有关娱乐活动的英语作文【通用20篇】

星期一上午的第一节课，老师神秘地说：“我们今天要举行一个活动——比力气。”

老师选出了两位选手，一位是瘦的像猴的小明，一位是胖的如熊的小海。这时有的同学在一边窃窃私语了，有的说：“这还用比吗，肯定是小海赢的。所以大部分同学都站在小海一边，也有小部分同学支持小明，说：“不能以貌取人，我相信小明也很棒的！”

比赛开始了，两位选手紧紧握住对方的手用力往下翻。突出了那青青的血管。不一会儿眼看着小明要输了，支持他的同学失望了，而鼓励小海的同学不停地欢呼着。这时奇迹出现了，小明大吼一声用力把小海的大手给翻倒在桌子上。支持小明的同学们开始大声欢呼起来！唱啦！跳啦！像刚飞出笼子的小鸟一样兴奋的不得了！而支持小海的同学立刻责备他说：“小海，你连这么瘦的人都赢不了太让我们失望了，下一轮你可一定要帮我们争会面子哦！

第二轮比赛开始了，不一会儿看着小海有要输了，支持他的同学都瞪大了不相信的眼睛注视着他，只见他脸涨的通红，好像使出了吃奶的力气大吼一声用力的压住了小明的手。“啊！这回小海赢啦！小海赢啦！支持他的同学像几年干旱突然下了场雨似的开心地欢呼着！“

童年像一朵七色花，像一个万事筒，装载着各种各样有趣的事！这就是我快乐的童年！”

“英语节”的活动真是花样百出，有画海报、抽奖券、看英语电影……真是让我眼花缭乱，兴奋不已。其中，最好玩的就是抽奖券和“圣诞老人抽幸运班级”啦！

活动现场一进门，哇，好多人耶！原来是英语老师正在为同学分发幸运奖券呢！我和王怡然立马奔向傅老师。啊！轮到我了！我紧张地把手伸进神秘的袜子里，心中充满了期待。呦……是一个棒棒糖，没有中奖，但有糖果吃也不错啦！

“叮咚”，同学们一听到广播就知道是杰妮老师带着“圣诞老人”来抽“幸运班级”啦！“现在终于轮到三、四年级抽奖啦！“圣诞老人”笑呵呵地说着，大家马上安静下来，屏住呼吸期待着结果。“让我看看，嗯……当当当当！是四零……，”随着“圣诞老人”故意拉长的声音，同学们纷纷伸长耳朵，瞪大眼睛，准备着又希望着……“是四零五班！恭喜四零五班！”

虽然，我没有中奖，但这个英语节我很快乐，因为英语节本来就是让我们学习知识的活动，我也确实收获了许多，也让我对英语产生了更浓厚的兴趣

We have a lot of extracurricular activities, there are table tennis, roller skating... I like to play badminton very much.

Once, after dinner in the evening, my mother took me to play badminton on the square, but I couldnt fight. Mom said, "playing badminton is actually very easy. As long as you are serious, you learn quickly." I began to learn to play like my mother, and I couldnt easily fight, but I only played very close. I didnt want to learn when I played it. At this time, my mother said, "children, you can learn only if you insist and study hard."  I listened, stood up and continued to learn. Finally, Im going to have a big badminton.

Another time, my brother asked me to play badminton, I promised to, after a few rounds, I found his brothers strength is very strong, whether I use golf or the earth, he can turn back, like a "iron shield", I take the travel tactics, constantly hits the ball, but my brother can come back, I slowly against her brothers "shelling". Finally, God had eyes, and his brother showed a leak. I seized the chance to shoot the ball, and my brother finally missed. I shouted, "I have won!"

I also understand the truth: perseverance is victory. Badminton brings a lot of happiness to my extracurricular activities.

