二年级英语作文：对垃圾食品说不(经典20篇)

All the people want to stay in good health. Health is better than wealth.

It is true that health is the first step to success. Imagine this, if you’re

sick, all you can do is to stay in bed and do nothing at all, how can you chase

after your dreams?But if you’re in good health, you can overcome the adversities

you ever encounter and make your dreams come true. Since health is so important

for everybody, how can we maintain and enhance our health? There are some useful

suggestions:

First of all, we should lead to a regular life. Early to bed and early to

rise makes a healthy man. Do not stay up late. Some people love to play cell

phones games or reading electronic-books before sleep, this can be bad for the

health. We should remember to turn off the phones before sleep. Second, don’t be

too particular about food. Try to eat more fruit and vegetables and less sugars

and soft drinks. If you want to eat a bar of chocolate, eat an apple instead. If

you want to drink milk tea or coffee, drink water instead. Don’t eat too much

meat in one week. Last but not least, we should do exercise everyday. There are

many exercises for us to choose. Such as, swimming, jogging, square dancing,

playing badminton and so on. Doing exercise can increase the circulation of

blood and enhance our immune system. The one who in better immune system, the

less disease he will have.

In conclusion, if we pay close attention to our health, we can avoid

getting sick. Try to sleep earlier, eat more fruit and vegetable, drink more

water, and do exercise everyday. You will realize that it’s not that hard to

stay in good health.

Last weekend, On Saturday morning I got up at 6;30. After breakfast I did

my homework at home.

In the afternoon , I played football with my friends on our playgroud. In

the evening I watched TV with my parents at home.

On Sunday morning I went to visit my grandparents with my mother. In the

afternoon I went to go fishing with my grandpa. We had a good time . I went back

home with my mother in the evening. What a wonderfu weekend !

If the most beautiful season of the year is spring, for me, the most

interesting festival of the year is the new years Eve! On that day, we should

not only eat family reunion dinner, but also staying-up late on new years

eve.

Remember that the day to eat reunion dinner, people began to play cards,

chat, play mahjong, our children, began playing the fun of firecrackers, there

are all kinds of varieties, "this" and "Scud", "delta ray" and so on, we played

awfully.

I also went to the house to see from time to time and funny TV comic sketch

"Spring Festival Gala" performance, I and my buddy will laugh and laugh, see

magic in those big magician performing magic show, we were amazed.

Time flies, blink of an eye to 11:45, suddenly rang out a loud bursts of

firecrackers, we are e--cited to join them, just open the door, I saw the

fireworks are riotous with colour dark sky dancers.

At 11:50, we cant wait to just wrapped dumplings into the boiling water,

mom and dad put a cover on the pot, cook for a while, 12 oclock, finally boil

the dumplings, grandma and grandpa a sung, I smell from afar dumplings

fragrance, went straight to the kitchen, when the taste delicious dumplings,

happy in the heart.

One year spent similar, each year is different, when the new years Eve, it

means spring is coming, the new year has begun!

Dragon Boat Festival is one the very classic traditional festivals, which

has been celebrated since the old China. Firstly, it is to in honor of the great

poet Qu Yuan, who jumped into the water and ended his life for loving the

country. Nowadays, different places have different ways to celebrate.

In my hometown, there will be a traditional competition, that is the dragon

boat race. People make up the team and fight for the honor. Every boat looks

like the dragon and it is the most obvious feature. A lot of people will come to

visit or watch the match. Then the game begins. The audience will cheer for the

teams and the competitors try their best to make the boat go fast. It is very

lively.

Besides the competition, eating the traditional food zongzi is favored by

everyone. For me, it is very delicious. My grandma makes the best zongzi. She

has the special recipe and it fits my stomach. So every time I go back hometown,

my grandma will make it for me.

In other places, drinking the special wine and hanging the leaf are also

the tradition. The preserve of the traditional festival makes our culture

profound.

I have a sister. Her name is Alice . She is one year old. She has short hair. She has a fat face. It looks like a big red apple. She has big eyes and a small mouth. She has only one tooth, but she can eat cookies. Her arms and legs are fat, too. But she can crawl very fast on the floor.

