初二英语演讲稿3分钟带翻译简单精彩20篇

Last Saturday--April 28th, my classmates and I went to the park near my

school. Can you guess what we did there?Not for amusement but to take part in a

volunteer labour.

上周六,4月28日,我和我的同学去了学校附近的公园里。你能猜猜我们去做什么了吗?不是去玩而是去参加公益劳动。

We reached the park at nine oclock. The whole class was divided into three

groups. I was in Group Three.

我们九点钟到达公园。全班被分为三组。我在笫三组。公益活动

Each group had different tasks. Group One planted trees and watered

flowers. Group Two was told to pick up litter left by the tourists and cleaned

all the benches. The group that I was in wiped all the equipment in the

Childrens Playground. All of us worked hard.

每组有不同的任务。第一组种树和浇花。第二组被告知去接游客留下的垃圾,清理所有的长椅。的我在擦儿童游乐场的所有设备。我们都努力工作。

Before noon we finished working. Each of us felt a little bit tired, but we

were happy because we had done a good deed.

中午之前我们结束了劳动。我们每个人都感觉有点累,但我们很快乐,因为我们做了一件好事。

It was very fine today. It was neither too hot nor too cold.He Song and I went to Beijing Zoo in the morning. The animals were so interesting that everyone liked them very much.

We watched the bears for a long time. They were really lovely. One of them was standing and opening the mouth. Another of them was sitting on the ground and waving its arm like saying hello to us. The other two guys were boxing. We had a good laugh at it. But at that time I saw a visitor throwing food to them. I ran up to him and stopped him, because some of the animals had been hurt by the food given by visitors.

All the animals are our friends. Take good care of them if we really love them.

[TakeCareofAnimal初二英语作文

As time goes by,it is the most meaningful day in the year---Spring

festival. Everyone is looking forward to it and the families are busy preparing

for it besides me.

I got up early in the morning ,and then I went to the shop with my parents

to do some shopping. After going back home,I cleaned the house,doing some

housework.Everything is ready,I am waiting for you ---Spring festival.

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时光荏苒，又到了一年中最有意义的时刻——共度春节。每个人都盼望着，期待着，家家户户都在忙碌地准备着，当然也少不了我!

一早，我就起床了，接着和爸爸妈妈一起去了趟超市，采购一番。待购物后，我们开心的回了家，回家后，我帮家里打扫了屋子，做了一些力所能及的家务活。一切准备就绪，现在我整期盼着春节的来临!)

Dear MrYang,

亲爱的杨老师，

How iseverything going! Tomorrw is Teachers’ Day.I would like to express my sincerely wishes to you. You taught me English inthe primary school. That is the time to lay our foundation. And you help me laymy interest on English, which make me feel learn English easily in middleschool. I’m very appreciated that. Thank you very much. If it is convenient foryou, I would like to visit you this National Day. Happy Teachers’ Day again.

一切可好!明天就是教师节了。 我相向你表达我衷心的祝福。你在我小学的时候教我英语。那是打基础的时候。 是你让我对英语感兴趣。这让我在初中学习英语变得容易多了。我很感激。非常感谢你。如果方便的话，我想在今年国庆节去拜访你。再次祝你教师节快乐。

Best wishes,

Lucy

露西

Dear Tony ，

Chongyang, the traditional Chinese festival for the elderly,即将来临

is coming around.

We are planning to visit the Nursing Home to celebrate the special day,

我们想邀请来自你们学校的同学们加入我们。

and we wound like to invite students from your school to join us.

我们计划数个活动We have planned several activities . When we get there , we will

visit the elderly in their rooms in groups, 向他们送花和自制的卡片，为了表达我们的尊敬和热爱。presenting

them with flowers and self--?made cards to show our respect and love. Then we

will do some cleaning and washing for them with the help of the nurses.

As some old people feel lonely .We may chat with them about their old days,

changes of our city, or anything they are interested in

.我们会给他们一些表演，例如：唱歌，舞蹈等等。

We may also give them some performances, such as singing, dancing and so

on.

我确定我们都会都中国的老人拥有更好的理解。I am sure we will both gain a better understanding of

the elderly inChina. If you have any suggestions, please let us know.

