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1000为父母做过的事初中英语作文
全文共 318 字
+ 加入清单Our parents give us much love every day,so we should give them love,too.That was a holiday,I stayed at home alone.I made a dinner for my parents.Because I was only seven,the meal was really awful.But my mother never stopped saying,"Its very delicious!"She said she was very impressed.
How do you give your parents love?
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篇1:初中英语作文:我的小屋
全文共 5380 字
+ 加入清单我的小屋,不是很繁华,也不是很宽敞,但是却很温馨。
I am living in (自己写). It has a wonderful envirnment. I can see flowers and trees from my house. there is a playground right in front of my block. Children always play there and senior citizens do exercises. Public transport is convience. School, hospital and super market are only a few minutes away. I like my housing estate very much.
对于自己的小屋,同学们是什么样的看法呢?将自己的小屋在这里描述下来吧!
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。
保护眼睛
Protect Our Eyes
Nowadays, there are more and more students becoming short-sighted. Some students get short-sightedness when they are little. There are fifteen students wearing glasses in my class. Being short-sighted is common among students, even in primary school. That is too serious. Therefore, we should protect our eyes carefully. When we are reading and writing, we should keep a standard posture. Besides, we should not watch TV or play computer for too long. They are bad for our eyes. And, we should do eyes exercises regularly. A good rest is also important to our eyes. In all, eyes are the windows of our mind. We should keep it healthy.
现在,越来越多的学生近视了。有些学生在很小的时候就近视了。我们班上有十五个学生戴眼镜。近视在学生中变得很普遍,甚至是在小学。这种情况很严重。因此,我们应该好好保护眼睛。当我们读书写字的时候,我们应该保持正确的姿势。此外,不要长时间看电视或玩电脑,对我们的眼睛不好。并且,我们应该有规律的做眼保健操。好的睡眠对我们的眼睛也很重要。总之,眼睛是我们心里的窗口,我们应该保持它健康。
希望同学们都能很好的保护眼睛,相信同学们会做的很好的吧,好好学习英语知识吧。
初中英语写作范文:第一次坐飞机
同学们都坐过飞机吗,下面是我对我第一次坐飞机的经历的介绍。
第一次坐飞机
My First Experience of Plane
Today I was very excited, because I traveled plane for the first time. My parents and I traveled toBeijingtoday. When the plane took off, I felt it was shaking. But I was not nervous because of excitement. After a while, it stopped shaking and flied higher. I could see the buildings on the ground. They became smaller and smaller. And finally, I couldnt see them anymore. Through the window, I could see the blue sky. It was very clear. Clouds were under the plane. They looked so different from the ground. It was amazing. I like the view very much. It took only two hours to get toBeijing. TheBeijingairport is very large and wonderful. There are many planes and people. I think my trip will be funny.
今天我很兴奋,因为我第一次坐飞机去旅游。今天父母和我去北京旅游。飞机起飞的时候,我感到它在摇晃。但是由于兴奋,我并没有觉得紧张。过了一会,飞机停止摇晃并且飞得更高了。我能够看到地上的建筑,它们越来越小,最后就再也看不到了。透过窗户,我可以看到蓝蓝的天空,很清澈。云朵在飞机下面,它们和地上看上去很不一样,那么惊奇。我很喜欢这风景。到北京花了我们两个小时。北京机场很大很壮观,飞机和人都很多。我觉得我的旅途一定会很有趣的。
通过上面我对第一次坐飞机的经历介绍,相信大家都很想坐飞机吧,相信大家一定会有机会的哦。
初中英语写作范文:寒假计划
虽然寒假已经过去了,但下面是我对我的寒假计划的介绍,希望大家看看哦。
寒假计划
Plan for Winter Holiday
The winter holiday is coming. I expect it very much, because the Spring Festival is the most important event in the holiday. First, I will relax myself. This term I work very hard, so during the holiday, I want to have fun. My families will go back to the hometown. We will get together to celebrate the Spring Festival. I like families getting together and organizing various activities. It’s funny and warm. Of course, study can’t be ignored. After the festival, I will spend some time on my study. There will be exercises for the holiday. And I will do some reviews for next term. Math is my weakness, so I must work hard to improve it. This is my plan for winter holiday.
