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以职业的选择为话题的英语作文

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When students go to college, they need to think about their future career, because the major they choose will decide what kind of job they will work on. The better school they enter, the higher expectation the students get. The news reported a girl who graduated from the first class college chose to work as an anchorwoman of the Internet games, then the public felt pity on her, because they thought such an excellent girl should work in the office as the leader or made her own successful business. I have different opinion, everybody has the right to choose what they want to do, though what they learn has nothing to do with the work, they get improved by learning more knowledge. There is no need to feel pity, because she is still the successful person no matter what she does.

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篇1:2024高考英语热点话题:中国梦

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2015高考英语热点话题中国

最近,你们班召开了以“我的中国梦”为主题的班会活动。请写一篇日记,记述班会情况及自己的感受。内容要点如下:

1.每位同学都畅谈了自己对中国梦的理解;

2.你谈到了自己的梦想;

3.如何实现自己的梦想。

注意:

1.总词数不少于100。

2.不可逐条翻译。

3.开头已给出,不计入总词数。

April 8 Monday Fine

Recently we had a class meeting on the topic of My Chinese Dream....

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April 8 Monday Fine

Recently we had a class meeting on the topic of My Chinese Dream. Inspired by(受启发)President Xi’s Chinese Dream, everyone talked enthusiastically about his understanding of the Chinese Dream. We all believe that this dream will come true in the future.I also talked about my own dream. I have always wanted to be (想成为)a doctor. Not only(不仅) can doctors save people’s lives but also they aredoing a respectable(值得尊敬的) job. Doctors can also help people to live a better life with their professional knowledge(专业知识).To realize my dream, I must try to work hard from now on. I must learn as much as I can so that I can get into a good medical college, where I can prepare myself adequately(充分) for the job of a doctor. Only in this way can I accomplish my goal.

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篇2:预测小升初作文题目9:以教育为话题

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"你昨天写的文章内容不够充实,书写也不够认真。"妈妈又严肃地对我说,话语中透着一股威严,我偷眼瞧了妈妈一眼,发现妈妈的脸上双眉紧蹙,拧成一个"川"字,我知道妈妈对我不满意,便提心吊胆地洗耳恭听起来。

"为了防止把文章写空,写笼统,就得时时告诫自己,特别刻意留心多用描写、修辞,让你的文章生动起来,鲜活起来!另外写文章不是为写而写,要写有意义的事,所以写前要确定好主题,就像一个人只有有灵魂,才更有价值。还要把字写好,就像一个人,要注重仪表一样。写好字,那就是给人良好的第一印象,让人先入为主,对你有了好感。"

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篇3:高考英语作文:教育重要性

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导语:正如我们所知,教育影响一个国家的未来,它是如此重要,我们谁也不能忽视它。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!

Since the reform and the opening up great changes have taken place in china so is the education unfortunately the development is uneven especially between rural and urban areas.

As we know education affect the future of a country it is so important that none of us can afford to ignore it.

Generally speaking as a result of the economic situationsthe city is more advanced in everyway compared with the country sidefar more fund and resources are poured into city while the rural erea was laged far behind.it is common to see that children in the city sit in the comfortable classroom with brandnew desk and chairs listening to the best teacher in almost every field while the students in the country side even did not have enough money to buy a penciland there is only three or four teachers in a so called school.

I remember that premier Wen said develpment must be for the people by the people and the achievement must be shared by all the people i dont think its right to see the gap in education expanding again and again there must something can be done to make sure the students in the countryside can enjoy equal high quality and affordable aducation as there counterparts in the city.

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改革开放以来,中国发生了巨大的变化,所以是教育,不幸的是,这种发展是不平衡的,特别是在农村和城市地区。

正如我们所知,教育影响一个国家的未来,它是如此重要,我们谁也不能忽视它。

一般来说,由于经济情况,城市是更先进的国家在各个方面相比,更多的资金和资源涌入城市,而农村地区被远远地落在原来是看到城里的孩子坐在崭新的桌椅听最好的老师几乎每一场舒适的教室,而在农村的学生甚至没有足够的钱来买一支铅笔,有一个所谓的学校只有三或四的教师。

我记得,文章了总理说,发展必须是为了人民,由人民,和成果必须由所有人共享的,我不想看到教育扩大一次又一次的差距是正确的,一定有什么可以做,以确保农村学生享受平等的,高质量的和负担得起的教育,作为这个城市的同行。

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篇4:以大学生当家教这个现象为话题的英语作文

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About two weeks from now, college students will begin to enjoy their long summer holidays. Many are looking for odd jobs, of which tutoring is almost the most popular one.

