英语高一期中作文(热门20篇)

I have to say that music really has a strong attractiveness to me. Naturally, everyone can choose suitable music to listen to. However, when you find a kind of music which can bring happiness to you, you will be surprised and become excited. Music has a magical energy, and it can help people gain good mood in a great extent.

When you feel sad, you can have a try to listen to soothing music. At first, soothing music will let you calm down. You will find that you will play much attention to the music, and then your sadness can be decreased. You will enter music ocean. You can experience a baptism of your heart. It does not matter that when you listen to soothing music and you want to cry, you should just follow yourself feeling to have a thorough release. Music will give you enough encourage to overcome difficulties.

Music also can double your happiness and arouse the fighting. For instance, when you solve some very difficult situations and gain success eventually, you will have a great mood. At this time, exciting music will witness your success. You will feel satisfied. Music lets you remember the glorious moment and cherish your success. Music can give you unlimited motivation to achieve goals，because you still want to listen to glorious music.

In addition, music includes a lot of useful knowledge. People can learn precious knowledge from music. Because there is different music, we can find out that different nations have different music thoughts to express. And from music, we can listen to music culture. Music culture will givee you a deeper understanding to learn foreign culture, such as foreign language, foreign history and foreign traditional customs and so on. In a word, music has an important effect on promoting society development.

Music indeed has a magical power to help people and society develop. I believe that music will still continue to bring us many surprises. As the development of society, great music will become more important.

我想说的是音乐对我真的有一股强大的吸引力。很自然，每个人都能选择适合自己的音乐去聆听。然而，当你发现一种能够带给你巨大幸福的音乐时，你将会很惊讶很激动。音乐有一种神奇的力量，在很大程度上，音乐能够帮助人们获得好心情。

当你感到悲伤时，你可以尝试听一下舒缓的音乐。首先，舒缓的音乐可以让你平静下来，你会发现你将会把注意力转移到音乐上，这样你的悲伤就会减少了。你进入 了音乐的海洋。你也经历了一次心灵的洗礼。当你听舒缓音乐时忍不住想要哭时，不要有任何顾虑，就跟着你的感觉走，让自己有一个完全的释放。音乐会给你足够 的勇气来战胜困难的。

音乐当然也可以让你的快乐加倍并且激发你的斗志。例如，当你解决了许许多多的困难并且最终成功时，你就会有一个好心情。这时，振奋人心的音乐会见证你的成 功。你会感到满足，音乐会让你记得这个光荣的时刻并且让你珍惜你的成功。音乐给了你无限的动力取得成功，因为你依旧想要听到光荣的音乐再次响起。

此外，音乐还囊括了许许多多有用的知识。人们可以从音乐中学到珍贵的知识。由于存在着很多不同的音乐，我们可以发现不同的的国家所表达音乐思想不同。从音 乐中，我们可以聆听到音乐文化。音乐文化将会给你一个更深的理解力去学习外国文化，例如外语，外国历史，外国传统习俗等。总而言之，音乐对促进社会发展有 着重要的影响。

音乐的确有着神奇的力量来帮助人们和社会发展。我相信音乐依旧会带给我们许多惊喜。随着社会的发展，好的音乐会变得越来越重要。

[高一英语作文我爱音乐（中英文翻译）

As is known to all， food is a priority for the mon people.Recently，

however， reports about food problems have often been seen in the newspapers，

showing that people have always been concerned about what they eat every day.

The reason for this problem is that some of the food producers are too fond of

making money， leading to the result that they use whatever will make the food

look good or taste better without considering the bad consequences。 This is not

normal because people just cannot live without eating anything.

So we should take all the measures necessary to forbid the food producers

to make food that is not safe enough. Laws should be strengthened and the

government should have more control over these producers。 Only when people are

no longer worried about whether their food is safe or not can they enjoy a

better life.

Qianshan is a new economic zone with a population of more than three hundred thousand. Before the reform and opening up, Qianshan was only a small fishing-dominated village. There was no industry developing here and there were only a couple of schools. However, with the reform and opening up, everything has greatly changed. From then on, many foreign investors invest in here, which promotes rapid economic growth. Many large factories and a large port have been built. The port connects with many cities at home and abroad. In addition, there is train station and airport. They contribute a well-developed transportation system. Education has been greatly developed and the first university has been built here. There has been three thousand students graduated from this university. I am sure that Qianshan will be more international in the near future.

