外研社英语作文大赛范文(精选16篇)
外研社英语作文大赛范文 第1篇
故事开始，在他乡读起《游子吟》，“我”不由想起“你”，于是向“你”倾诉没有“你”的日子。没有“你”的童年是没有爱和欢乐的童年，于是“我”心中生“恨”。“我”开始埋怨“你”的不负责任，愤而烧毁“你”的照片。而当“我”看到堆放得满屋子的“你”亲手编织的sweaters，当“我”看到堆成山的“你”为“我”准备的各式玩具，当“我”品味满盒子里“你”的亲笔信，“我”了解了“你”的爱。
一波未平，一波又起。“我”偶然获知，原来“你”的死皆因“我”起，原来“你”知道“我”的来临便是“你”的死期。“我”不禁感叹：“To make me love you and let me blame myself! How could you let me kill you!”“我”曾对“你”何等残忍、何等不公！“我”愿以“我”的命换“你”的，如果可以。“你”永远待在原地，“你”爱光芒照射我四周，从未远离；而“我”必须前行，这亦是“你”的希望。无风叶落的秋夜，你再入梦来，轻弹我的额头，于是我孤独的旅程再无恐惧。
今日再吟《游子吟》，“你”的手中线，“我”的身上衣（sweater），泪已湿满襟。在“我”的故事里，还巧妙地穿插着父亲、祖母。他们的出现自然地推动着故事的发展和转折，更加衬托母亲的爱，使主题更加深刻。
外研社英语作文大赛范文 第2篇
创新杯作文大赛
我为蜀都狂
一方水土养一方人，一方人筑一方城，创新杯作文大赛。你是否和我一样狂热于那“当年走马锦城西，曾为梅花醉似泥”的锦官城?
——题记
“狂”字，犭部，所谓狂，即任情地做事，不用理智约束感情。用键盘在“为”和“狂”之间敲上“蜀都”二字时，稍稍有些许停滞——真的对蜀都有着如此的狂热执迷吗?却忽然、阳台上潜入的穿堂风偷来楼下几家茶铺热闹的吆喝，送来满室夹杂着夏日香气的断续的叫好声，嘴角的弧度便上扬开来——对锦城的感情，怎么值不起一个“狂”字?而蓉城那满室墨香的草堂，那紧扣着诸葛丞相的武侯祠又如何当不起堪堪狂字?“成都是府。成都是天府。天府的人好安逸。”易中天教授在《读城记》一书中，成都府一栏的开篇，便是这骈散有致的三句话。恰也是这短短三排字，便勾勒出了我心中最美的地方。 好，你又要问我了——成都哪里安逸?哪里让你如此狂爱不已?那我也不能随便用几个形容词敷衍你，我敷衍不起，更不愿敷衍。那就只好长话长说，一一为你道来。
我为蜀都狂，狂的不是它“国家园林城市”、“中国最佳旅游城市”那外在的区区名号。为我所狂的，是我生在成都，长在成都，感受到的深切的文化关怀。 而说到天府文化，不得不提起的，便是茶。不，说茶还不大准确，细化一些，说白了，应是茶馆，是茶铺。
—、狂热之——我把童年泡在了茶里。记忆里的六七岁，不爱“红妆”，却总喜欢随着爷爷去“泡”茶馆。所以为“泡”，是在于热腾腾的茶水永远满杯，袅袅的雾气旋转着升起在各式各样的茶铺里，伴着人们大清早便开始的议论抬杠，消散——聚拢——消散。那时整天坐在茶馆，也并不喜欢疯来疯去，而是喜欢静静坐在爷爷腿上，听他和其他一干爷爷叔叔辈儿的人大侃龙门阵。他们不讲东家长李家短，他们只会天南地北指点江山，逸闻趣事挨个儿点一通，最爱的是偶尔有个好话题的，大家便开始滔滔不绝，或英雄所见略同而会心一笑。 自己又特别迷恋司马相如写的赋，便又觉得个个侃爷都是作赋高手。而自然——龙门阵，便是我们成都人的“赋”。越这样觉得，爱去茶铺的次数便就越多，渐渐成痴，养成了每日必去的好习惯。 现在想来，当时是怎样一种享受啊!一群文化人，本地的、外地的，聚在老街深处，扎堆在茶铺子里，话题温馨，言语亲和，和每天高达12万人大的茶客一起，组成一支不折不扣的十万大军，分享心得，等到夕阳落山，再等到夕阳无山可落，终于才恋恋不舍地回家。我想除了成都府，无地敢出其二。诚然，那段泡在茶里的时光，便就是自己遥远的童年时代，少了橡皮筋少了毽子，却多了一份文化积淀，初中作文《创新杯作文大赛》。让我能早早体会到了成都这方水土上的语言，原来就恰似踢球好手，把话语颠来倒去，反复品味，形成一支味蕾上的舞蹈，耍出千万般花样。
二、古迹之所以为我心中古迹。后来稍稍大了些，就爱趁着假期去看那些名胜古迹。哪怕摸摸那里一块砖，一片瓦，也会高兴好半天。那时我还不知道，原来踏足过锦官这片土地的文人雅士大有人在，不止只是杜甫的“好雨知时节，当春乃发生”，还有李白、三苏、黄庭坚、李商隐……他们都让这片大地因历史的沉淀愈加厚重，又因岁月的磨洗愈见辉光。 丞相祠堂何处寻，锦官城外柏森森。踏进武侯祠，厚重的历史气息便能把自己像作茧一般，紧紧缚祝你不会感到窒息，只是会异常沉重，异常小心，生怕一个大声，而打破了沉寂以外的未知名的感觉。而我就偏爱沿着低矮的墙壁，以背贴墙，顺着墙根，双手触着青石砖头，一步一步地闭眼前移。指尖的微凉似乎可以真实地传递到心尖，把因泛起历史而躁动热血的心冷却稍许。是的，或许是因为生长于天府，或许不是，我最爱的诗人便是那大庇天下寒士俱欢颜的杜甫，当然，出身未捷身先死，长使英雄泪满襟。三国当中自也是偏爱诸葛三分。