These students say, by doing pan-time jobs, they can not only make some money for next terms tuition, but also enrich their holidays. They prefer to be tutors because this has more to do with what they have learned in class.

As a student, I myself have also been a tutor. But I didnt wait in line until I was chosen. I put up an advertisement with my school scripts attached. So, my suggestion to my fellow students is: be a tutor only when you are good at your courses.

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篇5:关于教育方法的话题

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大人教育小孩子,教育方法就决定了小孩子的一生。中国父母与美国父母的.教育方法截然不同。

一个中国家庭去出游,来到了海滩上,正好撞到椰子成熟之时,小孩子想吃椰子,就跟妈妈说:“妈妈,我想吃椰子。”“好,我这就去给你买。”妈妈说。妈妈从钱包里拿出了一些钱,去买椰子了。

这个中国家庭旁边有一个美国家庭,美国父母跟中国父母不同,美国家庭的孩子向妈妈要椰子,美国的妈妈对孩子说:“你想要吃椰子,可以,不过你要先背3篇课文才可以吃椰子,亲爱的。”“好的,妈妈,我这就去拿书来。”话音末落,美国小孩子就拿起书读了起来。

时间过得很快,美国小孩子背完了书,她妈妈就让他如愿以偿的得到了椰子。

中国小孩吃完椰子,看到一望无际的大海,他又想游泳了。

“爸爸,我想游泳,可我没带游泳圈和游泳裤。”中国小孩说。“我去给你买,你在这等着,不要乱跑。”中国父亲说。几分钟后,中国小孩换上泳裤,带上游泳圈,在海中开心的玩耍了。

旁边美国孩子看见中国小孩去游泳了,他也想去游泳,便对爸爸说:“我的泳裤呢,爸爸?”“这是你自己的东西,要自己管好。”爸爸说。“哦,我去找找。”美国孩子说。又几分钟后,一个帅气的小孩子穿上泳裤出场了。“爸爸!我去游泳了!”小孩大叫。“哦,注意安全!”说完爸爸说。

中国父母不管孩子要什么都会给他,可美国父母不会像中国父母一样,孩子想要什么就给什么,一定要用劳动来换取的。

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篇6:关于教育的英语作文

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The Differences of Education between China and U.S

Based on checking the extensive literature and summing up the evidence, it is clear that study about differences of higher education between China and US has carried out a lot which mainly explaines the differences from different aspects of higher edcation between China and the United States. Such aspects mainly includes the social environment and cultural tradition, higher education system and reform measures. In the Integration of these differences, advantages and evils of both educational systems have been evaluated respectively, and corresponding improvement measures were also put forwords. By summary, the detailed conclusions are listed as follows:

US is a open society. The societys openness urges the American college to abandon old educational thoughts which European traditional universities stick to, adopt the open policy to absorb all advatanges from other countries and establishe a diverse and open education control system which emphasizes on the actual effect. US is the biggest imigrant country which has very strong containing nature in the culture. American economy ephiseizes on the practical value, matter rewards as well as individual value realization with fast development, rich material life, strong material idea and etc[2].

Us’s higher education was considered as the best education in the world. Comparing the elementary education between American and China, peoples universal view will be: Chinas elementary education aims to build the foundation of education with more study and less thought; while USs education aims to bulid such an education to raise the creativity with less study and more thought. Now Chinese students are generally regarded as intalents with few intelligence and high scores. What causes for such a view? Because the Chinese students study more, actually pay little attention to the practice, and cannot study for the purpose of application. Therefore, it is very important for Chinese higher education to cultivate the idea of unifying the study and prctice.

