关于写我想去美国作文(汇集20篇)

去美国之前，我做了一些功课，上网浏览了美国的历史和地理以及各种风土人情，所有的信息都告诉我：这是一个世界上最强大、最民主的国家。怀揣着一颗好奇心，我来到了这个大洋彼岸的陌生国度。让我来看看吧，美国，你到底什么样?

美国人做事非常认真和细致。比如你到一家小店去买纪念品，无论你有多么赶时间，用多么焦虑的眼神急迫地看着他，做怎样夸张的表情，甚至忍不住地催促他，他们总是微笑，总是一丝不苟地将你买的纪念品轻手轻脚地放进盒子里，又把盒子包装好，然后再放进袋子里，小心翼翼地递给你，并且再送你一个最甜美、友好、温和的笑容。这一系列的举动让你不得不连声地对他说：“Thank you!”也让你感慨美国人在紧张的环境中所表现出来的那种从容不迫、不紧不慢和对所有顾客的彬彬有礼。

可事实上，大家知道的，美国人一点也不拘束，他们非常热情和开放。我们在美国遇见的一个小男生就这样，他不仅会伸手摸你的头发、拍你的肩膀、夸你很棒，让你充满自信，更让人难以想象的是，他还会抱起你，让我们含蓄的中国人尴尬不已却又不好意思推却。他们十分善于鼓励别人，课堂上，只要你回答出了一个问题，他们就会不停地夸你：“Good job!”在路上，如果你不小心摔了一跤，他们就会跑过来关心地询问：“Are you OK?”让你心里暖暖的，很感动。

同时，美国的家庭非常民主。在中国，基本上家里面的事情都是由家长说了算，而孩子们却没有“说话的份”。这次的“Homestay”让我认识到了美国家庭的民主性，孩子们在家里的权力和家长是一样大的，孩子们可以有各项选择权。在我们的寄宿家庭里，他们家的小女孩Karmila很可爱，家人都很宠爱她，但是她却没有我想象中的娇气，做事仔细认真，并且总是把自己打理得井井有条。吃饭时，当她妈妈问她要一些什么吃的时，她很有个性地告诉她妈妈，自己不想吃东西，便回到客厅看电视去了。小女孩的奶奶要给她吃水果，但是她也拒绝了。这要是在中国，可能家长就会过来管你，问你一大堆为什么。所以这就是美国孩子的独立自主能力和美国家庭的民主特色，他们对孩子十分放松，不去约束，让孩子们独自一人在世界上闯出一片属于自己的天地!

细细说来，美国人的特点还有很多很多，自由、民主、开放、细致，这些早已成为这个国家的标签，应该也是它能够成为“世界老大”的原因吧!我眼中的美国，值得我们用心去体会和琢磨…

在今天的语文课上，刘老师讲到了一个人，在中国大家都叫他“汉字叔叔”。那时我便下定决心，放学后一定要去百度里查查看。

一经查询，原来这个“汉字叔叔”是美国人，现在己经65岁了，名叫：理查德·西尔斯。而他就创造了“汉字与词源”这个网站，他自己的中文名就叫：斯睿德，并且他用了20年的时间整理甲骨文、金文等字形放到网上，在他“汉字与词源”的网站上只要输入任何字，那那个字全部相关资料都可以查看。因此感动了中国亿万网友，便被亲切地称为“汉字叔叔”

看到这里我不禁被他的毅力所感动，在加好奇心的驱使下，我继续往下看。

像有人问他为什么要创建网站时，而他说其实是一开始想学一门外语，而且他又喜欢挑战困难，所以他就选择了学习汉语。然后他自己就被中国博大精深的文化深深地吸引了，而这中国的汉字文化则更加坚定了他的信念：“学好汉字！”但在开始的时候他便吃了不少苦头。5000个汉字和6万种组合，但这汉字也有很多的演变，所以学起来很难。但如果知道起源和字意的话，学起来就会好很多。但结果总会事与愿违，在刚学汉字时只找到一本英文版的“认识汉字”，但这本书里只讲了汉字，并没有讲起源和字义，所以这本书毫无用处。之后，他又去查询相关网站，结果也是一场空。但他并没有气馁，反而萌生了一个想法：“我为什么不创造一个电脑版的‘说文解字’呢？”由于这个想法，他历经艰辛，终于吧“汉字与词源”这个网站建立好了，所以才被我们中国网友亲切地称为“汉字叔叔”

我被他的事迹深深地感动了，一个外囯人竞愿在中国的汉字上下这么大的功夫，还创建了专门的网站，我们真是自愧不如啊，所以"汉字叔叔"这个称号，这位"美囯佬"真是当之无愧！

今年暑假，我报名去参加了美国夏令营的游学旅行团。还发生了一件让我记忆一生的事情，使得这次游学不仅让我长了见识，还提醒我凡事都要认真对待，同时也暴露出了我做事粗心的缺点。

记得最后一天回到北京，我即将踏上回京的航班，我手上拿着护照高兴地过了安检，准备回家了，当走到登机口时，噩运发生了。这时我发现拿在手上的护照突然不翼而飞，而我却一点也没察觉到。当我跑到安检的地方，找了很久，没找到，回到登机口时，只剩下领队一人了，其他人已经坐飞机走了，我强忍住在眼眶里的泪水，受到了生平第一次被抛弃，孤独无助的感觉。我后悔极了，真想抽自己两下子。

领队打了个电话给我妈妈，说明了事情了经过，在电话那端也仿佛感觉到妈妈失望的语气，同时也夹杂着焦急和担心。唉~我自己怎么这么粗心，总是让父母为我担心，妈妈一定还做了很多好吃的，一定想了解我到美国的见阅，想到这次我又一次责怪自己的粗心大意，真是肠子都悔青了!后来爸妈着急得一夜没睡，早上连饭都没吃就跑去接我。

静下心来，我独自想了想，离开了家可真不好过，粗心到护照都丢了，害的我成了现在这样，世上没有后悔药，我这应该叫自作自受吧!终于深刻地知道了粗心造成的坏处，又意识到不能粗心，这次旅行比往常变得更有意义了。

这真是一次有意义的旅行啊!我获得了知识，长了见识，还知道了要改正粗心的毛病了，我的收获可真不少。因为粗心让我比其他人延迟一天和家人团聚的甜蜜。

今日是7月14日,是我的美国之旅的第一日.

今天我们先从华美学校正门坐巴士去南沙港客运码头,一到了南沙港后我们就坐船去香港机场,我们过了关，办好了行李托运手续就上了去台北的飞机.飞机飞了一个半小时就到达了台北.

到达台北桃园机场了,这一次是我第一次到台湾.台北还在下着蒙蒙细雨,空气十分清新。老师和我们先去了麦当劳,吃了一点东西,把肚子填饱后我们就登上了前往洛杉矶的747B型飞机.开始了长达11个小时的航程.

