关于运动的英语范文初二（精选20篇）

People dont work or study every day constantly, but would take a break from time to time, in the entertainment activities Relax, its necessary. Recreational activities in a variety of forms, from horseback riding, hiking, travel to play computer play, read comic books, or just watching TV. Different people can choose according to their interest in different entertainment activities.

Also, the effects of people for entertainment also have different views. Some people aware of the benefits of it are that recreational activities can make our attention is diverted from the hard work, make body and mind rest. While people who hold the opposite opinion think, recreational activities will lead to many problems, such as some might because of the bad habit, such as addicted to computer games.

Although each has its according to two kinds of views, but I personally believe that if we make the appropriate entertainment, its benefits will far outweigh the disadvantages. As a college student, to participate in recreational activities not only can make us relax from the intense study, at the same time also can let us get knowledge in real life. Really is kill two birds with one stone.

人们不会每天不间断地工作或学习，而是会不时地休息一下，在娱乐活动中 放松一下，这很必要。娱乐活动的形式多种多样，从骑马、远足、旅游到玩电脑游 戏、看漫画书抑或只是看电视。不同的人会根据自己的兴趣选择不同的娱乐活动。

同样，人们对于娱乐活动所带来的影响也有着不同的看法。有些人意识到了它 们的好处，认为娱乐活动可以把我们的注意力从辛苦的工作上转移开来，使身心 得到休息。而持相反意见的人则认为，娱乐活动会导致不少问题，如有人可能会因 此染上坏习惯，比如沉迷于电脑游戏等。

虽然两种观点各有其根据，我个人却认为，如果我们进行适当的娱乐活动，其益处会远远大于坏处。作为一名大学生，参加娱乐活动不仅能使我们从紧张的学习中得到放松，同时也可以让我们获得现实生活中的知识。真可谓是一举两得。

Doing sport builds up our body strength and reduces diseases.

Though we lead a better life, our health is becoming worse now. So "EXERCISE ONE HOUR A DAY，KEEP ILLNESS AWAY" has been raised by the government.

At noon or after school we play ball games, swimming and running. Look!The playground seems smaller because lots of students are playing on it.The school life has become colorful and we are energetic.As a result we study harder and better.

The Sunny Sports has brought an exciting change to us. Let’s keep on doing it.

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做运动建立了我们的身体力量，减少疾病。

虽然我们过上更好的生活，我们的健康越来越差了。因此，政府已经提出了“每天要锻炼1小时，远离疾病”的号召。

在中午或放学后，我们玩球，游泳和跑步。瞧!操场似乎较小，因为很多学生都在操场上。学校生活变得丰富多彩，我们充满活力。正因此我们努力学习，更好。

阳光体育运动带来了一个令人振奋的变化给我们。我们会继续这样做。

运动会伴随着习习春风，我们的学校迎来了一年一度的春季运动会。听，运动场上真是人声鼎沸啊！

呐喊声“加油！加油……”这是拉拉队的呐喊声。瞧，我们班的魏子涵正在进行男子1000米长跑比赛，同学们围在跑道边缘给他加油：“再跑快一点！”“加油，你是最棒的！”“胜利已经遥遥在望了！”……同学们个个都使出了吃奶的劲儿喊起来，整个运动场上充满了大家的呐喊声。有的同学甚至陪着他一起跑了起来，边跑边为他打气。最后50米冲刺了，同学们的心都提到了嗓子眼，那一声声发自肺腑的加油愈发剧烈，让人震耳欲聋。在同学们的鼓励下，魏子涵加快速度，飞一般的冲过终点。嗓子都叫哑了的同学们再次激动地呐喊起来，比自己赢了比赛还高兴！

欢笑声要说运动场上最多的声音，莫过于欢笑声呢！俗话说的好：“台上三分钟，台下十年功。”平日的苦练换来了如今的辉煌，谁能不开心呢！看！陈同学男子跳高第三名，王同学女子400米跑步第二名，蒋同学女子跳高第五名，李同学女子400米跑步第三名……他们就犹如一颗颗繁星，照亮了我们班。运动场上，他们因成绩欢笑，我们因他们而感到无比的骄傲，深深的自豪！对了！我们班还在花样跳绳比赛中获得了二等奖的好名次呢！快乐的笑容洋溢在每一位同学的脸上，悦耳的笑声从每一位同学口中发出。

惋惜声有快乐，当然也有惋惜。没有拿到名次的同学唉声叹气，眉头紧皱着，为自己没有拿到名次而感到自责和惋惜，有的甚至哭了出来。其实获不获奖，拿不拿名次真的不重要，只要付出了努力就行，就像网络上流传的一句话：努力不一定可以成功，但可以很轻松。这次运动会告诉了我们团结就是力量，无论你扮演什么样的角色，即使是拉拉队，也要大声呐喊，尽自己微薄之力为他人付出。这次运动会更告诉了我们，无论成败与否，只要尽力即可。

In the path of growth, regardless of who also must have met many obstacles! I am no exception, though, things have been for a long time, but it still makes me memory like new. When I think about this time, but I think of many things.

