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1000平安夜的一封信英文
全文共 599 字
+ 加入清单Dear Santa Claus,
Im Eddie. Ive been good for the past year. Very good! I want a crocodile
doll, and I want everything I want. Its up to you and the elves. My brothers
name is Jaxton, and Im sure hell grow up a lot by Christmas. Get him some
diapers. When I was three years old, he once peed in my mouth and I vomited. Get
mom a new breast pump. Get my dad a new pair of pants and pants. I love Rudolph
in the reindeer, Elation, dancer. What flavor of biscuit would you like?
I love you... Am I great?
Love, Eddie
Of course, there are those who feel that Santa cant deliver on his
promise, such as this one...
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篇1:在一封信的结尾英文
全文共 688 字
+ 加入清单Dear Sue,
I’m Li Hua, one of your students in China. It’s almost a month since you
left us. We all miss you and are very grateful for what you did for us.
We are busy as usual. We had an English speech contest the other day. I won
the first prize! This again reminds me of all your kind help. Do you still
remember the trees we planted together on the hill behind the school? Yesterday,
we went there and watered them. The tree you planted yourself is growing well,
and the whole class decided to name it Sue Wood. Will you come back to see Sue
Wood?
How is everything with you lately? We hope to know more about you and your
American students. Hope to keep in close touch.
All the best.
Yours,
Li Hua
篇2:遥控飞机作文400字
全文共 417 字
+ 加入清单今天,我的主人和他的爸爸带我来到了门前的苗圃,那儿真美啊!有绿油油的小树,有姹紫嫣红的小花。在中间有一块空地,前面还有一条又细又长的小道。
小主人把我轻轻地放在空地上,他把油门一推,我一下子飞向了湛蓝的天空。开始我飞得不太好,由于风大摇摇摆摆,几次都差点坠落,但我没一会儿就掌握了飞行要领。我一会儿盘旋,一会儿爬升,一会儿滑翔,一会儿降落。我还试过倒着飞,但一下子就掉了下来。幸好我是泡沫做的,否则就会摔个稀巴烂。
有一次,我还降落到了一棵小树顶上,整个苗圃尽收眼底,好美呀!欣赏完美景,将油门加到最大才发现我下不去了。幸亏小主人的爸爸把我抱了下来,否则就要一辈子都挂在那儿了!还有一次,我从车顶起飞、降落,难度大极了,好惊险!但有一件事情令我很伤心,猜的出来吗?还是让我告诉你吧!那里水缸超多,我三次都一不留神掉进了水缸里,还好没泡坏,否则玩飞机的事就真的“泡汤”了!
今天真快乐,真好玩,真刺激啊!
篇3:坐飞机作文600字
全文共 591 字
+ 加入清单盼望着,盼望着,国庆小长假终于来了。妈妈早早的就买好了机票,出发去玩咯!
记得上一次坐飞机是三年前去比赛的时候了,现在终于又可以体会到在空中翱翔的滋味了,超级兴奋。十月一号那天,一切都顺顺利利,哪儿都不堵车,飞机还没有晚点,上天保佑啊!
