三年级关于春节的英语作文（经典20篇）

The traditional culture of the year the Spring Festival, the Lantern Festival, Dragon Boat Festival and Mid-Autumn festival. One of my favorite is the Mid-Autumn festival, because Mid-Autumn festival to eat moon cakes, moon, family reunion.

The time of the Mid-Autumn festival is the annual lunar August 15, from ancient times in China have the custom of the moon, there are many beautiful legends, for example chang e and wu gang felling laurel, yutu dao medicine and so on. The Mid-Autumn festival and the custom of eating moon cakes, because the moon cake is round, a symbol of the reunion. Now a lot of moon cakes, the taste is different, have a sweet and salty. Stuffing is very rich also, there are five "benevolence, preserved fruit, bean paste, jujube paste, coconut, and egg yolk, etc. My favorite is preserved fruit fillings, because it is very sweet, very delicious.

I like the Mid-Autumn festival, wish all the children can have a the mid autumn festival with my family.

一年中的传统文化有春节、元宵节、端午节和中秋节。其中我最喜欢的是中秋节，因为中秋节可以吃月饼、赏月、合家团圆。

中秋节的时间是每年的农历八月十五日，我国从古代就有赏月的习俗，还有许多美丽的传说，比如说嫦娥奔月、吴刚伐桂、玉兔捣药等等。中秋节还有吃月饼的习俗，因为月饼圆圆的，象征着团圆。现在的月饼很多，口味各不相同，有甜的有咸的。馅料也很丰富，有五仁的、有果脯的、有豆沙的、有枣泥的、有椰蓉的，还有蛋黄的等等。我最喜欢的是果脯馅的，因为它甜甜的，很好吃。

我喜欢中秋节，祝愿天下的小朋友都能和家人过一个团圆节。

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i wrote a lot of the couplet, "dabpeople zengshou years, the spring fu man on earth" and "the motherland spring, more than the well-being of the people." the election which piece? her mother said: "the dayof the yearbpeople zengshou, the grandfather of thito be more appropriate, we have a home which you elected grandpa to be more appropriate, we have a home where you decide the election.

"i thought, elected on a couplet of thicouplet on the alliance are: good spring of the motherland; xia lian is: well-being of manpeople. couplet selected, the mother began to put her in the upper right corner of the couplet , in the lower right corner, the upper left corner, a transparent plastic affixed with a lower left-hand corner. when i am in the side assistant, a short while couplet posted on it.

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Your enthusiasm, your both hands, can help others ; Your sincerity, your smile, can move others ; Your compliment, your blessing, can reciprocate others ……This, are all what you should do . Because you are accepting others help all the time , you should reciprocate them. No matter the friend or enemy, no matter the one that is familiar w-ith or strange one, whether he is a rich man or beggar. Help to be not to choose the target , choose time , choose the place. Go , make others warm with heart of you , g-o , help others with hand of you , go , persuade someone else with your action. This is what you should do . You should learn to pay , learns help, learn to present . So long as everybody can do so both, this world will be a cradle that is full of loving , the earth is that one is full of warm collectives!

a new year ，a new start，when i stand on the edge of a new year，i cant help thinking about my plan of next year.

just as the old saying：“well began is the half of the success.”so i decide that i should be at work while the others are still relaxing ，and then ，at the beginning ，im quicker than the others and of course i will get better result than the others.

but ，what i really decide to do is that i must make good of anytime i can spare though it seems impossible. while，i will do my best to live up with what i have planned，and the result will prove it.

The next morning, people don’t eat meat. Instead, they have vegetable dish. And then, adults will visit their friends and relatives with their children. It’s a good job for children because they can get more lucky money to buy things they like.

