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以祖国的变化为题的初中英语作文

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初中英语作文 《祖国变化

Great changes have taken place in China. Many new buildings have been built in cities, towns and villages.

The more cars we have, the more crowed the roads are. So the roads become wider and wider. Many overpasses (立交桥) have been built in big cities. Chinese people’s life is much better than ever before. We have Tv sets, washing machines, fridges, even computers, cars etc.

We’ll study harder and make our countrry stronger and more beautiful.

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篇1:介绍长城的作文700字

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当大地还沉浸在美梦之中,当山峦还笼罩着一片苍茫,这时的天边刚露出一点点的鱼肚白,小半个太阳立在天边,用它的光芒染红了天际。隐约中,我看到一条银灰色的巨龙卧在峰峦叠起的山顶,它雄伟壮阔,昂首东望,眼睛看着前方,像在等待自己的亲人。

太阳慢慢升起,光线照得巨龙越来越清晰。“哇!长城——”随着无人机的镜头,我俯瞰大地,陡峭的山峰上披着一件绿衣裳,显得更加威风,远远望去,长城像一条银色的丝带,柔软地飘浮在这绿色的海洋里。

我向前走去,长城也向我走来,渐渐的,我们隔得越来越近,直到我的双脚踏到它坚实的台阶上。长城四周的墙上布满了青苔,有些青苔融合在一起,给长城披上了一件绿衣。

我继续向前走去,前方不远处有一大块凹凸不平的土台,土台的四周是残缺的城墙,看来这是一处倒下来的长城。我在想,它是怎么倒的?难道是孟姜女哭倒的?

传说很久以前,一个叫孟姜女的姑娘和一个叫范喜良的小伙子结婚了。有一天,孟姜女和范喜良吃饭的时候,从外面冲进来一队官兵,领头的说要带范喜良去修筑长城。孟姜女没有办法,只好同意。范喜良走后,孟姜女天天盼望着他回来,但等了三年,也没等回范喜良。于是,她决定去寻找丈夫。

孟姜女来到修长城的地方,问了许多人,终于从一个人口中得知,自己的丈夫已经死了。她听了,“呜呜”大哭起来,把八百里长城哭倒了,才发现范喜良的尸体,她抱着丈夫的尸体来到秦始皇面前,要求安葬。秦始皇见孟姜女很漂亮,便说:“可以呀,不过事成之后,你得留下。”

孟姜女假装说:“好吧。”

埋葬完丈夫,孟姜女便奔向大海,跳了进去……

看着眼前的土台,摸着厚厚的青砖,我仿佛看见了孟姜女和范喜良的身影,他们的身影给长城涂上了一种不一样的色彩,让长城看起来像是一条雄伟的长龙,想起来是一首凄婉悲壮的歌。

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篇2:初中英语作文春节

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The Spring Festival is a traditional festival in our country. Every Spring Festival, people always want to paste Fu characters, couplets, firecrackers. You see, every family has a decorated, the scene bursting with happiness.

Our family is no exception. I picked up a pair of spring couplets, stuck the glue on the door and put it neatly. Dad will "blessing" upside down on the door. Her sister was also busy in the room. She picked up a few red lanterns and hung them in the room, and put a bunch of small colored lights on the wall. The small color lights flicker like a small star in the blink of an eye.

"The year" the sound of firecrackers, the new year has passed. I love fireworks and love the Spring Festival more.

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篇3:初中英语作文大全

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Dragon Boat Festival is a Chinese traditional festival. It falls on the

fifth day of May in the lunar calendar. A day before this festival, my mother

and grandmother began to make zongzi. Of course, I would act as assistant. But

it turned out that I was more of a hindrance than a help. When they finished,

they started to cook them. This process needed a long time, because I could have

them in the next day. Zongzi was very delicious. On the day of dragon boat

festival, our family prepared for dinner after having breakfast. Everyone of my

family will come back home for the solid diet. Chicken is indispensable on the

dinner desk in Chinese traditional festival. There were many delicious foods,

which made me watering. I ate lots of them. It is a wonderful festival.

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篇4:英语自我介绍

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I am a 10 years old boy. Smart and handsome.