飞机里很宽,空姐对我们都很好,时不时会给我们一些水和饮料.不过飞机的座位很窄,不是很舒服，所以很难睡着.在飞机上每一位乘客都有一个小型可触摸的小电视和一机耳机.你可以听歌看电影,玩游戏和看新闻。11个小时的时间就是这样打消的。我总共看了六步电影：《怪兽大战外星人》、《夺命手机》、《移动城市》，《星球大战和帝国反击战》……

当地时间13点45分，我们终于抵达洛杉矶.我们一下飞机就看杉矶的天很蓝，万里无云.机场的路牌是英文.我们拿好了行李过了健康关来到了机场门外。

有一位接待我们的导游早早就在机场外等我们了，我们坐着他的车到了SCS学校(南方岛国基础制校)当地的老师给我们发了一件T恤之后我们跟着寄宿家庭回到了他们的家，开始了寄宿家庭的生活。

这个家庭有3个人，他们的妈妈是老师，儿子叫JOSH。他爸爸也是做老师的，他们家建在山腰上，从窗户望出去可以看到洛杉矶全景。房内有一个厨房、三个卧室、2个客厅和2个厕所。晚上，我买了一张电话卡，打了一个电话回家。爸爸和妈妈听到我的电话可高兴了。

第二天，寄宿家庭主人带我们去上学，美国的学校与中国不同，早上只有二节课，下午不上课。早上第一节课是英语课。老师给我们读读帮事，回答一些问题就过去一节课了，第二节课是数学课，老师通常给我们做几道题就可以了，几乎没有作业。上完课就去吃饭，我们都是吃一些意粉、汉堡等西方食物。 美国学校下午没课，是自由活动。你可以去看电影，也可以去打“躲避球”，或去打乒乓球，一切随你所好。五时三十分家长按时接我们回家，这就是一天了。每到周三时，老师都会带我们去游览，迪士尼乐园、环球影城和海盗乐园等我们都去过。

过了二个星期的短暂家庭生活，我们就依依不舍地离开了他们。我们飞往波士顿，参观了哈佛大学和麻省理工大学。晚上我们吃中式自助餐。第二天我们乘车到达纽约，纽约给我的印象很大。纽约的空气污染比广州还大，平均每条大街都塞满了车。从远出看纽约市中心，纽约的建筑群高高低低，一大排都是楼房。我们参观了高大壮观的自由女神，车水马龙的华尔街，人群拥挤的时代广场，繁忙地第五大道。威严的联合国总部，令人惋惜的世贸大厦旧址，和全美国最严格的西点军校。

纽约这个城市名字的来历有一个有趣故事。英国有小镇叫“约克”。(YORK)。哥伦布发现新大陆后，约克镇的人移民到了美国在现在纽约的地方修建了一个新小镇。他们用故乡的名来命名，在“纽约”前面加了一个new(新的)，变成了new york.(新的约克)。翻译成中文就变成了“纽约”。不过，现在的纽约已经变成了世界最大的城市。纽约拥有20几条线和世界上最大的青铜钢架雕塑—自由女神，世界上最大的港口—蒙娜丽莎刚等几个世界之最。第二天，我们又前往美国首都华盛顿。我一来到华盛顿就发现华盛顿使很多，黑人也很多，空气很好。我们在华盛顿参加白宫，华盛顿纪念碑，林肯纪念堂，五角大楼等。晚上，我们乘坐飞机，飞往san Francissco.(旧金山)。我们又去了旧金山的艺术宫，渔人码头，九曲花街，和金门大桥。

金门大桥又被称为摇摆桥，当海风打在桥身上，总有一点摇摆的感觉，令人害怕。

晚上，我们搭乘华航班机返回祖国的怀抱。这次美国之旅让我知道了美国的风俗和文化，我觉得美国比中国礼貌比中国文明，他在环保方面也做得比我们好。

我们中国现在还存在很多不好的现象，如随地大小便，乱扔垃圾等。我在美国是根本看不到的，所以我们要学习美国的文明礼貌，提高我们的素质。还有美国的科学很发达，中国应要快马加鞭，超过美国。

一个自由且多彩的国家，圣诞节是他们快乐狂欢的日子。美国的民族复杂，所以其庆祝方式常因移民的不同而有所差异。大部分室内都有别致的布置，门外悬挂着美艳的花环及绮丽的饰物。

梵谛冈：如果你想在世界最大的圣彼得教堂参加由教皇亲自主持的圣诞弥撒，虽然那里可容纳三万五千人但仍需预先定位。其圣诞弥撒大多在十二月二十五日零时举行，教皇坐在八个侍从抬着的轿子上穿过群众，一边向信徒们祝福一边走上祭坛。教皇着白袍外罩金黄色祭服，登上圣彼得大教堂的祭坛，以拉丁语念出祷告词。零时整，号角手吹响的喇叭，安放于大祭坛上的摇篮本被覆盖着。这时，圣婴耶稣身上的白布被徐徐除下了。教堂内的各国信徒眼眶里含着热泪，以各自的语言唱出悠扬的“平安夜”。世界各地的天主教徒均视前往圣彼得大教堂，亲谒教皇，受其祝福，为一生中最大的荣幸。

日本：虽然日本非基督教国家，但战后日本过圣诞节的风气十分风靡。原因之一与各大商家的促销有关。有的百货公司以圣诞树作装潢，在店内布置雪景，增加银色圣诞的气氛。各色茶店、夜总会、酒吧也都安置一株圣诞树以应景。十二月中旬各商店人山人海，大家为准备圣诞礼物赠送亲友而忙碌。善心人士亦趁机致赠礼品予东京室内五十二所肢体及心智障碍的儿童。

上星期郭校长去美国学习了。喏，这不是正在给我们讲美国的事吗?

看了美国的一些资料和图片，我知道了美国是一个非常干净清洁的国家，地上只有掉下来的树叶，却没有烂纸、塑料袋什么的;美国人很爱护动物，布莱恩校长的家很大，经常有小动物在布莱恩校长家旁的高尔夫球场里来回跑动，像鹿、松鼠什么的。

美国的教育很好，学校一个班绝不会超过二十人，教室设计也很有条理，而最让我们羡慕的是课堂气氛相当活跃。

这节课让我学到了很多，我们应该向美国人学习，不吃垃圾食品;爱护环境卫生，在马路上看到垃圾要捡起来，扔进垃圾箱里;保护动物朋友;多植树和草坪;不要在公共场所或者自己家中大喊大叫。

我们要保持更好的环境卫生，向美国看齐。我们要多多了解美国，尽力而为地超过美国!

