我的假日英文怎么写(经典20篇)

Hello, everyone. I’m very happy to stand here to introduce myself. 大家好，很高心站在这里介绍我自己。

My name is Wang Xiaoming. I’m 14 years old, from Zhen Jiang Zhong Shan Road Primary School. It’s a beautiful school, and I love it very much.  我叫XXX。今年14岁。我来自镇江中山路小学，这是一所美丽的学校，我很喜欢它。

I’m a happy and talented boy. I like to make friends with others, and I get on well with my classmates. Basketball is my favorite sport. I always play basketball in my spare time. Through this game, I get many benefits.  我是一个快乐、聪明的男生。我喜欢交朋友，并且我和班上同学相处的很好。篮球是我最喜欢的运动，我经常在空余时间去打篮球。通过这项游戏，我获得了很多有益的东西。

At school, I study Chinese, Math, English, History, and so on. I like all of them. And I’m doing well in my study. I’m interested in learning English very much. I believe that I will do well in future. I won’t let you down.  在学校，我学了语文、数学、英语、历史等课程。我很喜欢这些可能，并且好好学习它们。我很有兴趣学习英语，并且我相信我能学好它。我不会让你失望的。

Thank you for your listening. 感谢您的聆听

年已经过完好长一段时间了，回想起来还是挺有趣的。

大年三十下午，爸爸买回来一些年画和春联，动作麻利的爸爸很快贴好了年画，只见他转过身来笑着说：“你把这春联读一读，看看哪个是下联，哪个是下联?”“这太容易了，真是小菜一碟。”我得意地说道，我拿起这副春联，脱口而出：“‘山河增秀色’是上联，因为它最后一个字 ‘色’是第四声;‘大地浴春晖’是下联，因为它的最后一个字‘晖’读第一声。”“哎呀，爸爸老了，都忘记了上联贴在右边还是左边了，帮帮忙吧!”一听就知道是在考我，我故意想了一会儿：“应该是……是……上联贴在右边。”爸爸听了，向我竖起大拇指，夸我聪明。

过年免不了出去玩，外面有许多抛套圈的，我每次看了都眼谗。今天妈妈终于同意让我过过瘾，一开始，我运气不佳，连抛了几个，都没有套到，后来，经过老妈指点，我终于有了一些战利品。

我的这个寒假，过得有点平淡，但是也玩过、乐过，还学到很多知识呢!

Happiness is important in our life. In fact, happiness is always around you if you put your heart into it.

I will never forget one thing. Once, I had a bad mark at a math test. I was shy and afraid to meet my parents. But when I got back home late, my parents knew what happened, they said to me: “It doesn’t matter, my child. Remember we’ll be always beside you when you need help. We believe you can be better next time. Never give up!” I was moved and made up my mind to work harder and harder.

I feel very happy. Whenever I am in trouble, I can feel my parents’ love. I want to be a good child for my parents.

幸福

幸福在我们的生活中很重要。实际上，如果你用心去做，幸福就一直在你身边。

我永远不会忘记一件事。有一次，我在数学考试中得了一个不好的分数。我很羞愧，不敢见我的父母。但当我回家晚了，我的父母就知道发生了什么事，他们对我说:“没关系，我的孩子。记住，当你需要帮助时，我们总在你身边。我们相信你下次能做得更好。永不放弃!”我被感动了，下定决心要更加努力学习。”

我感到很幸福。每当我遇到麻烦，我都能感受到父母的爱。我想成为我父母的好孩子。

[以幸福为题的英文作文

My friends name is — — Zhu Yun

Shes pretty, imagine the jewel like eyes, red lips, like lipstick like a hand, supple hair, pull, wow! Like doing this huge slide, it slipped down. It is not only beautiful, but also very fond of reading.

As the saying goes good “ having read more than ten thousand books, writing if there is god. &rdquo: she is such a little girl, his academic record is very good, so we must learn from him, oh, come on, go to the door of knowledge.

给奶奶的一封信A Letter to Grandmother

Dear grandma,

How have you been?

I do not see you for along time. I miss you very much. I am writing to tell you a good news. I did very well in the final exams. I am the No.1 in my class. I worked very hard to prep are he final exames. And finally I didit. I am very exciting. Mom and dad are happy, too. They are proud of me. Besides, the summer holiday comes. I have much free time now. There fore, I want tovisit to you this Saturday. I am looking for ward to seeing you.Loveyou.

