高一下学期英语范文【通用20篇】

The Great Wall of China is called the "Ten thousand Ii Great Wall" in Chinese. In fact, it s more than 6 000 kilometres long. It winds its way from west to east, across deserts, over mountains, through valleys till at last it reaches the sea. It is one of the wonders of the world.

中国的长城被称为“一万号长城”在中国。事实上，这是超过6的000公里长的。它自西向东蜿蜒，穿过沙漠，越过高山，穿过峡谷，最后到达海洋。它是世界上的奇迹之一。

The Great Wall has a history of over twenty centuries. The first part of it was built during the Spring and Autumn Period. During the Warring States Period, more walls were put up to defend the borders of the different kingdoms. It was during the Qin Dynasty that the kingdom of Qin united the dif ferent parts into one empire. To keep the enemy out of his empire, Emperor Qin Shi Huang had all the walls joined up. Thus, the Great Wall came into being.

长城已有二十多年的历史。它的第一部分是建立在春秋时期。战国时期，提出保卫不同王国的边界被更多的墙。这是秦王朝的秦统一为一个帝国的不同部分中的王国。为了不让敌人进入自己的帝国，秦始皇把所有的城墙连接起来。因此，长城就形成了。

The Great Wall is wide enough at the top for five horses or ten men to walk side by side. Along the wall are watchtowers, where soldiers used to keep watch. Fires were lit on the the towers as a warning when the enemy came.

长城是足够宽，顶部五匹马或十个人并排而行。沿城墙有了望塔，过去常有士兵驻守。大火照亮在塔上作为一个警告当敌人来了。

It was very difficult to build such a wall in the ancient days without any modern machines. All the work was done by hand. Thousands of men died and were buried under the wall they built. The Great Wall was made not only of stone and earth, but of the flesh and blood of millions of men.

它是建立在这样一个壁无任何现代机器很难。所有工作都是用手完成。成千上万的人死了，被埋在自己修建的城墙下面。长城不仅是用石头和土，但对几百万人的血和肉。

Today the Great Wall has become a place of interest not only to the Chinese but to people from all over the world. Many of them have come to know the famous Chinese saying: "He who does not reach the Great Wall is not a true man."

今天，长城已成为地方利益不仅对中国而且对来自全世界各地的人。许多人都已知道这句中国名言：“不到长城非好汉。”

As a Senior Grade Three students, I am very busy in preparing for the

college entrance examination. I have seven classes a day, and two self-study

classes at night. And only a day left for the weekend. So, most of the time I

have to spend on the study, after all the college entrance examination is very

important for almost all of us. Aside of study, I would play football with my

friends after school and the weekend. I like playing football very much. When I

run on the football field, I can put the examination thing off my mind for a

while, only sweat and laugh left. It is a good exercise for health and a good

way to relax from the busy study too. This is my high school life, busy and

fulfilling.

1月31号，我们学校又举行了社会实践活动。早上，学校门口停着无数辆大巴车。7点左右操场上欢声笑语、同学们打打闹闹，过了一会校长说了活动注意事项，就上车出发了。

在车上有的同学在说话、有的同学在吃零食、还有的同学在睡觉。这次我们是去广州岭南印象和广州科技馆。虽然到那里要一个半小时，但是对于我们来说时间会过得很快，因为我们太开心了!

到了广州岭南印象我们迫不及待地下车了。那里风景很美，全是古代建筑。路边有一条小溪，小溪里有成千上万条小鱼，小鱼太约长15厘米左右。

过了一会我们又来到了科技馆。科技馆的外形是一架神州8号的形状，天发板上刻满了象形文字。我在里面体验了飞天之梦，真的飞起来了，感觉说不出的好;体验了12级台风和13级地震;最后还体验了空中行走，在空中行走就像游泳池里游泳一样，真奇妙!我觉得我只要认真观察就能当发明家。

科技馆的东西很贵，一个玩具电光笔就要15元，不过我还是给家人买了礼物。

时间过的飞快，一会就要回家了，我们都依依不舍地上了车。

这次社会实践活动真有意义!