终于坐上了飞机,我异常的紧张,可能是因为太久没有坐飞机了吧,也可能是在网上看到了那些关于飞机的事故,有些心理阴影。我开始浑身发热,坐立不安。过了大概二十分钟,飞机开始“冲刺”了,我握紧我的小拳头,双眼紧闭。十秒之后,飞机离开了陆地并迅速上升,几十秒时间,高大的建筑物变成了蚂蚁,趴在窗口上鸟瞰,仿佛下面铺了张巨大的地图。飞机很快进入了平稳飞行时段,这时我们已经在云层之上了。偶尔往窗外看,还可以从云层的缝隙中看到起起伏伏的山脉。云一朵一朵的,被太阳照的金黄。我还看到乌云了!黑得像芝麻糊,可以推测这一个地方的天气一定很不好。忽然飞机开始颠簸,我的心也随着飞机颠簸了起来。还好只是一小会儿。时间过得很快,太阳渐渐被雪白的云吞没,散发出属于这一小片天空最后的一抹阳光。
飞机在慢慢降落,在空中看城市夜晚的车水马龙,路灯、车灯,白色的、黄色的,真的很美。不经意间,飞机离地面不过五米,随着轮胎“咣”的一声落在了地上,我们也收拾好行李,该下飞机了。
时间转瞬即逝,回想上一次坐飞机,自己还是一个懵懂的小学生,这时隔数年的翱翔告诉我,我将开始新的、不同的生活……
篇4:给过去朋友的一封信英文
全文共 733 字
+ 加入清单dear cathy,
i’m very glad to tell you something about chinas second manned spacecraft shenzhou vi.
it was launched at 9 o’clock, oct 12, 2008. and it returned to earth at about half past 4, oct 17. shenzhou vi orbited around the earth at a speed of 7.9 kilometers per second and traveled 3.25 million kilometers during the 115 hours and 33 minutes’ journey in space. the total cost is rmb900 million . aboard the craft were two astronauts, fei junlong and nie haisheng, who conducted a lot of scientific experiments. their journey in space was very smooth. the living and working conditions inside the cabin were very good. their health is in good condition.
ok, i have to stop here. looking forward to hearing from you soon!
yours,
li bo
篇5:第一次坐飞机作文250字
全文共 258 字
+ 加入清单长这么大,我还没有坐过飞机呢!今天,妈妈说要圆我这个梦。
到达机场后,只见诺大的机场上:有的飞机正在缓缓下降,有的正准备起飞,还有的在跑道上滑行。
我们的飞机就要起飞了,空姐帮我系好了安全带,我即害怕又兴奋。飞机慢慢的离地面越来越远了,我朝窗户往下看:房子像一个个火柴盒,汽车像一只只小甲虫,根本就看不见人了……
我正想着:原来坐飞机和坐汽车一样平稳啊!突然飞机颠簸了几下,我吓了一跳,妈妈说:“不要怕,飞机只是遇到了气流。”
过两个多小时的飞行,我们终于平安的到达了目的地,其实飞机是最安全的交通工具,有机会我还想再坐呢。
篇6:飞机小创意作文450字
全文共 442 字
+ 加入清单今天是复习阶段的最后一天,我们都很开心。中午,我们正在玩纸飞机的时候,突然老师叫大家进教室。进教室以后,我也不知道怎么回事,老师又说:“把所有的纸飞机都扔到纸篓里去!”说这句话的时候,周老师非常的严厉,所以我们只好把手里的纸飞机都给扔了。
放学了,我回到爸爸办公室,又折了三架纸飞机,分别叫“火箭号”、“客车号”和“蝙蝠号”。“火箭号”个头最小,长得细细的,翅膀也不大,只有一厘米多,但是它飞行的速度最快,总是第一名。“客车号”的特点是个头大,年纪最小,因为它是最后一个折出来的,它飞的时候老是会滚,还会转圈,落地的时候老是会摩擦。该介绍一下“蝙蝠号”了,它浑身都是缺点,不像其它两只“飞机”飞得远,老是只飞一点点就掉下来了,因为它的翅膀改造得不好,可能太宽了。
我一会儿发射火箭号,一会儿发射客车号,一会儿发射蝙蝠号,玩得很开心。突然,“火箭号”飞向爸爸,顺着爸爸的后脑勺飞过去了。爸爸对我说:“玩的时候要注意安全,别射到人。”
我就连忙把“火箭号”的头改造成方的,后来玩的时候就小心了!
