如何用英语口语作自我介绍【精选20篇】

Im 8 years old, and Im in grade three in elementary school, and Im short. The round head is like a big ball. The hair on the head is black and short, and my father says Im very smart. Under the long eyebrows, the eyes are big. Small nose, inlaid in the eyes and mouth in the middle, the shape is beautiful. I love wearing the coat and shorts of Jingle cats.

I am a pupil who is not afraid of suffering and is very brave. Im very active and fond of making friends. New classmates, new neighbors, none of them are not my friends. The unknown children, I will soon become acquainted with them, become new friends. I want to make people in the world happier!

I love all kinds of sports: running, jumping, climbing ladders, hanging bars and table tennis....... Among all these sports, my favorite is playing table tennis!

Do you like me? If you like, make friends with me!

I am a 10 years old boy. Smart and handsome.

I am proud of myself. Because I can get perfect scores in Chinese, math and English. It is not good enough, I am also proud of being an elder brother. That is a Friday evening, my baby brother was crying all the time. My parents were both cooking for dinner. I said to my mum, let me look after this little thing. My mum said, Are you sure you can?  Yes ,believe me I can. I answered. Then mum went to the kitchen. I went towards my baby brother.  Oh baby, dont cry. I will sing a song for you I carried him and sing songs for him. After a while, he was asleep. I was so tired. My parents were happy and praised me a good boy.

This is my first time to look after my baby brother and I feel proud of myself.

My father is a very respectable man in the world.Although he is not tall and strong as any of the heroes described in the novels,not handsome as any of those stars of stage and screen, he is the greatest man in my eyes.As a worker in a steel factory, he worked hard for me and my mother in his whole life, none penny was spent for himself.

He would never buy drinks on street under the torrid noonday sun for saving money to buy me an ice-cream.

cheerful，open-minded,warm-hearted...all nice words I can put on my dear father.

you would have fun with him all day long during the talk with him.

He is a very easy-going man so thats why he has so many friends.To help anyone who ever or never helped us means a lot to him.

I love my dad as I love myself, i pray to God that He could let me be his daughter in my next life if there is...

大家好,我叫...,来自钦州,我很高兴能在这里与大家认识,我是纺织工业学校的一名学生,我的专业是针织,我很荣幸能参加集训营,我参加集训营是因为我喜欢英语,我希望在集训营里学到的用在我以后的工作中,并开始我的职业生涯.因为我坚信将在很多领域都需要英语.

我的英语很差这就是我为什么在这里和大家一起学习,我知道我拿下英语将是一个巨大的挑战,但我坚信,“宝剑锋从磨出,梅花香自苦寒来”,坚持就是胜利,希望就在今后的学习中请大家多多指教,

Self-introduction

Hello everyone!My is.,from Qinzhou.I’m so glad to meet you,and I’m currently a student at Guangxi Textile Industrial School.my major is knitting.It’s my pleasure to join the CHAMPION training camp,because I love English and I hope I can learn something in the training for my future work.As we all know English is very useful in every field.

My English is limited that’s why I’m here.I know it’s a huge challenge for me to conquer English,but I believe that “No pains,no gains,success belongs to the persevering”,I hope I can learn more from you,Thank you!

I am xx.  I was born in xx.  I graduate from senior high school and major in English.  I started learning English since I was 12 years old.  My parents have a lot of American friends.  That’s why I have no problem communicating with Americans or others by speaking English.

In my spare time, I like to do anything relating to English such as listening to English songs, watching English movies or TV programs, or even attending the activities held by some English clubs or institutes.  I used to go abroad for a short- term English study.  During that time, I learned a lot of daily life English and saw a lot of different things.

I think language is very interesting.  I could express one substanceby using different sounds.  So I wish I could study and read more English literatures and enlarge my knowledge.

Li Ming is my best friend in our class.

She has a pair of big eyes, like two watery grapes, like any clues, slight escapes her eyes. Her nose is small, but very sensitive. Her lips were red, mouth a little. Her ears, though small, but she is very careful listening in class. She has dark hair black, with long pigtails. She is short and thin. She likes singing and reading.

