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1、低碳生活 现在全世界都在倡导―低碳生活‖(low-carbon life)，即：降低二氧化碳的排放，采取低能量、低消耗、低开支的生活方式。低碳生活对我们大家都有好处，请你写一篇短文向一家英文报社投稿。内容包括：你的具体做法、你的感受以及建议。

提示词语：be good for, everyone, ride a bike, think, make a difference, environment, suggest, reuse

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Low-carbon life is good for everyone. To help with the environment, I always walk or ride a bike to school instead of taking a car. Besides, I will try to use things that can be recycled and I never forget to turn off the lights when I leave the classroom. I think it’s my duty to live a low-carbon life. And even the simplest activities can make a real difference to the environment. So I suggest we should reuse books as long as possible. And we’d better not spend much money on expensive clothes. If everyone does something for the environment, I believe the earth will be a better place。

2. 假如你是Li Lin，你的英国笔友Eric来信询问你家乡是否有雾霾(thick haze)，情况如何。请按提示写一封不少于60词的电子邮件回复他。要求卷面整洁书写工整;内容可在包含要点的基础上适当发挥。提示：1. 感谢他的关心;

2. 介绍:(1)去年冬天有多次雾霾; (2)空气被严重污，危害：车祸，生病等;

3. 正采取各种举措减少其发生。

Dear Erik,

I’m glad to receive your letter. You asked if there is thick haze in my hometown. Thank you for your caring for the weather and my health.There was heavy haze last winter. The air is badly polluted. Many traffic accidents happened and more and more people have to go to see

the doctor because of the smog. People have realized the great harm caused by the smog and the importance of protecting the environment.The government suggests people to go to work or school with the public traffic, such as the bus and the underground. Also we should plant more trees. According to me, I will go to school by bike or on foot, and I won’t throw the waste anywhere.

Would you like to tell me some good ideasI’m looking forward to your reply.

Yours,

Li Lin

3、保持健康生活习惯 健康的生活习惯对于成长中的我们是非常重要的。你认为健康的生活习惯应当是怎样的呢？请根据下面的信息提示，写一篇短文，首句已给出。

信息提示：健康饮食；早睡早起，不熬夜；参加运动，强身健体。

要求：根据信息提示，把握要点，适当发挥，不逐字翻译。字数在80词左右。

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I think healthy habits are very important for us.

All of us want to be healthy. First, we should get enough sleep during the night. We can go to bed early and get up early. Staying up late is bad for our health. Second, we must have the right kinds of food. We should eat more fruit and vegetables and less meat. We should drink a lot of water. We should have healthy eating habits. Third, we should do more exercise to build up our bodies. Finally, we should wash hands before meals and brush our teeth twice a day. If we don’t feel well, we should go to see the doctor at once。

4、怎样学好英语 世界在发展，文化在交融，英语已经成为人们沟通的桥梁。怎样学好英语是我们一直在探索的问题。几年的学习经历你一定积累了许多成功的经验，请从听、说、读、写四方面谈谈你的建议。

要求：1. 词数：80—100词(开头已给出，不计入总词数)

2. 字迹工整，语言流畅，表达正确，逻辑清晰。

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How to learn English well

English is important and useful to us. How can we learn it wellHere are my suggestions。

First, we should often listen to the tapes, English songs and programs. Watching English movies is also helpful to us. Second, we should speak English in class as much as possible. Don’t be afraid of making mistakes. The more you speak, the fewer mistakes you’ll make. Wed better join the English club and practice with others. Third, we can read more English newspapers and magazines. It’s good for us. At last, we should recite some good passages and keep diaries。

In a word, as long as we do more listening, speaking, reading and writing, we will learn English well。

5、感恩 对父母心存感恩，因为他们给予我生命，让我健康成长；对老师心存感恩，因为他们给了我教诲，让我抛却愚昧；对朋友心存感恩，因为他们给了我友爱；对社会心存感恩，因为社会给了我智慧和力量。自从国家实施义务教育以来，书本免费，食宿免费，而且还有贫困助学金等。面对这些，我们应该心存感恩，感谢祖国对我们的厚望和期盼。让我们永远记住：感谢父母、感谢老师、感谢朋友、感谢全社会！请以―感恩‖为话题写一篇80—100字的作文。

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What should we thank

The thankful great universe provides the environment of existence for us and give us sunlight, air, water and everything in keeping with us existence of space, bring storm to let us accept to toughen for us, bring to us mysterious let us look for. The thankful parents give us the life, make us feel the merriment of the human life, feel the genuine feeling of the human life, feel the comity of the human life, feel happiness of the human life, also feel hardships and pain and sufferings of the human life! The thankful teacher works with diligence and without fatigue everyday of teach, give us knowledge ability, and put on the wing which flies toward the ideal for us. The thankful classmate and friend grow up with us and let us no longer stand alone in the itinerary of life. The thankful our country provides us with free books, dormitory and food. Whenever it is, we should keep a thankful heart towards everything existed. Only thus, can we become a useful man.

6.目前，越来越多的中学生利用周末上各种各样的培训班或请家教。对于这一现象，存在两种不同观点：

请根据以上提示，以“Is a training class or a tutor necessary”为题，写一篇短文阐述自己的观点。

要求：1. 包括所有提示内容，可适当发挥。

2. 信中不要涉及真实的人名和校名及其它相关信息, 否则不予评分。

3. 词数：不少于60词，开头已给出，不计入总词数。

More and more middle school students are going to all kinds of training class or getting a tutor at the weekend. There are two different opinions about it.

Some think it is necessary. First, they can learn better with the help of the teachers than by themselves. Second, they can strengthen what they learn in class. Third, they can get more useful things in those classes.

However, other people insist that it is not necessary. For one thing, students will not listen carefully in their normal classes if they can get the same knowledge in training classes. For another thing, most senior

students haven’t enough time to rest. What’s worse, the purpose of most of the training classes and family teachers is to earn money.

In my opinion, a training class or family teacher is not necessary. We can study well at school if we work hard. (In my opinion, whether a training class or family teacher is needed just depends. If you are really very weak at or interested in a certain subject, maybe it’s OK for you. But be sure to choose a good and suitable class or teacher, otherwise it would be a waste of time and money.)

7、如何减压让生活更美好 许多学习生活中的烦恼都会使人产生压力，为了更好地发现及解决同学们中存在的心理压力问题，你们班特意开展了一次以"Less Pressure, Better Life"为主题的英语演讲比赛，请你准备发言稿，谈谈你的一些缓解压力的好办法，与同学分享，内容包括：

(1) 同学们中普遍存在的压力是什么；

(2) 我的压力是什么；

(3) 我是如何成功缓解我的压力的。

注意：文中不得出现真实的姓名和校名。词数80~100。

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Less Pressure, Better Life

Hello, boys and girls!

Pressure is a serious problem in today’s world. Students in our class are under too much pressure. Some students can’t get on well with their classmates, while others may worry about their exams。

I’m always under pressure, too. My parents want me to be the top student in class. So they send me to all kinds of after-classes at weekends. Last Monday evening, I had a talk with my mother. I told her I was not lazy. I really felt tired. I needed time to relax. My mother agreed with me at last. So I think a conversation with parents is necessary to solve the problem。

That’s all. Thank you!

8、节约用水 水是生命之源。随着水资源的短缺，节约用水是我们每个人的责任，请以此为话题写一篇不少于80字的短文。

★ 范文 As we know, water is very important to man, we can’t live without water. The amount of water which is suitable to drink is less and less. But some people don’t care

怎样学好英语

世界在发展，文化在交融，英语已经成为人们沟通的桥梁。怎样学好英语是我们一直在探索的问题。几年的学习经历你一定积累了许多成功的经验，请从听、说、读、写四方面谈谈你的建议。

要求：1. 词数：80—100词(开头已给出，不计入总词数)

2. 字迹工整，语言流畅，表达正确，逻辑清晰。

★ 范文

How to learn English well

English is important and useful to us. How can we learn it well? Here are

my suggestions.

