外国朋友来中国的建议英语作文【通用20篇】

Dear Kate,

亲爱的凯特,

This term I moved to a new house and studied in a new school. But I always

missed my friend. My old house was move comfortable than this new house. I

wanted to go back to my old house.

这学期我搬到新房子,在一所新学校学习。但我总是想念我的朋友。我的老房子是比这舒适的新房子。我想回到我的老房子。

Everything was strange for me,so I couldnt study better. I felt nervous in

the first test. And I got bad scores,I felt very sad. The teacher shouted at me.

And then,I felt under too much pressure and very tired. My parents were also sad

with me. When my classmates knew this thing,she helped me,and gave me some

advice. Later,I thought I can be better next time.

一切对我来说是陌生的,所以我不能更好的学习。在第一个测试中我感到紧张。我得到糟糕的成绩,我感到非常难过。老师对我大吼大叫。然后,我感到太多的压力和很累。我的父母和我也难过。当我的同学知道这件事,她帮助了我,给了我一些建议。之后,我想我可以更好的下一次。

I hope to get on well with everyone and get a good mark soon.

我希望和每个人都相处得很好,很快就取得好成绩。

第一篇：

Zhang Ying is my good friend. She’s in Class1, Grade4 of Tianjiao Primary School. She’s a model student. She’s clever and she’s helpful, too. She often helps teachers and young students at school. She is good at Chinese, maths, English, arts and crafts, music and so on. She has a lot of hobbies. She likes painting and drawing. And she likes listening to music, having picnics with her parents. Oh yeah, she likes fishing, too. But she doesn’t like playing basketball, football, table tennis or volleyball. Zhang Ying is the best friend of mine. I like playing with her. We always work together and help each other.

第二篇：

Hello!I＇m Amy.I have a good friend.Her name is ZhangYun.Her English name is Betty. She is a Chinese girl. She is ten years old.She is in the No.5 Primary school. She is in Class 7,Grade 2. She is good at English.She likes Chinese ,too.She is kind and very friendly. She likes helping others. She likes singing and playing basketball.

This is my good friend.Do you want to know more?

[我的好朋友英语作文欣赏

I have many friends, but Jim is one of my best friends. He is not handsome,

but kind-hearted. We know each other at primary school. He was the tallest in

our class at that time. He is good at study and playing basketball, while bad at

playing table tennis. Everytime he has delicious food, he will give it to me.

Moreover, whenever I feel sad, he will play with me and comfort me. However, he

is not spoilt me. For example, everytime I meet difficulties in study, I would

like to copy his, but no matter what I say, he never give his homework to me to

copy. Instead he teaches how to do it. All in all, no matter what difficulties I

meet, he will help me. It is him make me realize that a friend in need is a

friend indeed.

Wu Tao:

吴涛：

Hello!

你好!

In life, there are some things that are really difficult to say clearly; maybe one of my actions makes you have a great view; but to tell the truth, I always have an idea that good friends must not have anything to do with money; not that I am too realistic, but that there are some things, as long as the money is linked, how deep feelings will eventually be unhappy and dispersed.

人生之中，有一些事情，真的很难说清楚;也许我的一个行为，就让你产生了极大的看法;可是说实话，我一直有一个观念，好朋友之间，一定不能跟金钱有任何挂勾;不是我太现实，而是有一些事情，只要跟钱挂勾了以后，那么有多深的感情，最后都会不欢而散。

As a stable working person, I always think you should do a good job and make some achievements in your work. So when you borrow money from me to do business, I really disapprove of 10,000 people. I think people should not be too greedy in this life. Because you are an iron rice bowl person, if you do business, then your stable life will be broken. For my friend, Ive been trying to persuade you, but I believe you must have misunderstood me.

作为一个有稳定工作的你，我一直觉得你应该要好好工作，在工作上有所建树;所以当你向我借钱做生意的时候，我真的一万个不赞成;我觉得人这一生，不应该太贪心;因为你是一个端铁饭碗的人，如果做了生意以后，那么你稳定的生活，就将会被打破;所以作为朋友，我一直在劝你，但是我相信你一定误解了我。

To tell you the truth, when you ask to borrow money, I can say that I am not without money; but I think that there will be problems between friends if they have something to do with money; if you ask me to borrow money because you are in urgent need, then I will never hesitate; but if you take money to do business, then it must be risky; if you make money, then there will be risks between brothers. It must be easy to say, but if you lose money, will our relationship survive when I ask for money?