篇7:第一次坐飞机
全文共 496 字
+ 加入清单说实话,心里真的是很害怕,以前在梦里经常梦到乘座飞机半路上飞机都坏了,所以我常对别人说这辈子不坐飞机我也没什么遗憾的。我坐在16排,正好是在飞机的翅膀上,听说飞机起飞时耳朵就很难受,我就拼命嚼着口香糖,飞机还没正式起飞,我的一瓶口香糖就吃差不多一半了。飞机终于起飞了,就在飞机飞速向前冲时,我死死攥紧拳头,闭上双眼,飞机飞上天时我的心快跳到了嗓子眼,心想这回我的命可真的是老天爷的了,飞机在飞行中不时晃动,吓得我出一身一身的汗。渐渐的`飞机平稳下来,我的紧张情绪也随之放松下来,看着外面的蓝天白云,自己仿佛是一只行驶在蓝天上的天使,感觉好美!于是我打开相机,开始拍摄窗外的美景。不知不觉,飞机开始下降,准备在郑州机场降落。短短的两个小时,飞机就把我们从一个城市带到了遥远的另一座城市,突然间感觉人类太伟大了,飞机太奇妙了,飞行员太神圣了!
第一次坐飞机,就让我坐了个够,这次旅行共七升七降,由开始的紧张害怕变成后来的开心过瘾,由不适应到完全放松。 真的非常感谢我们的校长,如果没有现在的校长,我可能这辈子也坐不上飞机了,我真想代表我的八辈祖宗感谢他!
篇8:元宵节的风俗英文
全文共 1660 字
+ 加入清单the first day of the lunar new year is "the welcoming of the gods of the heavens and earth."
many people abstain from meat on the first day of the new year because it is believed that this will ensure long and happy lives for them.
on the second day, the chinese pray to their ancestors as well as to all the gods. they are extra kind to dogs and feed them well as it is believed that the second day is the birthday of all dogs.
the third and fourth days are for the sons-in-laws to pay respect to their parents-in-law.
the fifth day is called po woo. on that day people stay home to welcome the god of wealth.
no one visits families and friends on the fifth day because it will bring both parties bad luck.
on the sixth to the 10th day, the chinese visit their relatives and friends freely. they also visit the temples to pray for good fortune and health.
the seventh day of the new year is the day for farmers to display their produce.
these farmers make a drink from seven types of vegetables to celebrate the occasion. the seventh day is also considered the birthday of human beings. noodles are eaten to promote longevity and raw fish for success.
on the eighth day the fujian people have another family reunion dinner, and at midnight they pray to tian gong, the god of heaven.
the ninth day is to make offerings to the jade emperor.
the 10th through the 12th are days that friends and relatives should be invited for dinner.
after so much rich food, on the 13th day you should have simple rice congee and mustard greens (choi sum) to cleanse the system.
the 14th day should be for preparations to celebrate the lantern festival which is to be held on the 15th night.
篇9:关于万圣节英文
全文共 773 字
+ 加入清单Halloween means Hallows Evening.It is the evening before All Hallows Day (now called All SaintsDay) ,a Christian holiday,celebrated on the November 1st.
History traces Halloween back to the ancient religion of the Celtics.The Celts were the ancestors of the present-day Irish,Welsh and Scottish people.In the 5th century BC,in Celtic Ireland,summer officially ended on October 31st.On the November 1st,Celtic peoples celebrated the festival of Samhain,which marked the beginning of winter and the Celtic New Year.Celts thought the division between the natural world and the supernatural world became very thin and all time and space was abruptly suspended on October 31st,and then the spirits of the died would come back and move freely looking for living bodies to possess.