First, we should often listen to the tapes, English songs and programs.

Watching English movies is also helpful to us. Second, we should speak English

in class as much as possible. Don’t be afraid of making mistakes. The more you

speak, the fewer mistakes you’ll make. Wed better join the English club and

practice with others. Third, we can read more English newspapers and magazines.

It’s good for us. At last, we should recite some good passages and keep

diaries.

In a word, as long as we do more listening, speaking, reading and writing,

we will learn English well.

Mr Qin is our history teacher. He has a wonderful name Qin Han. He is over fifty now, and he is in good health. He likes history. He is not only interested in Chinese history, but also the history of the world. He likes reading, and goes to the book shop every Saturday. He often tells us something interesting in the history, such as the Great Wall, the World War II and so on. We are all happy to have his classes. Mr Qin wrote a thick book on history and it was published last year. We all admire him!

秦先生是我们的历史老师，他有一个好听的名字秦汉。他已经年过半百，可是身体健康。他喜欢历史。他不仅对中国历史感兴趣，对世界历史也感兴趣。他喜欢读书，每星期六都去书店。他经常给我们讲一些历史上有趣的事，如万里长城，第二次世界大战等等。我们都喜欢上他的课。秦先生写了一本有关历史的厚厚的书，去年出版了。我们都很敬佩他!

Many people regard money as the most important thing in their life, but I dont agree with them. There are so many things that money cant buy. The first, money cant buy us knowledge, abilities and experience. The second, money cant buy us a happy mood and a good health.

However, money plays a significant role in our daily life. We cant live without it, because we have to use money to buy our daily necessities, like food, drinks, clothes, books, and so on. And we also need money to pay for our houses and education.

All in all, we should have a correct concept of money. We cant live for money, but take it as a tool leading a better life.

幸福是否可以用金钱购买？不可能！但是不是钱多一点我们就会更开心一点呢？对此，大多数人一定微笑赞同。我们相信，收入的富足与舒适的生活感受之间有着某种联系。几乎所有人都会说，是的，我希望变得富有。而目前有四分之三的美国大学生都认为，过上“十分富裕”的生活是“非常重要”和“必不可少”的。钱的作用的确不小。

Does money buy happiness? No! Ah, but would a little more money make us a little happier? Many of us smirk and nod. There is, we believe, some connection between fiscal fitness and feeling fantastic. Most of us would say that, yes, we would like to be rich. Three in four American collegians now consider it “very important” or “essential” that they become “very well off financially”. Money matters.

但是，富人就一定更快乐吗?研究人员发现，在一些贫穷的国家，相对而言比较富裕确实会使人过得更幸福一些。我们需要食物、住所、休息和社会关系。然而，人们惊讶地发现，在那些几乎所有人都衣食无忧的国家里，财富的增加所产生的效果微乎其微。收入与幸福之间的关联“惊人得微弱”。一旦生活舒适，钱所带来的收益便呈现递减趋势。得到的第二笔十万美元就像吃到的第二只派，尝起来永远都不如第一只那么美味。即使那些彩票得主和福布斯排名前一百的富人们也并没有比一般的美国人更开心多少。飞黄腾达只能带来暂时的喜悦。从长远来说，财富就像健康一样，失去它的人定会感到不幸，而拥有它的人却未必一定幸福。

Well, are rich people happier? Researchers have found that in poor countries, being relatively well off does make for greater well-being. We need food, rest, shelter and social contact. But a surprising fact of life is that in countries where nearly everyone can afford life’s necessities, increasing affluence matters surprisingly little. The correlation between income and happiness is “surprisingly weak”. Once comfortable, more money provides diminishing returns. The second piece of pie, or the second $100,000, never tastes as good as the first. Even lottery winners and the Forbes’ 100 wealthiest Americans have expressed only slightly greater happiness than the average American. Making it big brings temporary joy. But in the long run, wealth is like health: its utter absence can breed misery, but having it doesn’t guarantee happiness.

[英语满分作文幸福话题带翻译

Currently, some cities are considering a food ban on subways, which has sparked heated discussion. Some people say food should be banned because of the trash and rats they attract. And, garbage from discarded food can cause track fires. Beyond sanitary and mechanical concerns, food can also cause fights, as was discovered last week by one passenger who criticized a woman eating steamed stuffed bun on the subway.

However, some others are opposed to the idea. They argue that people like eating in the train in the morning because they dont have enough time to eat at their houses or restaurants. Sometimes that may be the only time or meal a transit rider may be able to eat especially when traveling long distances. Besides, there are people, for example diabetics, who do require food at various times to maintain blood-sugar levels.

Personally, Im against the ban because of the huge inconvenience it would cause to commuters, and the expense involved in enforcing it. Still, I believe we should have a little common courtesy. I think we all have responsibility to try to treat our subway system and fellow riders with respect, and that extends to food as well.

I have dinner at about 6:30 p.m.. After dinner, I often go to the outside to play games with my friends. We live near to each other, so we always play together. Sometimes,we play table tennis or badminton. Sometimes, we ride on bicyles. Anyway, anything could be funny when we are together.I usually go home at 8:00 and then take a shower. After that, I spend sometime in study or watch TV. At 10:00p.m.,I go to sleep.

我大约在下午六点半吃晚饭。晚饭过后，我经常和朋友到外面玩游戏。我们住得很近，所以我们经常一起玩。有时候我们打乒乓球或者羽毛球;有时候我们骑自行车。不管怎么样，只要我们在一起一切都变得有趣。我通常8点回家然后洗个澡。接着，我就花点时间学习或者看电视。到了十点我就去睡觉了。

At this precise moment in time and with the impending entrance examination, the problem of educational injustice has loomed more conspicuous and has been brought to the center of public attention. It is almost absolutely correct that schools misbehavior gave rise to seditions and agony.

Dated back to last month, one official representative at the meeting of Peoples Representatives put forward the issue of educational partiality, maintaining that the possibility of certain metropolises students admitted to Tsinghua University and Peking University is approximately 40 times more than that in Henan province. Recently, when it comes to the enrollment of middle school students, another heated news has been propagated that certain schools enjoying better location, faculty and favorable policies are illegally stretching their legs towards elite students over the whole province, exerting definitely pernicious influences on the regulation of tests and examinations.

As a student, Im sincerely concerned with this. From my own perspective, the leading action we should be encouraged to take is to distribute resources more sensibly. Its imperative to give more rights for admission to prestigious universities to students in need, which may propitiously precipitate the process of social justice. Also, governmental regulation and punishments are in desperate demand. Banning on such misconducts as searching for students over the boundary in certain schools serves as a solution.

What is more, personally, its advisable for the school administrators to secure a clear mind that faculty and regulations rather than students are more significant linchpins in maintaining competence and attractiveness.

There is still a long way to go for sake of overcoming the perplexity of educational injustice. Notwithstanding, we are bound to accomplish it with fortitude.

"We wish you a merry Christmas, we wish you a merry Christmas"Have you heard that song? Yup! Its Christmas time! This Christmas, I stayed with my "host family"1. It was an amazing experience to see how a typical American family would celebrate the biggest western festival of the year.

Christmas, like our Spring Festival, has a meaning in itself. Christmas Day, which is on December 25, is the birthday of Jesus Christ--the son of God. Thats why it is called Christmas. On that day, Christians would get together with their families to celebrate the birthday of Jesus. But nowadays, the religious meaning of Christmas has become less emphasized. To many families, it is just a time of family reunion and the ever-exciting present-giving.