I am proud of myself. Because I can get perfect scores in Chinese, math and English. It is not good enough, I am also proud of being an elder brother. That is a Friday evening, my baby brother was crying all the time. My parents were both cooking for dinner. I said to my mum, let me look after this little thing. My mum said, Are you sure you can?  Yes ,believe me I can. I answered. Then mum went to the kitchen. I went towards my baby brother.  Oh baby, dont cry. I will sing a song for you I carried him and sing songs for him. After a while, he was asleep. I was so tired. My parents were happy and praised me a good boy.

This is my first time to look after my baby brother and I feel proud of myself.

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篇5:初中英语满分

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Today, I go to school with a headache. At the beginning, it is just a

slightly pain. Nevertheless, it is not until the English lesson that my head

pains heavily. So it is difficult for me to take notes. Luckily, my English

teacher notices it so she takes me to the office. With a big smile on her face

and caring words, she gives me a glass of water. To my surprise, she offers to

help me notes. It is her love that warms me up. At that moment, I whisper myself

that I will do my utmost to help others as kind as my English teacher.

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篇6:初中英语作文:我的上学方式

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Different students like different ways togo to school. As for me, I like to go to school on foot the most. There arefour reasons.

不同的人喜欢用不同的方式去学校。至于我,我最喜欢走路去学校。有四个理由

Firstly, my home is not far away from myschool. It takes me only twenty minutes to get to school. Secondly, the trafficon my way to school is heavy. There are a lot of bikes, buses and cars. I thinkits safe to go to school on foot. Thirdly, I think walking is a kind of sport.It’s good for my health. Finally, I can listen to my MP3 when I am walking.Its fantastic, but a little dangerous.

首先,我家离学校不远。只要二十分钟就到学校了。第二,去学校路上的交通太拥挤了。有很多自行车,巴士和私家车。我觉得走路去学校很安全。第三,在我看来,走路也是一直运动。对我的健康有好处。最后,我可以一边走路一边听我的MP3。真是太棒了,不过就是有点危险。

These are the reasons why I like to go toschool on foot the most. What about you?

这就是为什么我最喜欢走路上学的原因。你呢?

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篇7:自我介绍英语含翻译

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Hello everyone! My name is Chen Jiaobing. I have a pair of eyes, curved eyebrows, not tall nor short, every hair in a ponytail.

My favorite color is blue. My hobby is singing and dancing... My favorite people are my family, my friends and the people worthy of my respect.

My greatest dream is to have wings of angels or elves and fly freely in the blue sky. I am very outgoing, I like to make friends, to be good to friends.

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篇8:初中英语满分

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Boys and girls ,

Today I’ll talk about our English club . Our English club was set up two

months ago . Now we have members of 25 . We meet once a week on Saturday

afternoon. So far we have conducted a variety of activities on English learning

, such as watching English films , holding a Christmas party and getting

together with foreign students .

Last week we held an English story-telling competition . We required that

the entries be original and interesting and be presented in English within five

minutes . Every member took an active part in the activity . Two foreign English

teachers were invited to act as judges . At last Li Ping won the first place .

Many members said the activity benefited them in many ways . Not only did it

improve their spoken English ,but also it brought them much fun . They hope many

such activities can be held .

That’s all. Thank you.

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篇9:描写长城的英语作文

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The Great Wall

The Great Wall building has a long history, vast engazuowenng magnificent, is the worlds rare miracle. The Great Wall is the four corners of the world, stretching in our great motherland vast land. It looks like a great dragon, surmounts lofty hills, through the vast grassland, across the vast desert, towards the vast sea. According to historical records, more than 20 states and feudal dynasty built the Great Wall, if constructs each time the Great Wall together, about 100000 miles above. The length of the Great Wall that was built by The Qin, Han, and Ming 3 Dynasty was more than 10 kilo miles. Now our country Xinjiang, Gansu, Ningxia, Shaanxi, Inner Mongolia, Shanxi, Hebei, Beijing, Tianjin, Liaoning, Jilin, Heilongjiang, Henan, Shandong, Hubei, Hunan and other province, city, autonomous regions have the ancient the Great Wall, peak fire platform remains. Of which only the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region the Great Wall amounted to more than 3.

