8年级英语作文范文10篇(20篇)

As the proverb goes, “no one knows the value of health until he loses it.”

From this, we know that health is very important to everybody. But how to keep

fit? Many people believe that sports can offer people health and pleasure. As

far as I concern, I think doing physical exercises have lots of advantages.

First of all, doing exercises in the morning will refresh my body as well

as give me a good appetite to eat my breakfast. What’s more, the air in the

morning is really fresh and clean, so I can keep my mind clear and sound in the

class. By doing physical every day I can keep my mind alert that I can finish my

tasks in time. If I do not do any physical exercise, I will feel tired and my

body becomes quite sluggish. During the night, I may find it becomes harder to

fall asleep. Second, doing exercises everyday will help me to mound a better

personality. It takes time and patient to do exercises. Sometimes I just want to

give up, but my friends encourage me to carry on, then I feel a lot of

satisfaction. Doing physical exercises makes me stronger and healthier. That’s

my personal experience.

As a student, sports are indispensable. You can pick up your favorite sport

and do it every day. Only in this way, you can have both pleasure and a healthy

body.

I like Yao Ming very much who is the idol I like most.

I like playing basketball and in my opinion, he is the best basketball

player in China. When he started to play basketball in NBA, I was so excited

that I saw the news about him everyday. When he performed well, I was really

happy for him. When he did not, I hoped he could rearrange himself and did well

in the next game.

What’s more, his personalities attract me as well. He is kind-hearted and

humorous. He always smiles and is kind to very body, even his opponents.

Although he does not play basketball anymore, I still like him. I hope he can do

well in other fields as well.

Calligraphy is the essence of Chinese culture, which has developed into a special high-level art apart from satisfying the needs of daily writing. It has been flourishing for thousands of years in China. Shops with strong commercial atmosphere will gain some elegance if they are decorated with some quaint cultural calligraphic works. Sitting rooms, studies and bedrooms can be nice-looking with calligraphy works decorated. As a kind of art work, the writing of calligraphy is particular. The Chinese characters are written on Xuan paper which absorbs ink very well and then are mounted to hang on a wall. The calligraphy works are mostly a poem or a motto that the host of the room likes it much; if it is written by the host himself, it will demonstrate more his aspiration and interest as well as his talent.

书法是中国文化的精粹，除了满足日常书写外，它已经上升成为一门特别的高等艺术。他兴旺于中华大地数千年而不衰。商业气息浓重的店面装饰一些具有古色古香、文化色彩的书法作品就会平添几分高雅。书法作品也常常装饰客厅，书房和卧室。作为一种艺术，书法的书写是很讲究的。汉字写在吸水性很强的宣纸上，然后再装裱起来挂上墙壁。书法作品多半是居室主人所喜爱的一首诗词或是一句格言;如果这是他自己所作，那就更能显示他的志趣和才华了。

Everybody knows that there is serious problem of water pollution on the earth. Yes, water pollution is increasing.

Look! The water in the river is getting dirtier and dirtier. Most of fish in the water have died, and we can’t swim in the water.

My grandfather says, when he was very little, the water in the river was very clean. He often swam in the river with his friends.

That was before, but now we can’t see such clean rivers. Let’s protect the water from pollution, because we can’t live without water. The water is really important to us all.

I like reading very much because reading is the ladder of human progress.

What’s more, reading brings us not only endless fun but also opportunities.

There are many available books for us to choose from, like history books,

science books, literary books and so no. But what interests me most in history

books---over the long course of history, the Chinese nation has witnessed

changes of dynasties, transfers of governments, and foreign powers in modern

history. This makes me realize the great responsibility of the development of

the motherland. Therefore, we should study hard for the rise of the Chinese.

I sincerely hope that everyone can absorb more nutrients and cultivate a

more noble character through reading.

My Favorite Book Harry Potter

Do you know Harry Potter? Its one of my favorite readings. The hero Harry

Potter is a student in a magic school. He wears glasses and has no parents, and

now he is sixteen years old. He is very brave and known to everyone, because he

is the only person who will not die by devil.

When I read the book, I feel very excited and interested. So I have read it

again and again, each time I have different feelings. Do you like Harry Potter?

If you havent read the book, read it now and youll find a wonderful world.

I have many friends, but Jim is one of my best friends. He is not handsome, but kind-hearted. We know each other at primary school. He was the tallest in our class at that time. He is good at study and playing basketball, while bad at playing table tennis. Everytime he has delicious food, he will give it to me. Moreover, whenever I feel sad, he will play with me and comfort me. However, he is not spoilt me. For example, everytime I meet difficulties in study, I would like to copy his, but no matter what I say, he never give his homework to me to copy. Instead he teaches how to do it. All in all, no matter what difficulties I meet, he will help me. It is him make me realize that a friend in need is a friend indeed.