Dont waste your time

I am a senior school student. Now, I am in grade two. To be honest, Im not a good child or student. I aways think studying is very boring. And I m also lazy in my subjects. But on the other hand, I never want to be a girl who has no knowledge for some things. Believe it or not, I m looking forward to being a diplomat of elact . So I know I can not waste my time to do something awful and terrible... And frow now on, Ill do what I can to learn much better! I am so into English, I hope you are the same as me.

我是一名高中学生。现在我高中二年级了。说实话，我不是一个很好的孩子或学生。我个人认为学习是非常枯燥的。而且我学习功课也很懒。但另一方面，我从来没有想成为一个女孩学习一些没有未知的知识。信不信由你，我期待着是成为一个优秀的外交官。所以我知道我不能再浪费我的时间，浪费时间是一个可怕事情......现在，我会尽我所能学到很多东西更好!我如此喜欢英语，所以，我希望你和我一样。

The majority Han Chinese have long followed the tradition of eating laba rice porridge on the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month. The date usually falls in min-January and is a traditional Chinese festival.

Legend about the origin of this festivity abounds One maintains that over 3,000 years ago sacrificial rites were held in the twelfth lunar month when people offered up their prey to the gods of heaven and earth. The Chinese characters for the hunt and the twelfth month were interchangeable then, and ever since la has been used to refer to both. Since the festival was held on the eighth day of the last month, people later appended the number eighth , giving us the current laba.

Buddhism was well accepted in the areas inhabited Han Chinese, who believed that Sakyamuni, the first Buddha and founder of the religion, attained enlightenment on 12/8. Sutras were chanted in the temples and rice porridge with beans, nuts and dried fruit was prepared for the Buddha. With time the custom extended, especially in rural areas where peasants would pray for a plentiful harvest in this way.

There is, however, another touching story. When Sakyamuni was on his way into the high mountains in his quest for understanding and enlightenment, he grew tired and hungry. Exhausted from days of walking, he passed into unconsciousness by a river in India. A shepherdess found him there and fed him her lunch.

[高一英语作文腊八节介绍

人为什么要有梦想?因为梦想是故事的开始，我相信每个人都有一个梦想。

Why have a dream? Because the dream is the beginning of the story, I believe that everyone has a dream.

我的梦想是当一个顶级的厨师到世界各地比赛厨艺。第一、当了厨师以后也不用挨饿，可以自己煮东西吃。第二、我可以把我做的爱心食物送给大家吃，第三、退休后，可以自己开店赚钱，最重要的目的还是到世界各地比赛厨艺。

My dream is to be a top chef to the rest of the world match. First, when the chef will never be hungry, you can eat anything. Second, I can put my love of food do you eat, third, after retirement, you can sell to make money, the most important purpose is to race around the world.

至于该如何一步步实现我的梦想呢?第一、我要先培养味蕾，第二、也要练一下煮菜技巧，第三、创造一道属于自己的菜。曾经听过：厨师是饿不死的，如果我当了一位厨师，是件很幸福的事，又可以开店当老板，达成我今生这个伟大的愿望

As for how to step by step to realize my dream? First, I want to cultivate the taste buds, second, also want to practice my cooking skills, third, create a belongs to own. Once heard: the chef is hungry, if I became a chef, is a very happy thing, but also can set up shop when the boss, I have reached this great desire

Dear Edior,

I’m a student of Huayang No. 1 Middle School. In front of our school gate is a street, on both sides of which are many shops and restaurants. Every day during rush hour, especially at noon, stalls selling everyday goods and food appear on the street, which makes it terriblycrowded. First, cars and passersby have difficulty in passing through the street. Thus it makes it dangerous for the students to go in or out of school. Secondly, the street is made dirty with so many plastic bags and waste water everywhere.

A school, in my opinion, should be a place with clean and quiet surroundings. So I do hope some measures should be taken to improve the situation.

Yours sincerely Li Hua

In china,the spring festivai is a special day,because it leave peoples hopes.The Spring Festival is the first month by lunar calendar and the beginning of new year.on spring festival eve,people can special purchase for The Spring Festival ,do spring festival shopping,light fireworks and paper cuts .on spring festival,children dress new clothes and eat delicious food ,they can put the smork flower.on the eveving ,people eat dumplings and watch post spring festival couplets.on the beginning of new year,children go to pay new years call and get gift money people wishes their relativas happy.

