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初中英语作文不会写怎么办【合集20篇】

世界人口,是指世界地球上在某一时刻的人口总和。根据美国人口调查局的估计,截至到20XX年1月4日,全世界有70.57亿人。美国人口调查局的数据显示全球人口在20XX年3月12日突破70亿;而联合国人口基金会则显示全球人口在20XX年10月31日达到70亿,20XX年达到71亿。20XX年,世界人口达到了7,262,306,342人72亿6231万人。接下来就是小编为你们分享的初中英语作文不会写怎么办优秀作文,供大家学习,希望能帮助到您。

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初中英语作文春节

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On the thirty, is the new years day, everywhere permeated with a festive atmosphere. Everybody happily sit together to eat dinner, I love to eat fish balls on the table, my sister and brother Sweet and Sour Spare Ribs favorite, favorite braised fish in soy sauce. After the dinner, my brother and sister began to set off firecrackers and fireworks. At this time, I brought a carefully lit fireworks, fireworks, and for a while a green spray, spray red, while spraying purple, is really fun.

My sister brought the firecrackers, the "popping" and "shout shout" sound like thunder, scared us everywhere escape. Brother of fireworks and crackers, is even more magical, while fly to the sky, while flying on the roof of the night dressed as the day, we see dazzling.

Just as we are playing vigorously, "when Dangdang, Dangdang", the bell of zero hour is ringing, the new year begins. Lets all wish the happy new year and the happy family together.

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篇1:我的宠物初中英语作文

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MyPet

Recently, three owls appeared suddenly on our campus. They made me think of my pet from childhood. When I was little, we had an owl at home. It was small, gray, and had two big eyes. We liked it very much. Every time I went home, it greeted me by making “goo-goo” sounds. We always played with it and talked to it. It would blink its eyes just like it understood what we were saying. It was like my best friend. But when the weather became colder, we forgot to keep it warm , and it died. It made us sad for a long time, and it also taught me how important it is to take care of animals.

[我的宠物初中英语作文

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篇2:关于梦想英语作文初中

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I have a dream. When I grow up, I want to be a scientist. I want to make a

robot by myself. It can help my mother to do the housework, help my father to

drive his car, and help me to walk my dog. I think my parents will like it very

much.

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篇3:厦门初中英语

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Xiamen is located in Southeast of Fujian province,it is considered as the

cleanest port city in China thus people call Xiamen "the garden on the sea" or

call it "green island". Back to Song dynasty it started its administrative

founding until now.There are a great variety of sights to witness in

Xiamen.Gulangyu Island, the most beautiful island near Xiamen, has won great

reputation for its Sunlight Rock and Shuzhuang Garden.South Putuo Temple, which

is located at the foot of Wulaofeng and is deemed to be the most renowned

Buddhist temple in Xiamen.Xiamen Botanical Garden, known as the Wanshi Botanical

Garden,which has scenic spots such as the Morning Bell of Heaven, the Reading

and Music Playing Cave, the Cloud Locking Stones, the Jade Scepter Rock and the

Peace Stone. In the past decade, Xiamen has changed a lot with rapid advancing

in agriculture,industry,science technology and education areas.

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篇4:初中毕业典礼英语作文

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6月是毕业季,以下是小编整理的关于初中毕业典礼英语作文,欢迎阅读。

Good morning,my dear teachers and schoolmates,

It’s a great honor for me to make a speech on behalf of the graduating classes.

How time flies! Our junior high school lives will come to an end.

In the past three years, we’ve had a beautiful school and it provides us with a good study place. Teachers are our friends. They’ve given us interesting lessons and we all love them.

We’ve learned a lot from them, not only knowledge but also the way to solve problems in life. Thanks for our teachers’ training, parents’ support and the help from classmates. Without them, we couldn’t have so much wonderful time.

At last, we hope our school will become better, our teachers will be healthy for ever and all our dreams will come true.

Thank you .

