英语口语考试自我介绍怎么说(最新20篇)

There is an old saying in China“people need face while the trees need skin”，the meaning is that Chinese people pay special attention on the dignity. Loving face is most people’s behavior, so they like to brag, they enjoy being adored by others. About the face problem, I think we should not take it serious, we are not living for other people, we are living for ourselves. The real self-esteem is from our hearts, not from other people. Chinese people like to brag, they brag about their property, hoping that people will respect him. The funny thing is that only the fake successful people will brag, the real one is silent, they keep working hard, the successful career supports their self-esteem. If we want people to respect us, we should show our reality, be nice to them, never brag about ourselves.

在中国有句老话“人要脸树要皮”，意思是中国人很注重尊严问题。爱面子是大多数人的习惯，他们喜欢吹嘘，享受被人崇拜。关于面子问题，我认为我们不应该把它看得很重，我们不是为别人而活，是为自己而活。真正的自尊是出于我们的内心，不是看别人。中国人喜欢吹牛，他们夸大自己的财产，希望人们尊重他们。有趣的是只有不成功的人才会吹牛，真正成功的人是沉默的，他们努力工作，事业的成功支撑着他们的自尊。如果我们想要别人尊重我们，我们应该展示我们真实的一面，对人友好，不要吹牛。

My name is.I am eleven years old this year.I am tall and thin with two big eyes.I like reading,collecting stamps,playing the piano,playing table tennis,traveling and so on.I also like eating meat because it is delicious.I am interested in maths and English.I study hard every day so I am good at maths and English.I also like playing basketball on weekends with my friends.My favorite star is Yao Ming.I admire him very much.

Good morning !

It is really my honor to have this opportunity for an interview， I hope I can make a good performance today. Im confident that I can succeed.Now I will introduce myself briefly.I am 26 years old，born in shandong province .(General Introduction)

I was graduated from Qingdao university. my major is electronic.and I got my bachelor degree after my graduation in the year of 2015. During university， I spent most of my time on study so that I have passed CET4/6 .and acquired basic knowledge of my major.(Education background) I think Im a good team player and Im a person of great honesty to others. Also I am able to work under great pressure.

Thats all. Thank you for giving me the chance.

to introduce myself（介绍我自己）

hello,every one!（大家好）

my name is **** . （我叫****）

im a 15 years old boy. （我是一个15岁的男孩）（具体情况自己改）

i live in the beautiful city of rizhao.（我住在美丽的rizhao城）（你可以把rizhao改成自己家乡的城市的名称的拼音）

im an active ,lovely and clever boy.(我是一个活跃的可爱的聪明的男孩） in the school , my favourite subject is maths . （在学校，我最喜欢数学） perhaps someone thinks its difficult to study well .（也许有些人认为这很难学） but i like it.（但我喜欢他）

i belive that if you try your best, everything can be done well.（我相信每件事付出努力就会有害结果）

i also like sports very much.（我也很喜欢运动）

such as,running,volleyball and so on. （像跑步、排球等等）

im kind-hearted.（我很热心）

i hope we can be good friends!（我希望我们能成为好朋友）

ok.this is me .a sunny boy.（好了，这就是我，一个阳光男孩）

Lantern Festival is a traditional Chinese festival,the first month of the Lunar New Year celebration of the fifteenth day.Lantern Festival is one of the largest festivals.A few days before the arrival of the Lantern Festival,people begin to make lanterns,animals,vegetables,fruits,all kinds of all,there are riddles.

The eve of the Lantern Festival,all the lanterns are hung.Lantern Festival,one look at the lanterns and riddles,wonderful folk performances,Dragon Dance and Younger.