Looking forward to your early reply.

Yours,

Li Hua

I have a friend, her name is xu yi qiye, she combs her neat ear hair, with big eyes, like two bright black pearl inlaid in the round face, showing a pair of clever. Have a small nose under the eyes, nose and a small cherry mouth below, often up some funny sentences.

Her most like to look at the books, reading every time you will see the point of sleepless nights. On one occasion, I class time for her to play, lost in found that she was reading a book, I called her a few consecutive, she didnt respond. So I walked to the front of her, she remained unmoved. I cannot bear to disturb her, only to find other students to play.

She has a lot of advantages, versatile, listen to the teacher in class very seriously. There is a language lesson, I inadvertently found that the students want to talk with her, beside her but just saw his one eye, make processing of and then continue to listen to the teacher, the classmate see she ignored him and listening to the teacher only better too. I said she is versatile, because I remember once the art class, a picture of her is very good, bright color, outline clear, was an art teacher get a platform to show the whole class. When you see this picture, could not help but exclaimed: "wow". She wrote an hour.than play games is very good also, remember that not long ago, which make our class a few an hour.than play games good teacher to write a piece of an hour.than play games, when I put my an hour.than play games make the platform, found that xu processing has been made, I probably looked a few eye, found her write the word is very good, beautiful and clean, let a person feel a kind pure and fresh.

My side to have such a versatile, study hard, serious friend, how can I not be proud of!

我有一个朋友，她的名字叫许羿，她梳着齐耳短发，眼睛大大的，好似两颗明亮的黑珍珠镶嵌在圆圆的脸上，显现出一副机灵的样子。眼睛下面有一个小鼻子，鼻子下面还有一张樱桃般的小嘴巴，经常蹦出一些令人发笑的句子。

她最喜欢看课外书了，每次看书都会看到废寝忘食的地步。有一次，我下课时找她玩，发现她正在看书看得入神，我连续叫了她几声，她都没有反应。于是我走到她的面前，她还是无动于衷。我不忍打扰她，只能去找别的同学去玩了。

她有很多优点，多才多艺，上课时听课很认真。有一次语文课上，我无意中发现，她旁边的同学想和她讲话，但许羿却只是看了他一眼，然后就继续听老师讲课了，那位同学见她不理他，就只好转过头听老师讲课了。我说她多才多艺，是因为我记得有一次美术课时，她的一幅画画的很好，颜色鲜艳，轮廓清楚，被美术老师拿到讲台上向全班展示。当大家看到这幅画时，忍不住“哇”的惊叹起来。她的钢笔字写的也很好，记得不久前，濮老师让我们班几个钢笔字较好的同学写一张钢笔字，当我把我的钢笔字交到讲台时，发现许羿的已经交了，我大概的端详了几眼，发现她写的字很端正，漂亮又整洁，让人有一种清新的感觉。

我的身边能有这样一个多才多艺、学习刻苦认真的朋友，我怎能不感到自豪呢!

On the New Year’s Eve, our family gets together, my parents made the big dinner, we ate dinner at about five o’clock, we talked so happily. After finishing the dinner, my sister and I were so excited, because we planned to see the firework. In my hometown, people can play the firework as they want, people play all kinds of firework every year, it is so beautiful. When the time was about 9 o’clock, I heard the voice, then I looked at the sky, the darkness was lighted up by the firework, I saw many different pictures of firework, all were beautiful. I couldn’t blink my eyes, I was afraid of missing the beautiful moment. I love firework’s night.

在除夕夜，我们家人聚集在一起，我的父母做了丰盛的晚餐，我们大概在五点钟吃晚餐，聊得很愉快。晚饭过后，我的妹妹和我很兴奋，因为我们打算去看烟花。在我的家乡，人们能随处放烟花，他们每年都放各种各样的烟花，非常的好看。九点钟到来之际，我听到了声音，然后我望着天空，黑暗被烟花点燃了，我看到了不同形状的烟花，都很好看。我不能眨眼，生怕错过了美妙的时刻。我喜欢烟花之夜。