Our school had been on winter vacation since December 11. I stayed at my friend, Stephen Stapczynskis house--his family was my "host family". Although Christmas was still more than ten days ahead, the festive spirit had already been teeming everywhere. The Christmas tree had already been set up, and on every windowsill, there were Christmas lights. On the first day I arrived at their house, Stephen and I helped Mrs. Stapczynski put decorations on the Christmas tree. The tree looked so nice with all the lights on and the beautiful ornaments dangling from its branches.

As Christmas came closer, the whole neighborhood had made preparations too. Some people would hold parties at their houses, inviting all their neighbors to come. So every night, if you went out, you would see a long line of cars parked in front of some house--a partys on!

Whats more, the Christmas decorations that some people put on their windows and in gardens were just amazing. On one night, we went out in our car for a "tour of lights". There was one street that was so famous for its lights that it got its way into the local paper. We had a hard time finding the well-hidden street, but it turned out to be worth the effort. Lights shone brightly in front of nearly every house, on trees, bushes, doors, windowseverywhere, taking different shapes, making it seem almost like daytime. Huge inflatable figures in the front gardens were waving to us: there were Santa Clauses2, of course, chuckling merrily away; and there were also other Christmas figures, like Rudolph3--the red-nosed reindeer--with his red nose gleaming ever so brightly; even Bart Simpson--a character in the famous comedy The Simpsons--had joined the jolly party, wearing a Santas hat. The street set off a lot of "ooh"s and "aah"s inside the car.4 When we left, there was a line of cars in the street, all there to see the lights.

Christmas is the time for exchanging presents. Stephen and Niko had been thinking about their Christmas lists (a list of things they wish "Santa"to give them for Christmas) for a long time. I didnt want to ask for anything, but the Stapczynskis were so kind to "force"me make one list as well (Mr. Stapczynski told me if I didnt make one he would chop off my legs). So I wrote down a couple of things that I would like to have, and gave the list to them--sorry, my mistake--to Santa.

Finally, Christmas Eve came. There was a special Christmas service at the church at 6 p.m. It was certainly a very interesting experience for me. The priest started the service reading and sang out extractions from a holy book--The Divine Liturgy. For several times, we would stand up and pray.

Sometimes, the church choir would start singing. The atmosphere was very quiet and holy. Then there was a ceremony called "The Receiving Communion". People waited in line to "receive"a spoonful of food from the priest. It was a very special Christmas tradition. The food was made from bread and wine. The bread represents the body of Jesus, and the wine represents his blood. After this ceremony, the priest had a speech. He reminded us not to forget the true meaning of Christmas, and let Jesus really live inside us--that is, to love the people around us wholeheartedly. I think that no matter if you are a Christian or not, this principle should be part of our lives. After the priest finished his speech, the part that I enjoyed most came: Christmas carols5. Christmas carols are songs that people sing at Christmas, such as "Jingle Bells", "We Wish You a Merry Christmas", "Silent Night"and so on. Some were very merry, others sounded quite holy, but all of them were beautiful. I closed my eyes, and let all the peacefulness and happiness that were in the songs flow through me. What a feeling it was!

We went to sleep earlier that day for we had to get up early on Christmas Day to open our presents. Sure enough, when I was still half-way during a sweet dream, Stephen burst into my room and told me to get up and open presents. There were a huge pile of presents under the Christmas tree, and there was such a mysterious mist shrouding them that made me eager to see what they all were. So one by one, we went through all the presents. Mr. and Mrs. Stapczynski had bought me everything I had written on my Christmas list--and a lot more! I got music CDs, film DVDs, clothes, books I was very happy, and I didnt know how to express my appreciation for what they had done for me.

Stephen and Niko had gotten a lot of presents too, and they had already been trying out their new games!

In the afternoon, we went to Mrs. Stapczynskis brother, Uncle Stans house. They had prepared a marvelous meal for us. A lot of their friends and relatives also came. I saw Stephen and Nikos grandparents, Yiayia and Papou (words of grandma and grandpa in Greek--Mrs. Stapczynskis parents came from Greece, so they like the boys using Greek words to call them). They were very kind to me, and treated me just like one of their family members. We had a very luxurious meal, consisting of turkey, beef, pork, and all sorts of other food.

After the meal, when all the stomachs were full and everyone was feeling drowsy6 from all the food, we just sat around the table and chatted, just like what we Chinese people do at the Spring Festival. After all, Christmas, like the Spring Festival, is a time for us to get away from our busy lives, a time for family gathering, and a time to have some fun.

the 15-day celebration of chinese new year

the first day of the lunar new year is "the welcoming of the gods of the heavens and earth."many people abstain from meat on the first day of the new year because it is believed that this will ensure long and happy lives for them.

on the second day, the chinese pray to their ancestors as well as to all the gods. they are extra kind to dogs and feed them well as it is believed that the second day is the birthday of all dogs.

the third and fourth days are for the sons-in-laws to pay respect to their parents-in-law.

the fifth day is called po woo. on that day people stay home to welcome the god of wealth. no one visits families and friends on the fifth day because it will bring both parties bad luck.

on the sixth to the 10th day, the chinese visit their relatives and friends freely. they also visit the temples to pray for good fortune and health.

the seventh day of the new year is the day for farmers to display their produce. these farmers make a drink from seven types of vegetables to celebrate the occasion. the seventh day is also considered the birthday of human beings. noodles are eaten to promote longevity and raw fish for success.

on the eighth day the fujian people have another family reunion dinner, and at midnight they pray to tian gong, the god of heaven.

the ninth day is to make offerings to the jade emperor.

the 10th through the 12th are days that friends and relatives should be invited for dinner. after so much rich food, on the 13th day you should have simple rice congee and mustard greens (choi sum) to cleanse the system.

the 14th day should be for preparations to celebrate the lantern festival which is to be held on the 15th night.

[以元宵节为话题英语作文

导语：端午节是古老的传统节日,始于中国的春秋战国时期,至今已有2000多年历史。端午节的由来与传说很多,下面是yuwenmi小编为大家整理的有关端午节的作文，欢迎阅读与借鉴，谢谢!

Duanwu Festival (端午节， Duānwū Jié) is a traditional Chinese festival held on the fifth day of the fifth month of the Chinese calendar. It is also known as the Double Fifth.[citation(引用;引证) needed] It has since been celebrated, in various ways, in other parts of East Asia as well. In the West, its commonly known as Dragon Boat Festival.

The exact origins of Duan Wu are unclear, but one traditional view holds that the festival memorializes the Chinese poet Qu Yuan (c. 340 BC-278 BC) of the Warring States Period. He committed suicide by drowning himself in a river because he was disgusted by the corruption of the Chu government. The local people, knowing him to be a good man, decided to throw food into the river to feed the fish so they would not eat Qus body. They also sat on long, narrow paddle boats called dragon boats, and tried to scare the fish away by the thundering sound of drums aboard the boat and the fierce looking carved dragon head on the boats prow(船头)。

In the early years of the Chinese Republic, Duan Wu was also celebrated as "Poets Day," due to Qu Yuans status as Chinas first poet of personal renown(名声名望)。

Today, people eat bamboo-wrapped steamed glutinous(粘的) rice dumplings called zongzi (the food originally intended to feed the fish) and race dragon boats in memory of Qus dramatic death.