元宵节是中国的一个传统节日，在农历的新年第一个月的第十五天庆祝。元宵节是中国最大的节日之一。在元宵节到来的前几天，人们就开始做灯笼，动物，蔬菜，水果，各式各样的都有，还有谜语。

在元宵节前夜，所有的灯笼都挂起来。元宵节这天，人们看灯笼和猜谜语，精彩的民间表演龙舞和秧歌。

导语：On this day, commemorative activities held throughout the United States to show respect for the flag and love of America.在这一天，美国各地举行纪念活动，以示对国旗的敬重和对合众国的热爱。下面是由小编为你整理的介绍美国国旗英语作文，欢迎大家阅读。

American flag for a rectangular shape, length and width ratio of 19:10 for the Stars and Stripes (the Star-Spangled Banner), the upper-left corner flag for the blue stars surface area of the stars a few provisions in the respective departments, the United States is the state flag on the number of a few of the stars. Star 13 is outside the red and white stripes, 13 stripes on behalf of the original 13 colonies in North America. According to Washington, said: symbol of the United Kingdom with red stripes, white stripes and a symbol of freedom from it. More general argument that the red symbol of strength and courage, a symbol of purity and innocence of white, blue is a symbol of vigilance, perseverance and justice. In 1818 the U.S. Congress pass the bill, red and white flag on the fixed width for the 13, the number of five-pointed star should be in line with several states of America. Each additional state, the national flag on a star to increase, the general in the new states to join the second year after the implementation of July 4. So far has been the national flag to 50 stars, representing the 50 U.S. states. June 14 each year as "the development of the anniversary of the American flag." On this day, commemorative activities held throughout the United States to show respect for the flag and love of America.

美国国旗为长方形，长宽之比为19：10，为星条旗(the Star-Spangled Banner)，旗面左上角为蓝色星区，区内的星数于有关部门规定，美国的州数就是国旗上的星数。星区以外是13道红白相间的条纹，13道条纹代表最初北美13块殖民地。据华盛顿说：红色条纹象征英国，白色条纹象征脱离它而获得自由。更普遍的说法认为，红色象征强大和勇气，白色象征纯洁和清白，蓝色则象征警惕，坚韧不拔和正义。1818年美国国会通过法案，国旗上的红白宽条固定为13道，五角星数目应与合众国州数一致。每增加一个州，国旗上就增加一颗星，一般在新州加入后的第二年7月4日执行。至今国旗上已增至50颗星，代表美国的50个州。每年6月14日为“美国国旗制定纪念日”。在这一天，美国各地举行纪念活动，以示对国旗的敬重和对合众国的热爱。

[介绍美国国旗英语作文

I am very lucky because I have a happy family. There are three people in my family.They are Dad,Mum and I .

My father is a worker .He works in a factory near our school. He likes his work very much.In his spare time, he often goes fishing.Sometimes he likes watching TV at home. My mother is a farmer. She is very diligent and kind.She works hard on our farm every day.I am a middle school student. I am studying in No.5 Middle School . I am in Class Three, Grade One. I am very good at English , I love our school and teachers . I like oranges ,pears bananas and apples very much . I also like doing housework and watching TV. I love my Dad and Mum verymuch. They also love me, and are very strict with me .Sometimes ,I also teach them a little English. I am vey glad to have such a happy and warm family.

我很幸运，应为我有一个很快乐的家庭。我们家有三个人，就是我，我爸爸和妈妈。

我的父亲是一位工人，他就在我们学校附件的工厂工作，他十分热爱他的工作，闲暇时分，他喜爱钓鱼。有时他也喜欢在家看电视。我的母亲是一位农业劳作者，她十分勤奋，也很仁慈，她每天都在农场上辛勤劳作。我是一位中学学生，就读于第五中学一年级三班，我的英语很好，我爱我的学校和老师，我十分喜欢吃橙子，香蕉，梨子和苹果。我也喜欢做作业和看电视。我喜欢我的爸爸妈妈，他们也爱我，虽然他们对我很严厉，有时我还教他们几句英文，我因为有这样一个快乐温暖的家庭而开心!

