高考英语作文：低碳生活的活动(精品20篇)

每一次的教研活动都是对前一阶段教学的反思，反思我们的教学常规，反思我们的教学理念，反思我们的教学基本功。反思的同时探究更好的，适合我们的孩子的教学方法。因为我们都追求一个目标——让学生真正学到知识并运用知识，感受学习英语的乐趣。通过这次的教研活动，让我受益匪浅，体会颇深。

一、提高自身的专业素养。每一次参加完教研活动后总是觉得我还有很多东西需要加强。如提高口语表达能力，驾驭课堂的能力等等。只有这样才能更好的完成教育教学工作。

二、不断完善课堂教学。应该说每一次英语教研活动，我们都会从中汲取很多好的教学方法。也就是说。很多英语老师在平日繁重的教学过程中，都在不断地学习，探究，不断地完善自己的课堂教学，从而不断地提高课堂教学效率。

三、重视评价，关注学生的情感。英语课并不是简单地知识的累加，而是一个综合体。每一单元的内容都是有思想的，都是很好的教育材料，应该把情感教育应用到每一节英语课上。简单地让学生只学一些词和句子没有什么实际意义，有些学生态度冷淡，情感脆弱，关注学生的情感态度培养是必需的。一句鼓励的话，让学生兴奋，促使他们集中精力，积极完成课堂上的各种教学活动。

希望能多参加这样的教研活动，学习别人的长处，弥补自己的不足，不断提高自己的业务水平。

Fast-food is becoming more and more popular in China, especially among children, teenagers and white-collars.

快餐在中国越来越流行，尤其在小孩子，年轻人和白领这些人群中。

There are several reasons for its popularity. First, its so convenient that saves a lot of time. Your just need to go into a fast-food restaurant, order your food, and your food is ready in time. Second, you can have many choices, various collocations of food. And you can eat it there or take it away. Third, the environment of fast-food restaurants is both clean and comfortable.

有很多理由可以解释它兴起的原因，首先，它很方便，能节省很多时间。你只需进入一家快餐店，然后点餐，你的食物就会按时送上来。其次，你有多种选择，他们提供各种各样的食物。你可以选择在那吃或带走。第三，快餐店的环境相对干净又舒适。

However, in terns of nutrition, it is usually not a balanced diet and low in nutritional value. Usually, fast-food is rich in sugar, so that regularly eat fast-food may cause obesity.

然而，从营养方面讲，快餐没有提供平衡的饮食，营养价值也很低。通常，快餐都是高糖的，所以经常吃快餐会导致肥胖。

Fast-food is only a good choice when you are in a hurry and turn to it once in a while. But for people, especially children, eat fast-food as little as possible.

当你时间比较赶时，偶尔吃一次快餐，还是不错的选择。但人们还是得尽量少吃，尤其是孩子。

I often go to see my grandma and grandpa during winter vacation。 They are both seventy years old and live in the country happily。 I can do many interesting things there。 I am used to getting up early in the morning and breathing the fresh air in the countryside。 After snow， I would like to skate and ski with my friends。 When night comes， I am used to sitting by the fire and listening to grandma telling me many funny stories。 And I tell her some new things happening in the city。 When I have to go back， I am always reluctant to go。 I really feel happy living in the country。

寒假期间我经常去看望我的爷爷奶奶。他们都已经70岁了，住在乡下。我可以在那里做很多有趣的事情。我习惯一大清早起床呼吸乡下的新鲜空气。下雪后，我喜欢跟同伴们一起滑雪滑冰。夜幕降临时，我就坐在火炉边，听奶奶讲动听的故事。我也会给她讲一些城里的新鲜事。每次该回城时，我总是恋恋不舍。我确实喜欢乡下的生活。

[我的寒假生活英语日记

Dear Sir or Madame

Im very glad to be invited to the English summer camp.

I prefer to go in July because Ill have to prepare myself for the new school term in August. It seems all the activities you offer are attractive and meaningful. But Id like to attend the English lectures from which I can get more information on British and American culture. With the coming of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games more and more foreigners are eager to know about China. So I hope to teach foreigners Chinese and spread Chinese culture.

