初中8年级英语作文【合集20篇】

2005年10月12日，这是个不平凡的日子，因为这天是中国自行研制的神舟号飞船的第六个，由长征二号运载火箭，搭载着它升空，这也是历史上的突破，因为它将搭载着费俊龙、聂海胜两名宇航员飞天，宇航员还将进入轨道舱内进行操作，这也是历史上的第一次。

这天北京航天中心与酒泉卫星发射中心的操作人员很早就来了。他们正紧张的进行操作，把数据统计到最精确。只剩下20分钟了，大家都注意着火箭的状况，希望不要出现意外。还有10分钟了大家更紧张了，毕竟这样的飞行是第一次嘛！我的心也渐渐绷紧了。只有5分钟了，我的手已经捏出汗了。进入一分钟倒计时了，这时我的心都快蹦出喉咙了。50秒、40秒、30秒、20秒、10秒、9、8、7、6、……我忐忑不安的坐着，好像在飞船内的不是别人而是自己，再看看别的同学他们也非常紧张，有的捏着拳头，有的转着铅笔，还有的用手指敲着桌子。5、4、3、2、1、点火成功，我的心随着火箭的升空而平缓。一二级火箭行驶了400秒后与三级火箭分离，三级火箭点火或继续，冲出了大气层，随后整流罩分离，一会儿三级火箭熄火，它载着飞船滑行，过了几秒钟后，船箭分离，我的心似乎已平静但还是有点紧张如果太阳能帆板打不开那不就前功尽弃了吗？过了几秒钟后，飞船打开了太阳能帆板，此时大家响起了热烈的掌声，我的心里也有一种说不出的高兴和欢乐。

我非常高兴，原来，自己只见过发射中心和模拟飞行过程，这次我看见了真正的卫星发射的全过程，能不让人高兴吗？

[一个今人激动的时刻初中1年级作文

二十年后的秋天，我已成为一名刚就读博士的大学生，我有闪起了一个念头，我们难道不能去看一看自己以前居住的家乡呢？于是我开着漂亮的小汽车，缓缓的向我们以前居住的家乡驶去……

到了家乡之后，我们已经看到了令我们难忘的一刻：以前我在家乡居住的房子都不见了，变成了一幢幢高楼大厦；我们的农田不再是荒唐的，而是那一大片金色的小麦和麦穗，它们向我弯着腰，好像在向我打招呼；那各种各样颜色鲜艳的菊花，也在欢迎我，它好像很害羞似的。我仿佛又回到了比二十年前那更为完美的世界。接下来，我就去访问我家乡是的小朋友，虽然有些邻居搬到外面去住，

但是我还是有一个小时候和我非常要好的领居――刘羽毛。

我向这里的人打听，有一个人告诉了我，原来他已经是一个公司的经理。我看了看这家公司店，我看见这是一个非常有名的饭店。我就走进那里的经理室，看到他正坐在梨花木大交椅上舒舒服服的躺着，他见我进来，让他的部下来招待我，我很感谢他。随后，他又和我谈了小时候的故事，我们有说有笑，热烈的欢庆着……

那一刻，令我终生难忘……

[二十年后回故乡初中1年级的作文

With the explosion of population in the world, more and more poisonous waste is produced. As a resuit, a lot of rivers and lakes are polluted. In some areas, the air also becomes dirty and harmful. Consequently, animals and plants are endangered. And peopies health is greatly affected.

Fortunately, more and more people have realized the serious situation. Many countries have passed laws to prevent the environment from being further polluted. People are working hard to find ways to keep the earth clean: they treat waste gases, protect water sources and purify waste water. Definitely, controlling the increase of population is one of the most efficient ways.

However, in future more efforts will be needed to win the battle against pollution, The laws controlling pollution must be strictly enforced, And above all, attention should be paid to the education of the people so that everyone will show his concern about environmental protection.

Live with thankfulness Do you know Thanksgiving Day?Do you know why human thank God? Thanksgiving falls on the fourth Thursday of November, a different date every year. The President must proclaim that date as the official celebration.