For example"wishing you prosperity ,everything is well,wishing youevery susses".lets happy Lunar New Year .

I have a happy family. My family have five poeple:grandpa, grandma, father, mother, and me.

我有一个幸福的家庭。我的家庭有五口人：爷爷，奶奶，爸爸，妈妈，和我。

My parents and me live in city. My father is a worker. His work is hard. My mother is a high schools Chinese teacher, She take bicycle go to work at sevenclock. In the afternoon, she doesnt go home. In the evening, she make supper. The food is delicious. I am a student. I have Chinese, math and English everyday. That is boring. I have many friends. After class, I play with my friends.

我的父母和我住在城市。我的爸爸是一个工人。他的工作是很难的。我的妈妈是一个中学的语文老师，她早上7点就骑车去上班。在下午，她不回家。在晚上，她做晚饭。食物很美味。我是学生我有语文，数学和英语。那是无聊的。我有很多朋友。下课后，我和我的朋友玩。

We are tried, but we are very happy. I love my family

我们试过了，但我们很快乐。我爱我的家庭

导语：你还记得你生日那天发生了什么事了吗?下面是yuwenmi小编为大家整理了优秀英语作文，欢迎阅读与借鉴，谢谢!

Yesterday was my birthday, so some of my classmates sent me presents. Mother prepared a tea party for me. I invited all of them to come and take part in it.The tea party began at half past six. There were cold drinks and refreshments. We ate, talked and laughed. We felt that we were the happiest men in the world.Time passed quickly. In a twinkling, the clock on the wall struck nine. We could not but say “Good-bye” to one another

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昨天是我的生日，所以，有几位我的同班同学送了我礼品。母亲给我准备一个茶会。我邀请他们都前来参加。茶会下午六点半开始。有冷饮和点心。我们又吃又谈又笑。我们觉得是世界上最快乐的人。时间过得很快。转瞬间，墙上的钟敲九点了。我们不得不互道再见。

The longing summer vacation is approaching, it is the best part of the school year for me. I cannot let the holidays elapse (逝去) meaninglessly, my vacation should be a phase (时期、阶段) of harvest. The events in my plan should give me a sense of infinite potential.

The following plan may reveal the intensity of my desire to travel, work and study in this vacation. In the first few days I want to climb Mount Hua Shan with several friends to refresh ourselves. Then I tend to visit relatives, senior school teachers and former classmates(老同学). Besides, to find out the best ways to cultivate my abilities, I will find a part time job and conduct some social investigation.

In short, I want to do interesting things in the summer vacation. Whatever I do, the goal is the same: to get necessary experience, acquire knowledge and broaden my horizons. Though the six week vacation will pass away at lightning speed, its influence is bound to last long.

暑假即将来临的渴望,这是最好的学年的一部分给我。我不能让假期流逝逝去)无意义地,我的假期应该是一个阶段的丰收。发生在我身上的计划应该给我的无限潜力。

下面的计划可能揭示我渴望旅行的强度,工作和学习在这个假期。在头几天我想爬华山山和几个朋友来刷新自己。然后我倾向于探亲,高中老师和以前的同学。此外,找出最好的方法来培养我的能力,我将找到一份兼职工作,进行社会调查。

简而言之,我想在暑假做一些有趣的事。无论我做什么,我们的目标是一样的:获得必要的经验,获得知识,开阔我的眼界。虽然六周的假期将过去以闪电般的速度,其影响必将持续很长时间。

Cell phone seems to be one of the most important inventions of 20 century.

Using cell phones to surf the Internet has become quite common in our daily

lives. Cell phone has exceeded its original function such as making phones calls

or sending message. Its multi-functions have make people’s tedious lives more

colorful. Many people, especially the young generation, have found that they can

not live without their cell phones. Many people feel uncomfortable in absence of

their cell phones. This may become a symptom called cell phone dependency.

First, many people have addicted to cell phones, they spend considerable

time and money on the phone, for it provide with numerous games and

applications. Some of them even use cell phones as computers that they keep the

phone open for all day long. As to some students, some of them even use the

phones to play games in the class, when they should focus on their study

instead. In this case, parents and teachers should limit the time that children

spending on the cell phones, for its have more disadvantages than

advantages.