5月8日早上，我起得很早。因为这是一个特殊的日子——今天就要开始为期三天半的基地生活了。8点钟，校领导匆匆讲了几句注意事项，我们就出发去了教育基地。到了那里，我们就上楼放行李，确定上下铺。然后下楼开始了开营仪式。

当我们学校的学生代表接过营旗时，我暗暗对自己说：“一定要好好表现，为母校增光！”下午有远足活动，我非常兴奋。听说要走到新一中，我一定要见识见识这所重点高中该是多么宏伟。走了一个多小时，终于到了。啊，一个高大气派的建筑出现在我眼前。 有一个偌大的操场。我下定决心，一定要考入这所学校。第二天下午，快要吃晚饭了。上了一天的实践课，我非常累。可吃饭之前又要蛙跳。看着同学们滑稽的姿势，我们每一个同学都大笑起来，一天的劳累顿时没有了。第三天我们上的拓展训练课。最让我记忆犹新的是钻电网。虽然我没参加，但还是觉得很有趣。一个队伍有十个人，有三次触网机会。有几个人从下面钻过去以后，两边人齐心协力，把人从下面抬过来。让我们激动得心怦怦直跳，太高难了。第三天晚上是篝火晚会，有许多同学都表演了节目。宋柏翰的 Love me 更让全学年都为之疯狂——他唱得太好听了！短短的基地生活就要结束了，可我仍然回味无穷，体验生活的乐趣还不时在我的眼前一幕一幕地浮现，真舍不得离开这里啊。可我虽然离开了，但我还是学会了许多东西，以后，我会更加独立，尽早步入社会。

People dont work or study every day constantly, but would take a break from time to time, in the entertainment activities Relax, its necessary. Recreational activities in a variety of forms, from horseback riding, hiking, travel to play computer play, read comic books, or just watching TV. Different people can choose according to their interest in different entertainment activities.

Also, the effects of people for entertainment also have different views. Some people aware of the benefits of it are that recreational activities can make our attention is diverted from the hard work, make body and mind rest. While people who hold the opposite opinion think, recreational activities will lead to many problems, such as some might because of the bad habit, such as addicted to computer games.

Although each has its according to two kinds of views, but I personally believe that if we make the appropriate entertainment, its benefits will far outweigh the disadvantages. As a college student, to participate in recreational activities not only can make us relax from the intense study, at the same time also can let us get knowledge in real life. Really is kill two birds with one stone.

人们不会每天不间断地工作或学习，而是会不时地休息一下，在娱乐活动中 放松一下，这很必要。娱乐活动的形式多种多样，从骑马、远足、旅游到玩电脑游 戏、看漫画书抑或只是看电视。不同的人会根据自己的兴趣选择不同的娱乐活动。

同样，人们对于娱乐活动所带来的影响也有着不同的看法。有些人意识到了它 们的好处，认为娱乐活动可以把我们的注意力从辛苦的工作上转移开来，使身心 得到休息。而持相反意见的人则认为，娱乐活动会导致不少问题，如有人可能会因 此染上坏习惯，比如沉迷于电脑游戏等。

虽然两种观点各有其根据，我个人却认为，如果我们进行适当的娱乐活动，其益处会远远大于坏处。作为一名大学生，参加娱乐活动不仅能使我们从紧张的学习中得到放松，同时也可以让我们获得现实生活中的知识。真可谓是一举两得。

The after-class activities in my school are colorful. Every day we play basketball, football, do rope skipping and so on. But I like the Month of Science and Technology and the Cultural Festival most. In those days, we have a chance: to show ourselves to all the students. We can invent something with some classmates. And we can act in a play or make a speech or take part in the competition of singing. I enjoy myseff in those activities.

我们学校的课外活动丰富多彩。每天我们打篮球、踢足球、跳绳等等。但是我最喜欢科技月和文化节。那时我们有机会向所有学生展示我们自己。我们可以和其他同学一起做小发明。我们还可以表演、演讲或参加唱歌比赛。我非常喜欢这些活动。

On Friday afternoon, the activity class began. We should have in the interior of the standing long jump, can our teacher have led us to epoch-making outdoor activities.

The teacher said: "boys and girls, two teams, come to a game, jump over, see which team first to the opposite." We are all leaping like a happy chicken. As a result, the boy team jumped and jumped into a mess, and I was also pressed into a "meat pie" by Ye Zuhui and others behind. But the boys are still winning, after all, is it a mans strength to run and jump! From time to time, the boys showed a triumphant smile and a joyful cheering from time to time.

But the girls, each pointing to our boys face, said: "the team is scattered, the win is not brilliant!"

The teacher also announced, "now race running, see who runs fast!" Prepare - start! We ran away like wild horses that had taken off the reins. Some of the students can see that they can run away from the runway and run to the end of the race. I have straight teeth, shouted: "who is not a shameless man!" But they listen to me, only if they dont hear them.