春节是我们国家一个传统的节日，我很喜欢过春节。 春节有很多习俗，比如说：放鞭炮、挂灯笼、贴春联、吃饺子等等，今年的春节过的很有意义，我帮爸爸贴春联，帮妈妈打扫卫生、包饺子，帮妈妈包的第一个饺子非常难看，然后妈妈就开始手把手的教我，后来包的饺子还可以，吃着自己包的饺子感觉特别好。

我还和姑姑、叔叔还有弟弟一起在外边放鞭炮，鞭炮响起来噼里啪啦的特别好玩，晚上我们有买了好多的烟花，烟花点燃之后飞到空中，五颜六色的，漂亮极了。春节有好多好玩的，除了好玩之外，还有好多好吃的，最主要的是还有压岁钱，我拿着压岁钱买了一些玩具，还买了好多糖果，我把糖果分享给家人一起吃，奶奶可高兴了。除了玩之外我也没有忘记老师布置的作业。 春节不但是个开心快的节日，过了春节也意味着又长大了一岁，以后要更加的懂事。

这段时间，听的最多的一句话就是：“又快过年啦!”我这才意识到时间飞快的脚步已经把我们带到年尾了，转眼之间，春节要来临!

说起春节，我有说不完的向往。一年的紧张学习即将有个句号。一年中最轻松的日子就在春节才有。

我盼春节，因为一年的紧张学习会有个总结，我相信我会拿一个好成绩让新年更喜庆。我先把气势拿出来!接下来要干的就是认真复习!希望这次考试我能用细心给我带来一个快乐的春节!

我盼春节，因为向往大雪中的乐趣。我可以欣赏美丽的雪景，我可以勇敢的滑雪，我可以堆一个可爱的雪人……雪中的快乐数不尽!每年的快乐数不尽!每年的冬天我都有种踏雪的欲望。

我盼春节，因为有许多精美的礼物和衷心的祝福等着我。爸爸妈妈的礼物可能是魔法棒?小皇冠?小翅膀……甚至一只十元钱的小狗崽!同学们的祝福也许是一张包含着许多包含着许多情意的贺卡，也许是一句真诚的话语!说不定圣诞老爷爷会偷偷地给我一件礼物呢!多么向往这个情意浓浓的春节啊!

Spring Festivals Eve is the last night in the last month of lunar calendar next to Spring Festival Day，the First Day of New Year. Chuxi，the Chinese name of Spring Festivals Eve，means the old year past and we will greet the new by the turn of year. During all festival，the activities or celebrations focus on praying for Good Fortunes and getting rid of Bad Fortunes.

In ancient Chinas Zhou and Qin Dynasty，when it came to Lunar New Year，Royal Palace would have a ritual named Danuo，to drive away ghost and bad luck of illness and disaster，it was also called "Zhuchu(to drive away)". People called the day before Spring Festivals Eve Before-Years Night，so the Spring Festivals Eve constantly is Years Night.

The Spring Festivals Eve is a most lingered night. In this warm eve，when night coming，youngsters handle a stick of incense(香)to ignite(点燃) the firecrackers，a child plugs up his ear by one hand and leans to ignite the fireworks by another，other children cover their ears aside to wait fireworks happy bang impatiently. Although some senior citizens are old， they still could remember what a beautiful spring festival they had in their childhood.

To have a family super，make sacrifice and stay up a whole night for greeting new years coming are the main three activities in the Spring Festival Eve.

旧的20__年过去了，新的20__年来了。我们终于迎来了大年三十。

大年三十下午，我们老早就到了奶奶家。择菜、擀皮、和馅、包饺子是我们下午的任务。我帮着奶奶择菜，择好菜后，和肉馅和在一块儿。把肉馅放在桌子上，发好面，把面团搓成长条，掰成一小段一小段的，搓成圆球，就可以擀皮包饺子了。

吃过晚饭，我们开始放烟花。爷爷用火把烟花点着，然后急忙往后退几步，烟花“呲”地一下着了，“嘣”一声朝天空炸去，炸出了小星星，从天空上轻轻地飘落下来，落到地上不见了。烟花还有另外各种样式：“有小降落伞、有大红花、有小白兔……美极了!

放完烟花，我给大人们拜年。我祝爷爷奶奶”身体健康，万事如意。“祝爸爸妈妈”工作顺利，越来越年轻。“祝伯伯大娘”笑口常开，事事顺心。“大人们笑得合不拢嘴，都给我发红包。

这真是一个快乐的春节!