[烟花之夜初三简单英语作文

August 12，2012 Friday Today， I did housework for grandmother. She is not very healthy and I decide to do housework for her more frequently. And she will feel happy and bee better. Suddenly， an idea hit me that it’s terrible to grow old becuase you have to worry about both your health and others’ opinions. Once again， I make a decision to be a good girl. 译文：这天，我帮忙了奶奶做家务.奶奶的身体不好.我以后要常帮她做事.这样她就会高兴身体也会好一些.突然觉得，人老了真不好.不但身体不会好，而且一不留意就会惹得大家厌恶.我又做了一个决定，以后必须要做个乖孩子。

To tell you the truth, I dont like the Spring Festival at all. When I was

young I liked it very much,because I could had something tasty to eat during the

Spring Festival,and I could enjoy very wonderful TV programmes,too. I also could

had much free time during which I could did something I liked to do. I dont

like it now, there are many reasons.

Firstly, I cant have a good time during the Festival. Every New Years Eve

something unpleasant often happens. Once I quarreled with my second brother.

Secondly, I cant relax myself during the Festival. I have to do many

things, watch so many TV programmes, meet so many people,all these things make

me very tired.

Thirdly, spending one Spring Festival means that I become one year older. I

dont like to be old. I want to live longer and be young all the time.

Readers, what is your opinions about the Spring Festival? Please tell us,

we can share our opinions. Thanks for reading! Goodbye.

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说实话，我一点都不喜欢春节。不过我年轻的时候，我非常喜欢，因为我可以在春节吃到美味佳肴，我可以享受到非常精彩的电视节目。我还可以有很多自由时间来做我喜欢做的事情。现在我不喜欢了，有许多理由。

首先，在节日期间我玩得不开心。每年除夕夜总有不愉快的事发生。有一次我跟我的二弟吵架。

其次，在节日期间我自己无法得到放松。我要做很多事情，看很多的电视节目，见很多的人，所有这些都让我感到很累。

第三，度过一个春节意味着我又老一岁了，我不喜欢老。我想活得更久，并且永远年轻。

读者们，你有什么关于春节的想法吗?请告诉我们，我们可以分享我们的想法。感谢您的阅读!再见。

"Low-carbon life" (low carbonlife), is refers to life work and rest when try your best to reduce the energy consumption, thereby reducing carbon, especially carbon dioxide emissions, thus reducing the pollution of the atmosphere, slow ecological deteriorating, mainly from energy-saving solar terms and recovery of three links to change life details.

As the Chinese civilization and polite, courteous is to respect the rights of their own lives and at the same time, we also want to respect other peoples life rights against infringement. Lets start from the trivial details, pay attention to energy saving, water saving, fuel-efficient, throttle, make low-carbon living a life attitude and philosophy of life. Set your strength, together to protect the earth mother.

Protecting environment starts from me, starts from the minor matter, starts from the campus, let us all to a low carbon life make the campus more beautiful!

“低碳生活”(low-carbonlife)，就是指生活作息时所耗用的能量要尽力减少，从而减低碳，特别是二氧化碳的排放量，从而减少对大气的污染，减缓生态恶化，主要是从节电节气和回收三个环节来改变生活细节。

作为文明有礼的中国人，有礼就是要我们在尊重自己生活权利的同时，也要尊重别人的生活权利不受侵害。让我们从细节小事做起，注意节电、节水、节油、节气，使低碳生活成为一种生活态度和生活理念。集合大家的力量，共同保护地球母亲。

保护环境从我做起，从小事做起，从校园做起，让我们都来低碳生活让校园更美丽!

Get up early today is very hot, hot feeling uncomfortable. Breakfast mother let me accompany

her to go shopping and I didnt go. Because it is too hot, move feeling on the finger to sweat.

The city library to read a book this afternoon. Because the library have air conditioning

can blow, but also more than books at home too. Conveniently checked total solar eclipse was visible material.

Maybe I’ll become a history teacher.If I become a history teacher,I love children and history.Because childre makes me happy and history makes me smart.

Maybe I’ll become a basketball player.If I become a basketball player,I’ll become famous.If Ibecome famous,people all over the China will know me.But I won’t become famous,so I think I will be a history teacher.

[我理想的工作的英语作文

初二英语作文：Friendship

A life without a friend is a life without a sun. Friendship is one of the most important things in everyones life.

