不要浪费时间英语作文及翻译经典20篇

Dear Mr Fu,

This is my first letter to you. Its a thank-you letter!

Thank you for what? Thank you for teaching me and helping me.

When I am in trouble, is your warm hand to help me, not when I want to give

up when you use your words to support me, I sincerely thank you! Thank you very

much!

In the coming Christmas, I would like to express my deep thanks to you

again!

I wish you good health and good luck in everything!

Your students

亲爱的复老师

这是我给你写的第一制封信，是一封感谢信!

感谢什么呢?感谢你对我的教导，对我的帮助。

在我困难的时候，是你伸出温暖的手帮助我了我，没当我想放弃的时候是您用您的话语支持了我，我衷心的谢谢您!谢谢!

在圣诞节到来之际，我再次向你表达我深深的谢意!

祝您是身体健康，万事如意!

您的学生

My home have a naughty cute puppy.

The dog has a golden hair, a pair of round eyes, a pair of ears listened warily around all the suspicious sound. The dog also has a pair of sharp claws, the tail become warped up, appear very arrogant. The puppy is very fierce, as long as hear or see what a little, will be issued a "warning", ready to "fight".

My dog not only naughty, and very musical.

One day, I idle, and put up the music. Who knows, after the dog heard, dont chew bones, immediately approached the tape recorder. I suspected that the dog found the music coming from the recorder! Puppy squat down beside the tape recorder, listening to music, one side with the rhythm of the music wag their tails to place in the past, just like a little musician in command of the band...

The puppy especially love to eat cookies. I will take this opportunity to put the dog when the fish hook. I take out a slender bamboo first, then use the other side of the line is a root in bamboo, reoccupy a milk garland biscuit series, on the other side in the rope is made into "rod". I make cookies have nowhere to come over the past, the puppy dazzling, I suddenly stopped shaking, hanging the cookies from the front of the dog, the dog immediately huanguo to god, to the cookies to rush, and I move biscuits to the dog behind him, let it closed on empty air. In this way, lasted for several minutes. Dog pretend "retreat", I also immediately off guard, who know the dog quickly turned to bite cookies, fortunately, I quickly reaction, dog bites to the line. This is my puppy.

我家有一只调皮可爱的小狗。

小狗长着一身金黄色的毛，一双圆溜溜的眼睛，一对耳朵警惕地听着四周一切可疑的声音。小狗还长着一双锋利的爪子，尾巴翘得老高，显得非常傲慢。小狗也非常凶猛，只要稍微听到什么或看到什么，就会发出“警报”，做好“战斗”的准备。

我家的小狗不仅调皮，而且很富有音乐感。

一天，我闲着没事干，便放起了音乐。谁知，小狗听到后，骨头也不啃了，马上向录音机走来。我猜测，可能是小狗发现那音乐是从录音机里传出来的了!小狗在录音机旁蹲下，一边听音乐，一边随着音乐的节奏把尾巴摇过来摆过去，真像个小小音乐家在指挥着乐队……

小狗特别爱吃饼干。我就借此机会，把小狗当鱼钓。我先拿出一根细长的竹子，接着用一根线系在竹子的另一头，再用一块牛奶拉花饼干系在绳子的另一头，就做成了“鱼杆”。我把饼干晃过来晃过去，弄得小狗眼花缭乱，我突然停止摇晃，把饼干吊在小狗面前，小狗立即缓过神来，向饼干扑去，我又把饼干移到小狗身后，让它扑了个空。就这样，持续了好几分钟。小狗假装“败退”，我也随即放松了警惕，谁知小狗迅速转过身来咬饼干，幸亏我反应快，小狗只咬到线。这就是我家的小狗。

Today is our annual New Years gala!

Today we ushered in the annual New Years gala. This years party with "innovation, sun" as the theme, we hope to play, not only to let everyone get fully relaxed, joyful, also can let everybodys comprehensive practical ability was improved.

This day, we with colorful clothes, we are singing and dancing on the stage, we smile like a flower blooming brilliant, the next New Years gala wonderful, there will be a hit after another beautiful song, funny laugh crosstalk, sketch, increase of fun games and a variety of performance... I believe that will bring you endless joy. Today, even in earth and we celebrate this lively, colorful, singing and dancing on New Years gala. Today we revel, along with the wind and the trees and flowers dancing together... Elegant and beautiful song coming from more than ten miles away. On this day, we played all kinds of games, happy like each happy birds.

