介绍中国的英语作文实用三篇 作文初一（精品20篇）

My name is Yang yao, I am a girl, but high forehead, nose slightly tilted,

appears somewhat reiki.

My body is thin, when I was a child often sick. Therefore, mom and dad is

everything depends on me, over time gradually formed the habit of love lost his

temper, a little a bit is not good, to mom and dad lost his temper. Remember

once, have more minutes at 9 o clock, I have finished my homework and went to

watch TV, my mother wont let me see, turn off the TV. I am not talk to her a,

turn on the TV again, just like that, mom, I drive, back and forth several

times, mom finally angry, loudly say: "you are not obedient, give me out." I

have heard, stared at mother, pushed the door open and ran outside. In the end,

still mother took me to back up. You see, at that time, my temper is what kind

of ah!

I gradually grew up, or a lot of temper, I also fell in love with music,

has become a small fan. Mom and dad bought me a tape let me learn many childrens

songs.

I am also a love of labor of a little girl, my mother got up very early

every morning, mom told me dont you wash the clothes today, but when I get up in

the, see home there are a lot of clothes not wash, and every itch I put my

clothes washed. My grandma and neighbors compliment I love work, some neighbors

said that I would do.

I have a fault, is the problem when the teacher let the students to answer,

my heart will be pounding, a long time to calm down.

Friends, capricious, is my personality; Love to sing, love labor is my

hobby. Do you like me?

我叫杨娇，我是女孩，前额却高，鼻子微微翘起，显得几分灵气。

我身体比较瘦弱，小时候常常生病。因此，爸爸妈妈就什么事都依着我，天长日久渐渐地养成了爱发脾气的坏习惯，稍有一点儿不称心，就对爸爸妈妈发脾气。记得有一次，已经九点多钟了，我做完了作业，就去看电视了，妈妈不让我看，把电视关了。我才不理她那一套呢，又把电视打开了，就这样，妈妈关，我开，来来回回好几次，妈妈终于发火了，大声说：“你真不听话，给我出去。”我听了，瞪了妈妈一眼，推开门就往外跑。最后，还是妈妈把我给拖了回来。你们瞧瞧，那个时候，我的脾气是什么样的啊!

我渐渐地长大了，脾气也好了很多，我还爱上了音乐，成了一个小歌迷。爸爸妈妈给我买了许多儿童歌曲磁带让我学。

我也是个很爱劳动的一个小女孩，每天早上我妈妈起得很早，妈妈就跟我说今天的衣服不要你洗了，但是我起来的时候，看见家里有很多衣服没有洗，我就手痒痒把衣服给洗了。我的奶奶和邻居夸奖我爱劳动，有的邻居说我会做事。

我还有一个缺点，就是当老师要让同学起来回答问题时候，我的心就会怦怦直跳，很久才能平静下来。

朋友们，任性，是我的性格;爱唱歌、爱劳动是我的爱好。你们喜欢我吗?

Dad is like a pillar, support from a family; father like a mountain, to assume the due responsibility; father like a candle, illuminate my mind ... ... Dad is very concerned about me, but he is not every time But to express it from some manners.

My father is long and big eyes, a very straight nose, a mouth that can speak, formed a handsome face.

Dad is very responsible.

I remember one time, I have a few questions will not do, they went to the father to ask, my father let me read the subject, and then asked me there will not, the last one patiently explained to me until I will be. Another time, I did not test well, very afraid of my father called me, home on the road, I have been thinking about how and father explained, did not expect to go home, I told the results of the father, my father not only scold me, But also blame themselves. Since then, my father every day to give me a question, there are several times to eat time, I call my father to eat, my father said to help me out of the topic and then eat, until the title finished, my father to eat to eat, the food has been cool, and so on When I finished my dads title, my dad had a good meal, and he came to help me check and find the wrong title. He told me where it was wrong, what should I do, and then a few days later. Dad is always doing that. I can have such a responsible father very happy.

Dad is very concerned about my study. Every time at the dinner table, my father always asked me what happened in the school, how the situation, how the exam situation ... ... I can have a so concerned about my study of my father feel very happy.

I love my dad, because he is very responsible, very concerned about my study!