USs education pays more attention to raise students self-confidence,independence,spirit of supporting oneself, but Chinas education emphases on training the students to be strict,rigorous spiritual.Obviously, Chinese education may fruitfully develop and ultilize the function of cerebrum, but US’s higher education could expand the function of cerebrum by ultilizing and synthesizing the information outside.

Each national higher education as economic system’s reflection serves for the economy; US education aims to adapt for society demand, they explicitly stipulate three big functions including education’s service for the economic development, scientific research and teaching. The manifest of service in the establishment of specialty curriculum is to meet the social need, set up special curriculum and specialty which the society needs; In Chinas universities, during quite long period of time, the establishment of specialty curriculum lacks the change and couldnot follow social demand.

In order to adapt the society, the American universities has established many specialties and curriculum of choice for students; The students choose or transformate specialties and schools according to own interest and hobby. The American higher education system is extremely diverse and flexible, which is solo in the world higher education; In China, the student may choose the specialty according to own interest and hobby, but change of specialty in the school is not easy, and transformation of school is more difficult.

When American school inspects the result of student, they emphasize more on the ability to analyze and solve the question but not the ability of memory or description. The American students donot need the mechanical memorizing, but display creative thought as far as possible; This can cultivate students study interest, raise the ability of doing it byself and make the study be one kind of creative action.Many teachers still adopted old teaching ways in the Chinese universities, thus take a test which needs mechanical memorizing.

Due to the development of science and technology, connections between higher education and national politics, economy, science,culture, military relation is day by day closer. The higher education is vigorous and upward, and it not only simply performances for the growth of quantity, but especially has had the huge change in the nature[1]. The advanced level of higher education has become a thesymbol of national strength.

We should clarify the difference of higher education between China and American, at the same time absorb the advantges to profit from the American higher education so as to faster the reform andthe development of our higher education.

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篇7:以为什么要学习英语为话题的英语作文

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Nowadays, English has been the international language. In China, the children have to learn English since their primary education. In some cities, the children even start their English study in kindergarten. Most parents even hire a tutor to help their children to learn English. There is no doubt that English as the international language plays the important role in communication. My uncle travels a lot around the world. He has been to many countries. Every time when he returns, I will listen to his stories. I have heard of many wonderful journeys. My uncle likes to communicate with people from other countries, so he can learn the different culture. I want to live as my uncle, but the first thing for me to do is to master English, so that I can communicate with most people and have fun.

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篇8:中考英语作文热点话题:饮食安全

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饮食安全是指对人体健康不造成任何急性、亚急性或者慢性危害。下面是语文迷为大家整理的英语作文范文,希望对你有帮助。

假如你是一所国际学校校办英文杂志的学生编辑。你看了下面这封信后,也想写一篇关于该信的读后感,内容要点包括:你对此事件的看法;解释你的理由并提出你的建议;向受害者表达尽快康复的祝愿。

★ 范文1

Today, I received the readers letter. I was shocked at it. Personally speaking, I think we should pay more attention to the food safety. The government must make some necessary laws. Whats more, some businessmen shouldnt be only interested in making money. They must care about peoples health. Wed better not eat anything in dirty places though some food is delicious, because eating unhealthy food does harm to our health。

Finally, I hope the family in the accident will get better soon。

★ 范文2

From this incident,we can see that there are still more things to be done.Firstly,the government needs everything possible to ensure the quality of products,particularly the safety of food as this concerns everyones life.Secondly,as for the producers,it is very important for them to be morally honest.They should never try to pursue profit or economic growth at the expense of health and life of people.Thirdly,we consumers must attach importance to the things we eat and develop an awareness of how to protect our legal rights if cheated.Only in this way will we be able to build a more secure and harmonious society.

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篇9:以环境污染为话题的英语作文

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导语:随着环境污染的日益加剧,我们必须加入保护环境的队伍中来,下面是yuwenmi小编为大家整理的相关英语作文,欢迎阅读与借鉴,谢谢!