三、串串香串起的人生百味。我爱成都的小吃，并不全为一时食欲，在于你能吃到的，是一种家的感觉。大街小巷，路边摊的叫卖声声声入耳，就像是家里人唤你无二。串串香麻辣的味道在味蕾上久久挥散不去，促使你张开全身的毛孔呼吸。偶尔芙蓉的香气传来，重重一吸，舒适许多，却还舍不得那股味道散去，便又开始新一轮奋战。最爱和玩伴一起到锦里去走街串巷，从街头吃到结尾。知道瞅见各家已灯火黄昏，才马不停蹄赶回家，享受家中家常美味。有人总质疑质疑质疑，说什么成都怎么就成了来了就不想走的城市?不是还有句俗语叫“要拴住男人的心，先拴住男人的胃吗?”你的品尝时能感到食物以外的温暖，怎么能不感到留恋，不感到不舍?不同国籍不同种族的人来到成都，看见他们吃到麻辣串时那一瞬的糗态，直教人捧腹，又直教人心疼。 大家如此不同，相隔千山万水，或许你家庭美满，或许你才从公司离职，你或许高居庙堂，你或许默默无闻。可是却在一根串串香上有了近乎神似的表情和动作。你不能不喟叹大千世界的神奇，不得不想起原来人生百味，也可以如此简单。
刘永在《一寸金·成都》中曾经这样赞过成都：——井络天开，剑岭云横控西夏。地胜异，锦里风流，蚕市繁华，簇簇歌台舞榭。雅俗多游赏，轻裘俊，靓妆艳冶。当春昼，摸石江边，浣花溪畔景如画。的的确确，成都美，成都好巴适，成都夏无酷暑，冬不严寒，成都人和善。可是倘使你不如我般生长在这片安宁祥和的土地上了，你变难以体味我心中那份痴狂。我一直耿耿于怀于“乐不思蜀”，实在理解不了怎会有人乐不思蜀?至少我仅仅呆在这里，都止不住反复咀嚼这里的每一种风味每一个表情。何况我们，大有可能在两年后各奔东西，到另外的城市开拓自己全新的人生，去为祖国“抛头颅洒热血”。那个时候，成都的夕阳，便再也不会每天照红自己的脸，记忆里的小桥流水人家又会不会变成高楼大厦?但我始终喻之于怀，我不会忘记这里的每一个符号。
除却茶铺美食，除却名胜古迹，这里还有太多的我的心之所向。这里的麻将的碰撞声，这里银杏树叶做成的书签，这里的太阳神鸟……孰敢或忘? 二十里中香不断，青羊宫到浣花溪。那是属于自己的土地，那是梦想开始的地方。不是单单一个“狂”字就能解释得清的。古人有句话说——情不知所起，一往而深。我想，大概就是如此了吧。
外研社英语作文大赛范文 第3篇
城市管理杯征文大赛
我住在一个美丽的城市——石狮市。石狮向来被誉为“海西明珠”但是，谁又知道在这颗璀璨明珠的背后却不像表面那么光鲜亮丽。
在公园的草地上有着随处可见的餐巾纸、塑料袋;大街上是市民随口就吐的口香糖、随手就扔的香蕉皮。特别是在传言石狮会地震的那段期间。市民集体迁移到龟湖公园，在那吃饭、睡觉、打扑克。我敢肯定他们中一定有95%的.人没有自发带塑料袋去装垃圾，把垃圾倒入垃圾筒内。所以才会致使整座公园一走进去不是绿草茵茵而是白花朵朵。真是辛苦那些清洁工人了，还好有他们来净化、绿化、美化这座公园，收拾这个“残局”。
当时我就在想，如果清洁工人有一天罢工了，我们的城市会不会被垃圾包围，臭味一直相伴?绿茵茵的草地会不会被垃圾完全覆盖?砖铺成的路会不会最后是人们用口香糖、水果皮铺成的?我们不敢说这种事不会发生。城市是我们自己的，每个人都应该来当城管，我们应该用自己的双手去净化、绿化、美化整座城市。
我知道，城市管理治理有“六乱”。
1。乱占道堆放摆摊设点。
2。乱张贴涂写刻画拉挂。
3。乱损坏花草树木。
4。乱搭建乱挖掘。
5。乱倒泄漏遗撒垃圾。
6。乱设置广告牌匾。
对于这六乱，使我感触很深。就拿第一点来说吧!在学校门口、小巷子里常常被一些小摊小贩堵的水泄不通;商家装修时，总把沙石任意摊在人行道上。每每看到这些场景我总会抑制不住心里的盛怒。如果我们的村子也配有一个城管那该有多好啊!
其实城市是大家的，并不是仅仅属于城管和清洁工人的。爱护城市，建设好城市是我们的自己的事。我呼吁：大家都来当城管，我们应不断增强城市管理意识，人民城市，人民管，每个市民应该树立文明新风尚。改掉不良习惯，让我们的城市面貌焕然一新，让环境有明显的改善!造福我们的子孙后代。
外研社英语作文大赛范文 第4篇
Feeling of youth
No young man believes he shall ever die. it was a saying of my brother's, and a fine one. there is a feeling of eternity in youth, which makes us amend for everything. to be young is to be as one of the immortal gods. one half of time indeed is flown-the other half remains in store for us with all its countletreasures; for there is no line drawn, and we see no limit to our hopes and wishes. we make the coming age our own-
The vast, the unbounded prospect lies before us.