This matter, may be in many peoples eyes is just a small, insignificant things. But at the time of I, is a matter than ascend day also difficult. It has been my experience learning to ride a bicycle.

That day, the weather is sunny, cloudless. Mother help me to hold the bridle, I step on the pedal, flash flash to ride up. Mother gradually, loosen the hand, just as I proudly said to mother: I will ride on, unfortunately happens, and I have the car as "touch" a cry and fell heavily to the ground, I like to play how the eggplant, lowered his head. At this time, there were pain, knee is originally was wrestling, also scraped knee. It was more than I could bear, tears like a broken line of beads, constantly poured out. Mother pulled me aside, to longly say to me: "children, in the later on the road, you will encounter more, experience more, you cant because these little things, and stop you move forward." Listen to mothers words, I thought: yeah, mom said right, not because these little things, to give up. I dry the tears, again on the bike. Everything comes to him who waits, along with the unceasing efforts, although will fall, but did not give up, but even more strengthened my target. Finally, I learned to ride a bike. When mom puts his thumb up and says "good", my heart began to like to eat honey, my sweetie.

From this is, I also deeply understand a truth: as long as insist, insist, insist on, success will belong to you.

在成长的道路中，无论是谁也都一定遇到过许多坎坷吧!我也不例外，虽然，事情已过了很久，但却还是令我记忆如新。每当想起这件是时，便会然我想起许多道理。

这件事，可能在许多人眼里只不过是一件微不足道、不值一提的小事。但在那时候的我，却是一件比登天还难的事。这件事便是我学骑自行车的经历。

那天，天气很晴朗，万里无云。妈妈帮我扶着笼头，我踩着踏板，一晃一晃地骑了起来。渐渐的，妈妈松开了手，正当我得意洋洋的对妈妈说：我会骑了的时候，不幸发生了，我和车子随着“碰”的一声，重重地摔倒在地上，我像打焉了的茄子一般，耷拉着脑袋。这时，膝盖传来阵阵疼痛，原来是在摔跤的时候，膝盖也擦破了。我再也忍不住了，眼泪像一颗颗断了线的珠子，不停地涌了出来。妈妈把我拉到一边，语重心长地对我说：“孩子，在以后的道路上，你还会遇到更多的坎坷，经历更多的事，你不能因为这些小事，而阻挡了你前进的脚步。”听了妈妈的话，我心想：是啊，妈妈说的对，不能因为这些小事，便去放弃。我擦干眼泪，又一次的坐上了自行车。功夫不负有心人，随着不断的努力，虽然还是会摔倒，但是不但没有放弃，而是更加坚定了我的目标。终于，我学会了骑自行车。当妈妈竖起大拇指称“棒”的时候，我的心便像吃了蜜糖一般，甜丝丝的。

从这件是中，我也深刻地明白了一个道理：只要坚持、坚持、在坚持，成功一定会属于你。

Basketball 篮球

Volleyball 排球

Baseball 棒球

Badminton 羽毛球

Tennis 网球

Table tennis 乒乓球

Softball 垒球

Golf 高尔夫球

Billiards 台球

Jogging 慢跑

Swim 游泳

High jump 跳高

Mountain climbing 爬山

Singing 唱歌

Dance 跳舞

Setting-up exercise 健身操

Yoga 瑜伽

Wushu 武术

Judo 柔道

Today is a memorable day, because Im going to the bus station when volunteers. Although the sun like a want to sear us, but I Im not afraid.

In the afternoon, I found volunteers set to follow mother, has gathered a lot of people there. A big brother said to me: "kid, you go to the opposite of a pavilion to send tea!" Im glad to go over. Pavilion, there is a table with two buckets, one filled with chrysanthemum, one filled with boiling water. Volunteers sister called Zhang Liyuan and I gave her the cup and convenient passers-by her water to drink. But very few people to take water, mothers will mobilize our to send tea to passers-by. So, I carry water cup, to the passing pedestrians, but gave a lot of people say not to. How to do? I came up with a good way to move, and that is carefully to see the people, once found staring at the pot, immediately gave them water. Sure enough, these people are happy took me into the water.

