【精品】美國(guó)英語(yǔ)作文錦集十篇
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美國(guó)英語(yǔ)作文 篇1
People who go to a formal Western dinner party for the first time may be surprised by table manners in Western culture.Knowing them will help you make a good impression.Having good table manners means knowing,for example,how to use knives and forks,when to drink a toast and how to behave at the table.Beside your napkin you will find a small bread roll and three glasses—one for white wine,one for the red wine,and one for water.There are two pairs of knives and forks on the table,forks on the left and knives in the right of the plate.When you see two spoons,the big one id for the suop and the samll one for the dessert.The knife and fork that are closest to your plate are a litte bit bigger than the ones beside them.When you sit down at the table, you can take your napkin, unfold it and put it on your lap.In Chinese you sometime get a hot,damp cloth to clean your face and face and hands,whinch,however,is nat the custom in Western countries.
Dinner start with a small dish, which is often called a starter.Sime people pray before they start eating , and other people may keep silent for a moment. Then you can say"Enjoy your meal"to each other and everybody start eating.For the starter,which you eat with the smaller pair,you keep the knife in your right hand and the fork in your left.After the starter you will get a bowl of soup—but only one boel of soup and never ask for a seconf serving.
The next dish is the main course.Many Westerners think the chicken breast with its tender white flesh is the best part of the bird. Some people can use their fingers when they eating chicken or other birds,but never touch beef or other meat in bones.It is polite to finish eating everthing on your plate,so don't take more food than you need.
At table ,you should try to speak quietly and smile a lot,but do not laugh all the time.
Most Westerners like soft drink if they will drive home.Many of them drink white or red wine with the food.When drinking to someone's health,you raise your glasses,but the glasses should not touch. The custom of toasting in some parts of China is to finish the drink at once,but Westerners usually take only a sip.For drinking during a dinner,the best advic is never to drink too much.
Table manners change over time.They follow the fashion of the day .Beside,table manners are only important at formal dinner parties.If you're not sure what to do ,you can always follow your hosts.Although good manners always make you look good,you do not need to worry about all these rules while having dinner with your friends or family.
美國(guó)英語(yǔ)作文 篇2
This Thursday is Thanksgiving Day. The writer O’Henry called it the one day that is purely American. Thanksgiving is not a religious holiday. But it has ritual meaning. Some Americans attend religious services on the day before Thanksgiving or on Thanksgiving morning. Others travel long distances to be with their families. They have a large dinner which is the main part of the celebration. For many Americans, Thanksgiving is the only time when all members of the family gather. The holiday is a time of family reunion. Thanksgiving week is generally one of the busiest travel times of the year.
However, experts say this year probably will be different. On September 11th, thousands of people died when terrorists hijacked airplanes that struck buildings in Washington D.C. and New York City. Many people now say they are worried about flying on a plane. Travel experts say almost 6 percent fewer people will make long trips this Thanksgiving compared with last year.
Many Americans who usually visit family and friends by plane are driving shorter distances instead this week. Some mental health experts say the attacks have frightened people. They say people feel safer and happier close to home. More than any other holiday, Thanksgiving is a celebration of family and home. Many people say that this year they are especially thankful for their families and friends and the good things in their lives.
On Thanksgiving, people enjoy a long day of cooking, eating and talking. The traditional meal almost always includes the turkey with a bread mixture cooked inside. Other traditional Thanksgiving food served with turkey are sweet potatoes, cranberries and pumpkin pie. Stores are said to sell more food at Thanksgiving than at any other time of the year, and many people eat more food at Thanksgiving than at any other time of the year. Over the years, Americans have added new traditions to their Thanksgiving celebration. For example, a number off professional and university football games are played on Thanksgiving Day. Some of the games are broadcast on national television.
美國(guó)英語(yǔ)作文 篇3
the average family income of the u.s.a. has increased from 20,000 dollars per year in 1992 to 25,000 in . along with this considerable increase in people’s income, the way in which the average family spends its income has also varied to some etent. the average ependiture of family income is divided into several sectors, namely, housing, clothing, food and drink, transport, medical care, entertainment, savings and other items.
from the table, it is quite interesting to find that the money spent on some sectors such as food and drink (2%) and entertainment (6%) in 1992 and remains the same. for transport, the percentage of is only 1% larger than that of 1992. it is also worth mentioning that in , people tend to save less money than in 1992 because people deposit only half the money they used to in 1990. there is a greater increase in the epenses on housing and medical care, increasing by 8% and 6% respectively. on the other hand, people tend to spend less money on clothes, for there is a 5% decrease in compared with that in 1992. as far as other items are concerned, there is a sharp decrease in the percentage of family income spent on them, accounting for only 7% of the total.
it can be seen from the statistics that in american people’s life food and drink, entertainment and transport had always been important. with family income increasing, american people began to give first priority to housing and medical care, thereby improving their living conditions and invigorating health. by saving less, they presented to us the implication that they epected a fairly secure prospect.