Thanksgiving is a time for tradition and sharing. Even if they live far away, family members gather for a reunion at the house of an older relative. All give thanks together for the good things that they have. In this spirit of sharing, civic groups and charitable organizations offer a traditional meal to those in need, particularly the homeless. On most tables throughout the United States, foods eaten at the first thanksgiving have become traditional. What should we thank?

The thankful great universe provides the environment of existence for us and give us sunlight, air, water and everything in keeping with we existence of space, bring storm to let us accept to toughen for us, bring to us mysterious let us look for. The thankful parents give us the life, make us feel the merriment of the human life, feel the genuine feeling of the human life, feel the comity of the human life, feel happiness of the human life, also feel hardships and pain and sufferings of the human life!

The thankful teacher works with diligence and without fatigue everyday of teach, give us knowledge ability, put on the wing which flies toward the ideal for us. The thankful classmate and friend grows up road of, let I no longer standing alone in the itinerary of life;The with gratitude is frustrated and let us become in a time the failure stronger.

[ 多与家人朋友沟通交流初中英语作文

Environmental Protection

环境保护

Today the quality of our natural environment has become an important issue. The world population is rising so quickly that the world has become too crowded. We are using up our natural resources and at the same time polluting our environment with dangerous chemicals. If we continue to do this, life on earth cannot survive.

现如今我们的自然环境已经成为一个重要问题。世界人口增长如此之快以至于世界已经变得过于拥挤。我们在消耗自然资源的同时危险化学物品污染着我们生存的环境。如果我们继续这样下去，地球上的生物将不能生存。

Concerned people have made some progress in environmental protection. Governments of many countries have established laws to protect the air, forests and sea resources and to stop environmental pollution.

相关人士在环境保护方面做出了一些进展。许多国家的政府已经建立法律来保护大气，森林和海洋资源以停止环境污染。

Still more measures should be taken to solve environmental problems. People should be further educated to recognize the importance of the problems, to use modern methods of birth control, to conserve(保存) our natural resources and recycle(再循环) our products. We are sure that we can have a better and cleaner place in the future.

同时更应该采取措施来解决环境问题。应该进一步教育人们认识到问题的重要性，应用现代的生产控制方法来节约我们的自然资源和实现产品的再循环。我们相信在将来我们会拥有一个更好的更干净的生存之地。

[初中生环境保护英语作文

Youth is not just a stage of life, but it is also a state of mind. Being

young is so great and also the most cherrish moment in a life, as young men have

more energy and power to move forwards. Once we grow up more, we might lose

enthusiasm to propell our expectation. Nowadays, young men are looking for a job

to work. Work provides money to support our living and meaning of a life.

However, There are some young men who do not work, but the world is not proud of

them. Those who prefer not to work and would rather spend money from inherited

can be seen wandering on the street, speeding on the highway, or gathering as

gangsters. Many of them tend to become drog addicted after they got broke. They

expect good fortune surrounding forever. They don‘t know it is hard to sustain

money for a generation. Fortunately, our education system has influenced on the

majority of young people that we all recognive the importance of having a job.It

is believed that the more we work, and the more opportunitis and treasures will

arrive. Thus, The society will become harmony and peaceful.

Since I go to school, my parents always tell me that I should study hard,

so that I can find a good job in the future and earn a lot of money. To most

people, the purpose of reading books is to make money. But as I study more, I

realize that making money and reading books don’t have the directly connection.

The children should know more about the world by reading more books, at the same

time, they need to sense the great joy of reading. When they are equipped with

knowledge, they can solve problems by the skills they learn, the most important

thing for them is to face difficulties with positive attitude.

1929年至1936年，在中国北京的周口店，相继发掘出了三个成年古猿人头骨化石和众多的枕骨、眉骨、耳骨化石碎片。此事一经传出，立刻在世界上造成了轰动，因为“北京人”的存在，让人类不得不重新认定自己起源的旅程，是从中国北京的周口店开始的。国外学术界甚至将此事誉为古人类研究史上最为动人的发现。然而，抗日战争期间，“北京人”头盖骨化石却在辗转途中神秘失踪。时至今日，关于国宝的下落仍然是摆在我们面前的一个谜。