She is a man of ingenuity. On one occasion, an art teacher taught us to do the fan, she taught two kinds of methods. Students successfully finished the first fan, but the second they wont do, no matter what they fold, how sticky, fans still do not come out. At this moment, I saw my deskmate li Ming has looked at the art book unhurriedly, wanted to think, she put a piece of folded the paper in the material bag, again in a piece of paper, fold paper according to the first method I saw her, I thought to myself, she this is not a waste of material? But I just found that she one fold the paper into two, according to the order of the positive and negative sides deftly fold, fold after she put the paper together with lines, use glue to stick the one at the beginning of paper, then glue stick chopsticks, finally stick chopsticks on another opening of the paper, it made the fan. I also made a right away, the students saw, began to ask li Ming, she pointed to the art book, let the students look at art book. The students also made a second fan.

My friend is a man of ingenuity, envy I have a friend like you?

我最好的朋友是我们班的李明。

她有一双水灵灵的大眼睛，像二颗水灵的葡萄，像是任何蛛丝马迹、风吹草动都逃不过她的双眼。她的鼻子小小的，但非常灵敏。她的嘴唇红红的，嘴巴小小的。她的耳朵虽然小小的，但是她上课听讲很仔细。她的头发乌黑乌黑的，扎着长长的马尾辫。她个子矮矮的、瘦瘦的。她喜欢唱歌、看书。

她是一个心灵手巧的人。有一次，美术老师教我们做扇子，她教了二种方法。同学们都顺利地做完了第一把扇子，可第二把他们都不会做，无论他们怎么折、怎么粘，扇子还是做不出来。这时，我看见我的同桌李明却不慌不忙地看了看美术书，想了想，她把一张折过的纸放进材料袋中，又换了一张纸，我看见她把纸按第一种方法折，我心想：她这不是在浪费材料吗?可我这才发现，她将纸的一格折成二格，按正反正反的顺序灵巧地折下去，折完之后她用线把纸绑起来，用胶水把纸的其中一个开头粘牢，再将胶水把筷子粘起来，最后将筷子粘在纸的另一个开口，这样扇子就做成了。我也马上做了一把，同学们见了，纷纷向李明请教，她却指了指美术书，让同学们看美术书。同学们也做出了第二把扇子。

我的朋友是一个心灵手巧的人，你们羡慕我有一个这样的朋友吗?

laba rice porridge contains glutinous rice (糯米), red beans, millet, chinese sorghum, peas, dried lotus seeds, red beans and some other ingredients, such as dried dates, chestnut meat, walnut meat, almond, peanut, etc. actually eight ingredients(配料、成分) are used, cooked with sugar to make the porridge tasty.

northerners prefer to use glutinous rice, red beans, dates, lotus seeds, dried pulp(果肉), walnuts (胡桃), pine nuts and other dried fruits in their porridge; southerners like a salty porridge prepared with rice, soybeans(大豆), peanuts, broad beans, taro, water chestnuts, walnuts, vegetables and diced meat. in the north, it is a dessert with sugar added; in the south, salt is put in. some people like to add cinnamon and other condiments to add flavor.

controlling the heat is of great importance in making laba porridge. at the start, the flame must be high, but the fire is then turned down to let the porridge simmer until it begins to emit a very delicious smell. the process is time-consuming but not complicated.

laba porridge is not only easy to prepare, but also a nutritious winter food because it contains amino acids, protein, vitamins and other nutrition people need. cooked nuts and dried fruit are good for soothing nerves, nourishing one

[介绍腊八节的英语作文

hello,everyone!

my name is xxxx is my english name,which is also the name of my idol.i’m a recommended student from ccfls,in which i have studied for six years.during the time i stayed there,i’ve learned a lot from the teachers who i must thank sincerely.another school in my life is my family.1990 witnessed me born in a happy family.i was treated as the apple of my family members’ eyes since childhood.genuineness,perseverance,conscientiouness,the urge for improvement are the characters my family gives me.today,but for their support,i would not be this confident.many thanks to my family.i love them all.