Lovely yours,

Niki

导语 :海伦·凯勒（Helen Keller，1880年6月27日－1968年6月1日），美国著名的女作家、教育家、慈善家、社会活动家。最著名的有：《假如给我三天光明》《我的人生故事》《石墙故事》。下面由小编为大家整理的海伦凯勒英文故事，欢迎大家阅读与借鉴！

海伦凯勒英文故事

In 1882 a baby girl caught a fever that was so fierce she nearly died. She survived but the fever left its mark she could no longer see or hear. Because she could not hear she also found it very difficult to speak.

1882年，一名女婴因高发烧差点丧命。她虽幸免于难，但发烧给她留下了后遗症 她再也看不见、听不见。因为听不见，她想讲话也变得很困难。

So how did this child, blinded and deafened at 19 months old, grow up to become a world-famous author and public speaker?

那么这样一个在19个月时就既盲又聋的孩子，是如何成长为享誉世界的作家和演说家的呢？

The fever cut her off from the outside world, depriving her of sight and sound. It was as if she had been thrown into a dark prison cell from which there could be no release.

高烧将她与外界隔开，使她失去了视力和声音。她仿佛置身在黑暗的牢笼中无法摆脱。

Luckily Helen was not someone who gave up easily. Soon she began to explore the world by using her other senses. She followed her mother wherever she went, hanging onto her skirts, She touched and smelled everything she came across. She copied their actions and was soon able to do certain jobs herself, like milking the cows or kneading dough, She even learnt to recognize people by feeling their faces or their clothes. She could also tell where she was in the garden by the smell of the different plants and the feel of the ground under her feet.

万幸的是海伦并不是个轻易认输的人。不久她就开始利用其它的感官来探查这个世界了。她跟着母亲，拉着母亲的衣角，形影不离。她去触摸，去嗅各种她碰到的物品。她模仿别人的动作且很快就能自己做一些事情，例如挤牛奶或揉面。她甚至学会*摸别人的脸或衣服来识别对方。她还能*闻不同的植物和触摸地面来辨别自己在花园的位置。

By the age of seven she had invented over 60 different signs by which she could talk to her family, If she wanted bread for example, she would pretend to cut a loaf and butter the slices. If she wanted ice cream she wrapped her arms around herself and pretended to shiver.

七岁的时候她发明了60多种不同的手势，*此得以和家里人交流。比如她若想要面包，就会做出切面包和涂黄油的动作。想要冰淇淋时她会用手裹住自己装出发抖的样子。

Helen was unusual in that she was extremely intelligent and also remarkably sensitive. By her own efforts she had managed to make some sense of an alien and confusing world. But even so she had limitations.

海伦在这方面非比一般，她绝顶的聪明又相当敏感。通过努力她对这个陌生且迷惑的世界有了一些知识。但她仍有一些有足。

At the age of five Helen began to realize she was different from other people. She noticed that her family did not use signs like she did but talked with their mouths. Sometimes she stood between two people and touched their lips. She could not understand what they said and she could not make any meaningful sounds herself. She wanted to talk but no matter how she tried she could not make herself understood. This make her so angry that she used to hurl herself around the room, kicking and screaming in frustration.

海伦五岁时开始意识到她与别人不同。她发现家里的其他人不用象她那样做手势而是用嘴交谈。有时她站在两人中间触摸他们的嘴唇。她不知道他们在说什么，而她自己不能发出带有含义的声音。她想讲话，可无论费多大的劲儿也无法使别人明白自己。这使她异常懊恼以至于常常在屋子里乱跑乱撞，灰心地又踢又喊。

As she got older her frustration grew and her rages became worse and worse. She became wild and unruly . If she didnt get what she wanted she would throw tantrums until her family gave in. Her favourite tricks included grabbing other peoples food from their plates and hurling fragile objects to the floor. Once she even managed to lock her mother into the pantry. Eventually it became clear that something had to be done. So, just before her seventh birthday, the family hired a private tutor Anne Sullivan.