Second, the dependency on cell phones has shown people’s anxiety towards to

their social interrelationship. A day without cell phone just feels like getting

lost in this big world. Every day, people tend to check their cell phones to see

if they have got any messages or surf the Internet, but the cell phone truly

affects their normal life.

There is no denying that cell phones have brought us considerable

convenient. However, we should be aware of the negative effects that cell phones

have brought to us. Just put down your cell phone for a while, and you will find

that without your phone life can still be wonderful, too.

My hometown is suizhou, there is very beautiful in a city park and the south of baiyun shennong park, is recreation visit places. Winding road, and thick vegetation and Xuan mesh to deprive a person bonsai, let a person with nature.

To realize fall, lake feeling, the hushan is right choice. The hushan LiuAn supple, boasts beautiful scenery, jade stroll, relaxed.

In the evening, jiefang road, LongTai pedestrian street lights, shopping shopping two not mistake; Pearl plaza, railway station plaza, leisure, sports and tide of stream of people, boisterous, might as well go see suizhou of mass cultural life.

我的家乡随州,非常漂亮的城市公园和南白云神农公园,娱乐访问的地方。蜿蜒的道路,和茂密的植被和宣网剥夺一个人盆景,让人与自然。

意识到秋天,湖山湖的感觉,是正确的选择。拥有美丽的风景,湖山LiuAn柔软玉散步,放松。

晚上,解放路,LongTai步行街灯光,购物购物两不误,明珠广场、火车站广场、休闲、运动和潮汐流的人,热闹的,不妨去看看随州的大众文化生活。

With the growing awareness of healthy eating， more and more people now are

paying more attention to the importance of healthy diet and an active life。 But

at the same time， a growing unrest over food safety in the China has caught

everyone’s concern。

When it es to the food safety incidents， especially 2008 Chinese milk

scandal， every consumer has much anger to pour upon them。 In September 2008， a

fresh outbreak of kidney disease occurred， due to baby formula contaminated by

melamine.Three babies died and over 6，000 were made sick by the tainted formula。

The supplier of the milk， Sanlu Group， is a name brand and is a major player in

the industry in China。 The pany is said to have known of the problem for months，

but claims the contaminant came from milk suppliers.

Who should be main responsible for these serious incidents like milk

scandal? On one hand， plex China’s food regulations should shoulder part

duties.We should realized its monitoring system can be unresponsive， and the

government departments that oversee and enforce policies have overlapping and

often ambiguous duties。 On the other， food producers and suppliers lack deserved

responsibility for consumers! What they cares is only their own interest and

profit maximization.

In my opinion ，everyone involved in it should set up a high responsibility

for others， law related should be passed and carried out.Only in this way can we

e by a healthy eating and a harmonious world.

Stress comes in all shapes and size, and has become pervasive, it seems to

penetrate everything and everybody, its hard to get through a day without

hearing or reading something about stress. Some doctors refer to stress as some

kind of new plague天灾, 灾害, 祸患. However, numerous surveys confirm that the problem

has progressively risen since the 1980s. Why all the disorder? After all, stress

has been around since Adam and Eve were in the Garden of Eden, Stress is an

unavoidable consequence of life. Without stress, there would be no life.

However, just as distress can caw disease, there are good stresses that balance

this, and promote wellness.

Two years ago, the ofo became popular in China. The government advocated

ofo plan and wanted to facilitate people’s lives. Nowadays, ofo is favored by

more and more people, especially in the big cities. It can help people to save

time and some people can use it to take a visit of the city. The foreigners

speak highly of ofo. They say it brings great convenience to them. What’s more,

in the big cities, the traffic always get congested. At this moment, ofo is

great help to them. People don’t need to worry about being late. But the problem

comes. Some bikes are damaged and people condemn such behavior. Everybody should

behave themselves and make ofo works well.

你登过泰山吗 你在泰山顶上看过日出吗

Have you ever put you on the top of the Taishan Taishan seeing the sunrise it

暑假里,妈妈带着我去了雄伟的泰山.当我们登上泰山最高峰的时候,已经是晚霞满天了.东岳泰山是世界自然遗产之一,有许多名人在这里留下了笔墨.其中最著名的是杜甫的"会当凌绝顶,一览众山小".晚上,我们住在了山顶上.

