高一写人的英语作文合集4篇 作文带翻译【合集20篇】

The Dragon Boat Festival， also called the Duanwu Festival， is celebrated on

the fifth day of the fifth month according to the Chinese calendar. This

festival is to commemorate the death of QU Yuan， an upright and honest poet and

statesman who is said to have committed suicide by drowning himself in a

river.

The most important activity of this festival is the Dragon Boat races. It

symbolizes people‘s attempts to rescue Qu Yuan. In the current period， these

races also demonstrate the virtues of cooperation and teamwork.

Besides， the festival has also been marked by eating zong zi (glutinous

rice). Zongzi is made of glutinous rice stuffed with different fillings and

wrapped in bamboo or reed leaves. People who mourned the death of Qu threw Zong

zi into the river to feed his ghost every year.

With the changes of the times， the memorial turns to be a time for

protection from evil and disease for the rest of year. People will hang healthy

herbs on the front door to clear the bad luck of the house. Although the

significance of the festival might be different with the past， it still gives

the observer an opportunity to glimpse a part of the rich Chinese cultural

heritage.

端午节，又称为端午节，定在第五个月的第五天据中国日历。这个节日是为了纪念屈原的死，一个忠厚老实的诗人和政治家据说在河流溺水自杀。

这个节日最重要的活动是龙舟竞赛。它象征着人们的努力救屈原。在当前时期，这些比赛也证明合作和团队合作的优点。

此外，节日还被吃的粽子(糯米)。粽子是糯米做的塞满了不同的馅料包在竹叶或芦苇叶。人哀悼屈原的死亡把粽子扔进河里喂他的鬼魂。

随着时代的变化，纪念转向防止邪恶和疾病是一个时间的。人们会把健康的草药挂在前门清理房子的坏运气。虽然这个节日的意义可能与过去不同，它仍然使观察者看到的机会丰富的中国文化遗产的一部分。

To be or nor to be, that is a question. To succeed or to fail? How to

succeed and how to achieve? These problems confuse many teenagers in

nowadays.

We all have dreams, and we all work hard to realize them. But there will

always be some problems and setbacks to stop the pace of advance. When they

appear, what should we do? To stop or to go on? Mrs. Curie told us the answer.

We all know that Mrs. Curie discovered radium, but how many people really know

how hard she worked? At that time, there were many people disapprove of Mrs.

Curie. Although she got over hundreds of difficulties, she still believed in

herself and never gave up. Finally, she succeeded to discover radium. She proved

that she was right by her continuous hard work and her strong spirit. We should

learn from Mrs. Curie. She told us the truth through her own experiences that

believe in yourself, you can do it! Never give up, face the difficulties with a

smile, someday, you will be proud of yourself.

The key to success is confidence. It makes you brave, helps you get over

the troubles, and brings motivation to you. For example, somebody always get

nervous when they have an important speech, if they are in a nervous mood, the

results are always terrible. But if they are confident to themselves, the

results turn out to be better. Therefore, be confident, believe in yourself,

keep smile in your face when comes to difficulties, and you will achieve

more.

Welcome to our school! Our school is the key middle school in this city.

Now we are in the front gate. Entry in this school, you can see there is a big

football playground on the left and a big resturant on the right. If you’re

hungry, you can have something good in there. The grand teaching building is

right behind the football playground. We spend most time in the classrooms.

Behind the teaching building, there is a little lake with many fish in it. Oh,

there is also a nice library next to the lake. After the class, we can entry the

library freely to read the books we like. This is our school. Don’t you think

it’s great?

One Sunday my mother （Mother） had （made） me take my little young brother to the a trip to the country. She bade me take good care of him.

While we were walking along the road, the sun was shining brightly and the breeze was blowing gently. We saw the beautiful flowers smile （smiling） at us and heard the birds sing （singing） their sweet songs on the trees. The scenery was indeed very pretty （beautiful）。

When we felt tired, we returned home. We saw Mother （our mother） wait （waiting） for us at the door.