随着年龄的增长她的怒气越为越大。她变得狂野不驯。倘若她得不到想要的东西就会大发脾气直到家人顺从。她惯用的手段包括抓别人盘里的食物以及将易碎的东西猛扔在地。有一次她甚至将母亲锁在厨房里。这样一来就得想个办法了。于是，在她快到七岁生日时，家里便雇了一名家庭教师 安尼沙利文。

Anne was careful to teach Helen especially those subjects in which she was interested. As a result Helen became gentler and she soon learnt to read and write in Braille. She also learnt to read peoples lips by pressing her finger-tips against them and feeling the movement and vibrations. This method is called Tadoma and it is a skill that very, very few people manage to acquire. She also learnt to speak, a major achievement for someone who could not hear at all.

安尼悉心地教授海伦，特别是她感兴趣的东西。这样海伦变得温和了而且很快学会了用布莱叶盲文朗读和写作。*用手指接触说话人的嘴唇去感受运动和震动，她又学会了触唇意识。这种方法被称作泰德马，是一种很少有人掌握的技能。她也学会了讲话，这对失聪的人来说是个巨大的成就。

Helen proved to be a remarkable scholar, graduating with honours from Radcliffe College in 1904. She had phenomenal powers of concentration and memory, as well as a dogged determination to succeed. While she was still at college she wrote ‘The Story of My Life. This was an immediate success and earned her enough money to buy her own house.

海伦证明了自己是个出色的学者，1904年她以优异的成绩从拉德克利夫学院毕业。她有惊人的注意力和记忆力，同时她还具有不达目的誓不罢休的毅力。上大学时她就写了《我的生命》。这使她取得了巨大的成功从而有能力为自己购买一套住房。

She toured the country, giving lecture after lecture. Many books were written about her and several plays and films were made about her life. Eventually she became so famous that she was invited abroad and received many honours from foreign universities and monarchs. In 1932 she became a vice-president of the Royal National Institute for the Blind in the United Kingdom.

她周游全国，不断地举行讲座。她的事迹为许多人著书立说而且还上演了关于她的生平的戏剧和电影。最终她声名显赫，应邀出国并受到外国大学和国王授予的荣誉。1932年，她成为英国皇家国立盲人学院的副校长。

After her death in 1968 an organization was set up in her name to combat blindness in the developing world. Today that agency, Helen Keller International, is one of the biggest organizations working with blind people overseas.

1968年她去世后，一个以她的名字命名的组织建立起来，该组织旨在与发展中国家存在的失明缺陷做斗争。如今这所机构，“国际海伦凯勒”，是海外向盲人提供帮助的最大组织之一。

我的假日生活丰富多彩，我喜欢唱歌、跳舞、滑冰……其中，我最喜欢的就是看书了。

我读书的时候，常常读得津津有味，如身临其境。有一次，妈妈带我去新亚书城买书。那里的书可真多呀，看得我眼花缭乱，不知不觉就走到了儿童书架前。我如饥似渴地看起来。一会儿，我跟着皮皮鲁一起走进梦幻的小人国，跟着鲁西西走进了嫉妒学校；一会儿又跟着杨红缨走进了马小跳、路曼曼一对冤家的趣事里……我正看得忘乎所以的时候，不知不觉已经到了中午。有位阿姨亲切地对我说：“小朋友，你吃饭了吗？”我这才发觉肚子已经咕咕叫了起来，该回家了。

高尔基说过：“书籍是人类进步的阶梯。”读书使我的知识更加丰富，读书给我带来了快乐，更给我的假日生活带来了精彩！

a letter to my parents

dear mom & dad,

i love you! i love you so much! i love you with all my heart!

thank you so much for bringing up! thank you so much for raising me. i know

how hard you’ve worked during the past years. i can image how many difficulties

and obstacles you’ve conquered. i can imagine all the problems you have faced

and all the sweat and tears you have shed to make my life better. i can fully

understand what a huge responsibility it is to raise a child. you’ve been very

patient with me. you’ve encouraged me and you’ve helped me. you’ve tried your

hardest to give me the best things in life. you’ve made a lot of sacrifices and

many difficult choices. i also know that you have great expectations of me. you

want me to be very successful and happy. you want me to be the best person i can

be. you want me to do great things with my life. you want me to make the world a

better place. i know you have so many so many hopes and dreams for my

future.

today i want to tell you something extremely important.

today i want to tell you that you dont need to worry about me any more.