When everyone arrived at the end, the teacher said, "go back to the class, and then go down this way."

Although only a few short minutes, it has brought me a lot of happiness, left a deep impression.

星期三的下午，晴空万里，风和日丽。田老师带领我们全班同学，参观基地新建的休闲娱乐场。经过工人叔叔的精心设计和建造，这里环境优美，风景秀丽，是人们休闲娱乐的好地方。

我们排着整整齐齐的队伍，迈着轻快的步伐，来到了休闲娱乐场。这里到处都盛开着美丽的鲜花，还有翠绿的草，简直成了绿色的世界，花的海洋。五颜六色的花儿争芳斗艳，朵朵鲜花探着小脑袋，好像对这个美丽的世界感到惊奇。它们白的如雪，粉的似霞，黄的像金，红的似火。勤快的小蜜蜂在花丛中采蜜，美丽的蝴蝶在花丛中翩翩起舞，好像在招呼人们说："来吧，这里的世界真精彩。"

我们绕过花坛，穿过石头小路，来到喷泉池边。喷泉共有三层，从里向外，第一层有九个喷口，喷出的泉水一直向上，像九根水柱，有六、七米高。第二圈有三十六个喷口；第三圈有一百多个喷口，喷出的泉水向外，成弧形状，水花像珍珠一样飞溅在石头上，发出的声音像一支欢快的歌曲。到了晚上，喷泉在彩灯的照射下，显现出各种颜色，更加美丽。

看完喷泉，我们沿着小路来到了一座精致的小桥上。小溪在铁角海棠和桂花树的环抱中，从桥下缓缓流过，发出潺潺的声音，委婉、悠长。

突然，一阵笑声吸引了我。人循声望去，看到建身区里，有人在梅花桩上练功，有人在扭腰器上锻炼，有人在踏步机上运动。他们边锻炼边说笑，脸上的笑容是那样的灿烂。

夕阳西下，我恋恋不舍地走出美丽的娱乐场，心里暗下决心：一定要好好学习，长大后把祖国建设得更加美丽。

今天是“六一”儿童节，一大早，我抱着早就准备好的一箱书和玩具，兴高采烈地来到学校。庆祝活动结束后，期盼已久的“换购活动”便开始了。

同学们带着自己的物品，兴奋地来到操场，在老师的引导下有序地摆起了自己的小摊。操场上顿时炸开了锅。同学们像小蜜蜂一样忙碌起来。有的抱关自己的东西，四处转悠，搜寻宝贝；有的已经开始了“讨价还价”；还有的则一直蹲在自己的摊位前，一副姜太公钓鱼，愿者上钩的架势。

我也把我的东西分类放好，便开始等待客人上门了。等了一会儿，没有一个顾客光临，我心急了，决定改变战略战术，主动出击。我便拿着我的一个粉色美羊羊毛绒玩具四处去转悠。突然我看中了一个粉色的毛绒玩具，那是一只肥滚滚的小猪，身子是爬着的，十分可爱。我赶紧上前对小猪的主人说：“我用这个美羊羊换的小猪，可以吗？”她看了看我的美羊羊，爽快地答应了，就这样，我的有了自己的第一个战利品。

我又飞快跑回我的摊位，正好有人来了。他看中了我的漫画书，他不好意思地说：“我用这本《十万个为什么》换你的一本漫画书，可以吗？”“可以！”我立即答应。他把书给我，我也把书递给他。耶，第二件战利品到手了！很有一种成功的感觉。

换购活动仍在继续，操场上热闹非凡，叫卖声，砍价声，欢笑声，不绝于耳。

最后，我成功地换得了一大袋东西，有精美的笔筒，有崭新的课外书，有毛绒玩具……这真是一次成功的换购活动啊！

我的假期生活真可谓是“丰富多彩，”在此我谨以“三部曲”的形式记录我的假期一日。

早晨 懒虫篇

俗话说：“一日之计在于晨。”但对于我这条懒虫来说，早晨却是睡觉的好时光。“布谷！布谷！懒虫起床！懒虫起床！”闹钟把我从美梦中唤醒，可我怎么也舍不得这美好时光。我摆了个弥勒佛的造型，坐在床上昏昏欲睡。不一会儿，我又倒下了，并以“狗刨式”继续呼呼大睡。可惜好梦不长，人工式闹钟妈妈出场了，一阵“狮吼功。”让我惊了魂似地坐起来，睁开双眼，鼓起勇气钻出温暖的被窝。穿好衣服后，我开始品尝老一套一根油条，两个包子。哎！妈妈呀！我真是吃厌了。