Death. old age. are words without a meaning. that paby us like the idea air which we regard not. others may have undergone, or may still be liable to them-we _bear a charmed life“, which laughs to scorn all such sickly fancies. as in setting out on delightful journey, we strain our eager gaze forward-
Bidding the lovely scenes at distance hail!
And see no end to the landscape, new objects presenting themselves as we advance; so, in the commencement of life, we set no bounds to our inclinations. nor to the unrestricted opportunities of gratifying them. we have as yet found no obstacle, no disposition to flag; and it seems that we can go on so forever. we look round in a new world, full of life, and motion, and ceaseleprogress; and feel in ourselves all the vigor and spirit to keep pace with it, and do not foresee from any present symptoms how we shall be left behind in the natural course of things, decline into old age, and drop into the grave. it is the simplicity, and as it were abstractedneof our feelings in youth, that (so to speak) identifies us with nature, and (our experience being slight and our passions strong) deludes us into a belief of being immortal like it. our short-lives connection with existence we fondly flatter ourselves, is an indissoluble and lasting union-a honeymoon that knows neither coldness, jar, nor separation. as infants smile and sleep, we are rocked in the cradle of our wayward fancies, and lulled into security by the roar of the universe around us0we quaff the cup of life with eager haste without draining it, instead of which it only overflows the more-objects prearound us, filling the mind with their magnitude and with the strong of desires that wait upon them, so that we have no room for the thoughts of death.
外研社英语作文大赛范文 第5篇
honorable judges, ladies and gentlemen:
today my topic is ’nuclear power: a blessing or a disaster?’
when the first atomic bomb was dropped on hiroshima, japan, the world was thrust into atomic age. meanwhile in the commence of cold war and during its long term, it had set the world into fear and panic of nuclear war many times.
but over the years, nuclear power has found its way to promote goodness for humankind .it promises to provide clean and efficient energy for the centuries to come.
so whether nuclear power a blessing or a disaster?
there is no firm answer for this question from my own perspective.
ladies and gentlemen, my very initial contact with nuclear power was from a tv programme called green space where i saw for the first time how nuclear power had changed people’s lives and what it had left for the residents’ living around chyrnobil nuclear power plant. unfortunately, it was a sad story.
my heart sank when i saw a boy infant appear on the screen smiling with big blue sparkling eyes. he was so cute and adorable just like all the other kids but he was blinded. what’s more, he had to receive medical treatment everyday to alleviate radiation damage, but still stood little chance of growing up. later i learned that inappropriate operation and equipment design defect was responsible for the tradegy .eight years has past, but the picture of that boy’s smile still appears infront of me and reminds me that nuclear power can be a living devil.
however, with the increasing depletion of resources and the instant demand for energy, clean and efficient nuclear power may seem the best choice.
as an old saying goes ’every sword has two blades.’ nuclear power is dangerous, yet efficient; environmental devastated yet clean; expensive yet sustainable. it is a matter of how we use and how we treat it. while let’s beyond all this ,whether nuclear power a blessing or a disaster, it’s ours’ choice.
thank you for listening!
外研社英语作文大赛范文 第6篇
Honorable judges, ladies and gentlemen:
Today my topic is ’nuclear power: a blessing or a disaster?’
When the first atomic bomb was dropped on hiroshima, japan, the world was thrust into atomic age. meanwhile in the commence of cold war and during its long term, it had set the world into fear and panic of nuclear war many times.
But over the years, nuclear power has found its way to promote goodness for humankind .it promises to provide clean and efficient energy for the centuries to come.
So whether nuclear power a blessing or a disaster?
There is no firm answer for this question from my own perspective.
Ladies and gentlemen, my very initial contact with nuclear power was from a tv programme called green space where i saw for the first time how nuclear power had changed people’s lives and what it had left for the residents’ living around chyrnobil nuclear power plant. unfortunately, it was a sad story.
My heart sank when i saw a boy infant appear on the screen smiling with big blue sparkling eyes. he was so cute and adorable just like all the other kids but he was blinded. what’s more, he had to receive medical treatment everyday to alleviate radiation damage, but still stood little chance of growing up. later i learned that inappropriate operation and equipment design defect was responsible for the tradegy .eight years has past, but the picture of that boy’s smile still appears infront of me and reminds me that nuclear power can be a living devil.
However, with the increasing depletion of resources and the instant demand for energy, clean and efficient nuclear power may seem the best choice.
As an old saying goes ’every sword has two blades.’ nuclear power is dangerous, yet efficient; environmental devastated yet clean; expensive yet sustainable. it is a matter of how we use and how we treat it. while let’s beyond all this ,whether nuclear power a blessing or a disaster, it’s ours’ choice.
Thank you for listening!
