初一英语作文my english teacher【汇编20篇】

导语：童年趣事像天上的星星数也数不完，像大海的浪花一样美丽迷人。回忆过去，连我自己也会情不自禁地嘿嘿傻笑。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’d like to tell you something about my childhood. when i was six years old, i was a lovely girl!

One day, my father saw some fish in the river, so he asked me, why can fish only live in water? i thought about it, then i gave him the answer, because there are some cats on the bank. my father laughed when he heard that. then he said, you are smart! i was happy to hear that.

Maybe you will say, it’s a funny answer. now, i think, it is very interesting. and now i am smart. my parents love me very much. i am so happy to have that childhood.

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我想告诉你一些关于我的童年的事。当我六岁的时候,我是一个可爱的女孩!

有一天,我爸爸在河里看到一些鱼,所以他问我,为什么鱼只能生活在水里?我想了一下,然后我给了他答案,因为银行里有一些猫。听到这话,我父亲笑了。然后他说,你很聪明!听到这个我很高兴。

也许你会说,这是一个有趣的答案。现在,我想,这很有趣。现在我很聪明。我的父母非常爱我。我很高兴有这样的童年。

Today is Sunday.Its sunny today.I go to the zoo with my mother.I can see many animals.There are tigers,lions,pandas,snakes and many more.Look!The pandas are over there.Theyre from China.Look at the baby panda!Its climbing trees. How cute it is!I love pandas.

Next,we go to see the lions.The lions are so strong.Their mouths are too big.The tigers ae next to them.They are from Asia.They are yellow.At last,we go to see the monkeys.Some are climbing moutains,some are eating bananas.THeyre so much fun!

I see many animals at the zoo and Im so happy today!

My mother of medium height, white skin, not very beautiful but dignified and easy, her dress is just like people, not fashionable but very elegant. My mothers character is bad, often lose his temper. Strengths, weaknesses, you want to know? My mother is a man of ingenuity, will do a lot of exquisite handicrafts. Fengling is very good-looking, she will do what all have, in the shape of different colors, hung in the window, my home is very beautiful, especially under the wind chimes look gorgeous in that some of small ornament, whenever there is a wind blowing, they will send melodious bell, it sounds like the wings, can fly far away.

Do you know? My mother a bath just half an hour. Her do the housework is also very clean. 5 o clock in the morning get up to do breakfast for the family to eat, at 9 o clock in the morning will go to the market to buy food, come back and then do a housework. Cook a meal at 11 o clock. Wash his clothes, and 2 PM 3 PM to do the housework. Shes housework: sweeping, washing clothes, sweep the floor, washing the dishes, and so on household chores, few are also countless. The evening she often said: "oh ~ today the housework so much do I waist sour backache." Father and sister, I have no words to say. In fact, we want to help her, but we help her. She said: "go away, you do not clean."

You say my mother is very love clean and industrious again?

我的妈妈中等身材，皮肤白白的，不十分漂亮但端庄大方，她的穿衣打扮也跟人一样，不时髦但很高雅。妈妈的性格不好，常发脾气。优点很多，缺点也不少，你们想知道吗? 妈妈是个心灵手巧的人，会做许多精巧的手工艺品。她做的风铃很好看，什么形状的都有，颜色各异，挂在我家窗前，非常漂亮，特别是风铃下的有些小装饰好看极了，每当有风吹起的时候，它们就会发出悦耳的铃声，那声音像是长了翅膀，能飞得很远很远。

你知道吗?我妈妈一洗澡就半个钟头。她做家务也非常干净。早上5点起床做早餐给一家人吃，早上9点就去市场买菜，回来后就做一做家务。到了11点就做饭。下午2点洗衣服，3点做家务。她的家务范围是：扫地，洗衣服，拖地，洗碗，等等家务，数也数不清。晚上她常常说：“唉~今天家务好多做得我腰酸背痛。”爸爸和姐姐，我都没话可说。其实我们想帮她，不过我们一帮她。她就说：“走开走开，你们做得不干净。”

你说我的妈妈是不是很又爱干净和勤劳?