This is my first time to when volunteers, although busy one afternoon, sweat soaked my clothes, but in the mind very happy.

今天是个难忘的日子，因为我要去汽车东站当志愿者。虽然太阳像要把我们烤焦似的，但我我一点都不害怕。

下午，我跟着妈妈找到了志愿者集合地，那里已经聚集了不少人。一个大哥哥对我说：“小朋友，你去对面的凉亭里送茶吧!”我高兴地走了过去。凉亭里有一张桌子，上面有两个大桶，一个装着菊花，一个装着开水。志愿者姐姐叫我和张力源给她递杯子，方便她倒水给路人喝。可是来拿水的人很少，妈妈们就动员我们去给路人送茶。于是，我端着水杯，递给路过的行人，但是很多人却摆摆手说不要。怎么办呢?我动了动脑筋，想出了好办法，那就是仔细地观察路人的表情，一旦发现目不转睛地盯着茶壶的人，就马上给他们送上水。果然，这些人都开心接过了我送上的水。

这是我第一次当志愿者，虽然忙碌了一个下午，汗水湿透了我的衣服，但心里很开心。

一年一度的校运会终于在同学们的盼望中到来了，大家都摩拳擦掌，想要在运动会上大显身手。

今年运动会的项目可多了，有：跳绳、仰卧起坐、跳远、跑步、垒球……我参加的项目是跳绳、仰卧起坐和4×100接力赛。

仰卧起坐比赛开始了，我十分紧张，躺在比赛垫子上，郭老师亲自给我压脚。比赛开始了，我飞快地做起来，郭老师在脚后喊道：“李浩川加油!李浩川加油!”我听着郭老师的加油声，奋不顾身越做越快。随着一声哨响，比赛结束了，我以六十五个一分钟的优异成绩获得了七年级男子组第一名，我听到结果，完全忘却刚才累得虚脱，欢乐地一蹦三尺高，郭老师也兴奋不已地欢呼起来。

接下来是4×100接力赛，我有幸被选入第三棒，一声枪响，比赛开始了。我们队的林正涵飞快地冲了出去，可还是被别的同学反超了，林正涵追赶着终于把接力棒传给了第二棒成曦，成曦努力地超越了旁边跑道的同学把接力棒传给了我，我拼尽全力汗水挂在脸上都置之不理，终于又超过了一个对手。最后一棒是杨晨灿，眼看他使出九牛二虎之力，仅差一步之遥就可以领先第一了，真是可惜拿了个第二名，可郭老师却十分满意，一直夸赞我们厉害!我们心里的遗憾也减少一些了。

然后是1500米赛跑，参加的是我们班的三个女生，她们才跑了一两圈就累得想放弃了，我们一直在旁边为她们喊道：“加油啊!加油啊!加油就要胜利了。”在我们不停地鼓舞下她们终于坚持到最后，我在心里暗暗佩服她们坚持不懈的精神，如果是我，可能还不能坚持到最后呢!

运动会可真刺激啊!不仅锻炼了我们的身体，还锻炼了我们的意志，我喜欢开运动会，明年运动会我们一定会继续加油!

Since I was a little child, I was taught that dont give up forever. My

mother told me that teaching me how to walk was a tough task. When I just

learned how to walked, I fell down frequently, but she or my father never helped

me to stand up, because they wanted me to stand up by myself. After fell down

again and again, I finally learned walking. My parents were proud of me. Now,

whenever I meet with a problem or get into trouble, no matter how hard the

situation is, I rarely stop my step, because I have a faith in my mind that the

most beautiful view will come in after the highest hill. If you are sure what

you do, then you just stick to it. Nothing in the world is easy, so we will

always meet challenges in life, but remember one thing that never give up and

sunshine comes after the storm.