上午 刻苦篇

饱餐之后，我便开始激烈的“战斗。”第一个和我过招的是“ English 兄弟，”它的兄弟姐妹可真多呀！一个个就像豆芽菜似的，看得我眼花缭乱，让我的神经比弹弓上的牛皮筋蹦得还紧，好不容易过了单词这一道“防线。”又得咬文嚼字地进行课外阅读，还得许多长篇大论或精彩片断。经过几个小时的“苦战，”我终于被午餐解放了。

下午 放松篇

一天中最让我兴奋的时刻到了。我和朋友们怀着愉快的心情去操场上荡秋千，我们尽情地玩，完全放松。还不时说点笑话，整个人感觉像要飘起来。啊！生活真美好！

怎么样，我的假期一日不错吧！

Human Activity and the Earth

There is no doubt that human activity has an effect on the planet. We see the evidence of mankind’s endeavors all around us. While some of man’s accomplishments, such as the building of transportation systems and the consistent supply of potable water, have made Earth a better place for people to live, they have not come without cost. Overall, it seems that human activity harms the Earth more than it benefits it.

For example, the transportation systems that benefit mankind also create pollution and use up valuable energy resources. While we cannot do without transportation these days, we cannot ignore the fact that it has an adverse effect on the planet. Furthermore, those advances that benefit people do not benefit al the life on Earth. Deforestation endangers many animals, and mankind’s great thirst for water and other resources leads to the extinction of many plant forms. In addition, accomplishments such as the supply of potable water to a community are only response to problems that mankind created in the past. It was man that made the water unfit to drink in the first place. Finally, the damage that human activity causes will eventually have a negative effect on people. They will also suffer the effects of pollution and diminishing natural resources.

In conclusion, it seems apparent that man’s activity benefits primarily himself, not the Earth. Moreover, those benefits are only short-term advantages, and man will also suffer the negative effects of his activity in the future. The Earth does not have an inexhaustible supply of resources, so every effort should be made to conserve resources and limit the impact of human activity on the planet.

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人类活动与地球

人类活动无疑会对地球造成影响，Human Activity and the Earth(人类活动与地球)，考研英语作文《Human Activity and the Earth(人类活动与地球)》。我们周围随处可见人类活动的迹象。虽然人类某些成就，如运输系统的建立以及饮用水持续的供应等，使得地球成为一个更适合的人类居住的地方，但这些成就的取得也付出了代价。总体上，对地球而言，人类的活动似乎弊多于利。

例如，运输系统对人类有利，却会制造污染，并用尽珍贵的能源。现在我们虽然不能没有运输工具，却也不能忽视运输工具对地球有不良影响的事实。此外，使人类获益的这些进步不一定能使地球上所有生物都获益

Iusually have a lot of things to do after work. Every day after I come home, Ialways read some English passages, in order to improve my spoken English andfeel the charm of language.

After doing that, I surf the Internet to watch thelatest news and find some useful information for my work.

I think this is aneffective way for me to learn more knowledge and widen my horizon.

Then I beginto learn English by listening to VOA and BBC. There are so many interestingstories in these programs. And the hostesses are very excellent. I can alwayssleep well with their beautiful voices. At weekend, I usually have aget-together with my close friends to share our life experience. Sometimes wealso go out for a walk, so as to enjoy our beautiful nature. In short, I usuallyarrange a lot of activities for myself in my free time, because I want to makemy life more wonderful and interesting.

