上海世博会对中国的影响英语作文(推荐20篇)

Now we are facing two problems of global warming and a shortage of natural

resources, both of which are getting more and more serious day by day. Thus, it

is important for us to promote a low-carbon lifestyle.

Low-carbon lifestyle covers many aspect of our life like transportation,

traveling, home-heating, and so on. In order to promote a low-carbon life, some

plans must be carried out as follows. Firstly, don’t waste any electricity and

water. Remember to turn off the lights and water taps unless we use them.

Secondly, we had better take the subways or bus to work, so as to reduce the

emissions of carbon dioxide. Thirdly, we should use cloth bags for shopping

instead of plastic bags, and use recyclable bowls and chopsticks instead of

disposable ones, for it can not only save resources, but also reduce pollution.

What’s more, it is of great significance to plant more trees, since trees can

balance the carbon dioxide emissions.

In a word, if we live a low-carbon life from now on, we will have a better

environment and more resources left for our descendants.

It has been two years since I first got to university. Some of my

classmates say that the college life is boring, because they have plenty of time

but do not know what to do. However, from my point of view, the campus life in

college is interesting and colorful as long as you make it meaningful.

In the first semester in college, I didnt relax and I still worked hard as

I was in the senior school. I usually spent two hours in study at night and I

went to the classroom forautonomous learning.But the difference is that I have

many extracurricular activities. For example, I went to the English Corner

regularly on Tuesday night, in which I could practice my spoken English and make

friends with common interests.

Besides, I join the Student Union of my department. In the Student Union, I

have a group of workmates who work hard together and support to each other.

Actually, it looks like a big, warm family that we can share our lives together.

During various activities, I realize the importance of team spirit that helps us

go further.

Finally, college is great stage to improve a student and show ones

abilities. In college, I know more about our society and get more channels to

explore the outside world. I realize that I am not only a student but also an

adult who is preparing to step into the society.

In short, I cherish my life in college campus and I will try hard to make

it colorful as well as meaningful.

Recently, we often show that shopping online is better than in store, but

is this really the case? Actually, there is no consensus of opinions among

people as to the view of shopping online is better than traditional shopping.

Some people consider that online shopping will replace the mall shopping, stores

will disappear in the future, while others argue that stores would unlikely to

be disappeared, it has its own advantages.

Most people shopping online because it is very convenient, there is no need

to go out, just click the mouse gently, they can buy the goods they want. In

addition, goods online are cheaper than entity shop that buyers can save a lot

of money. But even the coin has two sides. Online shopping also has advantages

and disadvantages. In recent years, we see a lot of news about online cheating,

and many buyers complain about poor quality of the goods, which is different

with the description.

However, the situation above is rare in traditional shopping store, because

the guest can communicate with the seller face to face. Buyers can also see

goods intuitively. But the traditional shopping does not convenience as well as

online shopping, for example, if people meet a traffic jam on the way to the

shopping which will affect the happy mood of shopping.

The generation gap is unavoidable in almost every family, which brings

about a number of conflicts in a family. In my opinion, to limit the bad effects

of the generation gap, each family should use the following three methods:

First of all, it is important that family members discuss openly about

their pleasures or sadness in childhood in family gatherings. This activity does

not only create a close relationship but also help build up understanding among

all members. For instance, once children are aware that their grandparents and

even their parents did not have a good upbringing during their hard childhood,

they will stop complaining about the previous generations’ obsoleteness. In the

meantime, once old people realize young people are nurtured in a new modern way,

it is easy for them to be tolerant of young people’s new habits or hobbies.

Secondly, people of each generation should not develop a very high feeling

about themselves. In order to do that, they should not think that they are the

only right people in their family because each person has his or her own

limitations. Teenagers would realize that their parents have to struggle with

pain to support them financially, and they would stop rebelling their

strictness. Parents would realize that their children’s new style does no harm

to their studies and stop imposing their own unsuitable standards on their

children.

Finally, the generation gap and its bad effects can be limited if all

members cooperate to build up a close-knit family relationship and a harmonious

atmosphere in which they are open and tolerant of each other. I strongly believe

that each family, by doing that, can enjoy a cozy atmosphere with minimum

interference by the generation gap.

A Bite of China, a mouth-watering late-night documentary television series featuring delicious Chinese food, has attracted countless viewers, and moved many to tears.