有一个星期日，我母亲叫我带小弟弟去乡村游历。她吩咐我要好好照料他(www.kuaidu.com.cn)。

当我们沿着道路行走的时候，太阳灿烂地照耀着，微风轻轻地吹着。我们看见美丽的花儿对我们微笑着，并听见鸟儿在树上唱着悦耳的歌曲，风景实十分美丽。

当我们感觉到疲倦的时候，我们就回家了。我们看见母样正在门口等候我们。

A young apple tree begins to grow from a seed. When its roots reach into the soil, it gets water. The young tree uses light from the sun and makes its own food. For several years, the tree grows bigger.

Then, in spring, it grows sweet flowers. During the summer, apples begin to grow. They grow bigger and bigger. In autumn, they began to fall from the tree.

People like apples because they taste good. And they are good for health.

【参考译文】

小苹果树是由一颗种子长大的。当它的根扎到土壤里，它就得到了水分。小树利用阳光，制造了自己的食物。几年以后，小树长大了。

后来，到了春天，树长出了清香的花朵。夏天时，蘋果开始生长。它们长得越来越大。到了秋天，蘋果开始从树上落下来。

人们喜欢苹果，因为它们味道好，而且对健康有益。

[英语作文及翻译：苹果树

Dear Tony ，

Chongyang, the traditional Chinese festival for the elderly,即将来临

is coming around.

We are planning to visit the Nursing Home to celebrate the special day,

我们想邀请来自你们学校的同学们加入我们。

and we wound like to invite students from your school to join us.

我们计划数个活动We have planned several activities . When we get there , we will

visit the elderly in their rooms in groups, 向他们送花和自制的卡片，为了表达我们的尊敬和热爱。presenting

them with flowers and self--?made cards to show our respect and love. Then we

will do some cleaning and washing for them with the help of the nurses.

As some old people feel lonely .We may chat with them about their old days,

changes of our city, or anything they are interested in

.我们会给他们一些表演，例如：唱歌，舞蹈等等。

We may also give them some performances, such as singing, dancing and so

on.

我确定我们都会都中国的老人拥有更好的理解。I am sure we will both gain a better understanding of

the elderly inChina. If you have any suggestions, please let us know.

Looking forward to your early reply.

Yours,

Li Hua

An Accident

One sunny afternoon, when I was merrily riding home, I heard "Help! Help!". I rode to the riverside and found a boy of about five in the river struggling. I jumped into the water, swam to the boy and dragged him to the river bank. the boy said he was trying to catch a fish near the river bank and carelessly fell into the water. I asked him where his home was and sent him home. "Thank you very much!" the boys parents said, when I left his home. Though I got home late that afternoon, I was very happy.

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A wonderful day

Today is a wonderful day! In the morning, it is very fine! Then I climb the

mountain with family, the air on the mountain is very fresh, the flowers plants

and trees on the mountain all seem extremely beautiful. Coming back home in the

evening, family and I sat and watched TV together, we are returning and eating

the fruit while chatting, the whole family is happy and harmonious!I hope

everyday will be a good day in the future.

美好的一天

今天是美好的一天!在早上，天气非常好!然后，我爬上山与家人，山上的空气非常清新，山上的花草树木都显得格外美丽。回来晚上回家，我与家人坐在一起看电视，我们还吃着水果，一边聊天，全家其乐融融!我希望以后每天都是美好的一天。

I made a decision today. Becuase I often lose my confidence, I decide tell

myself ‘go’ in front of mirror after getting up every day. I believe this will

make me confident. Thus, I can do things I want bravely. Now, I will say, ‘Keep

going’.

今天，我做了一个决定，有的时候我会不自信。所以我要每天早上起床后对着镜子说一遍加油。因为我认为那样会使我变得自信。那样，我就可以大胆的去做一些我想要做却会紧张的事。现在，我要说一句：加油!

My school is very beautiful. It is in Guicheng, near the Qiandeng Lake. Do you know it?下面小编为你整理了My school life英语作文及翻译，欢迎大家阅读。

My school life can be rich! And friends in the school study together, play together, eat together, cleaning. Every day have a happy, fulfilling. I was lucky enough to get along with classmate in a big family.

We read the text together in the classroom every morning, morning reaidng once we again together in class. In class, we like again became a Nemesis, wish the teacher show his name, let oneself to speak. That is how we, in every class.

