介绍大连的英语作文汇总20篇

Halloween is for the "All Hallows Evening"。 However， due to various reasons， Halloween has become the years most popular and one of the most popular festivals， and many players with great enthusiasm to celebrate this holiday。

Halloween in the October 31， in fact， praise and autumn festivals like Beltane is the festival of spring like the praise。 Of ancient Gaul， Britain and Ireland priest - druid to have a grand festival praise of autumn， from October 31 beginning at midnight the following day， November 1 continued all day。 In their view， that night they are a great Death - Salman to that year were all summoned the ghost of dead people， these evil spirits are subject to care for the Livestock Health and punishment。 Of course， as long as the thought of such a gathering of ghosts， it was enough to make fools of those simple-minded understanding of the heart bile war。 So they lit the sky of the bonfire， and close surveillance of these evil spirits。

Halloween witches and ghosts everywhere to say is just the beginning。 So far in Europe， there are some isolated areas where people believe it is true。 Ancient Rome in November 1 there is also a holiday， which is used to pay tribute to their goddess of Bo Mona。 They bear ribs roasted nuts and apples before the bonfire。 Our own Halloween seems to be a holiday by the Romans and the druids holiday blend made of。 Halloween activities in the original is very simple， and mostly in the church carried out。 However， in the whole of Europe， it is regarded as a Halloween enjoy slapstick， Jiangguigushi and a good opportunity to scare each other。 So people will no longer be used to praise this Autumn Festival， but it becomes supernatural， witches and ghosts festival。

I harbored feelings reluctantly and quietly left the school.

Today, I would like to re-examination by the aspirations of the rostrum is so urgent! My family a total of three sisters, two sisters who work, in order to take care of the elderly parents, I have to stay around them. I have held a shop, first operational craft, then garments. But no matter how the business is handy, when a teacher is always glorious people yearn for and I would like to make every effort to pursue life-long career. I have to take the test several times, but for various reasons are unable to realize their dreams, but I secretly determined, given the chance, I have been test continue until the ideal realized.

Today, I am, after the test of life, compared to my competitors in terms of age I no longer have an advantage, but Im more than a child they love, patience and sense of responsibility, more of a mature and self-confidence. The teaching profession is sacred and great, he asked teachers not only must be knowledgeable, but also a noble sentiment. Therefore, when reading normal, I paid great attention to their overall development, to train its own extensive interests, and learned a trade, be good at painting and calligraphy than outside, but also sing, say, will speak. "High school only as a teacher, inspires them for the Fan" in the knowledge-learning and I also paid attention to develop their own high moral character, consciously abide by the law, abide by social morality, no bad habits and behavior. I think these are an educator should have the minimum literacy.

If, I passed the interview, Chengweizhongduo Teacher Groups in 成员 I shall keep Nuli study and work hard, my hometown of Jiao Yu force ourselves to the cause, never let down, "the human soul," a major title.

Thank you!

Hello，everyone！

My name is Winnie.Im a 15 years old girl. I live in the beautiful city of Ganzhou.

Im an active，lovely and clever girl.In the school，my favourite subject is maths.Perhaps someone thinks its difficult to study well.But I like it.I belive that if you try your best，everything can be done well.

I also sports very much.Such as，running，volleyball and so on.

Im kind-hearted. If you need help，please come to me .

I hope we can be good friends！

OK.This is me .A sunny girl.

大家好！

我的名字是温妮。我是一个15岁的女孩。我生活在美丽的城市赣州。

我是一个活泼，可爱和聪明的女孩。在学校，我最喜欢的科目是数学。也许有人认为很难学好的。但我喜欢它。我相信，如果你尽力，什么都可以做得很好。

我还很运动，比如跑步，排球等。

我善良。如果你需要帮助，请来到我的。

我希望我们能成为好朋友！

好吧，这是我，一个阳光灿烂的女孩。

Hello, my name is wang yan, a high heart can meet all of you, for me, is more stubborn, I decided that things will never change, unless you are right I was wrong.

Early in the morning, standing in front of the mirror, look in the mirror in the familiar face, feel oneself was a child, but I was in junior, is no longer a child.

Think of every little bit of good friends, unconsciously tears just climbed up the face, yeah! And did six years of his close friend, to this, that separate is separate, there must be many. But whats the use? Time is not to say stop. I still face the reality!

I am very forgetful, once, I cant find my shoes, anyway by mother remind later discovered I wash the shoes, on the outside. You said I am not forgetful forgetfulness.