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早上好,我亲爱的老师和同学们,

能代表毕业班作演讲,我感到非常荣幸。

时间过得真快!我们的初中生活就要结束了。

在过去的三年中,我们有一所美丽的学校,它为我们提供了一个学习的好地方。老师是我们的朋友。他们给我们上了有趣的课,我们都很喜欢。

我们从中学到了很多东西,不仅是知识,而且是解决生活中问题的方法。感谢老师的培训、家长的支持和同学们的帮助。没有他们,我们就不会有那么多美好的时光。

最后,我们希望我们的学校会变得更好,我们的老师将永远健康,我们所有的梦想都会成真。

谢谢。

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篇5:初中英语作文:生活需要幽默

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When we are chatting with our friends happily, suddenly if we are talking about the awkward topic, we need to do something to change this situation, what are we gonna do?

The answer is using your humor to make things seem easy, and then your friends won’t take your awkward topic seriously. Humor is very important, it can adjust the atmosphere, making things work easily.

Life needs humor, without humor, life would be boring. Foreign people like to make friends with humorous people, they can feel relax when they are chatting, while most Chinese people are always taking things too seriously.

I like to make friends with humorous guys, they make me feel life is easy, and we should positive about life.

当我们和朋友聊得很开心的时候,突然如果我们聊到很尴尬的话题,需要做一些事情来改变情形,我们该怎么做呢?答案是使用你的幽默来让事情看起来轻松些,然后你的朋友就不会把你尴尬的话题当真。幽默很重要,它可以调整氛围,让事情更好地运行。生活需要幽默,没有幽默,生活就会很无聊。外国人喜欢和幽默的人交朋友,他们聊天的时候可以感到很轻松自在,然而大部分中国人总是把事情看得很正式。我喜欢和幽默的人交朋友,他们让我觉得自由,对生活要积极。

[初中英语作文:生活需要幽默

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篇6:圣诞节初中英语

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the chinese spring festival and the western christmas

evely nation has its own folk festivals. Those festivals give people a chance to be away from their regular work and everyday worries to enjoy themselves and to develop kindship and fiiendship. The spring festival is the chief holiday in china while christmas is the most important redletter day in the western world。

the spring festival and christmas have much in common. Both are prepared hefiorehand to create a joyous atmosphere; both offer a family reunion with a square feast: and both satisfy the children with new clothes, lovely presents and delicious food. However, the chinese spring festival has no religious background while christmas has something to do with god and there is santa claus with white heard to bring children presents. The westerners send each other christmas cards for greetings while the chinese people pay a call on each other。

nowadays, some of the chinese youth has begun to celebrate christmas, following the example of the westerners. Perhaps they do so just for fun and out of curiosity。

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篇7:我的暑假初中英语

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The summer vacation had come round again。 I was happy that I could forget about school at least for a while。 Lest I fool around all through this summer vacation, I made a plan as to how to spend it。 First, I thought I should go over all those things my teachers taught in the previous term so that I could have a better understanding of them。 Then I thought I should take up some forms of exercise, such as walking, running rowing, to keep me physically strong。 It stood to reason that with such a good plan I should make the best of my vacation time。 I did, because I lived up to what I had planned。

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篇8:初中关于读书的英语作文

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Smoe people say that money is the best thing in the world. but i consider reading books as the best and the most precious thing one can ever have.

Reading books is very important. first of all, it is knowledge that makes society develop and by reading books you can get all kinds of knowledge. furthemore, reading books makes you a qualified person and makes your life enjoyable.

One is never too old to learn. no matter what time you rcalize the importance of reading books, you can enjoy it during the rest of your life time. love books, for they are your best friends.

[初中关于读书英语作文

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篇9:初中英语作文:愉快的暑期生活

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I had a summer holiday from Jule to August.I was very happy ,because I could do many kinds of things.

I went to the beach and I swam in the sea.I called my friend and played with them.I visitde my grandparents and ate much delicious food.But in August,there is a first typhoon.With terrifying fear and my mother bought some food.I was very unhappy,because I could not played out side.