May 12th is an ordinary day in 2008,itis in this day that shocking earthquake happened in Sichuan province,China.The earthquake destroyed nearly everything in Wenchan county Sichuan province. It was terrible.We cant describle the scene what we saw with any words.thousands of people were injured even died. And thousands of children became such unlucky ones who lost fathers or mothers , they longed to have families to continue their lives .I am sympathetic to their fate ! But I believed that we can fight against the fate and change it .For example ,there many people keeping living without food or water for about 100 hours during the earthquake!

What an unbelievable thing it is !their great spirits showed the powerful life vitality of humans!However,they must keep fighting against the death .Many schools were destroyed and there were many students and teachers who left us forever.Sadness,hoplessness and different kinds of danger spreaded out here and there !

But ,fortunately ,love is around us :the Communist party helps us ,the army helps us ,the people all over the world help us .They offer us with money ,goods ,love and so on !For example ,li lian ji, a warm-hearted man ,offered us with 20 million yuan !

With the help of the such a large love ,we will over come the damage of the earthquake and face our beautiful future !

2008年5月12日是一个平凡的一天,它在这一天,令人震惊的地震发生在四川省,中国。地震几乎毁了一切在Wenchan县四川省。这是可怕的。我们不能简述现场我们看到任何单词。成千上万的人受伤甚至死亡。和成千上万的儿童成为不幸的人失去了父亲或母亲,他们渴望有家庭继续他们的生活。我同情他们的命运!但是我相信我们可以对抗命运和改变它。例如,有很多人保持生活没有食物或水约100个小时在地震!

什么不可思议的事情啊!人类的伟大的心灵表现出强大的生命活力!然而,他们必须对抗死亡。许多学校被毁,有许多学生和老师永远离开了我们。悲伤、hoplessness和不同种类的危险到处传播出去!

但是,幸运的是,爱是在我们周围:共产党帮助我们,军队帮助我们,全世界的人都帮助我们。他们给我们钱,商品、爱等等!例如,李连,一个热心的人,给我们2000万元!

的帮助下如此大爱,我们将在地震的破坏,面对我们的美好未来!

Over the years, the story of Qu’s demise transformed into the traditions of racing dragon boats and eating zongzi – a kind of rice wrapped in bamboo leaves. The races have certainly captured the imagination of people from all over the world. Every spring there are nearly 60 dragon boat races held outside of China in cities from Vancouver to Sydney, from Gdańsk, Poland to Cape Town, South Africa. Canada alone has nearly 50 dragon boat teams and Germany has nearly 30.

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多年来，屈原逝世的故事演变成了赛龙舟和吃粽子的传统--一种用竹叶包起来的米饭。种族当然吸引了来自世界各地的人们的想象力。每年春天有将近60场龙舟赛在中国举行的城市从温哥华到悉尼，从波兰到开普敦ńGDA的SK，南非。仅加拿大就有近50支龙舟队，而德国队有近30支。

Often see on TV low-carbon living four word. We did it that low carbon life?

Im in the neighbourhood of low carbon life made a social investigation. The survey found that the survival of our environment around the carbon footprint: streets, go throw cigarette butts, plastic bags and paper towels; Restaurants in the dining hall, one by one with white foam lunch box and disposable chopsticks; Flowing along the river basin, the bright, domestic sewage and industrial wastewater... So big polluted ecological environment. Within the family, also inadvertently leave carbon footprints. In a family, for example: electricity, gas, water, self-drive... I made a record in you travel way

Low carbon life represents a more healthy, more natural, more secure life, at the same time is also a kind of low cost, low cost way of life. Low carbon is not only the enterprise behavior, for the rest of us, is a kind of attitude to life. We should actively advocate and to practice low-carbon life, pay attention to energy saving, solar terms, an hour to go to bed... Starts from the intravenous drip.

People enjoy at the same time, also made the survival of the killer - carbon. Therefore, it is very urgent to advocate low carbon life.