一个渴望完美却有着许多缺点的女孩，一个想要成功却屡次碰壁的女孩，一个追求时尚却不懂得高雅的女孩，哈，这就是我。 乐观、自信、开朗是我不变的性格。在学校里我很遵守纪律，但有时却要犯一些低级的错误。我想这是必然的，如果一个人连错误都不犯的人，那他也太不真实了。总统、伟人、天才都会犯错，更何况我们这些普通人呢? 每当我妈在路上碰到熟人，他们就说我什么眼睛好看，额头高啊这些话。哼!其实我是集合了我爸妈的优点缺点，眼睛大大的，左眼有四层眼皮，右眼却只有两层，你说怪不怪?我奶奶说我眼睛长得好看，上次去表演化妆师我是一字眉呢!虽然我不懂这些是什么意思。但也懒得弄明白。

我有几个最大的缺点就是：1。比较贪吃2。性子特急3。粗心，不能光说缺点我也有优点的， 1。我喜欢笑2。爱帮助人3。非常有怜爱之心等等。

我这张嘴只要看见香香喷喷的饭菜，就管不住嘴了，先个小馋虫似的，非吃个过瘾才行。瞧瞧，这身材都是吃出来的结果，外公外婆现在常说：“你怎么瘦了?”这句话听了，我心里高兴得很，现在过年、节日出现美味佳肴，我就只尝尝味道，不多吃，有时爸爸说：“多吃点素菜，有维生素，鸡少吃点，饭馆里的鸡不卫生。”我表哥就是坏嘛，一见到我就说：“你怎么又胖了?该减减肥了!”听了这些话，我听的肺都要气炸了。

我这人性子急不管三七二十一，上奶奶住院了，一听这消息，我马上和妈妈赶到邵逸夫医院，上面写着7号房，我不管了，我先冲了进去，发现奶奶不再，我大哭起来，这病房好像新的一样，妈妈听到我哭就过来了，说：“小宝贝，奶奶在1号房呢!”“啊?不会吧”我尴尬的说。 每次，经过我们班，总会听到“哈哈”的笑声，同学们总是逗我笑，有一次我对他们说：谁能把我斗笑，我就不行孙。”接着同们讲了百个笑话，我就是不笑，可我想起以前的事，我就笑的肚子疼。每次回到外婆家，他们总是叫我“开心果”，动不动拿我寻乐，晓得我们直不起腰来，外公说：“笑一笑，十年少”，被他们当成开心果也值得，谁让他们这么疼我?

在以前的学校我的学习，也还算中上，一回到家，做完老师布置的功课，做完妈妈给我买的习题，接着爸爸会是当然我看一小会电视，(不会超过20分钟，请别人不要嫉妒)我最喜欢我爸爸带我出去玩，妈妈每次都不和情调，老让我写功课，爸爸就偷偷带着我出去打乒乓球、溜冰之类的，反正回来是老爸被挨骂。

我的自我介绍就到这里，怎么样，给我个评价，交个朋友，多多指教。

The Palace Museum is also called the Forbidden City, whichstarted to be built in 1407. It took 200,000 people fourteenyears to build it.

It was finished in 1420. There are 9,999 rooms in all the palaces. In China, nine is regarded as a lucky number traditionally. At present, it is free for Chinesestudents to visit every Tuesday.

The Palace Museum has treasures of over 5,000 years history.

Whenever you turn on a light,listen to recorded music,or watch a motion picture you are enjoying one of the discoveries of Thomas Alva Edison.In fact,its difficult to go through a single day without using one of his many important discoveries.Having received 1093 patents in his lifetime,Edison helped us communicate better through his improvements to the telegraph and telephone.He brought music into our homes with his invention of the phonograph.He lit our houses with electricity by designing and building the first indoor electric lighting system.

Experience Edisons music as it was originally recorded before CDs!

Credited with the invention of the first phonograph,you will hear Edisons early recordings played on vintage "hand-cranked" cylinder and diamond disc model phonographs.Then try to guess the many different uses proposed by Edison for this remarkable invention.

Transmit messages in Morse Code via working telegraph keys.

Explore the period boarding room which depicts Edisons life in Louisville in 1866-67,and discover the significance of the telegraph.