当年李鸿章访美是件轰动美国朝野的大事，当时纽约媒体竞相报道。特别是《纽约时报》几乎有着详尽的李鸿章活动日志。

同时，梁启超的《新大陆游记·由加拿大至纽约》、林乐知的《李傅相历聘欧美记》，特别是当代外交官郑曦原编著的《帝国的回忆：纽约时报晚清观察记》，皆通过当时美国记者们的笔传录了不少史实，可以使我们在今天透过百年的烟尘，仍然能够爬梳出来当年李鸿章访美时的紧张、生动而富有意义的外交斡旋场景。

当时，如曙光初上的世界强国美国面前，李鸿章这个暮年老人，为身处苍茫的中华帝国作出了何种努力，去传播东方的呼声和延续东方的文明。只可惜，弱国无外交。但是，从李鸿章的挣扎中，我仍然看到了那时老迈的中国那骄傲的、渐行渐远的身影。

史料记载，李鸿章访美是出于其他的因缘。那是在1896年，李鸿章奉命出使俄国参加沙皇尼古拉二世的加冕礼。当时他已经73岁，距上次在天津接见美国前总统格兰特已经17年了。出席完沙皇加冕礼，他决定顺访欧美列国，看一看外面的世界。此行历时共190天，行程9万里。

游历欧洲后，李鸿章一行乘“圣·路易斯”号邮轮，于当地时间1896年8月28日抵达美国纽约。李鸿章的到访，几乎是第一位东方高官来到美利坚。整个纽约沸腾了，万人空巷。

美国人称李鸿章是“总督”，美国东部，报纸记者云集，各报号外如雪片般发散，李鸿章抢了当时美国所有报纸的头版头条。让我们简单逐日记载一下李鸿章当时在美的行程。

由学校组织的带队老师和学生一行29人的旅游团，利用暑假时间，赴美参加了美国文化交流夏令营。

我们登上飞机后，我的怀里像揣着一只小兔子，心咚咚直跳，激动极了。因为我们将乘坐波音747横跨太平洋，飞往美国。不一会儿，飞机便起飞了，在飞机上，看着下面的大好山河;看着那长长的黄浦江;看着那威严的山峰，我感到即将离开的祖国是那么雄伟壮丽。据说，美国，是一个经济和科技发达，具有悠久历史文化的国家。有幸去那里让我非常高兴，非常自豪……经过13个多小时的航程，我们终于来到了第一站，美国著名城市之一——旧金山。

下了飞机，我们随领队老师一起来到当地一所学校，同学们被分到了不同的家庭。之后，我们便分别跟着所分到的家庭主人来到了各自的家。四个星期的家庭生活，我们和他们相处得都很愉快，和他们一起交流，一起生活，且品尝了地地道道的具有美国风味的饮食，学习了地地道道的英语。这四个星期，是我由生以来最有价值的时光，但美好的时光总是过得很快，不久我们的家庭生活就要结束了，我非常舍不得离开他们，但天下没有不散的宴席，只好依依不舍地离开了他们，便开始了我们的第二阶段的旅游生活——参观游览。我们参观了白宫、自由女神像、自由钟等许多著名城市和雄伟建筑，还参观了斯坦福大学、哥伦比亚大学、耶鲁大学等名牌大学，让我赏心悦目，赞不绝口。

经过这一次终生难忘的美国之旅，使我感慨万千，受益匪浅。首先使我感到大开了眼界，亲眼看到美国的大学到处林立，说明他们对教育的重视，所以他们不仅文化和文明程度高，而且科技和经济发达，人们生活水平普遍很高。其次，四个星期的美国家庭生活，使我们学到了不少知识，特别是通过短期地地道道的英语培训，纠正了在发音方面的不当之处，使我们英语水平有了很大提高。第三，他们讲卫生、讲文明、讲礼貌的社会风气，使我深受教育和启发。

我要以这次美国之旅为动力，今后要加倍努力学习，争取不久的将来，重返美国学习，学好知识和本领来报效祖国。

我到森林里，是因为我要过真正的生活，我要活的充实，吸取生命中的精髓;摒弃一切与生活无关的事物，当我死时，才不至于发现我白活了一场。

《死亡诗社》讲的是关于守旧与创新、现实与浪漫、新人与老人碰撞较量的故事，这部影片很能激发人的思考。当我活在这个世界上，我想要追求的是什么，我需要的是什么?地位、金钱、还是美人?我们很多人都只是因为活着而活着。就像电影里面的学生们，被自己的父母怀揣着希望送入威尔顿，一开始他们也是不乐意的吧，就像哭着说我不要来这儿的小男孩一样。但是结果呢?经过时间的流逝，古板教育的教导，他们磨平了自己的棱角，渐渐地和这个严肃古板的学校融为一体。

理论上来说，教育应该是教导我们成为基廷那样的人，成为一个有思想的个体，而不是工厂里批量生产的商品。儿时，老师问你你的梦想是什么，你说你想要做一个屠夫，因为你想要每天都吃到新鲜的猪肉。少年，老师问你的梦想是什么，你说你想要成为一个医生，可以拯救濒危的生命。现在，我问你你的梦想是什么，你说你只想赚到足够的钱让自己活下去。

为什么你的想法发生这么大的变化?因为我们在成长，我们不再是那个心中充满浪漫和希望的“小孩”，生存成了我们生活的第一件大事，其他的所有都应该后退让位。本来是翱翔天际的雄鹰，却偏偏放弃了自己的翅膀选择做田间的蝼蚁，多么可悲?我们应该像歌里唱的“管你什么想法，我是我自己的表达，管你什么看法，我的世界我来浮夸”。出门左转，换个方向，你的生活也会更加美好。

基廷在交给孩子们诗歌的时候总是摈除现实主义而侧重浪漫主义的，就像惠特曼和雪莱。本来就是十五六岁的少年，为什么要让他们过早变得现实而失去这个年纪所拥有的浪漫与天真呢?而古诗文社就是这么一个宣泄的缺口，让他们能在浪漫的诗词中找寻到自己已经死去的梦想，宣泄出现实的压抑。但是尼尔，这一个被自己父亲寄予厚望被迫放弃自己喜爱的表演的孩子，却没有找到自己的方式，最终以自杀收尾。我不能说这件事和基廷完全无关，但最终想不开的还是尼尔，毕竟现实和梦想并不是完全分开的两个空间啊，当你能够在现实中坚持自己的梦想的时候，才是真正的伟大。

我不能否认对威尔顿来说基廷的到来导致某些人的生活变得一团糟，因为他们习惯了平静，习惯了不改变。但是我还是认为，当你有能力改变的时候，不要吝啬的伸出去自己的手。毕竟，现在成功的人大多都不那么循规蹈矩，跳出你给自己划出的圈子，其实世界很大很美好。

我觉得电影告诉我的，就是题目上那句话。如果不信，那么就请彪悍的不相信。不要不相信，还怕这怕那，还害怕万一是真的怎么办?万一错了怎么办?任何介于信和不信两者之间的暧昧、忸怩的状态，都会给自己带来伤害——这就是这部电影告诉我的。

我们生活中不乏这样的例子。我们时常看见某人家里供着个佛像，然后我们问主人，哟?您还信佛那?主人往往回答，倒不是那么信，不过供供总是没坏处，万一真的有佛呢?我们时常看到某人脖子上戴个十字架，我们问，请问您是基督徒?经常有人回答，不是不是，我是为了避邪。

影片正是告诉我们，任何不是出于严肃的信仰的模棱两可的“相信”都会给我们带来恶果。当我们不去严肃的信仰某个东西，却又害怕这个信仰一旦变成真的怎么办的时候，我们就陷进了挣扎当中。而在这种“将信将疑”的时候，人的心理是最为脆弱的，因为它不够彪悍，不够坚强。

因此，所谓信仰，乃是必须出自心灵深处的，而不是出于任何功利的目的——比如自我保护，再比如祈求得到可能的拯救或祝福等等。当你出于这些功利的目的而去靠近一个信仰或者宗教的时候，却往往让自己出于精神上最为脆弱、最容易受到伤害的境地。