外研社英语作文大赛范文 第7篇
7月22日，由北京外国语大学主办，外语教学与研究出版社承办，全国基础外语教育研究培训中心、英国文化教育协会、网易有道词典、北外国际等机构强强联合举办的2016第十三届“外研社杯”全国中小学生英语大赛全国总决赛在北京圆满落幕。当晚，教育部基础教育二司教育装备处处长乔玉全，文化部民族民间文艺发展中心处长王学文，北京外国语大学副校长贾德忠、外语教学与研究出版社副社长何皓瑜、美国大使馆EducationUSA高级教育专员刘燕春，全国外语特色校教育研究会理事长孙宝泉等嘉宾及2500多名选手和家长出席了此次大赛颁奖典礼。
本次大赛分为“团体挑战赛”和“个人技能赛”两个形式，自今年1月正式启动以来，覆盖全国30多个省份和近200个地市，报名人数超过百万，通过层层选拔，共选出了来自全国各地的优秀初高中代表队和1500余名个人选手进行终极角逐。
在7月19-22日进行的个人技能赛上，来自全国各地的1500余名选手经过市级初赛、复赛、决赛的层层选拔最后参与了本次全国总决赛的角逐。分组赛共分为“我最爱阅读”“拼词达人”“即兴演讲”三个环节，对选手的阅读理解能力、逻辑思维能力与语言表达能力有较为全面的考察。最终，经过两天的激烈角逐，来自长沙的王龚一、谢卓吾，来自北京的黄启扉、王思琢和来自南昌的林泽正分别获得小初高中各个组别的冠军。
同时，本次大赛吸引了800多位家长到场观摩，一位来自山西的小学生家长认为大赛给予了学生一个非常好的展示平台，对学生的英语能力的考察是全方位的，既考察了学生的各项英语技能也考察了学生的文化素养及应变能力，对学生今后的英语学习大有裨益。
据悉，“外研社杯”全国中小学生英语大赛传承自的“全国新概念英语大赛”，是最早创办的全国性学生英语赛事。历经多年赛事经验的积累和沉淀，赛制的循环和调整，该赛事已成为国内水平最高、影响最广、规模最大、权威性最高的全国青少年英语品牌赛事。今年的大赛是历届中参赛人数最多的一次，它打破了传统英语竞赛仅针对选手语言技能进行选拔的局限，将赛事体系进行了一系列创新性颠覆。突破以往单一的比赛形式，建立多元化的赛事结构，服务于更广泛的学生群体，力求培养学生的综合语言运用能力、沟通能力、思辨能力及人文素养，关注学生心智发展和全人教育，为广大中小学生提供全方位的展示平台。
外研社英语作文大赛范文 第8篇
2017容桂马拉松征文大赛获奖作品之《跑步手记》
不知从何时起，跑步变成一种时尚，也不知从何时起，我开始着迷于这种时尚。
曾几何时，800米体能测试都让我胆寒，这种出人意料的情愫涌现就像是言情小说里面不经意爱上了杀父仇人。
跑步俨然蜕变成一种仪式，一种与自我灵魂对话的片刻。
多少人走着走着，会忘记了自己是谁，路上太多风景而无暇自视，跑步成了最佳的时机。
“什么都可以想，也什么都可以不想”是对跑步最好的脚注，双脚在地球表面抬起又落下，万千思绪也在灵魂圣土发了芽。
最灰暗的青春
有关跑步的记忆始于大学失恋与考研失败之后。
那时候觉得整个生命都是暗淡无光的，不止是被世界抛弃，而是从此再也没有世界。
那时恰逢学校操场经过暑假修整，铺上了新的塑胶和假草坪，初秋晚来很多人在操场绕圈散步，他们大多是手拉手的情侣或者三五成群的同学，我则只有我的耳机作伴。
北方的秋天很舒爽，夜幕深垂的时候有些凉意，风刮在脸上还是柔和的。
我的步伐和着耳中的节奏，彼时彼刻我感觉我的生命是流动的，像乐章，如清风，不再是一潭死水，我听见自己的呼吸和心跳，我看见碧天里的星辰在闪烁，脚下粗糙的跑道表面粗糙的颗粒与鞋底之间摩擦着。
我的心中萌动着一种情愫，我的世界又回来了，尽管还只有我一个人，可是那有怎样呢?我就这样跑进了寒冬，直到操场全是皑皑白雪了无踪迹，毕业的日子也很快到了。
我终于可以逃离这片土地。
跑步像我一个倾盖如故的好友，不厌其烦听我诉说，在脚步声中告诉我答案。
我终于不再孤单。
最难忘的记忆
毕业后从北方之北来到南方之南，顺德这个人杰地灵、闻名遐迩的地方。
上班的公司大都年轻人，有不少都痴迷于健身，尤其是热爱跑步。
在他们的带动下我有时也会去顺峰山跑跑步放松，但是我的体力跟他们差很远，顶多也就跑个10公里。
一天一个同事告诉我元旦容桂有马拉松，我说我就是个菜鸟，跑着玩还可以，马拉松是绝对参加不了的。
他就说叫我陪他，就算跑不完也没关系，大多数人都是跑不下来。
为了革命友谊，我勇敢地报了名。
记得那天是阴天，北风吹着还有点冷。
我们早早来到赛场，现场挤满了人，大家都穿着短袖短裤，完全无视阴冷的天气。
我的体力果然如我预料之中的差劲，跑了才七公里，我就感觉很吃力了，但是又不好意思说。
同事看穿了我的心思，一直在鼓励我，后来他就不跑了，对我说：“我们走去终点吧。
”我其实不太愿意，觉得好丢人。
“要不回去吧，我今天好像状态不太好。”
“这次马拉松对我来说很重要，我们走也要走完。”
我看到他欲言又止，表情出奇地严肃，眼神含着恳切，就答应了他。
虽说是徒步，还是有些吃力，尤其是最后五公里。
他就在我旁边给我讲好多笑话，给我讲他的.童年趣事，一路上虽然疲惫但也一点都不无聊，两三个小时很快就过去了。
我当时很感慨，现在能遇到一个能聊得来的伴真是一件幸事。
眼看到了终点，人群已经散去了，颁奖仪式都已经结束了。
他提议说去终点那里拍张照留作纪念吧。
我站在宣传板那里，他从背包里面拿出一条丝巾将我眼睛蒙住。
我连忙摘下。
“你要做什么啊?”