“想你有时会缺氧、脸红心跳不正常、这是不是考试的症状、胸口微微地发闷……”时间总是在我们玩耍时悄悄流逝。这不，一转眼又到了期末，有的同学只能望洋兴叹，哼起了一首改编的“考试版《缺氧》”表示无奈；有的同学则是进入紧张的复习状态中；坐在教室后排的成绩比较差的学生们，上课依旧一副吊儿郎当……“考试”，你幸福了，在这非常时期，你已成为学校的热门话题了！

提起你，我不禁皱起眉头，你可知道你给学生们带来的压力有多大，足以让我们喘不过气？有很多学生就是因为受不了这股强大的压力。而放弃学业。你可知道，有很多学生们一直在你背后努力付出？他们废寝忘食，夜以继日地疯狂学习。而你却刻意刁难，最终还是无情地对失败的学生说“no"。我听过多少这样的案例：一名高中生因高考不如意跳楼自杀。考试，你的魅力可真大，人们为了你而轻生的想法都有了。

我曾憎恨过你，有那么一刻想过要是“考试”这个字眼从此在这个世界上消失就好了。但是仔细想想，如果没有你的存在，也许学生们学习就没有动力，也许我们会变得懒惰，认为学习没有存在的意义，人们只有通过你来进行比较，才能分辨出谁是智者、谁是弱者。有比较才会有竞争，有竞争才会使人进步。例如期中考，以往年段第一名被另一个取代排名落到第三，那么他的心中自然会产生“在期末考我一定要夺回第一名头衔”的想法。竞争就开始了，在这场竞争中他就慢慢成长。

所以说，考试，我们也不能忽视你存在的意义。你既有积极影响，也有消极影响，我也只能表示我很无奈。

我也是那些曾为你呕心沥血，付出“一切”的优生之一，可是你还是毫不留情地否定我一学期以来的努力，用一个分数就将我打败。渐渐地我开始不在乎分数，不再害怕你的到来，不再为分数的高低而难过或欢呼，只是在考试卷发下来的那一刻静静地坐在位置上思考反思错误的地方。经过一次又一次的改正，我相信我总会进步的。

考试，你看着吧，我会把你征服的！

Good morning, everyone! I am glad to be here to introduce myself. 各位早上好，很高兴在这里介绍自己。 Although this is my first time to introduce myself in English, but I believe that I can make a good

performance . and hope that through this simple introduction, you can

remember my name ，remember my face and i believe that we will become friends in no distant future。 虽然这是我第一次用这种方式介绍自己，但是我相信我会有个良好的表现。希望通过这 个简单的介绍，更多的人们能认识我，记住我的样子。也同样相信我们不久有机会会成为朋 友。 My name is TB and I am 24 years old, born in HEBEI province. I graduated from QinGdao University. My major is Hotel Managerment. I spend most of my time on study and I’ve acquired basic knowledge of my major. It is my long cherished dream to be an manager in hotel and I am eager to get an opportunity to fully play my ability. 我叫 tb，24 岁。河北人。毕业于青岛岛大学。所学的专业是旅游管理。上学期间努力 学习专业知识，现在我同样希望能有机会实现我做酒店管理的愿望，充分发挥自己的专业能 力。 In addition to the above-mentioned , in my spare time I like playing badminton, listening to pop music and surfing the Internet. Playing badminton can exercise my body, let me have more perseverance. Listen to music can make me relax, make me more confident. Internet can eich my knowledge, so that I have more experience. 除了上面说到的，在我的业余时间，我喜欢打羽毛球， 听流行音乐和上网冲浪。打羽毛球可以锻炼我的身体，让我有更多的毅力。听音乐可以让我 放松，让我更有信心。互联网可以丰富我的知识，扩充更多的知识。 ok .Thats a little about myself，thank you 好，那就是关于我的简单介绍。谢谢。

Nian Gao:The northerners eat Jiao Zi, but southerners like to eat Nian Gao, which translates to "New Year Cake". In Chinese, Gao is a homonym for high. Nian Gao is also called Nian Nian Gao, which is a homonym for "higher each year", symbolizing progress and promotion at work and in daily life and improvement in life year by year.