跨越二十多个世纪，当现代人掀开层层黄土，它沉睡的双眼终于缓缓睁开。一支庞大的地下军团让整个世界为之一震。近百万兵马阵势磅礴，在黄土之下默默守卫着秦国皇灵。

历经2000多年，他们的目标仍未改变。士兵们身披铠甲，视死如归。有的望向无际的远方，似乎在思念远方的家人;有的目光坚定果敢，随时准备拿起武器，冲出城门，与来攻的敌人一决高下，毫不退缩;还有的头戴鹖冠，高大魁梧，气质超群，大将风度跃然眼前。御手紧握缰绳，目视前方，严阵以待;战马耳若削竹，眼若铜铃，昂首嘶鸣，似乎奋力疾蹄于雷霆战场之上。

好一个2000年前的古代大军阵!刹那间，我似乎被一股神秘的力量带入喊杀震天的古战场，与千万士兵冲锋陷阵，风云再起。宝剑、长矛、飞刃、弓弩……黄沙漫天，战车嘶鸣，一场惨烈地厮杀，一曲不朽的神话。

这，就是被誉为“世界第八大奇迹”的中国秦兵马俑。

Tonight is Christmas Eve.

Come home from school, together with my mother went to the village of fruit shop, see the store has a lot of apple with the packaging. I look at the said to mother: "mom, I really want to have a!" Mother said: "apple a lot in the home, buy this kind of packing good uneconomic, and these are packaged away." Listen to the mother, I reluctantly left the fruit store. At home, I ate an apple, want to eat the fruit every day can be peace.

Here, I wish you all a happy Christmas Eve, merry Christmas.

今天晚上是平安夜。

放学回家，跟妈妈一起走到小区的水果店，看到店里有好多包装好了的苹果。我看了一下对妈妈说：“妈妈，我好想要一个呀！”妈妈说：“家里苹果很多，买这种包装好的很不划算，而且这些包装好的都是送人的。”听了妈妈的话，我依依不舍的离开水果店。回到家，我吃了一个苹果，希望吃了这个平安果可以天天平安。

在这里，我祝大家平安夜快乐，圣诞快乐。

Hello, my name is_______. I am_______  years old. Now I am studying in_______Primary School. I am in Grade _______, Class_______.

I live in_______. There are _______ members in my family—father, mother and me. My father is a_______ but my mother is working in _______. I love both of them.

In my spare time, I like  _______, and my favorite colour is_______. Also I love__________very much, such as ________________.

I hope I can learn English well, because I think it very important. But_______ is favorite subject, because it is very interesting.

I wish I can become a_______in the future.

The majority Han Chinese have long followed the tradition of eating laba rice porridge on the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month. The date usually falls in min-January and is a traditional Chinese festival.

Legend about the origin of this festivity abounds One maintains that over 3,000 years ago sacrificial rites were held in the twelfth lunar month when people offered up their prey to the gods of heaven and earth. The Chinese characters for the hunt and the twelfth month were interchangeable then, and ever since la has been used to refer to both. Since the festival was held on the eighth day of the last month, people later appended the number eighth , giving us the current laba.

Buddhism was well accepted in the areas inhabited Han Chinese, who believed that Sakyamuni, the first Buddha and founder of the religion, attained enlightenment on 12/8. Sutras were chanted in the temples and rice porridge with beans, nuts and dried fruit was prepared for the Buddha. With time the custom extended, especially in rural areas where peasants would pray for a plentiful harvest in this way.

There is, however, another touching story. When Sakyamuni was on his way into the high mountains in his quest for understanding and enlightenment, he grew tired and hungry. Exhausted from days of walking, he passed into unconsciousness by a river in India. A shepherdess found him there and fed him her lunch.

[高一英语作文腊八节介绍

My name is Lli Hua. I was born in the city of Dalian, Liaoning province. I

studied in Guangming primary school from 1984 to 1990. Then I entered No. 6

middle school where I mainly learned the subjects like Chinese, mathematics,

English, physics, chemistry and computer. I have been very fond of and good at

English and computer ever since. Therefore I placed first in the school computer

competition last year. My hobbies include swimming in summer, skating in winter

as well as collecting stamps and listening to popular music in my spare

time.

我的名字叫李华。我出生在辽宁省大连市。1984到1990年我在光明小学读书。然后我进入了第6中学，在那里我主要学习的课程有语文，数学，英语，物理，化学和计算机。从那时起我一直都很喜欢并擅长英语和电脑。所以我在去年的全校电脑竞赛中取得了第一名。在夏天游泳，在冬天滑冰，收集邮票，在我的空闲的时候听流行音乐都是我的爱好。

Every year on the fourth ThursDayof November is Thanksgiving Day. It’s a festival for American and Canadian with the purpose of thanks for harvest. While canadians celebrate on the second Monday of October. I have a penfriend in America. He wrote to me his Thanksgiving Day last year. He told me that it was a time for family reunion. Families would come back home to celebrate the festival together. Most of the time it was his mother who prepared the dinner. Turkey is must for the festival. It looks like huge chicken. His mother also made pumpkin pie and many other delicious food for them. After the dinner, they talked with each other with the old thing or the future plan. He said sometimes they would invite some friends to share the happiness of Thanksgiving Day. In a word, he had a great time on Thanksgiving Day.