Finally I wish you have a good time, the first New Years gala can get a great success!

今天是我们一年一度的元旦联欢晚会!

在今天我们又迎来了一年一度的元旦联欢晚会。今年的晚会我们以“创新、阳光”为主题，希望在玩耍中，不仅让大家得到全身心的放松、愉悦，还能让大家的综合实践能力得到提高!

这一天，我们穿着五颜六色的服装，我们在台上载歌载舞，我们的笑容像绽放的花儿一样灿烂，接下来的的元旦联欢晚会精彩十足，会有一首首动听优美的歌曲，一个个逗人捧腹大笑的相声、小品，一场场趣味十足的游戏和各种各样的表演……我相信一定会给大家带来无穷的乐趣。今天，就连地球都在和我们一起庆祝这热闹的、五彩缤纷的、载歌载舞的元旦联欢晚会。今天我们尽情狂欢，随着风与花草树木一齐舞蹈……优雅、美妙的歌声从十几里外传来。在这一天，我们玩着各种各样的游戏，开心得像一只只快乐的小鸟。

最后我预祝大家玩得愉快，首届元旦联欢晚会能得到圆满成功!

Have finished the test yesterday, although did not take notice of, actually also is equal to the winter vacation, so I would have had a plan for winter vacation.

Morning, Ill sleep to nature to wake, after mom and dad go to work, I quickly get up, under their bags of instant noodles to eat. While mom and dad be not at home, but I am not lazy, after dinner, write a few pages of my winter vacation paradise, then look at the books, and then you can go to play computer games, good just cant be too long, then see fellow bloggers write blog, or animation.

At noon, I will write a few lines of copybook half a page or a page, and then take the English textbook, on a point reading machine to read, or at least a dozen minutes, after finished, you can watch TV or play computer, it is best to go downstairs to the fitness equipment for children playing over there.

Because I cant stay at home, in the afternoon must go to her office, with my mother plan to write a few pages of homework in the office, reading, and then in the college, ballroom and on the basketball court to play with children, after the play can play computer games for a while.

And this period of time has been too little blog, had a holiday, now I have to write more, plan two days.

These, of course, when no holiday refers to the mothers unit, wait until New Years day that a few days what also not stem, light to play.

Put the winter vacation, thats what I think, since it is the holiday, I will be happy to play, but also have to learn, I will be strict with myself!

昨天已经考完试了，虽然没有拿通知书，其实也相当于放寒假了，所以我要自己对寒假有个计划。

上午，我就睡到自然醒，等爸爸妈妈上班走后，我迅速起床，自己下袋方便面吃。虽然爸爸妈妈不在家，但我也不能偷懒，吃完饭后，写几页我的《寒假乐园》，再看看课外书，然后就可以痛快地玩电脑游戏了，只不过时间不能太长了，接着再看看博友们写的博客或是看看动画片。

中午，我就写几行字帖或是一页半页都可以，然后再拿着英语课本，在点读机上读读，至少也要个十来分钟，干完后可以看电视或玩电脑，最好是下楼到健身器材那边找小朋友玩儿。

由于下午我不能呆在家里，必须跟妈妈一块儿去她办公室，计划先在办公室写几页作业，看看书，然后在院里的跳舞场和篮球场上和小朋友玩，玩玩后就可以玩一会电脑游戏了。

还有这段时间博客写得太少了，现在放假了，我得多写，计划两天一篇。

这些当然指妈妈单位没放假的时候，等到过年那几天就什么也不干，光玩了。

放寒假了，我就是这么想的，既然是放假吗，我就要痛快地玩好，但也不能不学习，我会严格要求自己的!

As a middle school student, I dont have much free time, but I still have a lot of thingsto do. I like listening to music and reading, so in my free time, I always listening to music and search the Internet for about half-hour. Its a good way to relax myself.I alwaysdo some reading before go to bed. Besides, I always go to swimming after school. Exercises help me to keep healthy and do good to my study. As the same as other students, I often watch TV in the evening, but I have to finish my homework first. At the weekends, I will help my mother with the housework, such as clean the house, do some washing. And, its a time to visit my friends. We are always happy together.

