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介绍舞蹈英语作文80字小学

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When the summer comes, the weather is so hot, it is rarely to see the rain.

Today, when I wake up, I find the weather is chilly, it is going to rain. I am

so happy, I miss the rain so much. Suddenly, the rain drops from the sky, I ran

out of the house, looking at the sky, dancing with the rain. I feel so cool,

then all my weariness has gone.

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篇1:介绍自己的英语

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Good morning/afternoon, teachers and classmates.

Im XXX from class 1. I am a girl/boy of 13. My family including my father, mother and me. I like basketball best. In addition, I also like table tennis. My favorite food is carrots. Im also very interested in snacks. What, Im good at computer. Using the computer E-mail, shopping and even solve my problems in the study and the life is so convenient. So I put my computer as my good helper. As for reading, Ive read about magic novel. Are these. Nice to meet you! I sincerely hope to make friends with you.

老师同学早上/下午好。我是XXX。我现年13岁(女生或男生)。我的家庭包括我爸爸,妈妈和我。我最喜欢篮球。除此以外,我也喜欢乒乓球。我最喜欢的食物是胡萝卜。我也对小吃很感兴趣。还有什么,我很擅长电脑。用电脑发邮件、购物甚至是解决我学习和生活中的问题是如此的方便。所以我把我的电脑视为我的好帮手。至于阅读,我以前读过一些关于魔法的小说。就这些。很高兴认识你们!我真诚地希望与你们做朋友。

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篇2:介绍自己的英语词

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Hello!Everyone,my name is xxx.Im 16 years old.Im from Wuxi,Jiangsu Province.My favorite subject is Chinese.And I like reading very much,especailly in reading history books.As a student,I study very hard.I made a lot friends in school,most of them are working hard,too.I hope all of us cuold catch the best time to reach our goal.Just try our best!

大家好!我叫xxx.我16岁.我来自江苏无锡.我最喜欢的科目是语文.而且我非常喜欢阅读,特别是跟历史有关的书籍.作为一个学生,我很努力.在学校,我有很多朋友,他们大多数也都很努力.我希望我们都能抓住最好的时光来达到我们的梦想.尽我们的全力吧!

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篇3:参加英语大赛的自我介绍

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Self-introduction Good evening, dear judges and friends, My name is Xiao Li, and my English name is Lily. I am 9 years old. I am studying in Chun Cheng Primary School. I have a happy family. There are three people in my family. They are my father, mother, and I. My father is a policeman. He is tall and handsome. (He is bright and strong!)And my mother is a doctor. She is kind and beautiful. (Hardworking and intelligent) I love them very much.

I love my family. I often play football. I usually play the piano. And I sometimes dance. My favorite food is hamburger. My favorite fruit is water melon. And my favorite animal is dog.

I am a sunny girl. My dream is to become a doctor. Because I am happy and I want others are happy. I trust myself. I believe I can make my dream come true. Thank you for your listening. Thank you very much. Have a good evening, everybody.

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篇4:介绍厦门鼓浪屿的英语作文

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介绍厦门鼓浪屿英语作文一

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.

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篇5:自我介绍英语含翻译

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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.

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篇6:空乘英语面试自我介绍

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My mane is......Im....years old.My weight is...kgs.and height is.....cm.I have stuied English for about ...years.At school my favourite subject is English.I often talk with my classmate in English.In my spare time I like playing bascketball and swimming.My health is very good .I think I can be fit for the job because I like this kind of work and l enjoy learning new things.I am ready to deal with people.I have much patience and care.So I think I can do the job well.At last,I hope you can give me the chance.If you choose me,you never regret for ever.

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篇7:商务英语礼仪自我介绍

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Hello everyone, my name is ya-nan zhang. I this year twelve years old, my hobby is reading, listening to music, play badminton, because of reading, I fell in love with one of the worlds top ten literary giant of lu xun, he is also my favorite celebrity. My motto is: "as long as it is not over, will go all out!" Therefore, until now, I do things more persistent.

I am optimistic, cheerful, lively, good, but also become a short temper sometimes, unable to control his temper.