说实话，当你开口借钱的时候，我可以说，我并不是没有钱;而是我觉得，朋友之间，如果跟钱扯上关系以后，那么就一定会出问题;你要是因为急用，找我借钱，那么我决不犹豫;可是你是把钱拿去做生意，那么这一定是有风险的;如果你赚钱了，那么兄弟之间，都一定好说;可是如果你亏了，当我找你要钱的时候，我们的关系还能保存吗?

Maybe you really dont understand me very well, thats what youve always been thinking; if a person borrows money from me to do business, I wont borrow it either; if a person has difficulty borrowing money from me, I can help him borrow it without me; because I think that doing business and encountering difficulties are two different purposes; so I didnt lend money to you, so I let you see so much. Law.

也许你真的不太理解我，在一直的观念就是如此;如果一个人找我借钱做生意，我有没有我都不会借;如果一个人有困难找我借钱，我没有我都可以帮他找人借;因为我认为做生意和遇到困难，这是两个不同的用途;所以我才没有借钱给你，才让你有了那么大的看法。

You said that since then, our brotherhood has ceased; in fact, I feel very sad to hear such words; do you mean that our brotherhood is measured by money? In my opinion, you dont treat me as a brother at all; if you treat me as a brother, then I believe you wont say that and ask me to borrow money; because the real brother must be pure and never have anything to do with money.

你说从此以后，我们兄弟之情就断了;其实听到这样的话，我觉得很伤心;难道说，我们兄弟之情，就是用金钱来衡量的吗?在我看来，你根本就不把我当兄弟;如果你把我当兄弟，那么我相信你就不会说这种话，也不会找我开口借钱;因为真正的兄弟，一定是纯洁的，跟金钱永远也不会扯上关系。

In this society, money is really not a good thing; if you dont have money, people will look down on you, and if you have money, they will borrow it from you; if you have it, what is it? But when I cant borrow it, then I will become an enemy between brothers and friends, so instead of becoming an enemy in the end, why dont I borrow it from the beginning?

在这个社会之中，钱这个东西，真的不是一个好东西;没钱那么别人看不起你，有钱别人又要找你借;有借有还，这还没有什么?可是当借了以后，还不起的时候，那么兄弟之间，朋友之间，就会成了为仇人;所以与其最后都会成为仇人，那么我何不从一开始，就不要借。

Everyone needs friends,and if you fail to make friends,you should examine yourself and see if there is something wrong with your personality.

人人都需要朋友，若你在交朋友方面总是失败，就该反省自己，看是否你的个性有什么问题。

May be you have social faults such as snobbishness,talkativeness and using slangetc. which drive away your new acquaintances.Whatever your social faults may be,look at them honestly and make real effort to correct them.

或许你有些在社交上应该避讳一些缺点，比如势力、饶舌、说脏话等，这些都会妨碍你结交新朋友。无论你有什么社交缺点，都该正视它们，尽力摒弃。

To be friendly you must feel friendly.Cheerfulness is the basis of friendliness.A cheerful person smiles.A smile is a magnet which draws people.Smile at someone and you are almost sure to get a smile in return.

要友善，你一定要给人友好的感觉：快乐是友善的基础。一个快乐的人总会面带微笑。微笑好似有吸引力的磁铁，你对别人微笑，你也会得到他微笑的回报。

A friendly person does his best to make a stranger feel at home,wherever he happens to be.Put yourself in the other fellows place and make them feel welcome.

无论在哪里，友善之人都会让陌生人有居家般自在舒适的感觉，设身处地为陌生人考虑，让他有备受欢迎的感觉。

Try to remember names.It makes your new acquaintances feel happy when you call them by their names.It gives them the feeling that they have made an impression on you and that mean something to them because you remember them.

尽量记住人名。对新认识的朋友直呼其名会令他们很高兴，他们会觉得你对他有了一定的印象，这说明你记住了他们，这对他们很重要。

If you dont agree with other people on a certain matter,you should appear to be friendly.Dontargue,butdiscuss.You always lose friends if you argue too much.