Its been a dream for me to visit Beijing. Could you organize a tour around the city during the camp?

Thank you very much.

Everyone has their own habit. I have some living habits. I will take off my

shoes and put on the slippers when I arrive home. And I get used to drink some

soup before having dinner. What’s more, I have to keep my room light on until I

fall asleep. If I am forced to change anything about this, I will be very

uncomfortable. For example, if I don’t wear slipper at home, I will be very

uncomfortable. If I can’t drink soup before dinner, I can’t eat anything. And I

can’t fall asleep if the light is off. This is my living habit. Maybe I will

change it one day, but now I can’t receive any change about them.

Suddenly, the summer vacation is coming. Im happy to "one jump three feet high" but I gradually found that summer vacation is boring.

I wanted to finish in ten days, but, I have been doing for 24 days. The 30 day finally finished, father has bought me, only on Saturday and Sunday can rest a while. I dont like a holiday, but, as long as I still quite like no homework.

More like summer and winter vacation, homework, tired bad. I hope can have a holiday, and can not write my homework, how comfortable, how carefree! If the day sentient days also old, if a man love die young.

Nowdays, more and more person was one child in their family. When they growing up ,they were alone with themselves . When they become a student of university they must live with another classmates. At that times, they may e have some unharmonious things.

In dormitory, i think it is more necessary for us to protect the tune of dormitory.For example if your dormitory unharmonious.it could effect your study, feeling, mood and so on. But the question is how to establish the live of harmonious dormitory.

In my opinion, Those ways may be usefully.

First of all, more intercourse, please talk with your dormitorymates,when you have more conversation, youcan know more and more things about your dormitorymates, and also you attention something about their habits,and avoid something in emarrass.

Besides,have a big heart. If you had some troule with you dormitorymates, please dont break a butterfly on the wheel. give a smile, and discuss the solution about those things.

It should be noted that open your heart, more conversation with your dormitorymates. More understand each other. Do anything about establish the live of harmonious dormitory. I think it is easy for you to do!

Bathed in bright sunshine and beautiful our dear alma mater. Teachers of students walked hurriedly, but also with a dew of the flowers will be contests ... ... constitute a campus landscape plan.

In this piece of great vitality, you can imagine how it used to be like?

Without an advanced multi-media platform, class, chalk dust from time to time will "drill" into your nose so that you can not help to play a big sneeze. But if you came to my school, there will always surprise you.

Came to the school gate, the first thing you see should the number of those few characters in red: the new North River Primary School. Look, in the sunshine, then a few shiny plaque, giving a pleasant feeling.

Continue to move forward, the most striking place is the fountain of Nazuo! Peaks rising one after another like a layer upon layer of the water column, which also has a colorful statue; a few naughty cute bird flaps helplessly fledgling wings, eyes filled with not only ignorance, but also looking forward, eager to fly vast blue sky.

In the fountain to the left, has a small flower bed. Where trees, flowers, dew on the petals of a flower child in the colorful jumping, rolling; delicate green and yellow earth lightly stroked the earth, Feng ER blown it joyfully dancing, singing ... ... see, big tree Ficus are so tall and straight, head held high, Look East from time to time, as if thinking about our greatest respect.

Continue to move forward, it is our playground. Every day, everyone in a vigorous manner the students exercise, vowed to have a strong physique, in order to serve the motherland. Well, two students were running the plastic on the runway. See this scene, I could not help think: Three years ago, the school using a cinder track, running up and dust ... ... Until now, our school put on the plastic track, that we can best play the best level of ... ...

I love my beloved teacher, I love my dear classmates, but even more love my school, because it changed beautiful!

August 15 is one of the most important festivals of the Chinese nation -- the Mid-Autumn festival. On that day, people ate moon cakes, the moon, some places and lanterns, very lively.

The reason for the Mid-Autumn festival is that August is the second month of the autumn, the ancient time is called midautumn, because it is in the autumn and the middle of August, the folk are called Mid-Autumn festival.