其实，“北京人”头盖骨化石最初一直是存放在美资北京协和医院底层的保险柜里，供瑞典人类学家魏敦瑞做学术研究之用的。1937年抗日战争爆发后，日本人占领了北京，只是由于协和医院悬挂了美国国旗，日本人才未闯进去掠夺“北京人”头盖骨化石。1941年“珍珠港事件”前夕，日美关系出现恶化，为了确保这些珍贵的文物不会落入到侵略者手中，魏敦瑞建议将“北京人”头盖骨化石转移到美国保存。同年11月初，在获得了当时中国政府允许出境的批示后，魏敦瑞等人将国宝送到了美国驻北平使馆，并委托美国海军陆战队护送到纽约自然历史博物馆暂存避险。12月5日，装有“北京人”头盖骨化石的专列开往秦皇岛，准备于12月8日搭乘美国邮船“哈里逊总统”号。然而就在12月8日凌晨，日军突袭“珍珠港”，日本对美国不宣而战，而当天开往秦皇岛的运送“北京人”头盖骨化石的美国海军陆战队专列也被日军截住，“哈里逊总统”号因此未能赶到接应。从此，举世瞩目的“北京人”头盖骨化石便神秘地失踪了。

由于“北京人”头盖骨化石是在战乱中秘密启运的，遭劫失踪后，查找工作变得相当困难。日本投降后，美国曾多次努力搜索，但结果终是空手而归。而日本方面则一再声称，他们从未发现过“北京人”头盖骨化石的下落。

新中国成立后，“北京人”头盖骨化石更是成为国人心中永远的牵挂。半个多世纪以来，国内外的许多有识之士一直在为寻找到它而奔波。然而，各种捕风捉影的线索雪片一般地纷至沓来，如有人说它可能被日军掳去，藏在日本民间，或已被野蛮的日本士兵损毁;有人说它被劫后装在一艘名为“阿波丸号”的日本巨轮回日本时，因轮船被美军击毁而沉落大海;有人说它早已成了前苏联红军的“战利品”;有人说它可能被人误为一般的人体标本而遭到了遗弃;有人却坚信它还存在于我们国家的某个角落……但真正有价值的线索却一个都没有。至今，“北京人”头盖骨化石的下落仍然是一个无法破解的谜。

[国宝失踪之谜初中3年级作文

How to be a good learner?

As a good learner， we should have good habits and ways of learning。

We need to get ready for our lessons before class and always listen carefully in class。 It’s good to study in groups and help each other。 We should do more reading in our free time。 If we have some problems， we’d better ask others for help。 As a student， working hard is important， but don’t forget to do sports and keep healthy。

I think all these above will be helpful to us。

The school is our home, we should protect the environment in the small

yard.

We saw the earth have pick up rubbish should put the rubbish into the trash

can, we cant eat your own trash on the ground after the funeral, if someone do

so should be to remind him, let him pick up garbage into the garbage can.

We need to protect the objects on campus, such as: we should protect the

playground on the playground every camphor tree, cant use a knife to get the

camphor tree, because the camphor tree is a rare tree. One can sell one or two

in case of a tree, so we should protect the camphor tree.

We should also protect the flowerbeds in the flowerbeds, the flowers in the

flowerbeds, and we cant pick it because it will spoil the environment.

"Enough! Enough!"I said when Father and Mother were still giving me more fish ad meat. My bowl was piled up like a little hill.

"Dont study too late into the night. Do be careful of your health. Have you had any examinations recently?"Father asked me in great concern.

My face turned red. I didnt dare to give Father an answer. I hadnt made any progress in my studies. I did badly in all subjects. I only got 60 for maths and failed in physics.

"It doesnt matter. Try to find better study methods and to work harder. I am sure you can enter a college!"Hearing these words, I bent my head down. What a kind father! He didnt scold me, but encouraged me instead.

"Have you used up the money I gave you last night?"With these words, Father was taking his wallet out."Mother has just given me 10 yuan.""Buy something to eat when you are hungry."Father passed me another ten-yuan note.

Should I accept it? Father and Mother love me deeply. Why couldnt I get god marks in exams? Tears came into my eyes.

"Dont cry. Now I will take you to the bus stop."As usual, Father carried that heavy bag and went to his dirty old bike.

