介绍四季的英语作文5句合集20篇

The Yellow Mountain is one of the most famous mountains in China. It lies in the south of Anhui. Every year thousands of Chinese and foreigners pay a visit there. It s not far from here. It takes you about three hours to get there by bus. You can also go there by train or by plane. While you are climbing the mountain, you can enjoy the sea of clouds, wondrous pines and unique rocks around you. In the early morning when the sun rises, the sky looks very beautiful. It s really a nice place to visit.

黄山是中国最著名的山脉之一。它位于安徽的南部。每年都有成千上万的中国人和外国人去那里参观。离这儿不远。乘公共汽车到那儿大约需要三个小时的时间。你也可以乘火车或乘飞机去那里。当你在爬山的时候，你可以欣赏到你周围的云朵，奇异的松树和独特的岩石。清晨，太阳升起时，天空看起来很漂亮。这真是一个很好的地方。

[介绍黄山的英语作文带翻译

good morning, my name XX, it is really a great honor to have this opportunity for a interview, i would like to answer whatever you may raise, and i hope i can make a good performance today, eventually enroll in this prestigious university in september. now i will introduce myself briefly,i am XX years old,born in XX province ,and i am curruently a senior student at beijing XX university.my major isXX.and i will receive my bachelor degree after my graduation in june.in the past 4 years,i spend most of my time on study,i have passed CET4/6 with a ease. and i have acquired basic knowledge of packaging and publishing both in theory and in practice.

Besides, i have attend several packaging exhibition hold in Beijing, this is our advantage study here, i have taken a tour to some big factory and company. through these i have a deeply understanding of domestic packaging industry. compared to developed countries such as us, unfortunately, although we have made extraordinary progress since 1978,our packaging industry are still underdeveloped, mess, unstable, the situation of employees in this field are awkard. but i have full confidence in a bright future if only our economy can keep the growth pace still. i guess you maybe interested in the reason itch to law, and what is my plan during graduate study life, i would like to tell you that pursue law is one of my lifelong goal,i like my major packaging and i wont give up,if i can pursue my master degree here i will combine law with my former education. i will work hard in thesefields ,patent ,trademark, copyright, on the base of my years study in department of p&p, my character? i cannot describe it well, but i know i am optimistic and confident. sometimes i prefer to stay alone, reading, listening to music, but i am not lonely, i like to chat with my classmates, almost talk everything ,

My favorite pastime is valleyball,playing cards or surf online. through college life,i learn how to balance beetween study and entertainment. by the way, i was a actor of our amazing drama club. i had a few glorious memory on stage. that is my pride.

[大学新生英语自我介绍范例

I began to like English when I entered the senior high school. I owe it to my English teacher who has stimulated① my great interest in learning English and then influenced my future, and whose name is Zhang Yanshu----a name I will keep in my mind forever.

She showed great love to us which is deeply appealing to②our heart. Different from other teachers, she has never been impolite to us. Oppositely, she treated us equally. She made efforts to attract us to the world of English, to understand the beauty of the language and enjoy the cultures of the foreign countries. With her skillful help, the students in our class took great interest in this course and improved rapidly.

She was kind and patient. She did not mind the students slowness in learning new knowledge, but it did not mean that she was not strict with us. To make what we had learned strong, she often asked us to recall③ the knowledge in class. This was also a method to examine the homework she had assigned④. In that case, we had to work hard so as to live up to⑤her hope.

She is such an excellent teacher that we got so much from her, not only the knowledge but also kindness, diligence⑥ and appreciation for beauty. All these will be useful to all my life.

Dear Sir/Madam:

Hello!

Thank you for your first start reading, giving me the opportunity to you goes to my cover letter.

I Jiangxi Vocational College of Economics an d Management Department of Logistics Management 2010 graduates with the same number of our students, graduate an d harvest in sight, waiting for the test of the community an d look forward to your choice.

I was born in rural areas, studying in the city, so honest an d generous Chinese farmers an d urban people”s traditional virtues of a strong confident personality in me to get the perfect combination, which I have good social adaptation. University for three years to hone more I experience the significant increase in overall capacity strengthening, personal qualities to be a qualitative leap.