River Pollution

Chinese people are now face to a serious problem--pollution. And this problem is a little bit different from others--the goverment can not solve it by themselves. We need everyone to protect our environment. But we also know that it is very hard to call everyone to join us to protect the environment. But it seems that they have found the way to let everybody know it. In a report, Anhui Daily called on residents to help protect the river against pollution. I am so glad about it. And i believe that somewhere the pollution must stop.

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河流污染

中国人现在面临着一个严重的问题污染。这个问题有点不同,政府不能自己解决。我们需要每个人来保护我们的环境。但我们也知道,很难叫大家加入我们保护环境。但似乎他们已经找到了让每个人都知道的方法。在一份报告中,安徽日报呼吁居民帮助保护河流免受污染。我很高兴。我相信某处的污染必须停止。

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篇10:以感恩为话题英语

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How long has it been since you had the feeling of being moved ? Do you feel grateful when you taste the delicious food your mother prepares for you ? On Teacher’s Day, do you say “Thank you teachers” from the bottom of your heart, or just do it as others do ?

In the West, there is Thanksgiving Day. People invented this festival to be grateful for what they gained, because no one could be happy or successful without the help from others. Though our country don’t have Thanksgiving Day, we should be grateful hourly.

If the grateful full of your heart ,you will be happy everyday. Life’s happiness is to be convinced we are loved. A telephone from parents, a criticism from teacher, a exhortation from friend, a competition from opponent and so on. All this are the foundation of mature for us.

We must learn to be grateful, otherwise , we will be apathetic, can’t notice the love from others. Only have the heart of be grateful, we can understand how to love others and how to repay our society.

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篇11:英语话题作文

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校园安全

建设平安校园是我们每个人的责任与义务。作为一名学生,我们更应该珍惜自己的生命,更应该注意自己的人身安全。假如你是Li

Hua,并担任校学生会主席,请你就安全问题,向全校学生发出倡议,写一封安全倡议书。

内容提示:(1)不带管制_学校;(2)不私自下河洗澡;(3)不打架;(4)上学放学的途中应该注意安全;(5)遇紧急情况,立即报告警察或老师。

参考词汇:管制_restricted knives or things;洗澡:have a

bath;打架:fight;紧急情况:emergency;交通安全:pay attention to the traffic。

写作要求:(1)用词恰当,要点全面,层次清晰,书写规范。(2)可适当发挥,80词左右,开头、结尾已给出,不计入总词数。(3)严禁出现自己的真实姓名和学校等相关信息。

范文

Dear students,

As we know, safety is the most important thing in our lives. So, we should

try our best to make sure we are safe.

We mustn’t bring restricted knives or things to our school because these

things may cause serious problems. Do not have a bath in rivers or ponds by

ourselves without our parents’ permission. And, we should be friendly to others

so fighting is strongly banned. Make sure that we should always pay attention to

the traffic on our way to school or home. Furthermore, if we meet some

emergency, we must call for help from the police or our teachers.

In a word, following these safeties rules above can make us live in

peace.

Yours,

____

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篇12:关于教育的英语

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As known as we all,education is important in modern society.Everyone ought

to be educated.So the teaching become more and more necessary,expecially the

college teaching.

China,like many other countries in the world,adapts written or oral

examination as the only way to measure a student’s school work.It seems that the

aim of school education is to achieve the temeness of students for society

rather than to cultivate the unique minds for the individuals.But we must

know,the school should to teaching the methods of learning,but not many

formulas.

Besides,most of school in china always think studying more important than

other activities,which is a wrong view.Obviously,active participation in school

activities can better our health as well as our study.Students need not only

work hard on their studies,but also often join the school various activities.The

most important is school should to make proper arrangements of physical

recreation and intellectual activities to enrich the school life,improve the

student’s comprehensive quality.