作为一名中学生，我没有很多自由时间，但是我仍然有很多事情要做。我喜欢听音乐和阅读，所以空闲时间我经常上网听音乐半个小时。这是自我放松的一种好方式。睡觉前我经常看些书。此外，放学后我经常去游泳。锻炼帮助我保持健康，对我的学习有好处。和其他同学一样，我晚上也经常看电视，但是我必须先完成作业。周末，我会帮妈妈做些家务，比如打扫屋子，洗衣服等等。而且，这也是我拜访朋友的时间。我们在一起的时候总是很快乐。

In the morning, my father went to work, my mother bought food. The house I am the only one left, I had no choice but to burn the breakfast to eat, what to eat good? "I said to himself, then I remembered mom in the morning and often give me fried to eat, so today I also give yourself to burn a fried egg, eat it!

My first oil into the pot, and then open the gas stove, open a small fire, while the oil on "pa pa" rang, I know the oil is hot, quickly hit an egg into. I saw the "crackling" oil exploded.

早晨，爸爸上班去了，妈妈买菜去了。家里只剩下我一个人，我只好自己烧早饭吃，“吃什么好呢?”我自言自语说道，这时我想起妈妈早上经常给我烧煎蛋吃，那么今天我也给自己来烧一个煎蛋吃吧!

我先将油倒入锅中，再将煤气灶打开，开成小火，过了一会油就“啪啪”的响了，我就知道油热了，就连忙打了一个蛋进去。只见油"噼里啪啦“的炸开了。

There is no doubt that we should never go out there to see what happens; instead, we should take actions to make things happen. A telling example is Youyou Tu. She and her colleagues made 380 extracts from 2,00 herbs before they finally succeeded in discovering the pure substance qinghaosu, which can be used to treat malaria. As we all know, there were numerous scientists who wanted to find this substance, but it was her firm actions that made her the first Chinese Nobel laureate in medicine.

Why?Reasons are quite simple and can be listed as follows. To begin with, only by taking actions can we find the best way to solve those problems we are facing, but as a bystander, we can learn nothing meaningful. In addition, in an age full of ruthless and relentless competitions, without taking actions to make things happen, we are bound to lose those valuable opportunities. For instance, if Apple had just gone out there to see what happens in mobile phones, it could not have presented the amazing product, iPhone, to us.

Accordingly, we college students should not just be a watcher but a doer. In my humble opinion, we can start from applying what we have learned into practice.

毫无疑问,我们永远不应该走出去看看发生了什么;相反,我们应该采取行动让事情发生。一个生动的例子就是由你。她和她的同事做了380提取物2 00草药才终于发现了纯物质青蒿素,可用于治疗疟疾。我们都知道,有很多的科学家们想找到这种物质,但这是她公司的行为,让她第一个中国医学诺贝尔奖得主。

为什么?原因很简单,可以列出如下。首先,只有采取行动才能找到最好的方法解决我们面临这些问题,但作为一个旁观者,我们可以学到什么有意义的事情。此外,在一个充满残酷和无情的竞争时代,没有采取行动让事情发生,我们注定要失去这宝贵的机会。例如,如果苹果刚刚在手机看看会发生什么,它不可能呈现惊人的产品,iPhone,给我们。

因此,我们大学生不应该只是一个观察者,但一个实干家。依我拙见,我们可以从应用所学付诸实践。

One Day of Mine

On May Day, my mother, father, my sister and me went to park to have a picnic, and then visited my grandma and grandpa.

At nine o’clock in the morning, we went to park for picnic. We took juice, cornflakes, apples, oranges, lollipops, bananas, ice creams, mangoes, and so on. I also took toys, such as doll, ball, balloon, skateboard and a kite.

At two o’clock in the afternoon, we went to visit my grandma and grandpa. I helped grandpa do some house work. My sister and me played skateboard and doll.

At eight o’clock in the evening, we went home, and played computer games for two hours and then went to bed.

I was very happy on May Day!