Bao Jianfeng from sharpening out, plum blossom from the bitter cold, looking back, slowly an d study hard more than a dozen set, I split the air waves in the vast Xuehai cut, to seek the knowledge of the mountain. To pursue their studies of the exquisite, the pursuit of ambitions to achieve, manifestation of the pursuit of personal values, learning career, I have sought all-round development in physical an d moral. I sweat pour out of fruitful results. college three years, I have every year are very outstan ding professional achievements, an d received third-class scholarship. Not only that, but also repeatedly been assessed "outstan ding cadres” college, many times the individual literary works in the College of Competition award.

Knowledge while at the same time I did not forget to shape their own character, honesty, unity an d good to my usual style, aggressive, hard work is my unique personality. To accompany raising their overall quality, I have actively participated in school a variety of meaningful activities outside; addition to specialized courses, I was the other after-school elective courses, including literature, psychology, acCounting, management, etc., in order to broaden their knowledge. usually either studying or living, I have to deman ding their own, I will put this character to the work which, strive to improve their ability to work, make their businesses grow gradually with the growth.

"Decade of sword, frost edge never try ”, I sincerely hope to become a member of your organization, I will, with enthusiasm an d tenacity of character to work hard an d cooperate with colleagues, contribute to savings for many years as a unit wisdom an d skill. urge acceptance letter, is hope, I await your good news! I believe my ability, but I believe you are the right choice! give me a chance, I will have you a miracle!

[简单应聘英语自我介绍

下面是语文迷小编为大家整理提供的英语写作技巧以及关联词，供大家阅读参考。

英语写作技巧之一：用介词短语替代从句，例：

原句：While they were playing tennis, she started an argument that lasted all morning.

修改后：During tennis she started an argument that lasted all morning.

原句：When you come to the second traffic light, turn right.

修改后：At the second traffic light turn left.

英语写作技巧之二：删除诸如"who is”或"that is"之类的关系代词，变从句为短语，例：

句：The novel, which is written in three parts, told a story that took place in the Middle Ages.

修改后：The three-part novel told a story set in the Middle Ages.

注：把句中的"three parts"改用形容词来表达，节省了四个不必要的单词"which is written in"。我们经常可以将关系代词如"that"去掉，这只会引起最少的变动。

英语写作技巧之三：剔除你不需要的单词，例：

Two joint partners will present their views over a long-distance telephone call.

写完这样的句子后，你自己再读一遍，挑出单词"joint"和"telephone"，注意删去不必要的词。

关联词的积累

1.提出观点不要只用I think，要学会用：

As far as I am concerned

In my opinion

From my point of view

From my perspective

The way I see it

2.转折不要只用but， 要多用：

However,

nevertheless, nonetheless,

Whereas

Some people like fat meat, whereas other people hate it.

转折也可用比喻：as a coin has two sides(就象硬币有两面一样), …(陈述转折内容)

3.表递进的：

In addition, in addition to, additionally,

what is more, moreover, furthermore,

more importantly，

what is worse (更槽糕的是)

4.表示“事实上”：

In fact,

as a matter of fact,

actually

5.表总结：

in conclusion, as a result,

all in all 总而言之

In short,

In a word, 一句话讲

Taking into consideration,

Taking into account all the factors that I have mentioned above, it is safe to draw a conclusion that …

6.表示因此：

Consequently,

Hence,

Therefore,

Thus,

as a result,

resultingly

7.表因为：

because of

due to,

owing to,

thanks to,

as a result of,

8.虽然

Although, even though, even if, though

Proud as these nobles are, …

As flattered as I am, I would say no.

In spite of, despite

I love you in spite of that.

9.比较：

In comparison with,

compared to,

compared with

She’s nothing compared to you.

10.表最后：

Finally,

eventually,

in the end,

at last,

ultimately,

11.表示程度的副词词组亦非常重要，会使文章看起来比较成熟、辨证：

To some extent 在某种程度上讲

To some degree 在某种程度上讲

To a large part 在很大程度上说

In a sense 在某种意义上讲

In general, generally 大体上说

Generally speaking 一般地讲

In some cases 在有些情况下

Basically 基本上

Broadly speaking 宽泛地讲

12.其他(要尽可能多用在文章中。始终牢记内容次要，而语言形式第一位。内容服务于形式)：

Not only, but also

Neither nor, either or

Instead of, instead

For example, for instance (替换使用), take … for example

Be likely to

Be able to

Speaking of, when it comes to …

When it comes to food, he is really picky.

In terms of 根据

First of all, second of all

Above all,

Significantly,

The more, the more

导语：《红楼梦》，中国古典四大名著之首，清代作家曹雪芹创作的章回体长篇小说，又名《石头记》《金玉缘》。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!

