用英语描写我的家庭短文（精彩20篇）

At the foot of Yulong(Jade Dragon)Snow Mountain in northwesternYunnan Province is the ancient town of Lijiang. In the remote past.itwas already inhabited with tribal people. In i 253 , Kublai Khan，the Mongol chief，stationed his troops here on his southward march to conquer the State of Dali. For the next 500 years，to the early days of the Qing Dynasty、the place was ruled by a herditary succession of chieftains from the Mu clan of the Naxi people、under the jurisdiction of the imperial court.

在云南省西北部的玉龙雪上教学坐落着人间仙境般的丽江古城。这里在远古时期就有部落居民居住生活。1253年，蒙古族头领忽必烈在讲军南方占领大理州的路上曾让他的队伍驻扎于此。在随后的500年里，直到清朝初期，这个地方都山纳西族氏族酋长世袭统治，统属朝廷管辖。

Lijiang is a mystical and beautiful town on the center of Lijiang valley，2 410 meters above sea level，with about 25 000 residents on an area of 3 .8 square kilometers. It is the gateway to northwest Yunnan region。and No. 214 National Road runs through the city to Tibet in the north or to Dali City in the south , capital of the autonomous prefecture.

丽江古城位于丽江坝子中央，海拔2410米，面积3.8万平方公里，人口约2.5万。这里是滇西北的重要门户，如今，214国道贯穿丽江全市，北可达西藏，南可至大理，交通十分便利。

The inhabitants of Lijiang are mainly of Naxi minority .and the city is the only autonomous city of the nationality. It has long been known world wide for its grandiose snow clad mountain，the steep gorge，the elegant Mt. Laojun，the clean Lugu Lake， and the colorful and various customs of the minorities. The outside world is surprised by its ancient and simple sense of‘identity of Heaven and Man" and its protound and excenent cunure，amazed by the ancestors of the minorities who built a city without a wall on the beautiful land of Lijiang at this southwest frontier. In December of 1997，World Heritage Committee registered it on World Heritage List，and this“city forgotten gods" was since unveiled to the world with its oriental mystery and charm like pearl hidden among the mountains

古城里聚居的居民以纳西族同胞为主，是我国唯一的纳西族自治区。丽江从来就以它巍峨壮丽的大当山、雄奇险峻的人峡补、灵秀峻美的老君山、碧波荡漾的泸沽湖和多姿多彩的少数民族风情而闻名于世。人们惊讶于这里“天人合一”的古朴意识及其博大精深的文化内涵，赞叹西南边陲的少数民族先人们，在丽江这片奇丽的土地上筑起了一座没有城墙的古城。1997年12月，联合国教科文组织将丽江古城列入《世界遗产名录》。从此，这个”被神仙遗忘在人间的城郭“，犹如一处藏于大山之中的宝藏呗发掘出来，向世人展示东方文明的神秘和魅力。

When the summer holiday comes, I will be very happy, because my family and I will go to travel. I like travel so much, I can not only see the beautiful scenery, but also can spend the time with my parents. I feel so easy and don’t have to study, I just play and enjoy my moment. This is my most happy days.

当暑假来临时,我会非常高兴,因为我和我的家人要去旅游。我喜欢旅游,不仅可以看到美丽的风景,还可以花时间与我的父母在一起。我觉得很放松,不需要学习,我只玩和享受的时刻。这是我最快乐的日子。

My family day is very busy.

In the morning, mother always wakes up at 6:00, she does many housework: wash clothes, sweep the floor and clean the bedroom. I usually get up at 7:00 a.m. Because I will go to school. My father is lazy, he often gets up at half past seven.

When I get up, I brush my teeth and wash my face. Then I eat breakfast wish my mother. We eat egg, milk and bread, we are full. Father never eats breakfast at home, he eats breakfast at his company.

At 7:40a.m, father takes me and mother to school. Sometimes his driver takes us to school.