Given its subject matter and time slot, A Bite of China was initially considered a "weak player" on TV. Surprisingly, the documentary became popular immediately after airing, and has made viewers go beyond thinking about delicacies.

"Man is what he eats," said Ludwig Feuerbach. From its very beginning, A Bite of China is not just a documentary about food. "The scenes of digging for bamboo shoots, hanging hams, catching fish using a net, opening a steamer filled with white steamed buns, and pulling wheat dough into thin strands for noodles move us to tears. What a lovely China!" a viewer said.

你的英国朋友请你给他主办的校报写一篇短文，介绍中国的春节。请根据下列信息完成短文。

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注意：

1. 词数100左右；

2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；

3. 开头语已为你写好；

4. 参考词汇：鞭炮 firecrackers

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Falling on the first day of the first month of the Chinese lunar calendar, the Spring Festival is in fact the Chinese New Year. Before it, people usually give their house a thorough cleaning and do a lot of shopping. On the New Year’s Eve, people come home and the whole family have a big dinner together. On the New Year’s Day and the few days to follow, people often visit their relatives and friends to give one another their best wishes for the new year. Throughout this festival period firecrackers can be heard everywhere. This festival is the most important festival for the Chinese.

[有关介绍中国的春节英语作文

The 5th day of the fifth month of the Chinese lunar calendar is the Dragon Boat Festival, according to the custom, every household to pack zongzi, and some places to organize a dragon boat race and so on activities, I asked Dad: why do you want to pack zongzi dragon boat?

Father said: the Dragon Boat Festival is to commemorate the great national poet Qu Yuan, Qu Yuan died in the early May, five stone cast to the river and died, Chu people in order not to eat fish and shrimp in the water to eat Qu Yuans body, dumped the dumplings into the river, at the same time, the Dragon Boat drums and drums can be shocked to walk the dragon, so, the formation of the five eating zongzi dragon boat in the early May, the formation of dragon boat delimit dragon boat in the early May. Custom.

We need to learn Qu Yuans patriotism and we need to have a patriotic heart.

Orginate in America in the Mothers Festival.May 9,1906, American

consumingcity Jia-Wei the mother misfortune of silk dies , her grief

extremely.AvoidJapan in annual mother death anniversary, Miss An Na organizes

catch up thecampaign of Sai mother, encourage other person to also express the

gratitude forown loving mother with similar way.

Hereafter, she convinces people everywhere and establishes the

MothersFestival to the appeal of all sectors of society and call.Her appeal gets

warmresponse.

Through draft resolution, on May 10,1913, American Senate and House

ofRepresentatives signs by president Wilson second that announces and decides

eachyears May for Sunday, is the Mothers Festival.

This measure arouses world countries, is imitated one after another,install

to 1948 Na pass away , 43 countries have established the MothersFestival.

导语：我们的生活受到许多人的影响，你觉得给你影响最大的是什么人呢?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!

My life is influenced by many people. But who is the most influential one? My answer is certainly to be “Ms He”.

Ms He was my English teacher when I was in junior middle school.she was very fat and wore a pair of thick glasses. So in fact we didn’t like her when she first appeared in our class. However just when she began to speak we were attracted. Different from other teachers she was warm-hearted and always smiled. And we also found that she was knowledgeable.

Since she had just graduated she had little teaching experience. But this didn’t matter. She did her best. I know it later that she made great efforts on her work. For example she often looked at herself in the mirror to exercise to control laugh in class. And for a girl who liked laughing very much controlling laugh was difficult. We all like to chat with her after class. She could understand us very well.After patient listening she would give us suggestions or ways to deal with things.Therefore it’s absolutely true that Ms He won the respect of us all. We have graduated for several years but we still miss her very much and often send our regards and wishes to her.