i’m an optimistic,energetic,outgoing,active,humorous girl with any amount of hobbies,such as listening to music and writing my blog.what deserves to be introduced is my blog on sina,which takes me a lot of pains.it’s without much gaudy decorations,but many articles which are really worth reading.the website address is here.your prensence and guidance are requested.

unlike many other girls,i’m quite good at sports.swimming,skating,basketball,volleyball,badminton,table tennis and etc. are my preferences.in spite of my height,i have a good jumping capacity.due to this,i’m the captain of the female basketball team and the principal member of the female volleyball team in our school.in addition,i’m fond of playing chess.i’ve got a silver medal when i was a child.futhermore,i’m a very versatile girl.piano and clarinet are my forte.they all get the ninth level.besides,i’m a good organizer and leader in the school activities.i organized many english speech contest,also took a part in it and ranked among the best.especially,i directed an english play called“the sound of music”,which is a gorgeous success,so that every audience spoke highly of it.i’m very proud of that.

to conclude,i’m sure i won’t let you down.i hope that you can give me a chance to study in xiamen university,which is the shrine in my mind, and i’ll give you much glory in return.

that’s all.thank you for your attention.

I grow is not high also not short, but, our class wang to call me "little

man", in fact, she even shorter than me! I a pair of double-fold eyelid eyes,

others see I said my eyes are very beautiful.

I am a timid person, because I was born and they were afraid that grow

hairy, looks very dirty, strange insects. Just said a few days ago, a few heavy

rain, I came to school in the morning, saw the campus has a lot of earthworms in

climb ah climb, I was scared scream, I stood on tiptoe a bouncing ran towards

the classroom, however, the door of the classroom is not open, suddenly, Im

dumbfounded, looking at the earthworm climb in front of me, I cant help

trembling body, when I stand in situ like a cat on hot bricks dont know what to

do? At this time, open the door of the students come, I was the first to rush

in, at my desk, I go in for a long time, my heart finally calm down.

I am very hardworking. Remember once, mom and dad didnt go off work, home

is very dirty, I took the broom to sweep the floor clean, and mop the floor to

drag earnestly again, also put the rubbish into the trash can, and I wash mop

clean. Mom and dad come back to dig the kua I grow up.

Look, I am such a little girl, would you like to make friends with me?

我长得不高也不矮，可是，我们班的王琴非要叫我“小矮子”，其实，她比我还要矮呢!我长着一对双眼皮的眼睛，别人见到我都说我的眼睛很漂亮。

我是一个胆小的.人，因为我天生就怕那种长得毛茸茸的、看起来很脏、稀奇古怪的虫。就说前几天吧，下了几场大雨，早上我来到学校，看见校园里有好多的蚯蚓都在爬啊爬的，我被吓得大喊大叫，我踮起脚尖一蹦一跳地朝教室跑去，可是，教室的门还没有开，顿时，我傻眼啦，看着蚯蚓在我的面前爬动，我的身子不禁颤动了一下，我站在原地像热锅上的蚂蚁不知道该怎么办?这时，开门的同学来啦，我是第一个冲进去的，我一进去就趴在桌子上，过了好一会儿，我的心终于平静了下来。

我还很勤劳。记得有一次，爸爸妈妈没有下班，家里很脏，我就拿扫把把地上扫得干干净净的，又用拖把把地上认认真真地拖了一遍，还把垃圾都送进了垃圾桶里去了，又把拖把洗得干干净净的。爸爸妈妈回来一个劲的夸我长大了。

瞧，我就是这样一个小女孩，你愿意和我交朋友吗?

导语：说到汕头，小编就想到汕头牛肉丸，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!

My hometown is a seashore city—— Shantou.

Shantou lands place motherland southeast coastal have unique natural and humanity environment.

It is a bridge town swim the silk feelings of son Su is fish for sea love.

Shantou is also a culture city literature origin flows out length has rich content. It have fed a tide of acting another generation people its culture is immortal.

Shantou is also beautiful meal Zhi it has the varied snack of delicious food tide Shan congou is more famous world.

Again besides Shan the environment with graceful head since attracting countless visitor this travel.

after entering the program of " 115 " Shan head is more dynasty the goal of modern seashore city disdain with great efforts.