In school, mother teach Chinese class for her students. I have Chinese class, math class, English class and science class. After school, I go swimming, I’m very happy.

At 6:00, we arrive home. I eat so much junk food. Father usually eats dinner with his friends, hardly ever he eats dinner in the home.

At night, I do my homework, then go to bed. My mother usually reads books, sometimes she watches TV.

New Years Day is one of important days for many people in the word during the year。Most people spend the New YearsDay in hotels。January 1st is considered as the New Years Day。most companies，shops，school，and government offices are closed during that time。People prepare for New Years Dayfrom late December。

Firt，people spend a few days to clean their houses completely。Some families then put up some new painting from November to be sent in January。The New Years meal is also prepcnared from the end of December。During the New Years Day，people usually do not cook and relax at home。 On New Years Eve，it is common to have a bag dinner with family members or friends at home or in hotels and hear bells which informs us of the coming New Year。

On New Years Day，people fiest greet each other。 Some people wear new coats and visit temples to pray for happiness and health theoughout the New Year。Children are busy with getting the gifts from their parents and relatives。

MaoxinqiIn Nan Tong, spring is very beautiful. Trees are all green, flowers are all lovely. It’s warm most of the time, and sometimes it’s rainy. People like the season best, but I don’t. People usually go rowing and fishing, go for a walk in a park and have a Sports Day. Students are reading in the morning. Farmers are engage in farming. Spring is a busy season !

Summer is very hot, but people feel very happy. Sometimes in Nan Tong it’s rainy and cool. It’s hotter in Nan Tong than in Qingdao, so people usually eat ice-creams and go swimming. I like summer best, because my birthday is in summer. I can catch insects, play water with my friends, and I have a summer holiday. Summer always makes people feel happy!

Autumn is the best season in Nan Tong. It is cool and usually sunny. Sometimes it’s windy. I like flying kites and going camping.

People can go to farms in the countryside and pick apples, bananas, oranges… I like autumn too, because it is a season of results!

Winter is very cold and windy. Sometimes I can make snowmen. I usually run and jump in the winter, Nan Tong’s winter is as cold as in Shanghai, but it is colder in Beijing than in Nan Tong. People always wear a lot of clothes. And go shopping before New Year’s Day!Nan Tong’s four seasons are quiet fine! (Teacher: Songyuebo)

My dog is very cute. Body hair is light yellow, it has small ears, and eyes twinkle like black stones. Its very thin. Foreleg short, long hind feet and ran ran fast, wind.

Its living habits, is lying down to sleep, like to eat dog food, more like bone or meat, I tease it, holding the dog food for very high, it suddenly jumped up and just eat here. He eat very cute, it exhaled eat, eat with relish, it was lying bed lazy, looks very sleepy. In the evening, however, it becomes very spirit, eyes also will shine.

He like cat likes to play with thread, he when I write my homework on my side. Darling. And I watch TV together, it will look very ecstasy. When I was playing on the computer, it is very curious staring at the computer, while wang wang cried, as if to say: I want to play too!

It also likes to play football. It will roll the ball with its claws as he ran.

I sometimes lose a fly basin to make it to pick up and then back it with my mouth.

I like the dog, because it is very cute. Can also know from it the knowledge of the animals, so my dog, I like it very much.

我家的小狗很可爱。身上的毛是淡黄色的，它的耳朵小小的，，眼睛像黑宝石一闪一闪的。它很瘦。前脚短，后脚长，跑步跑得很快，像风一样。

它的生活习惯是这样的，睡觉是趴着的，喜欢吃狗粮、更喜欢吃骨头或肉，我逗它的时候，手拿的狗粮举得很高，它就猛地跳起来，一下就吃到了。他吃东西的样子很可爱，它大口大口的吃，吃的津津有味，它睡觉趴着懒洋洋的样子，看起来很困。可是，到了晚上，它就变得很精神，眼睛也会发光。

他跟小猫一样喜欢玩揉线团，他在我写作业的时候趴在我身旁。乖乖的。它和我一起看电视，还会看得很入神。我在玩电脑的时候，它就很好奇的望着电脑，一边汪汪的叫着，好像在说：我也要玩!

