一段英语口语自我介绍(实用20篇)

Dear Sir / Madam :

Hello!I was a senior at Hunan Normal University, students going into the community, I was full of expectation for the future.I believe, Well begun is half done (good beginning is half the success).I hope your company is the starting point for my success that I can, together with your company to create a brilliant tomorrow.

I was born in the border town of scenic rivers -- Riverside.outstanding performances in 2003, I admitted to the Hunan Normal University School of Economics and Management, and thus opened a new chapter in my life.School classes since I have been secretary of the corporation, not only the heavy workload of my job training and tempering,I have the ability to solve problems more tempered, I can calmly analyze the problems faced and thoughtful.And all of this to my professional choice will have a profound impact.

I do our own work, the school also took an active part in the various activities, and to encourage students to participate,for their advice; In daily life, I was able to closely unite students, I believe that a collective effort is a powerful,Only when we engage in, we can all work.The socialist modernization drive is comprehensive quality management talentsSo I learn professional knowledge, the main English andcomputers, in English, I cultivation my hearing, said,Reading, writing ability; in the computer, I start from the basic knowledge, and further understand the function of the OFFICE,INTERNET also studied the basic knowledge can be used flexibly.

End professional after the election, in order to broaden their knowledge, I also participated in the study and computerized accounting.mastered the basic application and Excel and other accounting software applications.To make their professional knowledge to mastery learning, I read a textbook case of the MBA,such as strategic management, corporate governance, financial management and capital operation, and to use their training to work.With Love width of the sea, the days of His Career, I hope that your company can give me a chance to display his talent.I will work hard, study hard expertise to the company to live up to my expectations.

介绍厦门鼓浪屿的英语作文一

Gulangyu---- a fairyland in the world As May Day is coming, many people plan a visit to Gulangyu, a beautiful island in Xiamen. Gulangyu is an island of Xiamen, which is surrounded by the blue sea. It’s like a garden on the water. You can go there by ship/sea. On the island, cars, buses and bikes are not permitted there. It is so quiet that wherever you go, you can hear the sound of playing the piano. As a result of this, it is called “ the island of music”.

(Thus/ Therefore) The Sunshine Rock is/lies on the highest place of the island. Standing on the top of it, you can enjoy/catch sight of the beautiful scenery of the whole Xiamen and other islands. If you want to know more about Xiamen’s history and changes, you can visit Xiamen Museum, which will make you understand Xiamen better. Such is Gulangyu, a fairyland in the world.

介绍厦门鼓浪屿的英语作文二

Gulangyu is an island separated from Xiamen city proper. Its like a garden on the water. The shade of the trees covers nearly the whole island. Cars, buses, bikes are not allowed to drive there. Everyone should walk. This makes the place very quiet so that music played by the violin or the piano can be heard here and there. It is the famous "Home of Music".

The Sunshine Rock is the highest place on the island, so it has become the symbol of Gulangyu. Standing at the top of the Sunshine Rock, one can see the landscape of the whole Xiamen ands other small islands. The sky and the sea meet on the horizon. Its said that people can see clearly the Jinmen Island through telescope when the sun is shining. There are gentle waves on the sea and lots of people are swimming.At the foot of the Sunshine Rock is Shuzhang Garden with its picturesque scenery. The Forty-four Bridge spans over the water like a white dragon. What a beautiful picture!

介绍厦门鼓浪屿的英语作文三

Gulangyu, separated from Xiamen by the 500-metre-wide Egret River, with an area of 1.77 square kilometres, enjoys a lauditory title Garden on the Sea. The original name of the islet was Yuan Zhou Zi. In the Ming Dynasty it was renamed Gulang, meaning drum waves, because the holes in the southwestern reefs hit by the waves make sounds like the drum beating.

Overlapping peaks foil the blue water, white clouds, green trees and bright flowers. The air in the islet is fresh. The entire place is free from any sorts of vehicles and is particularly quiet. All these render an atmosphere of a fairyland.