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我的生活受到许多人的影响。但谁是最有影响力的呢?我的回答肯定是“何女士”。

何女士是我的英语老师，当我在初中，她很胖，戴着一副厚厚的眼镜。所以，事实上，我们不喜欢她，当她第一次出现在我们班。然而，正当她开始说话时，我们被吸引了。和其他老师不同的是，她很热心，总是微笑。我们也发现她知识渊博。

她刚毕业，几乎没有教学经验。但这并不重要。她尽了最大努力。后来我知道她在工作上做了很大的努力。例如，她经常看着镜子里的自己来控制课堂上的笑声。对于一个非常喜欢笑的女孩来说，控制笑是困难的。下课后我们都喜欢和她聊天。她能很好地理解我们，耐心听后，她会给我们建议或处理事情的方法，因此，他赢得了我们所有人的尊敬，这是千真万确的。我们已经毕业几年了，但我们仍然非常想念她，经常向她问好和祝福。

闲暇之时，我喜欢沉浸在墨香古卷中，越过千年的距离，拾起那细雨闲花的情趣。我穿过唐朝宋繁华的街市，翻越明清秀美的山林，越过一切历史的烟尘，只为品味那一首首优美的文字，品味诗人心中的波澜。

虽然我对于诗句的理解有些迟钝，毕竟因为我生活在如此喧嚣的时代，但我是如此钟情于那一段段感情细腻的文字，它们可以抚平我内心的创伤，平静我内心的烦躁，给我的心灵一丝慰藉，给我鼓舞与力量。

从陶渊明的“采菊东篱下，悠然见南山”到苏轼的“一蓑烟雨任平生”，从柳宗元的“孤舟蓑笠翁，独钓寒江雪”到杜牧的“停车坐爱枫林晚，霜叶红于二月花”，我读到了陶渊明的淡泊，读到了苏轼的乐观，读到了柳宗元的宁静、杜牧的悠闲；我体味到了什么是“淡泊以明志，宁静以致远”，我体味到了人应当诗意地面对生活，不论何时，不论何地，不要忘了让心灵歇歇脚，整理一下被生活弄得乱七八糟的思绪，重新启程。

从苏轼的“莫听穿林打叶声，何妨吟啸且徐行，竹杖芒鞋轻胜马，谁怕？”到文天祥的“人生自古谁无死，留取丹心照汗青”，从曹操的“老骥伏枥，志在千里”到毛泽东的“为有牺牲多壮志，敢教日月换新天”，我读到的是诗人们宽阔的胸襟、远大的志向，我感悟到他们不怕困难、不畏艰险的精神与勇气。所有的这些，都将我一次次地从失败的谷底拉回到希望的峰巅，一句句激情、豪迈的文字给了我生活的勇气与信心，一次又一次地我重新昂首阔步迎接生命的挑战。

从欧阳修的“居庙堂之高则忧其民，处江湖之远则忧其君”到杜甫的“安得广厦千万间，大庇天下寒士俱欢颜”，从岳飞的“壮志饥餐胡虏肉，笑谈渴饮匈奴血”到曹植的“捐躯赴国难，视死忽如归”，我读到了诗人对黎民苍生的关怀，我读到了诗人对祖国的热爱，对民族的执著守护，同时我也从中学会了要热爱祖国。精忠报国的精神对每一个中国人都是非常重要的，一个民族只要有了不折不挠的爱国者，这个国家就会屹立不倒；一个人只有永远心怀祖国，无论在哪，他就永远不会失去心灵的方向。

诗歌是中国五千年的文化，它是美丽的化身，它是哲理的宝库，无论你心情如何，你都能从中寻找慰藉。

我爱诗歌，诗歌，我将始终执著地守着你，直到永远！

Its so convenient and interesting to join a tourist group. When you travel

with a tourist group, you don’t need to book plane and train tickets, and you

dont have to care about where to live and what to eat either, because the

travel agency will arrange everything for you. All you need to do is to follow

the tour guides. They will take you to all the places of interest. They will

tell you stories about the interesting places and help you to learn local

culture. This is called a package tour.

A cruise trip is so comfortable and relaxing. You travel on a large sea

cruiser and enjoy the beautiful scenery. When you come up to a nice place, you

can get off the cruiser and visit there. When you are on board, you can lie on

the deck, watching the blue sky, the white cloud and the bright sun, and you

will be free from stress. Besides, there are so many nice activities on the

cruise. For example, you can watch movies; you can see concerts; you can go

swimming in the swimming pool; you can play cards; you can play golf; you can

watch wonderful performances; and you can also attend dancing parties. Nothing

could be more wonderful and relaxing.

