American Holidays and Festivals

One of the interesting things to learn about a country is to know different kinds of holidays and festivals its people celebrate(庆祝) and to tell why they celebrate them. Although there are some similarities(相似) between American and Chinese holidays and festivals, there are quite a few differences.For one thing,there are no actual legal(法定的) national holidays in     

Thomas Hardy and His Tragical Novels

In the late 19th century,there appeared many autstanding writers inEnglend.Among them,Thoma s Hardy was the most famous one.He gavethe world literature many delicious novels,plays and poems.And thecharacters dlescribed in his novels are so vivid and moved that they hadbeen stayed and will stay long for ever in the life of the people in the worldThonlas Hardy was born in Dorset,a Southern County of England,     

Keep Your Life Leave Drugs

Nowadays, drug taking has been a serious social problem. According to the data gathered by the World Health Organization, there are about 300 million drug addicts in the world, and 66% of them are teenagers.Why do so many people take drugs? I think the main reason is that they know little about narcotics. And most of them are very curious about strange things, especially the youth. They try to taking drugs just for fun at the beginning, and then they will addict to heroin soon. In the end, they will     

Thanksgiving A time to give thanks

In the United State,the fourthThurs day of November is Thanks giving Day. This holiday is believed to originate from traditional harvest festivals that are still common in many cultures.One ancient Thanks-     

My Village

I live in a small and quiet village in the eastern part of Jiangsu Province. It stands beside the wide river called the Huaihe River. There are many small hills around our village. On the hills there are many kinds of trees and flowers.Before liberation itwas a poor,dirty place.Only a few rich peoplelived in good houses.M any poorpeople had no land and they had to workhard for the landlords all the year round.Of course they couldn t getenough to eat.They couldn t send theirchildren to scho…     

书面表达习作欣赏(英文)

Make Our Youth Fly in the Blue Sky A saying goes,"Where there is a will,there is a way."That’s definitely right.So I think,in our youth’s dictionary,there is no"impossible".So whatever we do, we should display our mien[mi:n](风采) to the top of our bent(尽情地).And let our youth fly in the blue sky forever. Only if we are willing to can we do anything well. But,in the modern high school,there are still some scenes that are not satisfying.For example,some students become tired in class,that is to say,they are not interested in any class.Because they get into playing computer games and they all are attracted by games.It is really a waste of time.When they are buried into playing as if they forget what time it is.We should say no to the net bar without thinking.Our youth should be filled with enthusiasm and sunshine.If you are out of a bad habit,it is honorable.Only using our strong belief can we get out of the bad habit.     

青蛙入侵夏威夷(英文)

Experts say the American state of Hawaii has been in-vaded by a small frog called the coqui(ko-KEE).There may be millions of the small frogs in Hawaii.However,they do not belong there.They are normally found in the Caribbean island ofPuerto Rico and in the southeastern United States.The coquifrogs are harming Hawaii's environment.And the extremelyloud noise they make is causing problems for Hawaiian citizensand visitors.     

威尼斯——奇异的城市

Venice,on the North East coast of Italy,is one ofthe most peculiar.picturesque cities in the world.It isnot just an island,but consists of one hundred and sev-enteen islands.Therefore,they require about four hun-dred bridges to join them together,There are no auto-mobiles or horses in Venice as there are no roads.In-stead,there are as many as one hundred and fifty wa-terways or canals there.     

万圣节(英文)

Halloween is one of the oldest holidays with origins going back thousands of years. The holiday has had many influences from many cultures over the centuries. From the Roman's Pomona Day, to the Celtic festival of Samhain, to the Christian holidays of All Saints and All Souls Days.     

美国人的婚礼(英文)

Weddings in the United States vary as much as the people do.There are church weddings with a great deal of fanfare;there are weddings on mountain-tops with guests barefooted; and there have been weddings on the ocean floor with oxygen tanks for the guests. But many weddings,no matter where or how they are performed, include certain traditional customs.     

The Study of the Image "Ark" in America

The images of "boat" and "ark" are often used as metaphors by all walks of life ranging from statesmen to the film makers in America.There are also many boats or arks in American society.From the Noah Ark in old times to the ark in the film 2012,they all play an important role,because they reflect the different trends of values,faith and ideology in different periods of America.Based on the three following texts:Old Testaments,Lifeboat Ethnic and 2012:Doomsday,it will reveal the values of materialism and pragmatism which are shown in contemporary American.     

