7年级英语演讲稿【汇集20篇】

The National Day is a designated date on which celebrations mark the nationhood of a country.(国庆节) Often the National Day will be a national holiday.

The National Day is often taken as the date on which a state or territory achieved independence. Other dates such as the countrys patron saint day, or a significant historic date are sometimes used. Most countries have a single National Day per year, though a few, for example, India and Pakistan, have more than one. Besides that, each of the two special administrative regions of the Peoples Republic of China, namely Hong Kong and Macao, celebrate the day of the establishment of the special administrative region, as well as the National Day of the Peoples Republic of China.

The importance attached to the National Day, and the degree to which it is celebrated, vary enormously from country to country. In France, for example, National Day is 14 July and is known as Bastille Day. It is widely celebrated and the French Tricolour is much in evidence, while the President of the Republic attends a military parade on the Champs-élysées of Paris. In the United States, the Fourth of July celebrations are widely celebrated with fireworks and barbecues. In the Republic of Ireland, St. Patricks Day, March 17, has been the National Day and a Public Holiday for many years, and in recent years it has been observed as a full Public Holiday in Northern Ireland too. However, in the rest of the United Kingdom the constituent countries patron saints days are low-key affairs.

Most countries have a fixed date National Day, but some have movable dates. An example here is Jamaica, which celebrates its National Day on the first Monday in August. This commemorates independence from the United Kingdom which was attained on Monday, 6 August 1962 - the first Monday in August of that year. Another example is Thailand which celebrates the birthday of the King on 5 December. This date will change on the accession of the heir to the throne.

国庆节是一个指定日期庆祝活动标志着一个国家的国家。常常国庆节将会是一个国定假日。

国庆节通常是作为一个国家或地区的日期取得独立。其他日期,如国家的守护神,或重大历史日期有时使用。每年大多数国家只有一个国庆日,尽管一些,例如,印度和巴基斯坦,有不止一个。除此之外,每一个中华人民共和国的两个特别行政区,即香港和澳门,庆祝的日子特别行政区的建立,以及中华人民共和国的国庆节。

国庆节的重视,是庆祝的程度,从国家有着极大的差别。例如,在法国的国庆节是在7月14日,巴士底日。人们普遍庆祝和法国三色旗的证据,而共和国总统参加阅兵在巴黎的香榭丽舍大街。在美国,7月4日庆祝活动广泛庆祝的烟花和烧烤。在爱尔兰共和国,圣帕特里克节,3月17日国庆节和公共假期多年,近年来它被观察到的是一个完整的公共假期在北爱尔兰。然而,英国其他地区的组成国家‘守护神’天低调的事务。

大多数国家有国庆节一个固定的日期,但有些活动日期。一个例子是牙买加,将在8月的第一个星期一庆祝国庆节。这是为了纪念从英国独立获得周一,1962年8月6——8月的第一个星期一。另一个例子是泰国庆祝国王的生日12月5日。这个日期会改变加入的王位继承人。

Leo Tolstoy once said, everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.

He is right. We always have great plans and dreams in our minds… too ready to achieve something grand thatChanges the world or benefits all of mankind .For example; we hate pollution and have made up our minds to find new energy sources that keep the environment clean. Yet we still litter on the ground. We complain about traffic jams, so we plan to build more highways to solve the problem, but it never occurs to us that our failure to follow traffic regulations is the leading cause of this situation. We are so concerned that the violence in the media has a bad impact on our children, we urge the government to set laws to protect them. But, do we, as adults, set a good example for our kids? We use nasty words and even spit on the ground in front of them, I dare to say, we harm more!

In my opinion, before we decide to change the world, we had better change ourselves first. As ordinary individuals, we do not have the power to change the world. But we can change our habit of littering, spitting, cussing, we can respect the environment around us, we must act as good models for our kids.

If each of us does all of these little things, all of us, millions and millions of individuals together, together we will be strong …strong enough to change our world!

So please, the next time you do something, think how your actions influence not only you, but those around you too, especially our children …and perhaps more importantly…our planet!

