps everything in order. As she has been busy eversince she was young, she looks older than she really is. Her face is wrinkled, her hair becomes silver white, but she works as hard as ever. Often she says to us, "work while you work, play while you play. If you do not work, you will become lazy and of no use to society." What piece of good advice this is! We must worth it well and always keep it in our mind.

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篇6:介绍自己的英语作文

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My name is xxx.  There are 4 people in my family.  My father is a Chemistryteacher.  He teaches chemistry in senior high school.  My mother is an English teacher.  She teaches English in the university.  I have a younger brother, he is a junior high school student and is preparing for the entrance exam.

I like to read English story books in my free time.  Sometimes I surf the Internet and download the E- books to read.  Reading E- books is fun.  In addition, it also enlarges my vocabulary words because of the advanced technology and the vivid animations.

I hope to study both English and computer technology because I am interested in both of the subjects.  Maybe one day I could combine both of them and apply to my research in the future.

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篇7:春节的来历说明

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春节是我国一个古老的节日,也是全年最重要的一个节日,如何过庆贺这个节日。下面是yuwenmi小编整理的作文,快来看看吧,希望对你有帮助哦。

春节的来历说明【篇一】

春节,是农历的岁首,春节的另一名称叫过年,是中国最盛大、最热闹、最重要的一个古老传统节日,也是中国人所独有的节日。是中华文明最集中的表现。自西汉以来,春节的习俗一直延续到今天。春节一般指除夕和正月初一。但在民间,传统意义上的春节是指从腊月初八的腊祭或腊月二十三或二十四的祭灶,一直到正月十五,其中以除夕和正月初一为高潮。如何过庆贺这个节日,在千百年的历史发展中,形成了一些较为固定的风俗习惯,有许多还相传至今。在春节这一传统节日期间,我国的汉族和大多数少数民族都有要举行各种庆祝活动,这些活动大多以祭祀神佛、祭奠祖先、除旧布新、迎禧接福、祈求丰年为主要内容。活动形式丰富多彩,带有浓郁的民族特色。2006年5月20日,“春节”民俗经国务院批准列入第一批国家级非物质文化遗产名录。

春节的来历有一种传说,中国古时候有一种叫“年”的怪兽,头长触角,凶猛异常。“年”长年深居海底,每到除夕才爬上岸,吞食牲畜伤害人命。因此,每到除夕这天,村村寨寨的人们扶老携幼逃往深山,以躲避“年”兽的伤害。有一年除夕,从村外来了个乞讨的老人。乡亲们一片匆忙恐慌景象,只有村东头一位老婆婆给了老人些食物,并劝他快上山躲避“年”兽,那老人捋髯笑道:“婆婆若让我在家呆一夜,我一定把‘年’兽撵走。”老婆婆仍然继续劝说,乞讨老人笑而不语。 半夜时分,“年”兽闯进村。它发现村里气氛与往年不同:村东头老婆婆家,门贴大红纸,屋内烛火通明。“年”兽浑身一抖,怪叫了一声。将近门口时,院内突然传来“砰砰啪啪”的炸响声,“年”浑身战栗,再不敢往前凑了。原来,“年”最怕红色、火光和炸响。这时,婆婆的家门大开,只见院内一位身披红袍的老人在哈哈大笑。“年”大惊失色,狼狈逃蹿了。第二天是正月初一,避难回来的人们见村里安然无恙十分惊奇。这时,老婆婆才恍然大悟,赶忙向乡亲们述说了乞讨老人的许诺。这件事很快在周围村里传开了,人们都知道了驱赶“年”兽的办法。(客家人的传说)从此每年除夕,家家贴红对联、燃放爆竹;户户烛火通明、守更待岁。初一一大早,还要走亲串友道喜问好。这风俗越传越广,成了中国民间最隆重的传统节日。