The roar of the waves breaks on the rocks. Impressive melodies surrounding and lingering on this island make famous for its piano-laden past. As a place of residence for Westerners during Xiamens colonial past, Gulangyu is famous for its architecture and for being home to Chinas largest piano museum. It is known as the piano island because people here love the piano. As early as 1913, students in schools run by foreigners started learning the piano. The enthusiasm for music later spread to more ordinary people on the island. Many piano families have since then come into being and produced accomplished musicians. And the number of the pianos possessed is in the leading place in the nation, though there is only a population of 20,000 people.

No tourist can afford to miss one attraction located on the island —— the nations largest piano museum. Divided into two exhibition halls, the museum guides visitors through a vivid history of the instrument with displays and illustrations. All different types of pianos such as miniature pianos, automatic pianos, accordion pianos and round-shaped pianos, are on display.

The architecture in the islet varies greatly in style, Chinese and foreign. Thus the islet has a laudatory title the World Architecture Museum Covered in green all the year round, its charming, elegant, secluded and serene. A great variety of villas stand shrouded by lush wood resembling numerous jadeites embellished upon a piece of verdant silk brocade. Hundreds of flowers grown on the Riguang Rock (Sunlight Rock) vie with one another for beauty. With the caressing sea breeze, its a quite cool place in hot summer. At the foot of the rock, theres the Memorial Hall to honor the national Hero Zheng Chenggong.

Today, Gulangyu is listed as one of the nations major scenic spots. The main sites of interest here include the Sunlit Rock, Shuzhuang Park, Gangzihou Bathing Beach and Memorial Hall to Zheng Chenggong, which are visited annually by millions of people from all parts of the country and the world. For people living in the hustle and bustle of todays metropolis, citizens on this island seem to live in a paradise with a relaxing, healthy and placid lifestyle. Find more in our detailed introduction of the major attractions in Gulangyu Tourist Area.

Dear Tom,

I`m happy to share my opinion about hometown，shijiazhuang. Today,shijiazhuang is quite different from ten years ago.In the past,there was a little road in the city,and the road was very narrwo.As there is the capital city of Hebei Province,the traffic was very heavy.But there have built a lot of roads in these years,and all of these are broad.

There were only 3 parks in the city at ten years ago,and the air pollution was very serious.However,there are a great many of new parks were built.People often go to the nearest park do morning excise,and children also enjoy there.Of course,the air also improved a lot.

Today`s shijiazhuang is a beauty and modern city ,welcome to my hometown with your family.

Often see on TV low-carbon living four word. We did it that low carbon life?

Im in the neighbourhood of low carbon life made a social investigation. The survey found that the survival of our environment around the carbon footprint: streets, go throw cigarette butts, plastic bags and paper towels; Restaurants in the dining hall, one by one with white foam lunch box and disposable chopsticks; Flowing along the river basin, the bright, domestic sewage and industrial wastewater... So big polluted ecological environment. Within the family, also inadvertently leave carbon footprints. In a family, for example: electricity, gas, water, self-drive... I made a record in you travel way

Low carbon life represents a more healthy, more natural, more secure life, at the same time is also a kind of low cost, low cost way of life. Low carbon is not only the enterprise behavior, for the rest of us, is a kind of attitude to life. We should actively advocate and to practice low-carbon life, pay attention to energy saving, solar terms, an hour to go to bed... Starts from the intravenous drip.

People enjoy at the same time, also made the survival of the killer - carbon. Therefore, it is very urgent to advocate low carbon life.