On the eve of the Mid-Autumn festival, relatives and friends give gifts to each other, because moon cakes symbolize reunion. The styles of mooncakes are also full of beautiful fruit, such as pineapple, red dates, orange, and my favorite ice moon cakes...

On the day of the Mid-Autumn festival, people bought all kinds of things except moon cakes. Most of them were eaten. In the evening, the family ate reunion dinner, looking forward to the dark sky, hoping the moon would come out earlier.

At night, the moon came out, like a large disk. At this time, the family moved the tables and chairs and tea sets to the balcony, and all kinds of mooncakes were taken together. They looked at the moon, and remembered their loved ones who could not go home. Some people raise a cup in the moonlight, the hope is good; Fireworks rise and bloom in the night sky!

The Mid-Autumn festival is a joyous occasion for our family. It is a time for us to miss our loved ones. It is an indelible day.

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1。地点：距白山入口处500米;

2。房间及价格：单人间(共20间)，100元/天;

双人间(共15间)，150元/天;

热水淋浴;

3。餐饮：餐厅(中、西餐)，咖啡厅(茶、咖啡);

4。游泳池：全天免费开放;

5。欢迎预订。

注意：1。词数100左右，开头语已为你写好;

2。可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

Wele to Baishan Mountain Hotel

Baishan Mountain Hotel is now open for business

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Wele to Baishan Mountain Hotel

Baishan Mountain Hotel is now open for business。

Our hotel stands 500 meters away from the entrance to Baishan Mountain。 It has 20 single rooms and 15 double rooms，all with hot showers。 A single room is 100 yuan and double room 150 yuan for one night。 You are advised to book in advance。 The hotel serves three meals a day and there are Chinese food and western food for you to choose from。 You can also enjoy yourself at the café drinking tea or coffee in the evening。 We also have a swimming pool，which is open all day and free of charge。

All are wele!

My school life

My school life in primary school is wonderful! I have a lot of friends. They are friendly to me.We study together play together and talk together.My teachers are very patient .They teach me a lot and help me with many problems. The school life is unforgettable.

by the time children enter school, they’ll have spent up to one-third of their waking hours in front of tv. the enormous influence of television is just beginning to be realized. while many parents take television as an electronic baby-sitter, they neglect the fact that television may be more harmful than it is beneficial to children.

those who encourage small children to watch television claim that many programs for children on tv are helpful to develop children’s interest and enrich their knowledge. they also argue that preoccupied with tv programs, children are prevented from doing mischief. although at a first glance these arguments sound true, the behavior of some children doesn’t seem to prove them.

in the first place, programs for children are not always beneficial to them. one science fiction serial keeps telling about some supernatural beings who can fly and always fight against evildoers. after watching several episodes, a small child was so enchanted that he imitated the heroes and “flew” from his room on the second floor. there are also reports of children running away from home to the mountains to practice martial art. these incidents are naturally credited with tv programs for children.

further, being preoccupied with tv programs is not a good way for avoiding mischief. in the days before tv, parents used to gather together with their children, telling stories or reading poems to them. the communication between parents and children was thus better, so it was easier for children to understand what was good conduct.those who approve of children’s watching tv neglect television’s bad effects on children. firstly, children are surrounded and bombarded by commercials for toys and foods. they are tempted into becoming consumers. they earnestly ask their parents to buy things which they do not really need. as a result, the parents are in a financial dilemma, and the children themselves always become victims of bad products because of false advertising.

another bad effect of television is that children are over-exposed to violence. they watch hours of murders, fights, and crimes every week, with no adult around to tell them that life is not like that most of the time. the effect of the heavy dose of violence is to suggest to children that violence is an ordinary way of life, and that shooting and cheating are ways to success.most serious of all, children who often watch tv are becoming passive. they just sit back and let things happen to them. children are inventive; they have the ability to imagine a whole world of their own. but what happens when their imagination is not needed, when tv does all the imagination for them? obviously, these children are not going to grow up as inventive and imaginative as their parents, for they have been robbed of creative impulses by television.

to sum up, children’s indulgence in television is harmful. the problem, nevertheless, is not one of prohibition. parents should supervise and guide their children’s watching tv instead of parking them in front of the tube, hoping it will act as a baby-sitter.