[我的家人初中英语作文

Last winter holiday, I went to Harbin with my mother. It‘s very cold in winter. There is snow and ice everywhere and you are always in a white world. You must wear warm clothes. The most exciting thing is playing with snow. Skating is also very interesting there. I will always remember Harbin, for the snow, the ice and all the beautiful things. I love Harbin.

Many years ago, the movie about the youth became very popular, every year,

we can see many hot movies about the protagonist’s passed youth. People like to

recall their passed youth, which makes such movies sell good. But I find the

common things about these movies, all the protagonists’ youth are about

fighting, love and other negative things. I understand the directors’ intention,

they want to tell people youth is not perfect and having pities. Of course movie

is exaggerating, the real youth is about studying, at least, most people have

worked so hard to get into their ideal colleges. What the movies describe make

up some people’s youth, for which they don’t have the chance to experience. We

should not be misled by these movies, for the teenagers, their job is to study,

so that they can have a bright future.

Today I had a good time. It was my grandpas birthday. Our family went back to his home to celebrate his birthday. My mother cooked many delicious food and we brought a big birthday cake. We got together to have a big family dinner. We gave grandpa some presents and said, "Happy birthday to you!" In the afternoon we went boating in the park. We enjoyed ourselves, and my grandpa had a nice time on his birthday.

今天我玩得很愉快。今天是爷爷的生日，我们全家去爷爷家为他庆祝生日。妈妈做了许多好吃的，我们买了一个大蛋糕。我们举行了一个大型家庭聚会。我们送给爷爷一些礼物，并说：“祝您生日快乐。”下午我们去公园划船。我们玩得很开心，爷爷过了一个愉快的生日。

It was Christmas Day yesterday. I had a good time with my friends. We had a Christmas party at school. Many friends of mine came to the party. After we said"Merry Christmas", we began to sing Christmas songs, such as Edelweiss, andso on. Then we told some Christmas s(来自: 博文学习 网:初中新年计划英语作文)tories, such as Christmas Father. Then I danced and laughted with my friends. We all had a good time. When the party came to the end,we said "Happy New Year" to each other. We made up our mind that we would study hard to make great progress in the coming year.

昨天是圣诞节，我和我的朋友过得很愉快。我们在学校举办了圣诞晚会，我的许多朋友都来参加晚会。我们互道“圣诞快乐”后，开始唱圣诞歌，像“雪绒花”等。然后我们讲圣诞故事，如“圣诞老人”等，我们都玩得很开心。当晚会即将结束时，我们互祝“新年快乐”。 我们下决心在即将来临的一年中努力学习，以取得更大的进步。

The bell rang and the class was over. Many classmates jumped up from the seat. The classroom became noisy. Some students went out of the classroom. I was just chatting with some of my classmates when Li Hong came to me. She smiled and said to me, "Whats four minus four? Do you know?" "Its zero. That is easy." answered I. But Li Hong shook her head and said "Its wrong. Its eight." "Why? Thats impossible!" "You will understand if you cut down four corners of a desk." said Li Hong. "Is that a joke?" "Oh, yes." We all laughed. During the class break, we had a good rest. Our class break was often full of fun and laughter. We often have a pleasant break.

铃一响，下课了。许多同学从座位上跳了起来，教室里热闹起来，一些学生出了教室。当李红向我走来时，我正和一些同学聊天。她笑着对我说：“你知道4减4等于几吗?”我回答：“等于零，太简单

了。”但李红播着头说：“不对，是8。”“为什么?不可能。”李红说：“你砍掉桌予的4个角，就明白了。”“这是笑话吗?”“唤，是的。”我们都笑-了。课间我们放松了。我们的课间休息充满了乐趣和欢笑。我们经常度过愉快的课间。

My Happy Times During Winter Vacation

I often go to see my grandma and grandpa during winter vacation. They are both seventy years old and live in the country happily. I can do many interesting things there. I am used to getting up early in the morning and breathing the fresh air in the countryside. After snow, I would like to skate and ski with my friends. When night comes, I am used to sitting by the fire and listening to grandma telling me many funny stories. And I tell her some new things happening in the city. When I have to go back, I am always reluctant to go. I really feel happy living in the country.