最后，让我们再次体味《希望与反抗》里那句经典台词“人要有坚强的精神和温柔的心灵”。

在一个阳光明媚风和日丽的一天，我们来到了位于美国洛杉矶的环球影城。好莱坞环球影城位于市区西北郊。20世纪初，电影制片商在此发现理想的拍片自然环境，便陆续集中到此，使这块土地逐渐成为世界闻名的影城。

我们进入景区后，先坐在一辆车上游览了拍摄基地。拍摄基地就是拍摄好莱坞大片的地方。进去一看，不愧是专业，几乎把任何场景都模仿了，有洪水、印第安村庄、还有4D做成的“金刚”的家(一只猩猩，看过的同学应该都知道)……做的最真实的当属地铁站了，首先就是一个地铁站的摆设，这不稀奇，马上就是灾难来临的时刻了。先是电路漏电，然后洪水从楼梯上倾泻下来，紧接着上面的汽车掉了下来，最后一辆地铁冲了过来立刻撞上了柱子， 随着“咚”的声响，我们离开了“地铁站”。

去了拍摄基地，我们又去了“木乃伊的洞穴”(过山车)。过山车十分恐怖，先是慢慢的走，旁边有蜘蛛网、骷髅头等东西做出那种十分恐怖的感觉。突然，前面出现了一个法老，他说要诅咒你然后就开始了。过山车左摇右晃，一会儿上，一会儿下，一会儿正着开，一会儿倒着开。突然停了下来，后面突然出现了几个僵尸正追着你，然后以最快的速度向前冲了去，那感觉爽啊!

我玩了许多项目后离开了环球影城，那天实在是太开心了!我真的还想再去一次。

导语：没有钱是悲哀的事。但是金钱过剩则倍过悲哀。以下是yuwenmi小编为大家精心整理的美国人去西部淘金的故事哲理故事，欢迎大家阅读参考!

数十年前，美国人达比和他叔叔到遥远的西部去淘金，他们手握鹤嘴镐和铁锹不停地挖掘，几个星期后，他们终于惊喜地发现了金灿灿的矿石。于是，他们悄悄将矿井掩盖起来，回到家乡马里兰州的威廉堡，准备筹集大笔资金购买采矿设备。

不久，他们的淘金的事业便如火如茶地开始了。当采掘的首批矿石被运往冶炼厂时，专家们断定他们遇到的可能是美国西部罗拉地区最大的金矿之一。达比仅仅只用了几车矿石，便很快将所有的投资全部收回。

然而，令达比万万没有料到的是，正当他们的希望在不断升高的时候，奇怪的事发生了：金矿脉突然消失!尽管他们继续拼命地钻探，试图重新找到矿脉，但一切都是徒劳。好像上帝有意要和达比开一个巨大的玩笑，让他的美梦从此成为泡影。万般无奈之下，他不得不忍痛放弃了几乎要使他们成为新一代富豪的矿井。

接着，他们将全套机器设备卖给了当地一个旧货商，带着满腹的遗憾和失望回到家乡威廉堡。

就在他们刚刚离开后的几天，这个收废品的商人突发奇想，决计去那口废弃的矿并碰碰运气。他请来一名采矿工程师考察矿井，只做了一番简单的测算，工程师便指出前一轮工程失败的原因，是由于业主不熟悉金矿的断层线。考察结果表明：更大的矿脉其实就在距达比停止钻探三英寸的地方!

世上的事情奇巧得往往就像这个精彩故事的本身：作为怀着同一梦幻的有心人，达比虽然付出了最大努力，但他获取的却是罗拉地区最大金矿的一个小小支脉;收旧货的商人虽然只花费了最小的代价，却通过一口废弃的矿井而成功地拥有了最大金矿的全部。

很多时候我们可能离梦想只有一步之遥，却因为被现象所蒙蔽而选择了放弃。梦想的实现需要坚持，也需要智慧。

没有钱是悲哀的事。但是金钱过剩则倍过悲哀。——托尔斯泰

去年8月，读完了三年级的我到美国和父母一起生活。当时我只会说两个单词“good" ， "Hi”和 A，B，C:”三个字母。妈妈给我写了几张纸片，一而中丈，一面英文，上面写着我需要的句子。就这样我去上四年级了! 到了学校，我发现整个校园没有一个人会说中文。我听他们讲着“叽叽喳喳”的话，就更害怕了。我的班主任微笑地走过来，跟我说了好多“东西”，我都听不懂只好回答了一声“Hi"。上课时我要上间所就给老师肴一张纸片“I一。1 to go toru4l room。” 她微笑着点头。第一天就这样过了。我像一个哑巴，只能做数学。

第二天一切照常，下午我的英文老师来了。她是教全校的外国学生英文的。她不会讲中文，只能用英文教，我什么都听不懂。回到家里我沮丧地对妈妈说:“英文这么难，我一点也听不懂!”妈妈说: “不要灰心，灰心的人什么事都做不好!” 以后每天父母都写5个单词让我背，还帮我尽量完成自然作业。尽管这样很困难，但是我在第一学期还是拿了3个A。慢慢地我的英文有进步了，跟英文老师说的话越来越多，老师给我的作业越来越多，我都能完成，让她们满意。可是我从来不跟班主任说话。因为我担心我说不好，所以总是点头或摇头来回答。妈妈为此批评了我，但我就是不讲。就这样我过了好长一段“假哑巴”的日子。

有一天我找不到一张作业纸，我知道老师还有一些，就叫妈妈去告诉老师。妈妈听了后说:“你的事情自己想办法。”她希望我能结束当“哑巴”的日子。第二天，我在老师的办公桌前走来走去。我的心跳得特别快，不知道怎么办。老师问:“有什么事吗?”我愣了一下又摇摇头。最后不知哪里来的一股力量，我用英文说:“我……我找不到……”突然我愣着了:什么?真是我在说话?她看着我，给我一个鼓励的微笑。我又接着说:“我找不到作业纸。”她听了高兴地把我楼在怀里，说:“我真为你桥傲!” 到了第二学期的后期，我已经跟同学们一起学语文、数学、自然、社会学、拼音(英文)。作业也大多仁要帮助了。十门课中我得到九个A。在学年的最后一天，老师发给我四个奖:数学、自然、英文、阅读。我很激动。我很感谢我的班主任和英文老师明年，我一定要做得更好，在这块土地上为中华民族争光!

Early this morning, we took a flight to San Francisco. One of the things that impressed me most was the visit to the Intel museum.

Had no sooner arrived at the museum of strong science and breathed, threshold before those incredible illusion, now all become a reality in my eyes, most especially, I saw "anatomy" internal computer, reminds people of multifarious, the winding river maze.

The computer that we normally see is always so convenient, which brings people many benefits, but who thought how complicated it is inside? Today I finally saw the hard-won computer. The main thing in the computer is the chip, which looks like a labyrinth with no end. Its hard to make a chip.

First, cut the chip plate at the bottom of the well, but at the bottom of the plate, but have to hard gold wire to build by laying bricks or stones becomes, in the process of making chips, making people have to keep the body clean, because in the process of production, the chip can not be stained with a trace of dust inside. Otherwise, the previous efforts can be abandoned! The whole process must be careful, and every part needs to be carefully selected and meticulous. It is conceivable that a computer is made up of many "meticulous".

Its hard to make a computer, but the worlds elite have honed it in this difficult situation. As long as you work hard, you can create your own life and the world. Today I am proud of mankind, tomorrow man is proud of me.