The Ming Dynasty in the" outside" beyond the Great Wall, also built" inside" and" three" the Great Wall the Great Wall. " Neiguan" the Great Wall in the Northern Qi Dynasty had built for the foundation, from Inner Mongolia and Shanxi at the junction of west east “Pianguan”, the Yanmenguan, flat various pass into Hebei, and then turned to the northeast, Fangshan, Changping, the source

of all counties, to pass, and then by the North and East, Huairou to the four customs, and" outside" is connected to the Great Wall, Zijingguan as the center, generally in a north-south direction. " Three" the Great Wall in many places and" inside" the Great Wall, some places two cities are separated by only tens of in. In addition, but also to build a large number of" repeated walls". Yanmenguan area" repeated walls “to have 24 much!

The Great Wall is the working people in ancient China created the miracle. Beginning with QinShihuang, constructs the Great Wall always is a big project. According to the record, QinShihuang used the million of labors to build the Great Wall, occupy countrywide population 1 / 20! There were no machinery, in addition to earth, carrying bricks can use donkeys, goats can climb the cattle, all labor and all must rely on manpower, work environment and high mountains and lofty hills, cliff. Can imagine, no large crowds on hard work, is unable to complete the great project.

The great wall of the engazuowenng quantity, according to rough estimates, only constructs take the Ming Dynasty as an example, if its masoy, earth is used to build a thickness of 1 meter, 5 meters high walls, circled the earth for over a week. If used for paving a 5 meters wide, 35 cm thick road, it could circle the earth three or four

weeks. If all dynasties built a total of 50 thousand kilometers calculation, then this wall can rotate around the earth several weeks, this road, around the earth in thirty or forty weeks.

“Because of the terrain, with risks for plug" is the construction of the Great Wall is an important experience, in the age of QinShihuang had it down, Sima Qian writes it to" historical records". Later each dynasty build the Great Wall are in accordance with the principle of. Who built Guan Cheng pass are the right and wrong choice between two mountains canyons, or river turning point. Or flat contacts pass through, so as to control is important, and may save the manpower and materials, to achieve “If one man guards the pass, ten thousand are unable to get through. Ten thousand cannot force it," effect. Built a castle or Beacon Tower is selected in the" appeared to place" for building a wall, is the full use of the terrain, such as Juyongguan, the Great Wall in Badaling are built along the mountain ridge, some lots from the lateral walls look very steep, we receive" inside is smooth, easily defensible ." effect of. In the territory of Liaoning, Liaodong town of Ming Dynasty the Great Wall has called a precipitous wall, wall of the hill, is the use of vertical cliff, precipice slightly to split cutting you will become the Great Wall. Some places

completely using the cliffs, rivers and lakes as a natural barrier, it can be called art beats nature. The

Great Wall, as a great project, become the Chinese nation is a valuable heritage.

长城修筑的历史悠久,工程雄伟浩大,是世界少有的奇迹。长城东西南北交错,绵延伏于我们伟大祖国辽阔的土地上。它好像一条巨龙,翻越巍巍群山,穿过茫茫草原,跨过浩瀚的沙漠,奔向苍茫的大海。根据历史文献记载,有20多个诸侯国家和封建王朝修筑过长城,若把各个时代修筑的长城加起来,大约有10万里以上。其中秦、汉、明3个朝代所修长城的长度都超过了1万里。现在我国新疆、 甘肃、 宁夏、 陕西、 内蒙古、 山西、河北、北京、 天津、 辽宁、 吉林、 黑龙江、河南、山东、湖北、湖南等省、市、自治区都有古长城、峰火台的遗迹。其中仅内蒙古自治区的长城就达3万多里。

明朝在“外边”长城之外,还修筑了“内边”长城和“内三关”长城。“内关”长城以北齐所筑为基础,起自内蒙古与山西交界处的偏关以西,东行经雁门关、平型诸关入河北,然后折向东北,经来源、房山、昌平诸县,直达居庸关,然后又由北而东,至怀柔的四海关、与“外边”长城相接,以紫荆关为中心,大致成南北走向。“内三关”长城在很多地方和“内边”长城并行,有些地方两城相隔仅数十里。除此以外,还修筑了大量的“重城”。雁门关一带的“重城”就有24道之多!