The giant panda is known as the national treasure of China。 The panda was a kind of ordinary animal in China long ago。 However， for some reasons， too many of them have been killed。 So the number of them is falling quickly。

At present people are taking an important measure to save pandas。 People want to find a home for them， and recently， they have set up a nature park for them in Sichuan Province，which is called "Pandas Home。 "There pandas can enjoy their life happily。 There is a bamboo forest near the Pandas Home。 So the pandas can find bamboos easily which they like to eat very much。

Because pandas are well protected now， the number of them is increasing every year。 We hope that one day we will have enough pandas to set them free and let them live in the wild again。

Pandas are good friends of man。 Man should try to protect them and ]et them live in the way they like!

i have a lot of hobbies,such as playing badminton,playing the piano,and swimming.i really like swimming because i enjoy the feeling in the cool water.i love to swim in summer.under the hot sunshine and dive into the cool water.the feeling is really nice.i like freestyle.i swim well.i also win a lot of prizes.i want to be a swimmer and my dream is to win a gold medal in the Olympics.

我最喜爱的运动

我有很多爱好,比如打羽毛球,弹钢琴,游泳.我很喜欢游泳因为我很喜欢在冷水中的感觉.我喜欢在夏天游泳.在炎热的阳光下,跳进冰凉的水中,感觉很好.我喜欢自由泳.我游得很好.我也赢过很多比赛.我希望当一个游泳运动员并在奥运会上获得一枚金牌.

With the help of the Internet，shopping is not a difficult job. Just click your mouse to choose the article you like，and the shopping is finished. You neednt step out of the room。

It seems easy and quick. But theres always a trap(陷阱)online. If you are careless，it will bring you some trouble. You may find the color of the article is different from what you want，or the size is either too small or too big. If you want to be different，youd better not buy clothes online. Once you put on the clothes you bought online and go out，you will find many people wear the same clothes in the street。

So you must be careful，because everything has two sides。

在互联网的帮助下,购物不是一个困难的工作。点击你的鼠标选择你喜欢的文章,并完成购物。你不必走出了房间。

看起来简单和快速。但总是有一个陷阱(陷阱)在线。如果你粗心,它会给你带来一些麻烦。你可能会发现这篇文章的颜色不同于你想要的东西,或大小是太小或太大了。如果你想要不同,你最好不要网上买衣服。一旦你穿上你网上购买的衣服,出去,你会发现很多人穿同样的衣服在街上。

所以你一定要小心,因为任何事情都有两面性。

Summer holiday is coming.I am going to do many things that I want to do. For exampie,first I will jion a soccer club,because I like playing soccer.

During the summer holiday, I want to practice more to improve my skills.Second I will go to my grandmas house,because I miss her very much.I want to stay with her for several days.Last I will help my mother do some housework. She was really tired when I was go to school. Except for taking care of me, she also has to work. Therefore, I want to help her in the holidays.What will you do on Summer Holiday?

暑假就要到来了，我打算做一些我想做的事。比如说，首先我要参加一个足球俱乐部，因为我喜欢踢足球。

暑假期间，我想多练习以提高我的技术。其次，我要去奶奶家，因为我很想念她。我想和她待几天。最后，我会帮我妈妈做些家务。我去学校的时候她真的很累。除了要照顾我之外，她还要工作。因此，我想在假期帮助她。暑假你会做些什么呢?

My dad bought a computer when I was five years old. I could draw pictures

and listen to music on it.

But once, the computer was down suddenly.

My dad told me that it might be attacked by computer virus.

I was so scared that I asked dad anxiously, "Did it get a flu? Did it need

some medicine?" But dad laughed and said smilingly, "Dont be silly, son.

No medicine can cure a computer virus. Its a problem of program." I didnt

understand what my dad said at that time.

But I made up my mind to study hard and to be a computer expert in the

future.

Exercise is a good pastime. When we are bored, we can use the motion to myself and make happy eliminate stress. And, with movement of the interest, also can avoid all other improper entertainment. Exercise can make the body stronger with each passing day, spirit, cultivate good fitness, also can improve the bodys resistance, make our health has the vigor. Someone said: "healthy beggar, rather than sick king". So Im going to exercise everyday, persistence not by fits and starts.

A good variety of campaign: play, running, climbing, hiking... , I like riding a bicycle - can improve bone, muscle development; Swimming - can help the blood circulation, enhance the cardiopulmonary function. Running, can promote metabolism, stretch and exercise of body and mind, to build up your health. I like race competition, win the thrill of covered in sweat and exhausted after motion sensation of feeling good. Movement, however, gave me the revelation is not to win or lose, but to exercise the body, and cultivate the spirit of unity and cooperation.

I love sports. Proper exercise movement, can have a healthy body. Movement choice, best can in line with their own interests and age should not be too fierce, and so as not to cause the accident and injury, cannot not cautious. Hope that everybody movement, everyone is healthy.