美國(guó)英語(yǔ)作文 篇4
Visitors to the United States are often surprised to learn the great distance from the east coast to the west coast. The continental United States stretches 4,500 kilometers from the Atlantic Ocean on the east to the Pacific Ocean on the west. It borders Canada on the North,and reaches south to Mexico and the Gulf of Mexico. A fast train,travelling 96 kilometers an hour, takes more than 48 hours to cross the country. A jet plane crosses the continental United States from east to west in about five hours.
Including the states of Alaska and Hawaii,which are not seen in this map of the continental United States, the country covers an area of 9,363,123 square kilometers. Of the fifty states of the country Alaska is the largest in area,and Hawaii is the newest. The former borders on northwestern Canada: the latter lies in the Pacific.
美國(guó)英語(yǔ)作文 篇5
Football is the most popular sport in the world, many teenagers take it as their career and they work on it with their passion. It is known to all that American people love sports so much and there are many excellent athletes there. However, soccer in America is not that popular.
足球是世界上最受歡迎的體育運(yùn)動(dòng),許多青少年把它當(dāng)成職業(yè),滿懷熱情。眾所周知,美國(guó)人很喜歡運(yùn)動(dòng),那里有許多優(yōu)秀的運(yùn)動(dòng)員,然而,足球在美國(guó)并不受歡迎。
When talking about American football, people will naturally think about the special equipment, such as in the American movies, people have to wear helmet to protect themselves. American football is different from soccer. Soccer is not that popular in United States as people in other nations have played. Many American people even don’t know the rules. Especially for the older people, they show little interest in it.
當(dāng)談?wù)摰矫朗阶闱,人們自然?huì)想到特殊的裝備,比如在美國(guó)電影中,人們必須戴頭盔來(lái)保護(hù)自己。美式足球不同于英式足球。足球在美國(guó)并不受歡迎,然而其他國(guó)家的人卻滿懷熱情。許多美國(guó)人甚至不知道這些規(guī)則。尤其是老年人,他們都不感興趣。
But the situation gets better for the young generation, many teenagers show much interest in soccer and their families give them great support. Soccer starts to become popular expression, which means the mothers drive the children to play game. American football team had made great improvement in the last World Cup. In the coming great match, more and more American public show much attention to it.
但年輕一代的情況有所好轉(zhuǎn),許多青少年對(duì)足球很感興趣,他們的家人也大力支持他們。足球開(kāi)始成為一種流行的表達(dá),這意味著母親會(huì)開(kāi)車送孩子去參加比賽。美國(guó)足球隊(duì)在上屆世界杯有很大的.進(jìn)步。在未來(lái)的大比賽中,會(huì)有越來(lái)越多的美國(guó)公眾開(kāi)始關(guān)注。
美國(guó)英語(yǔ)作文 篇6
June 6th Thursday Sunny
This afternoon a young American friend called Mike came to our school. He visited our lab, library and school factory. At five o'clock he had a free talk with some of my classmates. I was lucky to be one of them.
Mike spoke English slowly and carefully, so we could understand what he said. We talked about our English study for about an hour. Before he left our school, I asked him in English, "What do you think of our school?" He answered with a smile, "Oh, it's wonderful!"
This is the first time for me to talk with a foreigner in English. English is really userful.
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6月6日 星期四 晴
今天下午一位叫邁克的美國(guó)朋友來(lái)到了我校。他參觀了我們的實(shí)驗(yàn)室、圖書(shū)館和校辦工廠。在5點(diǎn)鐘他和我班的一些同學(xué)座談,我有幸稱為其中的一名。
邁克的英語(yǔ)講得很慢,很認(rèn)真,所以我們能聽(tīng)懂他說(shuō)的話。關(guān)于英語(yǔ)學(xué)習(xí)情況我們聊了大約一個(gè)小時(shí)。在他離校之前,我用英語(yǔ)問(wèn)他:“你認(rèn)為我們學(xué)校怎么樣?”他面帶微笑回答:“好極了!”