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.

Last weekend, our class had a public benefit activity.

In fact, we went to nursing homes to recite English and Chinese texts and sing songs for them for the old ladies and men. A few days before, we read a text about the loneliness of the people in the nursing homes. So we are volunteering to hold this volunteer labor. We have prepared our own part at for a week. On Saturday afternoon, we brought our performance there and showed them one by one.

The old were laughed happily, so did we. It’s so good to have such an activity.

上个周末，我们班进行了一场公益活动。

事实上，我们去了养老院给那儿的老爷爷老奶奶朗诵英文和中文文章、唱歌。前几天，我们看了一个关于老人们在养老院的孤独的文章。所以我们主动举行这次公益活动。我们准备自己的角色准备了一个星期。上周六下午，我们一样接一样地向他们展示我们的表演。

老爷爷老奶奶们都开心地笑了，我们也很开心。像这样的活动真是太好了。

My Spring Festival is special. My uncle and my aunt came back from Shanghai. My family were very happy to keep the Spring Festival with them. And it was the most exciting festival of all the festivals.

On New Year’s Eve, my father and my uncle talked about their work together. My mum did some cooking with my aunt Grandparents and I watched the New Year TV programmes. At about six o’clock, we had a special family dinner. We all thought the dumplings were delicious. examda.

On the first day of the New Year, we visited our relatives. In the afternoon, we went shopping in Jiefanf Road. My uncle bought some Jay’s CDs. He likes Jay’s music very much. There were so many people on the road. It was more alive than any other time of a year.

On the second and the third days, we spent a wonderful weekend in the country. There were much bigger trees than in the city. And the animals were more beautiful than in the city. We all enjoyed ourselves.

another new term comes again,so i should have a study plan to promot myself.

firstly,i descide to finish my homework more carefully than before.and pay more attention to the knowledge which i didnt know it clearly.

secondly,i will do a lot of read to widen the range of my knowledge.and try to combine thoery to practice.

finally,i will learn to adjust, to be more positive and more helpful.

thats what i plant to do in a new term.

Do you know thanksgiving day? do you know why human thank god?

Thanksgiving falls on the fourth thursday of november, a different date every year. the president must proclaim that date as the official celebration.

Thanksgiving is a time for tradition and sharing. even if they live far away, family members gather for a reunion at the house of an older relative. all give thanks together for the good things that they have.

In this spirit of sharing, civic groups and charitable organizations offer a traditional meal to those in need, particularly the homeless. on most tables throughout the united states,foods eaten at the first thanksgiving have become traditional.

What should we thank?

The thankful great universe provides the environment of existence for us and give us sunlight,air, water and everything in keeping with we existence of space, bring storm to let us accept to toughen for us, bring to us mysterious let us look for.

The thankful parents give us the life, make us feel the merriment of the human life, feel the genuine feeling of the human life, feel the comity of the human life, feel happiness of the human life, also feel hardships and pain and sufferings of the human life!

The thankful teacher works with diligence and without fatigue everyday of teach, give us knowledge ability, put on the wing which flies toward the ideal for us.

The thankful classmate and friend grows up road of, let i no longer standing alone in the itinerary of life; the with gratitude is frustrated and let us become in a time the failurestronger.

使人疲惫的往往不是远方的高山，而是你鞋里的一粒沙子!

面对这一粒沙子，有的人停止了脚步去抚慰磨的红红的脚趾;有的人磕去脚中的沙子，又毅然背起重重的行囊开始了新的征程。

这一粒沙子不正如我们生活中的困扰吗?有的人自暴自弃，甘愿沉沦整个人生被搅得永无宁日;有的人剔除生活中的琐屑，卸下心灵上的负担，以一颗纯净之心去轻松地面对远方的高山。

巴尔扎克说：“不幸，是天才的进升阶梯，是信徒的洗礼之水，是弱者的无底深渊。”

不幸是弱者的无底深渊!