I remember when I was in the most happiness, is I spit in the classroom, my good friends and no dont care about me, to take paper towel items to me, let myself wiping his clothes. Strength of the students came to outside of the classroom to take the mop pool, give off something I spit on the ground to clean, and rub the ground bright as day. This made me feel very gratified. Even when I was at home some classmates or ask me to never mind. I did reply one by one, they are also very hope I can get back to this family. The influence of this thing for me is very big.

......

In this big family I very happy. Over time is the "children", our class has two students in the class to open a birthday party, then the happy moments in our class is coming again.

I love the family, love my campus life with my classmates and friends!

翻译：

我的学校生活可丰富啦!在学校里和伙伴们一起学习、一起嬉戏、一起吃饭、一起打扫卫生。每天过得都很快乐、充实。我很有幸和同学认识相处在一个大家庭里。

每天早晨我们在教室里一起朗读着课文，早读课一下我们便又一起上课。在课堂上，我们仿佛又成了一个个仇人似的，恨不得老师指点自己的名字，让自己来发言。我们就是这样，上着每一节课。

我记得我在里最最幸福的时候，就是我在课堂上吐了，我的好伙伴们并没有不关心我，纷纷拿纸巾的物品给我，让我自己来擦擦自己的衣服。力气大的同学则到教室外面的水池来拿拖把，把我在地上吐得东西给脱了干净，并且把地面擦得亮如白昼。这些举动让我感到十分的欣慰。就连我在家的时候有的同学还是在问我要不要紧。我都一一的做了答复，他们也都很希望我能早日回到这个大家庭当中。这件事情对我的影响十分的大。

……

在这个大家庭当中我十分的开心。过段时间就是“六一”了，我们班又有两位同学要在班上开生日会了，那时候我们班幸福的时刻又要到了。

我爱这个大家庭，更爱我的校园生活和同学、伙伴们!

[My school life英语作文及翻译

Winter is like your room, if you can clean it very well, you will like it, but if you throw things in a mess, you dont want to know, you must hate it. "Winter" is the same, you use a good attitude to look at it, you will definitely like me, step by step slowly falling in love with the "different winter".

I like winter, because only winter can make trees appear different styles. From spring and summer to autumn, leaves are always changing and changing. But winter can make trees become bare. I like to accompany my brother to practice football with my family in winter, not only to make my body warm, but also to give my brother an opportunity to practice more. There are also, in winter, I dont know if you have noticed that mosquitoes are missing a lot. At last, they can make me calm down and do well in homework. This is also a great benefit of winter. The last reason is my favorite, the family out to buy Hot pot material, in supermarkets to all of a sudden to the streams of people busily coming and going, in winter, many fewer people, do not have to queue for a check out, is really good, in the winter, the whole family sitting around the round table, each other help each other to resist the cold wind up, this feeling is only a winter feel, together with my family, so hot fireplace, warm atmosphere, in addition to "winter", any season cant taste good.

Anyway, there are also its shortcomings in winter. Of course, there are cold and cold currents that make the nose and water direct. They will make us want to hide in the quilt, but occasionally, this is not a bad thing. In a word, I like it in spring, summer, autumn and winter, and each season has its own characteristics, of which, winter is a very special one. But every trip to winter makes me feel different.

“冬季”就像你的房间，如果能整理的很干净，自己就会喜欢它；但如果你把东西丢的乱七八糟，那不用想也知道，你一定很讨厌它。“冬季”也是一样，你用好的心态去看待它，你绝对会如同我，一步一步的慢慢爱上那“不一样的冬季”。

我喜欢冬季，因为只有冬季，能使树木出现不一样的风格，从春天、夏天在到秋天，叶子都一直变多、变色，但“冬季”却能让树木成为光秃秃的一片。我喜欢在冬季与家人一同去陪弟弟练足球，不仅让我的身体变暖和，也给弟弟多一次练习的机会呢！还有还有，在冬季时，不知道你有没有发现，蚊子顿时少了很多，总算能让我静下心来好好写功课了，这也是冬季的一大好处唷！最后一个理由也是我最喜爱的原因了，全家一起出动去买火锅料，在员来熙熙攘攘的大卖场，一下子到了冬季，人少了许多，结帐都不必排队排个大老远，真是不错，在冬季，全家人一起围着圆桌，互相帮对方把冷飕飕的风给抵挡起来了，这种感觉也只有冬季感受的到 了，和家人一起围炉，如此这般热融融的气氛，是除了“冬季”之外，任何一季都品尝不到的好滋味。