列夫·托尔斯泰曾说过：每个人都想改变这个世界，但是没有人想到改变自己。

他说的很有道理，我们每个人都心怀伟大时志向，时刻准备去干一番能造福全人类的大事业。比如，我们痛恨环境污染，所以我们下定决心去开发新的更高效更干净的能源来保护我们的环境，但是同时我们却随手乱扔垃圾;我们抱怨大城市的交通堵塞，计划造更多的高速路来解决交通问题，但是我们从来没有想过，如果我们能遵守交通规则话，那么这一问题是不是可以得到很大得缓解呢?我们担心电视电影里面得暴力会对我们得孩子产生不良的影响，于是我们敦促政府通过立法来保护未成年人，但是我们这些大人又做得怎么样呢?我们为我们的下一代做好了表率吗?我们说粗话，甚至在孩子面前抽烟。不客气地说，我们对孩子的不良影响更多!

在我看来，在我们打算改变这个世界之前，我们最好先改变一下自己。作为一个普通人，我们其实没有改变这个世界的能力，但是我可以改变我们随地扔垃圾，随地吐痰的坏习惯， 我们应该学会去保护环境，我们应该为我们的孩子起好的表率作用。

如果我们每个人都能从小事起，那么千千万万个人力量汇聚在一起，那力量是强大的，足以改变这个世界。

朋友，当您在做某一件事情的时候，请您想一想，您的行为会对您周围的人产生怎样的影响， 因为，您的行为不单单影响到您自己，还有您周围的人，更重要的是我们的孩子…甚至我们的世界。

This summer first mother will give I signed up for the art camp. The summer camp is not like I had imagined it to take us go out to play, but is given priority to with learning. Have students from schools in summer camp, a junior and senior.

Mom and dad took me at half past seven every day sent, until to pick me up from work. In the summer camp we can do the summer vacation homework well, and the teacher will help us to check. Sometimes we play games; Sometimes we learn; And when we do the manual; Every day we have a very rich.

I also met a new friend in the summer camp. We like playing together, we also exchanged their like toys.

Time flies, our summer camp is over. In the end we under the guidance of the teacher held a grand party, invite parents to attend. I also took part in several programs, I in the pantomime "Snow White" out of the white horse prince, although only a few lines but thats to say English. Im not nervous, but I made yuhua district of foreign language primary school students. With my classmates and I could say the crosstalk the thumb and forefinger also obtains the consistent high praise.

My summer camp life is really colorful!

今年暑假一开始妈妈就给我报名参加了雨艺夏令营。这个夏令营不像我想象的那样带我们出去玩，而是以学习为主的。在夏令营里有来自各个学校的同学，有低年级的也有高年级的。

每天爸爸妈妈7点半就把我送去了，直到下班才能来接我。在夏令营里我们可以把暑假作业做好，而且老师还会帮我们检查。有时候我们做游戏;有时候我们学习;还有的时候我们做手工;每天我们过得很丰富。

在夏令营里我还认识了新的朋友。我们很喜欢在一起玩，我们还交换了自己很喜欢的玩具。

时间过得很快，我们的夏令营也结束了。在结束前我们在老师的带领下举办了一个很隆重的联欢会，邀请了家长们参加。我也参加了好几个节目，我在童话剧《白雪公主》里演了白马王子，虽然只有几句台词不过那可是要说英语的。我才不紧张呢，我可是雨花外国语小学的学生。我还和同学和说了相声《大拇指和食指》还得到了一致好评呢。

我的夏令营生活真是五彩缤纷啊!

Each people all have own dream, some people want to be a writer, someone wants to be a pilot, someone wants to be an astronaut, I want to be a human engineers - teachers.

Someone may ask me: "when the teacher have a good, low wages, work hard again, still not taken seriously by people", "the home has five grain, improper king" but has it ever occurred to you, if there is no teacher to teach knowledge, then we wouldnt it be a fool, because with the teacher teach us knowledge, we human beings can become more and more intelligent, more and more developed, it is because the teacher has given us a seam, we can swim in the sea of knowledge.

During the day, the teacher standing on three feet platform for us to the lecture; Night, the moon has climbed up the tree, but the teacher in the flickering light of hard exercise books for us on the road the bright red tick... Maybe when one is surrounded by the joy of success, he would forget their loved ones, but he will never forget my teacher, because he has a teachers success is a credit.

I also is same, no matter how I look, how far, I will not forget my respected teacher, because I am in the teachers care, love grow up under the influence of bath, wherever I go to the end of the world will not forget their own teacher, so I aspire to the teacher the profession.

