英语竞赛题目高一【合集20篇】

A friend is indispensable to life. He will help you when you are in need of help, when you need to understand to understand you; When you need comfort comfort you...

Sometimes I think a real friend just have trouble with each other to help each other; When you dont have my stationery to lend you a pen, a piece of paper, read a book with you... , in fact not the case. Since the onset of the one thing I didnt know she is my best friend. She long not fat or thin, he is a little tall, she is very cheerful, is a kind of little girl, she is a year to get along with my deskmate -- Du Xueqing.

Remember once, the math teacher sent us a comprehensive mathematics examination paper, paper hair down, I like a hungry Wolf was feeding quickly "vies to answer first. A problem suddenly stood in my way, I brood, how also cant think, I think both of us are good friends, she will borrow my notes, I will gently move the bench into her move over there, secretly glanced at, she has to write the answer GongGongZhengZheng papers. And I took one look at the math teacher, she is batch job to us! Ha ha, Im qiao xi. So I used my arm gently touched Du Xueqing, I wrote a note to her again, but she didnt even look at, it threw the note to me, also ruthlessly stare at me, her own answer.

I was very angry, also gave her a hard stare, literally write an answer to go on to do some of the questions below.

After school, I strode along, holding her far behind, can sit at the same table trot caught up with me, come to my house for my topic, until Ive learned so far.

Looking at her hurriedly ran home, I was moved to tears. I know she is my true friend!

朋友是人一生中不可缺少的。他会在你需要帮助的时候帮助你，在你需要理解的时候理解你;在你需要安慰的时候安慰你……

我有时会认为真正的朋友只是在对方有困难的时候互相帮助;在你没带文具时借你一只笔、一张纸、和你同看一本书……，其实不是这样的。自从那一件事发生后我才明白她才是我最好的朋友。她长得不胖不瘦，个子有点高，她很开朗，是个善良的小女孩，她就是和我相处了一年的同桌——杜雪晴。

记得有一次，数学老师给我们发了一张综合性的数学卷子，卷子发下来了，我像饿狼吃食一样快速“抢答”。突然一道题挡住了我的去路，我苦思冥想，怎么也想不出来，我想我们俩是好朋友，她一定会借我抄的，我就轻轻的把凳子往她那边移了移，偷偷的瞥了一眼，她已经把答案工工整整地写出了卷子上。我又看了一眼数学老师，她正在给我们批作业呢!哈哈，我窍喜。于是，我便用胳膊轻轻的碰了碰杜雪晴，我又写了一个纸条给她，她却连看都不看，就把纸条扔给了我，还狠狠地瞪我一眼，捂住她自己的答案。

我很生气，也狠狠瞪了她一眼，随便写了一个答案就接着做下面的一些题了。

放学后，我大步流星地走着，把她远远地甩在后面，可同桌小跑的追上了我，来到我家为我讲题，直到讲到我明白了为止。

看着她急匆匆跑回家的身影，我感动地流下了眼泪。我明白了她才是我真正的朋友!

I have to say that music really has a strong attractiveness to me. Naturally, everyone can choose suitable music to listen to. However, when you find a kind of music which can bring happiness to you, you will be surprised and become excited. Music has a magical energy, and it can help people gain good mood in a great extent.

When you feel sad, you can have a try to listen to soothing music. At first, soothing music will let you calm down. You will find that you will play much attention to the music, and then your sadness can be decreased. You will enter music ocean. You can experience a baptism of your heart. It does not matter that when you listen to soothing music and you want to cry, you should just follow yourself feeling to have a thorough release. Music will give you enough encourage to overcome difficulties.

Music also can double your happiness and arouse the fighting. For instance, when you solve some very difficult situations and gain success eventually, you will have a great mood. At this time, exciting music will witness your success. You will feel satisfied. Music lets you remember the glorious moment and cherish your success. Music can give you unlimited motivation to achieve goals，because you still want to listen to glorious music.

In addition, music includes a lot of useful knowledge. People can learn precious knowledge from music. Because there is different music, we can find out that different nations have different music thoughts to express. And from music, we can listen to music culture. Music culture will givee you a deeper understanding to learn foreign culture, such as foreign language, foreign history and foreign traditional customs and so on. In a word, music has an important effect on promoting society development.

Music indeed has a magical power to help people and society develop. I believe that music will still continue to bring us many surprises. As the development of society, great music will become more important.