My name is _______. Im ____ years old, and I study in ________ Middle School of Harbin. My school is very big and beautiful. Im very happy in the school.

I usually get up at 6:15 in the morning. Then I do morning exercises in the playground. At 6:40, I have my breakfast. You can see many students and teachers in the dining room. After breakfast, I often read English with my classmates.

We have six classes every day. The first class begins at 7:50 am. I like all the classes for my teachers can make the classes lively and interesting. My favorite subject is English, so I join English Corner every week. I can speak English with many other students there. Its very interesting and exciting. I think its helpful for me to learn English well. After class, I always play games with my friends. We play soccer ball, basketball, volleyball, ping-pong and so on. They are very relaxing.

I like my lessons, my friends and my teachers. In a word, I love my school. I find my school life more and more meaningful and colorful. My school life is wonderful, isnt it

最近，城市上一直在宣传倡导“低碳生活”，我带着满心的疑惑，去请教爸爸。爸爸告诉我：“所谓的低碳生活，就是在生活的细节上注重节能减耗。”爸爸给我解释了一通，我才渐渐的明白了，原来低碳是为了保护我们的地球，是每个人义不容辞的责任，可是该怎么才能低碳生活呢？

我一开始并不知道什么“低碳小窍门”，后来，在好奇心的引领下，我上网查了一下。网上的“低碳小窍门”可真是五花八门。例如：买茶叶时自带茶叶罐、电视电脑屏幕调暗些、煮饭前先淘米·并泡十分钟、低层少用电梯、饮水机不用时断电、纸张双面打印……看了这些后，我越发觉得“低碳生活”是非常好的生活方式，我也懂得了“低碳生活，从我做起。”低碳生活原来很简单。

第二天早晨起床后，我照例到洗手间洗漱。我带着满嘴的牙膏沫对爸妈说：“洗完手后，一定要拧紧水龙头，不浪费每一滴水。刷牙时，不要忘了关上水龙头。”那天夜晚，我们一家人吃完晚饭，便关掉了所有的灯，我们站在阳台上，欣赏着车灯形成的巨龙，为夜幕增添了一份光彩的霓虹灯，当然，还有那像一盏盏明灯的，闪烁着耀眼的光芒的星星。第二天，我和爸爸从市场上买了一些绿意盎然、生机勃勃的花草。有青翠的吊兰、清秀的玉兰、还有常青的虎皮兰等等。我看着这清新的绿色，呼吸着这新鲜的空气，顿时心旷神怡，好似步入大森林一般。我深深的吸了口清新的空气，真让我陶醉啊！不过这做几天容易，最重要的是学会坚持，我一定努力，争取让每一天都更加低碳。

通过这个活动，我知道了低碳的重要性，低碳生活不仅让我们的环境变得更加优美，也让地球妈妈更加健康！

回澜小学四年级:胡敏杰

In recent yearsRecently,more and more students have studied hard to go to universityies.（Its actually better for you to use the present continuous tense here coz ur trying to explain a well known concept）. However,universities always have some limitations tofor students,like the number of students??.So in that case some students often loselost their chances to accept their educationgetting college education.This phenomenon is quite serious.Its a real problem.In our lifeves,we all know that students need to pass the entrance of examination to enter the universityies.,And there are many difficulties may happen.Always it may happen that some talented students missed their chances of getting to entering their imagining dream universityies in the most important test.When it happened,these students may then loset themselves.In addition,it is terrible for them to leave school to obtaintheother knowledge which is not fitting to them.????They could have stayed in their universities which they wanted to go all along but they now are wasting their precious life which is the most important time to do other things which they do not like.??On the other hand,our society lost the recourse which they could have given their best??.Future more,it brought some negative things including that students who can not go to universities to master of right views.??In a word,that is why it is justified and necessary for the government to intake expansion in Chinese universities.Its not a word Only in this way, more and more students can achieve their dreams of studying in their imagining universities.And only in this way can our country be richer in knowledge.