Now I was a pupil, I must be hard, study hard, study hard, grow up to go in the dream three feet platform.

每个人都有自己的梦想,有人想当作家,有人想当飞行员,有人想当航天员,我呢想当人类的工程师-教师。

有人也许会问我:“当教师有什么好的，工资低，工作又辛苦，还不被人重视”，“家有五斗粮，不当孩子王嘛”但是你们有没有想过，如果没有老师教的知识，那我们岂不是很愚昧，正因为有了老师教给我们的知识，我们人类才能越来越聪明，越来越发达，也正是因为老师赐给我们一叶扁舟，我们才能在知识的海洋里遨游。

白天，老师站在三尺讲台为我们呕心沥血的讲课;夜晚,月亮已经爬上了树梢,可老师还在那摇曳的灯光下辛勤的为我们作业本上打着道道鲜艳的红勾……也许当一个人被成功的喜悦包围时,他会忘记自己的亲人,但他决不会忘记自己的老师,因为他的成功也有老师的一份功劳。

我也一样，无论我长多大,走多远,我也不会忘记自己敬爱的老师,因为我是在老师的呵护,爱的沐浴下长大成才的,无论我走到天涯海角也不会忘记自己的老师,所以我向往老师这个职业。

现在我还是个小学生,我以后一定要勤奋、努力地学习,勤学苦练,长大后才能走向梦想中的三尺讲台。

Ha ha! The final exam finally over, also received your papers, winter vacation when I started in the wonderful ideas. Unfortunately, instead, I hope can play a happy winter vacation idea, mother broke the home from work:

Evening, mother came home from work, an enter a door, he saw us in the house of idle to dangle, mother suddenly angry, asked: "are you two in the winter vacation want to do?" We absently replied: "to play bai!" The mother asked again: "that winter vacation homework?" "Bai!" We replied again. But, these four words, like a match under the gas cylinder, 1 of "嗵", let the things around. Mother to our big flag of "political education", strong offensive made us overwhelmed, had to "pleaded guilty," wrote the necessary - the holiday plan. Content is roughly like this:

Morning: complete some winter vacation homework, back to 10 English words, to complete an English composition, etc.;

Afternoon: copybook a page, review the learned knowledge, play, etc.

Let me satisfied and the plan is to mix. Whenever writing heads, you can go out to relax, as in longjing rap song sings: "open your mind let it go out breathe. Take a deep breath, exhale the worry and stress..." To help grandma sweep the floor, to grandpa poured a glass of water, listen to music... Relax enough, to write my homework again, the efficiency will improve a lot!

If I can fulfill the task of the day in the morning, afternoon, then, is my free time, want to do, he wants to do. Still can watch TV or a movie tonight!

? My winter vacation plan all right?

哈哈!期末考试终于结束了，卷子也领了，寒假就在我美妙的想法中开始了。可惜，事与愿违，我希望寒假可以开开心心玩耍的想法，却被下班回家的妈妈击碎了：

晚上，妈妈下班回家了，一进门，就看到我俩在屋子游手好闲地晃，妈妈一下子就生气了，问道：“你们俩在寒假想要干什么?”我俩心不在焉地答道：“玩呗!”妈妈又问道：“那寒假作业呢?”“写呗!”我俩又答道。可没想到，这四个字，犹如放在煤气罐下的火柴，“嗵”的一声，让周围的事物化为乌有。妈妈向我俩大举“政治教育”的旗帜，强烈攻势使我俩招架不住，只得“认罪伏法”，写下了放假必备——计划书。内容大体是这样：

上午：完成一些寒假作业，背会10个英语单词，完成一篇英语作文等;

下午：字帖一页，复习所学知识，玩耍等。

而这份计划最让我满意的就是劳逸结合。每当写的头晕脑胀时，就可以出去放松一下，正如龙井说唱的歌里所唱的：“敲开你的脑子让它出来透透气吧!来个深呼吸，呼出那烦恼和压力……”帮奶奶扫扫地，给爷爷倒杯水，听听音乐……等放松够了，再去写作业，效率会提高不少呢!

如果我能在上午完成这一天的任务，那么下午，就是我的自由时光了，想干什么，就干什么。晚上还能看电视或电影呢!

怎么样?我的寒假计划不错吧?