春节的来历说明【篇二】

据说贴春联的习俗,大约始于一千多年前的后蜀时期,这是有史为证的。此外根据《玉烛宝典》,《燕京岁时记》等著作记载,春联的原始形式就是人们所说的“桃符”。

在中国古代神话中,相传有一个鬼域的世界,当中有座山,山上有一棵覆盖三千里的大桃树,树梢上有一只金鸡。每当清晨金鸡长鸣的时候,夜晚出去游荡的鬼魂必赶回鬼域。鬼域的大门坐落在桃树的东北,门边站着两个神人,名叫神荼、郁垒。如果鬼魂在夜间干了伤天害理的事情,神荼、郁垒就会立即发现并将它捉住,用芒苇做的绳子把它捆起来,送去喂虎。因而天下的鬼都畏惧神荼、郁垒。于是民间就用桃木刻成他们的模样,放在自家门口,以避邪防害。后来,人们干脆在桃木板上刻上神荼、郁垒的名字,认为这样做同样可以镇邪去恶。这种桃木板后来就被叫做“桃符”。

到了宋代,人们便开始在桃木板上写对联,一则不失桃木镇邪的意义,二则表达自己美好心愿,三则装饰门户,以求美观。又在象征喜气吉祥的红纸上写对联,新春之际贴在门窗两边,用以表达人们祈求来年福运的美好心愿。

为了祈求一家的福寿康宁,一些地方的人们还保留着贴门神的习惯。据说,大门上贴上两位门神,一切妖魔鬼怪都会望而生畏。在民间,门神是正气和武力的象征,古人认为,相貌出奇的人往往具有神奇的禀性和不凡的本领。他们心地正直善良,捉鬼擒魔是他们的天性和责任,人们所仰慕的捉鬼天师钟馗,即是此种奇形怪相。所以民间的门神永远都怒目圆睁,相貌狰狞,手里拿着各种传统的武器,随时准备同敢于上门来的鬼魅战斗。由于我国民居的大门,通常都是两扇对开,所以门神总是成双成对。

唐朝以后,除了以往的神荼、郁垒二将以外,人们又把秦叔宝和尉迟恭两位唐代武将当作门神。相传,唐太宗生病,听见门外鬼魅呼号,彻夜不得安宁。于是他让这两位将军手持武器立于门旁镇守,第二天夜里就再也没有鬼魅搔扰了。其后,唐太宗让人把这两位将军的形象画下来贴在门上,这一习俗开始在民间广为流传。

春节的来历说明【篇三】

相传,在古时候,有个名叫万年的青年,看到当时节令很乱,就有了想把节令定准的打算。但是苦于找不到计算时间的方法,一天,他上山砍柴累了,坐在树阴下休息,树影的移动启发了他,他设计了一个测日影计天时的晷仪,测定一天的时间,后来,山崖上的滴泉启发了他的灵感,他又动手做了一个五层漏壶,来计算时间。天长日久,他发现每隔三百六十多天,四季就轮回一次,天时的长短就重复一遍。

当时的国君叫祖乙,也常为天气风云的不测感到苦恼。万年知道后,就带着日晷和漏壶去见皇上,对祖乙讲清了日月运行的道理。祖乙听后龙颜大悦,感到有道理。于是把万年留下,在天坛前修建日月阁,筑起日晷台和漏壶亭。并希望能测准日月规律,推算出准确的晨夕时间,创建历法,为天下的黎民百姓造福。

有一次,祖乙去了解万年测试历法的进展情况。当他登上日月坛时,看见天坛边的石壁上刻着一首诗:

日出日落三百六,周而复始从头来。

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篇8:介绍家人的英语

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This is my family。 There are four people in my family。 My grandmother, my father, my mother and me。

My grandmother has short white hair。 She looks very nice。 My father has short black hair and small eyes。 He looks very fat, so I often call him “fat man”。 He works at a factory。 My mother works at a L。D。T。 My mother has long black hair。 She likes sports and traveling, so I often go on sports with my mother。 On holidays my family often go to travel。 I study at Guiyuan Primary School。 We are very happy。

这是我的家。 有4人在家里。 奶奶、爸爸、妈妈和我。

奶奶短白发。 她看起来很漂亮。 爸爸小眼睛,短黑发。 他看起来很肥,所以我常常称呼他为"肥人"。 他在一家工厂工作。 妈妈在工程船名妈妈早已黑发。 喜欢运动和旅游,所以经常去和妈妈锻炼身体。 我们假日经常出去旅行。 我在桂园小学上学。 我们感到非常高兴。