我有很多朋友，不过吉姆是我最好的朋友之一。他长得不帅，但是很善良。我们在小学的时候就互相认识了。那时，他是我们班里最高的。他的学习成绩很好。他很擅长打篮球但是乒乓球却打得很烂。每次有好吃的他都让给我吃。而且每次我不开心的时候他都会陪我玩，安慰我。但是他并不宠溺我，比如说，在做作业的时候我遇到不懂的就总想抄他的，那个时候不管我怎么求他，他从来都没给我抄过作业，而是教我如何去写。总之不管我遇到什么困难，他都会帮助我。他让我明白了患难见真情。

Today, my parents took me to my grandfather’s home.I talked with my grandfather for a little while and then I played with my brothers and sisters.

After a while, my elderly brother suggested going to the park and having a rest.“That’s a good idea. ” I said.Then we prepared for the outing.However, after lunch, the sky turned dark and rained heavily.Therefore, our plan was an impossible due to the bad weather.How pity it was!All the afternoon, we could only have fun in house.

We played cards, watched TV and played computer games.We were happy, but we still hoped that we can go out next time.

今天，我父母带我到爷爷家。我和爷爷聊了一会天然后我就和兄弟姐妹们玩。

过了一会，我的哥哥提议去公园然后休息。“好主意”我说。接着我们就为外出做准备。但是，吃过午饭，天空变得黑暗还下起了大雨。因此，我们的计划因为坏天气泡汤了。太可惜了!整个下午我们只能在家里玩。

我们打牌，看电视，玩游戏。我们和开心，但是还是希望下次能够出去玩。

Compared to the universe, our lives are really short, just like a meter.

But the meaning of life doesnt depend on its length but contributions. For

example, Marie Curie, in order to find the radium, she devoted her whole life to

the research. Though the radioactive element had shorter her life, she never

gave up her mind to serve the world. According to her story, I conclude that the

first meaning of life is contribution. The standard of judging a life isnt how

much he asks for but how much he gives away.

The second meaning of life is struggling for our goals. Each of us has

goals, such as longing for position, hoping for wealth and looking forward to be

loved. However, the path leading to them isnt filled with roses. But no matter

how tough to accomplish our dream we should never say die. If you really want to

achieve them, please keep diligent and patient just like an English motto

goes;“No pains ,no gains.”

The third meaning of life is happiness. Not only should we keep happy, but

also bring enjoyment to others .For example, we can have an optimistic attitude

which can affect the people in our surroundings. Besides, we are supposed to be

ready to help others, because in this way we can make both us and them happy .I

consider it an unchangeable truth that ‘Helping others creates happiness.

just want to say, the lives for us are limited, but we are able to make

efforts to make it shine out .Believe it, though our lives are rather short, we

can also make a hit .If we try our best, our lives will be meaningful as

well.

Everyone has a lot of dreams. Some people want to be rich, dreaming of

becoming millionaires overnight. Others want to be famous, dreaming of suddenly

jumping to great fame. I have a lot of dreams,too。Now Ill talk about my dream i

What is my dream? I often ask myself. When I was a little boy, I wanted to be a

soldier with a gun so that I could defend our motherland. Now I am a young boy

with a new dream——to be a doc-tor. I want to be a famous doctor, helping the

sick and saving their lives. Why has my dream changed? Well, at the age of 11 I

was ill, badly ill. I was told that I had cancer. I had to leave both my school

and my friends and go to the hospital. Every day I suf-fered the troubles caused

by this illness. I also saw some people who were suffering and dying of

ill-nesses. I made up my mind to become a doctor, so that I can help the sick

people and cure them of their diseases. China is a develop-ing country. She

needs good medicine and good doctors, especially in the countryside and lonely

villages. I want to try my best to help the poor sick people of our country. I

want to let them have an opportunity to receive excel-lent treatments for their

illnesses without having to pay much or any money. Ill do every bit to cure the

incurable. I hope to see a world where there is no cancer, no Aids, no fatal

diseases. Im confident that through the joint efforts of you and me, man will

put an end to his bodily sufferings and this dream of mine will one day be

brought into reality.

Every body wants to succeed. But when it comes to the question that which

factor leads to success, opportunity or hard-work, different people will offer

different answers.