前世界台球冠军路易斯安那曾称霸世界十余年，无人能敌。然而，在一次比赛中由于一只苍蝇三次落到他正要击的球上，他竟然挥杆打苍蝇而触犯了规则以致输掉了比赛。第二天，人们在离比赛场地不远的地方发现了了他的尸体!

不幸，是弱者的无底深渊!一个生活中小小的挫折竟然击败了无人能敌的世界冠军。

朋友们，不要做一个自暴自弃，甘愿沉沦而被生活中的困扰打败的弱者。

张爱玲曾经说过：“人生是一袭华美的袍，上面爬满了虱子。”辉煌亮丽的人生时常充满了啮咬性的困扰，面对这些困扰你将怎样做呢?

古人告诉我们：“艰难困苦，玉汝于成。”萧伯纳说：“生命的道路在于把地狱变成天堂，把人变成上帝，在于那‘苦难的山谷’里点起一盏万年灯，普照大千世界。”史铁生告诉我们：“艰难和困惑就是生命本身，这是与生俱来的。否则人生岂不简单了吗?”尼克松说：“生活就是99个回合。”泰戈尔说：“如果你因失去了太阳而流泪，那么你也将失去群星了。”……

朋友们，风雨中这点痛算什么?黑暗过后必是黎明，阴霾散尽，依然溢彩流虹。对待困扰我们要泰然处之，不要因为一粒沙子而毁了我们的大好前程。

前行途中，请及时倒出鞋中的沙子。

新的学年来到了，在漫漫的求学路上，我们又踏上了新的征程，向着我们的理想目标挺进。

同学们，我们学校是我市一所音、体、美特长加对口专业的特色高中。纯正的校风，严谨的教风，浓郁的学风和深厚的文化底蕴，得到社会各界的普遍赞誉。我校本着一流的设施，一流的师资，一流的管理，不断催生一流的办学效益。为高校培养出一批又一批的人才，由于学校办学实绩突出，先后比评为市文明单位和市重点中学。

同样，过去的一学年，又是丰硕的一年。我校教育教学质量又有了新的突破。2011年我校考生700余人，本二以上上线285人，上线率远远超过一中和二中。成绩的取得，离不开同学们的勤奋努力，离不开全体老师的辛勤工作，离不开管理人员创造的稳定的教育教学秩序，以及后勤人员的服务保障。过去的成绩让我们自豪，未来的目标更令我们振奋。本学年我们的学习任务艰巨而有挑战性。

高一同学刚从初中升入高中学习，无论是知识的深广度还是对学习的要求都上了一个大大的台阶。能否尽快的掌握高中学习方法，养成良好的学习习惯（习惯决定成败），适应高中学习要求，并能轻松的驾驭她是高一同学面临的首要问题。高一上学期11月中旬还要从普高生中选拔一部分同学学习音、美（2011年美术乐音本二上线140人，上线率达四成），这是一次难得的机遇，使我们通往大学的捷径。同时高一所学的都是必修模块，必修模块是高考的核心内容与必考范围，更需要我们扎扎实实的打好基础。

高二同学已经开始分对口班，为两年后的高考确定了报考方向。但高考靠的是实力，凭的是成绩。所以狠抓平时，提高成绩，不断进步就是硬道理。考大学仅靠高三是不够的，甚至是不行的！学习是一个日积月累的过程，没有高一高二的拼搏，哪有高三的腾飞？ 高三同学距离最后决战还有260天，十二年寒窗苦读即将修成正果，我们的大学之梦即将变为现实，父母十多年的期盼即将如愿以偿。但是，“即将”意味着还未到来，梦想依然在梦中，你的大学录取通知书还未印刷，虽说尚有一步之遥，但却是决定胜负、甚至是决定命运的一步。这所剩260天的每一天都跟我们的最终的胜利紧密关联。希望全体高三同学为了对得起自己十多年的汗水，更为了自己的未来；为了自己的亲人，更为了我们的祖国，争分夺秒，拼搏奋斗，让我们的梦想在260天后成为现实。