假定你是李华，你的笔友Chris中文学得很好，对中国历史文化很感兴趣。他来信让你推荐适合的中文读物。请根据下面的要求给他写一封回信。内容包括：

(1)推荐读物：《红楼梦》;(2)推荐理由：四大名著之一;中国传统文化的百科全书;(3)邀请他来中国体验文化。注意： 1. 词数100左右;2. 可以适当增加细节，使行文连贯;3.开头与已经为你写好;4. 参考词汇：《红楼梦》A Dream of Red Maisons;百科全书：encyclopedia

Hi，Chris

Glad to receive your letter where you mention that you are enthusiastic about Chinese culture and you want me to recommend you some related books, so I am writing to introduce my favorite book, A Dream of Red Maisons.

Firstly, this book is one of the Four Great Classical Novels and an encyclopedia of Chinese culture, in which you can see the rise and decline of a famous royal family and understand the complicated relationships between people from all walks and classes of life in ancient China. In addition to that, the writing style of Cao Xueqin, the author of this book, had a deep effect on writers of his times and later generation. It will be helpful for you to understand other books of the same type if you can fully understand this masterpiece.I am sure you will enjoy reading it.

I hope that you can come to China, and then I can show you around, visiting places of interest and you will know more about Chinese culture.

Looking forward to your arrival!

Yours

Li Hua

【参考译文】

嗨，克里斯

很高兴收到你的来信，你说你对中国文化的热情，你要我给你推荐一些相关的书籍，所以我写信介绍我最喜欢的书，红楼梦梅森。

首先，这本书是四大古典小说和中国文化的百科全书，在这里你可以看到的崛起和一个著名的王室衰落和了解中国古代各阶层和阶级的人们之间的复杂关系。除此之外，这本书的作者曹雪芹的写作风格对他的时代和后世产生了深远的影响。如果你能充分理解这本名著的话，对你理解其他类型的书很有帮助。

我希望你能来中国，然后我可以带你四处看看，参观名胜古迹，你会更多地了解中国文化。

期待你的到来!

你的

李华

Good morning. I feel honored to have this opportunity for an interview.

Now I will introduce myself. My name is He Xiangyu， from Zhengzhou No.1 Middle School. I am a hard working student. I will try my best to finish it no matter how difficult the thing is. I love science， because both of my parents are engineers， they take good care of me. Their love and support have always been my power.

My hobbies are playing basketball and reading. I have been trained in the school basketball team and we are the champion in Zhengzhou. I am the center in our team. I have plenty of glorious memory on the playground. And I like Kobe very much. He is brave， confident and a team player. I have learned a lot from him. I think playing basketball not only builds up my body， but also helps me to learn to work in a team.

My favorite magazine is “News Weekly”. By reading the newspapers and magazines， I’ve learned what’s happening around the world and develop an interest in important issues.

The Northeastern (Hunan) University has a long history. And it’s famous in China. I am willing to study here.

That’s all.

Thank you.

Good evening, Sir/Maam, my name is XXX, I am a sophomore who major in English. I came from XXX province, which is a bit far from here. Generally speaking, I believe that i am an outgoing and easygoing girl/boy who always loves to make new friends.

As for hobbies, I do have a lot of them. Firstly, I am a huge fan of dancing and singing. My idol is Briteny Spears and I watch her music video every single day. In fact, my very wild dream is to become someone like her, someone who can rock this world! However, unlike

the first one, my second hobby is reading, which is sort of indoorsy, I suppose~(此处可笑一下）Reading makes this world become increasingly imaginable to me, that is why it could amuse me all the time!

[自招面试英语自我介绍

Good morning/afternoon, my name is yanghaiyan ,you can call me yanzi. I like the feeling flying in the sky like a swallow.

It is really a great honor to have this opportunity for an interview, i would like to answer whatever you may raise, and i hope i can make a good performance today.

now i will introduce myself briefly.i am 20 years old,born in shandong province.i grow up in a sweet family,composed of my dad,mom,brother and myself.i am an optimistic and confident girl.i have full confidence in a bright future,and i believe i can do well in caac.punctuality and diligence are crucial to most future careers,i will try my best. altough i just graduated from school, i have confidence to venture my funture.

scoaring in the sky as an airhostess has been a dream for me since childhood.this is why im longing for a job on a plane, and this is why im standing here for this interview.i hope my application will be granted ,so that i will delive my best servies throughout the world as a airhostess member of caac and my dream can come ture. thats all.nice talking to you .thanks.