Friends are who changes your life just by being a part of it, who makes you believe that there really is good in the world, who convinces you that there really is an unlock door just waiting for you to open it.

When you’re down, friends lift you up. When you lose your way, friends guide you and cheer you on.

So cherish your friend, Do not save your loving speeches.for your friends till they are dead.Do not write them on their tombstones, speak them rather now instead

初二英语作文：Information Age

Its the age of information now and information is very important in the society.we need verious of information to live a normal life.we need to know the lastest news ,listen to the weather forecast,learn about the newly published books and many other things we are interested in and want to know.

There are many way of acquiring information,for example we can watch TV,listen to radio, read newspaper and magazines and go on line which is to most popupar ,convienent and effective way now.

Living in such an age of information,what should we to to face up to the challenge of it?I think we should try our best to learn as much knowledge as we can and try to master the new techonology.

奥运英语作文 北京奥运第一枚金牌属于谁？

北京奥运第一枚金牌属于谁？(Who will win the first gold medal?)

The suspense over who will win the first Olympic medal and in which event is really a interesting thing. Chinese officials are determined to make sure China, as the host country, wins the first gold of the Games. The womens 10m air rifle - which includes two Chinese medal favorites - has its final scheduled at 10:30 am on Aug 9 and should end about 20 minutes later.

If all goes as planned, either reigning gold medalist shooter Du Li or world champion Zhao Yinghui will raise 2008s first gold at the Beijing Shooting Range.

But if Du and Zhao are too far behind in points going into the final, the rumor says, organizers will delay the last ten shots of the final while the weightlifting final goes on as planned so China can secure the gold.

I think the first gold medal must belong to we Chinese, let wait this moment together.

奥运英语作文 关于北京奥运会开幕式的

关于北京奥运会开幕式的(About Beijing Olympic Opening Ceremony)

The Olympic Opening Ceremony was an international event and the whole world was watching! The event was held in a stadium designed to seat a large group of people.

The athletes entered the stadium in a specific order. The athletes from Greece entered first in honor of the original Olympics held in Greece. Then, the other athletes followed by nation in the alphabetical order of the host country’s language. The host country’s athletes came last. So for this coming Olympics 2008, the athletes from China will enter the stadium last.

The chief of state of the host country declared the games open, followed by the raising of the Olympic Flag. Music was played and fireworks were set off in salute. Then, doves were released into the air as a symbol of peace. Runners in cross-country relays brought in the Olympic torch. The running of the torch began four weeks before the Olympic ceremony and thousands of runners took part in this. Planes and ships transported the Olympic torch to each country that lies between Greece and the host country. The most exciting moment of the Olympic ceremony was when the torch entered the stadium and lit the Olympic Flame. The Flame was kept burning until the end of the Olympic games.

奥运英语作文 关于北京奥运会闭幕式的

关于北京奥运会闭幕式的(About Beijing Olympic Closing Ceremony)

The closing ceremony must take place in the stadium after the end of all the events. The flag bearers of the participating delegations and the name-board-bearers enter the stadium in single file. Behind them march the athletes, without distinction of nationality.

The flag bearers then form a semi-circle behind the rostrum.

The President of the IOC and the President of the OCOG mount the rostrum. To the sounds of the Greek national anthem, the Greek flag is hoisted on the flagpole that stands to the right of the central flagpole used for the winners flags. The flag of the host country is then hoisted on the central flagpole, while its anthem is played. Finally, the flag of the host country of the next Olympic Games is hoisted on the lefthand flagpole to the strains of its anthem.

The mayor of the host city joins the President of the IOC on the rostrum and returns to him the Olympic flag. The president of the IOC then entrusts it to the mayor of the host city of the following Olympic Games. This flag must be displayed in the latter citys main municipal building.

After an address by the President of the OCOG, the President of the IOC gives the closing speech of the Olympic Games, which he ends with these words:

"I declare the Games of the ... Olympiad closed and, in accordance with tradition, I call upon the youth of the world to assemble four years from now at ... to celebrate with us there the Games of the ... Olympiad".