im grown up! i will be responsible for my life and for my future. i will study

very hard. i will exercise everyday to keep fit. i will read english every

morning and every night. i will make the best use of every spare minute. i will

be happy, confident, positive and energetic everyday!! i will develop good

habits and use them to constantly improve myself. i will never do anything that

would harm my body or my mind. i will never do anything that would make you feel

disappointed or ashamed. i will learn as much as i can and become smarter and

stronger every day. i have learned by watching you that the best way to reach my

goals is to work hard and never give up. you’re my best role models. you set a

great example for me.

i have so many great dreams. i know that realizing these dreams will take a

lot of time and effort. but dont worry about me. i have strong confidence in

myself. i know if i keep trying, keep working hard and keep dreaming, i will

definitely realize all my dreams. i will be somebody special. but i will not

only care about myself. i will contribute to my school, my hometown and my

country. i will contribute to society. i will use all my abilities and talents

to help my family and my country have a glorious future. i will make a

difference in this world.

dear mom and dad, you’ll be proud of me! you will see great results from

all your hard work and sacrifice. thank you very much for your continued

support! thank you very much for your patience, love and understanding. i love

you! i appreciate you! i’m very proud of you!

exercise every day to keep healthy! enjoy life every day and stay happy! my

only hope for you is you both to enjoy continued health and happiness. you

brought me into this word to share your life. i will do my best to make sure

each day of it is filled with joy and pride.

mom & dad, you are the best parents in the world! i don’t know what i

would have done without you.

all my everlasting love,

your daughter

Dear Prof Herthwell，

亲爱的Herthwell教授：

Many thanks for your kind hospitality and the honor you showed me during

our delegation’s recent visit to your university。 It was nice of you to

introduce me to so many famous professors and celebrated scholars at your

university。 We had a safe and sound trip home。 Now we have resumed our work。

十分感谢你的盛情款待，以及在你在我们的代表团最近访问你的大学时对我们的尊敬。多谢你把我介绍给那么多您大学里的知名教授和著名的学者。我们已经平安愉悦得回到家了。此刻，我们继续我们的工作了。

Meanwhile， I hope you will someday pay a short visit to our university and

give us some lectures on “Modern Western Economics”。

同时，我期望有一天你能够对我校进行一个短暂的访问并给我们开一些关于“现代西方经济学”的讲座。

Please have no hesitation in writing to me if you want me to do something

for you in China。

如果你要我为你在中国做些事情，请不要犹豫，写信给我。

Best wishes，

Li Dong

最好的祝愿

李东

Dear Mary,

I am sorry to trouble you, but nobody would come into my mind to help me

except you.

You know, I had planned this holiday for several years. A t last, my dream

came true. You could imagine how excited I was. My mind was completely occupied

with the holiday. I forgot to collect my laundry. I dont know if you can help

me collect my laundry. I sent the laundry to the Johns. It is the one down the

corner on St. Peters Street. You cant miss it, because the house is painted

green-a big green house. I have got two pairs of trousers, three shirts, one

T-shirt and a blanket. Call a taxi to send you home. I will pay you back when I

am home.

My first stop is London. It is raining. The streets are very clean. How I

wish I could have the chance to see the famous London fog. But someone told me

that was already the history. One can only read things like that about London in

books.

My best wishes to you.

Yours sincerely,

Peter Chen

My room Open the door,oh,the room is very beautiful!Whose room is this?It’s my room. The bed is near the window.a quilt and a doll is on the bed.What color is my bed?It’s my favourite color—purple.It’s very dreamily color.the dresser is next to the bed.There are some books and a pen on the dresser. I like watching TV.The TV is before the bed.I an lie to watch TV on the bed.I have a piano.The piano is near the TV set.Sometimes,I play the piano.And the computer is near the window.I often play the piano. This is my room.Do you like my room?What about your room?

welcome to my room Now I will introduce my room to you .Look ,the bed with a big white bear is my bed.I lay down here everyday.On the left of the bed is my desk .there is a computer ,an notebook,a pen ,a light on it .I learn konwledge every night on the desk .so nothing could seperate me with it. I love it.there is a keyboard beside the desk.I use my computer to skim and play computer games.On the wall, there are many photos.About my friends,my family ,my favourite superstars and I. love it very much

As you enter my room there is a double bed on your right side. There is navy blue bedding on my bed. I have a dresser on the other side of the room. The dresser has five drawers in it. I also have a chest on the end of my bed. The chest is filled with pitchurs. I also have a bathroom conected to my room. the bathroom has a bath and a shower. I have decerated it with the coler green. I like green because it is the coler color of the forest. I also have green drapes hanged up on the windows. That is basically what my bedroom looks like.