寒假期间我经常去看望我的爷爷奶奶。他们都已经70岁了，住在乡下。我可以在那里做很多有趣的事情。我习惯一大清早起床呼吸乡下的新鲜空气。下雪后，我喜欢跟同伴们一起滑雪滑冰。夜幕降临时，我就坐在火炉边，听奶奶讲动听的故事。我也会给她讲一些城里的新鲜事。每次该回城时，我总是恋恋不舍。我确实喜欢乡下的生活。

Yesterday was my thirteenth birthday. My parents had a birthday party for me. I invited my friends to my party. My parents bought new clothes and some books as my birthday presents. How happy I felt when I put on the new clothes!

When all my friends arrived, my mother brought delicious food and a big birthday cake. My father gave me new clothes and some books as presents. I was moved to tears. My friends sang "Happy birthday to you!" and gave me some presents. Then we began to eat. It was my happiest day. I had a wonderful birthday.

昨天是我13岁的生日，我的父母为我举办了生日宴会，我邀请了我的朋友来参加。我的父母为我买了新衣服和书作为生日礼物。我穿着新衣服时感觉好幸福。

我所有的朋友都到了以后，我妈妈端上了美味的饭莱并捧来了一个大蛋糕。爸爸送给我新衣服和书作为生日礼物。我感动得眼泪都掉了下来。我的朋友为我唱“祝你生日快乐”歌，并送我一些礼物。然后我们开始吃饭。这是我最快乐的一天。我过了一个快乐的生日。

字典上解释“法”为：体现统治阶级的意志，由国家制定或认可，受国家强制力保证执行的行为规则的总称，包括法律、法令、条例、命令、决定等。

“法”和我们的生活也息息相关，当我们的合法权益受到侵害时，我们会用法律来维护我们的正当权益。而若是触犯了法律，永远也逃不出法网。

某市一位杨阿姨到附近的邮电局营业厅办理电话安装，可此邮电局营业大厅贴出通告，规定凡在本市安装电话的用户，必须到其下属企业购买电话机，用户办理装机手续的同时，先交电话机款，否则不予办理。杨阿姨在办理电话安装业务遭到拒绝后，将此邮电局的做法申诉到了工商行政管理部门，工商行政管理部门通过核实，指出企业违反了《不正当竞争法》，构成了不公平交易行为，责令该企业停止违法行为，并对其处以罚款。杨阿姨运用法律武器保护了自己的合法权益。

湖北省某市一名中学生因考试成绩不理想，放学回家后遭到母亲的打骂，晚上趁母亲熟睡时将母亲砍死。这名中学生为一时冲动犯下的罪恶而悔恨终生，公安人员将其逮捕，他终究逃不过法律的制裁。 有些国家机关工作人员及企业领导，知法犯法的现象也普遍存在。许多国家工作人员利用职权，以权谋私，贪污赃款，，最终将自己推向万丈深渊，受到法律的制裁。

我们从小就已经开始学习思想政治，面对充满诱惑的世界，作为高中生的我们更应该增强法制和道德观念，自觉规范自己在社会生活中的行为。在社会不断发展的情况下，我们要懂得公民在社会生活中的权利和义务，懂得与社会有关的法律，依法办事，依法律己，依法维护自身的合法权益，全面提高自己的基本素质，自觉的遵守法律法规，做一名有理想、有道德、有文化、有纪律的公民。

[法在我身边初中3年级作文

期中考试过后，在座位上焦急地等待着各种卷纸发到手中，数学语文等科目都已经发下，只剩下英语卷纸一直没发，我心里可真叫一个热锅上的蚂蚁——焦急伴随着忐忑。

终于在千盼万盼之后，看到了那既期望又令人有几分恐惧的英语试卷，原本阳光明媚的天空瞬时乌云满天，看着卷子上一个个刺眼的红叉，心中十分悲痛，努力了这么长时间，最后却换来了一个不及格。

回到家中，垂头丧气地写完了极少的作业，躺在床上发愣。不知过了多久，耳边竟传来了阵阵笛声，那声音时而宛转悠扬，时而悲伤凄凉，又时而快乐，时而高昂，时而坚定，时而充满力量……听着这美妙的笛声，猛然间似想到了什么。对！没错，那就是人生之道，悲伤的笛声是挫折，而坚定的笛声则是挫折之后的奋起，那高昂的笛声不就是经历挫折，拥有坚持而收获的成功吗？