在电视上经常看到低碳生活四个字。那低碳生活我们做到了吗。

我在小区里对低碳生活作了一次社会调查。调查发现，我们的生存环境遍布碳的足迹：大街小巷，烟头、塑料袋和纸巾到处乱扔;餐馆饭堂里，堆满一个个白色泡沫饭盒和一次性筷子;沿河流域中，流淌着黑得发亮的生活污水和工业污水……生态环境因此大受污染。在家庭内部，也不经意地留下碳的足迹。以一个家庭为例：用电、用气、用水、自驾车……我以大家出行方式做了记录

低碳生活代表着更健康、更自然、更安全的生活，同时也是一种低成本、低代价的生活方式。低碳不仅是企业行为，对于我们这些普通人来说，就是一种生活态度。我们应该积极提倡并去实践低碳生活，要注意节电、节气、熄灯一小时……从这些点滴做起。

人们在尽情享受的同时，也制造了生存的杀手---碳。因此，提倡低碳生活刻不容缓。

i come from china.i am 13.i am a lively girl.my name is wang ting,and my english name is linda.i am keen on sports,because it can make me strong.i also like reading book,because i can learn some knowladge.i like reading best.i enjoy it when i was a child,i think it has many attractions.my ambition is to be a teacher in poor mountain region schools,the children there cannot go to school for theyre so poor.they are so clever and lovely,it is really a pity if they cannot go to school.so i want to help them.thank you

[自我介绍初中英语作文

Good afternoon, teachers! My name is YangXiaodan. I`m 11

now. I`m from Class2 Grade 5 of TongPu No.2 Primary School. My English teacher is Miss Sun. She`s quiet and kind. She`s short and young. My good friend is ZhangBingbing. She`s 12. She`s tall and pretty. We`re in the same class. We both like English very much. I like painting , listening to music, playing computer games and

reading books. My favourite food is chicken. It`s tasty and yummy. I often do my homework and read books on Saturdays. This is me. Please remember YangXiaodan. Thank you very much!

it is my honor to be here today.

i want to make a brief introduction of myself. i graduated from xxx university， im major in xxx.

i have been working in xxx company in a xxx position for xxx years. my job duty is mainly .... (talking about your previous job)

as china opens its capital market， more & more foreign banks now have the authority to operated rmb business. standard chartered bank has a great name all over the world.i sincerely want to join scb & to be one of its staffs.

base on my education & past working experience， ive learned how to .....& also put it into practice by handling my daily work. (talking about the jd job duty， say that youre qualified for the position， but donot say it directly， you should give some examples to prove it.)

i think the most important thing is communication. i represent my company when im talking to the customers. sometimes there might be some misunderstanding only because of lack of communication.....blabla...

(show youre professional.....)

im appreciated for this opportunity that you gave me.thank you for your time.....

导语：微信可以说开启了给人与人之间的新时代，二维码扫描，视屏沟通，语音交流，微信上爆料，微信上公布最新的政策，最准的路况。这些方面可以说极大的方便了人们的生活。下面是yuwenmi小编为大家整理的优秀英语作文，欢迎阅读与借鉴，谢谢!

Wechat is a new app that almost all the people use on their phone. you can video chat when every you want and its for free. also you can talk through that app. its very convience. You can sreach for people who live around you who are using the same app. but at the same time, people are addict to it. they can not live without it. and people are having less and less conversation face to face. even worse, some people got tricked in this app, and lost lots of money. so this app can be good or bad, depend which way you using it.

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微信是一个新的应用程序，几乎所有的人都使用他们的电话。你可以视频聊天时，你想要的，这是免费的。也可以通过该应用程序交谈。这是很方便的。你可以搜索生活在你身边的人谁使用相同的应用程序。但同时，人们也沉溺于此。他们不能没有它。人们面对面的交谈越来越少。更糟糕的是，有些人被骗了这个应用程序，并失去了很多钱。所以这个应用程序可以是好是坏，取决于你使用它的方式。

As everyone knows that China is one of the most beautiful Countries all over the world. It is really famous for its long history and civilizations. As a Chinese girl, I’m so proud of my Country. And of course, I love it deeply in my heart. not just because it’s my hometown.

Daqing is beautiful and modern. Thescenery here is so attractive. Everyone will love it at the fist sight.

When you come to Daqing, you will see museums, parks and shopping centers here and there. Wherever you go, you can see green trees, grass and beautiful flowers. what’s more,there are many places of historic interest in Daqing. Such as Iron Man Memorial Museum, Childrens Park, Times square and the wetland tourism Taikang. I am sure that the beautiful scenery will attract more people to come here.