“五一”劳动节那天，我妈妈、爸爸、姐姐和我去公园野餐，然后去看望了爷爷和奶奶。

早上九点钟，我们去公园野餐。我们带了果汁、玉米片、苹果、桔子、棒棒糖、香蕉、冰激凌、芒果等吃的。我还带了玩具，像娃娃、球、气球、滑板和风筝。

下午两点，我们去看望爷爷和奶奶。我帮爷爷做了一些家务活。我姐姐和我玩了滑板和洋娃娃。

晚上八点我们回家了。回家后又玩了两个小时的电脑游戏，然后就去睡觉了。

“五一”这一天我很开心！

[五一假期的小学英语作文（含翻译）

Nowadays, people more and more busy, rarely have time to meet, every day to see the neighbours parents and children are all rush to, and meet up to nod to say hello, seldom have time to sit down and a talking and chatting, let alone have a chance to meet some new friends. I basically every day is two point one line, not to go out to go to school is to come home from school, the occasional twice a week of after-class learning, parents also is standard office worker, used to see when they communicate with others also is to make a call. With the rapid development of information society, a lot of application in the communication network technology widely applied, as Internet telephony, network video, blogs, twitter, and these technologies are used phones, we can manage information anytime and anywhere.

Recently, with the microblogging is the most popular, most type 140 words, with a brief blog content published to the Internet. Weibo has formed a new Internet society, on the weibo social can at any time to post the latest news, news, reviews, feeling, can use the form of text, images, and voice, people can share to know, dont know, can become oneself to like peoples fans. In this world, there is no high and low in the normal exchanges, anyone may become a popular star here, as long as sincere communication, not met can also set up a communication relationship, and as long as you like. Weibo society, enhance the transparency and communication degree in todays society, also can be in here to any knowledge of people learn something different, people more closely. I also have their own weibo, here, not because of my age hinders the communication with you.

Weibo has been integrated into all aspects of society, weibo is changing the way we know the world, change our lives.

如今，人们越来越越忙，很少有时间见面，每天看到邻居的家长和小朋友们都是急冲冲地擦身而过，最多见面点头问好，难得有时间坐下来一块说话和闲聊，更别说有机会能够认识上一些新朋友了。每天我基本上都是两点一线，不是出门上学就是放学回家，偶尔有每周一两次的课外学习，爸爸妈妈们也是标准的上班族，以前见到他们和别人沟通的时候也就是打打电话。随着信息社会的快速发展，很多应用于沟通的网络技术手段得到了普遍应用，像网络电话、网络视频、博客、微博，而且这些技术都用到了手机上，使大家可以随时随地进行信息。

最近，用的最火爆是微博，最多键入140个字，以简短的博客内容发布到网络上。微博已经构成了一个新的网络社会，在微博社会上可以随时发布自己最新的新闻、消息、评论、感想，可以使用文字、图片和语音形式，可以分享给认识的人、不认识的人，可以成为自己喜欢人的粉丝。在这个社会上，没有正常交往中的高低贵贱，任何一个人都可能成为这里的人气明星，只要真心交流，没有见过面也可以建立交流关系，并只要自己喜欢。微博社会，增进了当今社会的透明度和交往度，也可以在这里向任何的人学些不同的知识，人们交往更加密切了。我也有自己的微博，在这里，并没有因为我的年龄阻碍了和大家的交流。

微博已经融入了社会的方方面面，微博正在改变我们认识世界的方法，改变我们的生活。

有一天，小溪很高兴，叮咚叮咚地流淌着，因为小溪正在山顶上，可以接近太阳公公了。它想：终于可以接近太阳公公了，我可以叫太阳公公和月亮姐姐跟我配合，让他们快点换班，我就可以迅速地进入美丽的大海了!果然，它急忙地跟太阳公公说出它的伟大梦想。本来太阳公公不答应，很固执，对小溪说：“不行，这样的话，人类会很快衰老，时间也会快速过去，花草枯萎，人类与大自然都会顿然死亡。甚至你，迟早也会成为人类的饮料，被人类喝掉的。”小溪还是坚持着，