忽然间，“天柱折，地维决”，我猛然惊醒，才发现那只是黄粱一梦罢了，不过虽然只是梦境，也表达出了我心中最真实的感慨。

从那以后，我不再悲伤哭泣，心中相信距离成功已不再遥远。每当遇到挫折时，不是愤恨地冲上去，歇斯底里将它暴打一顿，也不是懦弱地避其锋芒躲开他，而是勇敢坚持下去，用自己真正的实力将困难击倒。

每每这样的时刻，那婉转悠扬的笛声似总会在我的耳边响起……似一朵风雨中的莲花，温暖盛开在心房。

[那声音常响在耳边初中2年级作文

My school is very beautiful. It is Nanhai Experimental School. There are

three tall buildings in our school. They all have five floors. In the teaching

building， the P.E.room is on the first floor. The library is on the second

floor. The science rooms are on the third floor. The computer rooms are on the

third floor and the fourth floor. The music rooms are on the third floor and the

fourth floor. My class room is on the fifth floor. I am in Class9， Grade 6.

There are five gardens in our school. In the gardens there are many beautiful

flowers， grass and trees. There is a big playground in my school.

I like my school， because my school is very beautiful.

一个家喻户晓的英雄，一生虽不曾有轰轰烈烈的成就，却助人无数。一个刚刚入伍不到半年便引起毛泽东，周恩来等伟大领袖的高度观注。是谁能在如此短暂的时间里得到这般高的荣誉？

在一个不到20平方米的平房里，大夫们正在极力抢救一位因公受伤的战士，他们早已汗如雨下，使尽各种乏术，也无力升天。1962年8月15日上午8点一个鲜活的生命停止了跳动，没了呼吸，平房里宁静得能听见医生们的心跳声。在抢救无效的同时，毛泽东，邓小平等伟人纷纷为这生命亲笔题词，举国哀伤。随后，全国各地都自主组织举行了以学习雷锋雷锋精神永存等，大大小小不同形式地呼吁大家向雷锋学习。一首《学习雷锋好榜样》更是唱遍大江南北，全国都轰动了。雷锋有什么样的事迹能在死后有此剧烈的反响呢？

雷锋这个劳动人民的好儿子，中国共产党的优秀党员。他仅活到22岁，生命虽然短暂，却辉煌，闪亮。雷锋做了好事不留名。但是，幸运的是，他把每一件事情都记到日记里面了，使我们都能感触到他所做的好事和他的崇高思想。《雷锋日记》里记载了他的一生，他大多时候都在为人民服务，如：雨天送母子回家；救助贫穷、困难的母女；用自己的津贴费买火车票塞给大嫂这一桩桩，一件件平凡而伟大的事，难道还不足以让我们为他喝彩，鼓掌吗？日记里有句话人的生命是有限的，可是，为人民服务是无限的，我要把有限的生命，投入到无限的为人民服务之中去。他做到了！这位可歌可泣的平民英雄，他的名字传诵了60年，他的业绩感化了数代人，他就是雷锋。

雷锋虽然离我们远了，但是他的精神依然是一代又一代的人所追求的。而我们作为新一代的主人就更应该将这精神传承下去了。雷锋精神早已飞越海峡，在外国传开了，他们正在学习雷锋精神。作为中国人，雷锋精神最合法的继承者，难道还有理由不从身边的小事做起，从自己做起吗？

[雷锋初中2年级作文

题目：李小虎沉迷于电脑游戏中，影响了学习。作为他的好朋友，你打算怎么帮他呢?

请用下面所给的提示词写一篇短文。

提示词： give up concentrate on be (become)interested in

Li Xiaohu spent too much time playing computer games and he fell behind others. As a good/close friend of his, I must do something to help him.

First, I think it’s very important for him to learn lessons well. He should spend most of his time on his study instead of computer games. Secondly, I must tell him that playing computer games too much is bad for his health, especially for his eyes. So he must give it up. I can play more sports with him after school. Maybe he will become more interested in sports than computer games. And then Ill ask him to concentrate more on his study. Of course, I will try my best to help him with all his subjects. I think I can do it in many fun ways and let him find much fun in studying. At the same time, Ill ask both his parents and our teachers to help him, too. If I try these, Im sure he will make great progress soon.