运动是一种良好的消遣活动。当我们无聊时候，我们可以用运动来消遣，使心情愉快消除压力。而且，有了运动的兴趣，其它一切不正当的娱乐也可以避免。运动能使身体日渐强壮、精神饱满、培养良好的体能，也可以增强身体的抵抗力，使我们的身体健康有活力。有人说：“健康的乞丐，甚于多病的国王”。所以我要天天运动，持之以恒不可一曝十寒。

运动有好多种：打球、赛跑、爬山、远足…，我喜欢骑自行车—可以增进骨骼、肌肉发展;游泳——能帮助血液循环，增强心肺功能;跑步——能促进新陈代谢、舒展身心、锻炼身体，增进身体健康。我喜欢赛跑竞赛输赢的刺激感，运动后满身大汗、精疲力尽全身舒畅的感觉。然而，运动给我的启示不在于输赢，而是在于锻炼身体，并且培养团结合作的精神。

我爱运动。适当的运动的运动，才能拥有健康的身体。运动的选择最好能符合自己的兴趣和年龄，并且不宜过于激烈，以免造成了意外和伤害，不可不谨慎。希望人人都运动，大家都健康。

Frank has just got off the train in the evening.He wants to call one of his friends to pick him up at once.He looks for a while and at last finds a telephone booth.But when he gets there, he sees a lady already in.There are no other public telephones nearby,so he has.to wait. He waits and waits.

The lady on the phone is just talking andlaughing.She seems as if she doesnt notice Frank. After about half an hour,the lady puts down the receiver.Frank feels a bit released.

She is finished finally,he thinks. But to his surprise,the lady picks it up again,fishes a coin from her pocket and pushes it into the slot."Oh, no!"Frank says to himself."She is making another call."

[Telephone Booth初二英语作文

导语：中国是乒乓球大国，我们国家队有很多优秀的乒乓球运动员，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!

A famous ping-pong player Zhang Yining is a famous Chinese ping-pong player.She was born in Beijing on the fifth of October，1982.She is 1.68 meters tall.She started to play ping-pong when she was six years old.In 1991，she joined the Beijing table tennis team.When she was 11 years old，she joined the national table tennis team.At the age of 16，she became a ping-pong champion.In 2004 she took part in the 28th Olympic Games in Athens and won two gold medals.And she won two gold medals at the 48th World Table Tennis Championship in 2005.

【参考翻译】

著名的乒乓球运动员张怡宁是中国著名的乒乓球运动员。她是十月五日出世在北京，1982.she高1.68米。她开始打乒乓球时，她才六岁。1991年，她加入了北京乒乓球队。当她11岁时，她加入了国家乒乓球队。16岁时，她成为乒乓球冠军。她在2004参加了第二十八雅典奥运会上获得了两枚金牌。她赢得了两枚金牌在第四十八届世界乒乓球锦标赛2005。

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初二英语作文：An Invitation

Dear Zhang Ming,

As my birthday will take place on next Saturday, my parents have insisted on having a birthday party for me. They are very anxious to meet all my young friends, and they want me to have a good time on this occasion.

The party will begin at 7 oclock this Saturday evening.Please come early. You can take a No. 15 bus and get off at Xinjiang Road. Go straight ahead and walk across Wulian Street. The restaurant is on the corner of the street. Its name is Da Fang Restaurant. We are looking forward to seeing you then.

With best wishes!

Yours sincerely,

XXX

[初二优秀英语作文：An Invitation

Eating out

Sometimes we are tired of home-made meals. Sometimes we dont want to do cooking. Then we choose to eat out. It may be a bit expensive but it is fresh to eat in a pleasant environment.

Nowadays, many more families would like to eat out on the eve of New Years Day. It was reported this past New Years Eve, a great number of people welcomed the new year in while eating in the restaurant. It is really very interesting

Dear Zhang Ming,

As my birthday will take place on next Saturday, my parents have insisted on having a birthday party for me. They are very anxious to meet all my young friends, and they want me to have a good time on this occasion.

The party will begin at 7 oclock this Saturday evening.Please come early. You can take a No. 15 bus and get off at Xinjiang Road. Go straight ahead and walk across Wulian Street. The restaurant is on the corner of the street. Its name is Da Fang Restaurant. We are looking forward to seeing you then.

With best wishes!