Daqing is also famous for its oil. It provides oil for our Country. Thus it is an important city in China. I am proud of it.

I also love the spirit of Daqing-the Iron Man Wang Jinxi Spirit.Wang Jinxi is a hero of Daqing. I learn a lot from him. Work hard! Persevere! And never give up!

That is my hometown Daqing. I love it very much! I hope you love it as I do.

Thank you everyone!

South is the province with the largest number of ethnic, apart from the Han, is inhabited by 26 people and the minority population of the province accounted for nearly one-third of the total population. Different nationalities have their own characteristics, so in Yunnan, you can enjoy the national and culture and nowhere else

Flowers of the town: Yunnan is known as "Kingdom of plants" said. Europe and the United States to cultivation of Rhododendron, Primula, camellia, orchid lily flowers, mostly from Yunnan, let alone the domestic cultivation of flowers. Yunnan eight flowers: camellias, azaleas, Magnolia, primrose, lily flower, gentian, Meconopsis, orchid. With Yunnan the four seasons such as spring weather, here is an ocean of flowers. Mountain bamboo forests, lush bamboo shoots.

Karst: Eastern Yunnan Guizhou Plateau, after two million years of erosion and weathering erosion, forming a unique magnificent primary karst landform, karst terrain, especially in the Lunan Stone Forest, Jiuxiang scenic area.

Tropical rain forest: Xishuangbanna is located in the northern regression line to the south edge of the tropical north, the tropical monsoon climate, year-round warm, sunny, rainy and humid is Tropic of cancer of the earth desert line with only a piece of green state, is Chinas tropical rain forest ecosystem preservation is the most complete, the most typical, area of the largest area, is now the earth on rare animal and plant gene pool, was hailed as one of the earths natural wonders.

The majority Han Chinese have long followed the tradition of eating laba rice porridge on the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month. The date usually falls in min-January and is a traditional Chinese festival.

Legend about the origin of this festivity abounds One maintains that over 3,000 years ago sacrificial rites were held in the twelfth lunar month when people offered up their prey to the gods of heaven and earth. The Chinese characters for the hunt and the twelfth month were interchangeable then, and ever since la has been used to refer to both. Since the festival was held on the eighth day of the last month, people later appended the number eighth , giving us the current laba.

Buddhism was well accepted in the areas inhabited Han Chinese, who believed that Sakyamuni, the first Buddha and founder of the religion, attained enlightenment on 12/8. Sutras were chanted in the temples and rice porridge with beans, nuts and dried fruit was prepared for the Buddha. With time the custom extended, especially in rural areas where peasants would pray for a plentiful harvest in this way.

There is, however, another touching story. When Sakyamuni was on his way into the high mountains in his quest for understanding and enlightenment, he grew tired and hungry. Exhausted from days of walking, he passed into unconsciousness by a river in India. A shepherdess found him there and fed him her lunch.

[高一英语作文腊八节介绍

Lei Feng was a model soldier， On December 1 8，1940， he was born in a poor peasant family in a little mountain village of Hunan Province. He didnt go to school till 1950. At the age of 18， he worked as a steel worker. He was often praised for his good job. On January 8， 1960， he joined the army. In the same year， he joined the Communist Party. He loved the Party and the people， and constantly did good for others. As a result， he became a model soldier. After his death， Chairman Mao called on the people to "Learn from Comrade Lei Feng". The whole nation were moved by his deeds. Lei Fengs spirit will live in our hearts forever.