Some people think that opportunity is the first factor leading to success.

They hold the idea, as a proverb saying, “Man proposes, god disposes”. Because

almost all successful people have good luck and have caught their valuable

opportunities, they believe that opportunity is a leading condition of the

success. If seizes and makes the best use of opportunity available, one can

succeed surely. In summary, to them, chances and lucks play the most important

role on the road to success.

However, others maintain that “no pains, no gains” .Without exerting

oneself, one could never expect to achieve success in no matter what one is

doing. As is known to all, there is no royal road to the summit of success. One

is likely to succeed only when one has worked with whole-hearted devotion and

perseverance. Those who are lazy, sloppy and indifferent to their work, those

who never concentrate on work will definitely end in failure. On the whole, as

far as they are concerned, hard-working is the decisive factor to success.

In my view, both hard work and opportunity eventually matters. They are

inseparable from each other, and put together, they make a great success. Hard

work is to luck what fish is to water, and can be seen as an interior

precondition of success. It lays the corner-stone for building a house while

luck serves to cement it, to make the building bricks adherent to one another.

They are the twins that contribute to success together. They are the factors

from within and without respectively. We must work hard, make efforts and get

prepared. When opportunities come, meet and make full use of them. Only in this

way can we succeed one day.

My birtiday is on 24th May. I always have both happy and sad feelings on my birthday. Why I am happy? I have group of friends that come over to celebrate with me. And they give me birthday presents, sometimes the gifts surprised me very much. Also, I can feel how much my family loves me because my parents always make a birthday cake for me. They do not go to buy one, but make one themselves. I feel so happy about that. However, I understand my mother was the one who suffered the most pain on the date I came to the world. I feel so sorry for my mother for what she had suffered. But I promise her, I will take good care of her when I have that ability.

我的生日是5月24日。我在我的生日时既有快乐也有悲伤的情感。我为什么开心?我的朋友来和我庆祝。他们给我的生日礼物,有时礼物非常让我吃惊。同时,我能感觉到我的家人多么爱我,因为我的父母总是为我做一个生日蛋糕。他们不去买一个,而是自己做。我感到很高兴。然而,让我明白的是我的母亲遭受了最痛苦的事让我来到了这个世界。我感到抱歉为我的母亲她遭遇了什么。但是我答应她,当我有能力时，我会好好照顾她,。

Today, is the traditional Chinese festival - Lantern Festival. Eating

yuanxiao, the meaning of the lanterns is tuan tuan yuan yuan, harmony and

beauty. After dinner, my mother and I went to the square to see the lantern

show.

Come to the square, ho, people many ah, really lively! These lights are

vivid and lifelike, with 12 zodiac lanterns, corn lights, jack-o-lanterns, lotus

lanterns, lei yue lanterns... Its beautiful. There was a lamp that impressed me

the most, it was the moon, and there were some lovely twinkling stars.

I hope the next Lantern Festival will come soon.

It is a happy family.Toms family are all at home in the evening.Tom is listening to music while his young sister is playing with a Cat.What are his parents doing? His father is reading a book. His mother is making a telephone call to someone.Look! His grandparents are watching TV.They are all enjoying themselves.It is cold outside, but inside it is warm.

这是一个幸福的家庭。汤姆的家人晚上都回家来了。汤姆正在听音乐，而他的妹妹在和猫玩耍。他的父母在干吗?爸爸在看书，妈妈在给人打电话。看，爷爷和奶奶在看电视。一家人都自得其乐。外面寒风凛冽，屋里其乐融融。

It is the best time in the evening.Tom and his family members all return home.After supper they enjoy themselves.Look! His grandparents are watching TV.Father is doing some reading as usual. By the window his mother is calling someone.His little sister is playing with the cat while Tom is listening to music.

这是晚上最好的时光。汤姆一家人都回到了家。晚饭后，全家人都过得很愉快。看，他的爷爷、奶奶正在看电视。爸爸像往常一样在看书，窗边的妈妈正给谁打电话。小妹妹在逗着小猫玩儿;而汤姆在听音乐。

The living room is very clean and tidy. You can see a nice picture and a clock on the wall. There are some books on the desk.It must be a happy family.

这间客厅干净而整洁，墙上挂着一幅漂亮的画和一个钟，桌上放着些书。这真是一个幸福的家庭。

I have a dream about my career. I want to be a teacher, because I think

teacher is a good job. Generally speaking, teachers have much knowledge. They

can help students to eich their knowledge. Besides, teachers can communicate

with students all the time. It helps teachers keep young at heart. Finally,

teachers have two long holidays a year. In the free time, I can do many things I

like. And I have time to travel. It makes me exciting. I must work hard to

realize my dream.