I like the teachers help, but Im very careless, often counterproductive. Once the teacher asked me to help him finish his writing board, as a result, I listen to the blackboard writing all wipe up, the teacher without saying anything hard writing blackboard writing brush. The teacher got red in the face. Funny you say is not funny.

I am such a person, to welcome you all to find my friends! Im very good friends but oh ~ ~

一个十二岁的女孩，高高的个子，瓜子型的脸上镶嵌着一对大眼睛，长长的睫毛显得大眼睛十分灵动，不仅如此，她还遗传妈妈，双眼皮宽宽的，但是她也像妈妈一样戴上了眼镜。她有宽宽的脑门，鼻子下面是一张能说会道的嘴巴。你猜出这是谁了吗?其实，这就是我!

我在学校是一个乖巧听话，令老师喜欢的孩子，谁会相信这样一个女孩回到家就摇身一变，成了顽皮，又带着无理取闹的丫头了，但这却是事实。

在家里，我和妈妈吵吵闹闹是常有的事，因为互不服气。有一次，我和妈妈去参加她朋友的婚礼，当时下了雨，天气较凉，但我依然想穿着裙子去，妈妈不肯，为了这事，我们吵了起来。“可以穿，坐车去又不冷!”“不可能，你想感冒吗?”妈妈瞪着我，眼睛像葡萄一样大，我则毫不示弱，昂着头像小斗鸡似的，吵个不停。最后妈妈要发怒了，我一看，赶紧妥协，撇着嘴，带着满腔不情愿说：“不穿，行了吧。”这就是我，双面性格的我。

在学校担任班长职务的我，当然要开班会了。我清了清嗓子，走上讲台，开始了首次班会。

“同学们，我们今天来学习中学生日常行为规范……”我有条不紊的进行着班会，这可都要靠我平时积累的生活和六年在校的经验，而且还有我良好的语言表达能力。我按老师说的，提问同学，举例说明等等。要知道，现在我能站在台上大胆发言，是因为小学时担任过许多活动的主持人，充分锻炼了自己，所以我有信心开好班会。在老师的总结和同学们的掌声中我走下了讲台，顺利结束了班会。这就是我，自信勇敢的我。

每个星期天，我都不会错过科技频道《自然传奇》这个节目。有时看得入迷，妈妈叫我两三次我都没有听见。我喜欢它是因为它能告诉我自然界的许多知识，比如蚂蚁筑巢，各种蜘蛛如何捕食，植物的很多特点等等。而我最大的梦想，注意不是理想，就是去全球动植物最丰富的亚马逊丛林历险。这就是我，热爱自然的我。

这就是我，有双面性格的我;这就是我，自信勇敢的我;这就是我，热爱自然的我，你们了解我了吗?

Henan province is a province of the great motherland, located on the plains of the central part of the motherland. It is one of the major cradles of Chinese civilization. Henan Province ancient Yuzhou, also called "Zhongzhou", "central plains".

Henan province is a big country of rail transportation hub connecting the four corners of the world. It is rich in wheat and is a famous "big granary" in china". "The ancient capital of Anyang, Luoyang known to the world, opened the" Temple (Shaolin Temple), central water conservancy project. Henans outstanding figures in history and contemporary heroes have added luster to their hometown.

The famous poet Du Fu, was later known as the "poet", he was born in Gongyi City, Henan Province, patriotic general Yue Feisheng in Tang Yang county. And Wu Daozi, Zhang Zhongjing, Xu Shiyou, Wu Huanxian......

Is located in Henan province Anyang huanshui river lake is Chinese Yin Ruins, found so far the earliest ancient ruins. 3300 years ago, as the king Pangeng moved to Yin capital. The land is flat, the soil is fertile, and the climate is pleasant. Since then, Yin has been the political, economic, military and cultural center of the late Shang Dynasty for 250 years. Now, because of the war the Yin Ruins, so called yin. Archaeologists have found the earliest inscriptions on oracle bones here. And unearthed a weighing 750 kg of the mother of the big tripod ding. Today, the Anyang old city, in the new era of rip writing new songs. There are nine in the ancient city of Luoyang, where the closed forest, the White Horse Temple, Longmen Grottoes, peony, jiguandong known to the world. One of the city, the ancient capital of seven dynasties, is a very beautiful city, where the famous "Dragon Park".

Having said so much, we havent mentioned our hometown yet. My hometown is in Puyang, where it is called "green home". It is very beautiful. The square is full of poetic culture and the Cultural Palace is full of cultural atmosphere. The Green Manor scenery is pleasant......