Hello, everyone!Let me introduce myself, I was a student in the *** school, seven Eight, my good grades, teachers, students and I are good, I like them, my after school with mystudents to play together, we are very happy together, we learn subjects: geography, politics, history, language, mathematics, English, computer and science as well as some other subjects, class schedule and at eight at night school at five 40a week eight lessons, we learned a very hard, has an extra-curricular activities after school, some students to participate, some students go home every day we had a wonderful time.

[初一英语自我介绍优秀作文

Our school sports activities are rich and colorful, students can according to their own interest and hobby.

Look! Side of the students in playing table tennis, play is really fierce. If you were a little to disturb him, he will definitely not ignore you, if he lose the best chance to beat the opponent, he would have called you. Their meets table tennis table tennis racquet "lit up" sound, like playing music. Rival, always grasp the opportunity, look, the chance came, rival buckle the board, too handsome, this plate highlighted his personality.

Play basketball in the fashion now. Students of a class is a race against time to play basketball, especially the game the most interesting, can exercise the body, and can cultivate the spirit of teamwork, he is of great benefit to people. The school team after concentrated training, has the extraordinary skill, saw this scene I really envy for them. I also want to be a player when he grows up.

On physical education teacher ordered us to do a minute sit-ups and make record, the result of our class Huang Xu classmate, broke the record in four grade: 51 sit-ups. He once in Tian Ji games, after arduous efforts to create a miracle, won the first place.

Sports can strengthen peoples physique, as a celebrity said: "life is movement, and knowledge is gained by accumulation.

我们学校的体育活动真是丰富多彩，同学们可以根据自己的兴趣、爱好参加。

瞧!这边的同学在打乒乓球呢，打得真激烈。你要是稍微打扰他一下，他绝对会不会理睬你，如果他失去打败对手的机会，他准会骂你。他们的乒乓拍碰到乒乓的时候发出“蹦蹦蹦”响声，像奏乐似的。对手一直把握机会，看，机会终于来了，对手反扣一板，动作实在太帅了，这一板突出了他的个性。

现在流行打蓝球了。同学们一下课就争分夺秒的去打篮球，特别是比赛最有趣，既能锻炼身体，又能培养团队合作精神，他对人们大有好处。那些校队经过集中训练，有着非同一般的球技，看见这一幕我真是对他们羡慕不已。长大后我也要当一名球员。

上体育课的时候老师命令我们做一分钟的仰卧起坐并做好记录，结果我们班的黄旭同学，打破了小学四年级的最高记录：51个仰卧起坐。他曾经在田际运动会中，经过艰辛的努力创造了奇迹，获得了第一名的好成绩。

运动能增强人的体质，正如名人所说：“生命在于运动，知识在于积累。

Computer games is a hot topic nowadays. Some people hold that it is bad.

And others hold that it is good. In my view, whether good or bad is determined

by the players.

If one plays computer game properly in his spare time, computer games can

be an excellent source of joy. For example, something impossible in your real

life can be realized in the computer

games. You can pilot a space craft and travel in the universe. Every coin

has two sides. If one plays computer game excessivly, it may affects his

eyesight and study.

The computer games itself is only a tool like knife. If we use it properly,

it can pare apples. But if we use it to attack others. It immediatly becomes an

lethal weapon.

根据所给的四幅图画，以“Mikes Test Paper”为题，按顺序写一篇不少于80字的短文。内容必须符合题意。

迈克英语学得不好。昨天，参加了英语考试。他又没考及格。他不敢告诉他妈妈他得了低分。在他回家的路上，天下起了大雨。于是他有了个主意。为什么不把卷子当伞用呢?他就把卷子顶在头上开始往家跑。当他到家时，卷子全湿了，几乎被雨淋成了碎片。当他妈妈问他分数时，迈克尴尬地笑了笑，把试卷递给妈妈看。

Mike is bad at English. Yesterday, he had an English test. He failed again. He dared not tell his mother the low marks. On his way home, it rained heavily. So he got a good idea. Why not take the paper as an umbrella? He just put the paper on his head and began to run home. When he arrived home, the paper was all wet and almost torn to pieces by the rain. When his mother asked about the marks, Mike showed the paper to his mother with an embarrassed smile.