我想说的是音乐对我真的有一股强大的吸引力。很自然，每个人都能选择适合自己的音乐去聆听。然而，当你发现一种能够带给你巨大幸福的音乐时，你将会很惊讶很激动。音乐有一种神奇的力量，在很大程度上，音乐能够帮助人们获得好心情。

当你感到悲伤时，你可以尝试听一下舒缓的音乐。首先，舒缓的音乐可以让你平静下来，你会发现你将会把注意力转移到音乐上，这样你的悲伤就会减少了。你进入 了音乐的海洋。你也经历了一次心灵的洗礼。当你听舒缓音乐时忍不住想要哭时，不要有任何顾虑，就跟着你的感觉走，让自己有一个完全的释放。音乐会给你足够 的勇气来战胜困难的。

音乐当然也可以让你的快乐加倍并且激发你的斗志。例如，当你解决了许许多多的困难并且最终成功时，你就会有一个好心情。这时，振奋人心的音乐会见证你的成 功。你会感到满足，音乐会让你记得这个光荣的时刻并且让你珍惜你的成功。音乐给了你无限的动力取得成功，因为你依旧想要听到光荣的音乐再次响起。

此外，音乐还囊括了许许多多有用的知识。人们可以从音乐中学到珍贵的知识。由于存在着很多不同的音乐，我们可以发现不同的的国家所表达音乐思想不同。从音 乐中，我们可以聆听到音乐文化。音乐文化将会给你一个更深的理解力去学习外国文化，例如外语，外国历史，外国传统习俗等。总而言之，音乐对促进社会发展有 着重要的影响。

音乐的确有着神奇的力量来帮助人们和社会发展。我相信音乐依旧会带给我们许多惊喜。随着社会的发展，好的音乐会变得越来越重要。

[高一英语作文我爱音乐（中英文翻译）

高一期中考英语作文

Fellw student, I’ glad t tell u sething abut stud and everda life.

T be hnest, I dn’t d well in stud, but I reall wr hard t catch up with ther students. English and ath are the subect I lie st.The reasn wh I lie the is that I’ gd at the.

Getting alng well with thers is iprtant t us, which can ae us happ. Therefre, I’ willing t help thse wh’re in truble.

Besides, I’ interested in sprts. I ften pla basetball with friends tgether. In spare tie, I surf the Internet when I sta at he. Seties I d se reading carefull.

As far as I a cncerned, a gd student shuld nt nl stud well but als have an hbbies.What’s iprtant is that he r she shuld be friendl t thers.

[高一期中考英语作文100字

Environmental problems are being more and more serious all over the world。

For example， cars have made the air unhealthy for people to breathe and

poisonous gas is given off by factories。 Trees on the hills have been cut down

and waste water is being poured continuously into rivers。Furthermore， wherever

we go today， we can find rubbish carelessly disposed。 Pollution is， in fact，

threatening our existence。

The earth is our home and we have the duty to take care of it for ourselves

and for our later generations。 Fortunately， more and more people have realized

these problems。 Measures have been taken to cope with these problems by the

government。 Laws have been passed to stop pollution。 I hope the problem will be

solved in the near future and our home will bee better and better。

Time always passes quickly. In the blink of an eye it has to end. Now the burden is more and more big, the pressure will continue to increase. With one family expectations. I don’t want to let the family expectations become disappointed. So I’m trying. Now in order to their future happiness is struggling. I want to own a substantial future, give yourself a perfect life. Just don’t want to let myself down, leave regret memories. Some people always said to me: life is their own, happiness can only rely on their own efforts, do not always think what things are so simple. I think that makes sense, it has become my motto.

我有一个好朋友，他叫Mike.他有一个小小的鼻子和一个大嘴巴.虽然他有一个大嘴巴，但他并不多嘴.他最喜欢的食物是鸡蛋，因为它很健康.我们经常和他一起去爬山，我们很喜欢爬山.他非常友好，我的同学都很喜欢他. I have a good friend, his name is Mike. He has a small nose and a wide mouth. Although he has a wide mouth, but he is not talkative. His favorite food is eggs, because it is good for your health. We often go climbing with him, we like to climb the mountain. Hes very friendly, my classmates all like him.

[以我的朋友为题目的英语作文

Last weekend, our class had a public benefit activity.

In fact, we went to nursing homes to recite English and Chinese texts and sing songs for them for the old ladies and men. A few days before, we read a text about the loneliness of the people in the nursing homes. So we are volunteering to hold this volunteer labor. We have prepared our own part at for a week. On Saturday afternoon, we brought our performance there and showed them one by one.