长城是我国古代劳动人民创造的奇迹。自秦始皇开始,修筑长城一直是一项大工程。据记载,秦始皇使用了近百万劳动力修筑长城,占全国人口的1/20!当时没有任何机械,除运土、运砖可以用毛驴、山羊能爬山的牲畜外,全部劳动都得靠人力,而工作环境又是崇山峻岭、峭壁深壑。可以想见,没有大量的人群进行艰苦的劳动,是无法完成这项巨大工程的。

万里长城的工程量,据粗略估计,仅以明朝修筑为例,若将其砖石、土方用修筑一道厚1米、高5米的大墙,可环绕地球一周有余。如果用来铺筑一条宽5米、厚35厘米的马路,那就能绕地球三四周了。如果把所有朝代所修的总计10万里来计算,则这道长墙可绕地球十几周,这条马路,可绕地球三四十周。

“因地地形,用险制塞”是修筑长城的一条重要经验,在秦始皇的时候已经把它肯定下来,司马迁把它写入《史记》之中。以后每一个朝代修筑长城都是按照这一原则进行的。凡是修筑关城隘口都是非曲直选择在两山峡谷之间,或是河流转折之处。或是平川往来必经之地,这样既能控制险要,又可节约人力和材料,以达“一夫当关,万夫莫开”的效果。修筑城堡或烽火台也是选择在“四顾要之处”至于修筑城墙,更是充分地利用地地形,如像居庸关、八达岭的长城都有是沿着山岭的脊背修筑,有的地段从城墙外侧看去非常险峻,内侧则甚是平缓,收“易守难攻”之效。在辽宁境内,明代辽东镇的长城有一种

叫山险墙、劈山墙的,就是利用悬崖陡壁,稍微把崖壁劈削一下就成为长城 了。还有一些地方完全利用危崖绝壁、江河湖泊作为天然屏障,真可以说是巧夺天工了.长城,作为一顶伟大的工程,成为中华民族的一份宝贵遗产。

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篇10:初中英语作文大全

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The parents love between heaven and earth is the greatest love, born since

we came to this world, parents began to love us forever. The parents love their

children is a natural love, love of nature. Like a heavy rain, however, Pei Mo

to the Royal. This will safeguard the lives of the largest, oldest, most

primitive, the greatest and most wonderful parents to us is the power of

love.

As an ancient saying goes: "lines in the hands of a loving mother, found

wandering clothing. Departure thick seam, Italy has the fear. Who made the

heart-inch grass, was reported three Chunhui." Mothers love, as if in the

spring sunshine, I bring Warm, I bring to light; mothers love, as if in the

wind in a stable and calm umbrella, I Zhefengdangyu; mothers love, I always

difficult to give time to help me and give me power. Silky as a continuous sense

of love, I become a strong backing, I will not always have the feeling of

emptiness.

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篇11:关于故宫的英语作文初中

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Ive been to a lot of beautiful places, but in my mind, the most important

thing in my mind is the Forbidden City.

The Forbidden City is a place where the ancient emperor of China can live.

The imperial palace has: temple of heaven, echo wall, emperors study and so on

many beautiful places. There are colorful flowers in the temple of heaven, very

beautiful. The flowers and grasses and the famous flowers and plants are all

numerous and numerous, very beautiful, far from looking like a colorful flower

in the open. Like a fairyland on earth. The temple of heaven is not a famous

artist.

The echo wall is a miracle of acoustics, which is a masterpiece of ancient

craftsman. The wall tiles of the echo wall are not as strong as others. It is

specially made in shandong linqing place. The slurry brick is exquisite, and the

sound of the metal sound, commonly known as the gold brick. If you shout in the

echo wall, the echo will be strong.

Its better to see if you have the chance, and believe that it will make

you feel better.