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篇13:教育公平

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据近期权威研究成果表明,我国各项教育投资为800多亿元,而占总人口60%以上的农村只获得其中的23%,城乡教育资源的差距直接导致城乡居民受教育水平的差异。城市高中、本科、研究生学历人口比例分别是农村的3.5倍、281.55倍和323倍。在某些著名重点高校,如清华,北大,其农村学生的比例也在逐渐减少。而唯一让人略感欣慰的是经过扩招,一些普通高校的农村学生比例还是占有一半以上。再者,非义务教育阶段收费一再增加,造成了许多城市和农村贫困家庭的子女被拒之门外,公平竞争的升学制度遭到破坏。由此可见,在受教育的程度上,农村学生的前景堪忧。如何实现教育公平成为一个沉重的话题。

[点拨] 社会收入差距的拉大,也影响了社会的稳定,并造成社会阶层之间巨大的心理隔阂,相互理解成为重要的社会课题。素材可应用于“公平”或“感动”一类的话题。

[适用话题]“难忘”“心事”“渴望”

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篇14:以手机为话题的英语作文

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导语:现如今,几乎男女老少人手一支手机,下面是yuwenmi小编为大家整理的优秀作文,欢迎阅读与借鉴,谢谢!

As is known to all, the cellphone is very widely used, especially by teenagers who live the life “on the go”. They think it a useful tool for daily life, so they want to have one.

Many students think if they have a cellphone, they can keep in touch with their families and friends. They think owing a cellphone is good for their life. Some parents also share the same idea.

However, some people don’t agree that students should bring cellphones to school. First, they think it is bad for the students’ health to use cellphones. Second, it will add burden to parents because students usually depend on their parents. Third, if students use cellphones in school, they may not keep their minds on their studies. They may spend most of their time sending text messages or playing games.

In my opinion, I think owing a cellphone is not a bad thing. However, we should use the cellphones at the right moment. In class, we should make full use of our time to study. Do not use cellphones in class to interrupt others. If in emergency, it is not a bad choice to use cellphones.

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众所周知,手机被广泛使用,尤其是那些过着“忙碌生活”的青少年。他们认为它是日常生活的有用工具,所以他们想要一个。

许多学生认为,如果他们有手机,他们可以与家人和朋友保持联系。他们认为拥有手机对他们的生活有好处。有些家长也有同样的想法。

然而,有些人不同意学生带手机去学校。首先,他们认为使用手机对学生的健康有害。第二,它会给父母增加负担,因为学生通常依赖父母。第三,如果学生在学校里使用手机,他们就不会把心思放在学习上。他们可能大部分时间都在发短信或玩游戏。

在我看来,我认为手机并不是一件坏事。然而,我们应该在适当的时候使用手机。在课堂上,我们应该充分利用我们的时间学习。不要在课堂上使用手机打断别人。如果在紧急情况下,使用手机不是一个糟糕的选择。

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篇15:教育方法话题

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有人说:“好习惯要从小养成.”“从小就有好习惯,这是成功的第一步.”是啊,好习惯对我们的人生十分重要.

五年来的学习也使我养成了不少习惯.下面我就和同学一起交流一下,探讨探讨,共同进步,一起提高.我认为要想成绩好,就要做到:

一、做好预习和复习.在上课以前应先做好预习,这样你就容易听懂老师上课的内容.课后及时复习,巩固课堂上学习到的知识,可以加深印象,记得更牢.

二、做到认真听讲.上课时应该认真听老师讲课,对老师提出的问题开动脑筋,积极思考,举手发言.

三、做到精做习题.针对自己的弱项,有选择的做习题,要做到会选、能做、精练.

四、做到不懂就问.在预习时、上课时、复习时、遇到不懂的地方就要问.可以问老师,问爸爸妈妈,也可以向字典、书本请教.如果你不懂不问,不懂的地方就越来越多,学习上的困难就越来越大.

五、多看书,多积累好词、好句.写出好作文不仅要有好材料,而且要学会运用好词语,那就需要积累好词好句.准备一本笔记本,把好的词句记在本子上,有空的时候翻翻,随时记在脑子里,到作文时就能灵活运用.

俗话说:“千里之行始于足下.”是啊,人生的旅途还很漫长,学习的道路更为坚难.如果你想攀登知识的高峰,那么就请从养成好习惯开始吧!让好习惯永远伴我们同行点评:制订并明确学习上的目标,以此来激励自己,提高了学习的自觉性和主动性,并以兴趣激活学生学习的乐趣,良好的学习习惯将为你勇攀知识高峰而助一臂之力.