Tell me about my name below, dad called me "ya nan" but there is a small story! Was grandpas grandmother has a good name for me, waiting for the registered permanent residence, can be in that day, dad didnt say the name "hong-yu zhang", because he thought the name like the name of the boy, but I was a girl! But also cant think of any good name at the moment, I heard that, on account of the moment, my father think of the word "nan", so he called the "nan" this two word, later also is my grandpa had a fierce! The meaning of the father is a filial son, few are grandma and grandpa, but this time, but for me this little life, and made a for grandma and grandpa.

But, moreover, fill in hu kou book, dont let take the name of two words, that what should I take? A "elegant" word suddenly appeared in front of dads, so he will blurt out, will be "ya-nan zhang"! I have my own name.

"Elegant" is elegant, noble, beautiful and generous, "nan" is solid, precious materials, dad this name is hope I quiet, elegant, and hopefully I can be in the plastic, but I failed to live up to my dads a after all expectations. Now I mischievous active, students are often around me the whole cup. I have to work hard, ah, to shorten my with elegant far distance.

And the word "nan" but dont know whether I deserve to go up, after all, do you have any talent, also need time to adjust to see!

I will maintain good mentality and friends, classmates, positive and uplifting, helping each other, respect each other, let you deeply remember me!

[商务英语礼仪自我介绍

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篇8:英语作文介绍西安

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Some have been to the beautiful little xinganling, some have been to the rich xisha islands, and I have been to the ancient civilization capital, xi an.

When you come to xi an, you will see the world-famous walls. As I reached the foot of the wall, I looked up and saw that the Great Wall was like a warrior of a full-body armor, guarding the ancient city.

Xi an has a variety of delicacies. Walking back in the street, you can taste the delicious meat, bread in the soup, oil chili sauce... Guests can fill their mouths.

Xi an is also a tourist attraction. My favorite is the big wild goose pagoda music fountain plaza. On the night of the summer, when you come here, you will see countless springs of water, in the sound of music, in the light of the colors of the light, and dancing to the beat of the beat. Sometimes like flowers, sometimes like willow... I am barefoot and jump into the water, the pearl drops on my body, very cool!

I love the old xi an!

有人去过美丽的小兴安岭,有人去过富饶的西沙群岛,而我去过古老的文明之都——西安

来到西安,就会看到举世闻名的古城墙。走到城墙脚下,我抬头仰望,只见高大的城墙像一位全身皮甲的威武战士,正在守护着这座古老的城市。

西安有各种各样的美食。走在回民街,你能够品尝到好吃的肉夹馍、羊肉泡馍、油泼辣子面……客人们可以大饱口福。

西安还是一个旅游胜地。我最爱去的是大雁塔音乐喷泉广场。夏日的夜晚,来到这里,你会看见无数的泉眼,在动听的音乐声中,在五光十色的灯光下,合着节拍偏偏起舞。有时像绽开的花儿,有时像垂下的杨柳……我光着脚丫,跳向水中,那珍珠般的水珠洒落在我的身上,甚是凉爽!

我爱古老的西安!

[英语作文介绍西安

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篇9:初中英语我得梦想介绍作文

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My Dream

I’m longing for a weekend. It’s happy and it’s free. This is my dream.

At this weekend, I don’t have to play the violin; I don’t have to draw pictures; Olympic Maths is far away from me; Handwriting doesn’t bother me.

I can play and I can sing; I can do everything interesting. No one can stop me.

Oh, what a happy weekend! But, it’s only my dream. I hope it will come true.

[初中英语我得梦想介绍作文

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篇10:2024小学生自我介绍英语

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hello everybody,im a televe-years-old student who study in changsha city daotian junior shool called qiyuan lee.im good at ping-pong,ranking the second in our team.i am also found of piano,and already pass grades five.in addition,i like eating kfc,causing my heavey.this is my first join in english match,not having enough experiment.but i hope that i can do it better!and then,i will perform. a song which call edlewise to everyone.

[ 2017小学生自我介绍英语

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篇11:英语作文介绍自己

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My name is ****. I’m eight. I’m in Class two, Grade Three from **** First Primary school. I’m a lovely girl.

我的名字叫****。我八岁。我在***第一小学上三年级二班。我是一个可爱的小女孩。I have many hobbies. I like drawing, Playing the zither, and dancing. Look, this is my

painting. This is my school. This is classroom. This is my English teacher. And this is me. I’m a pupil.