Nowadays, backpacking tour has become so popular. Its not just a low-cost

travel for budget travelers, but also a nice entertainment. When you have a

backpacking tour, you can use public transportations like buses and subways and

stay in hostels instead of big hotels, which can save you a lot of money. Today,

this kind of travel is especially popular with young people, because they can

discover the interesting places and know more about the local cultures by

themselves. Its so exciting.

If you want to have a better understanding of a place, you can have a slow

travel. When you have a slow travel, you had better spend at least one week

living in one place, stay with a local family and visit interesting sites near

your living instead of rushing around for a long day to see the must-sees. In

this way, you can make more local friends, taste local food, and know the local

traditions and customs deeper. Only so can you become more knowledgeable and

widen your experience.

It depends on your need to choose the way you want to travel.

那一天，太阳丝毫不吝啬它的热量，火辣辣的烤着大地。而我们——表哥，我，我的同学，表哥的同学，就是在这样一个闷热难耐的日子兴冲冲地来到了盼望已久的欢乐谷。

我们一进入大门，映入眼帘的各种游乐设施令人目不暇接，那里有惊险的谷木游龙、天地双雄、大摆锤、绝顶雄风，有有趣的欢乐对对碰、摇摆伞、尖峰时刻、还有“神出鬼没”的异度空间。

我们刚分开，我就迫不及待的拉着同学的手跑向紧张刺激的“天地双雄”(俗称：跳楼机)。由于人不多，我们俩排了没多久就轮到我们了。我战战兢兢地坐上去，接着员工阿姨帮我扣好了安全栓。过了一会，阿姨确保了所有乘客的安全后，到控制室广播：“大家好，欢迎乘坐天地双雄，游戏马上就要开始了，请大家做好准备，享受这一刻!”阿姨的话音刚落，就听见“恐怖”的“哔~哔~哔~”三声。紧接着，我就瞬间飞到了高空，还没等我定下神来，就一下子落在在了半空中，我的嘴张着，无论怎么叫也叫不出来。紧接着，我又飞一般地坠落下去，心脏难受得像爆开一样。仅仅3.5秒钟的降落，在我看来足足有一世纪那么长。正当我在心中暗暗发誓“我以后再也不坐了”的时候，它又一次快速升空了……。这次竟比上次还快，而且中间没有停留地落了下来。之后它又反反复复地升降了几次，终于停了下来。我逃一般地离开了座位，眼泪就像开了闸门的水库一样汹涌而出。

接着我们又玩了“完美风暴”，那机器先上升，又不停地翻滚，旋转，水花在空中飞舞，弄得我头晕目眩，仿佛被甩出地球，脱离了引力，这才叫真正的天旋地转，可是下来之后却十分快活。

玩过了两个惊险刺激的项目，其它的都不在话下。之后，我们来到了蚂蚁王国，这里的项目不仅多，而且每个小朋友都能玩。

不知是因为时间过得太快，还是我们玩得太开心了，这快乐的一天很快就过去了。

Social Networking’s Influence on College Students

Social networking has gained huge worldwide popularity in recent years, especially among college students. In China, college student is the main force of social networking, 97.7% of which are fond of instant messaging and 80.7% prefer social networking sites like micro-blog and Q-zone (China Internet Network Information Center, 2013). Moreover, Michigan State University Original Study also finds that compared with Chinese students, American students are more tied to social media (2013). Therefore, nowadays there is a heated debate about advantages and disadvantages about social networking’s influence on college students.

Obviously, there are a number of positive features on social networking. It provides a convenient access to consolidate the relationship with people they know, make friends with strangers without restrictions of space and share happiness and sorrow. What’s more, social networking also has educational functions including reducing college drop-out rates, motivating students to work as a team, sending information about assignments, reminding students about deadline and stimulating students to help each other. (BBC News, 2009). There is no doubt that social networking plays a significant role in eiching students’ college lives.

However, every coin has two sides. There are also many disadvantages on the influence of social networking, among which, “soft addiction” is the most serious problem, distracting students from study. Because of lack of self-restriction, many students would waste plenty of time to search the social networking sites unconsciously, followed by a strong tendency to blame themselves (Li, 2013). This kind of “soft addiction” and distraction was also confirmed by Zhang (2011) who conducted a survey by questionare of 500 Chinese college students from different schools and found that 33% students could not bear one-week life without social networking and 77% students could not help themselves accessing social networking site during classes. Furthermore, a social experiment was performed by Harrisburg University (Pilkington, 2010) to figure out the effect after initiating blackout of all social networking sites. It turned out that some students became more concentrated on

the tutor and making notes instead of having instant messaging running in classes.