雷锋雷锋是一名优秀士兵，1940年12月18日出生于湖南省一个小山村的贫困农民家庭里，他1950年才上学，18岁时做了一名炼钢工人，因工作好而经常受到嘉奖。1960年1月8日参军，同年加入中国共产党，他爱党爱民，经常做好事，所以他被评为优秀战士。

雷锋死后，毛主席号召。人民“向雷锋同志学习”，他的事迹感动了全国人民。雷锋精神将永远活在我们心中。

Gulangyu---- a fairyland in the world As May Day is coming, many people plan a visit to Gulangyu, a beautiful island in Xiamen. Gulangyu is an island of Xiamen, which is surrounded by the blue sea. It’s like a garden on the water. You can go there by ship/sea. On the island, cars, buses and bikes are not permitted there. It is so quiet that wherever you go, you can hear the sound of playing the piano. As a result of this, it is called “ the island of music”.

(Thus/ Therefore) The Sunshine Rock is/lies on the highest place of the island. Standing on the top of it, you can enjoy/catch sight of the beautiful scenery of the whole Xiamen and other islands. If you want to know more about Xiamen’s history and changes, you can visit Xiamen Museum, which will make you understand Xiamen better. Such is Gulangyu, a fairyland in the world.

Today’s story is about Mary ,a girl from the US.She’s now studying in China,Beijing.Tomorrow is the Spring Festival. Now ,Mary is staying in China.One years ago,last Spring Festival ,Mary was 11 years old, very little girl. Now, she’s a 12- year- old- girl.Just 1 year,she learns many thing in China.Gradually,she loves China.

Now, she is living in her aunt home.At 9:00 a.m. in Beijing ,Mary make a phone call to her family. When they talk on the phone ,they are so happy .We a

ll know Mary’s mother misses Mary long time. Mary misses her family long time,too. And she was happy to live in China.But talking with family is more important than everything. What a warm story!

From this story, we know noting is important than family. No place like home!

1.Im hungry. 我饿了。

2.What would you like for lunch? 你午餐想吃什么?

3.Id like some tomatoes and mutton. 我想吃西红柿和羊肉。

4.What do you have for breakfast? 早餐你吃什么?

5.I have bread and milk. 面包和牛奶。

6.What do you have for lunch on Mondays? 星期一午餐你们吃什么?

7.We have tomatoes, tofu and fish. 西红柿，豆腐和鱼。

8.Here is our school menu. 这是我们学校的菜单。

9.That sounds good. 那听起来挺好的。

10.Whats your favourite food? 你最喜爱什么食物?

11.Fish. 鱼。

12.Its tasty. 好吃。

13.Whats your favourite fruit? 你最喜爱的水果是什么?

14.I like apples. 我喜欢吃苹果。

15.Theyre sweet. 很甜。

16.I dont like grapes. 我不喜欢吃葡萄。

17.Theyre sour. 很酸。

18.Bananas are my favourite. 香蕉是我的最爱。

19.I like carrot juice. 我喜欢喝胡萝卜汁。

20.Its fresh and healthy. 新鲜又健康。

21.Im heavy. 我胖了。

22.I have to eat vegetables. 我必须吃蔬菜。

23.Lets go to a restaurant. 让我们去餐馆吧。

24.OK! 好的!

25.Do you have any noodles? 有面条吗?

26.No. 没有。

27.Yes, we do. 有。

28.Im helpfull. 我是有用的。

29.I can sweep the floor. 我能扫地。

30.Are you helpfull at home? 你在家有用吗?

31.Sure. 当然 。

32.What can you do? 你能干什么?

33.I can cook the meals. 我可以做饭。

34.Great! 棒极了!

35.Youre helpfull. 你是有用的。

36.I can water the flowers! 我能浇花。

37.Can you do housework? 你能做家务吗?

38.Yes,I can. 是的 。

39.Can you make the bed? 你能铺床吗?

40.No,I cant.不。

41.Id like to have a try . 我想试一试 。

Hello everyone！ My name is Chen Jiaobing. I have a pair of eyes, curved eyebrows, not tall nor short, every hair in a ponytail.

My favorite color is blue. My hobby is singing and dancing... My favorite people are my family, my friends and the people worthy of my respect.

My greatest dream is to have wings of angels or elves and fly freely in the blue sky. I am very outgoing, I like to make friends, to be good to friends.