寒假即将来临。我很期待它的到来,因为春节是这个假期最重要的节日。首先,我会放松一下自己。这个学期我学习很努力,所以假期期间我想玩玩。我的家人会回老家过节,我们将一起庆祝春节。我喜欢家人团聚在一起组织各种各样的活动,有趣而又温暖。当然,学习也是不容忽视的。春节过后,我会花些时间在学习上。我会完成一些寒假作业然后预习一些下学期的内容。数学是我的弱项,因此我必须努力提高它。这就是我的寒假计划。
上面就是我的寒假计划,希望同学们对自己的每一件事都有个自己的计划,一切都安排好,合理的安排自己的时间哦。
初中英语写作范文:这就是我
这就是我,大家对我还不熟悉吧,下面我来介绍一下吧。
这就是我
This Is Me
My name is Li Xing, a boy in fourteen years old. I come from Dalian, Liaoning Province, which is a beautiful and energetic city. Every year, thousands of tourists visit there. There are three people in my family, my parents and I. My parents are doctors who work in a big hospital in my city. I have many interests. Swimming, reading and movie are my favorites, which bring color to my busy study life. In study, I am good at Chinese and English, while math is my weakness. I work very hard to improve it, but it doesn’t work very well. Besides, I am easygoing and likely to make friends with others. Friendship is an important part of my life.
我叫李兴,今年十四岁。我来自辽宁省大连市。这是一个美丽而又充满活力的城市。每年都有成千上万的游客来这里参观。我家共有三口人,父母和我。我的父母都是大医院的医生。我有很多爱好,其中游泳,阅读和电影是我最喜欢的。它们给我忙碌的学习生活带来了很多色彩。我擅长语文和英语,而数学则是我的弱项。尽管我很努力去提高它,但是并没有很大的作用。除此之外,我也是个外向的人,喜欢和别人做朋友。友情是我生活中重要的一部分。
这就是我,一个完完整整的我,一个不一样的我,一个地球上仅有的我,希望我给大家留下很好的印象哦。
我的学习计划
下面是我对新学期的学习计划的介绍,希望同学们很好的看看下面讲解的知识。
学习计划 Study Plan
At the beginning of this term, I made a plan for my study. Now, I find that I carry it out well in the past month. I was poor in Chinese and English last semester. Therefore, I put the two subjects in the priority and I spent much time on them. Happily, I made progress in the two subjects this semester. Besides, math and physics is not so hard for me, but I must do many exercises to improve my knowledge. Half of an hour for each is necessary and I have always been doing so. The other subjects are easy for me. As long as I carefully listen to the teacher in the class and do some reviews, I can do well in them. While, it does not mean that I attach no importance to them. I make plan for my study to ensure the efficiency of my study.
开学之初,我给我的的学习制定了一个计划。现在,我发现在过去的一个月我能够很好的实行。上个学期我的语文和英语很差,因此我把这两个科目作为我的首要任务并花很多时间在上面。很高兴的是,这学期我这两科取得了进步。此外,数学和物理对我来说不是很难,但是我必须多做练习来增加我的知识。每个科目花上半个小时是有必要的,我一直都是这样做的。其他的科目对我来说很容桂。只要我课堂上认真听课,课后复习我就能够把它们做好。但是,这也不意味着我不重视它们。我给我的学习制定计划以保证我的学习效率。
通过上面我对我的学习计划的介绍,希望给同学们的学习很好的帮助,相信同学们会学习的很好的哦。
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篇2:我爱家乡的苹果初中作文700字
全文共 696 字
+ 加入清单我家住在观水镇南果子村,苹果树是我们那儿最常见的树。
阳春三月,细雨如丝,苹果树都开满了粉红色的小花,当你走进树林里的时候,一阵阵清香扑鼻而来。不久,树上的小花逐渐变成白色,花瓣像宫墙,花蕊像一个个小公主,在里面贪婪地睡着了。一阵风吹过,花瓣随风飘落,天上下起了花雨,地上铺起了地毯,你走在花的海洋里,是多么快乐呀!烈日炎炎的盛夏,树林里不再清香,而是结出了一个个似婴儿拳头那么大的小果实。还有一小部分像玻璃球那么大的,甚至有的刚谢花。
九月里,在第一阵秋风吹来时,一些早熟苹果就已经变成粉红色的了,像一盏盏红色灯笼挂在枝头上,使人一见就生爱慕之心。这时候,我就可以吃到刚“出笼”的苹果了。啊!太甜了,如同吃了冰糖一样。