As far as I’m concerned, the disadvantages far outweigh the advantages, especially in China, where social networking is used for communication and entertainment and seldom plays the educational role (Li, 2011). The priority of a college student is to study hard instead of being addicted to social networking. Therefore, it is imperative for them to realize their “soft addiction” to social networking and correct their behavior.

Today is New Years Eve morning， firecrackers sounding snap snap away. As long as you take a look at the outside， red firecrackers everywhere， come together to form a Red Sea. The family have their own homes going up in the beautiful， it seems like in the match. My family is no exception， sweeping， glass， cabinets， such as rubbing. Prepare the arrival of the New Year. 今天是除夕，上午，鞭炮声劈啪劈啪的响个不停。只要你向外面看一看，到处都是红红的鞭炮，汇成了一条红海。各家人都把自己家打扮的漂漂亮亮的，好像在比美似的。我家也不例外，扫地、擦玻璃、擦柜子等。准备新年的到来。 Afternoon， we posted in accordance with the custom of the Chinese New Year couplets， father and a good paste， and then said to me： "I paste you posted， I looked at the high level you say rich， said that if the lower rising good you "， I asked my father why? Dad said： "The plan is a lucky，" "Oh， I understand，" We posted on the Alliance are： evil Hongfu family happy is： wang gas people to come into everything. 下午，我们就按过年的习俗贴春联，爸爸和好浆糊，然后对我说：“我贴你看着高低我贴高了你就说‘发财’，如果低了就说‘高升’好吗”，我问爸爸为什么呢?爸爸说：“就是图个吉祥”，“噢我懂了”我们贴的上联是：家有宏福千般喜，下联是：人来 旺气万事成。 End paste New Year， we began dumplings. Good luck to Tim， we are still a dumpling in a bag of coins. Dinner， my folder， a Dumpling， one to eat， "cough，" the voice of a coin吃出for my whole family applauded， and say that I am lucky this year. After dumplings， we saw the Chinese New Year Festival， my favorite essay nd "yellow soybeans." Liu Qian first a one-dollar coins into the cup， then into the host egg rings. "Bean yellow" in a person to "take off clouds" that they "Li Xiangyun" really funny. No wonder people say： "Spring Festival Evening Show" is a cultural feast. 贴完春联，我们就开始包饺子。为了添吉祥，我们还在一个饺子里包了一个硬币。吃晚饭时，我夹了一个饺子，一吃 “咯”的一声，吃出一个硬币全家人都为我鼓掌，说我今年有福气。吃完饺子，我们又

I like reading books so much, rencently, I fall in love with the travel

books. When I open these books, I am attracted by the colorful pictures. Reading

these books can broaden my vision, I know there are so many places that I have

never heard of before. I also learn the different culture. I am so eager to go

to these places and have a look at them. So I have made up my mind, I will

travel to the places that are around me first, and then when I grow up, I will

travel further. This is my little dream, it is also my motivation to study

well.

I’m going to have a busy weekend! On Saturday, I’m going visit my friends

by car. Because I haven’t seen them for a long time. Then, I’m going to the

bookstore on foot. I’m going to read lots of books there. On Sunday morning, I’m

going to go for a walk. Then, in the afternoon, I’m going to go shopping with my

mother. Then, in the evening, we are going to watch TV together. That will be

fun! What about you? What are you going to do on the weekend?

Sunflower is a kind of beautiful flower. It has golden color and a round face. It looks like the sun， that is why people call it sunflower. Besides， it looks like a warm smile， too. When you look at it， it seems smile to you. It can bring warm to people. So， I like sunflower very much. During the day， its face turns to the sun all the time. When autumn comes， it is ripe. Therefore， we can eat its seeds. They are very delicious.向日葵是一种美丽的花。它有着灿灿的金色和圆圆的脸蛋，看上去很像太阳，这就是为什么人们叫它向日葵。而且，它看起来像一个温暖的笑脸。当你看着它的时候，它好像在对你微笑。它能够给人们带来温暖。所以，我很喜欢向日葵。白天，它总是面向太阳。秋天来了，它就成熟了。因此，我们可以吃它的种子，它的种子很好吃。

