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保护野生动物的英语作文初中(通用20篇)

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保护有益动物

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我们身边有很多很多有益的小动物,比如说蜻蜓啊,小燕子啊,还有青蛙等有益的小动物。

我们先去看看蜻蜓吧!

你们瞧,一只蜻蜓正停在枝头上呢!这时候,我发现蜻蜓的头上有一双大大的眼睛,真像一盏探照灯。它还有一对透明的翅膀。它的身材又细又长,真苗条。它不但会捉害虫,还是一名气象预报员,当它低飞时就说明天气有变化。

再去看看小燕子吧!

你们看,天空上有一只小燕子正忙着在捉飞虫呢!燕子的身上披着一件黑色的燕尾服,尾巴像一把小剪刀。它呀,也是一位气象预报员。当它飞低时天空也会有变化。可爱的小燕子要跟我们说再见了。

呱呱呱,呱呱呱,听谁来了?哦,原来是小青蛙。它鼓着一对大眼睛,披着碧绿碧绿的衣裳,露着雪白雪白的肚皮,可爱极了。它一年呀能捉成千上万只害虫。它可是保护庄家的好帮手。

不但只有这些有益的小动物,在我们身边还有很多很多有益的小动物呢!我们可要好好保护那些可爱的小生命啊

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篇1:我的房间初中记叙英语作文

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We all have our homes, some homes may be larger, probably smaller, and some at home, some of the possible ugly, probably prettier. My family is no exception Oh! Here, let me introduce yourself! My home, although small, very small, but my family is very nice, at first glance, neat, people look very comfortable.

Come into my house, first appeared in front of you is the living room, the living room is the center of a can pull shrink, brown table, at the table, three chairs, are Mom and Dad and my chair, and that in the southwest corner of a table, that is my position. In the living room wall, there is a very old painting, the painting is a bird on a branch of the scene. Left to go from the living room, is one of our room, where we usually watch TV, play computer ...... room northwest, is one of our computer, I find information tool. N the south, there is a TV, free when you can take a look at the news. Next to the TV is my homework place, where there is a multi—functional desk, you can put down a lot of books and stationery.

Go inside this room is our bedroom, with a bed, it was my mother just a place to sleep near the bed, there are a bed, it was my dad a place to sleep, the walls in the bedroom , he has painted a picture of my childhood, very beautiful. This is my home, you must feel it nice!

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篇2:我喜欢的小动物英语作文100字

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喜欢的小动物是海龟,它有一个圆圆的脑袋,可以在龟壳里自由伸缩。它有一个厚厚的外壳,那个壳既像是它的家,又像是它的盾牌,可以阻挡危险,保护自己。它的脚不像乌龟那样有一个个小爪子,而是像扇子一样扁平扁平的。在海洋里,它能像鱼儿一样在水中随心所欲地游来游去,这与它像扇子一样的脚有很大关系。海龟只有离开水后便爬着走,那速度才是真正的龟速。

My favorite small animal is the turtle, which has a round head and can flex freely in the shell. It has a thick shell, which is like both its home and its shield. It can stop danger and protect itself. Instead of having a small claw like a tortoise, its feet are flat and flat like a fan. In the ocean, it can swim freely in the water like a fish, which has a lot to do with its fan-like feet. Turtles only crawl away from the water, and that#39;s the real speed.

海龟产卵的时候不像其它动物妈妈一样产完卵就不管了,而是用沙子将卵藏好,以防其他动物偷吃,真是一位贴心的妈妈。它们的窝更是奇特,别的动物的窝都是用沙土堆起来或是在陆地上打一个洞,而海龟则是在海底打一个洞住进去。小海龟出生一个月后,海龟妈妈就不会再管自己的宝宝了,而是让它们自己生活下去,让它们学会自己成长。

Turtles do not lay eggs like other animal mothers. They hide eggs in sand to prevent other animals from stealing them. It#39;s really a kind mother. Their nests are even more peculiar. Other animals#39;nests are piled up with sand or made a hole in the land, while turtles make a hole in the sea floor. One month after the birth of the baby turtle, the mother of the turtle will no longer take care of her babies, but let them live on their own, let them learn to grow up.

这就是我喜欢的动物,海龟。

This is my favorite animal, the turtle.