During the summer vacation, my mother took me to the mighty Taishan. When we boarded the Taishan peak, is already sunset sky. Taishan mountain is one of the world natural heritage, there are many famous people left a pen here. The most famous is the Du Fu "would be extremely Ling, list of small hills." evening, we live in the top of the hill.

第二天一早,妈妈就把我从睡梦中叫醒了.这时候,天空上刚刚泛着白色,还有几颗星星在闪烁着.导游告诉我们,东边那颗最亮的星星是启明星.这时已经有许多人聚在日出崖上了.东方的天边越来越红,照得云姑娘的脸通红通红的.我们屏住呼吸,等待着,等待着."出来啦!出来啦!"太阳露出了头,在我们的欢呼声中,太阳从地平线上蹦了出来,光芒四射,照亮了整个大地.

The very next day early in the morning, my mother woke me from my sleep. At this time, the sky was suffused with white, and there are few stars gleamed. The tour guide told us, the heart is the brightest star of star. Now many people gather at sunrise cliff. The eastern horizon more red cloud, as the girls face flushed red. We hold our breath, waiting, waiting. "Out! Out!" the sun exposed head, in our cheers, the sun from the horizon jumped out, shine, illuminate the whole earth.

啊!泰山的日出真美啊!这将是我最难忘的暑假回忆!

Oh! Taishan sunrise is very beautiful! This will be my most memorable summer memories!

Favorite Spring Festival is the most important festival in China .Its to

celebrate the lunar calendar s new year .

In the evening before the Spring Festival ,families get together and have a

big meal .In many places people like to set off firecrackers .Dumplings are the

most traditional food .

Children like the festival very much ,because they can have delicious food

and wear new clothes .They can also get some money from their parents. This

money is given to children for good luck .

People put New Year scrolls on the wall for good fortune .

The Spring Festival lasts about 15 days long .People visit relatives and

friends with the words "Have all your wishes ". People enjoy the Spring Festival

,during this time they can have a good rest .

The Great Wall of China, also known in China as the Great Wall of 10,000, is an ancient Chinese fortification built from the end of the 14th century until the beginning of the 17th century, during the Ming Dynasty, in order to protect China from raids by the Mongols and Turkic tribes. It was preceded by several walls built since the 3rd century BC against the raids of nomadic tribes coming from areas now in modern day Mongolia and Manchuria.The Wall stretches over a formidable 6,350 km (3,946 miles), from Shanhai Pass on the Bohai Gulf in the east, at the limit between China proper and Manchuria, to Lop Nur in the southeastern portion of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.

中国的长城，在中国也被称为长城的10000，是中国古代的一个设防建造的第十四世纪末直到第十七世纪初，在明代，为了由蒙古人和突厥部落保护中国免受袭击。这是之前几个墙自公元前第三世纪的游牧部落来自地区现在的蒙古和满洲里的突袭建。壁延伸超过一个艰巨的6350公里(3946英里)，从东部渤海湾关山海，在中国和满洲里之间的界限，以罗布泊在新疆维吾尔族自治区东南部的部分。

The first major wall was built during the reign of the First Emperor, the main emperor of the short-lived Qin dynasty. This wall was not constructed as a single endeavor, but rather was created by the joining of several regional walls built by the Warring States. It was located much further north than the current Great Wall, and very little remains of it. A defensive wall on the northern border was built and maintained by several dynasties at different times in Chinese history. The Great Wall that can still be seen today was built during the Ming Dynasty, on a much larger scale and with longer lasting materials (solid stone used for the sides and the top of the Wall) than any wall that had been built before. The primary purpose of the wall was not to keep out people, who could scale the wall, but to insure that semi-nomadic people on the outside of the wall could not cross with their horses or return easily with stolen property.

第一主壁的第一个皇帝统治时期建造的，短命的秦朝的主要皇帝。这堵墙没有建造作为一个单一的努力，而是由几个区域的墙而建的战国加入了。这是位于更远的北部比目前的长城，很少遗骸它。在北部边境修建了防御城墙，在中国历史上不同时期几代保持。长城，今天依然可以看到建于明朝，一个更大的规模和较长的持久材料(固体石用于两侧和顶部的墙)比任何墙壁已建成之前。墙的主要目的是不让出来的人，谁能翻墙，但要保证在墙体的外侧半游牧民族，不能交叉的马匹或返回轻松赃物。

A bird in a cage, the free space is infinite, they like the frog in well spend in narrow space, not their own free life.