My ideal school day starts at 8:30 a.m. It finishes at 3 p.m. so we would have a lot of time for after-school activities.

We have half an hour for lunch. We can eat anything and chat with each other. We can also listen to pop music in the hall. We eat an apple every day, because it can keep us healthy.

We have Chinese, Maths, English and physics every day, because they are useful and very important. We wear school uniforms on Monday.

My ideal school has a park on one side and a shopping mall on the other. We have a big library with a lot of useful books. We also have a swimming pool and a tennis court. We can do any activities after school or at weekends.

We only have half an hour of homework every day. We do not do homework at weekends. Every month, we go on a school trip to a museum or a theatre. In the summer time, we can go to Beijing or Shanghai. Every week, we go to Dongzhou Park or shopping malls.

I like my ideal school very much.

[我的理想校园生活为题目的英语作文

I spend a good holiday this year.And in the holidays,I do a lots of things.

Im a person who likes sports.I often do some sports in the holidays,just like play basketball.I think that play basketball can help me grow higher and higher,an it can let me happy.

I also help my parents to do some houseworks .My parents are vevy happy to this.So do I.When I finished this work the house si much beautiful!!

To be a student,finsh my homework also is important.I do my homework every day,altough I dont like it.

But the time is run,I spend happy holidays fast,the new term begins ,I shall back to my classroom,meet my friends.Bye,my holidays,we will meet again next year!!

导语：流行性感冒(简称流感)是流感病毒引起的急性呼吸道感染，也是一种传染性强、传播速度快的疾病。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!

As we know, a growing outbreak of H1N1 flu has been sparked in many countries. An increasing number of cases are being reported every day。

It’s thought that H1N1 flu spreads in the same way that regular seasonal influenza viruses do, that is, spreading from person-to-person, mainly through the coughs and sneezes of people who are sick with the virus。

Faced with this severe disease, here are some everyday measures we should take to stay healthy. First, cover your nose and mouth with a tissue when you cough or sneeze. Wash your hands often with soap and water, especially after you cough or sneeze. Avoid touching your eyes, nose or mouth. Germs spread that way. If you get sick, stay home from work or school and limit contact with others to keep from infecting them。

Finally, H1N1 flu is not a terribly deadly disease, which is curable. So, don’t be nervous and just keep calm as usual。

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正如我们所知，在许多国家已经爆发了H1N1流感的爆发。每天都有越来越多的病例被报告。

人们认为甲型H1N1流感的传播方式和常规的季节性流感病毒一样，也就是说，人与人之间的传播，主要是通过病毒感染者的咳嗽和打喷嚏。

面对这种严重的疾病，这里有一些日常的措施，我们应该保持健康。首先，在咳嗽或打喷嚏时用纸巾捂住鼻子和嘴巴。经常用肥皂和水洗手，尤其是在你咳嗽或打喷嚏之后。避免接触眼睛、鼻子或嘴巴。细菌传播的方式。如果你生病了，留在家里工作或学校，并限制与他人接触，以防止感染他们。

最后，甲型H1N1流感不是一种致命的疾病，可以治愈。所以，不要紧张，像往常一样保持镇静。

高考将至，小编整理了关于高考零分作文，非常有才，快来围观吧。祝高考顺利，金榜题名。

我天天和心中的若干个英雄生活在一起，但是都不在现实中，都在游戏里。谁说学生就不能玩游戏，谁说玩游戏就一定沉迷?我，是手游的忠实玩家， 你看老天就是这样厚爱我，我就这样穿越到游戏中，与我英雄生活了一天!

清晨，走进大殿，文武大臣已分列两排，关羽、刘备、项羽、诸葛亮、武媚娘、李世民、程咬金、花木兰……他们的目光满怀着期待，我懂得他们的梦想是征服天下，这又何尝不是我的理想呢!带领炎黄子孙一统亚洲，什么日本、棒子国，通通消灭，这是优化基因;甚至要征服全世界，不再有人种的区别，统一语言、统一度量衡，就像当年的秦始皇!我曾经问过他们：是什么样的力量，支撑你们去征服天下?他们平静的说：“因为这是我们的本能!“英雄们的声音是那样平静，没有一丝慷慨激昂。

工欲善其事必先利其器!培养英雄并且打造装备：关羽的青龙偃月刀、程咬金的八卦宣花斧、刘邦的赤霄剑;黄忠的燎原火、赵云的夜照玉狮子、李元霸的板肋癞麒麟……其实游戏的本质，就是数值，数值的计算和累加，算的巧妙，你就赢了!