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篇3:保护动物的英语词中英对照

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那天,我妈妈给我买了两只小鸭子。我很高兴,把两只小鸭子放在箱子里,听着它们的叫声,我的心情非常的好。

That day, my mother bought me two little ducks. I am very happy, the two little ducks on the box, listening to their voices, I feel very good.

第二天,我想让同学到我家看看我的鸭子,我给同学打电话,让他来。他看了鸭子,也觉得很好玩。我们把一只小鸭子放在地上,它向前走了几步就摔倒了,它抓了起来,又摔倒了,我们哈哈大笑。我们玩够了,就把小鸭子扔进了箱子里,去玩玩具了。

The second day, I want to have a look to my classmates my duck, I call for students, let him come. He saw a duck, and enjoy it. We put a duck on the ground, it went forward a few steps and then fell, it caught up, and fell down, and we laughed. We play enough, put the duck into the box, to play with toys.

下午,我和爸爸去看小鸭子,看见一只鸭子肚子朝上,翅膀和脚在抖动,它叫的声音很大,好像在哭一样。爸爸把小鸭子扶起来,小鸭子又倒了。我突然想起来我把小鸭子扔进箱子里的事,呀!我是杀人凶手呀!我哭了。小鸭子最后死了,我很伤心。

Afternoon, my father and I went to see the little duck, see a duck belly up, wings and feet in jitter, it sounds great, like crying. Dad put up little duck, duck down. I suddenly remembered that I took the little duck into the box,! I am a murderer! I cried. Little duck finally died, I am very sad.

从那时起,我就开始爱护小动物了。

From then on, I began to love little animal.

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篇4:保护动物作文700字

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昨天放学时,天气非常炎热,我下楼没看见爷爷,就借同学手机打了个电话,然后我等了几分钟,爷爷就来了。

我上了车一边与爷爷闲聊,一边看着路边的风景。

突然我看到公路上有一个毛茸茸的小东西,是老鼠吗?怎么可能,怎么可能有这么大的老鼠,我又仔细看了看,这小东西正摇着它那蓬松的大尾巴,呀!是松鼠!太神奇了,居然在大马路上看见了松鼠。它好像要过马路似的左顾右盼的,好像不怕人,我们电瓶车走过,也没有引起它的恐慌。这时一辆路虎朝它飞驰而来,我心里一阵担忧,心跳顿时加快,仿佛有什么大事情要发生似的。一瞬间这辆路虎飞快超过我们,也穿过了这只松鼠,一声清脆的咔嚓声传入我的耳膜,是那样的惊天动地,我看着松鼠在半空中翻了几圈又啪的一声掉在路上,就一动也不动,一点生息也没有了。顿时一种莫名的悲伤涌上了我的心头。为一个鲜活的生命逝去而痛心。

也许这个司机是无意的,没有看见松鼠。也许这只松鼠太相信人类了,认为大家都喜欢它,不会伤害它。可以惨剧确确实实在我眼前发生了,难道不能引起我们思考吗?

在我国青藏高原可可西里这个无人区里生活着许多藏羚羊,在修建天路时怕火车影响藏羚羊的迁徙,设计者们想出了在那里架设铁路桥,这样火车在上面过,藏羚羊从下面迁徙,人与自然在这里完美可以结合。这是保护稀有动物的极好例子啊!

在澳大利亚生活着许许多多的动物,动物在马路上走对于这里的人们不足为奇,司机们开车遇到动物还要主动给它们让路。这在当地是人们自觉的行为,体现了他们的爱心,所以在澳洲这块土地上才会有那么多的动物与人和睦相处。他们的行为难道不值得我们仿效吗?

现在的环境越来越好,动物朋友们会随时和我们邂逅。对于那些不期而遇的朋友,我们除了惊喜,当然还要注意保护它们。我们司机朋友在路上,不仅要避让行人,也要避保护它们,这也是我们社会文明社会进步的表现。

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篇5:保护动物的英语作文

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Animals Need Protecting

There are more and more endangered animals at present,so how to protect them has been our task of top priority 。 Its wrong for people to hunt animals for their meat and feather,for they are our good friends。We should protect them instead of killing them。Giant pandas,which are one of the endangered animals,live in the forests and live on bamboo lealves。They can just live safely in the natural protection zones。We should stop killing animal and protect them。

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篇6:保护海洋英语作文

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The boundless sea gives people the expectation, the beauty, the warm maternal love.