"We wish you a merry Christmas, we wish you a merry Christmas"Have you heard that song? Yup! Its Christmas time! This Christmas, I stayed with my "host family"1. It was an amazing experience to see how a typical American family would celebrate the biggest western festival of the year.

Christmas, like our Spring Festival, has a meaning in itself. Christmas Day, which is on December 25, is the birthday of Jesus Christ--the son of God. Thats why it is called Christmas. On that day, Christians would get together with their families to celebrate the birthday of Jesus. But nowadays, the religious meaning of Christmas has become less emphasized. To many families, it is just a time of family reunion and the ever-exciting present-giving.

Our school had been on winter vacation since December 11. I stayed at my friend, Stephen Stapczynskis house--his family was my "host family". Although Christmas was still more than ten days ahead, the festive spirit had already been teeming everywhere. The Christmas tree had already been set up, and on every windowsill, there were Christmas lights. On the first day I arrived at their house, Stephen and I helped Mrs. Stapczynski put decorations on the Christmas tree. The tree looked so nice with all the lights on and the beautiful ornaments dangling from its branches.

As Christmas came closer, the whole neighborhood had made preparations too. Some people would hold parties at their houses, inviting all their neighbors to come. So every night, if you went out, you would see a long line of cars parked in front of some house--a partys on!

Whats more, the Christmas decorations that some people put on their windows and in gardens were just amazing. On one night, we went out in our car for a "tour of lights". There was one street that was so famous for its lights that it got its way into the local paper. We had a hard time finding the well-hidden street, but it turned out to be worth the effort. Lights shone brightly in front of nearly every house, on trees, bushes, doors, windowseverywhere, taking different shapes, making it seem almost like daytime. Huge inflatable figures in the front gardens were waving to us: there were Santa Clauses2, of course, chuckling merrily away; and there were also other Christmas figures, like Rudolph3--the red-nosed reindeer--with his red nose gleaming ever so brightly; even Bart Simpson--a character in the famous comedy The Simpsons--had joined the jolly party, wearing a Santas hat. The street set off a lot of "ooh"s and "aah"s inside the car.4 When we left, there was a line of cars in the street, all there to see the lights.

Christmas is the time for exchanging presents. Stephen and Niko had been thinking about their Christmas lists (a list of things they wish "Santa"to give them for Christmas) for a long time. I didnt want to ask for anything, but the Stapczynskis were so kind to "force"me make one list as well (Mr. Stapczynski told me if I didnt make one he would chop off my legs). So I wrote down a couple of things that I would like to have, and gave the list to them--sorry, my mistake--to Santa.

Finally, Christmas Eve came. There was a special Christmas service at the church at 6 p.m. It was certainly a very interesting experience for me. The priest started the service reading and sang out extractions from a holy book--The Divine Liturgy. For several times, we would stand up and pray.

Sometimes, the church choir would start singing. The atmosphere was very quiet and holy. Then there was a ceremony called "The Receiving Communion". People waited in line to "receive"a spoonful of food from the priest. It was a very special Christmas tradition. The food was made from bread and wine. The bread represents the body of Jesus, and the wine represents his blood. After this ceremony, the priest had a speech. He reminded us not to forget the true meaning of Christmas, and let Jesus really live inside us--that is, to love the people around us wholeheartedly. I think that no matter if you are a Christian or not, this principle should be part of our lives. After the priest finished his speech, the part that I enjoyed most came: Christmas carols5. Christmas carols are songs that people sing at Christmas, such as "Jingle Bells", "We Wish You a Merry Christmas", "Silent Night"and so on. Some were very merry, others sounded quite holy, but all of them were beautiful. I closed my eyes, and let all the peacefulness and happiness that were in the songs flow through me. What a feeling it was!

We went to sleep earlier that day for we had to get up early on Christmas Day to open our presents. Sure enough, when I was still half-way during a sweet dream, Stephen burst into my room and told me to get up and open presents. There were a huge pile of presents under the Christmas tree, and there was such a mysterious mist shrouding them that made me eager to see what they all were. So one by one, we went through all the presents. Mr. and Mrs. Stapczynski had bought me everything I had written on my Christmas list--and a lot more! I got music CDs, film DVDs, clothes, books I was very happy, and I didnt know how to express my appreciation for what they had done for me.

Stephen and Niko had gotten a lot of presents too, and they had already been trying out their new games!

In the afternoon, we went to Mrs. Stapczynskis brother, Uncle Stans house. They had prepared a marvelous meal for us. A lot of their friends and relatives also came. I saw Stephen and Nikos grandparents, Yiayia and Papou (words of grandma and grandpa in Greek--Mrs. Stapczynskis parents came from Greece, so they like the boys using Greek words to call them). They were very kind to me, and treated me just like one of their family members. We had a very luxurious meal, consisting of turkey, beef, pork, and all sorts of other food.

After the meal, when all the stomachs were full and everyone was feeling drowsy6 from all the food, we just sat around the table and chatted, just like what we Chinese people do at the Spring Festival. After all, Christmas, like the Spring Festival, is a time for us to get away from our busy lives, a time for family gathering, and a time to have some fun.

美国是世界上最发达的国家，对于美国，你的了解有多少?下面，是小编为你整理的有关介绍美国的英语作文，希望对你有帮助! 有关介绍美国的英语作文篇1

Based on historical documents, modern survey and statistics, as well as the result of predecessor studies, the trend and main process of forest dynamics are recognized. The forest area and forest coverage rates for each province of China from 1700 to 1949 are es- timated backward by every 50 years. Linking the result with modern National Forest Inventory data, the spatial-temporal dynamics of Chinese forest in recent 300 years (AD 1700–1998) is quantitatively analyzed. The study shows that in recent 300 years, the forest area in current territory of China has declined by 0.95×108 hm2 (or 9.2% of the coverage rate) in total, with a trend of decrease and recovery. Before the 1960s, there was a trend of accelerated de- scending. The forest area was reduced by 1.66×108 hm2 (or 17% of the coverage rate) in 260 years. While after the 1960s, there has been a rapid increase. The forest area increased by 0.7×108 hm2 (or 8% of the coverage rate) in 40 years. The study also shows that there is a significant spatial difference in the dynamics of forest. The amplitudes of increasing and de- creasing in western China are both smaller than the ones in eastern China. During the rapid declining period from 1700 to 1949, the most serious decrease appeared in the Northeast, the Southwest and the Southeast, where the coverage rate in most provinces dropped over 20%. In Heilongjiang Province, the coverage rate dropped by 50%. In Jilin Province, it dropped by 36%. In Sichuan Province and Chongqing Municipality, it dropped by 42%. In Yunnan Prov- ince, it dropped by 35%. During the recovery period 1949–1998, the western provinces, mu- nicipality and autonomous regions, including Ningxia, Gansu, Inner Mongolia, Si- chuan–Chongqing, Yunnan, Tibet, Xinjiang and Qinghai, etc, the increase rates are all below 5%, while the eastern provinces, municipality and autonomous regions (except Heilongjiang, Hubei, Jiangsu–Shanghai) have achieved an increase over 5%, among which the Guang- dong–Hainan, Guangxi, Anhui, Beijing–Tianjin–Hebei, Shandong, Henan, Zhejiang, and Fu- jian have an increase over 10%. 有关介绍美国的英语作文篇2

A history of long and effortless success can be a dreadful handicap,but,if properly handled,it may become a driving force.When the United States entered just such a glowing period after the end of the Second World War,it had a market eight times larger than any competitor ,giving its industries unparalleled economies of scale.Its scientists were the worlds best,its workers the most skilled.American and Americans were prosperous beyongd the dreams of the Europeans and Asians whose economeics the war had destroyed.