它还喜欢玩足球。它会一边跑一边用爪子滚着球。

我有时侯丢一个飞盆让它去捡然后它用嘴叼了回来。

我喜欢小狗，因为它很可爱。还可以从它身上知道动物的知识，所以我家的小狗，我非常的喜欢它。

题目要求：自拟题目写一篇 100 ～ 120 字的短文，谈谈写英语日记的好处。

It is good to keep a diary in English.

Keeping a diary in English does a great deal of good to my English study. Keeping a diary can help you review all the English knowledge you have learned. For example， you must know the correct spelling of each word needed in the diary; you must use the phrases correctly and choose the suitable sentence patterns， meanwhile， it is also necessary to use you knowledge of grammar in a correct way.

Keeping a diary can help you not only to console your knowledge of English， but to form the habit of thinking in English. Practice makes perfect. By and by， your English writing will be greatly improved.

[写英语日记的好处短文

导语：我的家里每天都有欢笑声，下面是yuwenmi小编为大家整理的优秀作文，欢迎阅读与借鉴，谢谢!

In my big family, there are six members. They are my grandfather, my grandmother, my father, my mother, my little brother and I. We live together happily.

My grandfather and grandmother are in their seventies. My grandfather has something wrong with his heart, while my grandmother is in good health. Last summer, I taught her to play chess. She was so intrested in it that I had to play with her all day on weekends!

My father is a doctor and my mother is a middle school teacher. They are all very busy and hard-working. Although sometimes they disagree with each other, they respect each other.

My little brother is only two years old. He is very lovely. He has a round face and two big black eyes. There are two dimples on his cheeks when he smiles just like me. I often can’t help kissing him. Sometimes he is very naughty. When I don’t want to get up in the morning, he comes to pinch my ear to wake me, and runs away quickly when I open my eyes angrily.

What a harmonious family we have! I love my family forever!

【参考译文】

在我的大家庭里，有六个成员。他们是我的爷爷，奶奶，爸爸，妈妈，弟弟和我。

我爷爷和奶奶七十多岁了。我爷爷的心脏有点问题，而我的祖母身体很好。去年夏天，我教她下棋。她很感兴趣，我只好跟她玩一整天在周末!

我父亲是医生，我母亲是中学教师。他们都很忙，工作很努力。虽然有时他们意见不一致，但他们彼此尊重。

我的弟弟只有2岁。他非常可爱。他有一张圆圆的脸和两只大大的黑眼睛。他的脸上有两个酒窝，他笑得跟我一样。我常常忍不住吻他。有时他很调皮。当我早上不想起床时，他会来抓我的耳朵叫醒我，当我愤怒地睁开眼睛时，我很快就跑开了。

我们的家庭和睦和睦!我永远爱我的家人!

Liu Xiang is one of the famous athletes/ players in China. He was born on July 13th, 1983.

In his spare time, he likes singing and playing computer games. He is best at 110-metre hurdle in sports. He got the gold medal in 2004 Athens Olympic Games. And in 2006, he set a new world record with the time of 12.88 seconds. He didn’t take part in 2008 Beijing Olympics because of the condition of his wound(伤势).But he got the gold medal in 2010 Guangzhou Asian Games. He hopes to to be the winner at 110-metre hurdle in 2012 London Olympic Games.

We think that his dream will come true. We are very proud of him. Good luck to him.

[人物描写的英语作文

Autumn is a colorful season, you see that Huang Chengcheng persimmon, red glowing apples, and that all kinds of mushrooms, and my favorite is the wind of autumn

Whenever I finished my homework, and my mother went to the river while walking, while feeling the autumn breath, waves of wind blowing children, red maple leaves by the autumn wind fell from the tree, Only to fly the "butterfly", clean aunt are busy, but just to the side of children sweep, and then children began to fall. Look, how can these maple leaves be naughty!