“要成才必须先成人”，学好文化课固然重要，但更重要的是学会做人，做什么样的人？做一个品德高尚，举止文明，为人友善，严于律己，刻苦勤奋，人格健全的阳光青年。借此机会，我向大家提几点希望，概括起来是“四要，四不要”。

一、要文明，不要粗野

现代社会是文明的社会，作为新时代的高中生，我们要文明，不要粗野。在我们的日常生活中，文明行为比比皆是，粗野举动也不鲜见。譬如：

1.尊敬师长是文明，目无尊长是粗野。尊敬师长是我们温州人的优良传统。大多数同学对老师很有礼貌，虚心、乐意接受老师的批评教育，有错就改；上课认真听讲，尊重老师的

劳动，保质保量完成老师布置的任务??，这是文明。但是，确有少数同学老虎屁股摸不得，只允许他违纪，不允许老师批评教育，动不动就与老师顶牛，动不动还打电话给家长，说老师如何如何欺负他了，这那像是一个高中生，完全是幼儿园小朋友的做派。不尊重老师的劳动，上课讲闲话，看闲书，甚至玩手机等等，这些都是粗野的表现。

2.友爱同学是文明，倚强凌弱、打架斗殴是粗野。同学之间亲如兄妹，将来若干年以后，同学关系是非常亲近的关系。所以，我们应该十分珍惜同学友谊，同学之间友好相处这是文明的表现。但是，个别同学为了一点小矛盾，不是通过老师解决，而是大打出手，甚至请校外人报复自己的同学，使矛盾激化，甚至造成不必要的伤害。这种倚强凌弱、争强好胜就是一种粗野。

3.珍爱生命是文明，自我摧残是粗野。我们的生命属于自己的，亲人的，社会的。我们要珍爱自己的生命，对自己负责，对亲人负责，对社会负责。要时时刻刻把安全放在

了错误的时候，教导我们的是老师；当我们遇到难题而汗流浃背不得其解的时候，为我们耐心点拨的是老师。老师一个赞扬的眼神，使我们万分开心；一句温暖的问候，使我们感受到不是亲情胜似亲情。没有一位老师不希望“青出于蓝而胜于蓝”。是老师的默默辛劳换来了我们的不断进步与茁壮成长，也换来了人类文明的勃勃生机。不要误解了老师的严格甚至严厉，而产生怨恨。

要感恩同学。在我们取得成绩的时候，同学的“大拇指”给予了巨大的鼓舞，而在我们遇到困难的时候，又是同学送来了热情的帮助。要感恩对手。正因为有了对手的竞争，我们才能取得更大的进步。

要感恩一切帮助过你的人。正因为有了他们，你才会一帆风顺，直到永远。

感恩不需要豪言壮语，感恩需要的是从现在做起；感恩不需要惊天动地，感恩只需要从小事做起。一个不懂得感恩的人，永远不会“被感恩”。在积极开展“八荣八耻”教育的今天，要以“感恩报德”为荣，以“忘恩负义”为耻，努力营造一种知恩图报的良好校园氛围，为构建文明、和谐校园打下坚实的思想基础。

三、要守纪，不要散漫

“不以规矩，不成方圆”。纪律制度是一个学校稳定教育教学秩序的基本保证，犹如法律法规一样具有强制性。个人的行为自由，必须受到纪律制度的约束。任何违反纪律制度的行为都具有强大的破坏性。譬如：就寝时，有了你随便讲话的自由，就没有别人安静休息的自由；上课时，有了你讲闲话、看闲书、玩手机的自由，就没有别人专心听讲、汲取知识的自由；课间，有了你在教室内外大声喧哗、追逐打闹的自由，就没有别人放松精神、调整上课情绪的自由；就餐时，有了你乱插队的自由，有没有别人有序就餐的自由；校园内，有了你乱扔垃圾的自由，就没有大家享受校园美丽环境的自由??等等。所以，遵守纪律是美德，自由散漫是缺德。希望大家以规范守纪为荣，以散漫违纪为耻，自觉按照《中学生守则》、《中学生日常行为规范》以及学校的各项规章制度时时处处严格要求自己、塑造自己、发展自己、完善自己；注重讲究礼仪、礼貌、礼节；把握和控制自己的言行，在家做个好子女，在校做个好学生，将来做个好公民。从现在开始，认认真真书写好人生中精彩的每一页。