我有很多爱好。弹古筝,我喜欢画画和跳舞。看,这是我的画。这是我的学校。这是教室。这是我的英语老师。这是我。我是一个学生。

I like English very much. I believe I can fly.

我非常喜欢英语。我相信我能飞。

I won’t let you down. Do you remember meI’m ****

我不会让你失望的。你还记得我吗我****。

That’s all. Thank you.

这是所有。谢谢你!

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篇12:大学英语自我介绍范文

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Hi, My name is Jay, Im from the beautiful ancient city of Kaifeng. As you  can see, I am a very casual girl, and a lot of people here, like 18-year-old, I  love a lot, I love guitar, love to sing love dancing, very fond of English, I am  very love to watch "Prison Break", like the actor micheal clever wit.

I like making friends, and hope you will be able to and I have become good  friends, I think I will, and you get along with.

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篇13:介绍小兔子的英语

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1.Rabbit is an cute kind of amimals.It has two long ears.They can make rabbits hear carefully.It also has a short tail.They make rabbits so lovely.Rabbits likes carrots.If you are lonely.You can keep a rabbit.It can be your friends.

2.The little Rabbit has a coat of white hair.The two ears are long and prick up on its head.It is furry,soft and white with two red eyes glaring above the chin.Its eyes are like a pair of small red hulbs.Exposed to sunlight,they become little pieces of red thread.Its ears are straight and long and they can turn and move slightly.How cute it is!

小白兔全身盖一层雪白的毛.两只耳朵很长,直立在头上.它长着一身柔软的毛,瞪着l双红眼睛.眼睛像1对红色的小灯泡,见到阳光时就微微眯起;耳朵长而直竖,有时还会微微转动,它多可爱啊

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篇14:英文自我介绍面试英语教师

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good morning everyone!

im nickole. im 24. i graduated from hunan normal universaty on shuda campus. my major is english education. after graduation, i have worked for one year in li yang听kids engish. my students are between 5 and 12 years old.

im outgoing and open-minded. in my spare time, i have broad interests. such as reading, surfing the internet, listening to music and even chatting with foreign friends online if possible. i like children very much. i think children are active, innocent and pure. with them, i feel very relaxed, plesant and younger. therefore, i learned a lot from my one year working experence.

teaching children english is very interested but it is also challeging. because children are always active, even sometimes very naughty. so teachers need a lot of patience to deal with children. the most important that i have learned from my one year teacing experence is that a teacher should have the kind of听the mind that always wants to go on learning. teaching is a job at which one will never be perfet. if i have the chance, i will try my best to be a good primary english teacher.

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篇15:电话面试英语自我介绍

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Presentation Hello! This is xxx! My English name is xxx. You can call me xxx! Training experience I am a student just graduated from xxx in early July. I was major in xxx which was mainly applied in Hardware. But i am interested in software programming! So I participated in the training of Mainframe in ITMS in May. Through the learning of the basic knowledge of mainframe, which contained TSO,JCL,VSAM,COBOL,Db2 and CICS, , I mainly mastered the basic theory of Mainframe. Through the training of programming and practicing on the computer, i can do the basic mainframe application development. I also took part in the soft skill classes which contained many topics about how to be a good team member , effective manner of presentation, communication and negotiation, how to finance your salary properly, how to set your life target and make plans to achieve effectively and so on. Project experience At the end of the training, I participated in the application development for the basic banking operation. The system contained the saving account and fixed deposit operation, transferring between two accounts, interest calculation, cheque operation and loan operation management. The project was done by three persons。

We mainly made use of the language COBOL, DB2, VSAM, JCL etc and programming technique skills. I took charge of the simulation, programming and testing of the interest calculation of fixed deposit, cheque operation management. The structure of the program was: the main part was structured by COBOL sentences embedded with SQL sentence, which dealed with the VSAM file and the table of database. Personal quality Firstly I am an easy-going person. Because I prefer sharing my opinions and feelings with my friends and partners. So I also like cooperating with others to accomplish a hard task. And I think team spirit can help you to succeed. Secondly I am a frank person. Because I think honesty is the most important quality every person in modern society. It will make you popular and trusted by partners. Thirdly I am a brilliant one. Because I am good at information collection, data analyzing and structure designing. I am eager to challenge new situation and learn new knowledge.