Nian Gao is a sweet, sticky, brown cake made from rice flour and sugar, a kind of glutinous white cake in the shape of rectangle. Often given as a gift, it is delicious when steamed, fried, fried with eggs or even eaten cold.

Given the importance of food in Chinese culture, it is not surprising that food plays a major role in Chinese New Year celebrations. "Lucky" foods are served through the two week Chinese New Year celebration, also called the Spring festival.

导语：说到汕头，小编就想到汕头牛肉丸，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!

My hometown is a seashore city—— Shantou.

Shantou lands place motherland southeast coastal have unique natural and humanity environment.

It is a bridge town swim the silk feelings of son Su is fish for sea love.

Shantou is also a culture city literature origin flows out length has rich content. It have fed a tide of acting another generation people its culture is immortal.

Shantou is also beautiful meal Zhi it has the varied snack of delicious food tide Shan congou is more famous world.

Again besides Shan the environment with graceful head since attracting countless visitor this travel.

after entering the program of " 115 " Shan head is more dynasty the goal of modern seashore city disdain with great efforts.

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我的家乡 我的家乡是一座海滨城市--汕头。 汕头，地处祖国东南沿海，有着独特的自然和人文环境。

它是一个桥乡，游子的丝丝情愫，是鱼儿对海的依恋。 汕头更是个文化之都，文学渊源流长，内容丰富。它哺育了一代又一代的潮汕人民，其文化永垂不朽。

汕头也是个美食之都，它有多种多样的美味小吃，潮汕工夫茶更是闻名天下。 再加之，汕头优美的环境，吸引着无数游人来这旅游。

而且，进入“十一五”规划后，汕头更是朝着现代化海滨城市的目标不屑努力。 汕头，我可爱的家乡，它是个美丽的神化。我爱它!

My favorite little animal, of course, is a small rabbit it! Shape, action, play phase ... ... can be fun!

The little rabbit has a white hair, a pair of big and red round eyes like two rubies; two long ears heard a sound to listen to the vertical, can be sensitive! I gave it a name - noob.

I remember once, in order to express the love of it, then reach out and touch it soft body of the villi, but accidentally touched it that short tail. It was furious and it was a little jumping, escaping from me, and I wanted to reach out and grab it - it did not catch it! So I was so wit and shouted "ah -" White was scared me, shocked, and then with a pair of big eyes staring at me, two little claws still shivering. I took the opportunity to rush up, grabbed its ears, it carried back home.

One day I just went home, put down my bag, ready to start doing homework, white will jump on my desk, in the pencil box on the stamped a few small plum, I not only blame it, but also that it is very cute in my I was happy when I was doing my homework.

I really like my good friend - white.

Good morning, my dear teachers, my dear professors. I am very glad to be here for your interview. My name is song yonghao, I am 22 years old .I come from luoyang, a very beautiful ancient city. my undergraduate period will be accomplished in changan university in July ,2004;and now, I am trying my best for obtaining a key to tongji university.

Generally speaking, I am a hard working student especially do the thing I am interested in. I will try my best to finish it no matter how difficult it is. when I was sophomore, I found web design very interesting, so I learned it very hard . to weaver a homepage for myself, I stayed with my personal computer for half a month, and I am the first one in my class who own his homepage. Furthermore, I am a person with great perseverance. During the days preparing for the first examination, I insist on running every day, no matter what the weather was like. And just owning to this, I could concentrate on my study and succeeded in the end.

Well, in my spare time, I like basketball, tennis and Chinese chess. Also English is my favorite. I often go to English corner to practice my oral English on every Thursday, and write compositions to improve my witting ability .but I know my English is not good enough, I will continue studying.

Ok, that is all, thank you for your attention.

Hello, everyone, please allow me to introduce myself with a minute let you know me, know me and accept me. I come from Shandong, xxx, 20-year-old, my hometown Qilu earth gave me a straightforward character, and yet steady, and later the city of Nanjing travel long distances to school.