The sea is like a poem.Like a picture, the meaning is rich;Like a symphony, the vast...It is always calm, like a mirror;Now and then the rage, the surge of rage, can overturn the boat that sailed.In my mind, the sea is the blue world and the cradle of life.There are so many free and free lives.The sea is so mysterious, so charming!

Now the sea has changed.The water is no longer clear, its cloudy, its dirty.The water washed up on the sand, leaving no more of a bouncing fish, but a pile of trash, and a lot of shrill little shrimps.Why is that?Its all because of us.While enjoying the beauty of the sea, someone threw the stinky rubbish into the sea.There are also people living on the coast who make toilet discharge pipes to the bottom of the sea.Even worse, the waste water from the factory poured into the sea, and the water became a strange color.Lead to give birth to a lot of lack of brain ` low IQ baby, our next generation - the eyes bright ` voice immature ` gorge through red face the next generation will never see the beautiful blue sea.

Some people have done an experiment, he compared a basin of water to the sea, and drop a drop of ink into the "sea".At once, the ink spread slowly, shallower and disappeared, and the "sea water" was almost as clean as before.If the ink keeps dripping, "the color of the water will get darker and darker, and then it will turn into a basin of black water.The worlds six billion people produce a lot of waste water and industrial pollution every day, just as the ink has been pouring into the pristine waters of the sea, and the sea is now a pool of sewage.

For the sake of our human health, to see the beautiful and charming blue ocean for our children and grandchildren.Let us act immediately, love the sea as we love life, and love the common blue home of mankind.

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篇7:初中英语作文大全

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Transportation has been greatly changed in the past few years. In ancient days, people used to travel by horse or carriage. The journey was often tiring and tedious. Then people had buses, trains and ships, which could shorten the time of the long-distance trip. Now we have not only more private cars, but also planes and high-speed rails. All of these modern transports could offer us a quick and pleasant travel. Thus, more and more people enjoy traveling very much these days. In conclusion, modern transportation has completely changed our life. Thanks to modern transportation, our world is becoming smaller and smaller.

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篇8:初中英语作文题目

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篇9:作文保护动物高5

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轻轻地合上《老人与海鸥》,我的心里打翻了五味瓶,酸、甜、苦、辣、咸顿时围绕在我的心头,久久散不去。好几次泪水大滴大滴的落下,打湿了我的枕巾,让我心中一片酸楚。

故事讲了一个老人每天步行二十余里,只为与海鸥送食,跟海鸥结伴,海鸥与他很熟,对他像亲人,谈起海鸥老人的眼睛立刻生动起来。老人去世后,大批大批的海鸥在老人的遗像前一直盘旋翻飞,为他送行。

记得第一次读时,独到老人与海鸥如亲人一般时,我的心里像是被一把大锤狠狠地砸了一下,是啊!动物是那么怕人,对人那么怀有抵触心理,竟然能与人亲如一家。是多么的不可思议啊!记得我在爬山时遇到一只白鸽,那是,我十分喜欢它,忍不住凑上前,想用手摸一摸它柔顺的羽毛,亲昵的将它抱入怀中,我并无恶意,我刚走两步,白鸽就飞走了。由此看来动物对人是多么不信任啊!可文中却说的是海鸥自己飞来吃食,多么不可思议,若不是文中那么写,我是无论如何都不会相信的。看着文中的文字,想象着老人与海鸥快乐、开心的神情我心中没有别的,只有对这种信任的憧憬和羡慕,是啊!这是多么美好的场面啊!

当我读到老人去世海鸥送别的情景,我哭了,为老人而哭,为海鸥而哭,更为海鸥与老人的友谊而哭!这时,海鸥心里一定是很伤心、难过的吧!它们竟冒着被人抓的生命危险去为老人送行,这份珍贵的感情恐怕只此一例吧!老人知道了也一定很欣慰吧!和人一样,动物也有自己的爱憎,自己的情怀。海鸥与老人这份真挚的友谊,连人与人之间也极少极少,难道不可赞可叹?