扬州是一座历史名城。下面是小编整理分享给大家的介绍扬州的优秀英语作文，欢迎阅读鉴赏。希望大家喜欢！

Yangzhou (simplified Chinese: 扬州) is a prefecture-level city in central Jiangsu Province, Peoples Republic of China. Sitting on the northern bank of the Yangtze River, it borders the provincial capital of Nanjing to the southwest, Huaian to the north, Yancheng to the northeast, Taizhou to the east, and Zhenjiang across the river to the south. Historically it is one of the wealthiest of Chinas cities, known at various periods for its great merchant families, poets, painters, and scholars.

Geography and climate

Rivers: the Yangtze River, Jinghang Canal, Baoshe River, Datong River, Beichengzi River, Tongyang Canal, Xintongyang Canal, Baima Lake, Baoying Lake, Gaoyou Lake, Shaobo Lake.

Local landscape: Slender west lake, Ge garden, He garden, Da ming temple, Phoenix island, etc. Subtropical monsoon climate with humid changeable wind; longer winters for about 4 months, summers 3 months and shorter springs and autumns, 2 months respectively; frost-free period of 222 days and annual average sunshine of 2177 hours. Average temperature: 15 °C annually; the hottest in July of 27.6 °C and the coldest in January of 1.7 °C; maximum temperature of 39.8 °C and minimum 19 °C

The annual average precipitation is 1,030 mm, and about 45 percent of rainfall is concentrated in the summer. The rainy season known as "plum rain season" usually lasts from mid-June to late July. During this season, the plums are ripening, hence the name plum rain.

Cuisine

Yangzhou dishes may be one of the reasons why the people of Yangzhou are so infatuated with their city. They have an appealing color, aroma, taste and appearance. The original color of each ingredient is preserved after cooking, and no oily sauce is added, so as to retain the fresh savor of the food.

In Yangzhou all dishes, whether cheap or expensive, are elaborate. Cooks will not scrimp on their work, even with Zhugansi (stewed sliced dry bean curd), a popular dish that costs only a few yuan. Dry bean curd is made by each restaurant that serves it, so the flavor is guaranteed. The cook slices the 1-cm-thick curd into 30 shreds, each one paper-thin but none broken, and then stews them for hours with chopped bamboo shoots and shelled shrimps in chicken soup. In this way the dry bean curd shreds can soak up the flavor of the other ingredients, and the soup is clear but savory. It is not only Yangzhou cooks but also the ordinary people who are conscientious about cooking.

[介绍扬州的优秀英语作文

Hello,everyone!

I was fortunate to 200 * years in September admitted to the University of ad specialty XX. From 200 * to 200 *, from East Campus to Dushu Lake Campus. In the Soviet four years, brought me a lot of heritage and memory. Four years passed away, when they graduate, should be for the life of four years in the Ivory Tower to learn to do an interview self-introduction.

In four years, I quite seriously in learning, performance is also better, every year the school received a scholarship in the class have been able to maintain in the top five. Particularly in the specialized courses concerned, as far as possible to learn good use. Actively participate in various advertising competitions, and won the National College Advertising Art Competition Third Prize of Jiangsu Division. Both peacetime operations, or papers, or exams, can seriously hope the best. If you would like to say that four years in learning what the greatest regret is that English, formerly in high school Ive had a nice English, but into the university, I slack on the English language, and not spend too much time to learn , resulting in the test to graduate have not been 6.

In social practice, I think my experience was very abundant. 200 * in the second half, I have to do internship in an advertising agency planning work, although the beginning of what will not, very hard, very tired, but when I as a Fan Meeting planners and executors of the stage and flowers after child communication band, when I write advertising effectiveness measurement companies Ina ceramic gain customer acceptance of the report, when I see their planned ceremony, opening ceremony of the successful implementation of the time, when I designed the LOGO when used by businesses When I work independently in the scene when the road show, I was happy. With my own efforts to complete a task. Internship in advertising, I learned a lot of things can not go to school books, contact with clients across industries, while also working in the printing industry, media, service organizations and other rituals have a certain understanding for the future able to adapt quickly to lay the foundation for work.