With the development of the modern technology，private car is no longer a luxurious thing for ordinary people，more and more people drive to work instead of going by bus. The popularization of private car has many advantages.First， it is very convenient and time-saving ，you can drive your own car to the workplace instead of waiting for the crowded bus and afraid of being late for working.Second，it can also improve the traffic structure，and help to mitigate the stress of the traffic.Third， the popularization of private car can help to promote the car industry and any other interrelated industries. I believe that in the future the private car will become the most important vehicle and we cannt live without it.

Whats friends? Do you have friends? I have many friends, so I always feel

happy. In the morning, some of my friends will go to school with me. We often

talk and laugh on the way to school. Sometimes we will stop to buy some snacks,

school things and other stuff. When I am in school, I always study with friends.

When I have something confusion, I will ask them to help. So do they. We help

each other. After class, we play together, and go to the shop to buy snacks.

They accompany me, so do I. I think this is friends.

It has been witnessed that since the coming of the cell phone, it has been developed so fast, thanks to the high technology, today, the function of cell phone improves a lot, some even can equal to the computer. People like to change the cell phone, because they want to have more function, but some teenagers lose wise mind on the road of changing cell phone. They want to buy the newest product, so that they can show off. Recently, it has been reported a boy sell his kidney for the purpose of buying an iphone, this is so shocked, the boy is selling his health for a new cell phone. People should be wise to the cell phone, they need to figure out that all the cell phones have some common basic function, some new products’ function is almost the same. They should measure their situation to buy a new one.

人们已经见证了自从手机的诞生，手机发展得很快，多亏了高科技，今天，手机的功能提高了很多，一些手机甚至可以比得上电脑。人们喜欢换手机，因为他们想要有更多的功能，但是一些青少年在追求换手机的道路上失去了理智。他们想要买最新的手机，这样就可以炫耀。最近，据报道，一个男孩子为了买一台iPhone而去卖肾，这是多么令人震惊啊，男孩为了新手机卖掉了自己的健康。人们应该理智对待手机，他们需要弄清楚所有的手机都具有共同的基本功能，一些新产品的功能几乎都一样。他们应该根据自己的情况来衡量是否买新手机。

Lost time is never found again. This is something which I learned very clearly last semester. I spent so much time fooling around that my grades began to suffer. I finally realized that something had to be done. It was time for a change. Now I have a new plan for using my time wisely. I have set my alarm clock ahead half an hour. This will give me a head start on the day. I have also decided to keep a log of what I do and when I do it. Looking back on what I’ve done will give me some ideas on how to reorganize my time.

Do you think what is the most important in your life?Maybe some answers are dreams.I may directly answer “lovers”.你认为你的生活中最重要的是什么?也许有些人的答案是梦想。我可以坦率地回答“爱人”。

In my opinion, lovers not simply mean your partner of life, but the people you love: your parents, husband or wife, children and friends.I have a happy life because of their company.I even can’t imagine the life without them.在我看来，爱人不仅仅指你的生活伴侣，而是你所爱的人：你的父母，丈夫或妻子，孩子和朋友。我拥有幸福的生活，因为有他们的陪伴。我甚至无法想象没有他们的生活。

My mum told me” money is not as important as you think, you neednt think too highly of it.Don’t be greedy, my girl.”I got it.Person around us is the most important.If they are unhappy, you won’t be happy.There is many beautiful scenery in our life, however, the most important thing we should notice is that, without the people we love, they worth nothing.我妈妈告诉我，“钱不是像你想像中的那么重要，你不要把它看得太重要。不要贪心，我的女孩。“我记住了。我们身边的人是最重要的。如果他们不开心，你也会不开心。在我们的生活中有很多美丽的风景，但是我们应该注意到最重要的是没有我们所爱的人，那些东西就是毫无价值。

In reality, many people are chasing wealth which results to the ignorance of people around them.Obviously, its not a brilliant choice.Don’t’ be controlled by wealth or money.About life , this is my idea, what’s about yours?在现实中，许多人因追逐财富而忽略了身边的人。很显然的，这不是明智的选择。不要被财富或金钱控制。这就是我对生活的看法，你的呢?

My life

My school life is a lot of fun. I like studying in the classroom with my

lovely classmates. We get on well with each other. We play sports and sing

together. I often miss my classmates and teachers if I don’t see them for a long

time. But sometimes our teachers give us too much homework. Parents and teachers

often put great pressure on us.