My sister is very naughty. She doesn’t sleep at night but sleeps at daytime. So my mother is tired to take care of her. She always crawls here and there, sofa, bed, chair, everywhere she likes to go. She likes to play with the toys. Bricks are her favourite. She likes to make different shapes with the bricks. Sometime it’s a house, sometimes it’s a bus. I think she is a smart girl. She likes to play with me. She likes my story-telling. She always asks me to tell stories for her.

There is a cartoon “Present Sheep and Mr. Wolf” on TV. My sister likes it so much. Every time when I turn on the TV, she always says “present sheep” to me, asks me to watch the cartoon. And every time she hears the theme song of the cartoon, she will sing and dance on the floor. Actually she can not sing and dance, she just shakes her little body to show us she likes it very much. She is so cute.

My sister is smooth-tongued. She likes to call me “sister”, call my dad “daddy”, call my mom “mummy”. She often call us many times a day.

In my eyes, my sister is naughty, lovely and smart. I like her.

我们的英语老师真有趣。他，大约四五十来岁。他黑黑的皮肤，身穿一件漂白的衬衫。他慈祥的脸上已被岁月无情地刻下了道道“印迹”_皱纹。他高挺的鼻梁上夹着一副金丝边框的眼镜，活脱脱一位文质彬彬的诗人。眼镜下一双炯炯有神的小眼睛，孤溜溜得转着。鼻梁下一只红润的嘴，嘴唇极薄透着机敏和灵气，冷不防，还会蹦出几句耳目一新的话，让我们开怀大笑。这就是我们的英语老师！

开学都好几天了！教室里同学们还在叽叽喳喳。忆往昔峥嵘岁月我们的欢笑声掩盖了闷热的天气。闷热的天气被晾在一旁，因为插不上嘴，便发起火来，教室很快变成蒸笼。“叮铃铃~”我们拖着沉重的步伐极不情愿地踏着铃声回到了各自座位。english老头儿（英语老师的别称，这当然也是我们的杰作）也如约而至。教室里静得出奇（也许是为了给老师留个好印象，所以各各做个乖孩子）。english老头儿貌似对我们的言行举止表示怀疑。

随后，他又点了几位同学上去板书26个英文字母。我暗暗地想：“不会有人这都不会写吧！那这也忒让我无语了吧！”我以迅雷不及掩耳之势拿出文具，三下五除二的把这些ko了。在我耳畔想起了笔尖触碰白纸的发出声音“刷刷~”我抬头一看——黑板。我彻底石化了！不禁在心里暗自叫道“还有这样的人啊！……

没等我想完，english老头儿便开始讲。着准备将下一题，english老头儿一看，瞬间呆滞。我心里暗暗的叫道“不好，教室里又将掀起一场腥风血雨！”没一会功夫，english老头儿犹如幡然醒悟（毕竟身为资深讲师，还是要救场滴）我们看着黑板上孤零零的“g”和“j”竟被写反了。我们哄堂大笑了起来。一阵笑声之后，我们屏住气等待着english老头儿的勃然大怒，然后拂袖而去。可是，令我们做梦都想不到的一幕竟然发生了。english老头儿笑着说：“这真是大千世界，无奇不有啊，“g”和“j”都能被写反！不错啊！”瞬间教室像炸开了锅似得。再一次进入高潮。我在心里暗暗地为他们捏了一把汗。

但高潮过后，我们都低下头，陷入例如无边的沉寂，和深深的反思……室外，几片泛黄的叶子在地上打着旋儿，室内，english老头儿继续着他的讲课……

people with various resources.

To begin with, trees produce oxygen and absorb carbon dioxide, which offer

us fresh air. As greenhouse effect is getting more and more serious, planting

more trees is an effective way to respond to it.

Apart from this, it is tree that stabilizes soils and prevents them from

being eroded by floods. Besides, trees can be applied to against desert.

Moreover, trees perform the function of the regulation of air temperature and

humidity. This benefit to people’s fitting to the environment.