The old were laughed happily, so did we. It’s so good to have such an activity.

上个周末，我们班进行了一场公益活动。

事实上，我们去了养老院给那儿的老爷爷老奶奶朗诵英文和中文文章、唱歌。前几天，我们看了一个关于老人们在养老院的孤独的文章。所以我们主动举行这次公益活动。我们准备自己的角色准备了一个星期。上周六下午，我们一样接一样地向他们展示我们的表演。

老爷爷老奶奶们都开心地笑了，我们也很开心。像这样的活动真是太好了。

Today is my birthday and Im so excited about it.In the morning I put a note on the table for my mum and it said,Today is my birthday,dont forget it!At school,I got many gifts and cards for my classmates and had a lot of fun.But I was still expecting the birthday party after school.

When it was time to leave school I couldnt wait to go home.When I open the door,there wasnt anybody in the house.There was only a note that said,Coming home late tonight,mum and dad.I try to call them but there was no answer.I was so shocked,do they forget my birthday?How could this be!I was so sad that I couldnt eat anything.I just did my homework and waited for them.

And then,things changed completely.It was about time for dinner,my mother called and told me to go to the restanrant near our house.When I got there I couldnt believed my eyes.Everybody was there:my parents,my relatives,my friends and even my classmates.There was so many gifts and a big cake.What a surprising birthday party!We had a good time and it was the best birthday party ever.

It is summer vacation and school is out. During summer vacation, most children stay home, watch TV and play with their friends. Some take part in a neighborhood sports program and some go camping. A camp is summer vacation place for children. They can go swimming, mountain climbing or boating. Now, there are computer camps. At this camp, children learn how to use computers, which is very important today. Most children enjoy playing computer games. At the computer camps, they can learn more about computers and make friends easily. If you don‘t have a plan yet for your vacation, a computer camp should be

When the autumn comes, the weather will become cool and people can feel the

wind. In my hometown, there will be a famous contest, which is to fly kites.

People come to the field and bring their kites. What a lively scene. The

children are very active and excited. They run to the ground for many times, so

as to make their kites flying higher and higher. It has become a tradition. Some

people even will prepare for a long time. They want to prove that they are the

strong ones. It gives people a good chance to communicate with each other. I

like the atmosphere and enjoy the time with my friends.

languageis essential; language is what we use to communicate among others. it is something that joins us just as strongly as it separates us. There are many different “languages” in the world but really they are all bound by certain rules, they all have a format that they follow, all of them have nouns, verbs, tenses, and adjectives.

Language is almost like a math, the point of it is that when you speak, you try to reach a conclusion with a different person, and in math you use equations to solve problems and reach conclusions, one is numbers the other is words.

新年迈着轻盈的脚步降临了人间……今天是三十，也是初一的前一个晚上，大街上灯火通明，热闹非凡，时不时还有准备放烟花严阵以待的人，每逢新春佳节，全家人都要团聚，包饺子，欢聚一堂，既体现了中国的风俗，又表达了全家团圆，生活美满的美好愿望，三十的时候和家人团聚，欢乐地过春节。

晚饭吃饺子，饺子，就是把蔬菜和肉和好的馅包进一片小小的面皮里，捏紧边缘，再用开水煮10----20分钟就可以吃了。原来饺子这么好吃，我也急不可待地想去尝试一下。见奶奶在包饺子，我就专心致志地和奶奶学了起来。奶奶先放一个汤勺三分之一的肉馅，再把擀好的面片拿过来，然后再中间的位置放上馅。奶奶又用手在面片上按上佛珠大的荷叶尾帘形。

就这样，奶奶的第一个饺子包好了。看完奶奶的示范，我也装模作样地包起来。我拿出一个面皮，在里面放入了五分之三的馅，用手使劲一按，出来一个四不像的饺子，我再从中间对折一下，一个至尊精品大馅的馄饨出来了。奶奶在忙她的，我也没时间去看了，俗话说：“两耳不闻窗外事，一心只读圣贤书，”我只管一心一意地包我的“饺子”吧。

所有的饺子已经全部投入锅中了，就等煮好了准备战斗。这时，奶奶说：“我包了海参馅的饺子，谁吃到了会有特别的惊喜。”大家都吃起那热腾腾的饺子，都希望找到那份特别的惊喜。