I wish a happy life in a big city in the future. I will live in a big house

with a garden, and drive to work. I will travel a lot in my spare time.

I’ll work hard so that I can go to a good university. Then I can get a good

job in the future and my dream will come true.

This afternoon, my parents and I went to Huad Shan with their friends.Recently, they have developed a new feature such as Gu Keng coffee, yard coffee shop, and B&B.This time, we went to a place that has natural trees, flowers around us. On the side of the stone road, had a long river and we could hear the water voice. It was very comfortable. The most I like it because there were not many people so that we could have a quiet condition.In addition, adults took noodles, fruits, and teas to get more interest. People in there were so friendly; they could lend us the desk, the chair, and everything we need.Now, Huad Shan is not only a place for hiking but also a tourism scenic spot. We can go there with our family or friends on holiday. It is certainly can relax ourselves.There are full of busy and nervous feeling in our usual life. So we took advantage of free time to go for relax. It is really a big enjoyment

[a trip to Huad Shann高二年级英语日记

My hometown is not what famous tourist attractions, but with its unique

charm; My hometown is not green hills and water, but with a languid brook; My

hometown is not gorgeous, but pure and fresh and natural.

Spring is a season for revival, at this time, in the home of individual

trees, there are many wild flowers with their own kind of flowers, fruit trees

sprout, so fresh green, then the living green, the flowers are also unwilling to

lag behind, scrambling to open, the flower is not as good as the odd coloured

different grass in the city there as jiao qi, precious, but show their vigor and

vitality, breathing the sunshine rain and dew of the field, it seemed to be very

satisfied, it revealed in plain ordinary people feel pure and fresh feeling.

A continuous drizzle, knocking the door during the summer. After the rain

and baptism, more verdant leaves. Been, patches of green.

Autumn girl holding chrysanthemum sisters hand, shanshan, heavy autumn

girl basket every year. Look! Persimmon, elliptic, is like a small lantern, the

golden pear, tempt people, let people cant help to bite and the sweet smell

from the taste buds your heart...

Winds and heavy rains come hand in hand, everyone in the winter wind force

put on the wool coat, the plum blossom is the only thing standing alone in the

snow, its should be "plum blossom incense from Fairbanks to" historic

sentence!

I love my hometown, the hometown of green, the beauty of love home, love

hometown more vigor and vitality!

The night before Christmas, people are bringing a sleeping quietly under the moonlight, the earth, on a quiet, they are waiting, waiting for the arrival of the new year.

See, thats who, a boy. He quietly sat in the window, watching the moon, seemed to be waiting for someone, but he was waiting for whom? Now, who else would come? I was somewhat puzzled by his behavior. But he is still sitting in the window waiting for, but sometimes look back at the clock

Bell rang, which means that the upcoming new year, the boys face appeared in a trace of a smile, suddenly, two reindeer pulling a car from the Moon Ben Lai, the car away from the boys, getting closer, boys excited : Santa came! birth to old Laila! he instinctively ran outside, loudly calling Santa Claus, Santa Claus with a smile, said: My child, what gift you want? My lame foot, and students often do not, and I play, I am very sad.I know you want anything. Santa Claus finished and walked out.

Early morning sun is so bright, the boy blinked his eyes, and found himself in the foot, and no good, he began to not believe in Santa Claus, then, the boy walking out of bed, watching the students the freedom to playing, watching watching, he smiled , laughed so naive, bright, he had never had such a laugh. He gradually realized that Santa Claus gave him the best in the world is a gift - Happy

What are dreams? Is going to make track for to find, with dreams, we have the vast blue sky in the heart, a kind of hard teacher, a contribute to the motherland defenders, a great inventor like Edison, a great writer like old grandpa, etc., is a great dream, and my dream just want to be a fashion designer.

Be a costume designer, to match the color of the clothes, costume design, draw the look of the clothes and so on, do you want to be when I grew up in a special designer, I want to design a four seasons can wear, and can adjust the color of the clothes, the appearance of the telescopic clothes, transform the style of clothes, I also want to design a special woolen sweater, is the standard I do a costume designer.