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篇16:介绍家乡菜英语作文

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As the saying goes: "hunger breeds discontentment, the person is iron, rice is a steel, do not eat a meal hungry."

To say we Wenzhou food, can be really countless...

Wonton is one of my favorite food. Pork, shrimp, vegetables, shallots and ginger are the most basic ingredients for filling. The meat and meat wonton and meat wonton are the basic of the Shanghai snack shop. I cram school teacher told me that the meat wonton is put in a blender to stir once, and then put the meat grinder, and then stir again, so repeated after stir, the meat wonton becomes very bad, so, wonton delicious, because it is delicious meat. I also liked the same Wenzhou delicacy, that is the muffin. When autumn to winter, my grandfather would buy cake for me to eat. And at that time, I was hungry, eating, hungry, eating. Again to dwarves muffin muffin is best known. This is actually the dwarf pine lard glutinous rice sugar cake, use it all is this years pure glutinous rice, water and ground into fine powder, mixed with pig fat and sugar, pork tunjian osmanthus, then cooking cooked diced. Make and sell the dwarf pine cake, eat up soft cotton glutinous, sweet salty, embellishment on the top of the sweet scented osmanthus fragrance it is even more so. It is said that this "ah well, dwarves muffin" invention since the later period of the Anti Japanese War, there was a man named Gu Jinfang Wenzhou, making muffin in the city street to five warn, sophisticated materials, the production of fine. Because Gu Jinfang was a small, just call him the "dwarf pine cake".

Wenzhou there are a variety of delicious snacks, such as rice, fried dry, Erigeron cake, duck tongue, fish cake, Jiang Xiesheng......

My hometown is really beautiful,

Not only is there a green mountain and a green water,

The fragrance of delicious.

The lotus flower is wonton,

Sesame oil is a Tangyuan,

A string of red bayberry tea......

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篇17:大学开学的自我介绍英语

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My name is Liu * * *. Because of the name, I used to call myself "the queen of stars" on the internet". Do not think that I am too arrogant, because the stars themselves are ordinary and shining, so I like them. Of course, I wish I could be one of many stars. If one day you meet a girl called star dance on the Internet, it must be me -- 11 years old, monkey, virgo......

Of course, I have with the stars very ordinary appearance: big eyes, but very bright; neither tall nor short nose; not too big or too small mouth; white skin, a not too long or too short tail pigtail, high up in the back of my head, flash flash, very naughty...... (but my mother cut my hair short now)

I have a wide range of hobbies, such as music, microcomputer, Mathematical Olympiad, english...... Well, theres one more thing you cant think of! Let me tell you, its cosmic exploration - Stonehenge, crop circles, aliens, for example...... In a word, I like everything that is unknown.

I particularly like music, since I was 6 years old, I began play the piano, less than nine years old, I was out of the piano six. When I played Mendelsohns "Venice Barcarolle", I feel like being in a ripple on the surface of the boat, the silence, the moonlight shines down, like scattered on the surface of mercury, flash, beautiful......

I also played the love guitar. I took two lessons and I started to play chords. I have learned many beautiful songs such as "years ago", "walking", "Red River Valley", "childhood" and so on......

You ask me why I love music so much, but I dont know. But when I was in the music melody, I felt great enjoyment.

I also like the Olympic math because it can develop my intelligence and keep my head spinning. A difficult problem is like a castle, although it is difficult to overcome, but as long as I use my head, you can feel the joy of success.

Of course, the United States must have shortcomings, my shortcomings is very sloppy, looking for something at home every day, today wearing a watch, tomorrow will not find it, what things are everywhere. Oh! My family cant help me. Dont look at me. Im careless in life. But I dont do it carelessly. I can check every question carefully. However, when occasionally careless, like what I do, because not carefully, the paper clearly requires simplification, but I made for the ratio! Miserable, dizzy, faint! Because of this, the teacher gave me 4 points. After several lessons, I must correct this bad habit in the future. The ox is not blowing! Trust me!

What exactly does it look like to me? In the future there will be three years to verify. I really really want to be the North Star - the brightest star in the sky, of course, and it takes a lot of effort. I hope that in the next three years, I can get along well with my teachers and classmates and break through the difficulties with my teachers and classmates!