As one saying goes: "Ten years out of sharpening sharp, sword-jun to knowledge only pending." Zaikuzailei, I am willing to try, "eat life of hardship, Fang Wei Ren Exalted", in later school life, I will definitely be one to make their own efforts, but had a substantial significance of post-secondary life. Student life in the future please give more concern, a simple self-introduction is completed, thank you!

Halloween is for the "All Hallows Evening"。 However， due to various reasons， Halloween has become the years most popular and one of the most popular festivals， and many players with great enthusiasm to celebrate this holiday。

Halloween in the October 31， in fact， praise and autumn festivals like Beltane is the festival of spring like the praise。 Of ancient Gaul， Britain and Ireland priest - druid to have a grand festival praise of autumn， from October 31 beginning at midnight the following day， November 1 continued all day。 In their view， that night they are a great Death - Salman to that year were all summoned the ghost of dead people， these evil spirits are subject to care for the Livestock Health and punishment。 Of course， as long as the thought of such a gathering of ghosts， it was enough to make fools of those simple-minded understanding of the heart bile war。 So they lit the sky of the bonfire， and close surveillance of these evil spirits。

Halloween witches and ghosts everywhere to say is just the beginning。 So far in Europe， there are some isolated areas where people believe it is true。 Ancient Rome in November 1 there is also a holiday， which is used to pay tribute to their goddess of Bo Mona。 They bear ribs roasted nuts and apples before the bonfire。 Our own Halloween seems to be a holiday by the Romans and the druids holiday blend made of。 Halloween activities in the original is very simple， and mostly in the church carried out。 However， in the whole of Europe， it is regarded as a Halloween enjoy slapstick， Jiangguigushi and a good opportunity to scare each other。 So people will no longer be used to praise this Autumn Festival， but it becomes supernatural， witches and ghosts festival。

Hi， everybody！My name is …. I study in  changan  central  primary  school  大家好，我叫… 我在长安中心小学学习

I  am in Class 4 Grade 1  I like English very much. 我在一年级4班，我很喜欢英语

I study English everyday ,  I read books ,I listen to the tapes and watch videos我每天都学习英语。我读英语书, 听英语磁带，看英语光碟

I have a beautiful room. Although my room is very small, I love it very much. Look, there is a bed near the window. I like sunshine so my bed is set near the window. In front of the bed, there is a desk on which is several series of books. What’s more, I have plastered my bedroom wall with photos of my family. The light in my bedroom is light pink because I like this color.

我有一件很漂亮的房间。虽然我的房间很小，但是我很喜欢它。看，靠近那里有一张床。我喜欢阳光所以我的床是安在窗户边的。床前有一张桌子，桌子上摆了几套书。我还把卧室的墙都用我们家人的照片挂满了。我卧室的灯是粉红色的，因为我喜欢这个颜色。

Do you like my bedroom? If you like, come here and have a look!

你喜欢我的卧室吗?如果你喜欢，来看看吧!

april fools day is traditionally a day to play practical jokes on others, send people on fools errands, and fool the unsuspecting. no one knows how this holiday began but it was thought to have originated in france.

传统上来讲，愚人节这一天，人们可以相互搞恶作剧，骗人跑腿，欺骗不知情的人。没人知道这个节日是怎么来的，但人们普遍认为它源自法国。

the closest point in time that can be identified as the beginning of this tradition was in 1582, in france. new years was celebrated on march 25 and celebrations lasted until april 1st. when new years day as changed from march 25 to january 1st in the mid-1560s by king charles ix, there were some people who still celebrated it on april 1st and those people were called april fools.

庆祝愚人节最早是在1582年，在法国。那时，当时法国新年是在3月25日，一直持续到4月1日。16世纪60年代中期，国王查理九世把新年从3月25日变为1月1日，而还有一些人在4月1日过新年，这些人就被称作四月傻瓜了。

pranks performed on april fools day range from the simple, (such as saying, "your shoes untied!), to the elaborate. setting a roommates alarm clock back an hour is a common gag. the news media even gets involved. for instance, a british short film once shown on april fools day was a fairly detailed documentary about "spaghetti farmers" and how they harvest their crop from the spaghetti trees. whatever the prank, the trickster usually ends it by yelling to his victim, "april fool!"