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篇9:会计求职英语自我介绍模板

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My name am Wang Li, this year big four, my specialty was the Accounting, the undergraduate course school record, university four years I already is smooth through the English four levels of tests, has obtained accountant the computerization and accountant is employed the credentials, studied diligently about financial each discipline, could utilize the computer skilled, in university period participated in the student association, had the strong communication ability and the power of expression, the work is diligently earnest, also strong learning capability and compatibility, positive enterprising, strove to get the upper hand.

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篇10:介绍校园环境英语作文2

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My station in university campus inch territory, breathes and feels a here freshness. The university life like this started. The life four years time already the picture got down certainly has run the line, you along this path endless long journey, the university time will say regarding me will be fresh, the biography first time was far away the hometown, trod studies the road. I to the university life am fuzzy, after investigates many times, everybody is two characters ----- is bored to the university life feeling, perhaps has that a reason! Three years high school life is such intense stimulates. Recollected also a little is afraid, facing high schools intense sprint, diligently was admitted to a school dream of the university, everybody is the like this struggle, assaults the dream. At the present, steps into the university campus, studies the life has had the bored feeling.

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篇11: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12:关于大学生英语的自我介绍

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From a middle class family, I was born in Hsin Ying, Tainan on October 10th, 1965. My father is a civil official at Tainan City Government. My mother is a house wife good at cooking. Although I am the only child of my parents, I am by no mans a spoiled one.() On the contrary, I have been expected to be a successful man with advanced education. I study hard at school. Besides texts knowledge, journalism is my favorite; whenever reading, my heart is filled with great joy and interesting.

“Being good is must; successful, however, is plus.” Father adopts the idea of his father. Especially in military service, I realized it more precisely. People said: Military service makes a boy to man, I agree that.

I realized the importance of English and began to study diligently when I was eighteen. I did not start in my early age, but I hope that I could pass the test of General English Proficiency Test. And this is my best wish at the moment.

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篇13:关于奥运会英语

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The lucky baby first time declares a position MV Austria transported the

subject music " 2008 " the MV real-life scenery photography to the day before

yesterday evening officially in 81 factories open machine, this section of MV

first time used the lucky baby image in the image photography. "2008 " composes

music, the great light by the famous composer Artemisia stelleriana auspicious

light arranges the tune, combines " the classical fashion " by the Western happy

7 people the performance, MV New Years Day the bilingual party always directs

Luo by 2006 great directs and first time uses in this party, on December 31st

the evening in central 3 set,central 9 set, Yang regards the Spanish French

frequency channel first time meets with everywhere audiences.

According to directs Luo Wei introduces, entire MV except that " the

classical fashion " in the combination 7 individual performances images, other

parts all will use the three dimensional animation manufacture, the lucky baby

defer to Austria transport conduct the city the order, will fly in turn Athens

Wei Cheng, the ancient Egyptian pyramid, the French 埃菲尔 iron tower, Australias

Sydney opera house, the Japanese Mount Fuji, the American free goddess picture,

Russias Kremlin, finally will come to the Beijing Temple of Heaven. " Classical

fashion " when combination performance uses the cello, the violin, the flute and

so on 3 kind of musical instruments also all can " use " by the lucky baby.

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篇14:介绍长城的英语作文

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As we all know, the Great Wall is a great building, I am proud of the Great Wall.

First, the Great Wall two thousand years of history; It is located in northern China. East from Shanhaiguan, west to Jiayuguan, total length of 8851.8 km.

Second, the Great Wall is Chinas ancient people created one of the great miracles on behalf of Chinas long history.

Third, in the past, the Great Wall was built to withstand enemy attack on the; Today, the Great Wall has become a popular tourist attraction, which every year attracts many tourists from around the world.