It was inevitable that this primacy should have narrowed as other countries grew richer.Just as inevitably,the retreat from predominace proved painful.By the mid 1980s Americans had found themselves at a losss over their fading industrial competitiveness.Some huge American industries,such as consumer electronics,hand shrunk or vanished in the face of foreign competitiong.By 1987 there was only one American television maker left,Zenith.(Now there is none :Zenith was bought by SouthKoreasLGElectronics in July.)Foreign made cars and textiles were sweeeping into the domestic market.Americas machine-tool industry was on the ropes.For a while it looked as though the makeing of semiconductors,whidh America had invented and which sat at the heart of the new computer age,was going to be the next caualty.

All of this caused a crisis of confidenc.Americans stopped taking prosperity ofr granted .They began to believe that their way of doing business was failing,and that their incomes would therefore shourtly begin to fall as well .The mind -1980s brought one inquiry after another into the causes ofAmericas in dustrial decline.Thir sometimes sensational findings were filled with warnings about the growing competitiong from overseas.

How things have changed!I1995 the United States can look back on five years of solid growth while Japan has been struggling.Few Americans attribute this Self doubt has yielded to blind pride.American industry has changed its structure ,has gone on a diet ,has learnt to be more quik witted,according to Richard Cavanagh,executive dean of Harvards Kennedy School of Government.It makes me proud to be an American just to see how our businesses are improving theirproductivity,says Stephen Moore of the Cato Institute ,a think tank in Washington,DC,And William Sahlman of the Harvard Business School believes that people will look back on this perido as a golden age of business management in the United States.

[2017年有关介绍美国的英语作文

美国本土位于北美洲中部，其北与加拿大接壤，南靠墨西哥湾，西临太平洋，东濒大西洋。海岸线22680公理。大部分地区属于温带大陆性气侯。

在美国，人们在唐人街能够品尝地道的中国美食像粤菜，川菜鲁菜，和世界各地的美食。美国的主要食物有火鸡，生菜，汉堡，热狗等。但我最欢的是汉堡 ，因为他简单，快捷，省时，便利而且肉多菜少很合我的味口。

秋天，树木的叶子变黄了。秋风吹着落叶在林间风和舞。这时候，天鹅还在水中慢少，小松鼠和别的动物都在准备过冬的食物。

冬天，雪花在空中飞舞，树上，房子上，车上，人身上都积满了一层白雪。地上的雪厚厚的，又松又软长长没过膝盖。早晨睡醒，天和地都是白芒芒的一片，银妆素裹，分外妖娆。小朋友们最开心了，因为可以打雪仗，堆雪人可好玩了。大人们有的在马路边扫雪。有的在把汽车从雪堆里挖出来，忙的不亦乐乎。

听我小姨说：美国的小朋友能选自己喜欢的课程来学。而且回家以后没有书面作业，只有选自己喜欢的事物进行观察。美国的小朋友上课时也没有固定的座位，只要围着老师就可以，课堂气氛比较轻松。

我想去美国，努力学习先进的科技，回报祖国。

大峡谷全长347千米，宽6至29千米，深1600米。位于美国西部亚利桑那州北部的凯巴布高原上，1869年被美国独擘炮兵少校约翰·卫斯莱·鲍威尔带领的一支探险小分队发现。1919年，威尔逊总统批准将它辟为国家公园，总面积达1100平方千米。大峡谷国家公园于1980年列入世界遗产名录。

含括了美国西南风物的精典、众多的国家公园，陨星撞击的巨坑，扑朔迷离的峡谷、大台阶状的绚彩断层，硅化木集群，隐藏的印地安崖居遗迹，神秘的化外天地。

“不管你走过多少路，不管你见过多少名山大川，这个科罗拉多大峡谷，色调是那么新奇，结构是那么宏伟，仿佛只能存在于另一个世界，另一个星球。”这是美国早年的自然学家、探险家约翰·缪尔(JohnMuir)在1890年游历大峡谷后，对大峡谷一段中肯的描述。

有美国“音乐山水画家”之称作曲家格罗菲1920年游历了大峡谷之后，激起了强烈的创作欲望。此后他用了近十年的时间，多次前往大峡谷观察、体验，以其鲜明的音乐形象描绘大峡谷的雄伟、壮观和变幻无穷的美，创作出《大峡谷》交响组曲，被称为“一部用音符写成的游记”。

到大峡谷，第一眼就感受到从未有过的震慑和惊异。感叹在现代文明不断征服大自然的同时，却仍然留下了如此壮丽的原始洪荒。描绘大峡谷是十分困难的，你很难用语言表达大峡谷的景色，只能在亲临大峡谷后，用心灵去感知她的庄严、静穆和深邃，领略造物主赋予大峡谷的瞬息变幻和亿万年的寂寥。

大峡谷位于北美洲内陆，横贯于亚利桑那州和犹他州之间。这里气候干燥，幅员辽阔，有奇岩、红土、峡谷和印第安风情。美国西部电影里，常常描绘的一百年前那些劫富济贫、匡扶正义的孤胆英雄或牛仔豪杰，骑马挎枪，风驰电掣地走过寸草不生的红土峡谷，越过激流汹涌的科罗拉多河，以及夕阳斜照下无边无际、路途茫茫的如画镜头，大都是在这里拍摄的。美国西部西南四州——亚利桑那州、犹他州、科罗拉多州、新墨西哥州，也自然成为旅游者体验西部牛仔生活的理想之地。

The biggest "infrastructure" challenge for the United States in the next decade is not the billions needed for railroads, highways and energy. It is the American school system, from kindergarten through the Ph.D. program and the postgraduate education of adults. And it requires something far scarcer than money -- thinking and risk-taking.

在下一个十年中，美国所遇到的最大的“基础结构”的挑战并不是花费几十亿美元用于铁路、公路和能源，而是美国的教育制度――从幼儿园到博士的培养计划以及成人的教育。这需要的是比金钱更宝贵的东西――思考和冒险。

The challenge is not one of expansion. On the contrary, the rapid growth in enrollment over the last 40 years has come to an end. By 1978, more than 93 percent of young people entering the labor force had at least an eighth-grade education. So even if the birthrate should rise somewhat, little expansion is possible for elementary and secondary school enrollments.

这种挑战不是推广教育的挑战;相反的情况是过去40年里入学人数的快速增长已经结束。到1978年，进入劳动大军的93%以上的青年人都至少受过8年教育。所以，即使人口出生率有所上升，小学和中学的入学人数也只是小幅度的增长。

The last 30 years of social upheaval are also over. Busing will continue to be a highly emotional issue in a good many large cities. And there will still be efforts to use schools to bring women into fields such as engineering that have traditionally been considered "male." But this shift has already been accomplished in many fields: half or more of the accounting students in graduate schools of business, for example, are now women. As for most other social issues, the country will no longer try to use schools to bring about social reform. Its becoming increasingly clear to policy makers that schools cannot solve all the problems of the larger community.