篇10:我的航模飞机作文400字
全文共 447 字
+ 加入清单今天,我要自己动手去做航模飞机了。我前面做过两个,不过是妈妈帮忙的,这次我一定要自己做个更好的。
首先,拿出机翼,折起的机翼向下折一些,再用贴上双面胶的定型片把机翼旁的角一样的东西给定型。第一步做好了,接下来是第二步。先把一个木棒一样的东西,还有翼台、双面胶和上一步做的机翼准备好,再把双面胶贴在翼台上,然后把机翼贴上翼台,第二步的第一小步就完成了,接下来再准备好像筋和塑料片,并把塑料片放在机翼的中间,用像筋扣住,第二步就完成了。第三步开始了,先把尾钩、双面胶、尾翼翼座、水平尾翼和垂直尾翼都准备好,再用尾钩往机身里插,然后尾翼翼座紧跟在尾钩后,就像警查抓小偷一样,再把尾翼翼座上贴上双面胶,最后把水平尾翼和垂直贴上去就好了。最后一步就是拿出螺旋桨和像筋,再将螺旋浆与尾翼装到机身上,然后用像筋绕4圈,橡筋置于尾钩处。
航模飞机做好了,我迫不及待地按顺时针方向转动螺旋浆一百圈左右,再一扔,航模平稳地飞了起来。我欢呼起来:“我成功了,我成功了!”我高兴的不得了,因为我终于能自己做一个航模飞机了。
篇11:未来的飞机
全文共 385 字
+ 加入清单小朋友们,你们知道未来的飞机是什么样子吗?我就请你们乘坐时光门到34世纪,看看那时候的飞机到底是什么样的吧!
未来的飞机是水-空两用的,用空中加油机给它提供核燃料,它加一次核燃料能够绕行地球2000圈。它还装有电子对抗雷达,可以干扰敌方的雷达侦察系统,不让敌人知道此机的存在。它还能发射跟踪导弹,跟踪敌方的战机,执行导弹发射任务。
若遇到紧急情况,它可以把螺旋桨伸出并自动旋转,变成核潜艇,潜入深水中。它是超大型核潜艇,长4000米,宽2000米,装有400辆主力坦克,300辆装甲车、5架高射炮、10架迫击炮,并配备10000名士兵。它能同时跟踪10个敌方目标,并发射鱼雷。还可以变成登陆舰艇,运输坦克、装甲车、高射炮等武器。运输成功后,并且进行海战,用舰反潜导弹击破敌方的核潜艇。
哈哈,真是一架多功能的战斗飞机呀!现在你们知道未来飞机的厉害了吧!!!
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篇12:给老师的一封信好开头英文
全文共 743 字
+ 加入清单Dear Mr Wang:
We are so pleased that you are willing to share our views.
In the course of the general revision,What we need is solid foundation. Methods are vital,so could you please introduce some learning keys?We think it can help us much better.
Could you please teach us slower? We should have time to understand everything we learnt .Then we can learn the nature not the surface.
We also need to practice the important and easily wrong difficulties again and again. And we wont get puzzled when we meet the similar questions.
Doing homework is a way to make sure if all of us can control the knowledge.We hope that there will be less homework in order to increase the quality.
Besides,inspire us more and well do better than before.
Yours,
Li hua
篇13:人生的英文谚语
全文共 3433 字
+ 加入清单Do as you would be done by. 推己及人。
Do business, but be not a slave to it. 要做事,但不要做事务的奴隶。
Dog does not eat dog. 物不伤其类。
Dogs that bark at a distance bite not at hand. 远处叫得凶的狗,不会近身来咬人。
Dogs that run after many hares kill none. 多谋寡成。
Dogs wag their tails not so much in love to you as your bread. 狗摇尾巴,爱的是面包。
Doing is better than saying. 行胜于言。
Do in Rome as the Romans do. 入乡随俗。
Do not all you can, spend not all you have; believe not all you hear; and tell not all youknow. 不要为所能为,不要花尽所有,不要全信所闻,不要言尽所知。
Do not cut down the tree that gives you shade. 不要忘恩负义。
Do not despise your enemy. 万勿轻敌。
Do not give a dog bread every time he wags his tail. 不要有求必应。
Do not praise a day before sunset. 切勿褒贬过早。
Do not run too fast after gain. 不要见利就拼命追。
He sits no sure that sits too high. 高处不胜寒。
He that respects not is not respected. 欲受人敬,要先敬人。
So said, so done. 说到做到。言出必行。
Haste makes waste. 忙乱易错。欲速则不达。
Better be envied than pitied. 宁被人妒,不受人怜。
Although the sun shine, leave not your cloak at home. 未雨绸缪。
So the world wags. 这就是人生。
One can not be in two places at once. 一心不可二用。
No weal without woe. 福兮祸所伏, 祸兮福所倚。
Little chips light great fires. 星星之火,可以燎原。
We never know the worth of water till the well is dry. 井干方知水珍贵
Less is more. 简单就是美
A blessing in disguise. 因祸得福
Love me, love my dog.爱屋及乌
Every dog has his day. 凡人皆有得意日
Sharpening your axe will not delay your job of cutting wood.