四、要自信，不要自卑

自信是一个人对自身力量的一种确信，深信自己一定能做成某件事，实现所追求的目标。一个人的成功不仅需要才干，更需要自信。或者说，自信是一个人成功的

有学习之前就断定自己学不好，在没有背诵之前就断定自己背不上，在没有考试之前就断定自己考不好。这种消极的自我暗示，就是典型的自卑表现。所以，什么也不用努力，反正我什么也不行，最后只能是越来越不行。

[高一班主任新学期寄语两篇

Qianshan is a new economic zone with a population of more than three hundred thousand. Before the reform and opening up, Qianshan was only a small fishing-dominated village. There was no industry developing here and there were only a couple of schools. However, with the reform and opening up, everything has greatly changed. From then on, many foreign investors invest in here, which promotes rapid economic growth. Many large factories and a large port have been built. The port connects with many cities at home and abroad. In addition, there is train station and airport. They contribute a well-developed transportation system. Education has been greatly developed and the first university has been built here. There has been three thousand students graduated from this university. I am sure that Qianshan will be more international in the near future.

Tennis is the world’s third sport, it ranks after football and basketball.

Every year, a lot of audience keeps their eyes on the four grand slam

championships. It is known to all that Wimbledon has the oldest history and the

tennis players treat it as the greatest honor to win it. This year, the local

player Murray won it again.

The famous male tennis players are Big 4. They almost won all the important

championships during the last ten years. But Murray was in the awkward situation

though he was one of the Big 4, he never won the grand slam, what’s more, people

in England put so much hope on him to win Wimbledon Championship. When Murray

made it he cried out and felt relieved.

When the second time he won, he cried out again though he did not have so

much pressure as before. The fans knew that he had a hard time after his first

great honor, people started to qustioned about his ability. But he proved

himself again.

Every player has his honor hour and the bad time, the more important is to

never give up, then honor will come again.

The new semester began, I give myself a new term plan:

1: learning attitude: to correct learning attitude, dont fidget, class listen earnestly, actively speak, completes each question carefully and dont understand asked, to actively with the classmate, ask the teacher.

2: English: English is my weaknesses, this semester I want my English increase rapidly, to follow the teacher in class thinking study together, strive for classroom learning classroom digest! More free time, and said, write more, listen more, to improve my spoken English!

3: the language aspect: reading and writing is my weakness, this semester I want to see more idioms, words, books at home, increase my vocabulary; Read more books, accumulate second word lovers, use composition, to improve my writing scores; Composition nets more at ordinary times, deepen the impression about dont know the word, word, after no longer write typo, ghost word in the homework!

4: mathematics, mathematics is my strong suit, but I am not proud, because I still have shortcomings in mathematics, such as: sloppy, not serious topic, forget everything... So, I want to let my math scores this semester to the next level.

5: other ways: we learn every subject is very important, we cant dine, so, I want to learn every subject, to be a breakthrough of Chinese and western, ancient and modern, well versed and liberal arts students.

This is my new term plan, I want to strive towards this goal, hope to supervise students, teachers and parents!

新的学期开始了，我给自己制定了一份新的学期计划：

1：学习态度：学习态度要端正，上课不搞小动作，认真听讲，积极发言，仔细做好每一道题，不懂就问，主动和同学商量，向老师请教。

2：英语方面：英语是我的弱项，这学期我要把我的英语成绩迅速提高，上课要跟着老师的思路一起学习，争取当堂学的东西当堂消化!空闲时间多说、多写、多听，提高我的口语水平!