我被他怪异的举动搞得很不自在。
他说他要给我拍一张特别的照片，要蒙住眼睛。
我问为什么。
他说拍出来你就知道了。
“这是你第一次参加马拉松，要以特别的方式纪念。”
我从来都很相信他，就照做了。
即使如此，我也知道不会这么简单，这绝对是个“阴谋”。
他叫我站在原地不要动，他要选个好角度。
大约过了一分钟，我的耳边想起了吉他伴唱，那首我最爱的《just the way you are》。
熟悉的声音，我的心紧张得噗噗跳，给刚准备摘下丝巾，一只手按住了我。
副歌结束，一双手拿下了丝巾，他竟然单膝跪在我面前，手里捧了一大束红玫瑰。
“嫁给我好吗?”
我当时的心情完全找不到词语来形容，我们好多共同的朋友都奇迹般出现了。
周围人群都涌过来围观，还拿手机在拍我们。
我既觉得很害羞又很享受那一刻世界属于我的感觉。
有件事情我一直没好意思说就是我一直喜欢他，而且，他给我蒙上丝巾的时候我已经预感到了。
后来他成了我的老公，我们的约定，只要容桂的马拉松一直办下去，我们就一直要参加。
最享受的坚持
如今我在这里扎了根。
跑步仍然是我生命中重要的仪式。
我的初恋终于此，我的婚姻始于此。
跑步使我自制，生活更有规律，精神状态也变得积极向上。
跑步是我偶遇的一种思考和追寻的方式，迷茫困惑的时候去跑步!消极颓靡的时候去跑步!找不到寄托的时候去跑步!找不到答案的时候去跑步!跑步消耗掉的不仅是体力，更是身体里的负能量。
我喜欢电影《阿甘正传》，敬佩阿甘不负生命的态度;也喜欢村上的《当我在谈跑步时我在谈论什么》，敬佩他在左脚抬起右脚落下那一瞬间的顿悟。
一个在跑步中消解苦楚，一个在跑步中体味生命。
跑步让我找到自我，以后的日子，我也即将会一直跑下去，跑到跑不动为止。
也许我永远不会站在长跑的领奖舞台，可是我也不会减少对它的热爱。
外研社英语作文大赛范文 第9篇
Change The Unchangeable—You Will When You Believe
Good evening, ladies and gentleman! It’s my great honor to be here giving this speech to you. Thank you so much. My topic of the speech is change the unchangeable-you will when you believe!
You may often hear this when it comes to keeping a positive attitude towards your daily life, ‘‘change the changeable, and accept the unchangeable.” Of course, this is an easy way to avoid panic when meeting with difficult situations. However, I am going to share with you a totally different opinion about dealing with obstacles and having a successful life. That is, change the unchangeable, and you will when you believe.
In our daily life, there are so many things which we considered as the unchangeable. For example, you think you cannot remember all the English words. You think its impossible to be the number one in your class because many students are doing better than you. And also you do not believe that you can change the world by yourself. But now, I am telling you, all of these are not true. There is a chance that you can change the so-called unchangeable things. It’s not a hard as it looks like. All you need to do is to be confident, believing in yourself that you can do it.
In this world, there are two kinds of animals that can climb to the top of the pyramid. One is the eagle, its wings can help it fly to the top of the pyramid easily. The other is the snail, no one believes the snail can do such unchangeable things. But the snail itself believes. Just like water constantly dripping wears holes in stone. Step by step, the confidence and persistence finally help the snail manage to arrive at the top of the pyramid.
The unchangeable things, just like a wall that prevents us from seeing through the essence of life and exploring the colorful world. But confidence can give us courage to break that wall, and a strong will can finally get us there. When meeting with the unchangeable things next time, face it with confidence. Believing that you can do it under any circumstances. As long as we are confident enough to pursue our future dream with great passion and courage, we will make a difference!
Nothing is difficult to a willing heart. Change the unchangeable-you will when you believe!
外研社英语作文大赛范文 第10篇
Emotions are miscellaneous, such as optimism and pessimisism; merriment and sorrow; excitement and despondency;... Human beings are inherently
emotional and emotions do play a significant role in our actions and attitudes. We may encounter some personal tragedies or sufferings, but the actions and attitudes we take might differ. For example, being moderately positive means that we can keep a sanguine outlook on our experience; means that we can transmute the negative feelings into a positive attitude towards our frustration; means that we can look the unpleasant matters in a positive light and tackle them with great
resilience. Personally, I espouse bing a moderately positive individual.
Hellen Keller, who was blind and deaf, became a celebrated writers with unflagging belief in herself and unyielding willpower. In front of Hellen Keller, there lied two options: either live live to its fullest or wither away like the autumn leaves. Instead of capitulating to the sheer darkness and silence, she harbored prodigious fortitude to vanquish the personal trageies and sufferings. Under the assistance of her teacher Anne, she learnt Braille and writing. After reading a sea of books, Hellen Keller soaked up all the quintessence and wisdom of other writers and attempted to write her own. The spirit of never being pessimistic sustained her in the most darkest hours of her life and she rose like a shinging star in the firmament of writing. Her teacher also held a positive belief in Hellen so she resolved to help Hellen face life positively.
There are innumerable other examplars of being moderately positive. Thomas Edison, by dint of a postive mindset and unwavering pursuit, invented the most endurable and suitable material to make the incandescent bulb which marked the inauguration of the electrical era. Madame Curie, by virtue of a optimistic attitude and steadfast tenacity, extracted an infinitesimal amount of radium from tons of impure materials after three-year-and-nine-month experiment and advocated to use radioisotope to cure cancer which rendered humanity a powerful weapon to fight against the fatal disease. Hua Luogeng, a renowned C, metamorphosed into a math master by holding a positive outlook and unswerving doggedness.