Then I went to the zoo whit my sister.I was very happy.Because I saw a lot of animals.They were very lovable.So I took photos of all animals.I loved the butterfly the best.They were colourful and beautiful.My sister liked it too.

In summer holiday,I went to the places where the sun shines brightly.I went to where the sea is blue too.All students had a happy summer holiday.

[初中英语作文:愉快暑期生活

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篇10:初中英语作文题目

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Today is Saturday. I stay at home with my parents.

My mother said that today we should do some cleanings. I agreed and I would

like to help.

I cleaned the windows. It was really a tough job.

Now matter how hard I tried, they seemed dirty all the same. Therefore, I

asked for help.

My mother teached me a method to clean the windows.

It realy worked. And then I cleaned the floor. It was much easier than

cleaning the windows. I did it in a short time. My parents praised me.

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篇11:初中英语作文:第一次成为班长

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Being a monitor is my dream, because I think it is so cool and I will have the power.

So when I go into the middle school, I make my effort to be a monitor, luckily, all of my classmates trust me and elect me as their monitor. I am so happy, my little dream has come true, but I never expect that the monitor’s duty is so heavy.

I can’t do what I want, every decision I make needs to consider so many things, if I go the wrong way, my classmates will have loss. As the saying that the more power, the more responsibility, I have pressure, but I learn many things, I become mature and can deal things well.

成为班长是我的梦想,因为我觉得班长很酷,我也会有权利。因此当我上初中了,我努力成为一名班长,幸运的,所有的同学都信任我,选我为他们的班长。我很开心,我实现了小小的梦想,但是我没有预料到班长的责任是如此的重。我不能随心所欲,我做的每一个决定都要考虑到很多事情,如果我走错了路,我的同学也会遭受到损失。正如有句话说,能力越大,责任越大,我有压力,但是也学到了很多事情,我变得成熟,可以把事情处理好。

[初中英语作文:第一次成为班长

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篇12:初中英语作文大全之自我介绍

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在一个新的环境中自我介绍,是将我们更好地展现在大家面前的一种方法。

初中英语作文 自我介绍

根据以下要点提示写一篇60-80词的短文。

1、在学校学习汉语、英语、数学、历史和一些其他学科;

2、我学习很努力,最喜欢的学科是英语,经常找机会练习英语;

3、现在中国已经加入世贸组织wto,并且2008年奥运会将在北京举行,英语正变得越来越重要;

4、我将更加努力学习英语,将来为祖国作贡献。

I study Chinese、English、maths and History and some other subject at school.I study hard. My favorite subject is English.I often find chance to practice English.China has joined WTO and Beijing will host the 2008 Olympics,English is more and more important .I will study hard and be dedicate to my homeland.

同学们有没有准备好自己的自我介绍呢?这可是一个很好的表现的机会哦!

初中英语写作范文:保护眼睛

眼睛对我们很重要,同学们一定要很好的保护自己的眼睛哦。

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篇13:寒假的美好生活英语初中作文

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from the sixteenth of january to the seventh of february is our winter holiday。 i think everybody did a lot of things in the winter holiday。 but i didn’t。 let you to listen to my story of winter holiday。

i spend a lot of time on the homework。。 every day in my winter holiday, i always got up late。 then i listened to the tape, it was nine o’clock。 then i ate breakfast and then i did my homework during the daytime! i’m not very slow but the homework was too heavy!

i’m unlucky on the playing too。 i played firecracker but i hurt my finger with the fire。 i ‘m careless to kindle the firecracker, so i’m very unlucky。

i still unlucky on my friend’s party。 in the morning, i wanted to get up early but i woke up at 10:50。 after ten minutes, the party would start! so i only eat a piece of bread then i go to my friend’s home! and i stay at his home for a long time when i came home。 my mother and father were very angry and they scolded me!