儿时记忆：年味儿

快过年了。超市里，耳朵里全是喜庆的贺岁歌曲;商场里，纷纷打出“年底大甩卖”的标语;学校里，师生们在进行紧张的期末复习;朋友圈里，大家都在讨论新年的流行时尚……

农历的年，学名叫作春节，对于中国人来说是最重要的节日。每逢春节，在外漂泊的游子总是按捺不住回家的喜悦，提前几天甚至一个月计划回家要带的年货，随时关注天气预报和车票信息，避免“人在囧途”，如此等等。与此同时，老家的亲人也在掰着手指倒计时，每天都会去超市或集上逛一圈，唯恐准备的年货不够充足，还会逢人便说：“俺儿子和儿媳妇、孙子(孙女)快回家喽!”前几年，有首歌《有钱没钱?回家过年》唱到了所有游子的心坎上，有些心酸，还有些幸福。

小时候的年很值得回味。进入腊月起，大人们就开始忙起来了，蒸馒头、炸咸鱼等，家家户户都散发着浓厚的年味。孩子们一放寒假，便犹如野马一样疯狂玩耍，要知道，爱玩是孩子的天性，在学校里被老师“压制”了近半年终于解放了!这对于大人们来说，可不是一件好事，因为顽皮的孩子非常让他们头疼，今天去偷吃张家的萝卜，明天去拔几棵李家的白菜，后天又把孙家的娃打哭了，惹得大人无可奈何，直喊道：“赶紧开学吧!让老师好好管管你们!”女孩子大多比较文静，假期里会帮妈妈做很多力所能及的家务，比如包水饺、包藕盒、打扫卫生等，男孩子就不同了，很少喜欢待在家里的，瞅准机会就往外跑。

对我来说，最喜欢的还是放鞭炮。玩久了，还会开发出好多玩法：点着捻子后，在手里停滞三秒钟，然后扔向空中，只听见响亮的“啪”声，一团灰色的烟雾在空中散开，闭上眼睛一闻有种独特的“香”;或是将鞭炮扔进池塘里，只听见沉闷的“噗”声，一股浑浊的水花翻滚上来，有时一起上来的还会有一只倒霉的小鱼;还有的远远看到有人骑自行车过来，待到走近了，一下将点燃的鞭炮扔到人家车轮下，吓得那人“啊”的一声，可还没等享受胜利成果，就被路人逮住揪着耳朵去找家长了，换来的自然是一顿皮肉之苦。

过年最大的好处除了玩，还有吃。只有在过年时，才会吃到平时吃不到或吃得少的美味。老爷们儿三五成群，聚在一起打扑克，到了饭点，主人要留大家吃饭，众人也不推辞，庄户人就是这么实诚。简单的几个小菜，还有各种凉菜端上桌，再上几瓶老家的白酒，大家便开怀畅饮起来。这时候，最高兴的就是小孩子了，因为终于可以大饱口福了，得到大人的应许后，便狼吞虎咽起来，吃得满嘴流油，样子可爱极了，大人们看得哈哈大笑。

过完年，就要开始准备走亲戚了，亲戚多的要走半月，中国人重视礼尚往来，亲戚再回访做客，如此就要一个月时间，再加上腊月，粗略算来过年要持续两个月，年味儿特别足。可对于孩子而言，过完年就意味着要开学了，这可不是一个好消息，即使开学后一段时间，心里还是挂念着没放完的鞭炮、没吃够的美食……

儿时的年，让人回味无穷。

Mothers Day Mother’s Day is a holiday when children honor their mothers with

cards, gifts and flowers. In many countries, such as Denmark, Finland, Italy,

Turkey, Australia and the US, people cel lebrate Mother’s Day on the second

Sunday in May while many other countries of the world celebrate their own

Mother’s day at different times through out the year.

One of the best ways to celebrate Mother’s Day is to give your mom the day

off. Let her relax with the rest of the family doing all the housework. Usually,

dad and the kids will let mom sleep late that morning as they go into the

kitchen to prepare her favourite breakfast. Never forget to place a vase with a

single flower on the table beside the food. The kids can pick up the flower from

the garden or buy one from the shop. Arrange everything nicely before mom wakes

up. Some families will carry the food and mom’s favourite sections from the

newspaper to her bedroom so that mom can have breakfast in bed. Presents and

cards from the kids can be handed to mom by themselves or just placed on the

dining table.