为了胜率，我还专门研究了《孙子兵法》、《鬼谷子》等兵书，步兵配骑兵、近身攻击搭配远程射击，这些都是最基本的原理，关键是要找到策划的关键点，例如人物之间的关系、兵种之间的相生相克等等，为此我搭配的组合是：秦琼、熊阔海、宇文化及、程咬金、罗成五人组，即有近战武将，也有远程攻击，更有谋略型人才，而且五人同为隋唐好汉，在一起更有默契;武媚娘、貂蝉、西施、甄姬、虞姬，五大美人组合，也是一个不错的选择!

一上午的时光，就在培养英雄、打造武器、英雄组合中度过，我陪着他们有时并不说什么，但是我们都能明白彼此心中的企望。

午睡过后，我带着英雄们出征了，我能感受得到他们那颗澎湃的心。

决战八荒，远征西域，问鼎天下，我带领着英雄们一步一步地开始征服天下。战争，激发了我们内心的激情，燃起了熊熊的斗志，我们享受着杀戮带给我们的快感。演武夺帅，这里硝烟四起，这里是谋略家的舞台，我在这里用实力与智慧诠释胜利者的微笑!

他们对我说：“敌人是一个一个杀的，战争是一场一场锤炼出来的，这些都不要紧，最重要的是保持一个战者的尊严，要有骨气，要有气节。”

一天时光，匆匆而过，但是我知道，来日方长，《穿越吧!主公》与我同在。因为他们，我懂得了英雄的含义：无论何时，无论是谁，都要做个气节和骨气的人，做我们自己心目中的英雄!

I began school at seven in accordance with the law in a remote village. Short of funds, the school had only a few classrooms, all poorly constructed.  to say, our teachers were few, too. As a pupil I preferred the playground to the classroom and often liked to play tricks on girls, as by hiding insects in their desk drawers. On one occasion, I even grimaced behind the back of our teacher, caing the whole class to break into laughter; however, instead of becoming angry, he merely asked why we were laughing and wondered whether there was anything wrong with him. On ather occasion, I punctured the tires of a  parked inside the school by ing something sharppointed, leaving the principal frightened and bewildered after he had ticed that. Such were the happy moments in my life at that school. The happiest moment, to me and to all of my schoolmates, however, was the one when the school was letting out at the last bell of the day and we were rhing home as if we would never be back. Once, on our way home, a bunch of naughty students found a crickets hole and exerted themselves to inject water into it with loud cheers. The girls were  less frantic than the boys when they were having a good time at such games as jump-rope, hopscotch and battledore and shuttlecock.

"We wish you a merry Christmas, we wish you a merry Christmas"Have you heard that song? Yup! Its Christmas time! This Christmas, I stayed with my "host family"1. It was an amazing experience to see how a typical American family would celebrate the biggest western festival of the year.

Christmas, like our Spring Festival, has a meaning in itself. Christmas Day, which is on December 25, is the birthday of Jesus Christ--the son of God. Thats why it is called Christmas. On that day, Christians would get together with their families to celebrate the birthday of Jesus. But nowadays, the religious meaning of Christmas has become less emphasized. To many families, it is just a time of family reunion and the ever-exciting present-giving.

Our school had been on winter vacation since December 11. I stayed at my friend, Stephen Stapczynskis house--his family was my "host family". Although Christmas was still more than ten days ahead, the festive spirit had already been teeming everywhere. The Christmas tree had already been set up, and on every windowsill, there were Christmas lights. On the first day I arrived at their house, Stephen and I helped Mrs. Stapczynski put decorations on the Christmas tree. The tree looked so nice with all the lights on and the beautiful ornaments dangling from its branches.