反正不管怎么说，当然冬季也有它的缺点，像是有冷到令人鼻水直流的寒流等，都会使我们想躲在被窝里不要出来，但偶尔这样，也不是件坏事吧！总而言之，春夏秋冬我都喜欢，每一季都有它的特色，其中，冬季是很特别的一个喔！但是每经过一趟“冬之旅”，都让我有不同的感受。

高一生活的英语作文【1】

new high school life is both exciting and challenging for me. first, im in a new environment with my new teachers and new classmates. many of them are all from top middle schools in the area. im so excited to meet them all. the new school building is designed creatively and attractively. i loved it . my new teachers are nice and them teach very weel. they are always willing to answer my questions at the end of the class. second, i have to take some new subjects and choose some subjects myself. i liked that because it gives students freedom and i can develop more in my areas of interest. third, im glad to join into some of the clubs and activities in my school. they are very interesting and i could learn more social experience through those activities. im proud to be in this new school and i wish that i can unleash my potential and achieve my best in this school.

The New Life A few months ago, I was a primary pupil. I had many good friends and teachers that I remember all the time. My new life is very exciting. I’m in Dongzhou Middle School. It’s famous in Jiangsu. It’s bigger and more beautiful than the primary school. I love it very much. I’m in Cla10, Grade 7. It’s a good class. The students are clever, nice, friendly and helpful. All my classmates study hard. They want to be on the top. I get up at 5:30. Sometimes I read English, sometimes I learn Chinese. Studying is very / interesting. I’m sure our clawill get better and better. I like my new class, the new school and the new life.

高一生活的英语作文【2】

My high school life, nothing exciting - from flat to start, but also in the flat end. Can not call it exciting, but it can not be pleased to lament the difficult, but it can not be portrayed as odd. But "dull" is not possible to rub out the highlights of my life, but it will show a more bright, brilliant ... ... 我的高一生活平平淡淡——是从平淡中开始，又是在平淡中落幕。既不能称之为精彩，又不能欣然去感叹它的艰难，更不能将它描写得那样曲折离奇。但“平淡”是不可能抹杀掉我生活中的亮点的，反而会将它呈现得更加明亮，辉煌……

Long and short years, I learned the most important thing, not a textbook knowledge of those endless, but people learned how to do - to get along with everyone in the days, I learned a technique called "unity" thing, it allows us to hear the voice of 54 hearts beat together; short life in boarding school a few months, I learned to "inclusive", which is a blend of our strength; in ride out the storm with friends when I know the "concern", a pair of "It better to give than to receive." The best interpretation of ... Yes, I learned a lot of things like that, they are impossible to find in the textbook knowledge, they can not be called a capability. They are the people, heart to heart between the alternating collision, can really feel the same things, maybe you can in an instant perception of their true meaning, but maybe you really can not fathom the life out of the mystery ... ...

Perhaps this is my high school life, perhaps it will make you feel very empty, but it really is I want to sway the hearts of all, but I am very clumsy, but seemingly meaningful words can not make you feel I feel nothing at this moment ... ... 漫长而又短暂的岁月里，我学到的最为重要的东西，并不是课本上那些层出不穷的知识，而是学到了应该怎样去做人——在与大家一起相处日子里，我学会了一种叫做“团结”的东西，它能让我们听到 54颗心一起跳动的声音;在住校几个月的短暂生活里，我学会了“包容”，这是一种将我们融为一体的力量;在与好友共度的难关之时，我懂得了“关心”，一个对“ It’ better to give than to receive.”的最好诠释……是的，我学到了很多诸如此类的东西，它们都是在课本中所无从寻觅的知识，它们也不能被称作是一种能力。它们是在人与人，心与心之间，交替碰撞的时候，才能真正所感受到的东西，也许在瞬间你就可以感悟它们的真谛，但也许你真的就一辈子也无法参透出其中的玄机…… 也许这就是我的高一生活，也许它会让您觉得很空洞，但这确实是我内心深处所想要挥洒出的一切，只不过我那些看似隽永却笨拙无比的文字无法让您感受到我此时此刻的心情罢了……