下班后，我通常有很多事情要做。为了提高我的英语口语以及感受到语言的魅力，每天我回到家后我总是看英语短文。

这样之后，我会上网看最新的新闻，找一些对我工作有用的信息。我觉得这是我学习的知识，开阔了我的视野的有效途径。

然后我开始听VOA和BBC来学习英语。在这些节目中有很多有趣的故事。女主持人是很优秀的。

我总是能听着她们甜美的声音入睡。周末的时候我通常和我关系亲密的朋友聚在一起来分享我们的生活经验。有时我们也去散步，以便享受美丽的大自然。总之，我通常会在我空闲的时间为自己安排很多的活动，因为我想让我的生活更精彩有趣。

[高中英语作文：课后活动

As the social civilization develops at a fast speed, the new century has brought us with an unprecedented variety of recreational activities ranging from traditional outdoor activities such as playing ball games to all kinds of other indoor activities. People can do sports, singing karaoke, go dancing, go to the movies, play video games or online games, or surf the Internet.

随着社会文明的发展速度比较快，新世纪给我们带来了与从传统的户外活动如打球到其他各种室内活动空前的各种娱乐活动。人们可以做运动，唱歌，跳舞唱歌，看电影，玩游戏或在线游戏，或上网冲浪。

On one hand, recreational activities are good to people’s health, both physically and mentally. Sports and dancing can keep people fit. Singing karaoke will bring more excitement and enrich people’s life. Playing video games can satisfy people’s imagination and develop people’s intelligence. Surfing the Internet can bring people plenty of information and knowledge. What’s more, some recreational activities, such as going to the cinema or theatre, playing volleyballs in a team will be inductive to strengthen the affection of the family.

一方面，娱乐活动对人们的健康有益，包括身体上和精神上的。体育和跳舞可以使人健康。唱卡拉OK将带来更多的刺激和丰富人们的生活。玩游戏可以满足人们的想象和开发人的智力。上网能给人们带来的信息和知识丰富。更重要的是，一些娱乐活动，比如去电影院或剧院，在一队打排球将感应加强对家庭的影响。

On the other hand, some recreational activities, such as playing mahjong and poker, might be time-consuming and harmful if people are addicted. Spending too much time and money on these activities will seriously influence people’s normal lives. There are also some on-line games which is great appeal to the young generation. Those who are indulged in the games may waste too much time to study and exercise.

另一方面，一些娱乐活动，如打麻将和扑克，如果人是上瘾的是耗时的和有害的。花太多的时间和金钱在这些活动会严重影响人们的正常生活。也有一些在线游戏的是年轻一代的巨大的吸引力。那些沉迷于游戏可能浪费太多的时间来学习和锻炼。

As far as I am concerned, people should take part in meaningful recreational activities and try to benefit more from recreational activities. Only in this way, can they become more energetic and creative when they work and study. When it comes to those addictive, and less meaningful activities, I think to stay away from them is a wise decision.

在我看来，人们应该参加有意义的休闲活动，试图从娱乐活动更多的利益。只有这样，他们才能变得更有活力和创意时，他们的工作和学习。当谈到那些上瘾的，少的有意义的活动，我想远离他们是一个明智的决定。

Campus activities have been organized in many universities and colleges。 These activities range from academic to recreational， such as academic reports， social consulting services， speech contests， poet’s club， painting clubs， singing and dancing groups， etc。

These activities provide students with two major advantages。 First of all， they play a positive role in improving students’ studies。 Due to their heavy schedules， students are often busy themselves with textbooks and seldom expose themselves to a colorful life。 But the variety of the activities provides opportunities for them to relax themselves and enrich their minds and knowledge。 In addition， the activities also serve students living in the “ivory tower” have little chance to get in touch with society。 Now the activities open the door for participants to leave their classrooms and get to know society。

All this offers an important means for students to broaden their horizons。 They believe with the right kind of guidance and help campus activities will continue to grow and flourish。

[校园活动英语作文

As is well known,books teach us to learn life,truth,science and many other useful things.

They increase our knowledge,broaden our minds and strengthen our character.In other words,they are our good teachers and wise friends.

This is the reason why our parents always encourage us to read more books.

Reading is a good thing,but we must pay great attention to the choice of books.

It is true that we can derive benefits from good books.

However,bad books will do us more harm than good.

Work and play do not contradict each other; in fact, they complement each other. As the saying goes, "All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy." A life burdened with work leads you nowhere, for you would get tired and bored with your daily routine work. On the other hand, proper recreation will relieve the tension and discomfort of our monotonous life because it offers you various ways to let out your pent-up emotions.