When you go to work in the morning and find that traffic lights dont work, the traffic jam will certainly happen. A patient needs to be operated on at once. What will happen if the operation cannot be made because of the electricity. Without electricity, we can neither watch TV, listen to the tape, nor chat on line. Electricity is closely related to our daily life.

How terrible it would be if there were no electricity!

Teachers Day

September 10 is our Teachers’ Day. In the afternoon, Zhonghua school held a celebration meeting, at which more than twenty old teachers each were praised with a medal for their over thirty years of teaching. Our principal made an enthusiastic speech at the meeting, and then the representative of the teachers and students gave a talk to us. After the meeting, we started performances played by some teachers and students, which were very interesting and instructive. We all had a wonderful time. I think we all should respect the teachers, engineers of human soul.

译文：九月十日是教师节，下午中华小学举行了一场庆祝活动，会上有20多位教师授以奖牌，为他们30多年坚守在教育岗位。会上校长做了激情澎湃的演讲，然后分别是老师代表，学生代表发言。会议结束后，我们观看了老师及同学表演的节目，非常有趣且有教育意义，我们度过了很棒的一天。我觉得每个人都要尊敬老师——这位灵魂的工程师。

Teachers Day

Teachers’ Day comes on September 10th every year. On the day we usually give our teachers cards to show our thanks. I thank them for helping me when I am in trouble, and I thank them for teaching me how to be a real man.

Of course they are very friendly to everyone. They always get on very well with their students. They are not only our teachers but also our friends. They love us very much and we love them,too.

译文：每年的9月10日是教师的节日。在这一天，我们通常会给老师卡片以示感谢。我感谢他们在我遇到困难的时候帮助我，感谢他们教会我如何成为一个真正的人。

当然，他们对每个人都很友好。他们总是和他们的学生相处得很好。他们不仅是我们的老师，也是我们的朋友。他们非常爱我们，我们也爱他们。

Diet and Health

【范文】Last night, I ate a lot of food, such as KFC and ice cream, before I slept, I ate some cold food in the fridge. At midnight, I felt my stomach hurt badly, my family was woke up, they sent me to the hospital. After seeing the doctor, he told me that I had eaten too much food, what’s more, the food was not healthy, so it hurt my stomach. Since then, I realized that I should not eat the rubbish food often, I should keep the healthy diet. Now my diet is regular, I won’t take in much food before sleeping, my body is becoming healthy. In the morning, I eat an egg and make sure I take in enough vitamins. Even when I see the rubbish food is tempting, I take no hesitation to say no to them. I am so proud of myself.

【翻译】昨晚，我吃了很多事物，比如肯德基和冰淇淋，在睡觉前，我吃了一些在冰箱里面的冷食物。半夜里，我觉得胃疼得厉害，我的家人被吵醒了，他们把我送到了医院。看过了医生以后，医生告诉我吃了太多的东西，而且，吃的都是不健康的食物，因此我的胃才会那么疼。打从那时起，我意识到自己不能经常吃垃圾食品，我应该保持健康的饮食。现在我的饮食很健康，我不会在睡觉前吃很多东西，我的身体变得健康。早上，我吃了一个鸡蛋，确保我吸收足够的营养。即使当我看到很诱惑的垃圾食品时，我也毫不犹豫地说不。我为自己感到自豪。

Great changes have taken place in China. Many new buildings have been built in cities, towns and villages.

The more cars we have, the more crowed the roads are. So the roads become wider and wider. Many overpasseshave been built in big cities. Chinese people’s life is much better than ever before. We have Tv sets, washing machines, fridges, even computers, cars etc.

We’ll study harder and make our countrry stronger and more beautiful.

Look,this is my family .Its a small family .There are three people in my family,they are my father my mother and I.