After breakfast, go anywhere mom likes to go. Shopping, swimming or going on

a picnic in the garden. Make a special Mother’s Day dinner or take mom out for a

great meal in a famous restaurant she loves most.

Anyway ,let mom enjoy the whole day and feel your love, and then the Mother’s

Day can be a good one. As Mother’s Day is around the corner, it’s time to take

actions!

记忆中的“年味”

在我最早的记忆里，我便是随着爷爷奶奶生活，那时候家庭条件不好，父母在我很小的时候，就外出务工了，只有过年的时候才回来，而过年就成了我最期待的事儿。

那时候家里唯一的通讯设备，就是一部座机，父母会偶尔会打来电话，问我学习怎么样，有没有顽皮，家里天气怎么样……虽然每次都是“老一套”，但最简单的问候往往代表了最真挚的情感。那时候的我学会了“听声辨人”，一听到熟悉的声音，我就给奶奶说，“奶奶，我妈来电话了!”奶奶每次都说，“你先接啊!”

对于很多农村孩子来说，能够和父母团聚，也只能在春节实现了。有些年春节，父母赶火车半夜才到家，我和爷爷奶奶就一直等。父母快到的时候，一般都会打来电话，让我去帮忙拿行李。大包小包的行李里面有买给我们的新衣服，还有很多吃的，有糖果、桃片、蛋黄派等，这些，都是农村孩子平时都不怎么吃得到的。那时候平常赶集，奶奶买得最多的就是夹心饼干，怕我偷吃，每次奶奶都会把吃的放得很高，放在柜子上的一个铁盆里，而我小时候嘴馋得厉害，总会搬来一条板凳，站在板凳上，一踮脚，就能拿到。

那时候，家里条件不好，很多时候外面下暴雨，屋里总会“下小雨”，早上我还没睡醒，爷爷奶奶就起床拿盆、桶接漏进来的水。每逢过年的时候，父母都会给家里来一次大扫除、大整修，把屋里收拾得很干净、很整洁，把漏雨的地方补好，再给家门外贴上春联，挂上灯笼，让整个家里都“喜庆”了起来，而我每次也会加入到大扫除的队伍中，扫扫地、倒倒垃圾，勤快得很。

那时候，家里还是烧柴火，过年的时候，父母都会把放在另一个屋子里的又长又粗的木头搬出来，劈成一截截的短而细的木头，堆起来，用于平时烧火煮饭。等把屋里的东西收拾得差不多的时候，父母就会带我们去逛街，看看衣服鞋子，买点零食小吃，买点鞭炮，过年的气氛越来越浓。

除夕夜，一家人坐到电视面前看春晚，吃着瓜子花生，聊聊家长里短，待12点，爸爸就去放买来的鞭炮，“噼里啪啦”，完毕，新的一年开始啦。正月初一，我们总会穿上新衣服，荷包里揣点瓜子糖果，去马路上走走，到附近去看看，遇到熟人就打招呼聊天，大家都是笑脸相迎，让整个春节都温暖了起来。

相聚的时间总是很短暂，感觉还没说上几句话，还没一起吃过几顿饭，父母就收拾行李，准备外出务工了。每到这时候，不舍的感觉越来越浓烈，虽然从小经历了很多次离别，本以为会习惯，但是每一次，都如初次分离一样，多的是不舍，多的是难受。

因为父母不常在身边，所以在父母准备外出前，都会对我念叨几句，希望我好好学习，多帮家里干点力所能及的事情，希望我不要调皮，要懂事一点，要乖一点……

小时候，总盼望着过年，长大后，虽然感觉过年的气氛淡了点，但家人身体安康就是最好的过年礼物。

So many children take what their parents do for them for granted, they

haven’t realized the meaning of being grateful. So they always get angry with

their parents, because they don’t get what they want. According to the news that

a little girl went out of the house and refused to go home because her parents

did not give her enough pocket money. I was so shocked to hear it, I would never

ask much from my parents, because I knew they were not easy to make a living and

I am always feel so thankful for what they offer me. Even the one who gives me a

hand when I am in need, I would remember him and when I have the chance, I will

return. A grateful heart makes us a kind person and create a harmonious

environment.