若在某件事上你不能与别人达成一致意见，你该表现出友好。可以讨论，但不要争吵。争吵过甚会使你失去朋友。

A friendly person thinks of others,and doesnt insist on his own "rights".People who refuse to consider others have few friends.

友善之人常为他人考虑，不会为自己争取“权力”。不顾及别人的人，他的朋友寥寥无几。

Finally,dont treat people only according to their social positions.Really friendly people respect everyone at all times.

最后，切勿以社会地位论人。真正的友善之人往往尊重别人。

【范文】Calligraphy is the essence of Chinese culture, which has developed into a special high-level art apart from satisfying the needs of daily writing. It has been flourishing for thousands of years in China. Shops with strong commercial atmosphere will gain some elegance if they are decorated with some quaint cultural calligraphic works. Sitting rooms, studies and bedrooms can be nice-looking with calligraphy works decorated. As a kind of art work, the writing of calligraphy is particular. The Chinese characters are written on Xuan paper which absorbs ink very well and then are mounted to hang on a wall. The calligraphy works are mostly a poem or a motto that the host of the room likes it much; if it is written by the host himself, it will demonstrate more his aspiration and interest as well as his talent.

【翻译】书法是中国文化的精粹，除了满足日常书写外，它已经上升成为一门特别的高等艺术。他兴旺于中华大地数千年而不衰。商业气息浓重的店面装饰一些具有古色古香、文化色彩的书法作品就会平添几分高雅。书法作品也常常装饰客厅，书房和卧室。作为一种艺术，书法的书写是很讲究的。汉字写在吸水性很强的宣纸上，然后再装裱起来挂上墙壁。书法作品多半是居室主人所喜爱的一首诗词或是一句格言;如果这是他自己所作，那就更能显示他的志趣和才华了。

辜学武(德国波恩大学全球研究中心主任)：我认为中国未来发展的决定因素不是行业发展，而是结构优化。我并不担忧中国金融业的发展和整体科技事业的发展，因为人民币国际化的既定国策，必然会带动中国金融产业和国际的接轨，从而倒逼金融业的市场化和规范化，科技行业的发展随着投入的急剧增加必定会有一个较大的飞跃。不过，如果科技成果不能及时有效地转化为具有国际竞争力的或者说形成独特的产品，再多的专利和论文也无法带动中国总体的发展。所以，优化中国的市场结构，让科学技术这个最为重要的生产要素无障碍地融入企业的生产过程和产品的制造过程中去，这才是最重要的。要做到这一点，必定要消除市场垄断。因此，为了带动各行各业的蓬勃发展，必须对国企进行第二次改革。如果说第一次国企改革是以提高国企生产效率为主的话，那么第二次国企改革应以消除国企垄断为主，更多地让市场来主导生产要素的配置，从而降低资源浪费和生产成本，提高整个中国国民经济生产效率。

穆内内•马查里亚(肯尼亚中国问题专家)：中国应意识到，其全球经济引擎的地位依赖于其他国家和地区经济的不断增长。因此，中国的发展与包括非洲大陆在内的所有地区都是息息相关的。

亚西尔•贾德•阿拉(埃及赫勒万大学中国研究中心主席)：未来五年中国应努力缩小贫富差距，让更多人享受发展成果，实现社会和谐;中国还应进一步扩大开放，加深与世界各国的深度合作，努力帮助发展中国家实现更快发展。

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Each people all have own dream, some people want to be to serve the people of the leaders of the country, some people want to be an invention of scientists, some people defend their countries want to become a warrior, others want to be building the road for the construction of the house. My dream is to become a strategist, command forces to defend our motherland.

Since the childhood, I like the military. I bought a lot of military books, are: the encyclopedia of weapons, individual weapon and military world and so on. At home I prepare a lot of military model, I use them to simulate the battlefield. In all arms, my favorite is a commando, and equipped with all kinds of firearms. To put oneself dead shot, I bought a lot of model of a gun, for example: 95 assault rifles, Barrett M82AI equipment sniper rifle and mauser pistols, and so on. Every day I use these guns to practice shooting, can also play with children gun battle.