Dear customers

Hello!

Welcome to your home. There is a childrens library.

Picture book, namely picture book, is a kind of genre that children like to

see. It is in line with the characteristics of childrens thinking development.

It is very attractive for children to read and welcomed by children. In the

process of picture book reading, childrens imagination and creativity get good

development.

Datong family has book boy, is the pioneer of picture book rental and

delivery service. It is committed to the establishment of childrens reading

habits. Through the regular distribution of picture books to customers homes,

parents can develop the cognitive habit of reading in the childrens habit

development period, so as to help children establish their own way of thinking

and cognition of the world and promote self-help learning The cultivation of

habit. At the same time, there are book children at home. For families that pay

attention to childrens growth, parents and childrens picture books story

meeting is provided free of charge. The teacher is a loving gardener who has

been teaching for many years and is committed to promoting picture books.

Different classes and different harvests are available. Parents and children are

welcome to come home and have a childrens picture book library. Please read and

let your children harvest a scholarly childhood in the wonderful picture book

world.

Reading is a lifelong thing, youd better take 20 minutes out of your busy

schedule every day to accompany children to read books, discuss and enjoy the

fun of books together. After a period of time, you will find that there is a TV

fan, a computer fan, a troublemaker and a bookworm. Reading picture books gives

children not only the visual enjoyment, but also the understanding of details

and spiritual eXperience. In the spiritual dialogue with picture books, children

roam between the lines which are full of human brilliance, harmony of nature and

childlike innocence. It is bound to broaden the horizons, enrich the heart,

sublimate the realm, and improve the personality, so as to give the children a

chance to love reading I fell in love with the opportunity to learn. I read a

library every four weeks, 16 books a month, and 200 books a year. I read a

library in my childhood, making reading a habit and learning a pleasure.

Starting from having a schoolboy at home, we firmly believe that cultivating

reading habits will benefit childrens life.

How do you define loneliness? I often walk alone, should I call myself a

lonely girl?

Nowadays, it’s a common phenomenon that college students fall in love with

others because they cannot stand loneliness. In my point of view, I believe that

people with a strong will to finish something won’t feel lonely. Many people

feel lonely when they are boring, nothing to do. That is to say, if we have many

things to do, work hard for our dreams, live a meaningful life, we won’t feel

lonely. Our dreams will accompany with us.

In my opinion, I think people who don’t know what they want are lonely,

because they have no destinations in their life. They are lonely in soul. So I

don’t consider I am a lonely person, because I have dreams, I have best friends

on my road to succeed. To a conclusion, there is no doubt that lonely in soul is

real lonely.

Today is Father’s Day. I got up early and I cooked breakfast for my father.

First, I boiled some water in the pot and cooked eggs and noodles in it for a

few minutes. Then I cut up some vegetables and meat, put them in another pot of

hot soup. Finally, I put the noodles in the big bowl, added eggs, meat,

vegetables and some salt. My father had the noodles happily. He said it was

delicious. I felt proud and happy, too. From now on, I will help my parents do

more housework. I hope my parents are in good health forever.

【参考译文】

今天是父亲节。我早早起了床,我为我父亲做早餐。首先,我煮一些水在锅里,煮鸡蛋和面条在几分钟。然后我切一些蔬菜和肉,放在另一锅热汤。最后,我把面条放在大碗里,加入鸡蛋,肉,蔬菜和一些盐。我父亲高兴地面条。他说这是美味。我也感到自豪和高兴。从现在起,我将帮助我的父母做更多的家务。我希望我的父母永远健康状况良好。

Fathers Day is here, and my heart is full of mixed feelings. Because I

think of my dad. At the same time, I also remembered a song "Grateful Heart", I

believe everyone has heard it. Grateful heart, accompany you. Grateful heart,

reminds me of my father. This song expresses my fathers love for us. He raised

us. We must know how to love. In the future, I will repay his kindness of

upbringing.

The word "father" has two words. It is so familiar to us, so kind.