The Story of Easter

Easter is a time of springtime festivals. In Christian countries Easter is celebrated as the religious holiday commemorating the resurrection of Jesus Christ, the son of God. But the celebrations of Easter have many customs and legends that are pagan in origin and have nothing to do with Christianity.     

My Favorite Animal-Elephant

There are many kinds of animals in the world.and i like the elephants best of all because they are the biggest animals on land they have the biggest ears and the biggest teeth,they also have a longnose,     

Worm Jaws Have Metal Power

Worms don't usually get much respect. To most people.they are slimy,dirty,and gross.But there is plenty in the humble worm to admire and inspire,say scientists in California. The jaws of marine worms, in particular, are incredibly strong. And new research is bringing researchers closer to developing hard materials that imitate nature.     

On the Impact of Western Festivals on Traditional Festivals in China and the Reform of Chinese Festivals

As China steps up its reform and opening up to the outside world,Chinese,especially the young,are becoming increasingly interested in western festivals.However,some traditional festivals in China are left out in the cold.This paper is mainly on the effect of west ern festivals on traditional festivals in China,trying to analyze the reason why it becomes this and it will lead us to face the communion and mixture between the two parties rationally.From the perspective of folk culture,it is necessary for us to find the motive of reform of Chinese traditional festivals.     

How to Facilitate Students’ English Learning in Chinese Secondary Schools from a Psychology Perspective

In Chinese secondary schools,there are many issues that may affect students’English learning.Firstly,the input,intake and acquisition of students’English learning from a psychology perspective are analyzed.And then,review the relevant literature to find out the recommendations which can facilitate students’language learning.Finally,make some suggestions for the possible problems and objections when the recommendations are implemented in teaching process.     

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No one really knows who bred the first cats, much later called Siamese,or where they were bred, but there are many stones that suggest that the Siamese originated in southeast Asia.When they first became the Palace and Temple cats of Siam,which is present-day Thailand,they were described as pure black cats with yellow eyes.Over centuries, locked up inside of a palace in Bangkok,they were bred by unknown people into a cat closely resembling the present-day     

On Connotation of Color Terms in Chinese and English

Because different peoples have different environments,customs,ways of thinking,religious beliefs,regimes,literature and arts and ways of living,there is no surprise that colors are described diversely in different countries.And they show the partic ular personalities of each nation.And language is not only the carrier of culture,but also it is an important part of culture.In oth er words,culture includes and influences language.People could know culture through language.So only when people combine culture with language can they succeed in communicating with each other.There are various color terms in both Chinese and English,and which have similar or different associations,indications and connotations.So to have a good mastery of the differenc es and similarities of these words and their associations,indications and cultural connotations is a prerequisite for a better under standing of the different cultures of eastern and western countries,which will make the communication easier.This paper will ex plain the four colors:red,white,black and yellow.     

On the Application of Communicative Teaching Activities in Enhancing Students’ Interests in English Reading

Recent years,many high schools enlarged their dimensions of enrollment along with the colleges’enlarged enrollment.As a result,the vocational schools’enrollees are mostly the graduated junior high school students who are not qualified to enroll in the senior high schools.The researcher found many students didn’t have interests in English reading.They often chat,read novels,or even sleep.That badly interrupted the accomplishment of regular teaching process.Most of the colleagues of the researcher contributed that to the lowered quality of students.But there might be many further reasons decreased the students’reading interests,such as,the teachers’teaching methods,the applicability of the textbooks,the teaching environment,and etc.Many researches had been conducted on the issue of the English reading.But there are a few practical researches on how to enhance students’interests in English reading.The researcher hypothesized that the communicative teaching activities(shortened as CTA hereinafter)can enhance students’reading interests.A three-week project was conducted among 35students.CTA was arranged in each of the three stages of English reading teaching,namely the pre-reading stage,the while-reading stage and the post reading stage.The researcher analyzed the weekly diary that described the performance changes of students,and also the exercise marks they got in the classes in three weeks.The results turned out students’interests in English reading had been highly improved after the application of CTA.The significance of this project is that the application of communicative teaching activities can enhance students’reading interests.And those teachers who are meeting the same problem in their teachings can benefit from this project.