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篇12:初中优秀作文:我的英语老师

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算起来,自己也上了10几年的学了,和老师打的交道也不算少的。自打到了初三,我和老师的关系就越来越密切了,隔三差五的,我就要去和老师交流下感情,那个点击率啊,真是高啊。每天,必有一次谈心。我不知道为什么,我只知道,老师特别喜欢和我聊天。

第一次月考完了之后,我不小心,在全年级进步了70多名。我并没付出什么努力,该怎么玩还是怎么玩,可能就是老前辈们说的,雨花石偶尔反一下光。所以,我上课要打瞌睡的这个习惯还是没改。有一天,我和同桌闹了矛盾,她就不帮我看着老师了,任由我睡,她也不管了,正好,上课的时候是班主任的课。结果可想而知,我被老师抓住了。老师说:“刘柏森,下课来下办公室。”我站起来点点头,说:“我可以坐下了么?”“你给我站着。”“拜托,老师,昨晚上看历史书来着,没睡好,站着,我睡不着。”全班一阵安静。老师笑了(历史老师):“什么?昨晚上看历史?嗯,不错,你坐下吧……”忽然反应过来,“你什么意思啊?看历史你就不站了啊?站着,没什么好说的!”下课后,我到了办公室里蹲下。老师回过头,看着成绩表说:“你是不是考得好嘛!看下你成绩嘛!比上次期末……”她拿着尺子从成绩表上划下来,划到我的名字上,愣了一下,清了清嗓子说:“我们先不说这个成绩的问题,我们先说一下你上课睡觉的问题……”我无语。

某天,英语老师上课的时候,写了个句子出来全班狂笑,我也跟着笑。老师问:“这个句子错在哪里?刘柏森,你来说下。”我笑不出来了。别说,我还真没看出来哪是错的,我站起来,盯着那个句子半天说:“不知道。”老师提醒道:“几个动词了都?”我数了数:“好象多了点,3个。”老师说:“这什么句子都不是,是按照主语从句搞出来的,主语从句我都多少年没用过了,我都是二昏二昏的,你们还敢用?”我又笑起来。老师白了我一眼:“还笑,就是你写的!”我一愣,我写的?老师又接着说:“这就是你写的,还高手呢,写的都是什么啊?”我看了看我的作文本,我写的是“。”于是我说:“那个不是我写的。”“反正也是半斤八两。”我再看了看:“没错,格式是正确的。”从此,就没人再把我当成英语高手了。

摸底考试完了之后,我下降了很多,原因我就不说了,班主任大人一看成绩,顿时火冒三丈,把我叫到办公室说:“怎么回事你?是不是想其他去了?手伸出来,我要好好教训你。”说罢,拿起那把教棍,对着我的手一通乱打,然后问:“记住好好学习没有?”“记住了。”“好了,你走吧。”我抬起头,刚要走出去,老师又把我叫住:“回来!”我问:“还有什么事?”老师说:“你还有什么没说的?”我想了想,没想出来,旁边一个蹲在地上的哥们说:“一看就是不怎么进办公室的,你忘了说‘谢谢老师’了。”我一听,赶紧说:“谢谢老师。”老师点点头:“嗯,去吧。”我的那个汗啊……

我现在正在期待究竟在初三下期还会有什么样的事情发生……

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篇13:为父母做过的事初中英语作文

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As the only child in my family, I know how much effort my parents put upon me, therefore I want to do something for my parents .I can give them hugs and kisses when they get home after a day of hard work. Then, I will take their slippers for them. I cant cook, but I can always help my mather wash the dishes. I cant read that much words, but I can always fetch my father his glasses whenever he needs them. In the evening I will make beds for them before they go to sleep.

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篇14:大一英语口语考试自我介绍

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i am xxx. i was born in xx. i graduate from senior high school and major inenglish. i started learning english since i was XX years old. my parents have alot of american friends. that’s why i have no problem communicating withamericans or others by speaking english.

in my spare time, i like to do anything relating to english such aslistening to english songs, watching english movies or tv programs, or evenattending the activities held by some english clubs or institutes. i used to goapoad for a short- term english study. during that time, i learned a lot ofdaily life english and saw a lot of different things.

i think language is very interesting. i could express one substance byusing different sounds. so i wish i could study and read more englishliteratures and enlarge my knowledge.

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篇15:初中英语

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A few days ago, the movie Red Sea Operation was very hot and people were

very impressive about the policemen, who saved the citizens lives in a very

urgent situation, some even sacrificed their lives as the price. We live in a

peaceful country. This is because policemen protect us all the time, and they

are the great persons. March 14th is the policemens day, people make this day

for them and show respect. They deserve the publics praise. They sacrifice so

much, such as the time to accompany their families. Many childrens future dream

is to be a policeman, as this career brings the public hope and future.