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篇15:中考的英语作文提分技巧介绍

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中考英语作文是一大难点,怎么样让自己的作文更加的高分呢?下面请看语文迷网为大家整理的技巧

1、为了保证文章层次分明、条理清楚,要把时间固定下来,如:记叙一件事要用过去时;写经常发生的事或对人物的描写,要用一般现在时。整个文章中的人称要一致,首尾呼应,不要随意改动,以免造成误解。

2、不要为了追求“一鸣惊人”而去找一些生冷的词汇,对这些一知半解的词你不会用,不知道如何搭配,结果可能适得其反,使文章显的生硬、不协调,甚至错误百出,所以要使用有把握的词,避免不必要的失分。比如说发生了一起意外事件,我们通常用“have an accident ”来表示,不要错误的使用“have an incident”。

3、注意不同语言的表达习惯,也是写好英语作文的重要环节,如“我的理想是做一名歌手”,很多同学写成“My ambition is to do/make a singer,” “to do”表示“做”或者“干”,“to make”表示“制作”,而“做一名歌手”则表示“成为一名歌手”应该用“be/become a singer”;又如“看书、看报”应用“read a book/newspaper”,而不是“see a book/newspaper”。因此,平时应该注意不同语言的表达习惯,切忌望文生义或一味生搬硬套。

4、有些同学因怕出错而只写短句或简单句,写出的文章过于幼稚、空洞乏味。要使文章有血有肉就要把平时学的知识用进去,如:定语从句、宾语从句、非谓语动词和比较等句型,关键时用上一、二个,就能使文章不同凡响,更有文采,特别是对关联词的使用,如“so that”、“not…but ”“not only...but also”等,会使你的文章逻辑结构紧密、层次鲜明、条理清楚,更能显示出你的英文功底,但要做到这些并非一日之功,要靠平时的不断训练和积累。

5、最简单的增分点就是认真的书写。工整漂亮的书写会给评卷老师留下美好的第一印象,在扣分时自然会“手下留情”,而且很多地区都在写作上有1分的书写分。只要平时多下点功夫,得到这一分并不难。

注意事项:

最后将中考写作的基本步骤和技巧归纳为以下几个环节:

1、细心审题细读题目中每一项提示或观察所给的每一幅画,明确文章的中心思想,弄清题意,确定写作体裁,掌握所要表达的要点做到心中有数,避免随心所欲,文不对题。

2、理顺要点在所给提示或图上标出要点,然后按事件先后的顺序或各要点之间的内在联系排序,分出层次。如果是看图作文,则要按图构思,这样做既可避免要点遗漏,又可使表达内容条理清楚。

3、构成框架将理顺的要点或每幅图画的含义加以连贯,构成写作的整体框架,进一步定人称、定时态语态、定顺序、定段落、定开头结尾。基本框架构成后,写作就有了把握。

4、组织句子用自己最熟悉的短语或句型将理顺的要点逐句表达出来,多用简单句,用有把握的复合句。要扬长避短,避难就易。若遇到表达障碍,可换一种说法,将一句变成两、三句,只求达意。

5、串句成篇将写好的句子连贯地组织起来,注意上下句的逻辑关系,适当采用递进、让步、转折、因果等关联词语,使短文浑然一体,层次分明,过渡自然。6、检查修改文章草成后,默读1~2遍,检查修改,尤其要注意人称、大小写、拼写、习惯用语、格式有无错误,要点有无遗漏,文句有无语病,词数是否恰当,行文是否连贯。

英语写作水平的提高是一个渐进的过程,只要同学们在平时多加训练,多读文章,做一个有心人,就能在中考作文中取得理想的成绩。

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篇16:大学英语介绍家乡

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I am from shenzhen. In spring ,the weather is warm and wet.I can play kite. In summer, the weather is hot and wet. I can swim in the swimming pool. In the autumn, the weather is cool and dry. I can play kite, too. In the winter, the weather is cold and dry. It never snows.