My father wakes up early and goes to bed late every day so that our two

brothers and sisters can live a happy life. Once, when I was sick, it was in the

middle of the night and I developed a high fever. I felt hot all over and my

hands and feet were cold, which made me very uncomfortable. At this time, Dad

seemed to have noticed something unusual about me. So he asked me, "Son, whats

wrong with you?" I said sadly: "Im very uncomfortable, very uncomfortable." Dad

touched my forehead and said, "Son, you have a fever, but, now...now is

Midnight." After a while.

Dad is carrying a basin of water. Then, put a wet hand towel on my

forehead. My forehead suddenly became a lot cooler. Thats it, my dad keeps

changing my handkerchiefs like this. Not as hot as before, but still hot.

When I woke up, I was lying in the hospital bed on an IV. I found that my

grandmother was beside me. I asked: "Grandma, where is Dad?" Grandma kindly said

to me: "Your dad just went out. Your dad has been by your side to take care of

you most of the night. You have to be grateful!" I nodded.

I know that my father has been very busy in recent years, but no matter how

busy he is, he still finds time to take care of me and care about me. These left

a deep impression on my memory.

Finally, I want to wish Dad, and to all fathers in the world, a Happy

Fathers Day.

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.

August 2nd，2014 sunny

Today I went out with friends for an outing， outside air is very good，

people feel very comfortable. We all appreciate the fine girls bicycles. We

enjoyed the beautiful nature brought. We happily spent a happy day.

【中文翻译】

这天和朋友一齐出去郊游，外面的空气很好，人感觉很舒服。我们骑着自行车一路欣赏鸟语花香。享受着大自然带给我们的无限完美。大家开开心心地度过了愉快的一天。

Yesterday was Sunday ,the weather was sunny.And my friends asked me to go to the park with them.We went to the park by bike,and brought some foods and fruits with us .

The park was very quiet ,and we saw many old persons sang songs or dance in it.We looked for a long time .Then we went to see the beautiful flowers and also took some photoes .

At last ,we sat down on the glasses and had a picnic.

We all had a good time yesterday.

I have a classmate. His name is Li Ye. He has a fat figure and his eyes are round. Li Ye is a diligent student, he listen to the teacher carefully and actively raised their hands to speak, the teacher assignments he did very seriously, "homework seriously honor roll" he "is" the most times (homework carefully in a "positive" one pen).

Remember once the teacher arranged the language homework to let us go home to write. But the quality of our homework is too bad, only Li Ye and the other students do it well. Li Yes homework is a word worker, and even the teacher takes Li Yes homework to the students. Mathematics and English homework are also very serious. Mathematics and English often have to be conscientious and neat because of his homework. So he has many "positive" in "serious honor list".

Li ye not only works conscientiously and neatly, listens to lectures in class, raises his hand to speak, but also loves labor. His teacher makes him the leader of sweeping the floor on Monday. When Li Ye sweeps the floor, he not only urges his classmates to sweep the floor quickly, but also sweeps himself carefully. Thats why theres a lot of garbage on Monday, and it can be done quickly. During the course, teachers often help their teachers get their homework to go down, so that the teacher and the students are very fond of it.

Because Li Ye studied so seriously, he won the two prize in Mathematics Olympiad competition of grade four and grade five Chinese reading and writing contest. He was selected in this years English Olympic competition, hoping he can do well in the competition. In addition, he was elected the ten best young children this year, will be awarded in 61, after the vote, Li Ye was elected squad leader.

Li ye not only works seriously, but also loves labor to help the teacher. He is a good example of our study!

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

Dear Sir,

I am a December 2003 graduate from the University of San Francisco (USF)

with a bachelors degree in International Business. As part of my career

planning, I am very interested in supplementing my international business

education with a basic knowledge of the Chinese language. This I hope will help

me enter into business commerce with business organizations partnering with

Chinas economic development.

I already have information from BLCU and hope to study there for at least

one full year starting with this summers program continuing through the fall

and spring semester 2006. Can your office advise me if such scholarships might

be available to me?

I have been studying Chinese for one year now. I am not sure what level I

belong to. I was told that there will be an HSK test in our university in

September. I am planning to attend the test. But I dont know if the result of

the test is recognized by your university. If so, can it be a help for me to

apply for the scholarship?

I am looking forward to hearing from you soon.

Yours faithfully,

Tom Jolly