這是我第一次用英語(yǔ)同老外談話,英語(yǔ)真的挺有用。
美國(guó)英語(yǔ)作文 篇7
我從小就喜歡旅游,上幼兒園起,我就夢(mèng)想著出國(guó)去旅游。
四年級(jí)時(shí),我本想和同學(xué)一起去新加坡,卻因?yàn)槟挲g太小,被爸爸媽媽拒絕。一轉(zhuǎn)眼,到了五年級(jí)的暑假,本打算去日本的我又對(duì)日本嚴(yán)重的甲型H1N1流感望而卻步。唉,我的夢(mèng)想再一次破滅了。
現(xiàn)在,我已是七年級(jí)的學(xué)生了。一天,馮老對(duì)我們說(shuō):“今年暑假,我們又有出國(guó)去參加夏令營(yíng)的活動(dòng)。”我聽(tīng)后高興極了:“嘿嘿,我又有機(jī)會(huì)圓夢(mèng)了!”
中午,我飛快地吃完飯,然后飛奔到電話亭。
“滴滴,滴……”我撥通了媽媽的電話!拔梗瑡寢,我們學(xué)校又組織去國(guó)外夏令營(yíng)了,我想去美國(guó)。第一,我現(xiàn)在上初一,是個(gè)很關(guān)鍵的階段,美國(guó)是現(xiàn)在最發(fā)達(dá)的國(guó)家,我去那里增長(zhǎng)了見(jiàn)識(shí)一定會(huì)有利于我的學(xué)習(xí)的。第二,此去美國(guó)有足足三十天時(shí)間,能夠給我一個(gè)充分的純英語(yǔ)環(huán)境,對(duì)我的英語(yǔ)學(xué)習(xí)會(huì)大有幫助。第三,美國(guó)的東西賣得便宜……”我把我所有的理由都一一搬了出來(lái)。終于,功夫不負(fù)有心人,在我的軟磨硬泡后,媽媽總算說(shuō):“那好吧,反正你都這么大了,也該見(jiàn)見(jiàn)世面了。不過(guò)你一定要珍惜這次機(jī)會(huì),出去多學(xué)點(diǎn)東西吧。”
我高興得跳了起來(lái)!我念叨了好幾年的夢(mèng)想終于可以實(shí)現(xiàn)了!在回寢室的路上,我看見(jiàn)天出奇地藍(lán),白云也仿佛變成了笑臉的形狀,以往搗蛋的同學(xué),也都比平常順眼多了!
對(duì)了,去美國(guó)要住在居民家里,多學(xué)會(huì)一些英語(yǔ)的日常用語(yǔ)也是必不可少的。于是,我開(kāi)始苦練英語(yǔ),上課時(shí),我比以前專心了許多。在上補(bǔ)習(xí)班的時(shí)候,我也讓老師給我強(qiáng)化了一下口語(yǔ),漸漸的,我的英語(yǔ)會(huì)話能力提高了。
這次去美國(guó),一定會(huì)讓我增長(zhǎng)許許多多的見(jiàn)識(shí),提高我的英語(yǔ)成績(jī),也會(huì)讓我快樂(lè)。所以,我要好好珍惜這次機(jī)會(huì),多學(xué)些知識(shí),豐富我的人生。
美國(guó)英語(yǔ)作文 篇8
It is quite common for parents to beat their children,because they think eating is a good way to make children learn and behave well.One of my neighbors made a very strict demand on his son and scolded him bitterly or smacked(稍帶特定味道) him whenever he was lazy or disobedient(違抗命令的).To justify(辯解) what he did,he said,” spare the rod and ruin the child.”
Actually beating is a violent way of treating children.It does more harm and causes more hurt than good to children’s physical and psychological health.However,beating children is common occurrence(出現(xiàn)) in our life.Many children become disable because their parents hit them too hard.Some lost their hearing and some became lame(跛腳的).Some children develop an internal(內(nèi)在的) hatred(憎恨) for their parents and protest(抗議) by running away from home.Others may become so fearful of their parents that they tremble(發(fā)抖) at the sight of their angry parents.A mother,for example,even went so far as to beat her son to death because she was not satisfied with his study.Likewise(同樣地),it is not unusual that the child murdered(兇殺) his parents because of the extreme contradiction(矛盾) between them.How can children learn and grow healthily under such circumstance(環(huán)境)?
Quite often parents will be torn by pangs(劇痛) of regret(懊悔) and remorse(自責(zé)) after they have beaten their children.They feel very sad in the rest of their lives.But it is already too late.How can they bring their handicapped(有生理缺陷的) child back to healthy one?How can they relieve(減輕) pains in their children’s heart so easily?We can say beating hurts both children and parents.It is absolutely a bad way to make children learn and behave well.