Everyone always has a good Sunday.

On Sundays, everybody does some things what he like.

Last Sunday, Jack had a relaxing Sunday.

He got up 6 o’clock.

After breakfast, Jack played basketball with his friends.

They were very happy.

Then he played the guitar in the room.

And he sang songs very loudly.

Though it’s very relaxing for him, it also make very noisy for neighbors.

Maybe he should turn down the music.

At noon, jack fed his pet cat henry.

He is Jack’s favorite.

Jack always play with him on the weekends.

At night, he watched TV on the sofa.

At the some time, he ate many delicious snacks.

So he really had a great time.

At the of day, jack thought if I always have a relaxing Sunday like today.

I will become the happiest boy all over the world.

A long summer vacation will soon be past, reviewing this summer, colorful, mix, with hard work, have a happy outcome, sightseeing, enjoy leisure... Really it is productive to harvest the results summarized as follows:

1. Getting to know a lot of xiangjiang safari park I have never seen the animals.

2. Back will be a lot of tang poetry.

3. Learned to origami.

4. Learned how to swim, do nothing to hard.

5. Read a lot of outside reading.

My biggest harvest is learned to play chess, chess is not difficult, the rules are simple, want to win each step must be careful, otherwise, will not win.

My summer vacation life is sunshine, a bright and happy. Do you like me?

漫长的暑假很快就要过去了，回顾这个暑假，丰富多彩，劳逸结合，有辛苦的耕耘，有幸福的成果，有观光游览，有尽情的休闲……真可谓的是收获多多把收获结果总结如下：

1。去香江野生动物园认识了很多我从来没见过的动物。

2。背会啦很多唐诗。

3。学会了折纸。

4。学会了游泳，动了做什么事都要刻苦。

5。阅读了很多课外读物。

我最大的收获是学会了下国际象棋，国际象棋并不难，规则很简单，要想战胜对方必须得每步谨慎，否则，就不会胜利。

我的暑假生活是阳光的、灿烂的、快乐的。你们和我一样吗?

I remember the first day when I move to the new home, there is girl who

lives next to my house. She is very nice and willing to help me solve my

problems. Thanks to her, I get used to the new environment soon. I have made

many friends, but in my heart, this girl is my best friend. I hope our

friendship can last forever.

12 May 2006

Dear Sir,

I am a December 2003 graduate from the University of San Francisco (USF) with a bachelors degree in International Business. As part of my career planning, I am very interested in supplementing my international business education with a basic knowledge of the Chinese language. This I hope will help me enter into business commerce with business organizations partnering with Chinas economic development.

I already have information from BLCU and hope to study there for at least one full year starting with this summers program continuing through the fall and spring semester 2006. Can your office advise me if such scholarships might be available to me?

I have been studying Chinese for one year now. I am not sure what level I belong to. I was told that there will be an HSK test in our university in September. I am planning to attend the test. But I dont know if the result of the test is recognized by your university. If so, can it be a help for me to apply for the scholarship?

I am looking forward to hearing from you soon.

Yours faithfully,

Tom Jolly

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

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

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

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

I had an interesting Spring Festival. How about you?

Some people feel like they are always busy doing something all day long, but they still have a lot of things to do. It seems that the time is never enough. How can we spend our time effectively? Well, in my humble opinion, there are several tips that we can use.

First of all, we should make a list about the things we need to do today. The chef thing to remember is to do the things which are extremely critical first. Second, be concentrated. For the people, they may lack of self-control, they are easily got distracted by other things, thus its important for them to do the things according to the list. Dont do other things unless you have finish your job. Last but not least, wake up earlier in the morning. Youll find you have more time to do the things you want.

In a word, we should have a plan about the things we are going to do. Only in this way we can use time effectively.

有些人感觉他们整天都忙个不停，但是他们还是有好多事情要做。看起来时间永远不够用。我们怎样才能合理的利用时间呢?在我看来，有几点建议可供大家参考。

首先，我们应该为自己今天要做的事情列一张表。最重要的是要记住先做那些紧急的事情。其次，要专心。对于年轻人来说，他们也许缺乏自控能力，很容易被其他事情分神。因此，按照单子做事情非常重要。做不完列表上的事，就不做其他的闲事。最后，早上起得早一点。你会发现你能有更多的时间来做你想做的事。

一句话，我们应该对将要做的事情写个计划。只有这样，我们才能合理的利用时间。