Far from the mountains there are still many fruit trees, apple trees, persimmon trees, as long as the autumn wind gently blow, these fruits to swing a small head, as if to say: "children, come pick me! On the ground! "Some fruit really could not help but want to leave the arms of the mothers arms," flap ... ... "With a burst of autumn they finally fell from the tree!

Peasant uncle to see their own fruit trees fruit, harvest in sight, was blowing around the wind, can not help but music from ear to ear, and eyes are narrowed into a line of it

I like the fall of the stream of gold, prefer the wind of autumn, because it brings us happiness, brought the vision and hope ... ...

There are all kinds of animals in the world . My favorite animal is rabbits. It has two long ears, a pair of red eyes, and a short tail. It likes jumping. It likes eating carrots and cabbages. It is one of the worlds most lovely animals.

Whale are huge animals.They live in the sea and eat small fish and other sea life.One intere sting fact is whales can jump high out of water.Some kinds of whales are in danger because humans catch them formeat,fat,and oil,and use whale parts to make candles and soap.Whales are also in danger from water pollution.We should protect whales by making rules on whale protection and by not putting rubbish into the sea.I think people should learn more about whales.

鲸鱼是巨大的动物。他们住在大海和少吃鱼类和其他海洋生物。一个兴趣刺离开水是鲸鱼能跳很高。一些种类的鲸鱼是危险的,因为人类抓注,脂肪,和石油,并利用鲸鱼部分蜡烛和肥皂。从水污染鲸鱼也处于危险之中。我们应该保护鲸鱼,鲸鱼保护规则,不把垃圾放入大海。我认为人们应该了解更多关于鲸鱼。

In Chinawhen some festivals comewe use the firework to celebrate .But Firework may lead to fire and endanger society.According to surveysixty percent

people surport the use of fireworkbecaus-

eit can add the atmosphere of festival

.Setting off fireworks is also the tradition of Chinese people.Forty percent

people disagree to use fireworkbecause firework may endanger society and harm people.Whats moreIt will cause air pollution .In my opinionWe can build up a special place far from city.There we can set off firework during festival.I know Beijing is using the method and it works.

[描写烟花的英语作文

A group of penguins at a zoo in Japan take a walk to lose weight. Every day, 15 king penguins there walk 500 meters twice. "Just like human, penguins dont exercise much during winter. They become fat easily," says a zookeeper.

在日本的一个动物园里一群企鹅在散步减肥。哪里的15只金企鹅媒体散步两次，每次500米。 动物园工作人员说：“和人类一样，企鹅冬天不怎么运动，容易发胖。”

家人，是我们危险时的安全港;是我们伤心时的鼓励声;是我们在寒冷下的温暖阳光。每人都有一个家，而我的家是……

“我回来了……”我大声地叫喊着。刚跨进门，我就听到了一股低沉的声音：“回来了，今天考试怎么样，不会又考坏了吧!”然后又是嬉皮笑脸地说：““肯定是，以你那种水平能考及格就不错喽!”