大家好，我先自我介绍一下，我姓x，名，是一个普通的女孩，圆圆的脸蛋，扎着马尾辫，夹着漂亮的发夹。那弯弯的眉毛下嵌着一双水汪汪的大眼睛。我的性格很开朗，整天乐呵呵的，还很阳光呢!我的学习成绩名列前茅，是班上的免考生，而且我期末考试时还取得了双百分。我除了成绩好，还有很多爱好。比如说;英语、看书、跳舞、羽毛球……其中，我最喜欢的是跳舞。

提起跳舞，我可有很多的回忆呢!那是个风和日丽的下午，老师们在给我们化妆、扎辫子，因为今天来大剧院展示。我踏上台的那一刹那，我变得非常紧张，因为我怕在台下几千名观众面前献丑，当我跳起来时，心怦怦直跳，但过了一会儿台下的观众在轻轻地赞扬我们，我的心情突然就平静下来了，自然跳得更轻盈了，等到表演结束时，台下的掌声像雷声一般响起来，我心里顿时感到自豪。我下台后，妈妈表扬我跳得自然，我是多么的兴奋呀!我不禁想：希望我还能来大剧院展示。

这就是我，我除了会跳舞，还会很多，比如：乒乓、羽毛球、游泳……这就是我丰富多彩的生活，还想听小妹我的故事?等下一次吧!

I think I will be a teacher in the future, because I like to stay with children.

我觉得将来我会成为一名教师，因为我喜欢和孩子们待在一起。

Ill live in shanghai because I went to shanghai last summer and fell in love with it.

我会住在上海，因为我去年夏天去上海的时候就爱上了它。

I think its really a beautiful city.

我真的觉得那是一个美丽的城市。

As a teacher, Ill try my best to teach my students well and tell them how to be a useful person.

作为一名老师，我会尽力教好我的学生并告诉他们如何做一个有用的人。

In my free time, Ill listen to music, pop songs and go shopping with my friends, Sometimes Ill keep pets-maybe a colorful bird.

在我的空闲时间，我会听音乐，流行歌曲，和我的朋友去购物，有时候我会养宠物，也许会是一只色彩鲜艳的鸟。

It makes me happy.

它能让我开心。

During the summer holiday, Ill go to Italy on vacation.

暑假的时候我会去意大利度假。

I hear that its a great place to have fun.

我听说那里是去玩的好地方。

我家一直在大青山脚下一条不起眼的街道旁一个不起眼的小店订牛奶。那香喷喷的牛奶，都是由一个不起眼的送奶工送的。

他大概有四十岁出头，浓密的黑发下一张黑黑的脸上，嵌着一双炯炯有神的眼睛，厚厚的嘴唇里极难吐出一句流利的话。大黑手套下的一双手，像干枯的老树，条条龟裂如根根藤蔓般缠绕在他的指头上。

从父母与他的闲谈中，我知道了他家中一贫如洗，老母亲常年卧病在床，妻子也弃他而去，只有他一个人四处奔波，换取微薄的薪金来治疗和照顾老母亲，与他的母亲相依为命。如今物欲横流的社会，像他这样的孝子，恐怕已经不多了。

记得有一年夏天，一个电闪雷鸣，乌云密布的下午，我独自一人在家。窗外，暴雨倾盆，地上的积水足有四五公分。当时的情景，真是“黑云翻墨，白珠四溅”啊!这时，一阵急促的敲门声骤然响起。门外，是那位送奶工!他已经浑身湿透了，可怀中那两瓶鲜奶却丝毫未被雨水淋过，还有一丝温暖。他满怀歉意地看着我说：“对不起，我……今天……送得……有些晚了……”我赶忙说：“不晚，真是太感谢您了!”他冲我会心一笑，就匆匆忙忙下楼了。望着他的背影，一种感动和温暖在我心中油然而生。天知道，他在这滂沱大雨中到底跑了多少户人家?