Yours sincerely,

XXX

[初二英语作文示例之An Invitation

Whenit comes to team sports in university will help students be successful in life,there is no completely agreement, some people advocate that team sports play akey role in students life while others think doing sports is wasting time andstudents should focus on their Study .Weighing up these two ideas, I prefer theformer one.

当说到大学中的团队运动可以帮助学生在生活中取得成功时，没有统一的答案，有人认为团队运动在学生的生活中起着关键的作用，而其他人认为运动是浪费时间，学生应该集中精力学习。权衡这两种观点，我更喜欢前者。

Ihave three reasons to support my view. Firstly, playing team sports helpstudents cooperate with others more easily and enhance their teamconsciousness. When students play team sports, they have chance to demonstratetheir leadership and train their executive ability. They may support each otherwhen they meet problems, and share happiness when they win in the game. Thisexperience makes them matured and understands the real meaning of unity. These studentsalways do things at the big picture, and often are recruited easily by bigcompanies than other students.

我有三个理由来支持我的观点。首先，团队运动帮助学生更好的与他人合作，提高他们的团队意识。当学生参加团队活动时，他们有机会展示他们的领导能力和训练他们的执行能力。遇到问题时，他们可以互相支持；赢得比赛时分享幸福的时刻。这种经历使他们变得成熟，理解真正意义上的团结一致。这些学生做事情总是能为大局着想，比其他学生更容易被大公司招募。

Secondly,students body will increasingly heath if they do more exercise. There is nodoubt that student who do physical exercise regularly grow stronger andhealthier than those who don’t. Besides, after taking physical exercises,students usually become refreshed and can return to class work moreenergetically. Whats more, students could exercise a good figure if theyinsist doing sports. Boys will have much muscle and girls will be thinner. Theywill be more confident than before.

其次，如果他们经常锻炼的话，学生的身体会越来越健康。毫无疑问，经常锻炼身体的学生会比那些不锻炼的学生更加的强壮和健康。除此之外，做完运动后学生通常变得精神焕发，更起劲的回到教室学习。更重要的是，如果他们坚持做运动的话，学生能锻炼身材。男孩会有更多的肌肉，而女孩会变得更苗条。他们会比以前更自信。

Thirdly,playing team sports not only is a bridge for students to build friendship, butalso help them learn communicating skills. In a team, students have sameinterest which will take them short time to be familiar with each other. Inaddition, students need train together, share their achievement together andovercome the hardship together. This experience has established a deepfoundation to their friendship. Furthermore, when they get alone with eachother, they could learn how to speak in an appropriate way and how to avoidconflicts with members.

第三，团队运动不仅为学生搭建一座友谊的桥梁，也帮助他们学习沟通的技巧。在一个团队中，学生们有着相同的兴趣，这会让他们在短时间内就相互熟悉。此外，学生需要在一起训练，一起分享成功，一起克服困难。这段经历为他们的友谊打下了深厚的基础。此外，当他们相处的时候，他们可以学习如何用适当的方式说话，如何避免和队员冲突。

Fromthe foregoing, I could draw the conclusion that playing team sports in schoolhave benefits to students’ life due to its unique charm. I advise students tojoin in team sports as soon as possible and it won’t make them disappointed.

综上所述，我可以得出结论，在学校团体运动有益于学生的生活因为其独特的魅力。我建议学生尽快参加团队运动队，团队运动不会让他们失望的。

[英语作文：参加集体运动对学生有益

The Mid-Autumn Festival is one of the two most important holidays in the Chinese calendar (the other being the Chinese Lunar New Year), and is a legal holiday in several countries. Farmers celebrate the end of the summer harvesting season on this date.Traditionally, on this day, Chinese family members and friends will gather to admire the bright mid-autumn harvest moon, and eat moon cakes and pomeloes together. It is also common to have barbecues outside under the moon, and to put pomelo rinds on ones head. Brightly lit lanterns are often carried around by children.

Together with the celebration, there appear some special customs in different parts of the country, such as burning incense, planting Mid-Autumn trees, lighting lanterns on towers, and fire dragon dances. Shops selling mooncakes, before the festival, often display pictures of Change, floating to the moon.

Mooncake is often eaten during the festival.Typical mooncakes are round or rectangular pastries, measuring about 10 cm in diameter and 4-5 cm thick. A thick pasty filling is surrounded by a relatively thin (2-3 mm) crust and may contain yolks from salted duck eggs. Mooncakes are rich, heavy, and dense compared with most Western cakes and pastries. They are usually eaten in small wedges accompanied by Chinese tea.