Henan Province, there are many famous brand products: red tractor, Sanquan food, Yutong Bus, Anbo group, Shuanghui food, Red-Cooked Chicken, Daokou Style, Nanyang beef, apple, Oriental Anyang steelmaking plant......

Henan, Im so proud of you! Proud of you!

A Letter to My Dear Father

Dear father,

This Sunday is Father’s Day. I am very happy. I’m writing a letter for you now. But my classmates are playing games.

Today is rainy. Please take care. Do you know? My study is good. There fore, don’t worry about my study. I have a good news to tell you. I have won the second award at the piano competition. Are you happy ?

On the weekend, I usually go hiking on the Song Shan Lake. We are very happy. But after we walk for a long time, we feel a little tired. When the sun goes down, we return home. I like going hiking. What about you?

Happy Father’s Day to you!

Yours

Shiqi

Good morning, my dear teachers, my dear professors. I am very glad to be here for your interview. My name is song yonghao, I am 22 years old .I come from luoyang, a very beautiful ancient city. my undergraduate period will be accomplished in changan university in July ,2004;and now, I am trying my best for obtaining a key to tongji university.

Generally speaking, I am a hard working student especially do the thing I am interested in. I will try my best to finish it no matter how difficult it is. when I was sophomore, I found web design very interesting, so I learned it very hard . to weaver a homepage for myself, I stayed with my personal computer for half a month, and I am the first one in my class who own his homepage. Furthermore, I am a person with great perseverance. During the days preparing for the first examination, I insist on running every day, no matter what the weather was like. And just owning to this, I could concentrate on my study and succeeded in the end.

Well, in my spare time, I like basketball, tennis and Chinese chess. Also English is my favorite. I often go to English corner to practice my oral English on every Thursday, and write compositions to improve my witting ability .but I know my English is not good enough, I will continue studying.

Ok, that is all, thank you for your attention.

My name is Liu Jiahan. The best part of the Mid Autumn Festival is that of my father and mother. I hope that I will become a broad-minded and knowledgeable person. I am from grade three of the primary school of XX middle school in Dalian. Dont see my height is only 1 meters 30. My hobbies are especially wide. I like to sing and dance to play the piano. My dance performance has also won gold and medals. In addition, I am a sports enthusiast and have participated in many sports games held in schools.

Dont look at so many interests and hobbies, I am more unambiguous in learning, and never score 90 points in all subjects. I came to the youth leader eloquence school, just want to exercise my courage and improve my comprehensive competitiveness. Through this stage of intensive training, make yourself a good kid who is bold enough to express and express. I know that as long as I stick to it, I can do it. Please remember me, a lovely little girl -- my name is Liu Jiahan, and everyone is making friends with me.

Nowadays playing computer games is a very common hobbies, especially among young people and teenagers. However there are many arguements on whether computer games are advantageous to people or not.

Although many people doubt the advantages of computer games, if used wisely computer games can actually be used in educational purposes, for example typing games to allow students to learn typing English or Chinese. Also another advantage of computer game is that the games may be played together among friends or family members, which may improve the relationship between family members and allow parents to know more about their children on their hobbies and interests.

However computer games if misused can also have very bad effects on human beings. Firstly spending long time in front of the computer screen will bring to various health problems, such as eye sore, back pain and headache. Also if people spend too much time on computer games rather than the work they should do, for example school work for students and projects and presentations for employees, it may have bad effects on their real life and social life status.

It is true for everything that it is beneficial if used wisely, therefore although computer games are widely said to be bad for people, it can still be used as a good tool if used wisely.

导语：随着雾霾天气的增加，我们慢慢的开始关注环境保护话题了，下面是yuwenmi小编为大家整理的优秀英语作文，欢迎阅读与借鉴，谢谢!

Haze is air pollution in which is mixed up with dust, smoke and other dry particles ,and it obscure the clarity of the sky and interacts with the natural environment.

This kind of air pollutant come from a variety of natural and manmade sources. Natural sources can include windblown dust, and soot from wildfires. Manmade sources can include motor vehicles, and industrial fuel burning, and manufacturing operations. The one of the main cause that touches off haze is manufacturing operations. Many factories were over measure produced the smog that had over the standard and the smog seriously influence the air become air pollution.

The components that make up haze may have negative effect on peoples health especially that of the children and the elderly. Also not excluded are those who have certain diseases such as asthma, allergy, and pneumonia and lung disease. Workers working in the open air have a high risk in their health.