太阳公公没办法，答应了小溪，并且月亮姐姐也勉强答应了。

过了一段时间，真是日月如梭，人们都无法干活，渐渐衰老了。小溪也发现到自己快凝固了，因为快到冬天了。小溪后悔极了，趁还没到冬天，使劲地往通到山上的路游去。太阳公公和月亮姐姐天天都很忙碌，因为，他们每过3小时就要换一次班。

小溪看着太阳公公和月亮姐姐一上一下地换班，看得摇头晃脑，更后悔自己当初鲁莽的决定，忍不住流出眼泪，可怜兮兮地说：“对不起!太阳公公，月亮姐姐，我害得你们那么忙碌!”小溪抽泣着，“求求你们，停下来吧!我知道，握错了，对不起大家，害得人类上气不接下气，没得干活，也连累所有植物、生物跟我一起受累!求求你们，停下来吧!”太阳和月亮听到它的一番苦言，就原谅小溪。从此，小溪又像以前那样欢快地流淌了。

我们应该珍惜时间，浪费时间就是浪费生命，把时间用在有用的地方上才好。同时，也不要太自私，也不要为了自己而连累大家。

Fri. ,Feb. 5 Rainy

In my dream

Last night ,I dreamed I became a very beautiful brid. I dreamed that I was in a forest. In tht forest,there were a lot of animals. Then,an old bird told us,"we have a very beautiful forest,we should therefore protect it from pollution. "All the animals agreed with him.

But the second day,people came into our forest. Many animals were caught. The people wanted to build house and parks in our forest. Many old trees were felled. And then suddenly,nothing was left standing.

I was so shocked and then I bursted out crying. I woke up at midnight. It was only a dream.

二月五日 星期五 雨

在梦中

昨晚我梦见我变成一只非常漂亮的鸟。 我梦见我在一座森林，森林里有很多动物。 然后有一只老鸟告诉我们，"我们有一座非常美丽的森林，因此我们应该保护它，免受污染"所有的动物都赞成他。

但是第二天，人们进入我们的森林，许多动物被逮捕。 这些人要在我们的森林地上建造房子和公园。 许多年老的树木被砍下，然后，突然间，一切都被夷平了。

我很震惊，接着突然大哭起来。 我在半夜醒来，原来只是个梦。

在这个信息发达的时代，有互联网，有微信、QQ……一切的事情只在手机上轻轻一按，就能轻松完成。当你遇到困难时，只要轻轻点开百度，就能找到满意的答案；想买什么东西只要上一下淘宝，在家就能买到心仪的物品；不用写信，就能让远方的好友和你面对面聊天……

可是在快捷的同时，这些大大小小、各式各样的信息也给我们带来了许多负面的影响，那就是——我们的生活变得碎片化了。我们在碎片化的阅读、碎片化的购物、碎片化的社交中，时间似乎一眨眼就过去了，时间都去了哪儿？

下面，就让我来列举一些碎片化的表现和不同的解决办法吧！

作为一名学生，对我们来说，读书是最重要的。现在手机上有许多阅读的软件，供大家使用。我身边有一个朋友，很喜欢在网上看小说。但是你很快就会发现，阅读软件并不是很好。因为那里有太多免费放在网上，供大家阅读的电子书籍。于是大家很草率地选择，经常一目十行。最后，只是消磨时光而已。我觉得应该在心情不错的午后，一个人捧着一本书，细细地品着它的韵味，这样才能认真、精细地读好一本书。

在家里，妈妈们总是经常在网上购物。但是不知道你们有没有发现，在每家店铺里逛的时间越长，购物车里就越满。而且，那些已经加入购物车的东西并不是真正需要的，而是因为好玩或者漂亮而冲动买下的。当你反应过来时，大大小小的包裹已经向你跑来了。在这里，我觉得，应该要减少登录淘宝的次数，更应该有计划性地消费。

QQ、微信，想必大家都在上面聊过天吧！那么你的微信里是不是也有朋友们转发的五花八门的小视频呢？也许你会点开来看看，但是在你嘴角上扬的同时，你是否发现时间和流量都不翼而飞了？以后大家还是尽量不要点击小视频了，虽然会博你一笑，却也同时偷走了你的时间。