Last but not least, trees are a kind of material of paper making, which

makes our life and communication between people more convenient.

From what has been mentioned above, we can get the conclusion that trees

improve both our environment and life, it is necessary for us to plant more

trees.

my favourite teacher is my english teacher Ms Hu .her english name is Sally .she is a beautiful lady. she is very humorous. but sometimes she is very strict with us.She can speak english ,But She also can speak Japnese very well.so all classmates love and respect her very much. after class she often helps us learn patiently. I like my english teacher , because i think she is the best teacher in the world.

俗话说得好，民也是为天，食以安为先。食物是人类赖以生存的必须条件，可是，在当今社会，食品安全成了人们关注的焦点。那下面我就来罗列一下关于食品安全的“三部曲”吧!

第一曲：出现可怕的“化学食物”

三聚氰胺奶粉及牛奶、甲醛奶糖、带花黄瓜、爆炸西瓜、地沟油、染色花椒、墨汁石蜡红薯粉。这一个个组合奇怪的词语“奏”成了一首“曲子”：“化学食物。”相信三聚氰胺奶粉大家都很熟悉吧?那可是给孩子喝的东西啊!里面竟然有化学成分!我想着也心惊肉跳，何况是那些喝过那种奶粉的孩子的父母!不仅是三聚氰胺奶粉，吃个西瓜竟能吃到爆炸，弄得大家惴惴不安;吃根香肠也能吃出乱七八糟的东西，搞的大家心急如焚。一系列的食品安全问题引起了人们的沉思与反思。

第二曲：黑心商家的“把戏”

食品的安全，自然也和售卖食品的商家脱不了什么干系。那些商家看起来对你毕恭毕敬，服务到家，可是你可不要被蒙蔽了!他们的恭驯只是假象!其实他们是黑心的“两面派”!就拿街上的小摊贩来说吧，我原来很喜爱吃那些小摊上的油炸香肠啊，贡丸啊等等，但是有一天，我无意间看到了那些食物的制作过程：小摊贩把一桶颜色很浑浊，一点也不澄澈的油拿起来，往沾满油迹的烤的地方里倒了一点，然后把那些食物放在了里面，他的嘴角勾起了诡异的笑容，那种笑容让我觉得全身发抖，有种想作呕的感觉。其实并不是这些食物让我恶心，而是人。人更叫我恶心!从那时以后，我便再不买小摊食物了。商家们，摸摸你们的良心吧!不要再做黑心的“两面派”了!

第三曲：我的呼吁

食品的安全，关系到人类的生存，是个严肃重要的问题。所以，我要发出呼吁：制作的商家们，请以后不要为了贪图小便宜，而去用那些廉价伤身的成分加入到食品当中，这样真是害人害己!请设想一下，要是你们的孩子吃了三聚氰胺奶粉，你会是什么感受?当你知道自己吃了那么多年的食物中有有害身体健康的化学成分，你会怎么想?所以，请收敛自己的所作所为吧!售卖现成食物的商家们，也请你们把自己的食物做的绿色一点，请不要使用地沟油之类的有害配料!

最后，希望我们以后吃到的食物不应该是浑浊有害的，而应该是绿色健康的!

Many animals are in danger of dying out. As is shown in the chart, we can

see the number of animal species decreases faster and faster and this trend will

continue. From 1980 to 2010, at least 1 million animal species have disappeared.

Worse still, more and more wild animals are in great danger. It is not a piece

of sensational news; it is a fact, a harsh reality. Unfortunately, we may not

see these animals in the near future.

From the second picture, we can find some reasons. Why is the number of

animal species declining year by year? Apparently animals have become victims of

fashion industry. Animal skin has been used to make fashionable clothes and

these clothes sell at a high price. So some greedy people begin to kill animals

in a large quantity. This irresponsible behavior not only breaks the balance of

nature but also endangers the living environment of human beings.

As far as I am concerned, something must be done to stop this illegal

action. We believe "no buying, no killing". First, we must make concerning laws

to protect these animals in danger. Second, we must take some measures to

protect animals effectively. Animals are our friends and part of our

environment. Third, we should raise peoples awareness to protect animals and

our environment. In this way, we can build a harmonious society and ensure a

sustainable development.