My father is a engineer,he likes playing football and reading news paper.

My mother is a college teacher.She likes playing computer games and watching TV.She likes eating apples and pears.

Im a student in

a middle school.I am 13.I like playing tabletennis and reading books.I like eating ice-cream.My favourite colour is pink.

I have a dog. Its name is Mary.It is very lovely.I like it.

I have a very happy family.

In the future, can be high-tech, also can be ordinary, my dream is a very common, its just a small dream, is not science fiction.

I hope that the future world is a tree-lined, air pure and fresh and beautiful world, I dont want to tall buildings, everywhere is full of smoke, the blue sky "appearance" is already being thrown outside the cloud nine, then again high-tech also unable to save our earth a beautiful blue sky white clouds, and they will leave us, never... Forever...... , at that time, only the horrible plague and deadly disease could "save" the ignorant people.

So, I just want to let the world become the blue sky white clouds, flowers, birds and insects live very happy, vibrant has indescribable beautiful, is full of magnificent eagle in the sky, the freedom of flying in the sky, the earth is like a fairyland in general.

"Look, a beautiful planet!" Mars family patriarch said surprised. To start, general gawk, heads of the fathers, and some curious Mars people are ready to the beautiful dream of fantasy, just began, Mars the beauty of people was in shock, who also dont want to leave it, this time a long, between the earth and Mars are in love, live together all day, very happy.

So perfect planet, what can people do not like, other people of the planet is not exceptional also, aliens on earth everywhere, even on the sun of the residents also subsequently changed moved to here, then, in the morning and aliens say hello is also a "norm", those evil ghosts and spirits were purified, and made in heaven gods also moved to the surface, the earth vibrant, each step is laughter, the joy of living is everywhere.

未来，可以是高科技的，也可以是普普通通的，我的梦想就是一个极其普通的，它只是一个小小的梦想，一点都不科幻。

我希望：未来的世界是一个绿树成荫，空气清新的美丽世界，我不希望到处都是高楼大厦，到处都是浓烟滚滚，天空那蔚蓝色的“外衣”早已经被抛到九霄云外了，到那时，再高科技也无法挽救我们的地球和美丽的蓝天白云了，它们将离开我们，永远。。。。。。永远。。。。。。，那时，只有恐怖的瘟疫和致命的病痛可以“拯救”这些无知的人了。

所以，我只想让世界变得蓝天白云，鸟语花香，小鸟和昆虫生活非常快乐，生机盎然美得已经无法形容，天空中到处都是雄壮的鹰，在天空中自由的翱翔，地球犹如仙境一般。

“快看，一个美丽的星球!”火星族族长惊讶的说。说干就干，呆呆将军、族长和一些好奇的火星人们都已经准备好了这次美丽的梦幻之旅了，刚开始，火星人们都被眼前的美境震住了，谁也不想离开它，这时间一长，地球人与火星人也产生了感情，整天生活在一起，非常快乐。

这么完美的星球，什么人能不喜欢，别的星球的人也不例外，地球上外星人无处不在，就连太阳上的居民们也随之改迁到这里来了，到那时，早上和外星人打个招呼也是“家常便饭”，那些邪恶的鬼魂和幽灵也被净化了，天上人间的神仙也搬迁到了地面上来了，地球上生机勃勃，每一步都是欢声笑语，生活的乐趣无处不在。

hello, everyone! my name is i’m a student in a very beautiful school called liangbing middle school and i am in class 1 grade 7.my hometown liangbing is also a beautiful town. i’m very happy and i like to make friends with others. i  also like singing but traveling is my favorite, i have been to  many interesting places in china but i haven’t been to other  countries. what a pity!

at school, i study chinese,math, english, history, politics  and so on. i like all of them. i often help my teacher takecare of my class and i think i am a good helper. i live with my parents and we go home on time every day.

when i am at home, i often help my mother do some housework and my

mother said i am a good helper, too. my mother is a barber.she cuts hair very well.she is kind.many people like her. she often teaches me the way of

learning well, if you want to learn english well, here is some of my advice. at first , you must read many articles and know many words, if you meet up with some new words, you can look them up in the dictionary, you should know their meanings, how to read them and spell them. if you keep working hard, you will be successful. then, you ought to speak english as much as possible. remember an old saying, nothing is impossible in the world if you put your heart into it.  that’s all, thank you.