[电脑游戏初中生英语作文

People native to urban Beijing speak the Beijing dialect, which belongs to

the Mandarin subdivision of spoken Chinese. Beijing dialect is the basis for

Standard Mandarin, the language used in the Peoples Republic of China, the

Republic of China on Taiwan, and Singapore. Rural areas of Beijing Municipality

have their own dialects akin to those of Hebei province, which surrounds Beijing

Municipality.

Beijing Opera, or Peking Opera (Jingju), is well-known throughout the

national capital. Commonly lauded as one of the highest achievements of Chinese

culture, Beijing Opera is performed through a combination of song, spoken

dialogue, and codified action sequences, such as gestures, movement, fighting

and acrobatics. Much of Beijing Opera is carried out in an archaic stage dialect

quite different from modern Standard Mandarin and from the Beijing dialect; this

makes the dialogue somewhat hard to understand, and the problem is compounded if

one is not familiar with Chinese. As a result, modern theaters often have

electronic titles in Chinese and English.

A hutong in eastern Beijing near Dongsishitiao. In this March 2003 photo

the left side was still standing, but it has since given way to new

construction.The Siheyuan is a traditional architectural style of Beijing. A

siheyuan consists of a square housing compound, with rooms enclosing a central

courtyard. This courtyard often contains a pomegranate or other type of tree, as

well as potted flowers or a fish tank. Siheyuans line Hutongs , or alleys, which

connect the interior of Beijings old city. They are usually straight and run

east-to-west so that doorways can face north and south for Feng Shui reasons.

They vary in width — some are very narrow, enough for only a few pedestrians to

pass through at a time.

Once ubiquitous in Beijing, siheyuans and hutongs are now rapidly

disappearing, as entire city blocks of hutongs are leveled and replaced with

high-rise buildings. Residents of the hutongs are entitled to apartments in the

new buildings of at least the same size as their former residences. Many

complain, however, that the traditional sense of community and street life of

the hutongs cannot be replaced. Some particularly historic or picturesque

hutongs are being preserved and restored by the government, especially for the

2008 Olympics. One such example can be seen at Nanchizi.

Mandarin cuisine is the local style of cooking in Beijing. Peking Roast

Duck is perhaps the most well-known dish. The Manhan Quanxi ("Manchu-Han Chinese

full banquet") is a traditional banquet originally intended for the

ethnic-Manchu emperors of the Qing Dynasty; it remains very prestigious and

expensive.

Teahouses are also common in Beijing. Chinese tea comes in many varieties

and some rather expensive types of Chinese tea are said to cure an ailing body

extraordinarily well.

The Jingtailan is a cloisonné metalworking technique and tradition

originating from Beijing, and one of the most revered traditional crafts in

China. Beijing lacquerware is well known for the patterns and images carved into

its surface.

The Fuling Jiabing is a traditional Beijing snack food, a pancake (bing)

resembling a flat disk with filling, made from fu ling (Poria cocos (Schw.)

Wolf, or "tuckahoe"), an ingredient common in traditional Chinese medicine.

The power of love

Love is the parents is the world‘s largest love， is in their minds share of family support them， let them come in the heart of the disaster sons and daughters.

Kitagawa， May 14， 2008， the parents who struggle with death more than 40 hours after the three-year-old girl Song Xin Yi finally rescued， rescue workers to feed her milk. Her parents live in the time， desperate to protect the fragile body of her， until both passing away， also maintained that posture. Parents touched by the love of God， let the children saved， small Xinyi Zaitianzhiling parents can comfort!

爱的力量

父母之爱莫过于是世界上最大的爱，是他们心中的那份亲情支撑着他们，让他们在灾难来临时心系儿女。

北川，2008年5月14日，在父母身下与死神抗争四十多小时后，三岁的小女孩宋欣宜终于获救，救援人员喂她喝牛奶。她的父母在活着的时候，以脆弱的身躯拼死保护着她，直到双双逝去，还保持着那种姿势。父母的爱感动了上天，让孩子得救了，小欣宜父母的在天之灵可以安慰了!