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端午节是中国的传统节日，在农历第五月第五日。它也被称为双第五。[引文需要](引用;引证)它已被庆祝，以各种方式，在东亚的其他国家也。在欧美地区，它通常被称为端午节。

端午节确切的起源尚不清楚，但一个传统的观点认为，这个节日是由中国诗人屈原(公元前340 BC-278。)战国时期的。他因沉溺于一条河而自杀，因为他对楚国政府的腐败感到厌恶。当地人知道他是个好人，决定把食物扔到河里喂鱼，这样他们就不会吃屈原的尸体了。他们长时间坐在狭小的龙舟上，并试图把鱼儿吓跑的齐鸣声船和凶猛的雕龙头船的船头鼓。

民国初年，端午节也被誉为“诗人节”，“由于屈原的地位，作为中国的第一诗人的个人名声。

今天，人们吃竹叶包裹糯米粽子叫粽子和赛龙舟来纪念屈原的壮举。

With the development of technology, today, our life is facilitated with all kinds information sources. We can read books on the Internet, which is much convenient than buying the books in the stores. I like to read E-books, because there are many advantages. First, I can save a lot of money. Downloading the E-books is for free, I can find all kinds of free sources. It is good for students because they can save the money. Second, I can save a lot of time. Some books are not easy to be found in the bookstore, sometimes I need to go to several shops. But if I search the Internet, then the information is in front of me. How fast it is.

ladies and gentlemen,

welcome to our school. we are glad to have such a group of experienced teachers visiting us. we are sure the exchange of views among us will promote① the friendly relationship between china and america. i hope you will enjoy your stay in china, make new friends and take away memories of pleasant, productive ② days.

after your visit,we sincerely hope you will give us your valuable suggestions.

The understanding of American culture must not end with what we know on TV, because she has the most distinctive features of her own, which is diversity. As a country with a large immigrant population, the United States does not have a unique way of life, there is no only standard of conduct, and there is no unique culture. The diversity of the United States penetration in all aspects of the country, the following guidelines may not be able to help you overcome all from the cultural differences, but hope to everyone to prepare for the basic study in the United States and general plan to help.

Americans have a very different lifestyle than Chinese people. American food is light and easy to make, and the main course is meat, fish and chicken. A meal usually consists of only one main course, and salads and coffee are by no means less. Hot dogs and hamburgers are two of the most popular fast foods.

Americans are so active that more than a fifth of them move every year. The most detailed list of houses and apartments available on Sunday in newspapers across the country can be used to find homes or to find local estate agents. In addition to paying for rent, the rent house generally pays for utilities, namely gas, electricity, heating, hot water and simple electrical repairs and other repairs. The rent is usually a month, usually on the first day of the month. Electricity in most parts of the United States is 110-120 volts, 60Hz.

Almost every home in the United States has a car, and the American highway is very developed and accessible, so many americans work very far from where they live. They often go on a family trip during the holidays. The most popular means of transportation in the city are buses and subways. The subway is usually run day and night. Taxis are usually paid by distance or by distance. The whole country executes the right driving, the big city executes traffic regulation especially strict.

The American concept of time

Because of the fierce competition, the American society is full of movement and change, people are always in a hurry, and the result also has formed the americans time view of tension. "Time is money" is the most accurate expression of the American attitude to time. Americans value time more than just because they think time is a tangible thing, but more importantly they recognize the urgency and lack of time. Americans believe that the question of time can fully reflect a persons self-cultivation, and his respect for others. Therefore, it is necessary to have a detailed schedule and strict adherence to it.

So we stress that being on time is not just about the individuals schedule, but if youre not on time, it reflects your lack of respect for others time. In the study of life, apart from being on time, it is necessary to observe the deadline of various learning tasks. American schools generally teach students a subject, and then a group of students form a study group. Everyone is responsible for different aspects of learning team, if you dont have the prescribed deadline to complete you responsible for that part, influence is the whole teams performance, it is also a lot of American students constantly complaining about a problem. So being on time is a basic requirement for studying and living in the United States.

The way americans communicate

Talking to people is the most basic form of interpersonal communication. When youre talking to friends from all over the world, youre not just talking to each other, youre communicating with each other. The way language is expressed can often reflect the characteristics of a particular region or country.

Direct refreshing

Most of the time, conversations in the United States belong to a tendency to get information. They like to ask a lot of questions, and in a very direct way. They will use the most simple and direct language to get the information they want, the process, if they do not pay too much attention to wording beautiful, whether express tactfully, it sometimes inevitably conceded the interlocutors have a feeling not too polite. Answer this question, too, when the answer is no, americans will tell you "no" directly, also wont go to touch up for his answer, and if you dont have to know in advance to their speech habits, it felt embarrassed is inevitable.

Positive questions

Another obvious feature of the American way of communication is that there is no hesitation in asking questions. In the course of conversation, if americans dont understand what they dont understand, they often ask each other questions in a timely manner until they understand it. This feature is encouraged in class. In American classrooms, students can present any questions to the classroom at any time, and the lecturers will be more than happy to answer questions for students. Therefore, American classroom will always make students absorb knowledge in a relaxed, interactive and positive atmosphere.

body language

The tools of human communication are not just words, but body language. Spoke of the gestures, body posture, and facial expressions are the key to proper use of body language, we will divide the occasion, object, subject of flexible adjustment and use body language. Eye contact is the key of the above elements. Keep your eyes on the other side of the conversation while youre talking. This is something americans value too much.

Here are a few topics that can be used to talk to almost all americans:

Weather and mood

Some of my past experiences

My own campus life, or work content

Car, fashion, shopping, TV, music, clothing and other casual topics

At the same time, we should avoid the following topics:

Savings, income and other topics related to the personal economic situation

Family situation

Religious beliefs and so on

The last thing to note is that when you dont have a good grasp of your sense of humor, its best not to play it at will. You know, different countries, different culture, have different understanding of humor, and the appropriate humor can active conversation atmosphere, it is easy to cause unnecessary misunderstanding, or conversely.

Were divided into 50 states, each state has different administrative rules and regulations, combined with geographical location, climate condition difference, leads to the residents of the states have different living habits. The same is true of Americas diversity.

Climate change is a top priority. On the other hand is psychological preparation. Residents in different regions have different characteristics, such as: the east people look is always in a hurry, rush about for work, but with their southern leisurely, quiet and warm hospitality is famous for its character, the residents of the Midwests character can be described as practical, stubborn, and tradition, the western residents seem to be more independent, attach importance to individualism, live along the west coast of the United States people impressed us is recreational, relaxed and optional. Youre going to be on a trip to the United States, and youre going to have to look at the cities where youre going to school, and youre going to have a general idea of what youre going to do in these areas.

对于美国文化的认识决不能止于从电视上了解到的内容，因为，她有着自己最鲜明的特点，那就是多样性。作为一个拥有庞大移民人口的国家而言，美国不存在唯一的生活方式，不存在唯一的行为标准，更不存在唯一的文化。美国的多样性渗透在国家的各个方面，以下的指南也许不能帮你克服所有因文化差异而带来的困扰，但希望能对大家为留学美国而做的基本准备和大致计划有所帮助。

美国人的生活习惯与中国人有很大不同，美国食物味道清淡，制作简单迅速，主菜为肉、鱼、鸡类。一餐中一般仅一道主菜，而沙拉和咖啡是绝不能少的。热狗和汉堡包是最流行的两种快速食品。

美国人生性好动，每年都有超过1/5的人搬家。各地星期日的报纸登载周内租售房屋与寓所的最详尽名单，可以通过这些资料找房子，也可以找当地的地产经纪人。租房子除要付租外，一般还要付公用事业费，即煤气、电、暖气、热水和简单的电器修理及其他修理费。租金通常一个月，一般每月的第一天付。美国大部分地区的电力为110-120伏，60Hz。

美国几乎每家都有小汽车，美国的高速路十分发达，四通八达，因此很多美国人工作地点与居住地很远。在假日里，他们经常全家驾车出游。市内最常用的交通工具是公共汽车和地铁。地铁一般都是日夜开行。出租汽车一般按路程(短程)或时间(远程)计费。全国实行靠右行车，大城市执行交通法规尤为严格。