一眨眼，已经好几年过去了，无论是春暖花开，烈日当空的时候，亦或是五谷丰登，白雪飘飞之际，他从不间断地给我们上门送牛奶，逢年过节也从不例外。

伟大往往显现于平凡之处，而不为人知的伟大也许才是真正的伟大。一个人美丑的定义并不仅限于其外表，而更在于其内心。有许多人并不为世人所广知，但他们却有着金子般的品质，送奶工就是他们中间的一个，这样的人最让我敬佩!

My mother is a ordinary women.She is a very very ordinary women，really.She

looks like very ordinary;her age very ordinary;only her wears looks like very

special.

My mother always wear a wide casual pants，a T-shirt (or a wide vest)，and a

pair of sunglaes.She always use toiletry，consequently shes skin was very

good.

My mother is very benignant，and she was very love me.I with regard to

these，I to be thankful.I love my mother ， too.Because she gave me very very

many.She civilize by education me how to do in world and knowledge.

My mother is a office workers.She everyday works hard，but she always not to

get heighten.Ha ha～～

I love my mother ， because she gave me very many thinks.

I love my Mum . A ordinary and largene mother.

my plan of next year

a new year ，a new start，when i stand on the edge of a new year，i can’t help  thinking about my plan of next year.

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.

关于春节的英语作文带翻译四：

我明年的计划

新的一年，新的开始，当我在新的一年的边缘立场，我不禁在想我明年的计划。

正如古人云：“。好开始是成功的一半“，所以我决定，我应该是在工作，而另一些性传播疾病就会放松，然后，在开始时，我比其他人更快，我当然会得到比别人更好的结果。

但是，我真正决定做的是，我必须利用好，我可以随时备用，虽然它似乎是不可能的。虽然，我会尽我所能，用我生活已计划了，结果将证明这一点。

We had English final exam yesterday. I feelvery sad now because I think I didn’t do well in the exam. Firstly, just amoment ago I realized that my composition in the exam stayed from the point,because I misunderstood the meaning of Green Campus. I thought Green Campus isonly the color of the campus. So I totally got away from the point. Inaddition, time was not enough for me. Eventually, I wrote some answers on theanswer sheet without thinking. Thus I’m afraid I can’t pass the exam. I am nowvery anxious.

我们昨天英语期末考试。我感到很伤心，因为我觉得我没把试考好。首先，不久前我才发现我把作文写离题了，因为我把绿色校园的意思理解错了。我以为绿色校园是指校园的颜色。所以我离题了。此外，时间对我来说也是不够的。最终，有些题目我都没看就直接写答案上去了。所以我怕我会考试不及格。我现在很担心。

The First Day in New Term

Today is September 3rd, the first day of the new semester. I am happy to see all of my classmates come back to school. Today is the first day for school, so we get our new textbooks. I open them generally and I find that I am interested in most of the contexts. Today we have Chinese, math, English, physics and so on. In the Chinese class, our teacher greets to us and then she suggests us talking about our holidays to others. All of us share the interesting things with classmates. I find that we all have a good holiday. I hope we can make progress in study together.

今天是9月3号，新学期的第一天。我很高兴看到所有的同学都已返校。今天是开学的第一天，我们领取了新的课本。打开课本我发现我对大部分的内容都感兴趣。今天，我们有语文，数学，英语和物理等课程。在语文课上，老师向我们问好然后建议我们向其他同学讲述我们的假期。所有人都和同学分享了有趣的事。我们都度过了愉快的假期。我希望我们能够在学习上一起进步。

[新学期第一天英语作文及翻译

Today I found time was a cruel thing. Whatever man is, time always goes on. It won’t stay to wait for somebody. You can’t use anything to exchange time. Time is also a fair thing.

Although you have a lot of money or you enjoy high reputation, time won’t leave them more. Today I found I hadn’t enough time. Although I have 50-day holiday, but I found I had a lot of things to do. I had a lot of homework to do and I had something necessary to do.

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.