听这声音不用想，肯定那老头子。我堵着嘴：“哼，你不用嘲讽我。你讲我，也不想想你自己小时候考成什么样，不管怎么，我一定都比你高。”我用手堵着耳朵嚷嚷着。“爸，你听，她啊，又喊你老头子了!”那让人讨厌的哥哥也走进房门说。“唉!没想法，谁让老爸上次让我叫他老头子的，那我只好这么叫了，怎么着你羡慕了!”我笑着说。“再讲，这就是我们家的特点啊，一点规矩也不用讲!”老爸也终于出来说句公道话。是啊，这称呼是我让她说的，不这样，怎样体现出我们家的不同呢?”我连忙回答：“你终于说出了一句动听的话。”“你们先别顾着讲话啊，女儿啊，你这次考试拿几分啊?”我妈着急地询问着。“不高不高，也就92分!”我不急不慢地说。妈妈又着急地讲：“那在全班第几啊?”“我和我班上的课代表同分，同名，全班第一啊。”我说。“真的啊，不错呀，不愧是我的女儿。来，啵一口……”老妈开心地说。“却，不就92分吗?我还考过100分呢，也不见老妈对我这么好，好偏心!”老哥撒娇道。“好了，好了，今天我都奖励你们烧你们最爱吃的菜。”妈妈慈祥地说。“好嘞!”我和哥异口同声说。

“怎么样，这饭好吃吗?”妈妈征询我们的意见。爸爸第一个争着说：“可难吃了，真没见到如此难吃的饭!”老妈黑着脸说：“那你还吃得津津有味!”“那是为了不伤你的自尊心!”爸爸接着说。“啊!”妈扑上老爸用上了她的绝技“降龙十八捏”“哈哈……”这饭就在这笑声中结束了。

这就是我家，一个没规矩而又欢乐的一家人。

My family has a pug, its golden hair, looks like a golden dandelion. Its eyes are especially God, always stare round, like to see through my heart the same. Feet with a little white look very good. I gave it a nice name - babe.

Whenever I go home from school, it is always around me, the tail shaking like a brush. As if to say: "the owner you come back." Once, babe almost put my mosquito nets to scratch, the mother cursed it meal, it curled up in the corner, head down motionless After a while, head down at me and wagged my tail, as if to say: "Master, I no longer dare, forgive me." Whenever I was sad when it is always in my side, silently And when he was happy, it kept in front of me Sahuan, as if to say: "see you happy, I am also very happy."

You do not look at it looks like a small door, but unambiguous, whenever there is little movement he ran out quickly, barking called non-stop. Once, my friend came to my house to play, just called me soon, babe ran quickly out until I came out to let it go back, it went to the side to go.

One winter, morning, I got up and went to see babe, saw it cool all the body, I hastened it to the stove, but not yet warm it up. I am ashamed. I hope you have a good life in heaven!

Babe, i love you!

摘要：清明节是中国重要的“时年八节”之一，一般是在公历4月5号前后，节期很长，有10日前8日后及10日前10日后两种说法，这近20天内均属清明节。清明节原是指春分后十五天，1935年中华民国政府明定4月5日为国定假日清明节，也叫做民族扫墓节。

"As" this sentence is confirmed by the wonderful nature, yesterday the wisper under light rain, my heart is heavy like a rock, because want to master and old milk grave, before, I dont understand the real meaning of the qing Ming day, until today after sweeping the tomb, I understand the true meaning of tomb-sweeping day!

At seven o clock in the morning, we prepare to master and old milk grave, grave is a fresh thing for me, we take tools and set off.

Walking the winding mountain road, I cant wait, after about an hour, we came to the master and old grandmas grave, a year didnt come, graves are covered with wild grass, you well after the division of labor, began to busy, everything is in place, we started to burn money, along with the smoke, I seem to see their shadow, they told me: study hard and cherish life.

Yes, life is short, happy every day to live, to continuously surpass ourselves, surpass ourselves, dream will come true; The superego, the dream into power; Beyond the self, to create beautiful life! I think life is constantly transcend self, beyond the dream!!!!! Panoramic view of the city house on the mountain, the mountain was full of golden golden in the rape, deep breath, deep and remote light fragrance, fresh air, the flowers with irresistible power explanation of the meaning of life!

“清明时节雨纷纷”这句话被奇妙的大自然所印证，昨天下了淅淅沥沥的小雨，我的心像大石头一样沉重，因为要给老爷和老奶扫墓，以前，我不懂清明节的真正意义，直到今天扫完墓后，我才懂得了清明节的真正意义!