Have the four seasons one year, years has cold hot weather, do not pass normally again it seems that. Although now and then also meet of exclaim days elapse, never experience off-season changes seriously however. Experienced only spring exuberant, great achievements of again and again; If not experiences the bleak respectful of hibernate to kill, how is the passion of meeting yearning summer insurgent? The step of the four seasons comes hurriedly, go hurriedly again. The memory of childhood is like bright and beautiful if spend, colorful world life blossoms, be like sweetly March spring breeze, be like fierily in June filariasis, the four seasons in nature is certain nevertheless more if the poem is picturesque.

Spring day, on boundless and indistinct prairie, lanneret is in low come back, look for just the life of come to; Small grass is in sway, suck the timely rain of the earth, it is released spring blaze, this blaze is not aureate, however green -- that is the youth that never fades symbolizes. That is pale green grow long ribbon like, although be hit after many frost, inexorable still, from last year new bud appears below blasted branches and leaves, if brook Chan Chan is poured out of. Spring the footstep is in green in spread.

Summer, if note,rain cats and dogs, fierce wind sheds water shake is erratically, wet and windy, arbitrary trample lawn. Rainwater from housetop one have diarrhoea and below, free gave drainpipe, keep momently douse is on the window, on the door, let a person whats look not clear. Have water only at the moment, such blotting out the sky and cover up the earth, rainwater how not can hurried? So tremendous weight, can cloud layer bear how? So violent concussion, how is the earth endured again case? Between instantly, to bang of ping-pong of the ping on housetop, the silver on the meadow bead fly violently, low-lying place spray 4 splash. Then, the catharsis of the footstep classics harships of summer, clean ground moves toward the autumn. Autumn day, just like heaven, weather is gradually cool, the leaf becomes yellow slowly. Though autumn the prelude that is a winter, but somehow, people always thinks the autumn is the most beautiful. Autumn footstep and Chun Xia are different, it changes a faint scent, from the trail in firewood furnace or fireplace; It changes a Gan Tian, be in harmony eats fruit and vegetable; It still hides stealthily in the melon and fruit of cropland edge stack, more in the cider that brews mellow beauty already. Autumn the results that the footstep is witnessing field.

Wintry day, snow is soft like cotton, thick thick bespread window lattice, climb on glass full glacial grain, dim and of divine Mi crepuscular show a window and show, make become sweet and comfortable in the home. Although be in common single-page calendar, always appear with the figure of the old person in the winter, but I think however, winter should be a happy axman, or the youth that is a warm blood, exultation caper ground appears from chimney, rise happily up, was full of whole universe. The footstep of the four seasons has gone so namely, spring green, summerly rain, autumn wind, wintry snow, it is the mark that the four seasons has taken to stay.

[写春夏秋冬四季的英语作文

Yesterday, my parents were not home. And I had to stay at home by myself for one day and one night. I was very happy at first, because there wouldnt be anyone criticizes my behavior. I can do whatever I want. But later I felt desperate. There was nobody cook for me, asked me to do things or criticized me. I felt empty and desperate as the house is only me. When the night fell, I was afraid. The computer games or the cartoons couldn’t attract my attention. I hate living alone.

昨天，我的父母不在家。我得自己一个人呆上一天一夜。我一开始很开心，因为没人会批评我的行为了。我可以做任何我想做的事。但后来我感到很郁闷。没人给我做饭，没人叫我做事情也没有人批评我。整个房子只有我一个人，我感到很空虚和郁闷。当夜幕降临的时候，我就开始很害怕了。电脑游戏或动画片都无法吸引我的注意。我讨厌一个人生活。

你的英国朋友请你给他主办的校报写一篇短文，介绍中国的春节。请根据下列信息完成短文。

时 间活动内容春节前夕大扫除，购物除 夕家庭团聚，吃年饭春节期间探亲访友，放鞭炮

注意：

1. 词数100左右；

2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；

3. 开头语已为你写好；

4. 参考词汇：鞭炮 firecrackers

[范文]

Falling on the first day of the first month of the Chinese lunar calendar, the Spring Festival is in fact the Chinese New Year. Before it, people usually give their house a thorough cleaning and do a lot of shopping. On the New Year’s Eve, people come home and the whole family have a big dinner together. On the New Year’s Day and the few days to follow, people often visit their relatives and friends to give one another their best wishes for the new year. Throughout this festival period firecrackers can be heard everywhere. This festival is the most important festival for the Chinese.