每年十一月的第四个星期四是感恩节。这是美国和加拿大为了感谢丰收的节日。但是加拿大人却是在十月的第二个星期一庆祝。我在美国有一个笔友。他写信告诉我他去年感恩节的情况。他告诉我那是家庭团聚的时间。家人们都会回家庆祝节日。大多数时候，是他的母亲准备晚餐。火鸡是节日的必需品。它看起来像一只巨型鸡。他的母亲也做了南瓜派和许多其他美味的食物给他们。晚饭过后，他们会互相谈论过去的事或未来计划。他说有时候他们也会邀请一些朋友来一起分享感恩节快乐。总之，他在感恩节过得很开心。

My English teacher is MiLiu, she is a young lady. She has long hair and big eyes, a small nose and a small mouth. She speaks English well. She likes eating fish very much. She likes eating fruit, like grapes, apples. She also likes sweet dessert.

Her bedroom is big. There is an air-conditioner and some flowers in her bedroom. She likes pink flowers and green plants. She likes nature very much.

I like my teacher very much.

Good morning/afternoon, it is my honor to have the opportunity for this interview.  First please let me introduce myself.

My name is ***, I come from ***, and I am now studying in *** as a postgraduate student. My major is ***, specializing in ***.

During the school time, I mostly focus on study and learning, and I have acquired basic knowledge of my major. In addition, I have also participated in many project practice, such as questionnaire investigation and project schedule planning.

I think I am an open minded person, and I am skilled in teamwork, I can get along well with my coworkers by showing great sincerity and creating the pleasure in working environment.

I’d like to find an internship during my school time because I believe that working, especially in high ranking company before graduation is ought to be a great experience and preparation for the future, and I know that *** has offered us students a lot of positions to do what we can do, creating values for the company. In the meantime, if I am lucky enough to get this, I think my capacity will be improved, and my horizon will be expanded.

As for my abilities, I have passed CET6, and I am pretty confident with my English speaking and writing. Besides, I can operate Microsoft Office and some data processing software such as SPSS, AMPL, MATLAB, and AMOS

That is all, thanks for your time.

Work under pressure,

Glad to face challenge at wok

Graduation thesis as a undergraduate tsudent

Today’s story is about Mary ,a girl from the US.She’s now studying in China,Beijing.Tomorrow is the Spring Festival. Now ,Mary is staying in China.One years ago,last Spring Festival ,Mary was 11 years old, very little girl. Now, she’s a 12- year- old- girl.Just 1 year,she learns many thing in China.Gradually,she loves China.

Now, she is living in her aunt home.At 9:00 a.m. in Beijing ,Mary make a phone call to her family. When they talk on the phone ,they are so happy .We a

ll know Mary’s mother misses Mary long time. Mary misses her family long time,too. And she was happy to live in China.But talking with family is more important than everything. What a warm story!

From this story, we know noting is important than family. No place like home!

Mid-autumn day Mid-autumn day is a special festival in China, which is one of the traditional Chinese festivals. Itfalls on the 15th day of august lunar month every year. Our Chinese will celebrate it on that day. I think there are not too many people can reject he temptation of it. I like this festival very much. I have two reasons.

First of all, mid-autumn has the deep meaning of reunite. In china, people regard mid-autumn day as very important, so no matter where they are, they will come back to their family if there is a chance. They don’t like celebrate this festival outside, which will make them feel lonely. Thus, they will go home by all means. Luckily, the government also pays great attention to this traditional festival. There are laws to make sure people have holidays in that special day. In the other word, mid-autumn festival gives a chance for family get together.

Secondly, every family will prepare a big meal in that day. All the food is delicious. It is good to have a big meal. I think nobody will not interest in delicious food. The mooncake is a necessary decoration for mid-autumn day. It tastes good, too. It is the traditional for a long time. How pleased to enjoy the glorious full moon with mooncake!

This is why I love mid-autumn festival so much. It is funny and happy time.