What I usually do to relax after school is jogging and seeing movies. Usually I dont spare time for exercise, but I value the physical education class at school. Jogging several rounds in the field certainly relieves the days pressure. On weekends, Ill catch the morning movie for my visual enjoyment. I feel revived and energetic for another weeks work-load.

工作与娱乐并不互相冲突，事实上，它们之间的关系还相辅相成。有句格言说：整日工作而没有休闲娱乐，会令人变得沉闷乏味。」被工作重担压得喘不过气来的生活，将使你一事无成，因为你将对一成不变的例行公事感到厌烦。由另一方面来说，适度的娱乐活动能提供各种管道，来渲泄你被压抑的情绪，减轻单调生活中的紧张与不悦。

放学之后，我最常做的休闲活动，便是慢跑与看电影。通常我并不特地拨出时间来做运动，但是我很重视学校的体育课。在操场上慢跑几圈，无疑地可以减轻一天的压力。在周末时，我都去看早场电影，享受视觉飨宴。如此一来，我将有如再生般的充沛活力，去面对下一星期的工作量。

难得的一个没有作业的暑假终于到来。

暑假还未开始时，同学们就开始讨论到底该怎样过小升初这个轻松、快乐的暑假？去玩，去疯……这将是一个自由自在的假期！这将是一个属于我们自己的假期！

而我，早已默默做了一个不同的决定。我本来可以选择尽情娱乐，但我不想这样，我想走在别人前方。

初中，对小学生来说也许是个“恶梦”。试卷一大叠，考试一大堆，作业往往都得做到晚上八九点钟。我想让我的初中生活轻松一些，所以，我放弃了娱乐的机会，先走了这一步。

暑假里，我没有去报任何衔接班，而是买了几本书，自己在家学。上午学语数，下午学英科，中午时间下一盘围棋。这便是我给自己定的学习计划。我要让时间过得更充实，过得更有意义。

“make full use of time”，这是我在一本书中学到的句子，意思是“充分利用时间”。我特意将它写下，并贴在书桌上。它似乎有种力量，在我不自觉时将我的心收回。

偶而打开手机，看见几位同学将自己玩耍的照片发到群里：有的在逛街，有的在看电影，还有的在国外旅游……

看到这儿，我的心猛地一抖，问自己：“你明明可以选择像他们那样，在这难得的暑假尽情娱乐呀！那样没有丝毫的压力，多好！”

但我听到，我的内心给出了明确的答复：要知道，你现在只是扮演着追赶者的角色，一定还有许多同学在更加拼命地学习，为初中做准备。你要‘笨鸟先飞’，在其他人放松之时加快脚步，一举超过他们！

我本来可以尽情娱乐，但我依旧选择努力学习。我没有失落，而是热情高涨。我对未知的初中生活充满期待……

我校五年级师生太湖花卉园综合实践活动，于4月1号圆满举行。本次活动共三个阶段，分别是综合实践，拓展活动和游春。这些活动让学生们身心舒畅，学习也就更轻松愉快了。

学生在老师带领下，最先来到实践活动基地。花卉园老师先教学生做叶贴画。在老师细心讲解后，学生们纷纷外出采集树叶，再上楼构思，创作。不一会，一幅幅精美的叶贴画就诞生了。同学们互相交流，评比出了“最美贴画”。接着，老师又教学生做毽子。虽然是简单的工艺，但在学生看来却是一项“大工程”。他们小心翼翼，认真专注，直到完工。做好后，还迫不及待的试踢自己制作的毽子。

午餐后，老师们带领学生在花卉园漫步了一圈。那些美丽的花朵无不让学生们心驰神往，流连忘返。在花丛中，满树的花瓣飘飘扬扬落在自己身上，就像下了一场花雨，让人觉得仿佛到了没有烦恼的世外桃源。学生们更是感到了春天的美好。

下午，学生们开展了拓展活动。项目是“搬运工”，实则是夹乒乓球运动。老师讲解活动规则完毕后，活动就开始了。大家可能平时都没做过类似的运动，一个个太紧张了，失误连连。经过几番练习后才摸着点窍门，在同学的相互合作下夹进了好几个乒乓球，大家都高兴极了。活动结束后，同学们畅所欲言，各抒己见。亲身体验之后悟出的感受更为真切：无论做什么事都离不开方法和团结。

这次活动我们既观赏了美丽的花卉园，丰富了课余生活，又陶冶了情操，增长了知识，悟出了道理！这真是一次有意义的活动！

"We wish you a merry Christmas, we wish you a merry Christmas"Have you heard that song? Yup! Its Christmas time! This Christmas, I stayed with my "host family"1. It was an amazing experience to see how a typical American family would celebrate the biggest western festival of the year.