美国人的时间观念

美国社会由于竞争激烈，充满了运动和变化，人们始终处于奔忙之中，结果也就养成了美国人的紧张时间观。“时间就是金钱”这句话是美国人对于时间的态度的最准确表达。美国人对于时间的珍视不仅仅因为他们认为时间是一种切实的事物，更重要的是他们认识到了时间的紧迫和缺乏。美国人相信，在时间的问题上可以充分反应出一个人的自身素质修养，以及他对于他人的尊重。所以，有一份详细的作息时间表，并严格的遵守它，是相当必要的。

所以我们强调做到准时，不仅仅是关乎到个人的日程安排，若你没有做到准时，反应出的是你对他人时间的不尊重。在学习生活中，除了准时上课外，更需要遵守的是各种学习任务的截止时间安排。美国学校的教学方式一般是老师安排给学生一项课题，然后会由学生几个人之间结成学习小组共同来进行。学习小组中的每个人都会负责不同的方面，如果你没有在规定的截止日期内完成你负责的那一部分，影响的就是整个小组的成绩，这也是很多美国学生不断在抱怨的一个问题。所以，做到准时是在美国学习和生活的一个最基本的要求。

美国人的交流方式

与人交谈是人际交往中最基础的形式。当你与来自世界各地的朋友们交谈时，你们之间交流的不仅仅是彼此的观点和话题，更深层次的是在进行着文化的交流。语言表达的方式往往可以反应出某个地区或是某个国家的特色。

◎直接爽快

大多时候，美国人的谈话属于有一种想要获取信息的趋势。他们喜欢提出很多问题，并且是用很直接的方式。他们会用最简单直接的语言表达来获取自己想要的信息，这过程中，他们并不太在意措辞是否优美，意思表达是否婉转等问题，这有时不免会让与之对话者有一种不太礼貌的感觉。回答问题也是一样，当答案是否定的时候，美国人会直接告诉你“不“，同样不会去为他的答案进行润色，若是你没有提前了解到他们这种说话习惯，那感觉尴尬就是在所难免的了。

◎积极提问

美国人的交流方式中还有一个明显的特点就是毫不犹豫的提问。在交谈过程中，如果美国人有不明白，没听清的地方时，他们通常会及时的向对方把问题提出，直到弄懂为止。这一特点在课堂上成为被鼓励的做法。在美国的课堂上，学生可以随时向授课教室提出任何相关问题，而授课者都会极为乐意的为学生解答问题。所以，美国的课堂总是会让学生在轻松，互动，积极的氛围里吸收知识。

◎肢体语言

人类交流的工具不仅仅是语言，还有肢体语言。说话时的手势，身体的姿势，以及脸部的表情都是恰当运用肢体语言的关键，我们要分场合，分对象，分话题的灵活调整和运用肢体语言。其中目光接触则是上述要素中的关键。交谈时要时刻保持自己的目光是与对方相接触的，目光自然和善即可。这一点也是美国人相当看重的。

这里我们给大家提供几个很适合与几乎所有美国人交谈的话题：

天气情况和心情

自己以往的某些经历

自己的校园生活，或是工作内容

汽车，时尚，购物，影视，音乐，服装等休闲话题

同时我们应该避免以下话题：

存款，收入等与个人经济情况有关的话题

家庭情况

宗教信仰等等

最后需要提醒大家的一点是，当你对自己的幽默感并没有十足的把握时，最好不要随意发挥它。要知道，不同国家，不同文化，对幽默的认识是有所不同的，恰当的幽默可以活跃谈话气氛，反之则很容易引起不必要的误解或是不愉快。

美国一共划分为50个州，每个州都有不同的行政法规，再加上地理位置，气候条件的差异，就导致了各州的居民都有着不同的生活习惯。这里同样体现的是美国的多样性。

气候不同是首要考虑的问题。另外一方面就是心理上的准备。不同地区的居民有着不同的性格特征，比如：东部的人看起来总是匆匆忙忙的，为工作而奔波着，南部的人却是以他们悠闲，平静并且热情好客的性格特点而闻名，中西部的居民的性格可以被形容成实际的，固执的，还有一点传统，西部居民显得比较独立，重视个人主义，沿西海岸居住的美国人给我们的印象就是休闲，放松，随意。将要踏上美国之旅的你，需要针对就读学校所处城市，在这些方面搜集资料，提前有个大体的概念。

[英语作文美国的文化

Since the invention of computer, the world has come to the information stage. Today, people can do almost all the things through the Internet. They work and shop and communicate by this convenient way. As the information can be received from all kinds of resources, some people choose to search the Internet to get the diagnose before they go to see the doctor. If the doctor tell them something that is different from what they see from the Internet, then they will question about the diagnose. Online medical service indeed helps people to get the idea of their sickness, but it can’t be trustworthy, because who knows whether the information is given by a professional doctor. What’s more, the accurate diagnose should be checked the body, while online diagnose can’t offer this service, so it is unreliable.

自从电脑发明以来,世界已经来到了信息阶段。今天,人们通过互联网几乎可以做所有的事情。他们工作，购物和交流方便都通过这种方式。网上可以收集到到各种各样渠道的信息,有些人选择在网络上搜索信息诊断才去看医生。如果医生告诉他们不同于他们从互联网上看到的信息，然后他们就会质疑医生的诊断。在线医疗服务确实能帮助人们得到一些关于他们的疾病想法,但是不值得信赖,因为谁知道这些信息是不是由一个专业的医生提供的。更重要的是,准确的诊断应该检查身体,然而网上诊断无法提供这个服务,所以它是不可靠的。

节约是中华人民的传统美德，然而，当前国人的浪费现象却十分严重，尤其是餐桌上的浪费。请用英语写一篇100-120词的短文，描述你的一次“餐桌浪费”经历，并结合当前的“光盘行动”(Clear Your Plate Campaign)略加评论。

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With large amounts of food thrown away each year, the problem of food waste is widespread in China. Last Spring Festival, my father invited several friends to dinner in a restaurant. My father ordered a lot to show respect and display generosity.

What surprised me was he ordered an extra dish before we could finish all! When we stood up to leave, there were many dishes unfinished. Out of embarrassment, my father was reluctant to take the leftovers home. Later, we all shared the opinion that it was a great waste.

Recently, the Clear Your Plate Campaign started nationwide. I firmly believe that if everyone does his bit, the food waste will be significantly reduced.

2015年高考英语作文热门话题之八---食品安全

我们的身体健康与食品安全息息相关，但现在我们却面临越来越多的食品问题如染色馒头、毒奶粉。请用英语写一篇100-120词的短文，简要分析食品问题形成的原因并提出相应的解决措施。

染色馒头the industrial dye of steamed bun 毒奶粉the notorious milk powder

It is universally acknowledged that the safety of food is closely related to our health. As the famous saying goes, “we are what we eat.” However, things often go contrary to our wishes since we are faced with a series of food safety problems at present, ranging from the industrial dye of steamed bun to the notorious milk powder.

There are several reasons for this severe problem. First and foremost, many manufactures produce fake food of poor quality in order to get higher profits. In addition, the relevant laws and regulations are imperfect and even ineffective. Last but not least, the public especially customers from poor families, are not alert enough to the safety of food.

In view of the seriousness of the problem, effective measures must be taken to improve the situation. Firstly, it is essential that relevant laws and regulations on food safety should be enforced. Secondly, the relevant department should attach more importance to supervising监督 the manufacturers. Also, the public should be trained to be alert to food quality, believing our efforts will make an enormous difference. Only by taking these actions can the problem be coped with successfully in the nearest future.