Ha ha, you must be very surprised, so how novel clothes design, I want to install a temperature adjustment in the dress of the stealth screens, it will automatically adjust according to the temperature of the weather condition, the color will have a multi-function screen, there is a fashion design decorative pattern, and had good several sets of clothing color, the dress and scaling, can shrink into shorts, grow and shrink, still can slip into various styles, such as dust coat, skirt, the dress is comfortable and tide, I want to make a lot of people do put on my own, after numerous changes, thinking about clothes. Special sweater I to design for children, the outside is full of fluffy, white Snow White, goose feather, hat is full of hair, two balls hanging down, very cute! My dream is to be a fashion designer, a special designers, a wonderful dream!!!!!

Dream is to have you to chase that dream, as long as to look for a good dream is to a good future! My dream is so, the design is novel, fashionable clothes, the achievement of the greatest pleasures in my life!

梦想是什么?是要去追去找的，有了梦想就有了心中广阔的蓝天，一个慈祥辛勤的老师，一个为祖国做贡献的保卫者，一个像爱迪生那样伟大的发明家，一个像季羡林爷爷那样的大作家等等，都是一个远大的梦想，而我的梦想只想做一个服装设计师。

做一个服装设计师，要会搭配服装的颜色，设计服装的款式，画出衣服的样子等等，我长大以后要做一个特殊的设计师，我要设计一件四季都能穿，而且能调整衣服的颜色，伸缩衣服的样子，变换款式的衣服，我还要设计一件特别的羊毛衫，就是我做一个服装设计师的标准。

哈哈，你一定很惊讶，那么新颖的衣服怎么设计啊，我想在这件衣服里安装一个调整温度的隐形屏幕，它会自动根据天气的温度情况来调整，色彩会有一个多功能屏，里面有时尚的图案花纹，还有原本配好的几套衣服的颜色，这件衣服还有伸缩功能，能缩成短装，又能缩成长装，还能伸缩成各种款式，有风衣、裙子等，这件衣服既舒适又潮流，我想让许多人穿上我亲手做的，经过无数修改、思考的衣服。特别的羊毛衫我要设计给小朋友们穿，外面全是毛绒绒的，雪白雪白的，都是鹅毛，帽子上全是毛，垂下两个绒球，可爱极了!我的梦想就是当一个服装设计师，一个特殊的设计师，一个美好的梦想!

梦想是要有你来追的，梦想只要去寻找，一个好的梦想就是一个好的未来!我的梦想就是如此，设计新颖、时髦的衣服，成就我一生中最大的乐趣!

Success Is What？What is successThis is an old topic. However,However, everyone’s  understanding of success is quite different. Some people think that having money, house, car, a woman is successful. Some people think that success is doing something that you want to do. Some even deny the existence of success, he thinks this world is not successful, only the endless pursuit.So I want to make a new definition of success: Success is something that people are very eager to do good things gained a sense of satisfaction and excitement. Therefore, we do things, no matter big and small, as long as you want to do, and through your efforts made, and you happy, then you succeeded. Do not look too far successful, they should not be too easy to see success, success requires your effort. Those who believe that successful people do not exist, in fact, continue to define new goals, they will from what they have done to get happy, they succeeded.(

In order to become successful, you should first of all be both perseverance and hardworking. As you know, whatever you do, there are always two possible results: success and failure. When you fail, you should never lose heart. On the contrary, you must build up your confidence and work even harder. You should always keep in mind that perseverance is the mother of success and industry is the key to it. In addition, you should pay great attention to your work method. It is necessary for you to sum up your experience constantly and improve the efficiency of your work. Finally, it is important for you to get along well with your co-workers, care for each other and help each other. If you follow these principles, you will certainly achieve remarkable success in thefuture.

In my opinion, success means achieving brilliant results in ones work, that is, making outstanding contributions to the development of the country and bringing happiness to the people. So my conclusion is that even if one has made great progress in what he does, I don’t think there’s any reasons for him tobeconceited.

Between the darkness of earth and heaven she was burning fiercely upon a

disc of purple sea shot by the blood-red play of gleams; upon a disc of water

glittering and sinister. A high, clear flame, an immense and lonely flame,

ascended from the ocean, and from its summit the black smoke poured continuously

at the sky. She burned furiously, mournful and imposing like a funeral pile

kindled in the night, surround-ed by the sea, watched over by the stars.