A fanfare then sounds; the Olympic flame is extinguished, and while the Olympic anthem is being played, the Olympic flag is slowly lowered from the flagpole and, unfurled horizontally, carried out of the arena, followed by the flag bearers. A farewell song resounds.

奥运英语作文：我最喜欢的中国射击运动员

奥运英语作文：我最喜欢的中国射击运动员(The Chinese sport shooter I like best)

The Chinese sport shooter I like best is Wang Yifu who was in terms of Olympic medals one of the most successful sport shooters of all times. He specializes in the 50 m Pistol and 10 m Air Pistol events.

Wang won his first Olympic medal in the Los Angeles games at the age of 23. After this, the Air Pistol event was added to the program, and this is where he has achieved his greatest accomplishments. He won the 1992 gold medal only days after a new medal in the 50 m event. His three attempts to repeat the victory have provided impressive results and very tight duels:

In the 2004 competition, Wang scored 590 once more, but lost the Olympic record to Mikhail Nestruev (Russia) who achieved 591. However, Wang Yifu chased quickly and eventually won by a margin of 0.2 points to get his second Olympic gold.

I like Wang Yifu, and I also like his great sprite.

Hello，everyone！Nice to meet you！ My name is .I come from . junior middle school .I like English very much。 Usually， I listen to some English music. I think that English is very useful in the future so I study hard at it。 I have many friends . We help each other in the study and life。I love them very much. Thank you very much.

Yesterday was my birthday， so some of my classmates sent me presents。 Mother prepared a tea party for me。 I invited all of them to e and take part in it。The tea party began at half past six。 There were cold drinks and refreshments。 We ate， talked and laughed。 We felt that we were the happest men in the world。翻译：昨日是我生日，所以有几位我的同班同学送我礼。母亲给我准备一个茶会。我邀请他们都前来参加。茶会下午六点半开始。有冷饮和点心。我们又吃又谈又笑。我们觉得是世界上最快乐的人。

There are many festivals in China，During these holidays, my favorite holiday is Chinese New Year.Not only because it’s the biggest festival in the year, but also because it’s a new beginning that brings hope to people and it’s time for family gathering.Before the festival, people come home no matter where they are.Usually, we have a big dinner on the New Year’s Eve. And then families sit together and share their lives or planes.Some will play games or hang out to have some fun.

On the New Year’s Day, people get up early and say good words to anyone they meet.Children can get lucky money from relatives.In the following days, we will visit relative’s home and bring New Year’s wishes to them.In short, it’s a time for family gathering and all of us enjoy it.

在中国，一年有很多节日，在这些节日中，我最喜欢春节。这不仅因为它是一年中最大的节日，更因为它是新一年的开始，给人们带来新的希望，也因为它是亲朋好友团聚的时刻。不管身在何方，人们总会在春节前回到家里准备过节。

通常，我们会在除夕夜吃一顿丰盛的晚餐，之后家人团座一起，分享一年以来的生活以及新年计划。有的人则会玩游戏或者出去玩。大年初一，人们通常会早起，会与见到的人说吉祥话。孩子们会得到压岁钱。在接下来的几天里，人们会带上新年祝福互相串门拜年。总之，春节是一个欢聚一堂、供人享乐的日子。

when it comes to english learning, people may start pouring out their woes about how it difficult to learn. well, as an english major student, i think there are several ways we can do to improve our english skills and make it easier to learn. some english learners believe that extensive reading is an important way to learn english. i really agree with that. for every english learner, extensive reading is a indispensable part to enhance their english. there are some of the advantages of reading:

当提到学习英语时,人们就开始大倒苦水,抱怨英语是有多么的难学。好吧,作为一名英语专业的学生,我认为我们有几种方法可以使我们的英语水平提高,让其更容易学。一些英语学习者认为泛读是学习英语的重要方法。我同意这种看法。对于每个英语学习者来说,泛读是提高英语水平不可缺的一部分。关于阅读,有这些好处:

first of all, reading on different kinds of topics can broaden our horizon. we can know about the things we don’t know before and learn about the cultural differences. to a large extend, we acquire our knowledge through reading. second, reading english books or novel can avoid we speak “chinglish”. we can know the way how the native english speakers express themselves. third, reading is a good way to enlarge our vocabulary. if we encounter a new word in the book, we can refer to the dictionary, and then write it down on the notebook. what’s more, the more we read, the better our reading comprehension will be. it’s a very useful skill for english learner. last but not least, reading can provide us with a lot of pleasure. we will not feel lonely if we read an interesting book.