到了十月上旬,大批的苹果都熟了。红红的苹果,变成了红玛瑙,硕果累累挂满枝头,放眼望去,如一片红色的海洋。闻一闻,香气直往鼻子里钻,把鼻子都要香歪了。吃一口,脆脆的,甜得人要掉牙。秋风一阵阵吹过来,把这些苹果吹的左摇右摆。它们赶紧对风儿说:我熟了,我熟了,赶快去把我熟了的消息告诉农民伯伯,让他们赶忙过来摘我吧!风儿笑着点点头,然后吧这个消息带给了千家万户。农民伯伯听到了这个消息后,开车的开车,拿筐的拿筐。一个个兴高才烈的去田间采苹果。到了苹果园,农民伯伯看见丰收的苹果一个个笑的合不拢嘴了。哇,苹果园可真热闹呀!看,大人们从树上摘苹果,小朋友们在地上拣苹果。苹果装了一筐又一筐,汽车来了一辆又一辆。红红的苹果像一个个小太阳,照在人们的脸上,大人们的笑容更灿烂了,小朋友变的更可爱了。今年又是一个丰收年,苹果又帮助农民伯伯把腰包鼓了起来。
我爱你家乡的苹果,更爱你我可爱的家乡。
篇3:家乡美食的初中
全文共 700 字
+ 加入清单家乡的食品在我心里可以说是最美味的,可以与任何的山珍海味相比,因此每当我一有空闲的时候,总会情不自禁的想起那些让我特别回味的食物,特别是那些美食,更是让我回味无穷,一想起就流口水。
家乡的美食虽然在深圳这边也可以买到,但却没有家乡的那味道,也没老家的正宗,更没有家乡的好吃,因此,我特别怀念家乡的美食。
我最爱的美食是牛排,那种味道真的好怀念,好怀念,多么希望可以立马吃上好几个啊!我还记得小时候在老家时。每次,我坐车去那个地方的时候,首先,一到那儿,我就会先去买一个牛排来吃,然后再去逛街。
自从来到这边以后,我就很少吃了,也许是因为这边没有的缘故吧,这更是让我想念那牛排,每当我想起那牛排时,我总是会很想回老家,想要立马吃到,可那也只是想想,毕竟老家和这儿隔了很远。
去年,我过春节回老家,在路上的时候我就一直想着那牛排,终于,我们到老家了。我迫不及待的跳下车,就马上跑着去买了一个牛排。可是,牛排不是直接吃的,而是要炸一下才可以,于是我就站在那里等,在等的时候,我看见那老板用夹子很利索的夹了一个牛排慢慢的把牛排放进了那油锅里,顺便也盖上了盖子,不一会那牛排被拿出来了,牛排的颜色也变了,从浅浅的红色变成了有点金黄色,加上一些调料,简直美味极了。那老板给了我之后我就迫不及待的咬了一口,那味道简直无法用言语来形容,总之就是很美味,很美味。
吃过牛排后,我又去吃了几样,那味道也很不错,只是我感觉好像没有以前那么好吃了,不过也还不错了。
家乡美食的味道之所以那么迷人,令人回味无穷。那不仅仅只是因为食物味道的好,主要是因为那个地方是你从小生活的地方,那些食物也正是因为有了想念所以才会觉得它是那么的令人回味。
篇4:初中电脑英语
全文共 1200 字
+ 加入清单It is believed that the computer is bringing the world into a brand new
era. At the time the computer was invented, scientists, marveling at its
calculating speed, felt that they had created a miracle. Nowadays, the function
of the computer is no longer confined to calculation; it permeates people’s
daily lives and has become an inseparable part of human society.
People become so heavily dependent on computers that it is hard to imagine
the life without computers. Therefore, some people are worried that “The real
danger is not that the computer will think like man, but man will think like the
computer.”
Their concern does make sense. Indeed, some people spend such a long time
working on computers that they have few interactions with people in real life.
According to a research, too many hours in front of a computer may lead to a
poker face and interpersonal isolation. This fact should arouse our attention,
because unlike computers, human beings are social creatures that need emotional
connections with others.
Yet, it is also unnecessary for us to be overwhelmed by the negative
impacts of computers. After all, we humans are intelligent and will be able to
figure out better ways to make improvements.
篇5:初中英语作文介绍朋友的Myfriend
全文共 618 字
+ 加入清单I have a good friend. Her name is Betty. She a lovely girl. She is 14 years old . I`m one year older than her. Her eyes are bigger than mine. Her hair is black and long. My hair is longer than hers. Betty is 156 centimeters tall. Im two centimeters taller than her. She is about 40 kilos. Im 50 kilos. So she is thinner than me. Betty is a beautiful and helpful girl. She does better in English than me. She often helps me with my English. She has a lot of hobbies. She likes dancing very much. She wants to be a dancer one day. She dances beautifully. I can learn a lot from her. I think well be good friends forever.