It's not hard to find the common denominator of the brilliant and reverent giants: a positive outlook towards the sufferings and failures.
Being moderately positive will arm us with an effective weapon to repel the enemies of negative feelings that will hold us back and become a stumbling block on the way ahead. It will bolster up our belief and confidence in the face of the mishaps and torments and we will possess a more optimistic perspective to the life tragedies. Being moderately
positive is like a beacon light of hope which will illuminate our way ahead and resembles a lighthouse which show us the path when we are disoriented. Then all the darkness will fade away and crumble into dust. Being
moderately positive is the inner force which propels you froward in the teeth of setback and hurdles. We will ooze confidence and persistence no matter how tough the situation is.
Nevertheless, we are supposed to put the positive mindset in perspective, which means we need to understand it in the appropriate and right way. Here the positive mindset is a moderately positive one, not overly optimistic. Anything that is too much will backfire. The last emperor of Shang Dynasty was being too sanguine and optimistic and believed that his kingdom was impregnable and was never to be toppled by others. Thus he sank into the debauched and promiscuous lifestyle, listened to the malign suggestions of his diabolical officers and precluded any good suggestions from being sent to him. The decadence and depravity eventually led to his downfall and his power was nullified and compromised. This renders us a good lesson that we shall never become overly optimistic about our lives, works, conditions and circumstances because undue and inordinate optimism led to the complacent and smug mentality. It is always counterproductive.
Individuals should always strive for the better selves rather than rest and wallow in self-contentment when the achievements are made. That is why being overly optimistic should be deprecated and criticized.
So, what we need to do is to differentiate the positive mind from the overly-optimistic one, for there is a blurry line between these two. Our capacity to distinguish between them must be acuqired by constant failures and attempts. Always being moderately positive is not an easy task and trying to keep it is even much harder. Sometimes we will become disheartened and lose all the hope; sometimes we will enjoy the
exhilaration of being successful and then get obsessed with the current achievements. Through failures, we can have a much clearer interpretation of being moderately postive. And this is a long process that should be covered step by step and brick by brick.
Can being positive backfaire? I cannot answer in the affirmative. But add _moderately_ to the sentence: Can being moderately positive backfire? My answer is definitely NO.
Variety is the Spice of Life
Nowadays,the transportation are more and more convenient,we can go someplace and visit some friends easily,but an increasing number of people always feel body is close,but how far is it from one soul to another?We feel alone,because we do not care much about what is happening around the world if it does not affect our personal my opinion, life is fine and enjoyable, yet you must learn to enjoy your fine is stupid to just care about should know that variety is the spice of it is important to know events happening around the world, though sometimes they are unlikely to affect our daily life.
There are three points are in favor of my begin with,it can help us realize our life value old Chinese saying goes“ As a man,first,you should cultivate individual moral character, second,you should run the family unison, last,you should manage the nation in order, and peace will prevail throughout the universe”.It means that the highest value in life is to own do not know ourself very much,if we just care about ourself,we can not find the value of our will be too smooth without excitement and boring the life will be!.If we know more events,we will find our life value easily.
Besides,to know events happening around the world can help us make more friends with others. and make our mind you know more,you can make friends with stranger easily because you can find common topic easily.
外研社英语作文大赛范文 第11篇
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外研社英语作文大赛范文 第12篇
honorable judges, ladies and gentlemen:
today my topic is ’nuclear poote goodness for humankind .it promises to provide clean and efficient energy for the centuries to come.
so ion of resources and the instant demand for energy, clean and efficient nuclear po efficient; environmental devastated yet clean; expensive yet sustainable. it is a matter of how we use and how we treat it. while let’s beyond all this ,whether nuclear power a blessing or a disaster, it’s ours’ choice.
thank you for listening!
外研社英语作文大赛范文 第13篇
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谁言寸草心，
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A Traveller's Song
By Meng Jiao
Translated by Liu Jianxun
The thread in the hands of a fond-hearted mother
Makes clothes for the body of her wayward boy;
Carefully she sews and thoroughly she mends,
Dreading the delays that will keep him late from home.
But how much love has the inch-long grass
For three spring months of the light of the sun?
Feeling of youth
No young man believes he shall ever die. it was a saying of my brother's, and a fine one. there is a feeling of eternity in youth, which makes us amend for everything. to be young is to be as one of the immortal gods. one half of time indeed is flown-the other half remains in store for us with all its countletreasures; for there is no line drawn, and we see no limit to our hopes and wishes. we make the coming age our own-
The vast, the unbounded prospect lies before us.
Death. old age. are words without a meaning. that paby us like the idea air which we regard not. others may have undergone, or may still be liable to them-we ^v^bear a charmed life“, which laughs to scorn all such sickly fancies. as in setting out on delightful journey, we strain our eager gaze forward-
Bidding the lovely scenes at distance hail!
And see no end to the landscape, new objects presenting themselves as we advance; so, in the commencement of life, we set no bounds to our inclinations. nor to the unrestricted opportunities of gratifying them. we have as yet found no obstacle, no disposition to flag; and it seems that we can go on so forever. we look round in a new world, full of life, and motion, and ceaseleprogress; and feel in ourselves all the vigor and spirit to keep pace with it, and do not foresee from any present symptoms how we shall be left behind in the natural course of things, decline into old age, and drop into the grave. it is the simplicity, and as it were abstractedneof our feelings in youth, that (so to speak) identifies us with nature, and (our experience being slight and our passions strong) deludes us into a belief of being immortal like it. our short-lives connection with existence we fondly flatter ourselves, is an indissoluble and lasting union-a honeymoon that knows neither coldness, jar, nor separation. as infants smile and sleep, we are rocked in the cradle of our wayward fancies, and lulled into security by the roar of the universe around us0we quaff the cup of life with eager haste without draining it, instead of which it only overflows the more-objects prearound us, filling the mind with their magnitude and with the strong of desires that wait upon them, so that we have no room for the thoughts of death.