As a middle school student,I dont have much free time,but I still have a lot of things to 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 always do 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.

作为一个中学生,我没有太多的时间,但我仍然有很多事情要做。

我喜欢听音乐和读书,所以在我的空闲时间,我总是听音乐和上网大约半个小时。这是一个放松自己的好方法。上床睡觉前我总是做一些阅读。此外,放学后我经常去游泳。运动帮助我保持健康,善待我的学习。和其他学生一样,我经常在晚上看电视,但我必须先完成我的家庭作业。

在周末,我将帮助我的妈妈做家务,如打扫房子,洗衣服。

[我的空余时间 My Free Time初一英语作文带翻译

The day before yesterday, the front wheel of my bike burst the tire, a tack of the ghost, I thought I accidentally got it. Yesterday, the back wheel of my bicycle also exploded, and it was a ghost of a tack. I doubted it very much.

Today, my bike leather are pulled away from my home holding the car, took more than half an hour. What is dad said I was a teacher at the school, really mad at me!

I must buy a bag of tacks, and every man who makes my car will put their car in a tack and let them try the taste of the walking car.

That is, my mother spent a lot of money, is to repair the car frame!

Really mad at me. You say, Ive been down and down???

Park

Thereisaparknearmyhome.Therearealotofbeautifultrees,flowersandbirdsinthepark.Somanypeoplegototheparktoenjoytheirweekends.Theylikewalkingorhavingapicnicinthepark.ButIlikeflyingakitewithmysisiterthere.我家附近有一个公园。那里有很多美丽的树、花和小鸟。所以很多人都喜欢到那里去度周末。他们喜欢在公园里散步或是野餐.但是我喜欢和我姐姐在那里放风筝。

Bedroom

Ihaveasmallbedroom.Thereareonlyasmallbed,asmalldeskandasmallchairintheroom.Andthereisabeautifuldollonmybluebed.EverydayIdomyhomework,readbooksandplaygameswiththedollinmybedroom.Itissmall,butitgivesmemuchhappiness.我有一间小小的卧室。那里有一张小小的床、小小桌子和一把小小的椅子。而且还有一个漂亮的娃娃在我那张蓝色的小床上。我每天都在房间里写作业，看书和与我的娃娃玩。虽然房间很小，但是他给了我很多欢乐。

Myfather

Myfatherisatallandhandsomeman.Heisapoliceman.Everydayhecomesbackhomeverylate,becausehemusthelptheothers.Hedoesnthavetimetoexaminemyhomeworkandtakemetothepark.ButIlikemyfather,becauseheisagoodpoliceman.我的爸爸是一个高大帅气的男人。他是一个警察。他每天都很晚才回家，因为他要帮助其他的人。他没有时间给我检查作业和带我去公园。但是我仍然很喜欢我的爸爸，因为他是一个好警察。

IamfromShenZhen.Inspring,theweatheriswarmandwet.Icanplaykite.Insummer,theweatherishotandwet.Icanswimintheswimmingpool.Intheautumn,theweatheriscoolanddry.Icanplaykite,too.Inthewinter,theweatheriscoldanddry.Itneversnow.

我是来自深圳。在春天，在天气温暖及潮湿。我可以玩风筝。在夏季，天气炎热及潮湿。我可以游泳，在游泳池。在秋天，天气凉爽，干燥。我可以玩风筝，太。在冬季，天气寒冷及干燥。它从来没有积雪。

Todayismygrandpasbirthday.Ourfamilywentbacktomygrandpashomeinthemorning.Wegottogethertohaveabigfamilydinnertocelebratehisbirthady.Weboughtabigbirthdaycakeandgavesomepresentstomygrandpa.