[有关介绍中国的春节英语作文

Canton Tower,as a new landmark,located in the new CBD and the Pearl River landscape axis,lying in the geometric center of Guangzhou city.Canton Tower is 125 meters away from the south bank of Pearl River,facing the Haixinsha Island and Zhujiang New Town.In the year 2004,Information Based Architecture won the international competition,in which 13 of the worlds largest architectural offices participated,with a stunning and challenging design.IBA collaborated with Arup,the global design and business consulting firm developed the concept design.In later stages,IBA cooperated mainly with the local Chinese offices of Arup and a Local Design Institute.

Taiyuan, the capital of Shanxi Province, is bounded on three sides by mountains. It has a 2500-year history and in ancient times was an important military town. Now Taiyuan is one of Chinas heavy industrial cities and accounts for more than half the national coal mining output.

Taiyuan also has a wealth of tourist attractions and notably among these is the Jinci Temple. This is the citys most attractive temple although the Shuangta Si (Twin-Pagoda Temple) has become a symbol of Taiyuan on account of its unique architecture. Another major attraction is the Tianlong Shan Stone Caves where magnificent sculptures dating from the Tang Dynasty (618-907) may be seen.

Taiyuan benefits from convenient public transport systems as the city is the provincial transportation hub. Accommodation facilities have become more and more advanced over recent years and range from 5-star hotels to a selection of comfortable guest houses.

The gourmand should be aware that Shanxi noodles are highly reputed all over China, as well as the local vinegar. Other local delicacies are the Tou Nao, the Steamed Dumpling, Sausages and Mutton Soup. To accompany these wholesome foods there are Fen Jiu (Fen Wine) and Zhuye Qing (Zhuye Qing Wine). As well as its cuisine the city is noted for products such as finely crafted lacquer ware.

[介绍家乡山西的英语作文

I’m a primary student. I live happily. I have long hair and a lovely face. But I ‘m very short. Being the shortest girl in my class, I feel shamed of it, though my teacher and classmates always say I will grow taller in the future to comfort me. Besides, I feel very happy in school. There are so many students play with me, and I always do well in study. So, when I go home, my parents also happy, too. My father often take me out to different interesting places. And my mother usually cook delicious food for me. How happy I am!

Good afternoon,teachers! I`m very happy to introduce myself here. I`m Scott. My Chinese nameis SunZijing. I`m 13. I`m from Class1 Grade 6 of TongPu No.2 Primary School. Ihave many hobbies, such as playing ping-pong, playing badminton, listening tomusic, reading magazines and so on. My favourite food is chicken. It`s tastyand yummy. So I`m very strong. I`m a naughty boy. I always play tricks. And Ijust like staying in my room and reading books. But I have a dream, I want tobe a car-designer. Because I`m a car fan.This is me. Please remember SunZijing!Thank you very much!

Hello ！welcome to the special Chinese new years edition of discovering China. Im Alina Li and Im Ben Hedges, and today well be taking you through some of the most important traditions of Chinese new year and historical background. We will look at some of the legends behind Chinese new year and how to celebrate it. Here in the US and Chinese across the world.

The Chinese have specific way to celebrate their new year. If you walk down the street in Chinatown during Chinese New Year, you see a variety of ancient traditions such as red banners, firecrackers and lion dance performances, streets are filled with lively celebration.

However, legend has said that the new year has not always been a time of festivity. An Asian Chinese story told a chilly start to this festive holiday, it begins with an ancient Chinese beast called Nian.

Every New Year Nian would rise from swelling in the sea to ravage Chinese village in livestock and hurting people. The villages soon found out from a wise gray-haired old man that the only way to scare the beast away was to set off firecrackers and light lamps and to hang red banners on each door. As the story goes, this was the beginning of a tradition that would last thousands of years.

So this story leads to the creation of many of other traditions for celebrating Chinese New Year. lets take a look at some of these traditions.

Hannah Oyler

21 Balsom St

Ventura, CA 94120

__________________

Objective

To obtain a position as a photographer for a major metropolitan newspaper.

Notable Achievements

Time Magazine, Top Photos of the Year 1999 for California Wildfire at Night

Banaker Excellence in Photography Fellowship, 1995.

Experience

Ventura County Times

Staff photographer, 1996 - Present

Regular coverage included: Sports, Lifestyle, & Metro. Successfully met tight deadlines.