i’m worried and feel unlucky on my weigh。 last term, i was 48 kilogram but now i am 51 kilogram! i must to do banting!

but most important, i have gone to shanghai ocean aquarium, i want to go there very much because i want to see the horse, the monkey……in the sea。 now i’ve done it 。 it is a bright dot in my winter holiday。

[寒假美好生活英语初中作文

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篇14:我在海洋公园快乐的一天初中英语作文

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Ocean Park is very exciting and fun. The cable car is very good, when you look out the window, you will see very beautiful scenery, but one thing I don’t like is we need to wait 45 minutes. If you want to go quickly, you can take the ocean train, just like the subway. It’s very fast.

When you go up, ther are many rides, like a roller coaster, water ride and many things to do. I want to cry when my mom and I get on the roller coaster. I yelled, because the roller coaster is so exciting. I don’t want to ride it again, so I go to the ocean museum, and the polar bear place. The last thing is very good, it’s a waterride. We are very bored when we were in the middle. Suddenly, the water is pushing the boat. “Ahhhh!” I’m shouting, I’m very excited, the water is very fast, then the boat goes down. “Wow!” My mom yelled, and the ride is over. Our shirts are all wet, and the sky is almost dark, so we leave the park, and go back to Kowloon Hotel.

What a fun day!

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篇15:初中模范学生英语日记

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Do you mind being called a bad student? Of course not. So far as I know, everybody intends to be (become) a model student.

However, to be a model student is by no means an easy thing. First, he must do his best to obtain knowledge. A man without sufficient knowledge will not succeed. Secondly, he must remember to improve his health. Only a strong man can do great tasks. Thirdly, he should receive moral education. If his conduct is not good, no one will consider making friends with him.

你价意被称为坏学生吗?当然不。就我所知,每个人都打算做模范学生。

然而,做模范学生却不容易。第一,他必须尽力获得知识(求知)。一个没有足够知识的人是不会成功的。第二,他必须记住促进健康。只有强壮的人才能做大事。第三,他应该接受道德教育。如果他品行不好,没有人会考虑和他交朋友的。

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篇16:初中英语作文读后感

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Scarlett , a very personality figures ,the two mans she love ,neither does she know about.To her, I was pelled to admire, admire duhougan. her strong and brave, admire her to lay down in the environment, farm workers previously suffered education, admire her to disregard the munity to create their own expression of the cause .She is in the whole story, all a person full of fighting will full of vitality . I appreciated most , it is this " Tomorrow is another day of hers. " . Promising forever, full of fighting will , will never give up, never desperate. I think Im moved by her.So, whenever I meet difficulty, the mood is not good, I will tell oneself : " Tomorrow is another day. " Gone with the Wind is absolutely a good book that is worth sampling repeatedly, the characters are graceful , the plot rises and falls, exciting boldly and unconstrainedly, though the subjective factor because of the author among them , the appraisal on U.S.A.s Civil War is not objective and overall, but as to angle of literature, this one fine piece of writing generation definitely absolutely, worth visiting.建宁二年

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篇17:我爱运动初中英语作文_其他话题1500字

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我爱运动英语作文篇一

I love sports. I love all kind of sports.

I can’t stay inside the house for a long time.

When I have spare time, I will go out to play sports.

If it is convenient, anyone asks me to go out to play sports, I will say yes.

I often go hiking, running, swimming, play basketball, football, volleyball, table tennis and so on.

All of them are my favorite. And because of them, I have a good body.

我爱运动的英语作文篇二

I love sports and athletics. Sports and athletics are not just building our bodies but also refueling our spirits.

They give us energy to continue our work and studies as well as incentive and momentum to create.

They help us maintain a positive attitude towards life and stay competitive whenever facing any challenges.

Without sports and athletics, we should definitely be in a tedious world living a tedious life.

我爱运动的英语作文篇三

Taking exercise is good for our health. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

By taking exercise, we can relax our body and mind.

At the same time, we can harden our muscle and have a good figure.