3：语文方面：阅读和作文是我的弱项，这学期我要在家多看些成语、词语的书，增加我的词汇量;多读课外书，积累秒词佳句，用到作文中，提高我的作文成绩;平时多作文网，对不认识的字、词加深印象，以后在作业中不再乱写错字、别字!

4：数学方面：数学虽然是我的强项，但是我也不能骄傲，因为我在数学方面还有缺点，比如：作题马虎、不认真审题，丢三落四……所以，这学期我要让我的数学成绩更上一层楼。

5：其他方面：我们学习的每一科都非常重要，我们不能偏科，所以，我要学好每一科，争取当一名中西贯通、古今贯通、文理贯通的好学生。

这就是我的新学期计划，我要朝着这个目标努力奋斗，希望老师、同学及家长给予监督!

To tell you the truth，I don t like the Spring Festival at all. When I was young I liked it very much，because I could had something tasty to eat during the Spring Festival，and I could enjoy very wonderful TV programmes，too，I also could had much free time during which I could did something I liked to do. I don t like it now， there are many reasons.

Firstly，I can t have a good time during the Festival. Every New Year s Eve something unpleasant often happens. Once I quarreled with my second brother.

Secondly，I can t relax myself during the Festival. I have to do many things，watch so many TV programmes， meet so many people，all these things make me very tired.

Thirdly，spending one Spring Festival means that I become one year older，I don t like to be old. I want to live longer and be young all the time. Readers， what is your opinions about the Spring Festival?Please tell us，we can share our opinions. Thanks for reading! Goodbye.

[高一英语作文我的春节

Goodafternoon， teachers! My name is XuLulu. I`m 11. I come from Class1 Grade 5 of TongPu No.2 Primary School. There are 4 people in my family. My father is tall. My mother is pretty.My sister has a long hair. And I`m a good student. However， my home is near the school， I often get up early. Because I must work hard. after school， I like playing computer games and reading books. I`d like to eat apples. They are sweet and healthy. And I like Tuesday best. We have English， music， computer and P.E. on Tuesdays. My math teacher is Miss Huang. Her class is so much fun. So my favourite class is math. And I like Chinese and English， too. This is me. An active girl. Please remember XuLulu. Thank you very much!

There is a library in every university, some schools pay special attention

to the building of the library, because the library always on behalf of

presentation of a school. We can find all kinds of books in the room, library

provides convenience, but it still has space to improve.

On the one hand, we can check the information and go to the library every

day. It is open all the week, and the time is from 8 o’clock to 10 o’clock. For

students, they can go to the place all the time. What’s more, the book they want

is easy to find, they can check on the computer, and find the number

quickly.

On the other hand, the library needs to improve its equipment. The books on

the library are very old, it is not good for students to do some research paper.

The amount of the computer is not enough, I always find the students wait for

the computer, while some students need to use the computer for a long time. So

there will be better if increase the number of the computer.

Despite these drawbacks, I am generally pleased with the library and hope

that it will continue to make improvement in the future.

Dear Mary, Pressure is a serious problem in today’s world. I know you are under too much pressure. You can’t get on well with your classmates; you may worry about your exams. I’m always under pressure, too. My parents want me to be the top student in class. So they send me to all kinds of training classes at weekends.

Last Monday evening, I had a talk with my mother. I told her I was not lazy. I really felt tired. I needed time to relax. My mother agreed with me at last. So I think a conversation with your parents is necessary to solve the problem. Less pressure, better life! Best wishes to you! Your, Jane

亲爱的玛丽，压力是当今世界的一个严重问题。我知道你承受太多的压力。你不能和你的同学相处得很好，你可能会担心你的考试。我总是在压力下。我父母想让我成为一流的学生。所以他们在周末送我去各种培训班。

上个星期一晚上，我和我的妈妈说了一次。我告诉她我不懒。我真的感到很累。我需要时间放松。我妈妈终于同意了。所以我想和你父母的谈话是解决问题的必要的。更少的压力，更好的生活！最美好的祝愿给你！