As Christmas came closer, the whole neighborhood had made preparations too. Some people would hold parties at their houses, inviting all their neighbors to come. So every night, if you went out, you would see a long line of cars parked in front of some house--a partys on!

Whats more, the Christmas decorations that some people put on their windows and in gardens were just amazing. On one night, we went out in our car for a "tour of lights". There was one street that was so famous for its lights that it got its way into the local paper. We had a hard time finding the well-hidden street, but it turned out to be worth the effort. Lights shone brightly in front of nearly every house, on trees, bushes, doors, windowseverywhere, taking different shapes, making it seem almost like daytime. Huge inflatable figures in the front gardens were waving to us: there were Santa Clauses2, of course, chuckling merrily away; and there were also other Christmas figures, like Rudolph3--the red-nosed reindeer--with his red nose gleaming ever so brightly; even Bart Simpson--a character in the famous comedy The Simpsons--had joined the jolly party, wearing a Santas hat. The street set off a lot of "ooh"s and "aah"s inside the car.4 When we left, there was a line of cars in the street, all there to see the lights.

Christmas is the time for exchanging presents. Stephen and Niko had been thinking about their Christmas lists (a list of things they wish "Santa"to give them for Christmas) for a long time. I didnt want to ask for anything, but the Stapczynskis were so kind to "force"me make one list as well (Mr. Stapczynski told me if I didnt make one he would chop off my legs). So I wrote down a couple of things that I would like to have, and gave the list to them--sorry, my mistake--to Santa.

Finally, Christmas Eve came. There was a special Christmas service at the church at 6 p.m. It was certainly a very interesting experience for me. The priest started the service reading and sang out extractions from a holy book--The Divine Liturgy. For several times, we would stand up and pray.

Sometimes, the church choir would start singing. The atmosphere was very quiet and holy. Then there was a ceremony called "The Receiving Communion". People waited in line to "receive"a spoonful of food from the priest. It was a very special Christmas tradition. The food was made from bread and wine. The bread represents the body of Jesus, and the wine represents his blood. After this ceremony, the priest had a speech. He reminded us not to forget the true meaning of Christmas, and let Jesus really live inside us--that is, to love the people around us wholeheartedly. I think that no matter if you are a Christian or not, this principle should be part of our lives. After the priest finished his speech, the part that I enjoyed most came: Christmas carols5. Christmas carols are songs that people sing at Christmas, such as "Jingle Bells", "We Wish You a Merry Christmas", "Silent Night"and so on. Some were very merry, others sounded quite holy, but all of them were beautiful. I closed my eyes, and let all the peacefulness and happiness that were in the songs flow through me. What a feeling it was!

We went to sleep earlier that day for we had to get up early on Christmas Day to open our presents. Sure enough, when I was still half-way during a sweet dream, Stephen burst into my room and told me to get up and open presents. There were a huge pile of presents under the Christmas tree, and there was such a mysterious mist shrouding them that made me eager to see what they all were. So one by one, we went through all the presents. Mr. and Mrs. Stapczynski had bought me everything I had written on my Christmas list--and a lot more! I got music CDs, film DVDs, clothes, books I was very happy, and I didnt know how to express my appreciation for what they had done for me.

Stephen and Niko had gotten a lot of presents too, and they had already been trying out their new games!

In the afternoon, we went to Mrs. Stapczynskis brother, Uncle Stans house. They had prepared a marvelous meal for us. A lot of their friends and relatives also came. I saw Stephen and Nikos grandparents, Yiayia and Papou (words of grandma and grandpa in Greek--Mrs. Stapczynskis parents came from Greece, so they like the boys using Greek words to call them). They were very kind to me, and treated me just like one of their family members. We had a very luxurious meal, consisting of turkey, beef, pork, and all sorts of other food.

After the meal, when all the stomachs were full and everyone was feeling drowsy6 from all the food, we just sat around the table and chatted, just like what we Chinese people do at the Spring Festival. After all, Christmas, like the Spring Festival, is a time for us to get away from our busy lives, a time for family gathering, and a time to have some fun.