不一会儿，爸爸吃到了，又一会儿，爷爷又吃到了，然后，姐姐又吃到了，每一个人都收获了那份特别的惊喜。祝爷爷身体健康，爸爸财源滚滚，我学习进步……奶奶虽然没有吃到，但也要送上一份家人最真挚的祝福，祝奶奶身体健康，万事如意，马年吉祥。

吃过晚饭，我们去放鞭炮，爷爷手里拿着一挂鞭，点完了立刻跑回来，鞭炮顿时在天地间一涌而至的绽放出来，这也预示着新年已经来到了人间，饱含着幸福美满。

爷爷拿出了珍藏已久的“冲天炮”，点燃了可以炸到拉斯维加斯旋转赌城那么高，与一百个绽放的孔明灯一样亮。我也迫不及待地想见识一下冲天炮的威力了，爷爷在一旁观看，爸爸鼓足了劲儿，满怀着壮志豪情点燃了举世闻名的冲天炮，顿时，天旋地转，火花四溅，随着一声巨响，第一颗冲破笼罩的冲天炮直奔云霄。它是那样闪耀，那样绚丽，那样璀璨，接连而至的是三五成群的冲天炮……

当最后一颗冲天炮坠入云霄时，也就预示着迎接新年的仪式结束了，但新的一年才刚刚开始。它告诫人们不要虚度光阴，快快乐乐地过好每一天，也要永远铭记这伟大的一刻。

Barack Obama is the first president of black people, whose story inspires

so many young people to chase their dreams. As the saying that every successful

man has a woman to support him, and this woman for Obama is his wife Michelle.

As the first lady, Michelle helped Obama so much. During the campaign, she gave

inspiring speeches and people knew what they should voted for. Michelle was born

in a poor family, but her mother paid special attention to education. Michelle

was the top students all the time and she entered the top university, then she

got the degree of doctor. Then she worked in a good law office. She was an

excellent lawyer and the job experience made her a good orator. Michelle set

good examples for the women. She showed that woman’s power was great, and they

could be whoever they wanted.

Dear Peter,

Hi,I am Lihua.I am you best friend. l hear that you are portically

interested in our Chinese culture,so I invented you join confusion

institute.

At the beginning of,l will sound you join confusion institute for you

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Nowadays, there are more and more confucius Institute, its important to

learn Chinese culture.

As far as I know,many people join confucius Institute,I hope you take hold

of the chance.

Finally, I am looking forward to your come and letters.

Yours sincerely,

Lihua

Spring Festival is a favorite of children a day, I was no exception. This year s Spring Festival, I am particularly pleased that you want to know why? It is better for me to tell you it! Danian Ye because, I must personally against the write affixed to the door. I hope that you hope that you and so on and so on, until at last the day. Good morning, my mother and breakfast, began to put the couplet.

I wrote a lot of the couplet, day by people Zengshou years, the Spring Fu Man on earth and the motherland spring, more than the well-being of the people. The election which piece? Her mother said: The days of the years by people Zengshou, the grandfather of this to be more appropriate, we have a home which you elected Grandpa to be more appropriate, we have a home where you decide the election.

I thought, elected on a couplet of this couplet on the Alliance are: good spring of the motherland; Xia Lian is: well-being of many people. Couplet selected, the mother began to put her in the upper right corner of the couplet , In the lower right corner, the upper left corner, a transparent plastic affixed with a lower left-hand corner. When I am in the side assistant, a short while couplet posted on it. www.haIqq.com

Couplet looked at the site, as if I saw the prosperity of the motherland, to see if the motherland is in the spring So vibrant, but also to see if the mother s life of the people happy, they are better today for the motherland and Acura. At this moment, I can not help Recitation of this couplet from: The motherland spring, more than the well-being of the people. Father then walked over, patted me on the shoulder and said: You write very well, I had more than once. Listening to Dad Dad, I m sweet, I think: this year s Spring Festival, it can be really interesting.

May Day that day, I meet my brother and younger brother to play in the riverside wetland park. Im very glad to get off when Im singing while jumping down.

So many people in the park! Some fly a kite, some play in the water, and watch the scenery. My favorite is the reeds. The green reeds sway in the wind, as if to welcome us; There were a few wild duck in the reeds, swam to busy to catch fish and shrimp eat; Little dragonfly fly tired, fell on the reeds, pointed to rest!

The park is really fun, we had a happy May Day.