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篇16:以诚信为话题英语作文

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This cartoon displays a very soothing scene. An old lady bought some stuff from a convenience store, and just at the moment when she was about to leave, the store keeper ran out to her because she had paid an extra two yuan. Though that is not a big amount of money, I believe the old lady must be greatly impressed by the keeper’s honesty.

It is without doubt that the cartoon aims at addressing a serious problem prevailing in today’s society, that is, the lack honesty in the field of business. For instance, many businessmen are so obsessed with making profit that they simply forget that they are supposed to serve the people with best products and services. Therefore, there emerge fake products, cheating services and unfulfilled promises. In contrast, the kind-hearted keeper of this drawing practices honesty in every detail of her work. Her attitude gives customer the sense that her product and service are of first-class quality, which would guarantee her more customersand credit.

The store keeper’s practice is exactly what we should advocate among all businesses. That is because, honesty not only renders clients temporary satisfaction, but can also build long-term customer trust. The latter is one of the key factors for market expansion and business success.

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篇17:以时间分配为话题的英语作文

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Maybe you always ask "How can I get more and more time?" Now, I can tell you a story.

Once upon a time, there were many people in a village which named "gold time". And there was an old man in the village. Villagers called him "time man". Because he could "move" time to a lot of places. Sometimes he "moved" it to the top of the desk. Sometimes he "moved" it to the playground. There were many people on the playground. Some did exercises. Some played football. And he "moved" it to peoples home. They were having a birthday party. And the other people were cooking. In spite of this, many people still said, "I havent got enough time! Time man, give me enough time!" Time man was very angry. He couldnt bear it. Then, he killed himself. It was 12:00 p.m. So now we have 24 hours a day.

If you think time is not enough, you must hurry up to do every thing quickly. And dont waste time. If you can do every thing well, I think you must be best.Do you know? Mr. Lu said, "we only can get 24 hours one day. It brings somebody gold. And it also gives somebody lazy and unhappy. I only want tell you,Dont waste time."

可能你们总是会问:“我如何能得到更多的时间?”现在,让我来给你讲个故事吧。

从前,这儿有一个叫“黄金时间”的村落。这里还有一个老人住在村子里,村民称他为“时间先生”。因为他可以把时间移到很多地方。有时,他把时间移给桌面。有时,他把时间移给运动场。运动场上有很多人,有些人做着运动,有些人踢足球。他还把时间移到一些人的家里,他们正开着一个生日派对,其他人则是煮着东西。尽管如此,一些人仍旧说:“我没有足够的时间!时间先生,给我足够的时间吧!”时间先生非常生气。他不能够忍受了。然后,在晚上12点,他自杀了。所以现在,我们每天都拥有24小时。

如果你认为时间不够,那你必须赶快做所有事。并且不能浪费时间。如果你能把所有事做好,我认为你是完美的人。鲁先生曾说过,“我们每个人每天只拥有24个小时。时间可以给人们带来黄金。同时它也可以给人们带来懒惰和不幸。我只能告诉你‘不要浪费时间’。”

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篇18:以万圣节为话题英语作文

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halloween has always been a holiday filled with mystery, magic and superstition. it began as a celtic end-of-summer festival during which people felt especially close to deceased relatives and friends. for these friendly spirits, they set places at the dinner table, left treats on doorsteps and along the side of the road and lit candles to help loved ones find their way back to the spirit world.

todays halloween ghosts are often depicted as more fearsome and malevolent, and our customs and superstitions are scarier too. we avoid crossing paths with black cats, afraid that they might bring us bad luck. this idea has its roots in the middle ages, when many people believed that witches avoided detection by turning themselves into cats. we try not to walk under ladders for the same reason. this superstition may have come from the ancient egyptians, who believed that triangles were sacred; it also may have something to do with the fact that walking under a leaning ladder tends to be fairly unsafe. and around halloween, especially, we try to avoid breaking mirrors, stepping on cracks in the road or spilling salt.