My grandparents believed you were either honest or you werent. There was

no in between. They had a simple motto hanging on their living-room wall: "Life

is like a field of newly fallen snow; where I choose to walk every step will

show. "They didnt have to talk about it--they demonstratedthe motto by the way

they lived. They understood instinctively that integrity means having a personal

standard of morality and ethics that does not sell out to expediency and that is

not relative to the situation at hand. Integrity is an inner standard for

judging your behavior.Unfortunately, integrity is in short supply today--and

getting scarcer. But it is the real bottom line in every area of society.And it

is something we must demand of ourselves.

A good test for this value is to look at what I call the Integrity Trial,

which consists of three key principles: Stand firmly for your convictions in the

face of personal pressure.

When you know youre right, you cant back down. Always give others credit

that is rightfully theirs. Dont be afraid of those who might have a better idea

or who might even be smarter than you are. Be honest and open about who you

really are. People who lack genuine core values rely on external factors--their

looks or status---in order to feel good about themselves. Inevitably they will

do everything they can to preserve this facade,but they will do very little to

develop their inner value and personal growth.

So be yourself. Dont engage in a personal cover-up of areas that are

unpleasing in your life. When its tough, do it tough. In other words, face

reality and be adult in your responses to lifes challenges.

Self-respect and a clear conscience are powerful components of integrity

and are the basis for enriching your relationships with others.

Integrity means you do what you do because its right and not just

fashionable or politically correct. A life of principle, of not succumbing to

the seductive sirens of an easy morality,will always win the day. My

grandparents taught me that.

8 August 2008

Jacques Rogge, President, International Olympic Committee

That was spectacular. Tonight, the world was able to join in a magnificent tribute to the athletes and the Olympic spirit. It was an unforgettable and moving ceremony that celebrated the imagination, originality and energy of the Beijing Games.

We saw 204 national delegations march into the beautiful new National Stadium in the age-old tradition of the Games. Millions of people around the world were able to experience the thrill of seeing their heroes in a sea of team colours and national flags.

We witnessed athletes from these 204 countries and territories united in peace in one place. And for the next 16 days, they will be a part of one of the most thrilling competitions in history. As an Olympian, I can tell you that they will carry this memory with them forever.

This iconic stadium is one of the worlds new wonders. It was a fitting setting for an amazing Opening Ceremony, I look forward to an equally exciting and unforgettable 16 days.

Hein Verbruggen, IOC Member and Chairman of the Coordination Commission for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad

Opening ceremonies have always been a way for host cities to welcome the world and for the world to gather and share the Olympic spirit. This ceremony to open the Beijing Olympic Games was a breathtaking culmination of seven years of planning and preparation. The world will remember this for a long time.

I love to read. When I was three years old, my parents had taught me to

read. They bought me some books with funny and colorful pictures. Soon I was

attracted by these stories and fell in love with reading. Since I went to

school, I often went to the library and it was my favorite place. Studying in

the library provided me a silent environment. The most important thing was that

as so many excellent students sat around me. I felt the great motivation to move

on. I could find the data any time and read the books I liked. I have gained a

lot of knowledge and find the great hour there.

My hometown is beautiful place It stands near a wide river at the foot of low green hills. It has many tall buildings and wide streets. There are trees and flowers everywhere.

But it has not always been like that. In the old days, it was a sad dirty little town. Landlords and merchants lived in the few good houses. For the working people there were only dark, unhealthy rooms in old buildings and huts in narrow muddy streets. Nearly everyone was poor and many had no work.

Everything has changed since liberation. The people, led by the Party, have got rid of the mud and dirt. They have put up schools, theaters, shops and flats. They have an assembly hall and a hospital. Along the river they have built offices, hotels and parks. A lot of factories have sprung up. On the river, streamers and boats come and go busily, day and night. They carry the products of our industries to all parts of the country.

I love my hometown, and I love its people. They also have changed. Healthy and happy, they are going all out to build socialism.