中秋节在中国是一个特殊的节日，是中国的传统节日。中秋节是每年农历的八月十五号。我们中国人会庆祝那一天。我觉得没有多少人可以拒绝它的诱惑。我很喜欢这个节日。我有两个理由。

首先，中秋节的深层含义是团聚。在中国，人们把中秋节看得很重，所以无论他们在哪里，如果有机会的话他们都会回到他们家人身边。他们不喜欢在外面庆祝这一节日，这会让他们感到孤独。因此，他们会竭尽全力回家。幸运的是，政府也非常重视这一传统节日。所以法律规定在这特别的日子里会放假。换句话来说，中秋节为家人团聚提供了机会。

其次，每个家庭都会在这一天准备一顿大餐。所有的食物都很好吃。有大餐吃真的很棒。我觉得没人会对美味的食物不感兴趣。月饼是中秋节的一个必需的装饰。它也很美味。这是很久以前的传统。一边赏月一边吃着月饼是多么惬意啊!

这就是为什么我那么喜欢中秋节的原因。那是快乐有趣的时光。

Dear teachers, students are good:

My name is Xiao Ming, is a confident, cheerful, friendly and active girl, I have widespread interest hobby, piano, reading, playing chess, listening to the story, to host performances and also has a strong interest in, hosted by my kindergarten graduation performance, first prize in a good result.

Mom and Dad, the kindergarten teachers careful cultivation, I have become a qualified primary school students, in the next six years to learn life, can and dear teachers, the students become the best friends! We all together happy to learn, happy to grow!

Thank you!

亲爱的老师，同学们好：

我叫小明，是一个自信，开朗，友好，积极向上的小女孩，我有着广泛的兴趣爱好，弹琴、看书、下棋、听故事，也对主持和表演也有着浓厚的兴趣，由我主持的幼儿园毕业演出，获得了一等奖第一名的好成绩。

在爸爸妈妈，幼儿园老师的精心培育下，我已成为一名合格的小学生，希望在今后六年的学习生活中，能和亲爱的老师，同学们成为最好的朋友！我们大家一起快乐地学习，快乐地成长!

谢谢大家！

Good morning, ladies and gentlemen! Its my honor totell you about the changes of my school.

When you walk around our school, you can see various flowersand trees everywhere. At the same time, you can smell the taste, breathe freshair. Its a nice place for us to study.

Please look at the new building over there. Its ourlibrary that was painted white again this year. It not only looks morebeautiful, but also has increasingly more books than before. Reading differentkinds of books can enhance our horizons and increase our knowledge. I stillremember I entered the school two years ago, the library was old enough and Ialways couldnt find my favorite comic books. Therefore, I often complained tomy classmates that the library was out of fashion that we were not able tolearn fresh knowledge in it.

What was even worse, as a member of school basketballteam, my partners and I had few chances to practice, as the playground was toosmall to play andfull of so many students after school. Luckily, I dont haveto worry about that anymore, because our playground is large enough for all ofus to play games, and basketball court is also bigger. Thats wonderful!

My school has changed a lot, for it is more beautifuland modern. I love my school.

[介绍美丽的校园英语作文

good morning, ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls. now ,it"s my turn. my name is edgar, a high school student. i am very honored to be here to give you a speech. also it"s a good chance for me to improve my english. i hope i can make a good performance today. the topic of my speech is "after studying here".

before i came here,i can never imagine that i can learn so much knowledge about other countries, which can"t be got from my books in school. three months ago, i took my first class. unfortunately, i felt so embarrassed, because i even can"t speak any words, though i know i really love english .

after that, i took some of my tutor"s advice and previewed the lesson that i’ll learn. what’s more, in every class, i just try my best to say as much as possible. now,i can only remember it"s a really hard time. what’s worse, i had to go to my high school and went there at the same time.

after several weeks, i began to get used to the atmosphere in web .at least i"m not afraid to speak in front of my tutor and foreign teachers.

during web’s period,i found i had improved a lot, both physically and mentally. for example, how to be a confident person, how to plan for my future. and the most important is that i have learnt how to communicate with others, which is a necessary skill. nowadays studying is not the only thing that we high school students should do, there are some more important things we have ignored.

first, i am grateful for my parents. they have spent so much money for me, but never ask for anything in return. i really know how hard it is to work on such living conditions.

now it"s time to introduce my tutor sally. it was she that led me to the right studying here. it was she that helped me deal with all kinds of annoying things. also there are some other teachers that i appreciate, especially laura and anita. of course, i like to take foreign teachers" classes. anyway, thanks all of you!

i know i am young; there is a long way in my life. i have to face the difficulties and solve them by myself. but i know i must keep on my dream, i agree that if you put your mind to, you can accomplish anything.

i know i"m not the best ,but i"m the most diligent one。i hope you can remember me ,an ordinary boy.