Each time I see them, they think, feel with the other.

Every day to stay in his own study, although the book is my partner, can let I dare not to mind empty, but sometimes standing to the window and saw the children of the same age with me on the ground to play, there is sweet smile on her face, in the heart how envy.

So, every day I see it, and have a headache, how much I yearn for freedom, I hate being at home, live a life they want, how perfect it is!!!

"The birds have belong to own sky, fish have belong to own lake, the grass has belongs to own the land, the flowers have their own sunshine, why cant I have my own life?" My time of day, but god is one of my speaker, what can he reach to me?

Freedom, how much I yearn for freedom, if one day, I walked alone in the wilderness of fragrant, let the wind blowing my hair, as the grass on my feet, as the sun on my face, I will always be walking without the light of day, when one day, I went to the sea to the sea to speak my mind, pick up a conch tell my secret about it, have a dream that one day someone picked up it, slowly to get the ears to listen to tell my story, unknowingly going the rounds and mom, dad, you may hear this story? If I understand my heart, give me a piece of my own perfect life, give me that you want freedom?

Have you heard the story?

"Sometimes, I also want to be free!" I loudly Shouting, bouts of echo in my ears. How I hope to have a free world!

关在鸟笼里的小鸟，自由的空间是无限的，它们就如井底之蛙，整天待在狭小的空间里，得不到属于自己的自由生活。

每每看到他们，便想到自己，便感到同命相怜。

每天待在自己的书房中，虽说书是我的伴侣，可以让我不敢到心中的空虚，但有时站到窗前，看见与我同龄的孩子在空地上玩耍，脸上露出甜美的微笑，心中别提有多羡慕了。

每天如此，我便看到书就心烦，头痛，我是多么渴望得到自由，我讨厌被人拘束，过自己想要的生活，该是多么完美呀!

“鸟儿有属于自己的天空，鱼儿有有属于自己的湖泊，草儿有属于自己的土地，花儿有属于自己的阳光，我为什么就不能有属于自己的生活呢?”我对天长叹，但老天只是我的一个诉说者，他又能为我达到什么呢?

自由，我是多么渴望得到自由，若有一天，我独自漫步在花香弥漫的旷野上，任风儿吹拂我的头发，任草儿在我的脚上摆动，任阳光照射在我的脸上，我始终是漫无天日地走着，当某年某日的时候我来到大海边，对着大海说出我的心事，捡起一个海螺对着它说出我的秘密，梦想有一天有人捡起它，慢慢地拿到耳畔倾听着我那诉说的故事，不知不觉地一传十，十传百，妈妈，爸爸，你们也会听到这个故事吗?是不是明白了我的心事，给我一片属于我自己的完美生活，给我那想要的自由?

你们听到了那个故事吗?

“有时，我也想要自由!”我大声地呐喊着，一阵阵的回音传入我的耳畔。我是多么希望有着自由的世界啊!

Recently, I have seen an impressive film—“Meet the Parents”, which is about

a woman Palm brought her boyfriend Greg to her parents’ home to spend holiday.

In the film, Greg was so dishonest to Palm’s parents that Palm’s father is

suspicious of his behavior and quality. As a result, Greg is obnoxious to all

and has to leave. As far as I am concerned, the consequence is heavily caused by

his dishonesty. If Greg could be real him all the time, he would get much

respect and appreciation and would not get much frustration. From the film, I

have learned that being honest was extremely important and necessary. In other

words, being honest is a basic principle for us to deal with others.

For one thing, we will not get others’ trust unless we are honest. If we

deceive others, we would get the same in return, and even no one would make

friends with us or even communicate with us. For another, we will get others’

respect and appreciation if telling the truth. Telling the truth and being

ourselves, we will get a healthy and peaceful surrounding to grow up better.

However, something strange happens in our society. There is a strange

phenomenon that honest people suffer but the dishonest benefit a lot. It made

some people have a suspicion that being honest is not so important.

But I still believe that these are just a few cases, since honesty is

deeply rooted in our minds and we still consider it as a basic principle in

social contacts.