篇6:端午节英语作文初中
全文共 1303 字
+ 加入清单The Dragon Boat Festival is a lunar (阴历)holiday, occurring (存正)on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month (农历史五月第五天)
The Chinese Dragon Boat Festival is a significant (有意义的)holiday celebrated (庆祝)in China, and the one with the longest history (历史最悠久). The Dragon Boat Festival is celebrated by boat races (龙舟赛) in the shape of dragons. Competing teams (竞争团队) row their boats forward to a drumbeat (击古)racing to reach the finish end first.
The boat races during the Dragon Boat Festival are traditional customs (传统习俗)to attempts to (试图)rescue (搭救) the patriotic poet (爱国诗人)Chu Yuan. Chu Yuan drowned (溺死) on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month in 277 B.C. Chinese citizens now throw bamboo leaves (竹叶) filled with cooked rice into the water. Therefore the fish could eat the rice rather than the hero poet. This later on turned into the custom of eating tzungtzu and rice dumplings(棕子).
The celebrations is a time for protection (防护) from evil (邪恶) and disease (疾病) for the rest of the year. It is done so by different practices such as hanging healthy herbs on the front door, drinking nutritious concoctions (营养品), and displaying (展示) portraits (画像) of evils nemesis(邪恶报应), Chung Kuei. If one manages to (成功做...) stand (直立)an egg on its end at exactly 12:00 noon, the following year will be a lucky one.
篇7:初中英语满分
全文共 648 字
+ 加入清单Dear Ling Feng,
I would like to thank you at the end of our middle school education. You
have been very kind and helpful since we knew each other.
You have given me so much help that I will never forget. Last term, I
caught a bad cold and had to stay at home for a week. When I was worrying about
the lessons, you came to my home after school and helped me with every subject.
With your help, I didnt fall behind others. Since then, we have become very
close friends. I think Ill try to help others just like you.
Thank you again. Even though we may go to different schools, Ill always
stay in touch with you. I wish you success for the future.
Yours,
Liu Yan
篇8:寒假生活初中英语
全文共 615 字
+ 加入清单I really had a busy and happy winter holiday. I did my homework and helped my parents with the housework every day. I like drawing so much that I spent lots of time drawing pictures and read books about drawing every day. I sometimes went to the library to read books and surfed the internet.During the Spring Festival, i visited my grandparents, friends and relatives. We really had a great time together. I prepared for the new lessons and read English,too. I really enjoyed my winter holiday.
我寒假过得很忙很快乐。我每天做作业并帮助父母做家务。我是如此喜欢画画以致于我每天花大量的时间画画和看绘画方面的书籍。我有时去图书馆看书和上网。春节期间我去拜访我的祖父母和亲朋好友。我们一起很愉快。我也准备新课程和读英语。我非常喜欢我的寒假。
篇9:我的房间初中记叙英语作文
全文共 248 字
+ 加入清单My room is not very big,but it is very comfortable.There is a picture on the wall.My computer is on the desk.There are lots of beautiful clothes in my wardrobe.On the left of my room,there is a piano and a guitar.The floor is brown.This is my room.
篇10:初中写可爱的小狗英语
全文共 900 字
+ 加入清单I had a dog called a gray, because it was a long gray hair, and it was long with a pair of round eyes, and its eyes looked around and seemed to find something. It is always short ears always bowed, I looked like incredibly.
Its temper can be weird, and if it is happy to put the tail up in the barking applause, as if "master owner, today I am very happy, can take me out to play?" This can rely on its mood, if it is Unhappy, no matter how good it is, it is not heard. Remember that once out to play, where the dog will be fast ran over, as if there is very familiar with it, playing a long time, it ran back to me, I took him home.
The dog is very fond of eating meat, it is often the first to eat meat and then eat. He was very cute, once I test it, put the meat under the meal, but it smelled out, in the bark called "master you good or bad ah." I have a dog so that a friend is particularly happy.
篇11:有关交流英语作文初中
全文共 741 字
+ 加入清单Once, I talked to the foreign people, he was staring at me all the time,
which made me feel not comfortable, so I chose to avoid his eyes and kept a
little distance from him. When I talked about this problem to my foreign
teacher, she told me that it was natural for them to look at you during
communication, which meant respect. While in China, people do the opposite
thing. They try to avoid eye-contact, because it is not eased to look at each
other. The different culture sometimes creates distance. The foreigners always
feel strange when they look at Chinese people’s eyes and every time when they
want to come closer to hear more clearly, Chinese people will walk away. So the
more we learn about the culture, the more we know about the world.