Christmas, like our Spring Festival, has a meaning in itself. Christmas Day, which is on December 25, is the birthday of Jesus Christ--the son of God. Thats why it is called Christmas. On that day, Christians would get together with their families to celebrate the birthday of Jesus. But nowadays, the religious meaning of Christmas has become less emphasized. To many families, it is just a time of family reunion and the ever-exciting present-giving.

Our school had been on winter vacation since December 11. I stayed at my friend, Stephen Stapczynskis house--his family was my "host family". Although Christmas was still more than ten days ahead, the festive spirit had already been teeming everywhere. The Christmas tree had already been set up, and on every windowsill, there were Christmas lights. On the first day I arrived at their house, Stephen and I helped Mrs. Stapczynski put decorations on the Christmas tree. The tree looked so nice with all the lights on and the beautiful ornaments dangling from its branches.

As Christmas came closer, the whole neighborhood had made preparations too. Some people would hold parties at their houses, inviting all their neighbors to come. So every night, if you went out, you would see a long line of cars parked in front of some house--a partys on!

Whats more, the Christmas decorations that some people put on their windows and in gardens were just amazing. On one night, we went out in our car for a "tour of lights". There was one street that was so famous for its lights that it got its way into the local paper. We had a hard time finding the well-hidden street, but it turned out to be worth the effort. Lights shone brightly in front of nearly every house, on trees, bushes, doors, windowseverywhere, taking different shapes, making it seem almost like daytime. Huge inflatable figures in the front gardens were waving to us: there were Santa Clauses2, of course, chuckling merrily away; and there were also other Christmas figures, like Rudolph3--the red-nosed reindeer--with his red nose gleaming ever so brightly; even Bart Simpson--a character in the famous comedy The Simpsons--had joined the jolly party, wearing a Santas hat. The street set off a lot of "ooh"s and "aah"s inside the car.4 When we left, there was a line of cars in the street, all there to see the lights.

Christmas is the time for exchanging presents. Stephen and Niko had been thinking about their Christmas lists (a list of things they wish "Santa"to give them for Christmas) for a long time. I didnt want to ask for anything, but the Stapczynskis were so kind to "force"me make one list as well (Mr. Stapczynski told me if I didnt make one he would chop off my legs). So I wrote down a couple of things that I would like to have, and gave the list to them--sorry, my mistake--to Santa.

Finally, Christmas Eve came. There was a special Christmas service at the church at 6 p.m. It was certainly a very interesting experience for me. The priest started the service reading and sang out extractions from a holy book--The Divine Liturgy. For several times, we would stand up and pray.

Sometimes, the church choir would start singing. The atmosphere was very quiet and holy. Then there was a ceremony called "The Receiving Communion". People waited in line to "receive"a spoonful of food from the priest. It was a very special Christmas tradition. The food was made from bread and wine. The bread represents the body of Jesus, and the wine represents his blood. After this ceremony, the priest had a speech. He reminded us not to forget the true meaning of Christmas, and let Jesus really live inside us--that is, to love the people around us wholeheartedly. I think that no matter if you are a Christian or not, this principle should be part of our lives. After the priest finished his speech, the part that I enjoyed most came: Christmas carols5. Christmas carols are songs that people sing at Christmas, such as "Jingle Bells", "We Wish You a Merry Christmas", "Silent Night"and so on. Some were very merry, others sounded quite holy, but all of them were beautiful. I closed my eyes, and let all the peacefulness and happiness that were in the songs flow through me. What a feeling it was!

We went to sleep earlier that day for we had to get up early on Christmas Day to open our presents. Sure enough, when I was still half-way during a sweet dream, Stephen burst into my room and told me to get up and open presents. There were a huge pile of presents under the Christmas tree, and there was such a mysterious mist shrouding them that made me eager to see what they all were. So one by one, we went through all the presents. Mr. and Mrs. Stapczynski had bought me everything I had written on my Christmas list--and a lot more! I got music CDs, film DVDs, clothes, books I was very happy, and I didnt know how to express my appreciation for what they had done for me.