One of effective solutions to help eliminate haze is to make some chemistry changes during the manufacturing process,so it could reduce harmful emissions which are produced by manufacturing operations.

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霾是空气污染，它与灰尘、烟雾和其他干粒子混合在一起，使天空的清晰度模糊，与自然环境相互作用。

这种空气污染物来自各种自然和人为的来源。自然源包括风吹灰尘，煤烟，野火。人造资源可以包括汽车，工业燃料燃烧和制造业务。造成雾霾的主要原因之一是制造业经营。许多工厂过度测量产生的烟雾超过标准，烟雾严重影响空气成为空气污染。

构成雾霾的成分可能对人们的健康产生负面影响，尤其是儿童和老年人。也不排除那些有某些疾病，如哮喘，过敏，肺炎和肺部疾病。在户外工作的工人在健康方面有很高的风险。

帮助消除雾霾的有效方法之一是在制造过程中进行一些化学变化，从而减少制造过程中产生的有害排放物。

With the progress of the times, we have made a great change in China, and the night dinner is a good witness.

The words at the end of twentieth Century, on every new years Eve every family all at home with a big "blessing" word, in a small square table placed on delicious food, a family of three sat at the table, eating reeky meals, laughing and talking. "Its another year, Im going to be a year old again!" One wearing glasses, wearing a white tunic grandfather holding a cigarette said with a smile. The opposite wearing flower jacket grandmother holding chopsticks, answered: "yes, my son grow up, we are old." "Dad, mom, you are still young, not so fast..." After only listening to a young man in a black suit, the two old men laughed. Dont look at this years night meal simple, simple, in fact it is very warm. This is a warm years dinner.

The evening meal in the early twenty-first Century was quite different from that in the past. This time they came to the hotel, and hotel, there is a lively scene. Look, a bright ribbon hanging on the wall, a large "Fu" word in the middle. A pair of couplets is especially attractive: Happy Spring Festival and auspicious new year. Hengpi: good luck in everything. Look at the table again, and the delicacy is full of the table. Two men, the father and son, sit at the round table and raise their glasses. The son says, "Dad, Ill give you a cup and wish you health." Dad laughed and said, "good, good." After talking about his neck, he drank the wine at one breath, and the son drank the glass too. The wife holds the little baby in the middle of the sleep. Look, the little guy is asleep in her mothers arms. My mother stood beside my father, smiled and said: "Oh, today is really happy ah!" Oh, this is a happy dinner.

Todays night dinner is simply not the same as before. Son drove white to "fly", carrying on elderly parents, wife and children have grown up, smiling. The son said, "Dad, mom, now living conditions are good, high technology everywhere." Mom and dad nodded frequently and said, "yes, yes!" Under the "flying number", it is a high building with different shapes, triangular and rectangular shapes. Oh, this is a high tech years dinner.

The day and night, the better and better, reflects the change of our China and wishes China more prosperity and prosperity.

Nian Gao:The northerners eat Jiao Zi, but southerners like to eat Nian Gao, which translates to "New Year Cake". In Chinese, Gao is a homonym for high. Nian Gao is also called Nian Nian Gao, which is a homonym for "higher each year", symbolizing progress and promotion at work and in daily life and improvement in life year by year.

Nian Gao is a sweet, sticky, brown cake made from rice flour and sugar, a kind of glutinous white cake in the shape of rectangle. Often given as a gift, it is delicious when steamed, fried, fried with eggs or even eaten cold.

Given the importance of food in Chinese culture, it is not surprising that food plays a major role in Chinese New Year celebrations. "Lucky" foods are served through the two week Chinese New Year celebration, also called the Spring festival.

april fools day is traditionally a day to play practical jokes on others, send people on fools errands, and fool the unsuspecting. no one knows how this holiday began but it was thought to have originated in france.

传统上来讲，愚人节这一天，人们可以相互搞恶作剧，骗人跑腿，欺骗不知情的人。没人知道这个节日是怎么来的，但人们普遍认为它源自法国。

the closest point in time that can be identified as the beginning of this tradition was in 1582, in france. new years was celebrated on march 25 and celebrations lasted until april 1st. when new years day as changed from march 25 to january 1st in the mid-1560s by king charles ix, there were some people who still celebrated it on april 1st and those people were called april fools.