Now, in order to realize the great revival of the Chinese nation to realize Chinas dream, how could not peaceful environment? Therefore, I aspire to: when I grow up, I want to be an outstanding strategist, help the country reach the world first-class military power, let the aggressor all dare not to infringe upon us, let people no longer being hurt by the war. At the same time, I have to help other countries, help them go out of the war, let the world become peaceful rise, every country, every family and everyone, all in harmony. The world will no longer have nuclear weapons, chemical and biological weapons, people all over the world live in peace.

For the sake of their own dreams, I see, have to start from small, study hard all kinds of knowledge, exercise a strong body, as long as adhere to dont understand, will be able to realize my dream!

每个人都有自己的梦想，有的人想成为为人民服务的国家领导，有的人想成为发明创造的科学家，有的人想成为保家卫国的战士，还有的人想成为盖房修路的建设家。我的梦想是成为一名军事家，指挥部队保卫我们的祖国。

从小，我就喜欢军事。我买了很多的军事方面的书籍，有：兵器大百科、单兵武器、军事世界等等。我在家里准备很多的军事模型，我用它们来模拟战场。在各兵种中，我最喜欢的是特种兵，还有他们装备的那些各式各样的枪械。为了把自己练成神枪手，我买了很多的模型枪，例如：95式突击步枪、巴雷特M82AI反器材狙击步枪和毛瑟手枪等等。每天我都用这些枪来练习射击，还可以和小朋友玩枪战。

现在，中华民族要实现伟大复兴，实现中国梦，没有和平的环境怎么可能呢?因此，我立志：长大后，我要成为一名杰出的军事家，帮助祖国达到世界一流的军事强国，让侵略者都不敢来侵犯我们，让人们不再受到战争伤害。同时，我还要帮助其他的国家，帮他们从战争里走出来，让世界变得和平起来，每个国家，每个家庭甚至每个人，都和睦相处。世界上将不再有核武器、生化武器，全世界人们都和平相处。

为了自己的梦想，我明白，必须从小开始，努力学习各种知识，锻炼出强壮的身体，只要坚持不解，我的梦想就一定能够实现!

I have a good friend,his name is liMing,he is fromChina.Heis13yearsoldthisyear.Iaminlassten,

Gradeseven,butheisinClassnine.MyEnglishisnotverygood,soheoftenhelpsmeinEnglish.

Althoughweindifferentclasses,butwearegoodfriends,too.

When you ask a foreign what’s his impression about Chinese, he will say Chinese people are friendly and kind, but if you ask his impression about Chinese people when they are meeting in social occasion, he will answer you with the drink. It is a tradition for Chinese people that when they invite friends, they must prepare a lot of wine, the guests need to be drunk, because it means the hosts do a good job on treating their friends.

Wine culture in China is very popular, it reflects on the business communication, too. When people need to deal with the business, they like to book a table in the hotel, and talk about the business work while they are having dinner. The inevitable thing is to drink, the boss like to watch the young employees to drink, when the boss is happy, the business is done. Chinese social communication is not in the best way, but there is no way to change.

[中国人口现状英语作文

I have a good friend. She is a pretty girl. She lives in Jiujiang. She is a middle school student.

She has big eyes, a small mouth, a small nose and a round face. She is tall and thin.

She likes watching TV and playing the basketball.

On the weekend, she always plays basketball with her friends in the afternoon and watches TV in the evening.

She is a good student. She is good at English. She likes speaking in English.

She always reports news in English in her school.

She says we are good friends. We often send e-mails to each other everyday. I like her very much.

亲爱的外国友人：

您好!我是中国江苏省南通市的小陈，您应该收到了我从中国邮寄来的包裹吧。我从中国给您寄来的可是中国的特产——板栗哦。

这种坚果您在您的国家里可一定没有见到过吧。它是经过翻炒过后才变成您现在见到的样子——棕红色的。它长在我们中国的栗子树上，它是圆圆的，浑身长满青绿色的小尖刺，就好像一个个青色的小刺猬呢。农民伯伯需要用特制的手套将能它们从刺猬球里掏下来，再炒熟才能食用。