but what about the halloween traditions and beliefs that todays trick-or-treaters have forgotten all about? many of these obsolete rituals focused on the future instead of the past and the living instead of the dead. in particular, many had to do with helping young women identify their future husbands and reassuring them that they would someday--with luck, by next halloween!--be married.

in 18th-century ireland, a matchmaking cook might bury a ring in her mashed potatoes on halloween night, hoping to bring true love to the diner who found it. in scotland, fortune-tellers recommended that an eligible young woman name a hazelnut for each of her suitors and then toss the nuts into the fireplace. the nut that burned to ashes rather than popping or exploding, the story went, represented the girls future husband. (in some versions of this legend, confusingly, the opposite was true: the nut that burned away symbolized a love that would not last.) another tale had it that if a young woman ate a sugary concoction made out of walnuts, hazelnuts and nutmeg before bed on halloween night, she would dream about her future husband. young women tossed apple-peels over their shoulders, hoping that the peels would fall on the floor in the shape of their future husbands initials; tried to learn about their futures by peering at egg yolks floating in a bowl of water; and stood in front of mirrors in darkened rooms, holding candles and looking over their shoulders for their husbands faces.

other rituals were more competitive. at some halloween parties, the first guest to find a burr on a chestnut-hunt would be the first to marry; at others, the first successful apple-bobber would be the first down the aisle.

of course, whether were asking for romantic advice or trying to avoid seven years of bad luck, each one of these halloween superstitions relies on the good will of the very same "spirits" whose presence the early celts felt so keenly. ours is not such a different holiday after all!

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篇19:元旦小学英语作文_其他话题400字

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Today is the New Year’s Day. I have a three-day holiday, so I can go out have fun or stay at home to have a good rest. Today, my parents take me out. We go to the mall. Many things are cheap so my mother buys many. I have a new cloth and a pair of shoes. I am so happy. They are the gifts for the New Year. At night, we have a big dinner outside. The foods are so delicious. Today is a happy day.

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篇20:2024高一英语作文:期末考试话题作文

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Topic one:Environment Protection(环境保护)

Water Pollution

With the development of industry, water pollution is becoming more serious now. The polluted water not only kills fish, it is also harmful to our health. Many people get sick because they drink the polluted water. In some rivers the water is so dirty that they can even kill plants.

We should fight against the pollution. We should stop using harmful things. I wish it is not a dream that in the near future we can have clean rivers again.

Environment Protection

Nowadays, peoples life has changed a lot with the development of modern technology and economy, which has put lots of negative effects on the environment.

Why this? Because, firstly, some factories are pouring wastes into rivers, lakes, seas and so forth; secondly, because of human activities, a great number of plants and animals are losing their lives; thirdly, using modern machines and chemicals is bad for the environment. Besides these, there are a lot of human activities which have done or are doing harm to our surroundings.

For this, I think, first, our government should make drastic measures to regulate human activities; second, we human beings should take pains-taking work to stop ourselves destroying the environment and try our best to protect our living space more.

Forest Pretention保护森林

Our country has a large area of forest. However, not until recently did the government begin to realize the importance of protecting the forest. As we may know from various sources, the government recently adopted a policy called "restore the farmland to the forest"(退耕还林).This has brought much hope to the forest of our country as well as the sustainable development of our country.

Pollution: a Social Problem

When we read newspapers, we often come across the word pollution. This word was not familiar to the people some decades ago. But now, it is a serious threat to usbecause. it means the poisoning of the air, seas, rivers and lands, which would do harm to our health.

There are many factories that bring pollution to us. We can not have fresh air in the morning. This is mainly because of the poisonous smoke coming from factories, especially chemical ones. In rivers, seas and oceans, there are industrial wastes. Some factories just throw their wastes into seas or let them flow into rivers. When people drink the water from such rivers, they get poisoned. Besides, there is rubbish from ships and when sometimes an accident occurs in an ocean, oil flows out from tankers.

On land, the accumulation of rubbish in the streets may dirty the city and ruin our health. This is mainly due to the improper disposal of rubbish by people.

If we do mot fight against pollution, surely one day all of us will be killed. Some people like to put the blame on the industrial revolutions. On the contrary, the pollution problem will be solved only with the help of modem science and technology.

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