磨刀不误砍柴功。
Seeing is believing.眼见为实
Well begun is half done.好的开端是成功的一半
Time flies never to be recalled. 光阴一去不复返
When in Rome, do as Roman do.入乡随俗
Kill two birds with one stone.一箭双雕
East or west, home is best. 走东串西,还是家里好
Equal pay for equal work.同工同酬
Put the cart before the horse. 本末倒置
Pride goes before a fall. 骄兵必败
Reading makes a full man. 读书使人完善
Knowledge is power. 知识就是力量
Failure is the mother of success. 失败是成攻之母
Practice makes perfect.熟能生巧
All roads lead to Roma. 条条大道通罗马
Dont judge a person by the clothes he wears. 不能以貌取人
Like knows like. 惺惺相惜。
It is a poor mouse that has only one hole. 狡兔三窟。
Dreams are lies. 梦不足信。
Do not teach fish to swim. 不要班门弄斧。
A light heart live long. 心情开朗寿命长。不恼不愁,活到白头。
An apple a day keeps the doctor away. 日吃苹果一只,身体健康不求医。
Poverty is stranger to industry. 勤劳之人不受穷。
Easy come, easy go. 易得易失。
Eat at pleasure, drink with measure. 随意吃饭,适度饮酒。
Eat ones cake and have it. 又要马儿好,又要马儿不吃草。
Eat to live, but not live to eat. 吃饭是为了生存,但生存不是为了吃饭。
Eat to please thyself, but dress to please others. 吃是使自己受用,穿是使别人受用。
Education begins a gentleman, conversation completes him. 人的教养始于教育,成于社交。
Education has for its object the formation of character. 教育的目的在于培养品德。
Elbow grease gives the best polish. 只要功夫深,铁杵磨成针。
Empty vessels make the greatest sound. 空桶响声大。
Enough is as good as a feast. 知足常乐。
Envy assails the noblest, the winds howl around the highest peak. 高位遭人妒,高峰招风吹。
Equivocation is first cousin to a lie. 支支吾吾,其言必诈。
Errors, like straws, upon the surface flow; he who would search for pearls must dive below. 错误像稻草,漂浮在水面。欲觅珍珠者,须往水下潜。
Facts are stubborn things. 事实是不容改变的东西。
Failure is the mother of success. 失败是成功之母。
Faint heart never wins fair lady.
Fair and softly go far in a day. 谦和稳重,前程远大。
Fair faces need no paint. 貌美毋须修饰。
Faith will move mountains. 精诚所至,金石为开。
Fall sick and you will see who is your friend and who is not. 困难见友情。
False friends are worse than open enemies. 明枪易躲,暗箭难防。
False tongue will hardly speak truth. 虚伪者不肯说真话。
False with one can be false with two. 对一个人虚伪,也会对两个人虚伪。
Fame is a magnifying glass. 名誉是放大镜。
Fame like a river is narrowest at its source and broadest afar off. 名誉像条河,源头最狭窄,远处最宽阔。
篇14:初中英文
全文共 742 字
+ 加入清单Winter love to do one thing, of course, is one of the "happy camp". Ajit is
my favorite, I think a lot of people like him, some people like the sound of his
voice, some people like his humor, some people like his story, some people like
him... I like him, dont seem to need because of what, and it seems that it was
his everything.