在电视上经常看到低碳生活四个字。那低碳生活我们做到了吗。

我在小区里对低碳生活作了一次社会调查。调查发现，我们的生存环境遍布碳的足迹：大街小巷，烟头、塑料袋和纸巾到处乱扔;餐馆饭堂里，堆满一个个白色泡沫饭盒和一次性筷子;沿河流域中，流淌着黑得发亮的生活污水和工业污水……生态环境因此大受污染。在家庭内部，也不经意地留下碳的足迹。以一个家庭为例：用电、用气、用水、自驾车……我以大家出行方式做了记录

低碳生活代表着更健康、更自然、更安全的生活，同时也是一种低成本、低代价的生活方式。低碳不仅是企业行为，对于我们这些普通人来说，就是一种生活态度。我们应该积极提倡并去实践低碳生活，要注意节电、节气、熄灯一小时……从这些点滴做起。

人们在尽情享受的同时，也制造了生存的杀手---碳。因此，提倡低碳生活刻不容缓。

我的英语老师是个非常特别的人，教我们学英语的方式也非常特别，我的英语老师特别温柔，听他讲课也得懂，所以我的英语成绩是非常好的，这里我就来给你们讲一讲，我的英语老师。

她做头发不短不长，半红半黑，总是穿着一身黑色的上衣，带着一个眼镜。英语老师的皮肤不太白，但是有一双水灵灵的大眼睛，你说的也非常好，看起来非常严肃，但其实她很温柔，还经常拿英语跟我们做游戏，我们班的同学呀，都非常喜欢她。老师也经常我们讲小秘密！

英语老师一上课第一句话就是拿出一张纸，我们来听写，听写之后呢就是拿出书来读，昨天学的那一课。接着就是把作业给我们发下来，改完之后学习新一节课，写之前老师会问谁预习了？然后一大堆同学举手，英语老师就说：“那我来考考你们谁预习对了。”老师先点了一个人，问一用英文怎么说？那个同学就说：“一用英文说one”然后呢，老师就给没学过的同学们讲，23456782，用英文怎么说。接着叫我们写单词。一节课马上结束了，老师会带大家，讲一讲练习题还会，考核，还剩最后20分钟的时候，老师会带我们做个游戏就比如，你今年几岁啦？有人会说：“Im。Ten。”一节课结束后，老师会问，谁学会啦。下节课我就考今天学的。

这就是我们的英语老师。

Nothing can be more exciting than success to a man. But you must face many difficulties before you can succeed. No one can make it easily. And it’s harder for those who are in adverse conditions to succeed.

However,everything has two sides. Just as someone said, in every adversity there lies the seed of an advantage and in every defeat there is a lesson showing you how to win the victory next time. The most important forus is to establish a brief, that is perseverance. The British ex-prime minister Winston Churchill had a motto of "Never, never, never, never give up . Nothing can substitute for hard work. Life is a process of struggle for success.

Everyone has their own dreams, teachers, doctors... . . Many professional for us to choose, but only one suits you. The right, life; Choose the wrong, it may pay a life.

Of course, I also have their own dreams, imagination is a good thing, but it is difficult to implement. So now only work hard, make full preparation, can not abandoned by society.

Dream, I will do a writer, although sometimes could be boring, but the happiness of his writing is really a very sweet very sweet, can let a person enchanted, unable to extricate themselves. Who ran a day may write not much, but I believe that adds up. Now many of the writers of the famous novels is not written in a day. Believe in yourself, a better future is waved to yourself.

Imagination, I could also do an entrepreneur, by our own mind, can do a lot of people want to dare not to do, and you can succeed, taste the taste of success, its very sweet very sweet. Believe in yourself can make it, then Im half the success.

Dream will be admitted to a famous university, but have to pay a lot of sweat, for the sake of my future dream, pay more sweat, eat more bitter also is worth it, because that is the dream of my life, lifetime dream should not use life efforts to achieve? Although I know the way in the future may be very bumpy, but that was trying to find my life goal, I wont give up easily.

Those who keep coming to imagine the future of things, the thing now is to study hard, to lay a good foundation for the future, the dream will not happen, my efforts were not in vain.

Good dream was just imagine, but really beautiful dream also take their own efforts, to believe in yourself can make it.