Intheafternoon,wewenttotheparktogoboating.Wehadagoodtime.Mygrandpahadanicetimeonhisbirthday.

今天是爷爷的生日，我们全家早晨回到爷爷家。我们举行了大型家庭聚会来庆祝爷爷的生日。我们买了一个大生日蛋糕，并且送给爷爷一些礼物。

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

Mr.Knottisateacher.Heisathome.Thetelephonerings.Heanswersthephone.Hesays,“Hello.Thisis82654379.Whosthat?”“Watt”amananswers.“wattsyourname,please?”saysMr.Knottisangry.“Wattsmyname!”theothermanisangey,too.

knott先生是一名教师。他是在家中。电话响了。他回答接起电话，说，“你好，这是82654379。你是谁？”“瓦特”一个男人答道。“请问你的名字是什么？”knott先生生气地说。“瓦特就是我的名字！”另一名男子是也生气了。

Afarmerhasfivesons.TheyareTed,Bob,Tom,JohnandBill.Johnhasnoelderbrother.Hewasfouryearsolderwhenhisfirstyoungerbrotherwasborn.ThenumberofTom‘selderbrothersisequaltohisyoungerbrothers.Billwillbetwenty-oneyearsoldnextyear,andheisfiveyearsolderthanBob.BobistwoyearsyoungerthanTom.Tedwassadbecausehehasnoyoungerbrother.TherearetwelveyearsbetweenhimandJohn.一个农民有5个儿子。他们是Ted,Bob,Tom,John和Bill。John没有比他大的哥哥，他比第一个出生的比他小的那个弟弟大4岁，Tom哥哥的数量和他的弟弟的数量是一样的（就是他是老三）Bill明年就21岁了，他比Bob大5岁，比Tom小2岁，Ted因为没有弟弟而难过Ted和John之间差了12岁

Everythinginthisworldhasanatureofitsown.Somearecharming,someareseducing,likethecandy,chocolate,thecakes,andsomeburneverythinglikefire,assoonasyougetnear.

天地万物各有其本质，有些东西很有吸引力、很诱人，像糖果、巧克力、蛋糕等；有些则像火一样，任何东西一靠近就会被它烧掉。

OnMyWaytoSchool

TodayIgotupveryearlyinthemorning.AfterIfinishedbreakfast,Iwenttoschool.OnmywaytoschoolIsawsomethinglyingontheground.

Ipickeditupandfounditwasamobilephone.IwasafraidIwouldbelateforschool.Ihadnotimetowaitfortheowner.SoIgaveittothepoliceman.

ShortlyafterIreachedmyschool,theheadmastercametomyclassandpraisedmeinfrontoftheclass.Howcouldheknewallaboutit?IguessitmustbethepolicemanwhotoldhimwhatIdid.

IamveryhappythatIhavedoneagoodjob.

就我在上学的路上

今天，我得到了很早就在上午。当我完成早餐，我去了学校。就我在上学的路上我看到的东西躺在地上。我挑选它，并发现这是一部手提电话。我恐怕我会迟到的学校。我没有时间去等待的所有者。因此，我给它的警察。

不久后，我达到了我的学校，校长来到我的班级，并赞扬我在前面的阶级。他怎么会知道的所有关于它呢？我猜想，它必须是警察谁告诉他，我所做的。我很高兴我已经做得不错。

Chinahasbeenapowerfulcountryforthemostpartofthepastthreethousandyears.Chinaisnowrisingagain.Whyisthatsosurprisingtopeople?Historyisthebestevidence.TheriseofChinaisjustamatterofwhen,notif.Plus,doyouwant$100jeans?Doyouwant$200shoes?Doyouwant$3000computers?IftheanswersareNO,youdbetterthankChinaandappreciatethebenefitsthatitbringstoyourdailylife.