五一节这天，我相约哥哥和弟弟去滨河湿地公园玩。我非常高兴，下车时我是一边哼着歌一边蹦下去的。

公园里的人真多哪!有的放风筝、有的在水边玩耍、还有的观赏风景。我最喜欢的就是芦苇荡。绿油油的芦苇荡随风摇摆，好像是在欢迎我们的到来;还有几只野鸭在芦苇丛中游来游去，正忙着捉鱼虾吃;小蜻蜓飞累了，落在芦苇尖上休息呢!

公园里可真好玩，我们过了个快乐的五一节。

My grandparents believed you were either honest or you werent. There was

no in between. They had a simple motto hanging on their living-room wall: "Life

is like a field of newly fallen snow; where I choose to walk every step will

show. "They didnt have to talk about it--they demonstratedthe motto by the way

they lived. They understood instinctively that integrity means having a personal

standard of morality and ethics that does not sell out to expediency and that is

not relative to the situation at hand. Integrity is an inner standard for

judging your behavior.Unfortunately, integrity is in short supply today--and

getting scarcer. But it is the real bottom line in every area of society.And it

is something we must demand of ourselves.

A good test for this value is to look at what I call the Integrity Trial,

which consists of three key principles: Stand firmly for your convictions in the

face of personal pressure.

When you know youre right, you cant back down. Always give others credit

that is rightfully theirs. Dont be afraid of those who might have a better idea

or who might even be smarter than you are. Be honest and open about who you

really are. People who lack genuine core values rely on external factors--their

looks or status---in order to feel good about themselves. Inevitably they will

do everything they can to preserve this facade,but they will do very little to

develop their inner value and personal growth.

So be yourself. Dont engage in a personal cover-up of areas that are

unpleasing in your life. When its tough, do it tough. In other words, face

reality and be adult in your responses to lifes challenges.

Self-respect and a clear conscience are powerful components of integrity

and are the basis for enriching your relationships with others.

Integrity means you do what you do because its right and not just

fashionable or politically correct. A life of principle, of not succumbing to

the seductive sirens of an easy morality,will always win the day. My

grandparents taught me that.

A boy of fourteen, 1.68 meters tall. Black eyebrows and small eyes on a pair of glasses, a small mouth, this is me.

Sometimes, I like a quiet world, quietly reading, listen to the song; Sometimes, I like busy world, and friends to play together, together chat say ground. This is me, I sometimes quiet sometimes and lively.

I love to laugh, also like to make friends, Ill humor humor and wit to share my happiness with my friends. This is me, the personality is bright, frank. And humor I

I like sports, winter vacation is always playing basketball in the balcony with my parents at home, when homework tired eyes, I will look around, or jump rope, I also like to go out with friends, parents, climb mountains, go out to travel. This is me, my passion for sport when I meet with difficulties, setbacks, I will not retreat, I grasped the nettle; When I want to do one thing, I will try my best to do it best. This is me, I have the courage to climb, unremitting.

When the exam not equal to idea, I will not depressed, I will find out his mistakes, I wont let myself in the same place over and over again to make mistakes. When grades catch up with my classmates, Ill hold YiGuJin study hard; But I have not understand, I will think for themselves and tests, also can ask others, I will not give up to reach the goal. This is me, positive enterprising, is not willing to lag behind, have the courage to explore, packing up of me. I am a hardcore bookworm "I like to read various books, often read books and forget everything, and brought me some trouble, but also I have benefited a lot from reading, reading makes me broaden horizons, increase knowledge, know a lot of life philosophy. This is me, my love of books.

No matter where, if someone need my help, I will do my best. This is me, willing to help me.

People wont be perfect, I also have a lot of small faults, as careless, often because of careless button when the exam should not the points, life often cant find the items, and sometimes even put money as waste paper in the trash bin... But these flaws I will try to correct them. This is me, have weaknesses but I have the courage to face the shortcomings, to correct the defects.

I have a nice future: when a mathematician, a part-time writer. I know that only the good ideal is no good, so now I will study hard and make efforts to learn technology, to lay the foundation for the future. This is me, my own ideals and efforts to pursue.

This is me, now, do you understand me?