每个人都有自己的梦想，教师，医生…。.许许多多的职业供我们选择，但适合自己的只有一个。选对了，一生无忧;选错了，那就可能付出一生。

我当然也有自己的梦想，想象中的是美好的，但是实现起来确是困难的。所以只有现在奋发图强，做好充分的准备，才能不被社会抛弃。

梦想中，我会做一个作家，虽然有时可能会枯燥乏味，但是写作中的快乐确实很甜很甜的，可以让人陶醉其中，无法自拔。谁然一天可能写不了多少，但是我相信，积少成多。现在的很多作家的那些有名的小说也不是一天写出来的。相信自己，美好的未来正在向自己招手。

想象中，我可能还会做一个企业家，凭自己的头脑，可以做很多有人想做去不敢做的事，而且可以取得成功，尝到成功的滋味，那应该是很甜很甜的吧。相信自己一定能成功，那么我就成功一半了。

梦想会考上名牌大学，但是要付出很多很多的汗水，为了我未来的梦，付出再大的汗水，吃再多的苦也是值得的，因为那是我一生的梦，一生的梦不应该用一生的努力去实现吗?虽然我知道未来的路可能很坎坷，但是，那是我一生努力寻找的目标，我不会轻易放弃的。

那些未来的事只有留到来去想象，现在的事是要好好学习，为未来打下良好的基础，那些梦才会实现，我的努力才会没白费。

但是美好的梦想还只是想象，真正美好的梦还要自己去努力，相信自己一定能成功。

When the Spring Festival approaching, every family with a couplet, put up the firecrackers, the street is decorated, very busy. The city seems to become the world of light, the light of the ocean.

30 in the evening, my mother and I together several plate of dumplings. After package dumplings, I suddenly thought of a problem, it makes me a mystery. So I went to ask a mother: "why every Spring Festival to eat dumplings?" Mother said: "for dumplings as ingots, ate can with a silver spoon in her mouth." I finally understand. Eat dumplings, I watched the Spring Festival gala, a moment is sketch, is acting for a while, a moment is singing and dancing, is rich and colorful!

When the new moon, my mother and I go to grandpas grandmother home New Year. As soon as I see two old mans house, I respectfully, said: "grandpa, grandma, I give you a happy New Year, I wish you good health, long life!" Grandpas grandmother to see me so sensible, smile from ear to ear, hurriedly gave me lucky money.

Then suddenly to the lunar calendar. This is my favorite day, because so that I can get more money. I got up early, have been called my mother took me to my grandmas early. To grandmas home, my grandmother and gray together at the door to greet me. I hurriedly bowed to grandma, said: "grandma, Ill give you a happy New Year, wish you live as long as the southern mountain, happy forever!" Grandma listened to and held me in her arms, kua I grew up, sensible. Next to the dusty shook his tail, as if to say: "HengYue, you finally come, I wait you most." In the evening, my grandmother cooked many dishes: with meat, fish, green vegetables, turnip... Very delicious. It eat my stomach bulging like a big ball. After my grandmother gave me the money, Im so happy! Before you go to bed I put the amount of money I get for a few, for more than two thousand pieces, I decided to buy gifts for my grandpa, grandma, grandma, half, half donated to the disaster areas children.

This years Spring Festival is really memorable to me!

每当春节来临，家家户户都贴上了对联，放起了鞭炮，街上是张灯结彩、热闹非凡。全城好像变成灯的世界，光的海洋。

三十晚上，我和妈妈一起包了几盘饺子。包完饺子，我突然想到一个问题，这让我百思不得其解。于是我跑去问妈妈说：“为什么每次过春节都要吃饺子呢?”妈妈说：“因为饺子像元宝，吃了就能富贵。”我终于明白了。吃完饺子，我看了《春节联欢晚会》，一会是小品、一会儿是表演的，一会儿是歌舞，真是丰富多彩!

到了初一，我和妈妈一起去爷爷奶奶家拜年。我一见到两位老人家，就恭恭敬敬地说：“爷爷、奶奶我给你们拜年了，祝你们身体健康，长命百岁!”爷爷奶奶见我这么懂事，笑得合不拢嘴，连忙给了我压岁钱。

一转眼就到了初二。这是我最喜欢的一天，因为这样我就能得到更多的压岁钱。我早早地起了床，一直叫妈妈早点带我去外婆家。到了外婆家，外婆和灰灰一起在家门口迎接我。我连忙给外婆鞠了一躬，说：“外婆，我给您拜年了，祝您寿比南山，永远快乐!”外婆听了，一边把我抱在怀里，一边夸我长大了，懂事了。旁边的灰灰摇着尾巴，好像在说：“衡玥，你终于来了，我都等你大半天了。”晚上，外婆煮了许多菜：有肉，有鱼，有青菜、萝卜……可香了。这把我的肚子吃得鼓鼓的，犹如一个大皮球。之后外婆又给我了压岁钱，我开心极了!睡觉前我把我得到的钱数了数，整整有两千多块，我决定一半给爷爷、奶奶、外婆、买礼物，一半捐给灾区的小朋友。

今年的春节可真令我难忘啊!