The air we breathe is so freely available that we take it for granted. Yet without it we could not survive more than a few minutes. For the most part, the same air is available to everyone, and everyone needs it. Some people use the air to sustain them while they sit around and feel sorry for themselves. Others breathe in the air and use the energy it provides to make a magnificent life for themselves.

Opportunity is the same way. It is everywhere. Opportunity is so freely available that we take it for granted. Yet opportunity alone is not enough to create success. Opportunity must be seized and acted upon in order to have value. So many people are so anxious to "get in" on a "ground floor opportunity", as if the opportunity will do all the work. Thats impossible.

Just as you need air to breathe, you need opportunity to succeed. It takes more than just breathing in the fresh air of opportunity, however. You must make use of that opportunity. Thats not up to the opportunity. Thats up to you. It doesnt matter what "floor" the opportunity is on. What matters is what you do with it.

最近几天像仙境一般，那是因为雾霾，雾霾我一开始以为是普通的雾，可并不是，雾霾和雾的区别就是雾霾有毒，而雾没有毒。

In recent days, like a fairyland in general, it is because the haze, haze I thought it was a normal fog, can not, the difference between haze and fog haze and fog is toxic, no poison.

在大街上行人都戴上了口罩，虽然戴上口罩后会很难过，但是总可以挡住一点。在学校里，我们很少出去，大课间也停掉了。有些地方还因为雾霾停课了呢!

In the street, pedestrians have to wear a mask, although wearing masks will be very sad, but can block a. In school, we seldom go out big break it off. Some places also closed because of fog and haze!

雾霾最讨厌的地方就是看不见远方的风景，就像仙境一样，出去游玩也会因为雾霾而烦恼，因为高速会封道，很不方便呢!!!大家都躲在家里，希望雾霾早点散去。

The most annoying is the haze can not see the scenery in the distance, like a fairyland, go out to play also because of haze and worry, because of high speed will be blocked the road, very convenient!!! We are hiding in the home, hope the haze dispersed as soon as possible.

以前是没有雾霾的，现在却有雾霾了。为什么会有雾霾呢，那是因为现在的坏境。只有我们保护好环境，雾霾就会变成没有毒的雾了。请大家保护好环境，让雾霾消失吧!

There is no haze, haze now. Why haze, it is because of the bad environment. Only we protect the environment, the haze will be no toxic fog. Please protect the environment, let the haze disappeared!

Recently, the news reported that one special kind of rhino from Africa just

passed away, which meant the disappearance of this lovely creature. What a great

pity. The tragedy is caused by the damaged environment, while human being must

be blamed for it, because we have done so many bad things to pollute the

environment and make the nature lose its balance. In order to make up our faults

and save our offspring, it is in need of protecting the environment. As the

ordinary people, we can do the small things, such as do not throw away the

rubbish and join some activities to bring the world green, like planting trees.

Every small act can make a difference. Some day, when we live with the

environment friendly, what we do is worth.

最近，我发现在马路上，有人随手乱扔垃圾，就算旁边有垃圾桶，他也当作没看见，让环卫工人扫了一遍又一遍。因此，我感到非常愤怒。乱扔垃圾的危害非常大。许多的垃圾堆积在一起，不仅占用很多的土地，而且会产生一些有毒有害的物质，发出阵阵的臭味，污染空气、水源。同时，滋生蚊、蝇、蟑螂、老鼠，传播疾病，对人们的健康危害极大。目前，全球每年产生的垃圾量在激增，达到五百亿吨，这就需要更多的土地来堆放垃圾。然而，能堆放垃圾的特殊留用地已越来越难找到;垃圾填埋时，化学物质可能泄露，污染地下水和土地;此外，如果利用焚烧处理垃圾，有可能造成空气污染。面对过量的废物，最有效的解决方法就是减少垃圾的产生和废物的再利用。如果我们把废弃物中的有用部分重新回收利用，例如一些瓶罐、纸盒、手提袋等，使它们摇身一变，成为既美观又实用的家居饰品，美化我们的生活。这样不仅可以节约大量资源，还能够最大限度的减少垃圾的产生量，降低垃圾处理费用，减少占用土地资源，从而使我们的生活质量有明显改善。

让我们一起保护我们的家园——地球吧!