Stephen and Niko had gotten a lot of presents too, and they had already been trying out their new games!

In the afternoon, we went to Mrs. Stapczynskis brother, Uncle Stans house. They had prepared a marvelous meal for us. A lot of their friends and relatives also came. I saw Stephen and Nikos grandparents, Yiayia and Papou (words of grandma and grandpa in Greek--Mrs. Stapczynskis parents came from Greece, so they like the boys using Greek words to call them). They were very kind to me, and treated me just like one of their family members. We had a very luxurious meal, consisting of turkey, beef, pork, and all sorts of other food.

After the meal, when all the stomachs were full and everyone was feeling drowsy6 from all the food, we just sat around the table and chatted, just like what we Chinese people do at the Spring Festival. After all, Christmas, like the Spring Festival, is a time for us to get away from our busy lives, a time for family gathering, and a time to have some fun.

7月25日至8月3日，七所完全中学举办了为期10天的英语夏令营活动。此次活动是由美中教育机构(esec)和教育局联合主办，由香港施永青基金会等机构大力资助的。时光飞逝，10天的夏令营活动结束了。现对在中学开展的英语夏令营活动做一总结。

此次活动是为丰富学生的暑假生活，提高学生的英语学习兴趣，拓宽学生的视野而开展的。弥补了传统英语教学形式上的不足，丰富了学校的英语教学，激发了学生的学习兴趣，丰富了学生的英语知识，提高了学生的学习能力和团队意识。

中学的英语夏令营活动是由来自山西的3名大学生志愿者主持，由本校3名优秀英语教师辅助开展的。这种”1+1”的合作模式有利于优化课程设计，使课程更贴近学生的实际，为此次活动的顺利开展奠定了良好的基础。此次活动的主体是中学初中的百位优秀学生。来自不同年级的学生随机混合组成三个班，这样有利于实施以学生为中心的教学法，使学生相互学习，共同进步。

此次活动的课程设计是由志愿者和本校的教师参考美中教育机构提供的模板，根据当地实际情况精心设计的。志愿者和教师对课程内容灵活操作，将玩与学有机结合，寓教于乐。主体内容有意在提高英语听说读写能力的各种游戏如hot potato、who am i等和意在提高团队凝聚力的music chair、english song等。还有涉及英美文化、利用手势突破发音。此外，老师们还放映了适合初中英语学习的英文电影。志愿者还利用准备的材料和自身特长教给了孩子们一些英语歌曲和舞蹈。总之，此次活动的内容丰富，形式多样，满足了初中生的发展需求。

此次活动中，学生们除了学到英语知识和学习方法外还了解到了现代大学生的生活是什么样的。这些见识增强了学生们对大学的向往，增强了学生们的学习动力和学习兴趣。志愿者和教师的鼓励和关爱帮助孩子们突破心理障碍，树立自信，有利于孩子们的健康成长。

我们通过此次活动，获得了一些宝贵的经验，通过和师生交流也发现了一些问题。这对以后的教学工作和类似的活动的开展都有有益的指导意义。成功的经验是要夯实基础知识，丰富教学形式，引进教学方法，激发学习兴趣，提高学习能力。发现的问题是学生们的英语基础知识薄弱，如不能根据音标识读单词，没能掌握语法基础知识(句子成分，词类等)。在以后的教学工作中，我们要注重基础知识，多给英语老师自主权，让其尽展才华，丰富教学方法。在以后类似活动中，我们应注意立足本校实际情况，同时积极配合志愿者组织安排活动内容。

此次活动总体上是成功的，我们希望以后能有更多类似的活动来丰富学生们的学习生活。

Nowadays, a lot of recreational activities are available for people to release their stress of work or study. Recreational activities have aroused a hot debate in society. When it comes to recreational activities, people’s ideas are not cut from the same cloth.

Abundant recreational activities make people’s life more colorful and people can release their stress with amusement. Also, participating in recreational activities helps promote our competence. However, too much recreational activities will bring problems. For instance, many young students are addicted to online games, which will generate bad effects on their studies and might lead bad consequences.

In my opinion, we should keep a balance between amusement and study or work. Of course, we should join some recreational activities after study, but we need arrange our time properly. Only in this way can recreational activities provide more benefits for us.