The Spring Festival

This year,I had a exciting spring festival.Do you want to know about it?Let me tell you!

First,I went to ocean park with my family in Hongkong.It was very relaxing there.I ate the sea food.I played with the dolphins!

It was really happy there!

Then,we went to the Disneyland.It was very romantic.We enjoyed our selves there.It remind our mind to our childhood!If we will have another chance tour Hongkong.We will come there again!

This is my spring festival!What about you?

Today, our school held a "mini Olympics".

Representative in our class is a beautiful country, Peru in South America. The opening ceremony, we row tidy team into the playground. Commander walked to the front, we held up red balloons in the hand, waving to commander on the teacher in the hands of the balloon. The games, we participate in rope skipping, kangaroo jump, and in situ fixed pitch.

Kangaroos jump, athletes in good team, other students comprise the cheerleaders. We put our bags is good, teacher referees whistle 1 of "du", we can jump one by one, in a "come on" sound, our class won the first kangaroo jump, this period of training, finally has obtained the good result, we all cheered happily.

今天，我们学校举办了“小小奥运会”。

我们班代表的是南美洲的一个美丽的国家——秘鲁。开幕式时，我们排着整齐的队伍走进操场。走到司令台前，我们把手中的红气球举高了，向司令台上的老师挥舞手中的气球。这次运动会，我们参加的项目有跳绳，有袋鼠跳，还有原地定点投球。

袋鼠跳时，运动员排好队伍，其他同学就组成了拉拉队。我们把袋子套好，裁判员老师哨子“嘟”的一声，我们就一个接着一个跳，在一片“加油”声中，我们班夺得了袋鼠跳的第一名，这段时间的训练，终于取得了好成绩，我们都开心地欢呼起来。

The children, the Spring Festival, what is your custom? Id like to introduce to you!

First of all, was up at 5 am, at that time, Im still in the dream, my mother called me up, I hastily put on new clothes, grandma relatives.it guided me, brother, sister.

We have a lot of relatives, made a lot of lucky money, happy dead.

In the evening, grandma made dumplings with meat stuffing, stuffing, and a lot. Hang lanterns uncle took off firecrackers, dad. The family looked at the party, lay off firecrackers, eat dinner together, how happy ah.

Little friends, what is your custom?

小朋友们，过春节了，你家的习俗是什么呢?我来介绍给你吧!

首先，早上5点就要起床，那时候，我还在梦境当中呢，妈妈把我叫了起来，我草草的穿好新衣服，奶奶领着我、哥哥、妹妹去串亲戚。

我们串了好多亲戚，挣到了许多的压岁钱，开心死了。

晚上，奶奶做了饺子，有肉馅儿的，素馅儿的，还有好多好多。叔叔拿来鞭炮，爸爸挂上灯笼。一家人看着晚会，放着鞭炮，吃着年夜饭，多开心呀。

小朋友们，你家的习俗是什么呢?

My spring is the happiest time.I have lots of spare time to read books,listen to music and surf the internet .I also like setting out the workfire because its interesting and fun.I can visit relatives and friends.We always have a good time together.

the representative of the bedroom zhu guozhang asked us to guess a line of a poem related to the above situation. he added that li xinmin alone was born in the year of the dog and the other three were all born in the year of the chicken. they left us all in confusion.

and it was our monitor who was quickwitted. he shouted our, "the day breaks as the cock crows three times at dawn." the hall after that, they had another item. this time li xinmin was placed in the middle of the circle. while he was standing there, the other three stood around him, each bowing down to him at an angle of 120 degrees.

it was an idiom. this time i got it right:"the dog stands out among a group of chickens."