As the saying goes: women kiss offer more to its parent when no memory in young. I have also recognized but I turn to. I do not know who is not often youyue. My first kiss from memory dedicated to love people in my most beautiful years. Who ever thought that things were always against.

俗话说：女人亲吻，在青春没有记忆时给予父母更多。我也承认，但我转向。我不知道是不是经常优越。我的初吻，从记忆中，献给爱的人，在我最美的年华里。谁曾经认为事情总是反对。

There are many television programs in taiwan today, from tv aeries, quiz shows, soap operas, movies to cartoons. of all the programs, i like to watch cartoons the best, like cartoon network, disney and many others. i like to watch cartoons because they are funny and very interesting, especially when i am sad, tired or bored.

I also like cartoon characters. they are so cute and vivid. we must use our imagination when we watch cartoons. because they are often exaggerated, so you need to have a sense of humor.

导语：我们都爱自己的国家，为成为一名中国人而骄傲，下面是yuwenmi小编为大家整理的有关爱国英语作文，欢迎阅读与借鉴，谢谢!

It is the duty of every citizen to make the country rich and powerful (to make the country rich and strong is...). in order to accomplish this object one must be patriotic (love his country). i consider this an unchangeable truth.

How can a student love his country (be patriotic)? i find my answer very simple and clear. he must study hard and store up knowledge so as to serve his (the) country in the future. if every student can do according to what i said, the country will certainly be rich and powerful.

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要使国家富强是每个公民的责任。为了达到此目的，必须爱国。我认为这是一条不易的定理。

一个学生如何才能爱国呢?我发觉答复很简单明了。他必须用功读书并积储知识以便将来服务国家。如果每个学生能按照我所说的去做，国家一定会富强。

自由开放的美国，吸引了不少人去游玩学习，yjbys作文网小编为大家准备了关于美国的作文，希望大家更了解美国的风土人情。

美国之旅作文1

为了让我的寒假生活变的更加丰富多彩，所以家长给我报了一个令我兴奋的冬令营活动“美国东西海岸夏威夷14日主题活动。”

第一天，我们来到了太平洋中最美丽的夏威夷檀岛，首先，我们去参观珍珠港。参观完我的感受是：“珍珠港有珍贵的历史照片及战舰模型的展览馆有关珍珠港历史介绍的图书馆，我们仿佛亲眼看到了日军战舰偷袭珍珠刚的情形及亚利山号被击沉的实况……我也深深的感到和平的珍贵。”

第二天，我们去了玻利尼西亚文化中心，英文是“Polynesian Cultural Center。”这个地方位于本岛的东南方向，夏威夷土著民族共有七个，他们居住的地方分别是：“萨摩亚群岛SAMOA、奥特爱瑞阿群岛AOTEAROA、斐济群岛FIJI、夏威夷群岛HAWAII、玛贵斯群岛MARQUESAS、大溪地群岛TAHITI、东加群岛TONGA”。各岛有自己的语言。在那里我们度过了一个愉快的傍晚。

第三天，我们的主要任务是购物。买一些比较有纪念意义的东西、夏威夷的特产等等。

第四天，我们来到了美国西海岸最适合人类居住的城市——旧金山。英文是“San Francisco”。参观Nasa太空中心、Intel公司总部、感受现代科技的震撼，了解航天知识。

第五天，我们去了许多地方，如：九曲花街、金门大桥、海湾大桥、渔人码头。那九曲花街曲曲折折，而且是个斜坡，车从中间走，行人在两旁。我认为只有车技好的人，才能开过去，否则会发生事故。

这个九曲花街，不就像我们的人生吗?充满了曲折、坎坷，我们只有勇敢的去面对才能克服困难。

我们还欣赏了由德国设计师设计的建于1937年的金门大桥，在欣赏的同时，我又学到了许多知识……

第七天，我们去了美国的政治中心、首都——华盛顿。在那里我们看到美国各大政府机构，白宫、国会山、林肯纪念堂、杰佛逊纪念馆、华盛顿广场、二战、韩战纪念馆，在无声中重温历史。我们还去了航天航空博物馆，看到了航天史的发展历程。走进艺术纪念馆，又细细品味了人类艺术发展的历程……

后来，我们驱车去了纽约。途中，我们遇到了美国百年不遇的大堵车，耽误了许多时间。途中还经过了曾经是钢铁城市的巴尔第摩港、美国第一个都城——费城。直到晚上才到达纽约。

第九天，我们去看了自由女神岛。9月11日已经过去五年之久，但是人们不会忘记恐怖事件给这个国家带来的恶果。废旧钢铁搭建的十字架似乎大声地呼喊着和平。华尔街的拥挤、铜牛旁的人群、洛克斐勒广场的人头攒动，让我感到了经济大都会的繁荣。

法国在美国独立100周年时赠送的自由女神毅然伫立在岛上，我们乘船观望她的雄姿。我们还步入了联合国总部大楼，亲临为世界和平作出贡献的环境……

第十一天，是最令我兴奋的一天，我们来到了洛杉矶。驱车前往已经有五十一年历史的迪斯尼游乐园，在这里我和米老鼠近距离接触并合影留念。我和几个同学一起在这里玩耍，乘坐雪山滑车、过山车、漫游小人国历险，在古老的故事里感受现代的科技组合，我们天真的笑声荡漾在迪斯尼游乐园的高空。

第十二天，我去了好莱坞明星大道、奥斯卡金奖的颁发地、中国大戏院。遥望了好莱坞全景。好莱坞影城具有时代的高科技，我们回顾世界顶级大片拍摄的实地现场感受高科技给人带来的巨大财富和精神享受。

第十四天，我们乘坐飞机回到了小别的故乡首都——北京。

假如我在美国作文2

我正非常舒服的睡在床上，做着一个梦：我正吃一个冰激凌，突然，冰激凌掉进了悬崖中，我一失足，也跟住一起掉了进去。

一阵眩晕过后，我昏沉沉的想：我正哪儿啊?难道是一个60年代的国家，我穿越了?我真的穿越了?!随即映入眼帘的是一排排葱翠的树木整整齐齐的排列着，远处有一个大牌子写着：“Wellcom to Amer——”我惊叫道：“天啊!我梦寐以求的美国啊!”地道的美式英语和好吃的风味烧牛排，还有一窜窜复古的衣服——太好了!终于到美国了!我太幸运了!我满心欢喜的踩在柔软的泥土上，扑面而来的清新空气让我感到舒适无比。我走在街上，看到一些黑皮肤的人，他们却用非常惧怕的眼神扫了我一眼，迅速逃开了，这是怎么回事?我奇怪的自言自语。“不管了，反正好不容易到美国，我就当一回旅行者，饱览饱览异国风情吧!