愚人节那天的恶作剧有的很简单(比如，说句“你鞋带开了!”)，有的却是精心设计的。把室友的闹钟往后调一小时是常见的。甚至新闻媒体都来凑热闹。比如，在愚人节那天，曾经有一部英国短片较为详细地记录了“种意大利面的农民”，以及他们如何从意大利面树上收获意大利面。不管是什么恶作剧，搞恶作剧的人通常在最后会对被搞的人喊一句:"四月傻瓜!"

april fools day is a "for-fun-only" observance. nobody is expected to buy gifts or to take their "significant other" out to eat in a fancy restaurant. nobody gets off work or school. its simply a fun little holiday, but a holiday on which one must remain forever vigilant, for he may be the next april fool!

愚人节是一个“仅为娱乐”的节日。谁也不用买礼物，也不用带着男/女朋友出去到一家豪华餐厅去吃饭。人们也不会放假。它仅仅是个搞笑的小节日，但是在这一天，每个人都要保持警醒，不然就要被人耍啦。

each country celebrates april fools differently. in france, the april fools is called "april fish" (poisson davril). the french fool their friends by taping a paper fish to their friends backs and when some discovers this trick, they yell "poisson davril!".

每个国家用不同的方式过愚人节。在法国，愚人节被称作“april fish”。法国人和他们的朋友是这样开玩笑的：把一张裁成鱼形的纸用胶带粘到朋友的后背上，当有人发现的时候，他们就会喊：“poisson davril!”.

in england, tricks can be played only in the morning. if a trick is played on you, you are a "noodle". in scotland, april fools day is 48 hours long and you are called an "april gowk", which is another name for a cuckoo bird. the second day in scotlands april fools is called taily day and is dedicated to pranks involving the buttocks. taily days gift to posterior posterity is the still-hilarious "kick me" sign.

在英国，只能在早上搞恶作剧。如果你被耍了，那你就是“面条”。在苏格兰，愚人节要持续2天，被耍的人被称为“四月布谷”。苏格兰第二天的愚人节叫做taily day，恶作剧主要在别人的屁股上做文章。

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Turpan is located in a depression with the area of more than 1000 square kilometers of the eastern part of Xinjiang and some 80 meters below the sea level. And nearby the Moon Lake， or Eding Lake in local language， the lowest water surface is 154 meters below the sea level， the second lowest continental point in the world after the Dead Sea. Turpan is called the Land of Fire， which was derived from the intense summer temperature， the highest ever recorded was 47.5oC and in summer the ground surface temperature is about 70oC. The Depression is characterized by high temperature and rare perspiration， so it is hot but it is not wet， during summer， although it is extremely hot， the streets are full of people.

The water from the surrounding mountains and underflow nourishes the depression. And the local people developed a unique irrigation system: ”Karez”， by which water is introduced to the agricultural oasis surrounded by desert. Turpan is famous for its grapes produce. Once in Turpan Depression， one has a feeling that as if he was in a land of grapes， The Grape Gauge， about 8 kilometers in length， is one with grapevines grown on the slopes of the both sides， and deep into the Gauge， there is a tourist resort， shaded by grapevines and from late June to early October， clusters of grapes hanging overhead and the mineral water flowing from under the rocks make the resort a great attraction. In fact， the city proper itself is one that is surrounded or covered by grapevines. Many streets themselves are vineyards or trellises with grapevines， together with the fruit stands the whole city is a mixture of the fruit orchard and market， since 1990， the Grape festival held in the city becomes a great attraction not only to business people， but people from all over the world.