外研社英语作文大赛范文 第14篇
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题目要求基于《游子吟》写一篇故事，选手干脆就写了一篇“慈母手中线，游子身上衣”的故事。这是第一个照应。故事开头因读诗开始，最后以读诗结尾，这是与材料的第二个照应。第三个照应，无论是有意无意，可说是“妙”——是“travel”的隐喻使用。“我”是他乡的游子；“我”和父亲无时无刻不在路途中；“Only if we could cease to travel and go back to you”；“我”必须“keep traveling”以完成“你”的遗愿——“你”死“我”生那一刻，已注定“我”的不归路；“你”梦中的安抚，扫去“我”途中的孤寂与恐惧。“我”生来是游子，一路上都是故事，故事里充满对“你”的情思。
贯穿全篇的“travel”和“journey”让人想起“Life is a journey, and we are all travelers”的比喻——只要有时空和人的存在，又有什么时间轴上的延展不是journey呢？这个比喻并不是故事的焦点，却让人回味深长。
这篇作品有瑕疵吗？有，应该还不少。这里仅提两点。第一，语言表达及规范问题频现。这里不多举例。提醒注意信函开始的格式以及第一段的多处错误。第二，根据不同读者的阅读体验，可能有些读者感觉这个故事不够“新”。
在有限的时间里能够完成这样一篇故事，真的不该太苛刻。应该说，这是一篇主题突出，情节丰满，故事曲折，感人至深的故事。
外研社英语作文大赛范文 第16篇
读者杯征文大赛
“读者杯”获奖作品：Sister
我是谁?
眼前的格局是一间疑似仓库的地方，我伸手摸了脸和身体，还在。
看来我应该还没死。
可是我为何会出现在这里?努力回想，却毫无收获，就像新生儿吧，记忆是一片空白，对自己毫无概念。
“我是谁呢?”我喃喃自语，想挪动位置，却发现自己站在一个离地有好几米的高处，掉下去肯定粉身碎骨。
“你是我的妹妹葵，我是萌。
然后你已经死了。”
我赫然抬头，眼前站着一个不知何时出现的女性，充满魅力，五官却略显稚气，一双凛然的黑眼魄力十足，我被盯得不大自在。
同时，我意识到她说的话，我的名字是葵，而她是我的姊姊，然后……我死了?
“一般人都难以置信吧。
可是我说的是真的。”
据她所言，她一回到家就在客厅发现我死在地上，表情充满疑惑和震惊，她当场崩溃，加上我是她唯一的亲人，她决定查出凶手，于是特别请人来家里作法，想说当事人绝对会知道，结果没料到是这种情形。
“没想到你不记得啊，我还以为事情能早点儿结束。”
她失落的神色和歉意都直击我的内心，我感到一丝愧疚，却又不知如何开口。
“对不起……可是尽管我不记得，我还是很好奇谁杀了我，我到底做了什么?所以，我想跟你一起找犯人。
”我诚实地开口，对方闻言露出开心的神色，点点头。
“我们一起努力。”
寻找犯人的计划开始了。
我现在占用的身体是仓库里的装饰迷你人偶，主要材料是木头，关节勉强可以动，所以不只行动，连生命都有威胁，例如蟑螂都会误以为我是食物而追着我跑，萌只要一不留神我就不见了，看来我的未来岌岌可危，就连活不活得到明天都是问题。
首先我回到我死掉的现场，客厅沙发旁的地板上，尸体已经处理掉，地板也毫无污渍，令人怀疑这里是否真的有发生惨案吗?
“没有伤口也没有什么凶器，应该是掐死的。
不过连一点儿线索都没留下，这个凶手还真是高明。
”萌边说边拿起放在桌上的相框，递到我面前。
照片内有两个人，其中一个是萌，另一个女孩儿跟萌比，显得比较稚嫩，有种文学气息，她们感情亲密地站在一起。
我看得出神，没有注意到萌用担心且忧郁的眼神盯着我。
“你还好吗?有没有想到什么?你因为住进娃娃里都没有表情，完全看不出你在想什么。”
我摇头，不过脑袋浮现出一种情绪：不解，难过，震惊，难道这是我死前的心情吗?
我当然和她说，萌却露出快哭出来的表情，垂下头不语，任由时间流逝。
“葵，你能为我唱首歌吗?”
“唱歌?”
她眼眶盈满泪水，点头道：“之前的葵很喜欢唱歌哦，大家听到葵的歌声都会很幸福，所以拜托你!”
我语无伦次，记忆一片空白的我根本不记得什么歌，于是拜托萌让我听点儿音乐再说。
唱歌的时候，优美的音色从我口中流泻出来，轻轻包围住我们，尽管有点儿害羞，我还是继续，希望这有治愈到萌的内心。
可是我突然觉得心脏好闷，好痛苦。
这是第几个晚上，独自孤单度过?