Prior to this, McDonalds, I also worked part-time, bitter, tired, but that time has given me a lot of fun. Learn a lot. I begun to taste the hardships of life and make money easily. McDonalds as a world-class enterprises, it has a strict standard of staff training system and working mechanism. Work at McDonalds, on the one hand I learned such a big company product promotion, teamwork, customer service, quality assurance and so should learn the rules and regulations and successful experiences, on the other hand, deal with all kinds of customers, but also enhance the my ability to communicate with others, in addition, work has worked hard my hard-working spirit.

In addition, in terms of ideology, I also actively move closer to the party, on the one hand, to strengthen its own ideological and moral construction, to arm themselves ideologically; on the other hand, in the spirit of serving the people, adhere to help others, serve the community members of the strict demands on themselves. Finally the beginning of the glorious junior joined the Chinese Communist Party, and successfully turned positive after one year.

Four years in college, I know a lot of friends, they gave me a lot of help, let me learn a lot, this is college, in addition to expertise outside of an additional valuable asset.

In short, four years of school life, whether professional or social knowledge about, or people skills, have learned a lot I can say that four years of my life the most significant period of time, my ideal life and the pursuit of life during this period to determine their own career planning for a new life also have a new goal. I will continue to work closer to success!

Thank you!

On New Years Eve, our class had a party. The atmosphere was good.

It was out of the ordinary from the very begining. The boy student from one bedroom gave an unusual performance. We saw a boy named Li Xinmin turn off all the lights in a sudden snap. Then with three resounding crow of a cock echoing in the hall, the hall was again brightly lit in a snap.

Im Hua Zhengxian. Im ten years old. Im in Class 5,Grade 4. My hair is short. My eyes are small. I get up at six oclock. I have breakfast at six fifteen. I go to school at seven oclock. I have lunch at twelve oclock. I go home at eight oclock. I watch TV at eight ten. I go to bed at nine oclock. I like playing computer games and going fishing. On Sunday morning, I usually do my homework. In the afternoon, I play games with my friends.

The qingming (Pure Brightness) Festival is one of the 24 seasonal division points in China, falling on April 4-6 each year. After the festival, the temperature will rise up and rainfall increases. It is the high time for spring plowing and sowing. But the qingming Festival is not only a seasonal point to guide farm work, it is more a festival of commemoration.

The qingming Festival sees a combination of sadness and happiness.

This is the most important day of sacrifice. Both the Han and minority ethnic groups at this time offer sacrifices to their ancestors and sweep the tombs of the diseased. Also, they will not cook on this day and only cold food is served.

The Hanshi (Cold Food) Festival was usually one day before the qingming Festival. As our ancestors often extended the day to the qingming, they were later combined.

On each qingming Festival, all cemeteries are crowded with people who came to sweep tombs and offer sacrifices. Traffic on the way to the cemeteries becomes extremely jammed. The customs have been greatly simplified today. After slightly sweeping the tombs, people offer food, flowers and favorites of the dead, then burn incense and paper money and bow before the memorial tablet.

In contrast to the sadness of the tomb sweepers, people also enjoy hope of Spring on this day. The qingming Festival is a time when the sun shines brightly, the trees and grass become green and nature is again lively. Since ancient times, people have followed the custom of Spring outings. At this time tourists are everywhere.

People love to fly kites during the qingming Festival. Kite flying is actually not limited to the qingming Festival. Its uniqueness lies in that people fly kites not during the day, but also at night. A string of little lanterns tied onto the kite or the thread look like shining stars, and therefore, are called "gods lanterns."

The qingming Festival is also a time to plant trees, for the survival rate of saplings is high and trees grow fast later. In the past, the qingming Festival was called "Arbor Day". But since 1979, "Arbor Day" was settled as March 12 according to the Gregorian calendar.