过去30年的社会动荡已经结束。用校车接送学生在许多大城市里仍将是一个带有高度感情色彩的问题。人们还将继续努力通过学校教育让妇女进军一些传统上被认为是属于“男性”的领域，如工程领域。但这种转换在许多领域已经完成。例如，现在在商学院会计专业的学生中，半数或半数以上的是女生。至于大部分别的社会问题，国家不会再利用学校来带动社会变革。决策者们愈加清晰：学校不能解决事关较大社会范围的全部问题。

Instead, the battle cry for the 90s will be the demand for performance and accountability. For 30 years, employers have been hiring graduates for their degrees rather than their abilities; employment, pay and often even promotion have depended on ones diploma. Now many major employers are beginning to demand more than the completion of school. Some of the major banks, for example, are studying the possibility of entrance examinations that would test the knowledge and abilities of graduates applying for jobs.

相反，90年代的强烈呼声将是要求工作表现和能承担责任。30年来，雇主们雇佣毕业生时只考虑学位而不是他们的能力;就业、薪水、甚至是提升常取决于文凭。现在，许多大雇主已经开始不仅仅看重完成学业。例如，一些大银行正在研究进行求职考试的可行性以便测试毕业生的知识和能力。

Students and parents, too, will demand greater accountability from schools, on all levels. It will be increasingly common to go to law against school districts and colleges for awarding degrees without imparting the skills that are supposed to go along with them. And many young people are already switching to practical "hard" subjects. Caring little about the so-called "youth culture" and the media, they have been shifting from psychology into medicine, from sociology into accounting and from black studies into computer programming.

学生和家长也对各类学校提出了更高的要求。将学区和学院告到法庭，因为它们只授予学位而没有传授学位所要求的技能，这种情况将会越来越多。许多年轻人已经开始转向实用的“硬件”课程，他们很少关心所谓的“青年文化”和媒体报道，已经从心理学转向医学，从社会学转到会计学，从黑人研究转向计算机程序设计。

Demand for education is actually going up, not down. What is going down, and fairly fast, is demand for traditional education in traditional schools.

对于教育的需要事实上是在上升而不是在下降。正在下降而且下降得相当快的是对传统学校的传统教育的需求。

Indeed, the fastest growing industry in America today may be the continuing professional education of highly schooled adults. Much of it takes place outside the education establishment -- through companies, hospitals and government departments that run courses for managerial and professional employees; or through management associations and trade associations. In the meantime, any number of private enterprises are organizing courses, producing training films and tapes and otherwise taking advantage of growth opportunities that universities shy away from.

实际上，当今美国增长最快的产业可能是已上了不少学的成年人的继续职业教育。这种教育大多是在教育机构进行的，通过公司、医院和政府部门进行的，这些单位为其聘用的管理人员和专业人员开设课程，或者通过管理协会或行业协会进行。与此同时，许多私人企业安排课程，制作用于培训的电影和磁带，并以其他方式利用着各种增长的机会，而这些机会是大学避而不用的。

The demand for continuing education does not take the form that most observers, including this writer, originally expected -- namely, "Great Books" classes for adults wanting to learn about the humanities, the arts, the "life of the mind." We face instead a growing demand for advanced professional education: in engineering and medicine, in accounting and journalism, in law and in administration and management.

对继续教育的要求不是采取大多数观察者、包括本文作者原来预期的形式――即给想了解人文学科、艺术和心理的活动的成年人用“大部头书”上课。相反，我们面对的是对高级职业教育提出的日益增长的要求。如在工程和医疗、会计和新闻、法律和行政管理及经营方面。

Yet the adults who come back for such studies also demand what teachers of professional subjects are so rarely able to supply: a humanistic perspective that can integrate advanced professional and technical knowledge into a broader universe of experience and learning. Since these new students also need unconventional hours -- evenings, weekends or high-intensity courses that stuff a terms work into two weeks ?their demands for learning bring a vague but real threat to the school establishment.

然而，重返学校进行这类学习的成年人所要求的东西，却是专业课的老师几乎不能提供的：一种能把先进的专业技术知识汇集到经验和学识的更广阔的普遍体系中的人文主义的观点。由于这些学生需要利用业余时间学习，如晚上、周未或者说把一学期的内容浓缩成两周的高强度的课程――他们对知识的需求给学校体制带来不易察觉但却真实的威胁。

The greatest challenge to education is likely to come from our new opportunities for diversity. We now have the chance to apply the basic findings of psychological, developmental and educational research over the last 100 years: namely, that no one educational method fits all children.

教育的最大挑战很可能源于我们对多样性选择的新机遇之中。我们现在可以应用过去100年中心理、发展教育等方面研究的成果，但任何一种教育方法不可能适合所有的儿童。

Almost all children are capable of attaining the same standards within a reasonable period of time. All but a few babies, for instance, learn to walk by the age of two and to talk by the age of three, but no two get there quite the same way.

几乎所有的儿童都能够在一个合理的时间内达到同样的水平。例如，除了极个别婴儿外，所有的孩子两岁学会走路，三岁会说话，但决没有两个孩子会按照完全一样的步骤获得这两种技能。

So too at higher levels. Some children learn best by rote, in structured environments with high certainty and strict discipline. Others gain success in the less structured "permissive" atmosphere of a "progressive” school. Some adults learn out of books, some learn by doing, some learn best by listening. Some students need prescribed daily doses of information; others need challenge and a high degree of responsibility for the design of their own work. But for too long, teachers have insisted that there is one best way to teach and learn, even though they have disagreed about what that way is.

在更高一级的水平上也是如此。一些孩子最适宜在非常稳定、纪律严明和规程严谨的环境中，靠死记硬背学习;而另一些孩子则能够在“进步的”学校里那种规程不甚严格的“随意”气氛中取得成功。有些成年人学习依靠书本，另一些人则靠动手，还有一些人靠听。因此学生规定出每天获取的信息量;而另外一些学生需要挑战性的压力，需要给自己的学习规划提出高标准的要求。但是长久以来，教师们坚持认为有一种最好的学习方法，尽管他们对于这种方法仍然各持己见。

A century ago, the greatest majority of Americans lived in communities so small that only one one-room schoolhouse was within walking distance of small children. Then there had to be "one right method" for everybody to learn.

100年前，绝大多数美国人居住在狭小的社区中，这社区小到只有一间校舍，连很小的孩子都可以步行上学。那时，也只能有“一种正确的方法”来让学生学习。

Today the great majority of pupils in the United States (and all developed countries) live in big cities with such density that there can easily be three or four elementary schools -- as well as secondary schools within each childs walking or bicycling distance. This enables students and their parents to choose between alternative routes to learning offered by competing schools.

现在，在美国(和其他发达国家)大部分的小学生都生活在人口稠密的大城市中。在这些城市中，每个孩子步行或骑自行车的距离内，非常容易地也可以找到三四所小学或中学。几所学校相互竞争使得学生和家长们可以择校就学。

Indeed, competition and choice are already beginning to infiltrate the school system. Private schools and colleges have shown an unusual ability to survive and develop during a period of rising costs and dropping enrollments elsewhere. All this presents, of course, a true threat to the public school establishment. But economics, student needs and our new understanding of how people learn are bound to break the traditional education monopoly just as trucks and airplanes broke the monopoly of the railroads, and computers and "chips" are breaking the telephone monopoly.