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篇16:大一英语口语考试自我介绍

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Hello, everyone! Im Feng Biyu, a girl of 19 years old. As you can see, I am very glad to get along with all of you and I hope we’ll have a good time in our subsequent study.

My hometown is in SiHong, Northern JiangSu Province, a beautiful place with a lot of clear rivers and lakes. When boating on HongZe Lake, I always feel free and relaxed. It is really a wonderful  place to enjoy your life.

I graduated from SiHong Middle School. It was set up in 1949 and now it  is more than 60 years old.

I have a lot of friends in my middle school. We love each other. Time goes by, but our friendship will never go away. They cheer me up, make me happy and do some help when I meet with difficulties.

Thats all, thank you!

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篇17:春节英语初中作文

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Hi! Peter,

I’m glad to know you are having a good time in Chengdu.

TheSpring Festival is the most important festival in China. It is a custom to give lucky money to children. I get lucky money every year. I will put most of it in the bank, and spend the rest on some books. This year is no exception(也不例外) and I also got lucky money.With it, I bought some school things for several poor students in Ningxia,hoping the things can bring some happiness to them.

For you, I think it’s a good idea to buy a gift with the lucky money for your hostfamily before you leave China. You can also buy some Chinese gifts for your parents and friends in England. Or, just keep it as good memories.

I hope what I said can help you.

Yours,

Li Hua

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篇18:初中英语满分

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My favourite great book is The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain.

Tom Sawyer is a lively and clever boy. He lives with his aunt Polly. His

aunt is strict with him, so he runs to an island in the middle of the

Mississippi River with two friends, Huck and Joe. With Huck, he goes looking for

treasure; with Becky, he gets lost in a cave. And finally Tom and Huck find a

box of gold. Tom is the hero of the story, but there are other important

characters. Becky is pretty with fair hair. Huck is Toms best friend, and Injun

Joe is the bad man of the story.

The theme of the story is to do with children growing up and becoming more

serious.

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篇19:介绍长城的英语作文

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The Great Wall was renovated from time to time after the Qin Dynasty. A major renovation started with the founding of the Ming Dynasty in 1368, and took 200 years to complete. The wall we see today is almost exactly the result of this effort. With a total length of over 6,000 kilometers, it extends to the jiayu Pass in Gansu Province in the west and to the mouth of the Yalu River in Liaoning Province in the east. What lies north of Beijing is but a small section of it.

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篇20:介绍清明节英语作文

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The Qingming (Pure Brightness) Festival is one of the 24 seasonal division points in china, falling on April 4-6 each year. After the festival, the temperature will rise up and rainfall increases. It is the high time for spring plowing and sowing. But the Qingming Festival is not only a seasonal point to guide farm work, it is more a festival of commemoration.

The Qingming Festival sees a combination of sadness and happiness.

This is the most important day of sacrifice. Both the Han and minority ethnic groups at this time offer sacrifices to their ancestors and sweep the tombs of the diseased. Also, they will not cook on this day and only cold food is served.

The Hanshi (cold Food) Festival was usually one day before the Qingming Festival. As our ancestors often extended the day to the Qingming, they were later combined.

On each Qingming Festival, all cemeteries are crowded with people who came to sweep tombs and offer sacrifices. Traffic on the way to the cemeteries becomes extremely jammed. The customs have been greatly simplified today. After slightly sweeping the tombs, people offer food, flowers and favorites of the dead, then burn incense and paper money and bow before the memorial tablet.

In contrast to the sadness of the tomb sweepers, people also enjoy hope of Spring on this day. The Qingming Festival is a time when the sun shines brightly, the trees and grass become green and nature is again lively. Since ancient times, people have followed the custom of Spring outings. At this time tourists are everywhere.

People love to fly kites during the Qingming Festival. Kite flying is actually not limited to the Qingming Festival. Its uniqueness lies in that people fly kites not during the day, but also at night. A string of little lanterns tied onto the kite or the thread look like shining stars, and therefore, are called "gods lanterns."

The Qingming Festival is also a time to plant trees, for the survival rate of saplings is high and trees grow fast later. In the past, the Qingming Festival was called "Arbor Day". But since 1979, "Arbor Day" was settled as March 12 according to the gregorian calendar.

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