导语：相信大家都有过假期，那么你们的假期是怎么度过的呢?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!

I’m going to the sun on my holiday. I will go there by a spaceship. I will take a big blue spaceship。

then I’ll pilot the spaceship to the sun. the sun is very hot. So I put on the super-shirt. In the morning, I will have some sun burger for my breakfast.

At eight o’clock, I will play with my friends there. they are super dog and super girl. Super dog is white and black. Super girl is very clever. Super girl and super dog like to play with me. So I play with them for forty minutes. then I do my homework in my little red room on a small blue table. After my home work, I will have my lunch. I will eat sun salad. I will make some red toy bear to the sun babies. I will have red juice, red fish and red rice. All the things are red. then I need a lot of water on the sun because the sun is too hot. So I will walk to the spaceship. I’ll pilot the spaceship to the earth.

【原文翻译】

我的假期我是要去太阳。我将坐着宇宙飞船去那。我需要一个大的蓝色的宇宙飞船。

然后我将会驾驶宇宙飞船到太阳。太阳上面很热。所以我穿上超级衬衫。在太阳的早上,我将吃一些汉堡当早餐。

八点的时候,我要跟我的朋友在那里玩耍。他们是超级狗狗和超级女生。超级狗狗是白色和黑色。超级女生是非常聪明的。超级女生和超级狗狗喜欢和我玩。所以我跟他们玩了四十分钟。然后我做我的功课,在我的小红的房间在一个蓝色的小桌子。我的家庭作业后,我将有我的午餐。我要在太阳上吃沙拉。我将做一些红色的小熊玩具给太阳宝宝。我将有红汁,红色的鱼和红米。所有的东西都是红色的。然后在太阳上我需要大量的水,因为太阳太热。所以我要走时候，我将会驾驶宇宙飞船到地球。

Since its rise, the Internet has been playing a more and more important

role in our daily life. It brings tremendous convenience and efficiency to our

lives. Online shopping is also a new rising thing brought by the Internet. Since

its increasing developing speed, some people think that online shopping will

replace traditional shopping. However, as far as I am concerned, it wont happen

in a short time.

Although online shopping is really very convenient, there are still some

strong points of traditional shopping which cannot be replaced by online

shopping. Firstly, online shopping lacks the intuitional impression of goods.

Sometimes the photos offered by the sellers are beautified with softwares, and

you will be disappointed to find the actual item is far from your expectation.

Secondly, returning goods in online shopping is quite troublesome, and sometimes

you only can achieve your goal at the cost of the payment of the postage by

yourself. Finally, there are too many fake products and cheats in online

shopping, and the quality of goods cannot be guaranteed as those in traditional

shops.

According to the points above, online shopping still needs some

improvements to totally replace the functions of traditional shopping. However,

the potential of online business is so huge that it will certainly take a great

share in the trade market.

Ofo has been favored by the public, even the foreign people speak highly of

it. These yellow bikes can be found everywhere, so the people who are in a hurry

can use it and then reached the destination in time. Especially for the

visitors, they can ride these bikes and then have a look at the scenery around.

It can saves them a lot of money and the most important thing is the convenience

it brings. These bikes can be placed any place, even the walking areas. I like

ofo so much. It makes me feel green, because it won’t produce bad air to pollute

the environment.

There is a song ‘Tomorrow Will be Better’, I like to hear it so much, every time when I listen to it, I can feel the hope, even though I don’t feel happy, I will be positive to life. We will meet all kinds of difficulties, if we can hold on and keep move on, all the hard time will pass, the bright future will come sooner or later.