您千万不要拿到栗子就直接吃掉哦，这栗子是要剥掉壳才能吃的哦，可以轻轻用牙咬一下，壳的表面才会裂开，里面那层土黄色的果肉才是可以食用的。咬完之后，再把剩下的壳用手剥掉就可以了。

今天，我就向您传授一个剥栗子比较好的方法：如果您身边有比较软硬的物品就再好不过了。你拿起它，用适中的力度对准板栗砸下去，这时板栗的壳就会裂开，接着你用手把它轻轻剥开就能吃啦。那金黄的板栗肉就露了出来，咬上一口，香甜软糯。那味道一定会让你回味无穷。

板栗不仅香甜软糯，还富有营养，也能防治高血压、冠心病、动脉硬化等疾病呢!听我讲到这儿，您应该已经口水直流了吧!那您就赶紧按照我的指导和建议吃几个板栗吧!板栗还可以和烧鸡一起食用呦。最后再提醒您一下，板栗虽然健康，但是也不可以多吃哦，不然会上火，便秘。

您一定会喜欢上我给您寄的这份礼物——板栗的。祝您身体健康、延年益寿!

My name is Wu Jie. I am a student of Dongzhou Middle School. I like playing basketball and singing. Zhang Jiong is my good friend. He wears a white T-shirt and blue jeans. He is very handsome. He likes playing football and singing. He is a good student. He usually helps me with my maths.

We are deskmates at school. On Sunday, we usually play football and swim together. We often visit each other and play computer games together. We are very happy to be with each other and help each other.

Whats friends? Do you have friends? I have many friends, so I always feel

happy. In the morning, some of my friends will go to school with me. We often

talk and laugh on the way to school. Sometimes we will stop to buy some snacks,

school things and other stuff. When I am in school, I always study with friends.

When I have something confusion, I will ask them to help. So do they. We help

each other. After class, we play together, and go to the shop to buy snacks.

They accompany me, so do I. I think this is friends.

chinese new year is a chinese traditional festival. we also call it the spring festival. it is on lunar january 1st.

on new year’s eve, all the people sit around the desk and have a big family dinner. there are some vegetables, some fish, some meat, some fruits and some drink like juice, coke, pepsi and some nice wine. overall, this is a good and delicious dinner. after dinner, we always watch tv new year progammes. we have a wonderful evening on new year’s eve.on the first day of the spring festival, most of people get up early and say “happy new year” to each other. for breakfast, people often eat dumplings and baozi. after breakfast, people often make many delicious foods, and children often play cards, computer games and fireworks. on the second and third day, we visit friends and relatives.

everyone is busy on chinese new year, and everyone is happy, too.

The products that are labelled with the words “ Made In China” can be seen everywhere. These products refer to be manufactured in China and they contain both the material and cultural elements. Once these products were very popular around the world for the low price and excellent quality, but in most foreigners eyes, they treat these products with low end and low quality. With the development of Chinese economy, the government try to improve its image, so it is in need of creating our own brand. Made In China is the good choice, the government makes effort to improve the quality, so as to promote the international image.

标明“中国制造”的产品随处可见。这些产品指在中国生产，它们包含了中国的物质和文化元素。曾经这些产品在世界各地由于低价格和好的品质而非常受欢迎,但在大多数外国人的眼里,他们认为这些产品是低端和低质量的。随着中国经济的发展,政府试图改善自身形象,所以需要创建我们自己的品牌。中国制造是不错的选择,政府努力提高质量,以促进国际形象。

亲爱的小朋友们：

你们好!

我的名字叫高__

小朋友们，你们到过中国吗?中国可大了，这里有许多美丽的城市，每个城市一年四季都像一个美丽的大花园。中国还有许多浏览胜地呢!长城、天安门广场、奥运场馆鸟巢、水立方……名胜古迹说也说不完，都非常壮观。现在放暑假了，你们不妨请爸爸妈妈带上你们来中国旅游，相信你们一定会有很多惊奇的发现。

小朋友们，你们知道吗?中国人可多了，爸爸告诉我，中国是世界上人口最多的国家。56个民族就像亲兄弟一样非常团结、和睦，而且每个民族都非常热情好客，都有自己民族独特的人情风俗。告诉你们吧，我还是个大理白族“小阿鹏”呢!要是你来中国，来大理，热情的“小金花”会为你献上“白族三道茶”，可有意思了!