清晨七点，我们准备给老爷和老奶扫墓，扫墓对我来说可是件新鲜的事，我们拿上工具，出发了。

走在蜿蜒的山路上，我已经迫不及待了，大约过了一个小时，我们来到了老爷和老奶的墓前，一年没来，坟墓上长满了荒芜的草，大家做好分工后，纷纷开始忙碌起来，一切就绪后，我们开始烧纸钱，随着袅袅炊烟，我仿佛看到了他们的影子，他们告诉我：好好学习，珍惜生命。

是啊，人的一生苦短，每一天都要活得快乐，要不断超越自我，超越自我，梦想终会实现;超越自我，梦想化为动力;超越自我，创造美丽人生!我认为生命就在不断的超越自我，超越梦想!在山上，城市的房子尽收眼底，山中开满了金黄金光的油菜花，深呼一口，幽淡的花香，清新的空气，那些花以不可抗的动力诠释着生命的意义!

【知识延伸】关于“清明节”的英文介绍

Qing Ming Jie(All Souls Day)

Qing Ming is a time to remember the dead and the dearly departed. More important, it is a period to honour and to pay respect to ones deceased ancestors and family members. Because it reinforces the ethic of filial piety, Qing Ming is a major Chinese festival.

Literally meaning "clear" (Qing) and "bright" (Ming), this Chinese festival falls in early spring, on the 106th day after the winter solstice. It is a "spring" festival, and it is an occasion for the whole family to leave the home and to sweep the graves of their forebears. Chinese being practical people this sweeping of the graves is given an extended period, that is, 10 days before and after Qing Ming day. Among some dialect groups a whole month is allocated.

清明节是一个纪念祖先的节日。主要的纪念仪式是扫墓，扫墓是慎终追远、郭亲睦邻及行孝的具体表现;基于上述意义，清明节因此成为华人的重要节日。清明节是在仲春和暮春之交，也就是冬至后的106天。扫墓活动通常是在清明节的前十天或后十天。有些地域的人士的扫墓活动长达一个月。

ORIGIN(起源)

Qing Ming is popularly associated with Jie Zi Zhui, who lived in Shanxi province in 600 B.C. Legend has it that Jie saved his starving lords life by serving a piece of his own leg. When the lord succeeded in becoming the ruler of a small principality, he invited his faithful follower to join him. However, Jie declined his invitation, preferring to lead a hermits life with his mother in the mountains.

Believing that he could force Jie out by burning the mountain, the lord ordered his men to set the forest on fire. To his consternation, Jie chose to remain where he was and was burnt to death. To commemorate Jie, the lord ordered all fires in every home to be put out on the anniversary of Jies death. Thus began the "cold food feast", a day when no food could be cooked since no fire could be lit.

The "cold food" festival occurs on the eve of Qing Ming and is often considered as part of the Qing Ming festival. As time passes, the Qing Ming festival replaced the "cold food" festival. Whatever practice is observed，the basic observation of Qing Ming is to remember ones elders by making a special effort to visit their graves, ashes or ancestral tablets. To make the visit even more meaningful, some time should be spent to remind the younger members of the family of the lives and contributions of their ancestors, and the story of Jie Zi Zhui who choose death over capitulation.

谈到清明节，有点历史知识的人，都会联想到历史人物介子椎。据历史记载，在两千多年以前的春秋时代，晋国公子重耳逃亡在外，生活艰苦，跟随他的介子椎不惜从自己的腿上割下一块肉让他充饥。后来，重耳回到晋国，作了国君(即晋文公，春秋五霸之一)，大事封赏所有跟随他流亡在外的随从，惟独介子椎拒绝接受封赏，他带了母亲隐居绵山。

晋文公无计可施，只好放火烧山，他想，介子椎孝顺母亲，一定会带着老母出来。谁知这场大火却把介子椎母子烧死了。为了纪念介子椎，晋文公下令每年的这一天，禁止生火，家家户户只能吃生冷的食物，这就是寒食节的来源。