保护动物吧!动物与人是平等的,这个世界也属于它们,他们也有感情,甚至有我们没有的感情。

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篇10:生日宴会初中英语作文

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昨天是我的生日,我十四岁。妈妈为我举行生日宴会,我邀请了我的一些朋友。妈妈送了我一些书作礼物,朋友们也为我带采了礼物。我们玩的很开心。

A Birthday Party

Yesterday was my birthday. I was fourteen years old. My mother had a party for me and I asked my friends to come. My mother gave me some books as birthday presents. My friends bought some presents for me. We had a good time.

[生日宴会初中英语作文

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篇11:保护动物

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洪*添

以前,在大森林里,白天有鸟儿们在高声歌唱,蝴蝶在旁边翩翩起舞。夜晚,萤火虫把森林照得光亮,蛐蛐在草丛吱吱的叫着。如今,我们还能看到这样的美景吗?

在草原,森林里,有许许多多的动物已经走向了灭绝之路,还有的动物在灭绝的边缘徘徊着。例如:欧洲大象、孟加拉虎、穿山甲、沙猫……人们在这个社会上已经被金钱迷惑了双眼。把象牙做成各种各样的雕刻品,把动物的皮毛做成衣服,把鹿的角做成药品等等。加上人类把树木都给砍光了,让动物无家可归。

有一次,我在看书的时候发现了一条信息:以前,长臂猿喜欢在树林里边爬树,边大吼,发出很多的叫声,让人听了震耳欲聋。于是猎人们借助这个特点,把长臂猿给大量猎杀。因此,长臂猿在森林再也不敢乱叫了,有的甚至不发出声音了。

也许有的人会问:动物不是繁殖能力很强吗?一胎就能生出四、五只。

动物虽然多;但是并不是所有的都能活下去,有些动物不但要解决温饱问题,还被天敌追杀。人类又乱改乱锯把树木都砍光了,结果引发了洪水,造成了一系列自然灾难。

在此,我呼吁:人类快清醒吧,不要被金钱给迷惑了。

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篇12:保护动物从我做起

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暑假时老师叫我们买了一本书——《逝者如渡渡》,我刚看到它,觉得名字很奇怪?我带着问题打开了书,我才明白“逝者如渡渡”成为西方一句哀伤的谚语,“渡渡”是一种已经灭绝的鸟,“逝者如渡渡”这句话是警示我们:工业大规模灭绝地球物种的开始。

看了这本书,我才了解到原来世界上还有一些奇特的动物,如:腿向大象的腿一样粗的象龟,肥胖可爱的渡渡鸟,浑身雪白的纽芬兰白狼,小巧玲珑的蜗牛飞鱼。它们曾经也和我们一样生活在温馨的大家庭“地球”。可是,因为人类的贪婪,它们从地球上消失了。

例如:已经灭绝的旅鸽,谁能想象到,它们曾是世界上鸟类数量最多的一个种族,数量曾达50亿之多。可后来欧洲人来了,它们滥杀旅鸽,他们折磨旅鸽。甚至有人想出了将旅鸽的眼睛缝上。他们大量捕杀旅鸽,杀掉旅鸽的数量,只不过是他们的比赛成绩。他们将鸽肉卖出去,能赚很大一笔钱。后来最后一只旅鸽“玛莎”死于美洲的一个动物园。这时人们才开始后悔,可是一切都晚了。谁能想象到,很久以前曾有鸟类学家预言:“旅鸽一定是世上唯一不会灭绝的生物。”

纽芬兰白狼本来与纽芬兰人相处的很好,可是喜好杀生的英国人来了,他们将好客的纽芬兰人赶尽杀绝,占领了纽芬兰岛,接着他们开始滥杀跟纽芬兰人有关的动物,他们在纽芬兰白狼的猎物上了下毒,最终,纽芬兰白狼在残忍的英国人手下灭绝了。

在我们的地球上,还有许多的动物也濒临灭绝,如:中华虎凤蝶、短尾猴、亚洲象……

同时我们也再用爱心杀害着动物,如:年年在外面卖的小鸭子,我们将它买回家,却在无形中伤害着它们。它们本应该在大自然的阳光下自由自在,可却被“喜欢”它的小朋友关在屋子里,养在箱子里,当成小朋友的玩具……