现在我们放暑假了，爸爸说要带我去许多美丽的地方旅游，我开心极了。有时我想，要是我能开飞机就好了，那样我就可以开着飞机接你们来畅游中国了!

亲爱的小朋友们，今天就先写到这儿吧，以后我会经常给你们写信的，因为我很爱我的祖国，我希望把美丽的中国介绍给全世界的小朋友。

祝你们永远快乐!

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年月日

My friend and I both are from China. My friend is short, handsome, honest and funny. His father is soldier, he is about thirty-eight, his mother is a housewife, she is little heavy.

我和我的朋友都来自中国。我的朋友是短暂的，英俊的，诚实的和有趣的。他的父亲是军人，他是三十八，他的母亲是一个家庭主妇，她很重。

His likes play the piano. I would like play the piano. He doesn’t like study, he likes play. He and I both are good friend, we often play basketball together. I like writing now, but my friend doesn’t like writing. My study is hard-working and I am very kind. I have some books and like to read books.

他喜欢弹钢琴。我喜欢弹钢琴。他不喜欢读书，他喜欢玩。他和我都是好朋友，我们经常在一起打篮球。我喜欢写作，但我的朋友不喜欢写作。我的学习很勤奋，我很善良。我有一些书和喜欢读的书。

My friend and I both are good friend!

我的朋友和我都是好朋友!

For a nations dream， we start from the 1840 sea surface; to a constant pursuit， we deep in the years to write a glorious. In global view shows choice of the Chinese road of national rejuvenation; concentrated panorama in history." Around the millennium change， eventful years， Chinese new century， great turning point， span， the future of six theme， reflects Chinas great achievements since 1840， arduous and tortuous road of revitalization of the nation and the Chinese people made in China under the leadership of the Communist party. The "shock" "excited" tears ""…… This is my watch， taste right is felt when discourse. Process of reading and rejuvenation of the great， I reviewed the history of the Chinese nation 100 years the dream of power and unremitting exploration. Full and accurate historical data， magnificent momentum， a language， a precious historical pictures， shows a picture of the world national revival.

一个国家的梦想，我们从1840开始到海面;不懈的追求，我们在岁月深处写下光荣。在全球范围来看民族复兴的中国道路的选择;集中全景的历史。”在千年不变，峥嵘岁月，中国新世纪，伟大的转折点，跨越六个主题，未来中国的伟大成就，反映了自1840以来，艰辛曲折的国家和共产党的领导下的中国让中国人振兴之路。“休克”“兴奋”的眼泪”......这是我的手表，味道是觉得当话语。阅读和伟大复兴的过程中，我回顾了中华民族历史上100年的力量和不懈的探索梦想。翔实的史料，气势宏伟，语言，珍贵的历史照片，照片显示世界民族复兴。

I have a friend. Her name is Candy. She is twelve year old. She has black and short hair. She has a little mouth, two big eyes. She is so cute. Her mom and dad love her. She has a happy family. Her friends like her too, So she’s happy every day.

She is a student of Yi Zong Fu Xiao. She is in Class Four Grade Six. She studies very hard. English is her favourite subject. She likes to speak English. She can speak English very well now. She always says “Learn by doing.” So she thinks speaking is very important in learning English.

We are very busy studying when we are in school. But on the weekend, we are free. We often do homework together on Saturdays. After that, we can watch TV at home. Sometimes, we play games. We have the same hobbies. She likes riding bikes and watching TV and so do I. Her favourite sport is swimming. She’s very good at it. She often teaches me how to swim in summer.

I like her very much. I am lucky to be her friend.