首先,阅读不同题材的文章可以扩宽我们的眼界。我们可以知道那些我们不曾了解的事物,并了解文化差异。从很大的程度上来说,我们通过阅读来获取知识。其二,阅读可以避免我们说“中式英语”。我们可以了解到地道的英语应该怎么样说。第三,阅读可以帮助我们扩展自己的词汇量。如果我们遇到一个新的单词,可以查阅字典,然后把新的单词抄在笔记本中。这对于英语学习者来说非常有用。最后,阅读可以提供给我们很多快乐。当我们阅读一本有趣的书时,就不会觉得孤独了。

in a word, reading is a good way to improve our english skills. try to read extensively, you’ll have a lot of benefit from it.

一句话总结,阅读是提高我们英语学习能力的好方法。试着去广泛的阅读吧,你会从中收获很多的。

[大学生英语日记带翻译：英语学习之我见

My name is Liu Aoqi. I am 9 years old. I am a primary school student and a young pioneer. I read in the three (1) class of pine wood Central Primary School, I was born on the day of December 20, 1999, because that day is just the return of Macao, so I have an Australian character in my name.

I have a round face, a pair of bright eyes, and a glossy black hair, my mother often gives me tied in a ponytail, Zouqilulai shake the. I like to make more friends with me. I have a lot of advantages and a lot of shortcomings. I like reading books since I was young. There are many extracurricular books in my bookcase. I am very clean. I clean up my little world. I am very generous, never stingy, and often take out what I eat and share with my friends. My biggest drawback is carelessness in writing my homework. I often write 0 to 6, or 6 to 0.

This is the lively and lovely I, I hope to make friends with everyone.

我叫刘澳琪，今年9岁，我是一名小学生，也是一名少先队员。我在松木坪中心小学三(1)班读书，我是在1999年12月20日那天出生的，因为那天正好是澳门回归，所以我的名字里面带着一个 澳 字。

我有一张圆圆的脸，一双炯炯有神的大眼睛，还有一头乌黑发亮的头发，我妈妈经常给我扎一个马尾辫，走起路来一甩一甩的。我喜欢结交认识更多的朋友。我有好多优点，也有好多缺点。我从小就喜欢读书，在我的书柜里有好多的课外书，我非常很干净，我把我的 小天地 收拾得干干净净、整整齐齐。我十分大方，从不吝啬，经常会把我好吃的东西拿出来和好朋友们一起分享。我最大的缺点就是写作业时粗心大意，经常会把 0 写成 6 ，或者把 6 写成 0 。

这就是活泼可爱的我，希望和大家交朋友。

我们都邻国。好邻居胜过远亲。这是共同的，我们可能会与遇到困难.当我们好邻居，他们将永远来帮助您。邻国应该在与对方。

我的邻居，有一个女儿。我们是同龄，但我们不要? T研究在同一所学校。晚上我们总是一起做功课。她擅长数学，我很擅长英语。因此，我们经常互相帮助来自作文

Good Neighbours

We all have neighbours. A good neighbour is better than a distant relative. It is common that we may meet with difficulties.When we have igood neighbours, they will always come to help you. Neighbours should get on well with each other.

My neighbour has a daughter. We are of the same age but we don~t study in the same school. In the evening we always do homework together. She is good at maths and I am good at English. So we often help each other.

万圣节(All Saints Day, All Hallows Day或Hallowmas) 是每年11月1日的欧美大节日。以下是小编带来的关于万圣节的英语资料大全，希望对你有帮助。

Halloween (or Halloween) is an annual holiday observed on October 31, which commonly includes activities such as trick-or-treating, attending costume parties, carving jack-o-lanterns, bonfires, apple bobbing, visiting haunted attractions, playing pranks, telling scary stories, and watching horror films arevery happy.