我们在电视上、草坪上有一条公益广告是对的“没有买卖,就没有杀害”我们在杀害甚至灭绝其他动物时,有没有想到是否也在伤害我们自己。地球是一个大家庭,我们要知道,人类并不是世界上唯一的生物。我们只要保护他们,爱护他们,就是保护我们自己,爱护我们自己,创造更美好的地球。

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篇13:初中国庆英语

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national day plan

with the coming of national day, i have a one week holiday.

i really expect to it, because i want to have a short trip during these days.

i will travel tojiuzhaivalleywith my parents for three days.

i have heard that the scenery ofjiuzhaivalleyis very beautiful in autumn and it’s the best time to travel there.

autumn is my most favorite season so i want to enjoy the beauty of such a wonderful place.

i do some preparations for this trip.

for example, i search the internet to see the travel raiders and i have known where the most attracting place is and where to live in.

i am sure it will be a wonderful journey.

there are only several days for the coming trip, but i have been too excited to wait.

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篇14:小学六年级保护动物的英语作文

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Animals are our humans good friends, ask you to protect them! Dont beat them with stones, sticks, they are flesh and blood hurts, will cry, their mom and dad will love dearly. Small animals made great contribution to the earths ecological balance for us, therefore, we hereby issue the following to the citys children initiative:

A small animal, dont hit, dont catch small animals.

Second, much care for small animals, send injured animals homeless shelter.

Three, to the whole society widely publicized the significance of protect small animals.

Fourth, study the life of small animals, learn to protect small animals.

The children! Let us heart to heart, hand in hand, jointly contribute to protect small animals!

动物是我们人类的好朋友,请求大家好好保护它们吧!不要用石头、棍子打伤它们,它们有血有肉会痛的,会哭泣的,它们的爸爸妈妈会心疼的。小动物们为我们地球的生态平衡做出了巨大贡献,因此,我们特向全市小朋友们发出以下倡议:

一、不要打小动物,不要捕捉小动物。

二、多照顾小动物,把无家可归受伤的小动物送到收容所。

三、向全社会广泛宣传保护小动物的重要意义。

四、认真学习小动物的生活习性,学会保护小动物的知识。

小朋友们!让我们心连心、手拉手,共同为保护小动物事业做出贡献吧!

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篇15:放松英语作文初中

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What does it mean to relax?Despite hearing this term thousands of times

during the course of our lives, very few people have deeply considered what it’s

really about.

When you ask people (which I have done many times) what it means to relax,

most will answer in a way that suggests that relaxing is something you plan to

do lateryou do it on vacation, in a hammock, when you retire, or when you get

everything else done. This implies, of course, that most other times should be

spent nervous, agitated, rushed, and frenzied. Very few actually come out and

say so, but this is the obvious implication.Could this explain why so many of us

operate as if life were one great big emergency?

It is useful to think of relaxation as a quality of heart that you can

access on a regular basis rather than something reserved for some later time.

You can relax now. It’s helpful to remember that relaxed people can still be

superachievers and, in fact, that relaxation and creativity go hand in hand.When

I’m feeling uptight, for example, I don’t even try to write. But when I feel

relaxed, my writing flows quickly and easily.

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篇16:保护动物英语中英对照

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At present, the endangered animals are increasingly sharp increase. How to protect endangered species has become our top priority. The killing of animals, people are crazy, in order of their meat, fur. We are doing this wrong, because the animals are our friends, we should protect them, rather than ruthless to them.

目前,濒危的动物正在日益剧增。如何保护濒危物种已成为我国的当务之急。杀害动物,人都疯了,在他们的肉类,毛皮。我们这样做是不对的,因为动物是我们的朋友,我们应该保护它们,而不是无情的人。

Giant Panda is the representative of endangered animals, which live in the forest to feed on bamboo, they are relying solely on the nature reserve to survive. We need to stop the killing of animals to better protect them

大熊猫是濒危动物的代表,它生活在森林里,以竹子为食,他们仅仅依靠自然保护区生存。我们需要停止杀害动物更好地保护它们

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篇17:初中简短寒假英语日记

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Do you know what a snowman is? Let us a make!

First, we make a big ball of snow. Then we make another is smaller than the first snowball.