篇12:关于生活英语作文初中
全文共 1031 字
+ 加入清单Nowadays, with the development of technology, the market competition is
fierce and people feel great pressure. In order to improve the working
efficiency, they force themselves to work overtime. However, they are not
machine and need to slow down life pace, or they will break down sooner or
later.
We cant slow down the working hour, but we can control our private time. A
lot of young people mix with working time and private time, so they cant enjoy
their life and feel depressed all the time. The smart person will find the
balance. They will put aside the working stuff when the clock tells them that it
is time to be off work and find the way to release their pressure, such as
KTV.
Spending the time with friends and families is always a good way to enjoy
our time. No matter what kind of difficulties we face, when we recall of these
happy moments, we will have motivation to move on. We cant choose everything we
want, but we can adjust ourselves to the environment and keep the good mood.
Once life pace slows down, we control our life.
篇13:成长英语作文初中
全文共 1632 字
+ 加入清单No matter the day is how to spend endless, the sun always rises and falls,
flowers always bloom and wither, around heavy traffic is always fleeting, stand
at the time of the tail, we kept after the mist as ignorant of the future.
Too many people always sigh the cruelty of time and the helpless of growing
up。 In fact, growth is really a caterpillar into a butterfly process, always
undergo a metamorphosis of pain, you can better meet the chocolate as unknown
world。 All that let go or no one saw tears in a few years back, you can get
unexpected! The road of the future, whether rugged or smooth, requires you to go
and taste it alone.
Eileen Chang wrote an article about "road", referring to the way of growth。
This road is a road that everyone must take。 Those who pass by advise the people
who are going this way not to choose the road, because it is so rough and long
that it is refuted: "since you can walk this way, how can I not go out?"。" Thus,
one after another people go through this road full of hardships, perhaps this is
the true meaning of growth。 Knowing that he might fall into it, he obstinately
persisted in his choice.
I think that the child will never grow up Peter Pam, who said he had no
regrets can not grow, we are always sad to miss the past endlessly all say
"dont grow up, never grow up, if you really can not grow up, you really dont
care? Every time there is a time of happiness。 In any case, we will grow up as
time goes by from the palm of the palm.
Growing up is like a mysterious fruit。 Some people resist it hysterically,
and some people cant wait to taste it。 But only when we grow up can we get more
and better world.
篇14:描述家乡的英语作文
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+ 加入清单We are the seem with you, even though we come from Zi Yang. Both of us love our hometown deeply.. However, compared with you, we seemingly posses more nativist sentiments(乡土情节)。 Because we listen to the folk songs, sing the tea songs and drink the selenium-rich tea(富硒茶)every day from childhood. From now on, I would also take some teas no matter where I go.
In the past, our anscestors were creating their own happiness on this land when they were in poor conditions, such as traffic inconvenience, economy undevelopment and information impediment.In recent times, our flagstones are sold to America, Canada and Japan; our teas and drugs have influencing many people’s daily-life; our money orages(金钱橘) have win universal praise, and, this year, Yan Chang Contium(延长集团) has invest 400 billions to our hometown—Shuang Qiao, wich would cause great change to it. The bright future let us love our hometon very much undoubtely. I don’t know what way I should use to introduce our hometown properly to you. I’m afraid of stainning the beaty of it because of my valgurism and superficiality, so that it may give you a bad impression.
Therefore, I introduce it to you today just through a narrow point of view. I hope that we could share the beaty and the joy of it together.
And, please see the following video which describe the culture of our hometown objectively and really through a comparative broad view.
篇15:歌手初中英语MyFavoriteSinger
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+ 加入清单I know many singers, such as Wang li-hong, Zhou jie-lun and Michael Jackson and so on.
But I like Michael Jackson best.
I recognized Michael Jackson on occassion. There was a poem recitation competition in my class. I had to look for a song about peace. Finally I found "Heal the World". I liked it at once when I first heard this song. I thought it was the best song that I had ever heard. Then I found the words of this song. "Heal the world, make it a better place, for you and for me, and the entire human race." This song was Michael Jacksons famous work.