【参考译文】

我的家乡 我的家乡是一座海滨城市--汕头。 汕头，地处祖国东南沿海，有着独特的自然和人文环境。

它是一个桥乡，游子的丝丝情愫，是鱼儿对海的依恋。 汕头更是个文化之都，文学渊源流长，内容丰富。它哺育了一代又一代的潮汕人民，其文化永垂不朽。

汕头也是个美食之都，它有多种多样的美味小吃，潮汕工夫茶更是闻名天下。 再加之，汕头优美的环境，吸引着无数游人来这旅游。

而且，进入“十一五”规划后，汕头更是朝着现代化海滨城市的目标不屑努力。 汕头，我可爱的家乡，它是个美丽的神化。我爱它!

Hannah Oyler

21 Balsom St

Ventura, CA 94120

__________________

Objective

To obtain a position as a photographer for a major metropolitan newspaper.

Notable Achievements

Time Magazine, Top Photos of the Year 1999 for California Wildfire at Night

Banaker Excellence in Photography Fellowship, 1995.

Experience

Ventura County Times

Staff photographer, 1996 - Present

Regular coverage included: Sports, Lifestyle, & Metro. Successfully met tight deadlines.

Los Angeles Times

Summer Intern, 1995 & 1996

Assisted lead sports photographer. Selected and assembled equipment according to subject material, anticipated conditions. Gained valuable knowledge of function and limitations of various types of cameras, lenses, and films.

Education

University of Southern California

B.A., Photography, 1996

My favorite little animal is a small rabbit, but my family did not buy a rabbit, okay, my sister home has a small rabbit, I go to see a rabbit every week, the opportunity is really rare ah!

That little rabbit body almost all white, ears and pointed long, its eyes are red, the eyes around the hair is black, it may be turtles and rabies because of the lost, go home practice, practice Dark circles. Its a little mouth next to a few small and long beard, very cute!

One day, I came to my sisters house, little rabbit can have self-knowledge, and immediately went to my side to come. I will take out a root carrots, cut into a piece, and then put in front of the rabbit, the rabbit saw a carrot on the squatting there to eat with relish until the end of eating. That day I took it out to play, put it out of the cage, it suddenly ran into the grass was gone, with me playing hide and seek, I found the old half a day, it was hiding behind a tree in the pee, you Say it is not funny?

Little rabbit can be really cute ah, I really want a little rabbit ah!

My favourite animal is fish. Because they are very interesting. There are many kinds of fish. They are liveing in water very free. They are very colorful, some fish are red, some fish are white, and some fish are gold... So I like them very much !!!!

我最喜欢的动物是鱼。因为他们是非常有趣的。鱼的种类非常多。他们是在水中自由自在的生活。他们是五颜六色的,一些鱼是红色的,一些鱼是白色的,一些鱼是黄金色的……我非常喜欢它们! ! ! !

My father is a soldier, but also a good leading cadres. Usually my father is very fond of reading, in the work is always meticulous. Father is not only strict on their own requirements, but also very concerned about my study.

Remember once, get the math teacher down the unit test roll, see the above red fork, the test paper also read 83 points. Suddenly, I like a leaked ball.

Back home, I still like usual, after dinner began to write homework. But the father is home leave but found my exception, I know that I certainly have nothing to hide from him. After my homework at night, I went to bed. Dad opened my bag and found my unit test roll. Daddy in the light to help me put the wrong place all corrected over. Although I have gone to bed, but I can not sleep for a long time. So I got the courage to prepare to show it to my father. After a fierce ideological struggle, I slowly pushed the door, saw his father was asleep, and that papers are placed on the desk, I picked up a look, the above also wrote a solution to the process and the answer. See here, I do not consciously shed tears of shame.

Dad because of the particularity of the work, a year to come back off a vacation, but he is my school and my life is always so concerned about, from time to time to call my study and life, let me feel the warmth, but also more understanding Dads selfless dedication. Dad has always been a strong character, but also a sense of dedication, a strong sense of responsibility. His words and deeds always affect me, inspired me. I must be a father as an example, learn, grow up to become useful to the community of talent.