有一首歌叫《明天会更好》，我很喜欢听，每次当我听到这首歌的时候，我能感受到希望，即使我不开心，但是也会乐观对待生活。我们会遇到各种各样的困难，如果我们能挺住并向前进，所有的艰难时刻都终将会过去，美好的明天迟早会来到。

有一天我在看《咕噜咕噜美人鱼》的时候，浴室里忽然发出“呼呼呼”的声音，我连忙跑过去想一探到底。

只见一个长面貌美，半身鱼尾的美人鱼从水缸里蹦了出来，吓得我连忙躲进房间的被子里。美人鱼见此讲解道：“你不需要害怕我，我是从海中的一道门穿过来陪你一块玩的。”我悄悄地伸出头，半信半疑的问：“是不是真的?”美人鱼微笑的说：“是真的，我发誓。”“那我能去你住的地方吗?”我好奇的问。美人鱼答应了。我就从被子里跳了出来，我穿上鞋就和美人鱼出发了。

美人鱼用魔法变出了一朵又大又香的花，我和美人鱼坐上花，花飞了起来，这和飞机飞的高度差不多，可以摸到云朵，云朵摸起来像棉花糖一样，一压就扁了。终于到了海边，美人鱼用尾巴把那一道门给弄出来了，门开了，里面有海水、鱼、空气、房屋、其它的美人鱼等，这就像一个村庄，热热闹闹的。虽然我非常怕水，但在美人鱼生活的水里我完全不需要担忧被水淹，由于里面有空气。美人鱼的家是在贝壳里，他们天天都吃海鲜，美人鱼还邀请我去其它美人鱼家玩儿，我一到那，他们就热情地让我吃海草，我勉强吃了一口，才发现美人鱼吃的海草就是大家吃的山药。我看了一下我的手表，天色已经不早了。便与美人鱼告别了。美人鱼说：“好吧，你下次再来。”说着我水缸里爬了出来。

这一天我认识了特别有爱心、好客的美人鱼，真是既神奇又美好的一天啊!

There are many different beliefs about the origin of the Lantern Festival.

But one thing for sure is that it had something to do with celebrating and

cultivating positive relationship between people, families, nature and the

higher beings they believed were responsible for bringing/returning the light

each year.

One legend tells us that it was a time to worship Taiyi, the God of Heaven

in ancient times. The belief was that the God of Heaven controlled the destiny

of the human world. He had sixteen dragons at his beck and call and he decided

when to inflict drought, storms, famine or pestilence upon human beings.

Beginning with Qinshihuang, the first emperor to unite the country, all the

emperors ordered splendid ceremonies each year. The emperor would ask Taiyi to

bring favorable weather and good health to him and his people. Emperor Wudi of

the Han Dynasty directed special attention to this event. In 104 BC, he

proclaimed it as one of the most important celebrations and the ceremony would

last throughout the night. They clean it all up in the morning.

Another legend associates the Lantern Festival with Taoism. Tianguan is the

Taoist god responsible for good fortune. His birthday falls on the 15th day of

the first lunar month. It is said that Tianguan likes all types of

entertainment, so followers prepare various kinds of activities during which

they pray for good fortune.

Yet another common legend dealing with the origins of the Lantern Festival

speaks of a beautiful bird that flew down to earth from heaven, which was hunted

and killed by some villagers. This angered the Jade Emperor in Heaven because

the bird was his favorite one. Therefore, he planned a storm of fire to destroy

the village on the 15th lunar day. The Jade Emperors daughter heard of this

plan, and warned the villagers of her father’s plan to destroy their village.

The village was in turmoil because nobody knew how should they escape their

imminent destruction.

However, a wise man from another village suggested that every family should

hang red lanterns around their houses, set up bonfires on the streets, and

explode firecrackers on the 14th, 15th, and 16th lunar days. This would give the

village the appearance of being on fire to the Jade Emperor. On the 15th lunar

day, troops sent down from heaven whose mission was to destroy the village saw

that the village was already ablaze, and returned to heaven to report to the

Jade Emperor. Satisfied, the Jade Emperor decided not to burn down the village.

From that day on, people celebrate the anniversary on the 15th lunar day every

year by carrying red lanterns on the streets and exploding firecrackers and

fireworks.