庆祝愚人节最早是在1582年，在法国。那时，当时法国新年是在3月25日，一直持续到4月1日。16世纪60年代中期，国王查理九世把新年从3月25日变为1月1日，而还有一些人在4月1日过新年，这些人就被称作四月傻瓜了。

pranks performed on april fools day range from the simple, (such as saying, "your shoes untied!), to the elaborate. setting a roommates alarm clock back an hour is a common gag. the news media even gets involved. for instance, a british short film once shown on april fools day was a fairly detailed documentary about "spaghetti farmers" and how they harvest their crop from the spaghetti trees. whatever the prank, the trickster usually ends it by yelling to his victim, "april fool!"

愚人节那天的恶作剧有的很简单(比如，说句“你鞋带开了!”)，有的却是精心设计的。把室友的闹钟往后调一小时是常见的。甚至新闻媒体都来凑热闹。比如，在愚人节那天，曾经有一部英国短片较为详细地记录了“种意大利面的农民”，以及他们如何从意大利面树上收获意大利面。不管是什么恶作剧，搞恶作剧的人通常在最后会对被搞的人喊一句:"四月傻瓜!"

april fools day is a "for-fun-only" observance. nobody is expected to buy gifts or to take their "significant other" out to eat in a fancy restaurant. nobody gets off work or school. its simply a fun little holiday, but a holiday on which one must remain forever vigilant, for he may be the next april fool!

愚人节是一个“仅为娱乐”的节日。谁也不用买礼物，也不用带着男/女朋友出去到一家豪华餐厅去吃饭。人们也不会放假。它仅仅是个搞笑的小节日，但是在这一天，每个人都要保持警醒，不然就要被人耍啦。

each country celebrates april fools differently. in france, the april fools is called "april fish" (poisson davril). the french fool their friends by taping a paper fish to their friends backs and when some discovers this trick, they yell "poisson davril!".

每个国家用不同的方式过愚人节。在法国，愚人节被称作“april fish”。法国人和他们的朋友是这样开玩笑的：把一张裁成鱼形的纸用胶带粘到朋友的后背上，当有人发现的时候，他们就会喊：“poisson davril!”.

in england, tricks can be played only in the morning. if a trick is played on you, you are a "noodle". in scotland, april fools day is 48 hours long and you are called an "april gowk", which is another name for a cuckoo bird. the second day in scotlands april fools is called taily day and is dedicated to pranks involving the buttocks. taily days gift to posterior posterity is the still-hilarious "kick me" sign.

在英国，只能在早上搞恶作剧。如果你被耍了，那你就是“面条”。在苏格兰，愚人节要持续2天，被耍的人被称为“四月布谷”。苏格兰第二天的愚人节叫做taily day，恶作剧主要在别人的屁股上做文章。

winter was gone,spring comes.i love spring best,because its very beautiful.in spring,the weather is aways sunny and rainy,its not cold and *not hot,its warmer and warmer.the flowers begin to open and the trees begin to turn green.the birds are singing in the sky,they are happy.the animals will go out to play.many people like to go out and enjoy the sunshine.i like wearing my sweater and jeans, i like to fly kites,plant trees and see the beautiful flowers. spring is colorful,i think its a wonderful season. whats your favourite season?please tell me.

To introduce myself（介绍我自己）

Hello,every one!（大家好）

My name is **** . （我叫****）

Im a 15 years old boy. （我是一个15岁的男孩）（具体情况自己改）

I live in the beautiful city of Rizhao.（我住在美丽的Rizhao城）（你可以把Rizhao改成自己家乡的城市的名称的拼音）

Im an active ,lovely and clever boy.(我是一个活跃的可爱的聪明的男孩）

In the school , my favourite subject is maths . （在学校，我最喜欢数学）

Perhaps someone thinks its difficult to study well .（也许有些人认为这很难学）

But I like it.（但我喜欢他）

I belive that if you try your best, everything can be done well.（我相信每件事付出努力就会有害结果）

I also like sports very much.（我也很喜欢运动）

Such as,running,volleyball and so on. （像跑步、排球等等）

Im kind-hearted.（我很热心）

If you need help ,please come to me .（如果你需要帮助，就来找我）

I hope we can be good friends!（我希望我们能成为好朋友）

OK.This is me .A sunny boy.（好了，这就是我，一个阳光男孩）

[英语自我介绍作文模板

Good morning, my admirable teacher and my dear fellows. My name is Qing Cheng and I’m in my 17 years old. I graduated from theTianTaoMiddle school, which is one of the best middle schools in my city. Its campus is as beautiful as ours. My favorite subject is math, because it’s a complicated subject that drives a lot of students crazy. But I am a student who likes challenges and I can feel great achievement when I solve a math problem. Besides, I like various extra curricular activities, because they can bring me a colorful life. In my opinion, study is just a part of our life, so that we should not be constrained by it. The most important is that I am happy to be a classmate of you. I hope we can study as well as play together.