If we dont take exercise for a long time, we may easily fall sick.

I enjoy several outdoor sports.

Swimming in the sea is my favorite.

Because there are too many people in a swimming pool and the water is always dirty, I prefer to swim in the sea.

Playing badminton is also fun.

I can always find a place in the park for playing badminton.

Besides, I enjoy jogging in the morning.

Sometimes, I jog with my parents in the park.

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篇18:初中英语作文大全

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My name is Xiao Ming. Im 12 years old.I study in Shi Yan Middle School.I’m

in Class 10,Grade 7. Im a good student.I like reading and writing.

I have a happy family. There are three people in my family.They are my

father, my mother and I.My father is not tall,he is an teacher.He is good .He is

not only a good father and also a good friend. We often talk with each other. My

mother is tall, she is a good worker.She is very busy, but she cares for me and

my study very much.I love my parents very much and they love me,too.

I have a happy family!

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篇19:2024初中英语作文必背词组有哪些

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在前面,已经为大家总结结了初中英语作文必背词组第一部分的内容,今天是2015年的第一天,请大家继续跟随中考英语名师的脚步,来看看还有哪些词汇时需要我们背记的吧。

91 consider + doing 考虑做什么 eg : Why not consider goingto lu zhou 为什么不考虑去泸州?

92 dance to 随着……跳舞 eg : Shelikes dancing to the music 她喜欢随着音乐跳舞

93 decide to do sth 决定做某事

94 do a survey of 做某方面的调查

95 do better in 在……方面做得更好

96 do wrong 做错

97 Dont forget to do sth 不要忘了做某事

98 Dont mind +doing /从句 /名词 不要介意……

99 each +名(单)每一个…eg : Each student has many books 每一个学生都有一些书

100 end up +doing

101 enjoy +doing喜欢

102escape from 从……逃跑eg: Theprisoners have escaped from the prison犯人从监狱里逃跑出来

103expect to do sth 期待做某事

104 fall down 摔下来 fall off 从哪摔下来

105 fall in love with sb/sth 爱上什么

106 far from 离某地远 eg : The school is far from my home

107 find +it +adj +to do 发现做某事怎么样

108 find sb/sth +adj 发现什么怎么样 eg : I find the bookinteresting

109 finish 完成+doing(名词)

110 fit to sb = be fit for sb 适合某人

111 forget to do 没有做而忘了 forget doing 做了而又忘了 eg: Dont forget to gohome I forget closing door

112 from…to… 从某某到某某 eg: Fromme for her

113 get /have sth down 做完,被(别人)做…eg: I have my hair cut我理了发(头发被剪了)

Tom got his bad tooth pulled out 汤母把他的坏牙拔掉了(被牙医拔掉了)

114 get a part-time job= find a part-time job

115 get along well with sb = geton well with sb 与某人相处得好

116 get along with sb = get on with sb 与某人相处

117 getready for = be ready for为什么而准备eg : I get ready for mathI am ready for math

118 get sb in to trouble 给某人麻烦

119get sb to do sth

120 get…from… 从某处得到某物

121 give a talk 做报告 eg: He is give a tall

122 give sth to sb give sb sth 给某人某物

123 go fish 钓鱼 go swimming 游泳

124 go on to do 去做下一件事 go on doing 继续做这件事

125 go out away from go out of

126 go to school 上学(用于专业的)go to the school 去学校(不一定是上学)

127 good way to 好方法

128 hate to do 讨厌没做过的事 hate doing 讨厌做过的事

129 have a party for sb 举办谁的晚会

130 have a talk 听报告谈一谈

131 have been doing 现在完成进行时 eg : You have been talkingYou have been sleeping since