Halloween (or Halloween) is an annual holiday observed on October 31, which commonly includes activities such as trick-or-treating, attending costume parties, carving jack-o-lanterns, bonfires, apple bobbing, visiting haunted attractions, playing pranks, telling scary stories, and watching horror films.

History

Historian Nicholas Rogers, exploring the origins of Halloween, notes that while "some folklorists have detected its origins in the Roman feast of Pomona, the goddess of fruits and seeds, or in the festival of the dead called Parentalia, it is more typically linked to the Celtic festival of Samhain, whose original spelling was Samuin (pronounced sow-an or sow-in)".The name is derived from Old Irish and means roughly "summers end".Snap-Apple Night (1832) by Daniel Maclise.Depicts apple bobbing and divination games at a Halloween party in Blarney, Ireland.The name Halloween and many of its present-day traditions derive from the Old English era.

The word Halloween is first attested in the 16th century and represents a Scottish variant of the fuller All-Hallows-Even ("evening"), that is, the night before All Hallows Day.[4] Although the phrase All Hallows is found in Old English (ealra hālgena mæssedæg, mass-day of all saints), All-Hallows-Even is itself not attested until 1556.

11月1日 -- 万圣节 All Saints Day

11月2日 -- 墨西哥的鬼节 Day of Death

万圣节(All Saints Day, All Hallows Day或Hallowmas) 是每年11月1日的欧美大节日。

Halloween 是 All Hallows Eve 的缩写，万圣节前夜的意思，指10月31日的晚上。

For thousands of years people have been celebrating different holidays and festivals at the end of October. The Celts celebrated it as Samhain (pronounced “sow-in”, with “sow” rhyming with cow)。 The Irish English dictionary published by the Irish Texts Society defines the word as follows:

“Samhain, All Hallowtide, the feast of the dead in Pagan and Christian times, signalizing the close of harvest and the initiation of the winter season, lasting till May, during which troops (esp. the Fiann) were quartered. Faeries were imagined as particularly active at this season. From it the half year is reckoned. also called Feile Moingfinne (Snow Goddess)。(1) The Scottish Gaelis Dictionary defines it as ”Hallowtide. The Feast of All Soula. Sam + Fuin = end of summer.“(2) Contrary to the information published by many organizations, there is no archaeological or literary evidence to indicate that Samhain was a deity. The Celtic Gods of the dead were Gwynn ap Nudd for the British, and Arawn for the Welsh. The Irish did not have a ”lord of death“ as such.

The Celts believed that every year on the last day of October, the souls of the dead visited the earth.www.

When the Romans conquered the Celts in the first century A.D., they added parts of their festivals, Feralia and Pomona to the tradition. Feralia was a festival to honor the dead and Pomona was a harvest festival named after the goddess of fruit (apples) and trees.

Around the eigth century, the Christian church made November 1 All Saints Day to honor all of the saints that didnt have a special day of their own. Over the years these festivals combined, the mass held on All Saints Day was called Allhallowmas (the mass of all Hallows - saintly people)。 The night before was known as All Hallows Eve. Eventually this name became Halloween.

In the 1800s, as a lot of people emigrated to the U.S., the holidays and traditions of different cultures merged. Halloween was not always a happy time. October 31, or the night before took on other names. Some called it Devils or Hell night, to others it was mischief night. Here in Vermont, the night before is called cabbage night. To some people this became a time to play tricks on others. Some of these tricks were not fun at all. Luckily, community groups and individuals took action and started to change Halloween into a family event. Dressing up in costumes and going ”trick or treating“, costume parades, community parties and Fall festivals are some of the ways that Halloween is celebrated today.

Other countries have different Fall festivals to honor the deceased.

The Festival of the Dead is one of the most important happenings in both Palermo and the rest of Sicily. The second of November is a festival day for the children of Palermo as, according to tradition,they were made to believe that their dead relatives would return the night before and leave them traditional sweets and cakes on the table (Martorana fruit, which is almond paste made into the shape of different fruit)。 They would also receive puppets of boiled sugar and toys. Its one way of keeping the memory of their dead relatives and loved ones alive.