每个人的时间都是有限的，我们应该用它们去做更有意义的事。也应该让互联网为自己所用，可不要反被它们牵着鼻子走。

现在，随着全球温度的上升、冰的融化和海上杠杆的不断上升，人们认识到发展低碳经济的重要性。

我们有很多方法可以实现碳排放的经济。发现其他燃料更清洁，更环保，而不是碳的使用。其次，我们应该有节能意识，做一些我们可以做的事情，例如，当你走出去的时候，使用公共汽车而不是汽车，重复使用可以回收利用的东西，减少塑料袋的使用。最后，我们应该种植更多的树木或其他绿色植物，这样我们不仅能改善环境，还能使我们的家更加美丽。

在我看来，要实现低碳经济，最重要的是每个人都必须尽自己最大的努力去做。一旦每个人都具备低碳经济的能力，并且自己采取行动，就会更早地实现这一行动。

Today was realiy boring.I went nowhere,I just stayed at home because the

weather was rainy.The rain was raining heavily in the sky.And there was much

dirty water on the ground.

今天可真无聊。我哪儿也没去，就呆在家里，因为今天是雨天。天空中下着倾盆大雨,而且地上汇集着许多污水。

I watched TV,but all the shows were long and long soap operas.I didnt like

them!Then I read a book,but they were too difficult for me.So I couldnt get

it!Computer games were also difficult and boring...

我看了电视，但是所有的节目都是长长的电视连续剧，我不喜欢它们!然后我读了一本书，但是它对我来说太深奥了，我无法理解!电脑游戏也很困难而且无聊……

In short,the day was boring.I flet so bad!

总而言之，今天真无聊。我感觉太差了!

I like holidays because I have enough time to relax. Last year, my

father and I went to Singapore by plane, there is a beautiful place, the four

seasons pleasant climate, there are many Chinese immigrants in Singapore, and

there are lots of Chinese food, like noodles, dumplings, rice, very delicious,

we shopping there, watching the scenery, and taste a lot of delicious food. It

was a very enjoyable

holiday.

我喜欢假期，因为我有足够的时间去放松。去年，我和爸爸坐飞机去了新加坡，那儿是个美丽的地方，四季气候宜人，新加坡有许多中国移民，而且那里有许多中国食物，比如面条，饺子，米饭，非常美味，我们在那里购物，观赏了美景，并且品尝了许多美味的食物。这真是一个令人愉快的假期。

People always say that we are lacking of the eyes of realizing the beauty in life. I can’t agree with it anymore. Last week, I woke up very early in the morning, so I decided to take a walk. The street was very quiet and there were many old people dancing in the square. Without many cars, I realized the city looked so clean and beautiful. Some coffee shops decorates so well, which attrated my eyes. The city was coverd by the green trees, which made it a green city. I liked this feeling so much. At this moment, I found the city was so lovely, I just ingored its beauty usually.

人们总是说我们缺乏发现实现生活中的美丽的眼睛。我十分同意。上周,我早上很早就醒了,所以我决定出去散步。街上很安静,有很多老人在广场上跳舞。街上没有了很多小车,我意识到这个城市看起来那么干净和漂亮。一些咖啡店装修很好,吸引了我的眼球。这座城市被绿色的树木覆盖着,这是一个绿化放的城市。我很喜欢这种感觉。这时,我发现这个城市是如此的可爱,平常我忽略了它的美。

Hello everyone.

Now let me talk about myself.

My name is _____.I was born in _____.There are _____people in my family, my father is a _____, my mother is a _______.And as everyone know,Im a student.Everyone has his own interests.As for me,I like reading books,playing basketball,listening to the music and so on.Now today we are in the same class,I hope we will get on well with each other.Thanks.

大家好。

现在让我来介绍一下我自己

我的名字叫______。我出生在_______。我家有_______口人，我的爸爸是一个________,我的妈妈是_______。那么就如大家所知，我当然就是一个学生了。每一个人都有他自己的兴趣。至于我，我喜欢看书，打篮球，听音乐等等。今天我们相聚在同一个教室，我希望我们将会相处愉悦。谢谢大家。

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

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

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

History

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

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

11月1日 -- 万圣节 All Saints Day

11月2日 -- 墨西哥的鬼节 Day of Death

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Other countries have different Fall festivals to honor the deceased.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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There are many festivals in China. Among them, I like the Spring Festival

most.Not only because it’s the biggest festival in the year, but also because

it’s a new beginning that brings hope to people and it’s time for family

gathering.Before the festival, people come home no matter where they

are.Usually, we have a big dinner on the New Year’s Eve. And then families sit

together and share their lives or planes.Some will play games or hang out to

have some fun.