Exactly speaking,children are also human beings.They have self-respect and should be respected.
美國(guó)英語(yǔ)作文 篇9
The Americans are much in love with food. This is part of being American too. Baseball is Americans' national pastime1, but what's a ball game without hot dogs, peanuts2 and Cracker Jacks (sweetened popcorn3)? Hollywood is America's symbol of glamour4 and excitement all over the world, but who would watch a movie in America without asking for an extra large bag of popcorn? And the astronauts took instant orange drink [Tang] with them.
Americans love all kinds of food, Italian, Chinese, Mexican, Greek, French, Japanese and many others. The Americans are in fact
“The UN of Food.”
To get familiar with the American eating custom, one must know two things. First, one must know the sequence5 of service. There is something special in terms of the sequence, or order, of dish service in America compared with ours. Here is the order:
1. Aperitif6—a small cup of alcoholic drink to increase one's appetite7. The host or hostess will ask: “Do you like a cup of aperitif?”
2. Hors d'oeuvre8—some tasty food offered in small quantities at the beginning of a meal.
3. Appetizer —or called starter, it is a small serving of juice, fruit or seafood or something else, at the beginning of a meal, to stimulate9 people's appetite.
4. Now the main course is under way:
a) Soup—it is usually the first course in a dinner.
b) Fish—it is usually served after the soup and before the entree10 in a formal meal.
c) Entree—the third course of a meal, generally it is made up of a hot meat.
d) Savory11—the last course in a formal meal, it is something pleasant to eat but with a salty rather than sweet taste.
5. Dessert12 —sweet food served toward the end of a meal, usually it is a pudding, chocolate cake, or cheese and biscuits sometimes.
6. Coffee—that's the last stage in a formal present-day European and American dinner. It's served either at table or in the living room.
In a family treatment, the above-mentioned No 1-3 stage may be omitted13, though No 4 is the essential part. And the main course generally includes no more than 5 dishes of nutrient14 food. Ostentation15 is never under consideration.
Another thing to mention is that serving oneself from one's own plate is popular in Europe and America, except for the soup and bread which is taken and enjoyed according to one's need.
The second one we must know about the American eating custom is the taboos at table.
(1) Don't circle your plate with your arm. If you do so, you will become the focus16 of the table. Everyone would wonder: “Is there anything wrong with the food?” This may give a false message that you don't like the food or something like that.
(2) Don't push the plate back when finished. Leave it where it was. Do you mean to remind17 the hostess that you've just completed a labor?
(3)Don't lean18 back and announce that “I'm through” or “I'm stuffed19.” Just put the fork and knife quietly across the plate, that's all.
(4) Don't cut up everything before you start to eat. Cut only one or two bites20 at a time.
(5) Never take huge mouthfuls of anything. Do you mean to show how hungry you are? Don't do that! Be gentlemanlike or ladylike.
(6) Don't crook21 your finger when picking up a cup or glass. That looks too affected22, far from ladylike!
(7) Never wear too much lipstick23 to the table. It may stain the napkins24 and look gaudy25 and embarrassing on the rims26 of the cup or glass.
(8) It's never acceptable to reach across the table for anything (a serving dish, for example). If the item you want is not at hand, simply ask for the nearest person for help, like “Mrs. Smith, would you mind passing me the butter (or a dish)?”
美國(guó)英語(yǔ)作文 篇10
這幾天,美國(guó)給我發(fā)了邀請(qǐng)函,讓我去美國(guó)參加鋼琴比賽。聽(tīng)了這個(gè)消息,我十分激動(dòng),也非常興奮。因?yàn)橹挥性谌珖?guó)拿到一等獎(jiǎng)的才有可能收到邀請(qǐng)函,但還不知道爸爸媽媽讓不讓我去呢。
我們比賽的地方是在美國(guó)的舊金山,那里風(fēng)景很美,我好期盼!可是爸爸媽媽還在猶豫。媽媽說(shuō):“美國(guó)的冬天很冷,現(xiàn)在美國(guó)的甲型流感很嚴(yán)重,還是安全第一啊!”爸爸說(shuō):“去美國(guó)的簽證很嚴(yán),不可能三個(gè)人同時(shí)出去,你們倆在外面我不放心,費(fèi)用也很高的!”
哎,大人總有那么多理由,看來(lái)去美國(guó)還真是件難辦的事呀!
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