When again saw him was when he was attracted by him, because his voice, the
heart and his guitar, singing stories to tell through music, remember to listen
to his host, the whole people is completely to sink in, seems you walked into
his story, he went into the performance, the feeling is all other host are not
present at other host host is talking about simple mechanical, for ajit is
beautiful like sounds of nature.
篇15:晴天英文
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+ 加入清单Hainan not have winer.In Hainanover here is very very hot!You can go to there in winter.Because the winter in HaiNan is warmer than most areas of China.Swimming in the sea playing on the beach or having meals outside are very good choices for travellers. But you must be good sunscreen preparations.There are usually 40 degrees Celsius .But before and after Septemberthere are usually 30 degrees Celsius.I like Hainan very much!
篇16:纸飞机作文
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+ 加入清单今天,老师让我们一起做纸飞机。这是为什么呢?我刚要问,老师就解释道:“校园里有一个飞机的比赛,看谁的飞机飞得高,飞得远。”我们听了非常高兴。
回到家里,我从自己的屋里拿了四张A4纸,开始做纸飞机。但我不会做,这时我刚想起来。没办法我只好去问妈妈怎么做,妈妈告诉我,我会做了。我拿起一张A4纸。把它竖着放,把左边的角折到中间,把右边的角也折到中间,对整齐。折好后的大三角形,沿着最长的边对折,再把纸翻过去,继续把左边和右边的角对折到中间对整齐。再把纸翻过去,沿着中线对折。分别两边再对折,沿着折痕舒展开。
好了,我的飞机做好了。
来到学校,我拿着做好的飞机。来到教室,我拿着飞机,一放,飞机就飞在了半空中。飞得很快,不到六秒钟,飞机就落了下来。
但我知道我会折纸飞机了呢!
篇17:六年级给老师的一封信英文
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+ 加入清单Dear Mrs. Shi,
hello. Must first thank you to be willing very much to arrive at our school, teaches us business English this curriculum. To your first impression is childish, very kind feeling. After knowing your study experience, increased to your sentiment of worship.Because Fudan Universitys world economics specialty is my dream, even if forever possibly could not realize. In fact,I really want to see your study life at ordinary times, I want to know what kind of habits accomplished thus excellent of you.
This semester, we got the subject of 《Offer&Counter-Offer》 , I also remember until now our group comes on stage performances scene, I can only use two words to describe: bad and awkward. Because we do not have well the preparation, cause then the situation of the mess. On the PPT content is directly from on-line duplication and glue. But takes me who lectures not to have well the preparation, is simply is on site to display. At that time stood on the stage feeling is really very bad, I only wanted a bit faster to finish lecture, hurry to leave stage. That experience told me “the full preparation” importance.
In your class, I also have another unforgettable experience, is some time roll-call. You didn’t call everybody,when you selected Wang Kaiya, I helped her to call, which knew that you called me to raise hand to look to you. Afterward you selected unexpectedly to mine name. I am really suspected very much that you thought I am not Wang Kaiya, therefore has turned head selects the Han Xue name again, because of mine student number in the front of Wang Kaiya. Afterward one time, you were called each group of group leaders name, I helped Wang Kaiya to call once more, therefore I thought that perhaps you regarded me Wang Kaiya.Ha-ha, this merely is my guess!
On your class we feel relaxed, we don’t have the tedious knowledge spot and heavy homework. Some are only your speaking with confidence with each kind of small story, you used your personal experience to teach our some truths.