On the New Year’s Day, people get up early and say good words to anyone

they meet.Children can get lucky money from relatives.In the following days, we

will visit relative’s home and bring New Year’s wishes to them.In short, it’s a

time for family gathering and all of us enjoy it.

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

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

Honorable judges, dear boys and girls,good afternoon!

It is my honour to have the opportunity to deliever a speech here.Today my

topic is that“No imagination no invention”.As we know, imagination is the power

of invention,many inventions just begin with the sparking of imagination.

There is no doubt that if you could not imagine so many good inventions

would not arise. Lenin said: Imagination is extremely valuable

qualities.Imagine, if not, the world will be how to, perhaps can only be a

gray.Have imagination is the root cause of human stronger than other animals.No

imagination of human development and progress will not have any.Einsteins

theory of relativity can find because of his childlike imagination. Jobs created

Apple, but also from his simply idea and refined imagination.

But, nowadays, people gradually lose their imagination, or the imagination

of people have been killed.Under the exam-oriented education，only the standard

answer is correct, the deviated answer is wrong.This causes scores become the

dominant factor,so student had to give up their imagination,began to rote

memorization.To realize Chinas dream and the national rejuvenation, can without

imagination?

If people stopped fantasy, then this is a real sign of the decline of

humanity. Imagination is the basis for the creation of the invention. With bold

Imagination, science was evolving, with rich imagination, before the era of

constantly advancing. We should protect childrens imagination and develop their

creativity. China may create a dream realized.

尊敬的评委们，亲爱的同学们，下午好!

很荣幸有这样一个机会在这里演讲，今天我演讲的题目是:“No imagination no

invention”。众所周知，想象力是发明创造的动力，许多发明都是由想象的闪现开始的。

毫无疑问的说，如果没有想象，如此多优秀的发明就没有出现的可能。列宁说过：想象是极其可贵的品质，设想一下，如果没有想象，世界将会怎样，也许只会是一片灰色。拥有想象力是人类强于其他动物的根本原因。没有想象力的人类将不会有任何的发展与进步。爱因斯坦之所能发现相对论，就是因为他的童真的想象力。乔布斯创造了苹果，也来源于他的简约理念和脱俗的想象力。

但是，现如今，人们渐渐失去了想象力，或者说人们的想象力在不断被扼杀，应试教育下，只有标准答案才是正确的，偏离答案就是错的，这使分数成了主导因素，学生不得不放弃自己的想象，开始死记硬背，试问要想实现中国梦和实现民族复兴，没有想象力行么?

如果人们停止了幻想，那么这就是人类衰落的真正征兆。想象力是创造发明的基础。有了大胆的创想，科学才不断发展，有了丰富的想象，时代才不断前进。我们应该保护孩子们的想象力，发挥他们的创造性。为中国梦的实现创造可能。

One Sunday my mother (Mother) had (made) me take my little young brother to

the a trip to the country。 She bade me take good care of him。

While we were walking along the road， the sun was shining brightly and the

breeze was blowing gently。 We saw the beautiful flowers smile (smiling) at us

and heard the birds sing (singing) their sweet songs on the trees。 The scenery

was indeed very pretty (beautiful)。

When we felt tired， we returned home。 We saw Mother (our mother) wait

(waiting) for us at the door。

有一个星期日，我母亲叫我带小弟弟去乡村游历。她吩咐我要好好照料他。

当我们沿着道路行走的时候，太阳灿烂地照耀着，微风轻轻地吹着。我们看见美丽的花儿对我们微笑着，并听见鸟儿在树上唱着悦耳的歌曲，风景实十分美丽。

当我们感觉到疲倦的时候，我们就回家了。我们看见母样正在门口等候我们。