Since then I began to know more about Michael Jackson. I began to love him. He was named "King of Pop". He hold a Children Foundationg and wanted to make the world peace through the music.Although he was dead, he was still one of the most famous singers in the world. I love him, because he was not only a singer but also a loving person.
篇16:初中英语
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+ 加入清单Nowadays, the environment has been polluted seriously. Take my hometown for
example, when I was very small, I could swim in the river and catch fish, but
now, the water is very dirty and there are full of trash. The government has
made many action to return the green and it is everybodys duty to bring the
world some green. March 12th is the tree planting day and students are called to
plant trees. I take part in this activity all the time and the trees I grew last
year have grown much taller. I am so proud of making the world green. Without
it, we could not live for long.
篇17:初中交通规则英语
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+ 加入清单I go to school from Monday to Friday.I go to school be bike at 7:30 in the morning .l must cross two busy roads.If the traffic light is red or yellow, l know l cantcross the road,so l wait. If the light turns green, lknow it means and then lwalk across the road.l alwaysride on the rightsaid of the road.lhave never been against the traffic rules.
篇18:初中英语
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+ 加入清单Good morning, everyone! my name is lu xin. i am so happy to stand in front
of you to introduce myself. i am thirteen years old. i graduated from the no.1
primary school of our city. i like reading books and playing badminton. i hope
we can take exercises after class. besides, i like watching movies and listening
to pop music. i am sure there are some classmates have the common interests with
me. therefore, we can communicate with each other. in primary school, i did well
in chinese but math is not so good. i hope i can make progress in middle school.
i am very excited to be a classmate of you and i hope we can make progress and
have good days together.
篇19:感恩节的英语初中
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+ 加入清单The power of love
Love is the parents is the world‘s largest love, is in their minds share of family support them, let them come in the heart of the disaster sons and daughters.
Kitagawa, May 14, 2008, the parents who struggle with death more than 40 hours after the three-year-old girl Song Xin Yi finally rescued, rescue workers to feed her milk. Her parents live in the time, desperate to protect the fragile body of her, until both passing away, also maintained that posture. Parents touched by the love of God, let the children saved, small Xinyi Zaitianzhiling parents can comfort!
爱的力量
父母之爱莫过于是世界上最大的爱,是他们心中的那份亲情支撑着他们,让他们在灾难来临时心系儿女。
北川,2008年5月14日,在父母身下与死神抗争四十多小时后,三岁的小女孩宋欣宜终于获救,救援人员喂她喝牛奶。她的父母在活着的时候,以脆弱的身躯拼死保护着她,直到双双逝去,还保持着那种姿势。父母的爱感动了上天,让孩子得救了,小欣宜父母的在天之灵可以安慰了!
篇20:初中生中秋节英语作文范例
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+ 加入清单the mid-autumn or moon festival is one rich in poetic(诗意的) significance. ancient legends(古代的传说) that became interwoven with this festival‘s celebration further contribute to the warm regard in which it has always been held by the chinese people. according to the lunar calendar(农历), the seventh, eighth, and ninth months constitute the autumn season. mid-autumn festival falls on the 15th day of the eighth lunar month, precisely in the middle of this season, when the heat of the summer has given way to cool autumn weather, marked by blue skies and gentle breezes. on this day the moon is at its greatest distance from the earth; at no other time is it so luminous. then, as the chinese say, “the moon is perfectly round.” in the villages the heavy work involved in the summer harvest has already been completed but the autumn harvest has not yet arrived.
the actual origins of the mid-autumn festival are still very unclear. the earliest records are from the time of the great han dynasty emperor wu di (156-87 b.c.), who initiated celebrations lasting three days, including banquets and “viewing the moon” evenings on the toad terrace. we know that people during the jin dynasty (265-420 a.d.) continued the custom of mid-autumn festival celebrations, and similar accounts have come down to us from the time of the tang dynasty. during the ming dynasty (1368-1644) houses and gardens were decorated with numerous lanterns and the sound of gongs and drums filled the air.(qiewo.com)
moon cakes came on sale shortly before festival time. in the past, one could get some cakes shaped like pagodas, others like a horse and rider, fish or animals. still others were decorated with the images of rabbits, flowers, or goddesses. there were a myriad of different fillings available: sugar, melon seeds, almonds, orange peel, sweetened cassia blossom, or bits of ham and preserved beef. the cakes are of the northern and southern styles, but the latter (also called guangdong-style) are the most popular and are available throughout the country.
the round shape of cakes just symbolizes not only the moon but also the unity of the family. therefore the mid-autumn festival is actually a day for family reunion.