This semester, my impression quite deep is “transportation” this chapter. I have learned the transport expense computing mode, and in the transportation process the risk undertakes the way. The different transport mode and the method of settling accounts, will have the dissimilar transport expense and the risk. Actually in “the international trade”, I has also studied some international shippings knowledge, but in yours class, I studied each technical expression in English. For freight,direct vessel,entir voyage and so on.
Oh, Oh, I am really could not write again about this semester’s studies and thought, because spoke the truth, I very few listened earnestly, especially in the university. Therefore teacher I’m sorry very much, this semesters work I stopped. Wishes you and your family member has the happiness content life!
篇18:用英文写给我最好的朋友的一封信
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+ 加入清单Cathy,
My dear friend. How is it going? And your family? oh,I really miss you! Mrs Wu is fine too.How do you think your new teacher? Is she or he very kind? And your classmates? Are they friendly to you? Our classmates are miss you too. Cathy, Do you know? I have a new English name, Katrina. How about this name? I like it very much.
Oh,my god! I am very busy now. I have too much homework. I must do it every day. And I have to go to school on Saturday! Oh!yuck! I m very angry and tired. Do you have any English books?I want to read. Because I love English.I am crazy about practicing English.Because English is an international language,all nations are starting lern English now.And you? Do you love English? Ok,I want to sleep. Good bye!
Li Wenzhu
篇19:写风景英文
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+ 加入清单Good morning, everyone! Nice to meet you ! Im your tour guide today, Welcome to my hometown ---Huanggang.
Huanggang lies in the middle of Hubei Province, It has a veyt long history and many beautiful views.For example, Chibi Park and Ehuang Bridge are the most beautiful and relaxing among them. And the air is very clean and fresh. Hongan is very historical and educational. Huangmei is famous for the Huangmei Opera -----one of the greatest local operas in China.
Huanggang is also a good place for shopping and having delicious food . So far, a lot of new shopping malls and plazas have been built. You can buy what you like there ,If you want to try traditional Huanggang fodd,you can go to Night Snack Street, The food there is both dilicious and cheap.
There are still many other interesting and exciting things waiting for you to enjoy yourselves! Lets go for them!
篇20:月亮英文
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+ 加入清单The Fascinating Moonrise
There is a hill near my home that I often climb at night. The noise of the city is a far-off murmur. In the hush of dark I share the cheerfulness of crickets and the confidence of owls. But it is the drama of the moonrise that I come to see. For that restores in me a quiet and clarity that the city spends too freely.
From this hill I have watched many moons rise. Each one had its own mood. There have been broad, confident harvest moons in autumn; shy, misty moons in spring; lonely, white winter moons rising into the utter silence of an ink-black sky and smoke-smudged orange moons over the dry fields of summer. Each, like fine music, excited my heart and then calmed my soul.
But we, who live indoors, have lost contact with the moon. The glare of street lights and the dust of pollution veil the night sky. Though men have walked on the moon, it grows less familiar. Few of us can say what time the moon will rise tonight.
Still, it tugs at our minds.
If we unexpectedly encounter the full moon, huge and yellow over the horizon, we are helpless but to stare back at its commanding presence. And the moon has gifts to bestow upon those who watch.
I learned about its gifts one July evening in the mountains. My car had mysteriously stalled, and I was stranded and alone. The sun had set, and I was watching what seemed to be the bright-orange glow of a forest fire beyond a ridge to the east. Suddenly, the ridge itself seemed to burst into flame. Then, the rising moon, huge and red and grotesquely misshapen by the dust and sweat of the summer atmosphere, loomed up out of the woods. Distorted thus by the hot breath of earth, the moon seemed ill-tempered and imperfect. Dogs at nearby farmhouse barked nervously, as if this strange light had wakened evil spirits in the weeds.
But as the moon lifted off the ridge it gathered firmness and authority. Its complexion changed from red, to orange, to gold, to impassive yellow. It seemed to draw light out of the darkening earth, for as it rose, the hills and valleys below grew dimmer. By the time the moon stood clear of the horizon, full-chested and round and of the colour of ivory, the valleys were deep shadows in the landscape. The dogs, reassured that this was the familiar moon, stopped barking. And all at once I felt a confidence and joy close to laughter.