Now we make another very small snowball. We put it on top. Let us make a face on the snowman. Carrot is his nose. Some little

rockets for his mouth and eyes. Two sticks for his arms.This hat are on the top for his hat.

Ok!The snowman is wonderful.

你知道雪人是什么吗?我们来做一个吧!

首先,我们做一个大雪球。然后我们做一个比第一个小点的雪球。

现在我们做另一个小点的雪球。我们把它放在上边。让我们来制作雪人的脸吧。胡萝卜是他的鼻子。一些小的身故体验深谷他的嘴巴和眼睛。两个树枝是他的胳膊。这个帽子放在上边作为他的帽子。

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篇18:期待初中英语

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I used to receive gifts like a basketball, a swatch or a CD. But the gift

I’m looking forward to is a bicycle though I can’t ride it now. How I want to

learn it well so that I can ride anywhere I want to go! Every morning, it is my

father who always drives me to school in all kinds of weather. Especially in the

past few days, he has worked hard until midnight. If I ride my own bicycle to

school, he will be able to sleep a little longer and work a bit harder. I hope

my dream of owning a bicycle will be realized in the shortest possible time.

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篇19:三年级英语动物日记

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The animal is the friend of our human beings. We live in the same earth. Animals and human beings can’t be separated from each other. But some animals are getting less and less. So it’s necessary for us to protect animals, especially wild animals. Some people kill wild animal because of money. It’s illegal. Beside, because of the development of society, human needs more space to live in, so we explore the forest. Animals have less space to live in. The number of wild animals decreases year by year. It’s high time to take actions to protect wild animals.

动物是人类的朋友,我们共同生活在地球上。动物和人类不可以彼此分离。但有些动物的数量越来越少,所以我们有必要去保护动物,特别是野生动物。一小部分人为了赚钱而去猎杀野生动物,这是违法行为。此外,由于社会的发展,人类需要的生活空间,所以要开发森林。然而动物的生存空间却变少了。野生动物的数量逐年减少,现在该是采取措施保护野生动物的时候了。

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篇20:怀念的英语作文初中

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When memory began for me, my grandfather was past sixty-a great tall man

with thick hair becoming gray. He had black eyes and a straight nose which ended

in a slightly flattened tip. Once he explained seriously to me that he got that

flattened tip as a small child when he fell down and stepped on his nose.

The little marks of laughter at the corners of his eyes were the prodnct of

a kindly and humorous nature. The years of work which had bent his shoulders had

never dulled his humour nor his love of a joke.

Everywhere he went, "Gramp" made friends easily. At the end of half an hour

you felt you had known him all your life. I soon learned that he hated to give

orders , but that when he had to, he tried to make his orders sound like

suggestions.

One July morning, as he was leaving to go to the cornfield, he said :

"Edwin, you can pick up the potatoes in the field today if you want to do that.

" Then he drove away with his horses.

The day passed, and I did not have any desire to pick up potatoes. Evening

came and the potatoes were still in the field. Gramp, dusty and tired, led the

horses to get their drink.

"How many bags of potatoes were there?" Gramp inquired. "I dont know.

"

"How many potatoes did you pick up?"

"I didnt pick any. " "Not any! Why not?"

"You said I could pick, them up if I wanted to. You didnt say I had to.

"

In the next few minutes I learned a lesson I would not forget: when Gramp

said I could if I wanted to, he meant that I should want to.

Gram hated cruelty and injustice. The injustices of history, even those of

a thousand years before, angered her as much as the injustices of her own

day.

She also had a deep love of beauty. When she was almost seventy-five, and

had gone to live with one of her daughters, she spent a delightful morning

washing dishes because, as she said, the beautiful patterns on the dishes gave

her pleasure. The bird, the flowers, the clouds-all that was beautiful around

her- pleased her. She was like the father of the French painter, Millet, who

used to gather grass and show it to his son , saying , "See how beautif ul this

is ! "

In a pioneer society it is the harder qualities of mind and character that

are of value. The softer virtues are considered unnecessary. Men and women

struggling daily to earn a living are unable, even for a moment, to forget the

business of preserving their lives. Only unusual people, like my grandparents,

manage to keep the softer qualities in a world of daily struggle.

Such were the two people with whom I spent the months from June to

September in the wonderful days of summer and youth.

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