中国在过去3000年历史中大部分时间当中都是个强大的国家。中国现在再次崛起，为什么人们会感到如此奇怪？历史是最好的证明。中国崛起只是个时间问题，而不是是否能崛起的问题。另外，你希望卖100美元一条的牛仔裤，200美元一双鞋，3000美元的电脑吗？如果不愿意，你必须要感谢中国，感谢中国为你日常生活做出的贡献。

Recently, it has been reported that a boy argued with his father and then

he left home and the policed found him, taking him home after half a month. It

sounds so ridiculous for the boy to leave home for such a long time, but

thinking further, the lack of communication between the father and the son makes

this joke. There always some people wonder why we need to get higher education,

because we may not earn money as much as the workers. In my opinion, the purpose

of education is not for the money, but for the better person we will become. If

the father knows how to communicate with his son and his son is considerate,

then things wouldn’t become so bad. We need receive education and become the

wise person, so we can communicate better and create a harmonious

environment.

Today， I was late for school because the traffic was jam. I usually so to school by bike but I hurt my leg the day before yesterday.

So I had‘to go to school by taxi this morning. I left home very early. When I took the taxi， I found the traffic bad. The traffic was so busy that the car couldn’t move at all. I think the government should get the road wider so that the car can run easily and smoothly.

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How to Learn English Well

English is one of the most important subjects in middle school.  Almost everyone knows that we should learn English well, but few of us know how to learn it well. Karl Marx has set a good example for us. He once said, "When one is learning a foreign language, he must use the foreign language." In this way, he could use several languages. A saying goes, "Practice makes perfect." When we learn English, we should read more, speak more, listen to English from time to time and practise writing every day. Don"t be afraid of making mistakes. Only in this way can we learn it well.

Throughout the millennia, students of all ages in China have had to endure the miseries of learning by rote. Teachers have stifled creativity in the pursuit of the accumulation of facts, and parents have forced children to spend mind-numbing hours cramming for exams. But for the past year, the government has been experimenting with what could amount to revolutionary changes in Chinas classrooms. The aim is to make education more pleasant, more useful and, above all, to challenge students to think for themselves.

What has prompted the reforms is a belated recognition that Chinas education system is failing to produce enough innovative thinkers. In addition, students are deeply unhappy. A survey conducted by the Education Ministry five years ago found more than 80% of students disliked school. Dropout rates have been rising in rural areas—partly for economic reasons but also because of the stultifying atmosphere of their classrooms. Exam pressures frequently lead to suicides. According to a survey last year among senior secondary-school students and university freshmen in one area, more than 50% had considered killing themselves.

Several other countries in East Asia, including Japan, South Korea and Taiwan, are grappling with similar problems. But the implications of Chinas reform efforts are particularly profound. Chinas traditional education methods are ideally suited to a political culture that requires citizens to submit blindly to authority. By encouraging students to question their teachers and regard them as equals (even official literature now talks of fostering a “democratic” atmosphere in classrooms), China could be ushering in a new kind of relationship between the rulers and the ruled.

整个几千年,在中国所有年龄段的学生不得不忍受苦难的死记硬背。老师扼杀创造力的追求事实的积累,和家长迫使孩子花的小时死记硬背的考试。但在过去的一年里,政府一直在尝试什么革命性的变化在中国的教室。目的是使教育更愉快、更有用,最重要的是,挑战学生独立思考。

什么促使改革是一个迟来的承认,中国的教育系统是无法产生足够的创新的思想家。此外,学生感到非常不满。五年前教育部进行的一项调查发现,超过80%的学生不喜欢学校。农村辍学率一直在上升的经济原因,还因为愚蠢的教室的气氛。经常考试压力导致自杀。去年的一项调查显示,在高级中学学生和大学新生在一个地区,超过50%的人认为是自杀。

其他几个国家在东亚,包括日本、韩国和台湾,也面临着类似的问题。但中国的改革努力的影响尤为深刻。中国传统的教育方法是适合一个政治文化,需要公民提交盲目权威。通过鼓励学生质疑老师和把他们视为等于(甚至现在官方文学对话培养“民主”的气氛中在教室),中国可能成为引领一种新的统治者和被统治者之间的关系。