一年中最”闹鬼“的这天夜里，各种妖魔鬼怪、 海盗、 外星来客和巫婆们纷纷出动。在基督纪元以前，凯尔特人在夏未举行仪式感激上苍和太阳的恩惠。

当时的占卜者点燃并施巫术以驱赶据说在四周游荡的妖魔怪。后来，罗马人用果仁和苹果来庆祝的丰收节与凯尔特人的10月31日溶合了。

在中世纪，人们穿上动物造型的服饰、 戴上可怕的面具是想在万圣节前夜驱赶黑夜中的鬼怪。尽管後来基督教代替了凯尔特和罗马的宗教活动，早期的习俗还是保留下来了。现在，孩子们带着开玩笑的心理穿戴上各种服饰和面具参加万圣节舞会，这些舞会四周的墙上往往悬挂着用纸糊的巫婆、 黑猫、 鬼怪和尸骨，窗前和门口则吊着龇牙裂嘴或是面目可憎的南瓜灯笼。孩子们还常常试图咬住悬挂着的苹果。

美国和加拿大的孩子们在这天穿戴上古怪的服饰去按邻居家的门铃，并按传统发出”是款待我还是要我耍花招“的威胁。邻居们不管是否被吓着，总是准备了一些糖果、 苹果等点心，孩子们则一一收入自己的袋内。

万圣节其实不是基督教的节日。2500年前，爱尔兰的凯尔特人(Celts)以10月31日为一年的最後一日，11月1日是新一年的开始，也象徵冬天的来临。

凯尔特人相信死亡之神Samhain在10月31日的晚上会和鬼魂一起重返人间，寻找替身。因此他们燃点火炬，焚烧动物以作为死亡之神的献礼。还会用动物的头或皮毛做成的服饰打扮自己，发出古怪的声音，使死亡之神认不出自己，避过灾难。这就是今天万圣节化妆舞会的由来。过了当晚，鬼魂回到阴间，一切回复平静。

基督教兴起，教徒沿袭万圣节传统，万圣节的意义慢慢改为纪念为献身於神而死亡的人(holies)。

附带一提，11月2日是墨西哥的鬼节(Los Dias de los Muertos, Day of the Dead)。当天家家户户都烘烤动物造型的面包和煮鸡肉等食物，并在供桌上面放置玩具，以期待早逝的孩童们回到家中玩耍。也可以陈列鲜花、 水果、 照片和彩绘的骷髅头，接待仙逝长辈。

墨西哥人认为，鬼魂和人一样需要及时行乐，所以鬼节宛若一场嘉年华会，人们带着面具到处游走，吃骷髅形状的糖，面包上还装饰有鬼的形像。黄昏时刻，全家人一起到墓园清理墓地，妇女们或跪或坐整夜祈祷，男人们交谈或唱歌，在子夜中烛光忽闪忽灭充满了整个墓园，游唱歌者为已逝亡者的灵魂高歌吟唱。

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Hello! I’m He Baoyi. We have three new teachers this term. But my favourite

teacher is English teacher. Who is she? Yes, she’s Linda.

Do you want to know her? Linda is very beautiful. Look! She has a round

face, two small black eyes, a straight nose, a big mouth and two small ears. Her

hair is very long. She is not tall and not short. She likes wearing a white

dress. She looks like an angle. Linda works very hard every day. And she is

strict to us. But she is kind. Her class is so much fun. Really? Yes. In class,

she is our good teacher. After class, she is our good friend.

Her favourite food is tofu. It ’s very very healthy. She is not only good

at pingpong, but also good at singing. She likes talking with us. We all like

her.

你好!我他Baoyi啦。这学期我们有三位新老师。但是我最喜欢的老师是英语老师。她是谁?是的,自己是琳达。

你想认识她吗?琳达非常漂亮。看!她有一张圆圆的脸，两只黑色的小眼睛，一个直鼻梁，一个大嘴巴和两只小耳朵。她的头发很长。她个子不高，个子不矮。她喜欢穿白色的衣服。她看起来像个天使。琳达每天工作很努力。她对我们很严格。但她是善良的。她的课很有趣。真的吗?是的。在课堂上，她是我们的好老师。下课后，她是我们的好朋友。

她最喜欢的食物是豆腐。它非常健康。她不仅擅长乒乓球，而且擅长唱歌。她喜欢和我们谈话。我们都喜欢她。