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篇18:介绍家人的英语

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There are four people in my family。 They are my father, my mother, my elderly brother and I。 My father is a computer engineer。 He works in a big company in my city。 My mother is a nurse。 She works hard to help patients。 But she is always busy and always comes home late tiredly。 My brother is three years older than me。 Now, he is a middle school student。 He is sunny and easygoing。 He can help me a lot in my study。 I am primary school student。 I love my families。 So do they。

我家有四口人。他们是我的父亲,我的母亲,我的哥哥,我的父亲是一名计算机工程师。他在我城市的一家大公司工作。我的母亲是一名护士。她努力帮助病人。但是她总是很忙,总是很晚才回家。我哥哥比我大三岁。现在,他是一名中学生。他阳光明媚,很随和。在我的学习中他可以帮我很多。我是小学生。我爱我的家庭。所以他们。

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篇19:酒店面试自我介绍英语

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good morning/afternoon everyone! it is my honor to be here and i really appreciate you offer me the chance of interview .now i will introduce myself first .my name is……from xiangfan in hubei province.

im an honest, responsible, and warm-hearted person. i can adapt different environments quickly .second i like this kind of field very much and i take it as my career .till now i have one year experience in this field. as a 21 years man, id like to experience more to enrich myself and then it can help me to laid good foundation for my future career .there is no use doing what we love ,we must love we do just like the field. at the same time, i am really proud of myself applying for this job. i hope you can give me a chance and i will try my best to do it better.

finally , i hope your hotel can become the best one among hotel industry。

thanks for your time.

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篇20:英语介绍樱花

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Sakura is the Japanese name for ornamental cherry trees, Prunus serrulata, and their blossoms. Cherry fruit (known as sakuranbo) come from a different species of tree.

Sakura, a well-known and ubiquitous symbol of Japan, are represented on all manner of consumer goods, including kimono, stationery, and dishware. Cherry blossoms are an enduring metaphor for the ephemeral nature of life, and as such are frequently depicted in art. There is at least one popular folk song, originally meant for the shakuhachi (bamboo flute), titled "Sakura", as well as a number of pop songs. "Sakura" is also a common Japanese female name.

Sakura is indigenous to the Himalayas and east Asia. Some trees can be found in China and Korea but the largest number and variety of sakura, more than 305 species, can be seen in Japan. Many of them were artificially hybridized or grafted by the Japanese many centuries ago.

"On the other hand, in China, cherry blossom is the symbol of feminine dominance, female beauty and sexuality. Additionally, the cherry blossom is the Chinese symbol of feminine principle and it also symbolizes love in the language of herbs. Interestingly, cherry blossom is the flower of the April in China, whereas in Japan, it is wisteria." Spring flowers of Japan

Japans most beloved variety is the Somei Yoshino. Its flowers are nearly pure white, tinged with the palest pink, especially near the stem. The flowers bloom, and usually fall within a week, before the leaves come out. Therefore, the trees look nearly white from top to bottom. The variety takes its name from the village of Somei (now part of Toshima in Tokyo). It was developed in the mid- to late-19th century at the end of the Edo period and the beginning of the Meiji period. The Somei Yoshino is so widely associated with cherry blossoms that jidaigeki and other works of fiction often depict the variety in the Edo period or earlier; such depictions are anachronisms.

Other categories include yamazakura, yaezakura, and shidarezakura. The yaezakura have large flowers, thick with rich pink petals. The shidarezakura, or weeping cherry, has branches that fall like those of a weeping willow, bearing cascades of pink flowers.

Annually, the Japanese Meteorological Agency and general public track the sakura zensen, or Cherry-Blossom Front. Nightly forecasts follow the weather segment of news programs. The blossoming begins in Okinawa in January, and typically reaches Kyoto and Tokyo at the end of March or the beginning of April. Then it proceeds north, arriving in Hokkaidō a few weeks later. Japanese pay close attention to these forecasts. They will go to parks, shrines and temples with family and friends and hold a "flower viewing party" known as hanami. Hanami festivals celebrate the beauty of sakura, and for many, it is a chance to relax and enjoy the beautiful view. Hanami custom in Japan dates back to many centuries ago. It is witten in Nihon Shoki that the Hanami festival were already held in the 3rd century.

Most Japanese schools and public buildings have sakura trees outside of them. Since the fiscal and school year both begin in April, in many parts of Honshū, the first day of work or school will coincide with the cherry blossom season.

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