Hello, everybody. I am ning cai chen from beijing, i am working for an agent for a electric company in beijing. it is about five months since i came to the united states, and i miss my family very much. itll be several months before they come here, and i hope to continue to have an enjoyable single life till then. thanks.

导语：八一建军节诞生于1933年，她的第一个节日庆祝活动，是在中央苏区首府——江西瑞金举行的。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!

It is the Army Day of the Chinese Peoples Liberation Army on August 1. It stems from the August 1 Nanchang Uprising which the Chinese Party members lead of revolutionary period of the peoples mainly main justice in China. The August 1 Nanchang Uprising for will it be August 1 1927 fire Communist Party of China arms resist the Kuomintang first rifle of reactionaries indicate China enters the Communist Party of China and leads the new period for revolution of arms independently mark the birth of the new peoples army of China.

Will it be July 1933 the republic temporary central government Soviet of Chinese determine to be tenable on commemoration day for the Chinese Workers and Peasants Red Army (the predecessor of the Chinese Peoples Liberation Army ) on August 1. From then on August 1 became the Army Day of the Chinese Peoples Liberation Army. During Army Day will concentrate on launching the activity of " support the army and give preferential treatment to the families of the armymen and martyrs support the government and cherish the people " all over China commemorate the birth of the peoples army.

Since the Chinese Peoples Liberation Army built up the Army goes through the innumerable hazards and hardships from small to large change from weak to strong develop into an army with synthetic multi-arm is advancing on the roads of the picked troops with Chinese characteristics courageously become the great wall of steel that China defends the peace and development.

【参考译文】

它是八月一日中国人民解放军的一天。它源于八月一日南昌起义，中国共产党领导的革命时期，人民的主要正义在中国。的八一南昌起义为将它是8月1 1927年，火共产党中国武器抵抗国民党反动派的第一枪，表明中国进入的中国共产党，领导新时期革命武装独立，标记的中国新型人民军队的诞生。

1933年7月，该共和国临时中央政府，中国苏维埃，确定以成立纪念日为中国工人和农民红军(前身中国人民解放军)8月1日。从那时起，八月一日成了中国人民解放军的一天。建军节期间，将集中开展“活动支持军队和优待军人、烈士家属，政府支持和珍惜的人”都在中国，纪念人民军队的诞生。

自从中国人民解放军建造的军队，去通过无数的危险和困难，从小型到大型，改变从弱到强，发展成军合成多臂，是推进中国特色勇敢精兵道路，成成为的钢铁长城，中国维护和平与发展。

1.有关建军节的英语作文

2.八一建军节的英语介绍

3.建军节的英语作文

4.八一建军节的英语作文

5.建军节英语作文带翻译

6.以建军节为话题的英语作文

7.建军节英语作文3篇带翻译

Hello, everybody, let me introduce myself a minute you know me, know me and accept me.

I am from Shandong xxx, 20 years old this year, my hometown in Chongqing, Sichuan has given me straightforward character, and yet steady, then the long journey to the city of Nanjing to study.

In fact, when the first came to college to learn with a certain ideal of my heart out, some depressed at first, but after some time, I recognize the truth, it is optimistic about the Internet Professional. "The 21st century is the century of network interconnection."

This remark is not false, as the Internets development, it has stuck for the 21st century to take off.

Later, interest in continuous culture process, I began to become interested in the Internet the next three years, I will continue to progress in the study spent.

Me Hello，everybody!My name`s Kevin Bill。I am a 15-year-old boy and I am from China。My favorite movie are Rush Hour and Mr。Bean。Do you know them?I think they are exciting action movie and interesting comedy 。My English teacher is a beautiful teacher and she`s always friendly to us。Her favorite sport is basketball and we always play basketball together。My favorite music is pop and my favorite fruits are apples and grapes。And Sunday is my favorite day。How about you ?What`s your name?

介绍厦门鼓浪屿的英语作文一

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

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

介绍厦门鼓浪屿的英语作文二

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

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

介绍厦门鼓浪屿的英语作文三

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

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

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

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

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

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

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