一个十四岁的男孩，1.68米的个子。乌黑的眉毛，小小的眼睛上架着一副眼镜，一张不大不小的嘴巴，这就是我。

有时，我很喜欢安静的世界，自己安静地看看书、听听歌;有时，我很喜欢热闹的世界，和朋友们一起玩闹，一起谈天说地。这就是我，有时安静有时活泼的我。

我很爱笑，也喜欢交朋友，我会幽默风趣地和朋友分享我的快乐。这就是我，性格开朗、直率。、幽默的我

我喜欢运动，寒假在家里总是和父母在门口阳台打篮球，当写作业时眼睛累了，我便会到处走走，或者跳跳绳，我还喜欢和朋友、家长一起出去爬山，一起出去旅游。这就是我，热爱运动的我当我遇到困难，遇到挫折时，我绝不会退缩，我会迎难而上;当我要做一件事时，我会尽全力把这件事做得最好。这就是我，勇于攀登、坚持不懈的我。

当考试不如意时，我不会沮丧，我会找出自己错误的地方，我不会让自己在同一个地方一而再再而三地犯错;当别的同学成绩追上我时，我会憋着一股劲努力学习;但我有不懂的问题时，我会自己思考、实验，也会向他人请教，我会不达目的不罢休。这就是我，积极进取、不甘于落后、勇于探究、盘根问底的我。我是一个“铁杆书虫”我喜欢读各个方面的书，经常一读书就忘记了一切，给我带来了一些麻烦，不过读书也使我受益匪浅，读书使我拓宽视野，增长知识面，懂得许多人生哲理。这就是我，热爱读书的我。

不管在什么地方，如果别人需要我的帮助，我都会尽力而为。这就是我，乐于助人的我。

人都不会是十全十美的，我也有很多小缺点，像粗心，考试时经常因为粗心扣了不该扣的分，生活中常常找不到物品，甚至有时把钱当成废纸丢进了垃圾篓……不过这些缺点我会努力改正。这就是我，有缺点但勇于面对缺点、改正缺点的我。

我对未来拥有美好的憧憬：当一位数学家，兼职作家。我知道只有美好的理想是不行的，所以我现在会好好学习，努力学好技术，为未来打下基础。这就是我，拥有理想并努力追寻的我。

这就是我，现在，你们了解我了吗?

There is a saying,”A girl changes fast in physical appearance from childhood to adulthood”.

I just had my eighteen years birthday. It’s certain that I have grown much more beautiful now.(laugh) My biggest change is not the appearance but in mind. I have become much more mature. I don’t always think about going out to play instead of focusing my attention on study. I start considering my future. I try my best not to quarel with my parents as I know what they do is for me. I know I should filial my parents. What’s more, I don’t bully my younger sister and brother any more.

I have changed a lot, because I have grown up.

俗话说，“女大十八变“。我刚刚过完我的十八岁生日。我肯定是变得更美了。

（笑）我最大的改变不是在外貌上而是在思想上。我变得更加的成熟。我不再总是想着去玩而是把注意力放在学习上。我开始思考我的未来。我尽量不和父母吵架，因为我知道他们所做的都是为了我。我懂得了要孝顺父母。更重要的是，我不再欺负我的弟弟和妹妹了。

我变了很多，因为我已经长大了。

[My Changes高一英语作文

The Chinese character "fu" (meaning blessing or happiness) is a must. The character put on paper can be pasted normally or upside down, for in Chinese the "reversed fu" is homophonic with "fu comes", both being pronounced as "fudaole." Whats more, two big red lanterns can be raised on both sides of the front door. Red paper-cuttings can be seen on window glass and brightly colored New Year paintings with auspicious meanings may be put on the wall.

People attach great importance to Spring Festival Eve. At that time, all family members eat dinner together. The meal is more luxurious than usual. Dishes such as chicken, fish and bean curd cannot be excluded, for in Chinese, their pronunciations, respectively "ji", "yu" and "doufu," mean auspiciousness, abundance and richness. After the dinner, the whole family will sit together, chatting and watching TV. In recent years, the Spring Festival party broadcast on China Central Television Station (CCTV) is essential entertainment for the Chinese both at home and abroad. According to custom, each family will stay up to see the New Year in.

Dear Sarah,

I am terribly sorry to tell you that I am unable to attend your birthday

part next Thursday evening. That is owing to the fact that my younger brother

suddenly fell ill and was taken to a hospital this morning. I have to go there

immediately and take care of him. As told by the doctor in charge, it will take

around five days for him to recover and I have asked my boss for a leave.

I really regret that I cannot go to celebrate your birthday personally and

would miss the perfect chance of enjoying myself with all our old friends. I

have chosen a small gift for you and will send it to you tomorrow to show my

best wishes. Besides, please give my regards to our friends when you meet them

at the party.

Cordially,

Li Ming