The drama took an hour. Moonrise is slow and serried with subtleties. To watch it, we must slip into an older, more patient sense of time.
To watch the moon move inflexibly higher is to find an unusual stillness within ourselves. Our imaginations become aware of the vast distance of space, the immensity of the earth and the huge improbability of our own existence. We feel small but privileged.
Moonlight shows us none of life’s harder edges. Hillsides seem silken and silvery, the oceans still and blue in its light. In moonlight we become less calculating, more drawn to our feelings.
月升魅无穷
在我家的附近有座小山, 我常在晚间爬上山去。此时,城市的喧嚣成了遥远的低语。在这黑夜的静谧中,我尽情地分享蟋蟀的欢乐,感受猫头鹰的自信。不过,我上山是来看月出的,因为这可以让我的内心重新感到被城市消耗殆尽的平静与清新。
在这座山上,我欣赏过许多次月亮升起的景象。每一次月的姿容性情都不同。秋天,满月如轮,充满自信;春天,月亮清雾迷蒙羞羞答答;冬天,银白色的月亮挂在漆黑的、悄无声息的夜空中,显得那样孤寂;夏天,桔*的月似被烟尘笼罩,俯瞰干燥的田野。每一种月亮,都像美妙的音乐,颤动我的心灵,令我的灵魂平静。
但我们这些深居室内的人,已与月亮失去了联系。城市中耀眼的街灯和污染性烟尘遮住了夜空。虽然人类已在月亮上行走过,但月亮对我们却更加陌生了。现在已很少有人能说出今晚月亮何时升起。
但无论怎样,月亮依然打动我们的心灵。
如果我们偶然遇见一轮黄灿灿的满月高高挂在空中, 我们都会禁不住抬头凝望她那高贵的仪容。而月亮会向那些注视她的人赐予厚礼。
我得到她的厚礼是在山间七月的一个夜晚。我的车突然无缘无故地熄了火,将我孤身一人困在山中,束手无策。太阳已经落山,我注视着东边山头涌起的一团桔红色的明光,好像森林起火一般。突然,山头自己也似乎燃起火焰,一会儿,一轮又大又红的月亮从树林中慢慢现出身来,夏天空气中弥漫的灰尘与湿气令它显得异常怪异。大地灼热的呼吸扭曲了它,它变得非常暴躁,不再完美。附近农舍的狗紧张地狂吠起来,因为这团奇怪的光亮叫醒了野草中的魔鬼。
然而当月亮缓缓从山头升起,它聚集了越来越多的坚定与威严;它的面孔由红色变成了桔红,又变成金色,最后成为沉静的*。它似乎吸收了正在渐渐转暗的大地的光亮,因为随着它的升起,下面的丘陵山谷变得愈来愈朦胧。等到皓月当空,满月如盘,闪烁出象牙般的清辉,山谷便成了风景中一片幽深的阴影。那些狗明白了那团光原来是他们熟悉的月亮,也安定下来,停止了吠叫。霎时间,我也觉得信心倍增,心情舒畅,几乎笑了起来。
这奇特的景观持续了一个小时。月出是缓慢而充满神奇的。观看月出,我们必须回到一种古老的、耐心的时间观念中去。观看月亮不可阻挡地升上天空,会让我们找到内心的无比安宁,我们的想象力能让我们看到宇宙的辽阔和大地的广袤,能让我们忘掉自己的存在。我们觉得自身渺小,但又深感大自然的厚待。
月色下,我们看不到生活中坚硬的棱角。山坡在月光下如同笼上了一层柔和的银纱;大海在月光下宁静碧蓝;我们在月光下也不再像白日那般心计来往,而是沉醉于自然的情感中。