Los Angeles Times

Summer Intern, 1995 & 1996

Assisted lead sports photographer. Selected and assembled equipment according to subject material, anticipated conditions. Gained valuable knowledge of function and limitations of various types of cameras, lenses, and films.

Education

University of Southern California

B.A., Photography, 1996

Good morning/afternoon, my name is  ,you can call me yanzi. I like the feeling flying in the sky like a swallow.

It is really a great honor to have this opportunity for an interview, I would like to answer whatever you may raise, and I hope I can make a good performance today.

Now I will introduce myself briefly. I am 20 years old, born in shandong province.I grow up in a sweet family,composed of my dad,mom,brother and myself. I am an optimistic and confident girl. I have full confidence in a bright future,and I believe I can do well in caac.Punctuality and diligence are crucial to most future careers,I will try my best. Altough i just graduated from school, I have confidence to venture my funture.

Scoaring in the sky as an airhostess has been a dream for me since childhood, this is why im longing for a job on a plane, and this is why Im standing here for this interview. I hope my application will be granted ,so that i will delive my best servies throughout the world as a airhostess member of caac and my dream can come ture.

Thats all. Nice talking to you .Thanks.

Tonight is Christmas Eve.

Come home from school, together with my mother went to the village of fruit shop, see the store has a lot of apple with the packaging. I look at the said to mother: "mom, I really want to have a!" Mother said: "apple a lot in the home, buy this kind of packing good uneconomic, and these are packaged away." Listen to the mother, I reluctantly left the fruit store. At home, I ate an apple, want to eat the fruit every day can be peace.

Here, I wish you all a happy Christmas Eve, merry Christmas.

今天晚上是平安夜。

放学回家，跟妈妈一起走到小区的水果店，看到店里有好多包装好了的苹果。我看了一下对妈妈说：“妈妈，我好想要一个呀！”妈妈说：“家里苹果很多，买这种包装好的很不划算，而且这些包装好的都是送人的。”听了妈妈的话，我依依不舍的离开水果店。回到家，我吃了一个苹果，希望吃了这个平安果可以天天平安。

在这里，我祝大家平安夜快乐，圣诞快乐。

导语：每个人都有自己的家庭，你会跟大家怎么介绍你的家庭呢?下面是yuwenmi小编为大家整理的英语作文，欢迎阅读与借鉴，谢谢!

My name is Yu Geqin. I’m nine years old. There are three members in my family, my father, my mother and I.

My father is a teacher. He is very handsome. He always wears a pair of glasses. He works very hard. He’s busy from morning to night. He’s the cleverest man of my family. He can solve the difficult problems, too.

My mother is very beautiful. She has two big eyes and her black hair is long. My mother is worker. She is good at her job. She is also a good housewife.

I have a happy family. I like it very much.

英语作文翻译：

我叫于格沁。我九岁。我家有三口人，我爸爸，我妈妈和我。

我的父亲是一名教师。他很英俊。他总是戴着一副眼镜。他工作很努力。他从早到晚忙着。他是我家最聪明的人。他也能解决这些难题。

我妈妈很漂亮。她有两只大眼睛，黑色的头发很长。我妈妈是工人。她擅长她的工作。她也是个好主妇。

我有一个幸福的家庭。我非常喜欢它.

American eating is funny. They eat almost everything with a fork, and it appears that holding a knife in ones right hand longer than a few seconds is considered to be against good table manners.

The system is that if it is absolutely necessary to use a knife, people take the fork in their left hand, and cut off a piece of meat or whatever it is in the normal manner. Then they put the knife down, transfer the fork to their right hand, and only then do they transport the food to their mouth. This is clearly ludicrous(滑稽可笑), but it is considered good manners.

There are several results of this system. First, if it is not absolutely necessary to use a knife, Americans dont use one, because obviously this greatly complicates(使复杂化) things, and you will therefore see them trying to cut things like potatoes, fish and even bacon(熏猪肉) with a fork. Second, towards the end of a course, since only one implement(器具) is being used, food has to bo chased around the plate with the fork - and for the last mouthful the thumb has to be used to keep the food in place, although one is not supposed to do this.

Third, tables are generally laid with one knife and two forks, the outside fork being for the salad. There is no need for foreign visitors to follow the American system and try to eat the salad with only a fork, but if you do use your knife, remerber to save it for the meat course. Even desserts(甜食) (except ice cream) are eaten with a fork if at all possible, and the spoon you see by your dessert is meant to be for coffee (but if you use it for your dessert no one will say anything).