尊敬的老师，亲爱的同学们，大家早上好。我叫秦成，近年十七岁。我毕业于天桃中学，它是我们市里最好的中学，校园和我们校园一样美丽。我最喜欢的科目是数学，因为它是使很多学生抓狂的复杂科目。但是，我是一个喜欢挑战的学生，每当我解答出一道数学问题的时候，我感到一种巨大的成就感。除此之外，我喜欢各种各样的课外活动，因为我它们给我带来了多姿多彩的生活。在我看来，学习只是生活中的一部分，因此我们不应该被学习束缚。最重要的是，我很高兴能成为你们的同学。我希望我们可以一起学习，一起玩。

Hello everyone！ My name is Chen Jiaobing. I have a pair of eyes, curved eyebrows, not tall nor short, every hair in a ponytail.

My favorite color is blue. My hobby is singing and dancing... My favorite people are my family, my friends and the people worthy of my respect.

My greatest dream is to have wings of angels or elves and fly freely in the blue sky. I am very outgoing, I like to make friends, to be good to friends.

Good morning, ladies and gentlemen!It is really my honor to have this opportunity for an interview. I hope I canmake a good performance today. Im confident that I can succeed. Now I willintroduce myself briefly. I am 26 years old, born in Shandong province. Igraduated from Qingdao University. My major is electronics. And I got mybachelor degree after my graduation in the year of 2003. I spent most of mytime on study, and I’ve passed CET-6 during my university. And I’ve acquiredbasic knowledge of my major. It is my long cherished dream to be an engineer andI am eager to get an opportunity to fully play my ability.

Dear friend,

My name is Wang Lin . Now I live in Hangzhou , China. I want to find a pen pal in England. I’m now 14 years old . I speak Chinese .And I can speak a little English. I like sports ,swimming is my favorite . I also like playing the computer games . My favorite subject in school is math. I like to

go to movies with my friends. My favorite movie is Beauty and Beast . Now I live with my parents .

Can you write to me soon ?

Wang Lin

[初中初一英语介绍自己的作文

八一建军节这天，全国人会举行各种活动，庆祝建军节的诞生。下面是语文迷为大家提供的建军节的作文，希望对你有帮助。

Officers and men of the Chinese Peoples Liberation Army (PLA) and the people across the country have held various activities these days to celebrate Chinas Army Day,which falls on August 1.

The Headquarters of the General Staff and other departments of the army held tea parties and performances to express regards to veterans.The navy,air force,military universities and institutions,and various military area commands held rap sessions,seminars,contest and entertainment activities to express greetings to officers and men and their families.

Across the country,army soldiers had parties with the local people to mark the day.Governments at various levels and people of all walks of life held activities to show respect and regards to the army.

The Ministry of Agriculture presented the army 2,500 books and 1,200 VCDs on agricultural technologies.The State General Administration of Sport bought sports facilities and sent them to grassroots army units.Leaders from the All-China Womens Federation held parties with female army pilots.

American eating is funny. They eat almost everything with a fork, and it appears that holding a knife in ones right hand longer than a few seconds is considered to be against good table manners.

The system is that if it is absolutely necessary to use a knife, people take the fork in their left hand, and cut off a piece of meat or whatever it is in the normal manner. Then they put the knife down, transfer the fork to their right hand, and only then do they transport the food to their mouth. This is clearly ludicrous(滑稽可笑), but it is considered good manners.

There are several results of this system. First, if it is not absolutely necessary to use a knife, Americans dont use one, because obviously this greatly complicates(使复杂化) things, and you will therefore see them trying to cut things like potatoes, fish and even bacon(熏猪肉) with a fork. Second, towards the end of a course, since only one implement(器具) is being used, food has to bo chased around the plate with the fork - and for the last mouthful the thumb has to be used to keep the food in place, although one is not supposed to do this.

Third, tables are generally laid with one knife and two forks, the outside fork being for the salad. There is no need for foreign visitors to follow the American system and try to eat the salad with only a fork, but if you do use your knife, remerber to save it for the meat course. Even desserts(甜食) (except ice cream) are eaten with a fork if at all possible, and the spoon you see by your dessert is meant to be for coffee (but if you use it for your dessert no one will say anything).