There are many stories on how this festival was created. One other story is

about a maid. In the Han Dynasty, Mr. Eastern was a favorite advisor of the

emperor. One winter day, he went to the garden and heard a little girl crying

and getting ready to jump into a well to commit suicide. Mr. Eastern stopped her

and asked why. She said she was a maid in the emperors palace and her name was

Yuan-Xiao.

She never had the chance to meet her family after she started worked at the

palace. She missed them so much every 12th lunar month. If she couldnt have the

chance to show her filial piety in this life, she would rather die. Mr. Eastern

promised her to find a way so she could reunion with her family. Mr. Eastern

left the palace and set up a fortune-telling stall on the street and disguised

himself as a fortuneteller. Because of his reputation, many people asked for

their fortunes.

But every one got the same prediction - a severe fire accident on the 15th

lunar day. The rumor spread quickly. Everyone was worried about the future and

asked Mr. Eastern for help. Mr. Eastern said, "On the 13th lunar day, the God of

Fire will send a fairy lady in red to burn down the city. If you see a lady in

red wearing green pants riding a black horse on that day, you should ask for her

mercy." On that day, Yuan-Xiao pretended to be the red fairy lady. When people

asked for her help, she said, "Im the messenger of the God of Fire and came to

check on the city and Im going to set up fire on 15th. This is an order from

Jade Emperor. He will watch from the heavens.

I will give you a copy of the imperial decree from the God of Fire. You

should go to ask your emperor to find a way out." After she left, people went to

the palace to show the emperor the decree which reads "The capital city is in

trouble. Fire burns on the palace, and fire from Heaven burns all night long on

the 15th." The emperor of Han Dynasty was very shocked. He called and asked Mr.

Eastern for advice. After pondering for a while, Mr. Eastern said, "I heard that

the God of Fire likes to eat Tang-Yuan (Sweet dumpling). Does Yuan-Xiao often

cook Tang-Yuan for you? On the 15th lunar day, let Yuan-Xiao make Tang-Yuan.

Your Majesty will take charge of the worshipping ceremony and you will give

an order to every house to prepare Tang-Yuan to worship the God of Fire at the

same time. Also, deliver another order to ask every house in the city to hang

red lantern and explode fire crackers. Lastly, everyone in the palace and people

outside the city should carry their lanterns on the street to watch the lantern

decoration and fireworks. If everything goes this way, the Jade Emperor would be

deceived.

Then everyone can avoid the fire accident." The emperor happily followed

the plan. Lanterns were everywhere in the capital city on the night of the 15th

lunar day. People were walking on the street. Fire crackers kept making lots of

noise. It looked like the entire city was on fire. Yuan-Xiaos parents went into

the palace to watch the lantern decorations, and Yuan-Xiao made a big lantern

and wrote her name on the lantern. They happily reunited together after her

parents called her name. Everybody was safe during the night. The emperor of Han

Dynasty had a new order that people should do the same thing every year. Since

Yuan-Xiao cooked the best Tan-Yuan, people called the day Yuan-Xiao

Festival.

Young people were chaperoned in the streets in hopes of finding love.

Matchmakers acted busily in hopes of pairing couples. The brightest lanterns

were symbolic of good luck and hope. As time has passed, the festival no longer

has such implications.

Those who do not carry lanterns often enjoy watching informal lantern

parades. In addition to eating tangyuan (simplified Chinese: 汤圆; traditional

Chinese: 湯圓; pinyin: tāngyuán), another popular activity at this festival is

guessing lantern riddles (which became part of the festival during the Tang

Dynasty), which often contain messages of good fortune, family reunion, abundant

harvest, prosperity and love.

In my hometown, the air is polluted seriously. However, in recent years,

the pollution gets from bad to worse, because of the increasing number of

private cars. Especially during the rush hours, too many private vehicles move

slowly on narrow roads, emitting a large amount of waste gas. Moreover, the

poisonous gas sent by the nearby factories is also one of the main causes of

pollution. Therefore, it’s demanded that immediate and effective measures must

be taken to restrict private cars and public transportation must be developed to

the largest extent. Besides, we should use renewable and clean energy

recourses.