132 have been to …( 地方)……去过某过地方have gone to …(地方) 去了某地还没回来

133 have fun +doing 玩得高兴

134 have sth to do 有什么事要做

eg: I have a lot of homework to do 我有很多家庭作业要做 I havenothing to do 我没什么事情做

135 have to do sth 必须做某事

136 have trouble (problem) (in) doing sth 做什么事情有麻烦

137 have…time +doing

138 have…(时间)…off 放……假 eg: I have month off 我请一个月得假

139 hear sb +do/doing 听见某人做某事/正在做某事

140 help a lot 很大用处

141 help sb with sth ones sth 帮助某人某事(某方面) help sb(to) do sth 帮助某人做某事

142 hope to do sth 希望做某事

143 How about(+doing) = What about(+doing)

144 how do you like = what do you think of 你对什么的看法

145 if : 是否=wether

eg: I dont know if (wether) I should go to the party 我不知道我是否应该去参加晚会

He dont know if (wether) we will arrive on time tomorrow morning 他不知道我们明天早上是否能准时到达

146 if :如果,假如(全部接一般时态)+条件语态从句

eg: Ill go to LuZhou if it doest rain 假如明天不下雨,我就去泸州

If they change the plan they will let me know 假如他们要改变计划,他们会让我知道的

Ill go to England ,if I have enough money next year 如果我明年由足够的钱,我就要去英国

147 in ones opinion = sb think 某人认为

148 in some ways 在某些方面

149 in the end = finally(adv) 最后

150 in the north of… 什么在什么的北方 (north 北 sowth 南 west 西 east东 )

151 in the sun 在太阳下

152 increase 增加

eg : Theyve increased the prece of petrol by 3% 他们把石油价增加了3%

the population has increased from 12 million ten years ago to 18 million now

153 instead of +(名 ) 代替

eg: Id like an apple instead of a pear 我想要苹果,而不要梨子

I like English instead of math 我喜欢英语而不喜欢数学

154 introduce sb to sb 介绍某人给某人 introduce oneself 自我介绍

155 invite sb to do sth 邀请某人做某事

156 It takes sb sometime to do sth 做某人花掉某人多少时间

eg : It took me 5 minutes to do my homework It takes me half an hour to cook

157 Its +adj +for sb to do sth 对某人来说做某事怎么样

158 Its +adj +to do 做某事怎么样

159 Its +adj for sb 对于某人来说怎么样 Its +adj of sb 对某人来说太怎么样

160 Its +adj(for sb) to do(对某人来说) 做某事怎么样 Its +adj ofsb to do sth 对某人来说做某事太怎么样

eg : Its nice of you to help me with my English

161 Its a good idea for sb to do sth 对…… 来说是个好主意

162 Its important to sb 对某人来说很重要 eg: Its important tome

163 Its time to do sth Its time for sth 到了该去做某事的时间

eg : Its time to have class Its time for class 该去上课了

164 join = take part in 参加

165 just now 刚才

166 keep +sb /sth +adj /介词短语 让什么保持什么样?

167 keep out 不让 …… 进入

168 keep sb adj 让……保持…… eg: Iwant to keep my mother happy keep healthy 保持健康

169 key to +名词 表示:某物的钥匙或某题的答案

170 key to… anser to … key 可以是答题或钥匙

171 laugh at… 取笑…… eg : Dont langh at others Welanghed at the joke

172 learn by oneslfe 自学

173 learn from sb 向某人学习 eg: We should learn from LeiFeng

174 learn to do sth 学做某事

175 let sb do sth 让某人做某事

176 Let sb down 让某人失望 eg : Weshouldnt let our farents down 我们不应该让我们的父母失望

177 live from :离某地远

178 live in +大地方 /at +小地方 居住在某地eg: I live in LuZhou She lives at XuanTan

179 look after = take care of 照顾 照看

180 lose ones way 谁 迷 路 eg : Lose your way 你迷路

以上就是初中英语作文必背词组第二部分的内容,武汉小马的名师表示,不只是在写作中,在阅读中、听力、完型填空的项目中也会出现这些词汇,记住这些词汇,中考英语就不用愁了。初三英语单词复习,请来。

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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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