我一边走着，一边哼着歌。我走进一家餐厅，香浓的烤牛排味令我无法呼吸，我的视线不禁往前挪，贪婪的看着周围的一切。很多人，他们衣着华丽。我慢慢的咽着可口的牛排，一边回想起那群黑皮肤人，等等，我好想联想到了什么，充满幸福感的瞬间立刻消失的无影无踪，原本温暖的目光也变得严肃，我充满厌恶的看了看那些白人。正好，这时餐厅外出现了一对黑人母女，他们手里紧紧握着三十美元，这刚好可以买一份小号牛排，我本以为他们会理直气壮地进来像常人一样点牛排吃，可是，事情却与我想象的相反。

这对母女先是小心翼翼的透过玻璃朝内探望，随即低着头，把腰弯了九十度快速走过来，我看到，黑人母亲的脸上滚下了一串晶莹的泪珠，她把小女孩紧紧搂在怀里，生怕她出事似的，”扑通“一声跪在了门槛上，她们哭泣着哀求道：”善良的主啊!我们实在饿得没有力气了，就让我们母女，不不不，让我们这些贱民吃一些肉，不不不，让我们闻闻吧!“黑人母亲双手撑在地上，不断磕头，有一些人仍有说有笑，而有些，则一挥手：”无耻的贱民，你们不配来这儿!这里是贵族的游乐场所——“话没说完，我愤怒的一拍桌子，怒吼道：”为什么，为什么，黑人不能进来，黑人也是人，甚至比你们白人还优秀，人人都该平等!“说完，我扶起那对母女，并为她们点了一份牛排，我把手伸过去，可这时，有个白人说：”你怎么可能帮她们!“我的愤怒再一次被激起，我严肃的说：”因为她们也是人，我们应该爱他们，把她们当做白人对待，难道看人只能看肤色吗?这个世界不应该有种族歧视，不应该排斥她们，应该倡导人人和平相处，这样生活才更美好。“这些话显然起了一点作用，那些白人的眼神由惊讶变成愤怒，她们飞快的交流着，终于一个白人站出来：”妹妹，我们不想用武力解决这个问题，歧视黑人，我们开始也不想，但迫于政府等各种权贵压迫，我们不得不——所以，我们不可能短时间内接受你的想法，这对母女你们仅此一次破例与我们共餐。“那些白人眼神黯淡下来，低头吃牛排，心里有许多复杂的事，种族歧视，似乎不那么简单——

我走着，前面有一个草地，我走过去，睡着了。

”啪——“我又回到了现代，睡在床上的我一个激灵醒了，我望着蒙蒙亮的天空，再次回忆着——

世界行之美国篇作文3

(美国当地时间)7月23日 星期五 晴

经过了13小时的长途飞行，我们乘飞机来到了美国第二大城市——洛杉矶(Los Angeles)。车子从机场开往城里，一路上洛杉矶给我的第一印象就是整个城市几乎看不到高楼大厦，所有的房子都是矮平房或两三层的，不愧是传说中的“趴下来的城市”。

为了倒时差，午饭后，我们直接开始游玩。第一站来到好莱坞最著名的制片厂之一的“环球影城”。“环球影城”是以大量出产恐怖片和科幻片著称的。4D电影《史莱克3》第一个吸引我们。“啊——嚏!”突然史莱克打个一个打喷嚏，虽然戴了立体眼镜，还是搞得我脸上全是他的“口水”“鼻涕”，所有人笑了;突然，一群蜘蛛从树上掉下来，爬到我的脚边身后，让我乱起鸡皮疙瘩——原来都是利用喷气和喷水制造的效果!之后我们徒步穿越一个真人+声光效果制造恐怖的鬼屋，真的把我吓得半死!最后排队参加观光车环城的电影奇幻旅行。看到许多逼真的恐怖和科幻场景，以小见大和真枪实弹的电影特效，比如：喷着火燃烧的翻车，从水中突然跃起攻击我们的“大白鲨”，被洪水冲垮淹没的地铁站等等。我还了解到了突然闪电下雨导致山洪暴发，以及飞机失事等灾难的电影特效是怎样制造出来的，真的是大开眼界啊!这是我在其他地方都从来没有看到体验到过的。

住宿：洛杉矶

(美国当地时间)7月24日 星期六 晴

早就听说拉斯维加斯(Las Vegas)是个赌城，有很多的高级饭店和赌场。因为是个沙漠城市，拉斯维加斯夏天的气温常常高于40摄氏度，所以，拉斯维加斯才会有那么多的室内休闲活动场所，包括赌场，希望人们都留在室内玩。今天我们一早就搭乘车子开往赌场去见识见识。

途中，我们在著名的棕榈城小镇停歇，去奥特莱斯购物。这里很大，东西也很多，可就是太热!

晚上终于到了拉斯维加斯，吃过饭，我们去看了场逼真的火山喷发表演，热热的熔岩喷出，红红的火也烧的高高的，连水都是烫烫的……换一个酒店，又看了长真人表演的海盗秀，真的有大炮打出了，火把门都烧了，船的桅杆被轰断掉，大船也被打沉了……非常紧张。可是后来导游才跟我们说这些不同的表演都是高级酒店们免费提供的，就是为公益和吸引人气。这里的高级酒店可真是多啊!个个都金碧辉煌，而且还都有自己的特点和主题。听导游说世界顶尖的10家酒店有7家就在拉斯维加斯!

住宿：拉斯维加斯

(美国当地时间)7月25日 星期日 晴

来美国的第三天，我们去举世闻名的美国大峡谷。大峡谷其实的平地裂开来形成峡谷。它横跨四个州，我们去的只是亚利桑那州的那一段的南峡，从拉斯维加斯开过去大约四百多公里。

途中路过美国最著名的水利工程——胡夫水坝后，我们经历了一个小插曲：一辆看不出是警车的警车示意我们的车子停下来，导游有点慌张的下车，我们全都不知道是怎么回事。原来，我们的车子前面有一段路超速了，可是爸爸和叔叔都分别被叫下车去接受“盘问”，再原来，警察叔叔还在怀疑我们乘坐了黑车，要排除嫌疑，也是对我们负责。最后，警察叔叔给了我们导游一个“warning”，爸爸和叔叔还和帅哥警察合了影，我们被放行了。紧张过后觉得还挺刺激的。

一路看到很炎热的隔壁和秃秃的山，突然，眼前一片绿绿葱葱，原来，是“大峡谷——国家公园”到了。哇，真壮观呀!平地裂开的大口子，岩石像台阶一样一层层地的往下铺;蜿蜿蜒蜒的，根本望不到头;在正午的太阳照射下，不同地方的不同形状的岩石反射出不同的颜色，有深红色，有暗黄色，有粉红色，有灰紫色……导游还告诉我么，这大峡谷南峡部分最宽的地方要有18英里(1英里≈1.6公里)呢!这种大峡谷地貌是我从来都没有见过的。

拉斯维加斯和大峡谷的天气都很热，可是奇怪的是我几乎没出汗!

住宿：拉斯维加斯

(美国当地时间)7月26日 星期一 晴

今天早上，我们5点多就起床了，目的只有一个——赶飞机。我们搭乘的是UA(美联航——美国联邦航空公司)拉斯维加斯—旧金山8：20的飞机，可是，已经晚点了半个多小时登机过后，我们又在飞机上干坐了近两个小时的时间还不起飞。我急了。妈妈说广播里通告的原因是旧金山当地雾太大了，飞机不能冒险飞过去。我更急了。可是，据我观察，飞机上的美国当地人完全没有慌张和着急的样子。

终于，飞机12 点多抵达了位于北加州的旧金山国际机场。导游为我们介绍，圣弗朗西斯科也叫三藩市，华人称“旧金山”是美国著名的“雾都”和“山城”。它三面临海，有很多高高低低的山，并且超过90%的房屋都建在山坡上，有的坡甚至超过45°，整个城市给人感觉像中国的重庆;因为水汽很重，气温不高(今天最高只有22°左右)这里不管晴天雨天、夏天冬天，每天早上9点之前雾绝对不会散去，只是有时浓有时淡而已——难怪美国当地人人和来过这里的人都不会奇怪大雾会延误飞机了!

我们坐车看了看有名的开放的“同性恋街区”、旧金山市政厅，还有早就在杂志和其他图片上看到过的金门大桥。金门大桥是世界上第一座悬索桥，还是一座跨海大桥，后来世界上出现非常多同原理的大桥，像南浦大桥、青马大桥等等。金门大桥被涂成“国际橘黄色”(注意：是国际橘黄色不是红色哦!)，是因为建造这座桥是考虑当地常常雾太大，又是通往城外的唯一通道，怕汽车通过时看不清，而国际橘黄色是颜色中可见性和穿透力最强的颜色。所以，这个鲜艳的颜色成为了金门大桥的标志。

晚上我们在著名的“渔人码头”吃螃蟹大餐。妈妈说，真美味!