的确，竞争和选择已经开始参透到学校体制中，在别的学校费用上涨、入学人数下降之时，私立学校和学院却呈现出非凡的生存和发展能力。这对公立教育体制构成了真正的威胁。但正如卡车和飞机打破了铁路的垄断，计算机和“芯片”打破了电话的垄断一样，经济条件、学生需要和我们对于学习过程的新的认识，肯定会打破传统教育的垄断。

In the next 10 or 15 years we will almost certainly see strong pressures to make schools responsible for thinking through what kind of learning methods are appropriate for each child. We will almost certainly see great pressure, from parents and students alike, for result-focused education and for accountability in meeting objectives set for individual students. The continuing professional education of highly educated adults will become a third tier in addition to undergraduate and professional or graduate work. Above all, attention will shift back to schools and education as the central capital investment and infrastructure of a “knowledge society.”

在今后的10～15年中，我们肯定会看到：强大的压力能迫使学校去思考并找出适用于每个孩子的学习方法。我们肯定也会看到来自学生和家长方面的压力：他们要求重结果型的教育，要求学校要为达到给每个学生制定的目标负起责任来。在本科教育、专职和研究生教育之后还要有高学历成人的继续专职教育，这是第三种教育。毕竟，注意力将转回学校和教育上，把它们看作“知识社会”的重要的基本投资和基础结构。

[美国中学生作文集

"America， to endure， must change…… Change to preserve Americas ideals—— life， liberty， the pursu

"america， to endure， must change……

change to preserve americas ideals—— life， liberty， the pursuit of happiness. though we march to the music of our time，our mission is timeless."

—— president bill clinton， 1993

a society in transition

shifts in the structure of american society， begun years or even decades earlier， had become apparent by the time the 1980s arrived. the composition of the population and the most important jobs and skills in american society had undergone major changes.

the dominance of service jobs in the economy became undeniable. by the mid-1980s， capping a trend under way for more than half a century， three-fourths of all employees worked in the service sector —— for instance， as retail clerks， office workers， teachers， physicians and other health care professionals， government employees， lawyers， and legal and financial specialists.

service-sector activity benefited from the availability and increased use of the computer. this was the information age， with hardware and software that could aggregate previously unimagined amounts of data about economic and social trends. the federal government had made significant investments in computer technology in the 1950s and 1960s as part of its military and space programs. in the late 1970s， two young california entrepreneurs， working out of a garage， assembled the first widely marketed computer for home use， named it the apple —— and ignited a

revolution. by the early 1980s， millions of microcomputers had found their way into u.s. businesses and homes， and in 1982， time magazine dubbed the computer its "machine of the year."

meanwhile， americas "smokestack industries，" such as steel and textiles， were in decline. the u.s. automobile industry reeled under competition from such highly efficient japanese car makers as toyota， honda and nissan —— many of which opened their own factories in the united states. by 1980 japanese automobile manufacturers controlled a quarter of the american market. only by the late 1980s and early 1990s did u.s. manufacturers begin to match the

cost efficiencies and engineering standards of their japanese rivals， and start winning back the share of the domestic car market they had ceded to imports over the previous two decades. although consumers were the beneficiaries of this ferocious competition —— and in other highly competitive industries， as well， such as computers —— the painful struggle to cut costs meant the permanent loss of thousands of jobs in the u.s. auto industry.

population patterns shifted as well. after the end of the postwar "baby boom，" which lasted from approximately 1946 to 1964， the overall rate of population growth declined and the population grew older. household composition also changed. in 1980 the percentage of family households dropped; a quarter of all groups were now classified as "nonfamily households，" in which two or more uelated persons lived together.

new immigrants changed the character of american society in other ways. the 1965 reform in immigration policy shifted the focus away from western europe， and the number of new arrivals from asia and latin america increased

dramatically. vietnamese refugees， for example， poured into the united states in the aftermath of the war. in 1980， 808，000 immigrants arrived， the highest number in 60 years， as the country once more became a haven for people from around the world......

河上吹来的凉风令人神清气爽，这次坐游船，我们可以看到著名的“自由女神像”。

自由女神像和制作它的雕塑家还有个故事：

创作这一艺术杰作的是19世纪后期一位才华横溢的雕塑家，他的名字叫弗雷德里克·奥古斯特·巴托尔迪。1834年巴托尔迪出生在法国的一个意大利人家庭。他从青年时代起就酷爱雕塑艺术，自由女神的形象很早就存在于他的心目中了。1851年路易·拿破仑·波拿巴发动政变推翻第二共和国后的一天，一群坚定的共和党人在街头筑起防御工事，暮色苍茫时，一个年轻姑娘手持熊熊燃烧的火炬，跃过障碍物，高呼“前进”的口号向敌人冲去，波拿巴分子的枪声响了，姑娘倒在血泊中。巴托尔迪亲自目睹这一事实，心情久久不能平静。从此这位高攀火炬的勇敢姑娘就成为他心中自由的象征。

1865年，巴托尔迪在别人的提议下，决定塑造一座象征自由的塑像，由法国人民捐款，作为法国政府送给美国政府庆祝美国独立100周年的礼物。有趣的是：没过多久，巴托尔迪在一次婚礼上同一位名叫让娜的姑娘邂逅，让娜长得美丽端庄，仪态万方。巴托尔迪认为让她来为“照亮全球的”自由神像做模特是十分相称的，让娜欣然同意这一要求。

1869年自由神像的草图设计完成，巴托尔迪便开始全心全意地投入雕塑工作。他曾去过美国旅行，争取美国人对塑像计划的支持，但美国人迟迟没有意识到这一礼品的珍贵。直到1876年巴托尔迪参加在费城举行的庆祝独立100周年博览会时，为了引起公众的注意，便把自由女神执火炬的手在博览会上展出，才引起一场轰动。摆在人们面前的这只手仅食指就长达2.44米，直径1米多，指甲厚25厘米，火炬的边沿上可以站12个人。于是这件几天前还鲜为人知的雕塑品顿时身价百倍，成为美国人人渴望欣赏的艺术珍品。

我们登上游船，上到二楼。河上吹来的风甚为凉爽，把我额头上的头发撩到后面去了，后面的头发都顺着风，被吹成了“迎风飘扬”的发型。

只见宽阔无比的东河，泛着蓝蓝的波浪，沿河的地方，要么是楼房镶嵌在绿树小山之间，要么就是高楼拔地而起，一派繁荣景象;远处，水天一色的蓝，河面上泛起的粼粼波光，白白的，水和天似乎没有界限，天空上的白云也异常洁白。我隐隐约约看见右前方，有一座雕塑伫立在那里，那个就应该是自由女神像了吧，我想。

不远了，就在前面1百米处，自由女神像高高举着火炬，温柔和蔼又不失镇定稳重，蓝天白云下，自由女神像宛如一座淡青色的玉雕。这时，一只小帆船经过，更为这一幅秀丽的画添了一道亮丽的风景线。