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篇17:写自我介绍的英语

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Good morning,ladies and gentlemen.I am of great hornor to stand here and introduce myself to you .My chinese name is WangHao and my english name is.Im14 years old .I’m a student in a very beautiful school called .(写你的学校的名字) middle school .Introduction(自我介绍)

Good morning,ladies and gentlemen.I am of great hornor to stand here and introduce myself to you .My chinese name is mengchuan and my english name is melvin.Im12 years old .I’m a student in a very beautiful school called pengcheng middle school ..My hometown sandu so a beautiful city.Iwas born in .(写你出生的那年,如1994).Im crazy about English .I have a family of four people.My father,mother ,brother and I.They love me,so do I .I’m very happy and I like to make friends with others.I also like singing but traveling is my favorite,I have been to many interesting places in China but I haven’t been to other countries.What a pity!.My favourrite song is Big big world.My geatest dream is to be an English

teacher.To come ture my dream,I must study harder from now on .Thank you for listening to my speech.Thats all,many thanks!

Class9 grade7.My hometown sandu so a beautiful city.Iwas born in 1996.Im crazy about English .I have a family of four people.My father,mother ,brother and I.They love me,so do I .I’m very happy and I like to make friends with others.I also like singing but traveling is my favorite,I have been to many interesting places in China but I haven’t been to other countries.What a pity!.My favourrite song is Big big world.My geatest dream is to be an English

teacher.To come ture my dream,I must study harder from now on ..Thats all,many thanks!

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篇18:介绍教师节的英语

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Teachers Day, September 10th, is a national teachers festival in China. It is celebrated since 1985. It expresses respects to the labors and contributions of teachers to the Chinese society. The goal of Teachers Day is to form a social climate in which teachers are respected and knowledge is valued. The date of Teachers Day is set at the beginning of the school year in order to arouse teachers and students enthusiasm for their work, and give a good start to teaching and learning. On teachers Day, students usually send greeting cards with good wishes to their teachers to show their respect. In Taiwan Province, Teachers Day is celebrated on September 28 annually. Choosing this day is to celebrate the birth of Confucius for his great contribution to Chinese culture. In some other countries, Teachers Day is also celebrated. In the United States, this is on the first Tuesday in May. In India, Teachers Day is celebrated on September 5. In Vietnam, it is celebrated on November 20.

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篇19:小学英语作文:自我介绍

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Goodafternoon, teachers! Today, I`m veryhappy to make a speech here. Now, let me introduce myself. My name isZhuRuijie. My English name is Molly. I`m 12. I come from Class1 Grade 6 ofTongPu No.2 Primary School. I`m an active girl. I like playing basketball.Because I think it`s very interesting. I`d like to eat potatoes. They`re tasty.My favourite colour is green. And I like math best. It`s fun. On the weekend, Ilike reading books in my room. I have a happy family. My father is tall andstrong.My mother is hard-working and tall, too. My brother is smart. And I`m agood student. My dream is to be a teacher, because I want to help the poorchildren in the future. Thank you for listening! Please remember me!

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篇20:介绍中秋节的英语

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The Mid-Autumn or Moon Festival is one rich in poetic(诗意的) significance. Ancient legends(古代的传说) that became interwoven with this festival‘s celebration further contribute to the warm regard in which it has always been held by the Chinese people. According to the lunar calendar(农历), the seventh, eighth, and ninth months constitute the autumn season. Mid-Autumn Festival falls on the 15th day of the eighth lunar month, precisely in the middle of this season, when the heat of the summer has given way to cool autumn weather, marked by blue skies and gentle breezes. On this day the moon is at its greatest distance from the earth; at no other time is it so luminous. Then, as the Chinese say, “The moon is perfectly round.” In the villages the heavy work involved in the summer harvest has already been completed but the autumn harvest has not yet arrived.

The actual origins of the Mid-Autumn Festival are still very unclear. The earliest records are from the time of the great Han dynasty emperor Wu Di, who initiated celebrations lasting three days, including banquets and “Viewing the Moon” evenings on the Toad Terrace. We know that people during the Jin dynasty (265-420 A.D.) continued the custom of Mid-Autumn Festival celebrations, and similar accounts have come down to us from the time of the Tang dynasty. During the Ming dynasty (1368-1644) houses and gardens were decorated with numerous lanterns and the sound of gongs and drums filled the air.

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