住宿：旧金山

(美国当地时间)7月27日 星期二 晴

坐了一个多小时的车，我们到达了美国的“酒乡”纳帕。一路都是灰蒙蒙的天和枯黄黄的山(导游说旧金山就是因为这个地方到处都是长满黄草的山，看起来像金山才叫旧金山的)，可是进入纳帕后马上像换了一块天一样，晴天!这里的气候太阳天多，温差大，好的气候才能产出好的葡萄，好多葡萄才能酿出好酒。

我们选择了一家1885年建立的家族式酒庄参观。很大的酒窖里有很多装酒的橡木桶和制酒的工具，还有小型的博物馆。橡木桶据说都是手工扎的，可是为什么它会这么多年也不会漏和坏掉呢?接着我们去纪念品商店里买好吃好玩的，妈妈买些奶酪和烧烤酱什么的，爸爸还品尝了绝对正宗的产地葡萄酒。我也学到了一点小常识：用来酿酒的葡萄其实不好吃，酸得很!

住宿：旧金山

(美国当地时间)7月28日 星期三 晴

今天早上，我出发到世界闻名的斯坦福大学。大学周围的环境真好，行人特别的少。整个大学是没有围墙，完全开放式的。我们参观了校园的主要部分，还在著名的“胡夫塔”(美国总统胡夫就是从这里毕业的)前合影留念。斯坦福在最新的美国高校综合排名是第六，爸爸说让我先见识一下自己未来的大学，看看是否喜欢——我知道，他也一定希望我能加油努力考取这所名校。

“十七英里海滨公园(seventeen miles drive)”我之前完全没有听说过，看完斯坦福大学，我们来到公园。导游说让我们看看真正美国富豪的度假区，幢幢都是豪宅!海滨公园有一大片森林，许多小动物出没里面;有十几个大大小小的高尔夫球场;还有很多海豹和海鸟的私家海滩。

之后，我们开车上了5号公路(Fifth Highway)，我们将在这条公路上往洛杉矶开。开了大约两个小时，就在离洛杉矶还有100英里的地方，突然我们听见很响的类似枪声的爆炸声，马上感到我们屁股下面“突突”地震起来，我的第一意识就是爆胎了!果然，导游很沉着地把车停靠在路边，下车一看，我们车子的右后轮胎炸得不成样子，路上还有好多被炸飞出去的轮胎碎片。我们车子上虽然有备胎，但没有找到工具，更糟糕的是，排气管居然被卷进轮胎和轮胎罩之间，卡住了。导游不停地打救援电话，烈日炎炎下，我们等了又等，始终没有看到救援拖车。爸爸和叔叔都有点不耐烦了，但还是一直帮坐着和站在草丛中的我们小朋友遮挡太阳。我们每个人的脸都晒得通红，妈妈一直担心我们会中暑。我的心里也在想：这美国人的救援速度怎么那么慢?完全低效率嘛。就在我们正在拨打911电话求救的时候，救援车真的到了。这时已经是下午6点，也就是我们在太阳下面烤了足足3半小时!救援车司机拿出工具，三下五除二就把备胎换好了，排气管也弄直了，这样就算好了，可以开了。我们跟他道了谢，继续上路。两个多小时后，我们终于狼狈地抵达洛杉矶。

住宿：洛杉矶

(美国当地时间)7月29日 星期四 晴

你知道沃特·迪士尼吗?他就是米老鼠的爸爸，迪士尼乐园的创始人。让我们回到1955年……一位朋友对他说：“这么大的地方，还没有一个真正的乐园呢。你有钱，就建一个吧。”于是，迪士尼乐园就这样被慷慨和有远见地产生了。我们今天去的迪士尼乐园是全球第一个迪斯尼乐园，建于1955年，所以比较小。在迪士尼先生的铜像前合影后，我们开始了洛杉矶迪士尼乐园的冒险之旅。惊险刺激的激流勇进、有点阴森可怕的印第安琼斯(这可是这家迪士尼乐园的第一招牌呢)、新奇的鸟儿天地，我们在乐园里玩的很开心，还在“明日世界”里考取了自己的汽车驾照呢!

我已经去过香港的迪士尼，也去过日本东京的迪士尼，相比之下这个已经有55年历史的乐园，可还真是一点不陈旧不落后!

住宿：洛杉矶

(美国当地时间)7月30日 星期五 阴

圣迭戈(San Diego)是美国南部的边境城市，它拥有美国最大的海洋世界，还是美国最大的军港——这点让我很向往。早上，我们就向着圣迭戈出发了。在这个最大的海洋世界里，我看到了从未真正看到过的白鲸、白海豚、海象等等海洋动物，以及海底丰富多彩的鱼类、珊瑚和其他生物。看过了海洋世界，我们来到军港。

远远就能看到停在码头的已经退役41号“中途岛号”，和现役的68和74号航空母舰以及大大小小的许多军舰，港边还有一个好大好大的雕塑，名叫“胜利之吻”。据说是二战同盟国取得胜利后，凯旋回家的士兵在刚下船的码头就与爱人热吻庆祝胜利和生还。战争真叫人害怕。我们乘船绕着整个海湾参观了一圈，很近距离的靠近一排的军舰，有登陆舰、驱逐舰、另外还有一些我不知名的军舰都整齐地停靠在港湾，可以清楚地看到站在舰艇上站岗的美国大兵!

墨西哥边境小城蒂华纳与圣迭戈就一个界碑划开来。我们过境到墨西哥去转转，在美墨界碑前合影。明显地感觉墨西哥和美国这两个国家的差距很大：一个严格地汽车让行人，规规矩矩看红绿灯过马路，一个人行红绿灯就像摆设;一个整齐干净，一个乱哄哄的。也许这就是人的素质不一样造成的吧。所以才会有这么多的墨西哥人往美国挤。

住宿：洛杉矶

(美国当地时间)7月31日 星期六 阴

告别的日子终于到了，我们就要回家了。再见了，美国。

在机场，我们跟导游照了相，告了别，谢谢她，登上飞机，离开了美国。

从飞机窗向外看，都是蓝天白云的，跟中国一样，都很美。

点评：这篇日记描绘了一幅美丽的“美国旅行”图。小作者善用比喻、拟人等修辞手法，生动形象地向我们展示了美国几个重点城市的场景，一词一句中我们不难感受到小作者对美国的喜爱之情!

A wise man once said that the only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do not

A wise man once said that the only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing. So, as a police officer, I have some urgent things to say to good people.

Day after day my men and I struggle to hold back a tidal wave of crime. Something has gone terribly wrong with our once-proud American way of life. It has happened in the area of values. A key ingredient is disappearing, and I think I know what it is: accountability .

My job as a police pfficer is to impose accountability on people who refuse, or have never learned, to impose it on themselves. But as every policeman knows, external control on peoples behavior is far less effective than internal restraints such as guilt, shame and embarrassment.

Fortunately there are still communities smaller towns, usually where schools maintain discipline and where parents hold up standards that proclaim:

In this family certain things are not tolerated they simply are not done!

Yet more and more, especially in our large cities and suburbs, these inner restraints are loosening. Your typical robber has none. He considers your property his property; he takes what he wants, including your life if you enrage him.

The main cause of this break-down is a radical shift in attitudes. Thirty years ago, if a crime was committed, society was considered the victim. Now, in a shocking reversal, its the criminal who is considered victimized: by his underprivileged upbringing, by the school that didnt teach him to read, by the church that failed to reach him with moral guidance, by the parents who didnt provide a stable home.

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