我有一个朋友。她的名字是糖果。她是十二岁。她有黑色的短头发。她有一个小嘴巴，两只大眼睛。她是如此的可爱。她的妈妈和爸爸爱她。她有一个幸福的家庭。她的朋友们也喜欢她，所以她快乐每一天。

她是一个医宗附小学生。她是六年级四班。她学习很努力。英语是她最喜欢的科目。她喜欢说英语。她英语讲得很好了。她总是说“做中学”。所以她认为说话是非常重要的学习英语。

我们都很忙，当我们在学校学习。但在周末，我们是自由的。我们常常一起做家庭作业，星期六。在那之后，我们可以在家看电视。有时，我们玩游戏。我们有相同的爱好。她喜欢骑自行车和看电视等，也是她最喜欢的运动是游泳。她很擅长。她经常教我如何在夏天游泳。

我非常喜欢她。我很幸运能成为她的朋友。

[我的朋友英语作文以及翻译

SomeHolidays are so much fun that they catch on outside of their culture. The most obvious exampleisprobably Christmas, which is celebrated around the world by people who aren’t even Christian. Similarly, in recent years, the Dragon Boat Festival has moved beyond China to become an international holiday celebrated by people who may know little about the holiday’s origins.

有些节日实在是很有趣，所以在本土文化以外的地方也很受欢迎。最明显的例子可能就是圣诞节，世界各地的人都会庆祝圣诞节，即使是非基督徒。同样，最近几年端午节已经不局限于中国，成为国际性节日，而庆祝的人可能对节日的由来并不太了解。

The Dragon Boat Festival is one of three majorChineseholidays, along with the Spring and Moon Festivals. Of the three, it is possibly the oldest, dating back to the Warring States Period in 227 B.C. The festival commemorates Qu Yuan, a minister in the service of the Chu Emperor. Despairing over corruption at court, Qu threw himself into a river. Townspeople jumped into their boats and tried in vain to save him. Then, hoping to distract hungry fish from his body, the people scattered rice on the water.

端午节与春节和中秋节并列为中国三大节日。这三个节日中，它可能是最古老的一个，可以追溯到公元前227年的战国时代。这个节日是为了纪念楚国的大夫屈原，他因为对朝廷的贪污腐败感到绝望而投河自尽。镇上的人纷纷冲上船去救他，却没有成功。后来大家把米撒到水里，希望把饥饿的鱼群从他的躯体边引开。

Over the years, the story of Qu’s demise transformed into the traditions of racing dragon boats and eating zongzi – a kind of rice wrapped in bamboo leaves. The races have certainly captured the imagination of people from all over the world. Every spring there are nearly 60 dragon boat races held outside of China in cities from Vancouver to Sydney, from Gdańsk, Poland to Cape Town, South Africa. Canada alone has nearly 50 dragon boat teams and Germany has nearly 30.

多年以后，屈原逝世的故事逐渐演变成赛龙舟和吃粽子(一种包在竹叶中的米食)的传统。这些竞赛显然激起了世界各地人们的想像，每年春天有将近60场龙舟赛在中国境外的城市举办，从温哥华到悉尼，从波兰的格但斯克到南非的开普敦。单单字加拿大就有将近50支龙舟队伍，德国则有近30个。

So what is it about the Dragon Boat Festival that appeals to foreigners? “It’s an unusual

sport,” says one racer from Germany. “It’s not like everybody’s doing it. That’s one of the reasons that there’s such great team spirit in a dragon boat team – everybody feels like we’re doing something special.” And what about the zongzi? “Ehhh, they’re not bad, I guess,” he says. “Something of an acquired taste. I just haven’t really acquired it yet.”

那么，为什么端午节赛龙舟会吸引外国人呢?“这是一项不寻常的运动。”一位来自德国的参赛者说，“这并不是所有的人都在从事的运动。这正是龙舟队的团队精神如此高昂的原因之一，每个人都觉得自己在做一件很特别的事。”那么粽子呢?“喔，我觉得它不难吃。”他说，“那是一种需要后天培养的品味。我只是还没培养出来罢了。”

The Dragon Boat Festival ,also called the Duanwu Festival ,is celebrated on the fifth day of the fifth month according to the

Chinese calendar.People always eat rice dumplings and watch dragon boat races to celebrate it.

The festival is best known for its dragon-boat races,especially in the southern places where there are many rivers and lakes. Ití?s

very popular.

The rice dumpling is made of glutinous rice,meat and so on. You can eat different kinds of rice dumplings.They are very delicious.

And Dragon Boat Festival is for Qu Yuan. He is an honest minister who is said to have committed suicide by drowning himself in a

river.

Overall, the Dragon Boat Festival is very interesting!