In history， Turpan was the capital of ancient Gaochang Kingdom (from the sixth century) and later the administration residence of Xizhou. It was a very important juncture on the Silk Road through which the western cultures and Chinese culture encountered and crashed and exchanged. A great many historical sites and cultural relics have remained. And the city is known as a “natural museum of man and culture.

The major tour sites of the area of the Northern Part of South Xijiang centered by Turpan: the Flaming Mountains， the Moon Lake， Grape Gouge， Karez System， the Ruins of ancient City of Jiaohe， the ruins of ancient City of Gaochang， Bezeklik Thousand Buddha Caves， Emin Minaret， Astan-Kharakhoja Tombs， Sand Dune Park， the Sand Plant Park.

My mother is 38 years old, but she never tells others how old she is. She says she just doesnt want them to know about it! My mother is a well-known doctor in our area. She works hard. She often gets up very early in the morning and rushes to the hospital to look after her patients. She is kind to her patients and treats them the way she treats her family. Sometimes I wonder whom she loves more, her patients or me.

My father is 40 years old. He has short hair, big eyes and a small mouth. He is my best friend.

My father is a teacher. Just like my mother, he is very busy. He doesn?ˉt have any holidays or weekends. Every morning he goes to school very early and stays with his students until late in the afternoon. It seems that he never gets tired! His students love and respect him. He always tells my mother how good it is to be a teacher, because his students make him feel young. He thinks my mother should be a teacher, too! But so far she hasnt taken his advice.

I will be a new student in my fathers school this summer. I will work harder and I hope one day I can be a good doctor like my mother.

Why, you may wonder, should spiders be our friends? Because they destroy so many insects, and insects include some of the greatest enemies of the human race.Insects would make it impossible for us to live in the world; they would devour all our crops and kill our flocks and herds, if it were not for the protection we get from insect-eating animals.We owe a lot to the birds and beasts who eat insects but all of them put together kill only a fraction of the number destroyed by spiders.Moreover, unlike some of the other insect eaters, spiders never do the least harm to us or our belongings.

Spiders are not insects, as many people think, nor even nearly related to them.One can tell the difference almost at a glance, for a spider always has eight legs and an insect never more than six.

How many spiders are engaged in this work on our behalf? One authority on spiders made a census of the spiders in a grass field in the south of England, and he estimated that there were more than 2,250,000 in one acre; that is something like 6,000,000 spiders of different kinds on a football pitch.Spiders are busy for at least half the year in killing insects.It is impossible to make more than the wildest guess at how many they kill, but they are hungry creatures, not content with only three meals a day.It has been estimated that the weight of all the insects destroyed by spiders in Britain in one year would be greater than the total weight of all the human beings in the country.

你可能会觉得奇怪，蜘蛛怎么会是我们的朋友呢?因为它们能消灭那么多的昆虫，其中包括一些人类的大敌。要不是人类受一些食虫动物的保护，昆虫就会使我们无法在地球上生活下去，昆虫会吞食我们的全部庄稼，杀死我们的成群的牛羊。我们要十分感谢那些吃昆虫的鸟和兽，然而把它们所杀死的昆虫全部加在一起也只相当于蜘蛛所消灭的一小部分。此外，蜘蛛不同于其他食虫动物，它们丝毫不危害我们和我们的财物。

许多人认为蜘蛛是昆虫，但它们不是昆虫，甚至与昆虫毫无关系。人们几乎一眼就能看出二者的差异，因为蜘蛛都是8条腿，而昆虫的腿从不超过6条。

有多少蜘蛛在为我们效力呢?一位研究蜘蛛的权威对英国南部一块草坪上的蜘蛛作了一次调查。他估计每英亩草坪里有225万多只蜘蛛。这就是说，在一个足球场上约有600万只不同种类的蜘蛛。蜘蛛至少有半年忙于吃昆虫。它们一年中消灭了多少昆虫，我们简直无法猜测，它们是吃不饱的动物，不满意一日三餐。据估计，在英国蜘蛛一年里所消灭昆虫的重量超过了这个国家人口的总重量。