Hello,everyone here.Now,please let me introduce myself to you.I am the only girl in my family. For my own hobbies, I love traveling，listening to music and reading.From these hobbis, you can see,I would like to live a free life.Of course, everyone has some strong points.without myself exception,for instance,both of playing the piano and drawing are my strong points.At present,I am satified with my life. The activities in school are great.My teachers and classmates are friendly to me.For my parents,both of them are managers.They are always busy working.As for my ideas of going abroad to study, I think it is useful and wonderful if we have the chance to do so.I also would like to go abroad to study to improve myself.Thats all.Thank you.

岁月，匆匆而过；转眼，光阴荏苒；回首，不胜唏嘘。欢声笑语中，小学生涯已近六载。那与同学们在一起的欢乐时光，就像波涛起伏的海浪，只需一飞、一溅，便荡起心之涟漪；恍若莹润胜玉的珍珠，只消一碰、一触，忆起天真烂漫的过往；胜似清脆悦耳的音符，不过一声、一曲，便奏出了崭新的乐章，奏响了记忆中的灿烂辉煌……

她，她，她……尽管性格各异，但都有一个共同的称呼——同学。

静似风扶细柳，动如翩之惊鸿；揉似风骨依依，刚若钢铁凿凿。黛玉的柔弱身姿，熙凤的伶牙俐齿、八面玲珑，并存在她的身上。她身材娇弱，但性格上的刚硬却胜人一筹。有时，她会拿再简单不过的数学题来请教我；有时，她对难以理解的阅读主观题视而不见，运笔如飞，几秒后，答案出炉……这常常令我啼笑皆非。她似乎是个矛盾共同体，在不经意间走上两个相对的极端。她，是可爱的“小孙孙”——孙鑫宇。

霸气天成是她，永不言败是她，调皮搞怪是她，温柔可人是她（此情况极为少见）……智慧与霸气并存，强悍与美貌并存，细心与迷糊并存。一次，其前同桌苦苦哀求，死缠烂打，要她借《学习与巩固》给“借鉴”一下。本以为，她会经不住这软磨硬泡，架不住这猛烈攻势，可谁曾想——她拿出了惯有的霸气，一脚踏上板凳，不顾及淑女形象地河东狮吼道：“‘借鉴’什么？你当我不知道你想干嘛？！有点志气成不成？嗯？！自己去写！”话音未落，其前同桌便夹着尾巴灰溜溜地落荒而逃。她是谁？够强悍！她就是我们班的“霸王菜”——马紫雯。

娴静是她，火爆是她；细致是她，粗心是她……她，是王晓。

温婉是她，可爱是她；大方是她，小家碧玉也是她……她，是赵雪莹。

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或许，岁月会冲淡记忆；或许，岁月会冲走快乐；或许，岁月会改变我们。但是，岁月冲不淡友谊，岁月冲不走深情，岁月改变不了我们的同窗之情。让我再深情地唤一声——同学！

[介绍我的同学的初一作文

American eating is funny. They eat almost everything with a fork, and it appears that holding a knife in ones right hand longer than a few seconds is considered to be against good table manners.

The system is that if it is absolutely necessary to use a knife, people take the fork in their left hand, and cut off a piece of meat or whatever it is in the normal manner. Then they put the knife down, transfer the fork to their right hand, and only then do they transport the food to their mouth. This is clearly ludicrous(滑稽可笑), but it is considered good manners.

There are several results of this system. First, if it is not absolutely necessary to use a knife, Americans dont use one, because obviously this greatly complicates(使复杂化) things, and you will therefore see them trying to cut things like potatoes, fish and even bacon(熏猪肉) with a fork. Second, towards the end of a course, since only one implement(器具) is being used, food has to bo chased around the plate with the fork - and for the last mouthful the thumb has to be used to keep the food in place, although one is not supposed to do this.

Third, tables are generally laid with one knife and two forks, the outside fork being for the salad. There is no need for foreign visitors to follow the American system and try to eat the salad with only a fork, but if you do use your knife, remerber to save it for the meat course. Even desserts(甜食) (except ice cream) are eaten with a fork if at all possible, and the spoon you see by your dessert is meant to be for coffee (but if you use it for your dessert no one will say anything).