A magnificent death had come like a grace, like a gift, like a reward to

that old ship at the end of her laborious days. The surrender of her weary ghost

to the keeping of stars and sea was stirring like the sight of a glorious

triumph. The masts fell just before daybreak, and for a moment there was a burst

and turmoil of sparks that seemed to fill with flying fire the night patient and

watchful, the vast night lying silent upon the sea.

Christmas is one of the most important celebrations of the year for the western countries. It falls on the twenty- fifth of December and has the same importance as Chinese New Year to people with English backgrounds. The celebration is for the birth of Jesus Christ, who is the son of God in Christianity. Now days Christmas is no longer only celebrated by the Christians, but by most people from all over the world.

On the twenty- fourth of December everyone gets excited for it’s the day before Christmas which is called Christmas Eve. The children are usually sent to bed early and are warned that “Santa Claus will only come and give you a present if you be good.” The younger kids actually believe that Santa will come down the chimney on the sleigh that’s pulled by his reindeers. Food like short bread and beer are prepared for Santa when he comes, however most times parents just eat them. Some children put socks and sacks up for the holding of the presents (that their parents put in).

Rise and shine on Christmas morning! The children are always the first ones to wake up, some even do at four. Present wrappers everywhere! They look into their presents with a big smile on their face and oh dear….I hope no one’s disappointed. I feel sorry for anyone that got pink underwear. Children play while dinner is prepared by the adults. The Christmas dinner are usually eaten together by relatives. The tradition of Christmas pudding and roosters are usually eaten with deserts afterwards. The rest of the day is usually games and fun before the good days all come to an end.

I wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!!!

Salaries should reflect people’s dedication and job responsibilities.

However, sports figures, who don’t benefit the community in general, earn

millions of dollars each. In my opinion this is wrong. Things should be done to

change this situation.

If we take the example of a sport star such as Tyson, it is hard for us to

say in what way he benefits the society. In fact, his disobeying game rules sets

a bad example for young people, and his abandoned behavior encourages people to

experiment with sex and violence. Besides, his job does not require special

skills or years of training and education. Although he can entertain and excite

audience, I do not think he is justified to receive so much money and his job

can be considered essential.

On the other hand, most people in ‘ordinary’ professions like nurses,

doctors and teachers earn only a small fraction of the income of these “stars”.

However, if we give a careful look at these professions, we will find that they

not only require special skills and years of education but also help the people

and the whole society. For instance, teachers disseminate knowledge to the

society; doctors and nurses give patients good medical care and prolong their

life. They are much more useful, and actually more essential to society than

sports personalities. Without these ‘ordinary’ professions, our society would

stop progressing. Their salaries should relate to skill, education or the value

of the inpidual to society.

Things should be done to make salaries fairer. Huge amounts of money shall

be given to more deserving people. It seems that the only solution is to impose

heavy taxes upon people who earn excessively high salaries.

The Mid-Autumn is a very important Chinese festival. It falls on the 15th

day of August. A few days before the festival, everyone in the family will help

to make the house clean and beautiful. Lanterns will be hung in front of the

house.

On the evening there will be a big family dinner. People who work far away

from their homes will try to come back for the union. After dinner, people will

light the lanterns which are usually red and round. Children will play with

their own toy lanterns happily.

At night the moon is usually round and bright. People can enjoy the moon

while eating moon-cakes which are the special food for this festival. They can

look back on the past and look forward to the future together. It is said that

there was a dragon in the sky. The dragon wanted to swallow up the moon. To

protect the frighten the dragon away.

The Chinese character "fu" (meaning blessing or happiness) is a must. The character put on paper can be pasted normally or upside down, for in Chinese the "reversed fu" is homophonic with "fu comes", both being pronounced as "fudaole." Whats more, two big red lanterns can be raised on both sides of the front door. Red paper-cuttings can be seen on window glass and brightly colored New Year paintings with auspicious meanings may be put on the wall.

People attach great importance to Spring Festival Eve. At that time, all family members eat dinner together. The meal is more luxurious than usual. Dishes such as chicken, fish and bean curd cannot be excluded, for in Chinese, their pronunciations, respectively "ji", "yu" and "doufu," mean auspiciousness, abundance and richness. After the dinner, the whole family will sit together, chatting and watching TV. In recent years, the Spring Festival party broadcast on China Central Television Station (CCTV) is essential entertainment for the Chinese both at home and abroad. According to custom, each family will stay up to see the New Year in.