寒食节是在清明节的前一天，古人常把寒食节的活动延续到清明，久而久之，清明取代了寒食节。拜介子椎的习俗也变成了清明扫墓的习俗了。无论以何种形式纪念，为了使纪念祖先的仪式更有意义，我们应该让年轻一代的家庭成员了解先人过去的奋斗历史，当然，还要学习介子椎宁死不屈的气节。

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The school, is the world of knowledge, the school, is our friends paradise, it provides us a healthy and beautiful learning environment.

Let me introduce our school. Once inside the school gate, two rows of straight palm trees stand on each side, like two young pioneers, guarding the campus. Two beautiful little gardens behind them, the flowers in them are beautiful. The willow tree in the playground, graceful, the spring comes, she was combing her hair, as if in waved to us, one side of the Holly and poplar have also show their new clothes. The pleasant scenery of the campus has created a comfortable learning environment for us to grow healthy and lively.

However, there are a few students behavior, let we see what we dont want to see: the playground, there will always leave some on the corridor, corridor confetti and small bags; On the lawn, the green belt occasionally discovers the deep footprints left by the students. Others have turned the desks in the classroom into "cat faces"; Not to save water, to lose precious water, and to make the flower bed a playground...

My grandmother is seventy years of age who has a head of gray hair。 My grandmother get along well with her neighbours。

She is a kind—hearted person and is always ready to help others， so whenever people get into difficulties， they often go to her for help。 She is respected by all her neighbours。

My gradmother enjoys watching Beijing Opera on TV and she shows much interest in the Dialogue of CCTV。 She leads a simple but happy life。

She often tells me to be honest。 She expects me to work hard at my lessons and be a useful person to the society in the future。 I love my granny very much。

An important activity during the Spring Festival is bainian (to pay a New Year call).

People start to pay New Year calls from the lunar New Years Day，that is， the first day of the first month of the lunar calendar. Ever since the Ming Dynasty in the 14th century，ordinary people have begun to exchange greeting cards on this day. On the morning of the lunar New Years Day，people get up very early and call on others. The earlier one does so，the more sincere he is. Moreover，people wear new clothes and a new cap，symbolizing that a new year has begun.

The younger generation should call on their elders first，such as the grandfather，grandmother，father and mother，wishing them "Good health" and "Long life". Then the elders give children some money in a red envelope as a New Year gift. After that，people call on their relatives，friends and neighbors. As "big tangerine" is a homonym for "very lucky" in Chinese，so people often present red big tangerines as a gift while paying a New Year call.

Nowadays，besides greeting cards，people also use telephones and e-mails to pay New Year calls.

Do you know which building is the greatest in China? I think it is the Great Wall.It was built about 2000 years ago. It is about 6000 kilometers long. The width of the Great Wall is between 4 and 5 meters. The height of it is between 6 and 7 meters.

你知道中国最伟大的建筑是什么吗？ 我认为是长城，建于2000多年前， 有6000多米长。长6-7米4-5宽。

You may ask how the people were able to build the Great Wall. Yes, there were no machines helping them to build easily. They used their hands, arms, legs and feet. Although it is not easy to build the Great Wall, the people in history have already finished it. That’s amazing, isn’t it?

你可能会问人们是怎么建造长城的呢。是的没有机器来帮助古人建造，他们用手，胳膊， 腿以及脚来建造。尽管建长城不容易，但是历史上的人已经完成了。 这很神奇不是吗

Now the Great Wall is a famous building. Many tourists from China or other countries are attracted to visit it. It has been a place of interest.

现在长城是一座注明的建筑物，许多来自中国和其他国家的游客被吸引来参观它。 它已经成为名胜古迹。

The Great Wall is the sign of China. It is the pride of all the Chinese.

长城是中国的标志， 是中国人的骄傲