在那之后过了两个星期，我体会到了许多不可思议的事，记忆也稍微恢复了，因为灵魂似乎不用睡眠，我有很多思考的时间，把最近的'收获整理一下。
其一，我回想起不少事，包括小时候和学校的记忆，什么都有了底，却缺少最后一块拼图;其二，在记忆中有个老婆婆告诉我，我不可以唱歌，虽然大家都很喜欢，但这是不允许的，原因不明;其三，我觉得萌怪怪的，好像在隐瞒什么。
我拍了下衣服，从萌床边站起，看着她熟睡安详的脸，不由得想：萌怎么可能是坏人，她还是我的姊姊。
想这句话的同时，我也感到不安，既然唱歌是不允许的， 那萌为何要让我唱呢?
这件事当然暂时保密。
我还发现，当我提起记忆稍微恢复，或是关于凶手是否落网的疑问时，萌会打混过去，偶尔会露出焦急或难过的复杂神色，就是不肯讲，我开始怀疑，她根本没有打算要去抓犯人。
目前最棘手的就是……
她一如往常在下班回来，吃完晚餐后笑容满面地看着我，起先我觉得这个表情好温柔，现在反而感觉很恐怖， 她开口道：“葵，可以唱首歌吗?”
我点头，内心正发毛，况且，我有拒绝的权利吗?这个娃娃身体很脆弱，她只要把我打在地上我就寿终正寝了。
虽然音色总是很柔和，有种无形的疗愈力量，真的可以带给人幸福，可是我的心──灵魂深处隐隐作痛，难受得无法呼吸。
唱到终曲部分，我终于忍不住倒地，痛苦地干咳几声，腿部异常无力，撕裂的痛楚像枪般，无情地到处在内心放肆打洞。
抬首，萌一脸担心地俯视着我，却盖不住瞳孔内令人战栗的冰冷，嘲弄的眼神和表情极不相衬。
“你还好吗?”
怎么可能好得起来，我摇头，奋力撑起身子。
“真可惜，歌就快唱完了……”
好在我住在娃娃内，没有太多表情，否则我一定是满脸惊愕，有人看见自己的妹妹倒地痛苦挣扎时还在抱怨歌没唱完吗?
萌这个女孩儿果然有问题!
“葵，你真是可怜。”
她站起身，无情地绕过桌子，离开客厅，接着听见她上楼回房的脚步声。
葵，你真是可怜。
破碎的钟声在我耳边响起，有什么东西醒了过来，内心深处有某个地方已经坏掉了也说不定。
所以姊姊一直把妹妹关起来，独占幸福，利用完后就丢弃，啊，还真的是可怜，不，是愚蠢。
脑海中老婆婆的脸又清晰起来。
“葵小姐，你的歌声是被祝福的声音，听见的人都会很幸福。”
真的吗?那我要多多唱给大家听。
“不行，这个幸福歌声的代价，就是你的寿命，我看得出来，非常短暂。”
可是我希望大家都能幸福。
“世界上没有这种事，如果大家都幸福，那谁来痛苦?”
不知道。
可是牺牲一个人就换取很多人的幸福感觉很值得。
“你愿意牺牲自己来成全别人?真是没有野心。”
我觉得没有关系。
我趴在冰冷的桌子上，被痛苦蒙蔽视线，当时，包括现在的我，都太笨、太天真了。
这是我死后第一次，沉沉睡去。
我做了场梦。
有个小女孩儿，她一脸愉快地在舞台上唱歌，歌声清澈且有力，博得观众热烈的掌声，其中有个少女在女孩儿下台后不满地瞪她。
场面转换，小女孩儿长大了，在学校交了很多朋友，广受欢迎，而那名瞪她的少女总是刻意挑拨，在第一次被背叛时，女孩儿流下眼泪，少女傲慢地说：“你还真是可怜。”
场面转换，少女大声对父母怒吼，为何自己不如妹妹，父母只是随意安抚，殊不知，女孩儿表情黯淡地躲在附近偷听。
场面再次转换，两个人重修旧好，毕竟是姊妹，大学毕业后就一起搬到外面，过着开心的生活。
画面像老旧电视机一样布满噪声，消失不见。
萌瞪着我。
用冰冷、厌恶、唾弃的神情，傲慢鄙夷地瞪我，我感到内心一阵空虚，这个表情和梦中的少女稍有重叠。
“你终于醒了，我以为你已经死了呢。”
我直视她，对上那双散发恶意的瞳孔，疼痛的种子在心中发芽。
“所以，你要杀了我吗?”
我用近乎无力的声音询问，也赌上我最后一丝希望。
她冷笑，随即明显地摇头，道：“你会为了我而唱对吧?葵，是姊姊赐予你重生，而你当然要给我等价的回报囉，而杀了你的凶手，没有寻找的必要了。”
我哭了，人偶不可能有眼泪，所以是内心在低泣，现在我也可以说是在饮泣，难过到泣不成声。
“凶手是萌对吧。
你用力地把我压制在地，把手放到我的脖子上，用力一掐……”
“没错，你的记忆都恢复了嘛。
而寿命问题不在我的考量范围内。”
耳边响起的崩坏之声，越来越大，近乎撕碎灵魂，与其接受这样的未来，不如就此消失。
做好觉悟后，我冲向桌子边缘，尽管是矮桌，只要摔重一点儿还是会粉碎，想到等一下我就要化为碎片，实在有点儿可怕。
突然出现一只大手朝我一捞，我快速闪避，发现娃娃的脚出现裂痕。
瞬间，我纵身一跳。
摔得好重，手脚肯定都摔断了，可是我完全不觉得疼痛。
名为我姊姊的萌，嘴巴微微开合，却没发出声音，随后她捡起坏掉的人偶，面无表情地离开客厅，想必她什么感觉都没有吧，因为我只是道具。
差不多该走了，我瞥了她最后一眼，萌的眼中，似乎落下什么。
