Learning to Play the Piano(我学弹钢琴)

Learning to Play the Piano（我学弹钢琴）

When I was a child, I was fascinated by the melody of piano on the screen. At that time, I dreamed of being a pianist and having my own piano.

At the age of five, my father bought me a beautiful piano as my birthday present with the money they had saved for a long time. At the same time, my father found a piano teacher for me and every day I would practise it again and again as my father demanded. Before long, my interest in piano was transferred to other things. I began to escape the practice as much as I could. My father found out my impatience. He encouraged me and was stricter with me than ever before. With his help, I underwent the hardest time and devoted myself to the piano.

Now, in my spare time after a long time of study and hard work, I always play the piano and enjoy the beautiful music.

孩提时代，我总被电视上钢琴的优美旋律所吸引。那时，我就梦想有一架自己的钢琴，成为一名钢琴师。

6岁的时候，爸爸用他积攒了很久的钱为我买了一架很漂亮的钢琴，作为我的生日礼物。为此，爸爸还为我请了钢琴老师。每天，我都按爸爸的要求不停地练习。没过多久，我对钢琴的兴趣就越来越淡了，我开始尽可能逃避练琴。爸爸发现了我的厌琴情绪，鼓励我坚持下去，对我的要求也比以前更严了。在爸爸的帮助下，我度过了最难熬的一段日子，并全身心投入到练琴中。

今天，学习和工作之余，我就弹起钢琴来，享受那美妙的音乐。

When I was a child, I was fascinated by the melody of piano on the screen. At that time I had a dream that I could own a piano and play it every day.

My dream came true. My father bought me a beautiful piano as my present on my fifth birthday. It cost them all the money they had saved for a long time. My father found a piano teacher for me and every day I would practise it again and again as my father demanded. Before long, my interest in piano was transferred to other things. I began to escape the practice as much as I could. It was my father that encouraged me and accompanied me at that time. With his help, I underwent the hardest time and devoted myself to the piano at last.

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It has been estimated that smokers have made up half of the population in China. And the smokers are becoming younger and younger, even ineluding some middle school students.

Nowadays more an d more people have realized smoking can do harm to people’shealth. However, some people still enjoy smoking. Why? Because some of them think it is a kind of fashion, some think it is of great fun and others, think that smoking can refresh themselves.

In fact, smoking is a bad habit. It can cause a lot of diseases. Meanwhile smoking is a waste of money. Besides, careless smokers may cause dangerous fires.

Smoking is harmful and it is not only bad for smokers themselves, but also bad for non-smokers.

Therefore, I hope all the smokers can give up smoking for themselves and also for the people around them.

据估计，在中国吸烟者约占总人口的一半，而且烟民的年龄越来越年轻，甚至一些中学生也在抽烟。

如今越来越多的人们已经认识到吸烟有害人体健康，但他们仍然乐此不疲。为什么?一些人认为抽烟是一种时髦，另外一些人认为抽烟很有趣，还有一些人认为吸烟可以提神。

事实上，吸烟是一种不好的习惯，它能导致很多疾病。同时，吸烟很浪费金钱。除此而外，粗心的烟民还可能引起火灾。

吸烟对人们的身体百害而无一利。它不仅有害吸烟者本人，而且对不吸烟者也会造成损害。

因此，我希望吸烟者为自己和身边的人们而戒烟。

It is said that there are about half of people in China are smoking.Many young boys and girls have the habit of smoking, though they are middle school students.

As we all know, smoking does great harm to human beings. More and more people have come to realize how serious this problem is. But they are never bored with it. Some people think it is a kind of fashion, some think it is of great fun and others think that smoking can refresh themselves.

Smoking causes many illnesses. A lot of people always cough because of smoking. The most serious illness

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写给母亲的一封信英语作文

点评专家：

赵秀凤，中国石油大学外国语学院教授、博士，全国英语创新大赛顾问委员会副主任，第十届、第十一届全国创新英语大赛评委。

参赛佳作

姓名：张家碧

学校：郑州外国语学校

成绩：97

A Letter to My Mom

Dear Mom，

I recently read the book, Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mom by Amy Chua. I found that you and Ms. Chua have a lot in common in parenting. Today, I’d like to share some of my views on this topic. Childhood memories of your strict “dos” and “don’ts” came flooding back. Because count- less hours were invested on practicing musicalinsUu- ments, there was not even a slim chance for me to participate in parties and school plays, let alone fully enjoy the authentic pleasures of family life.Moreover, deprived of the freedom to choose hob- bies, I sometimes felt that I was just like a lonely pup- pet manipulated by others. Dear mother, do you be- lieve that time and time again I woke up from beau- tiful dreams with tears streaming down my face?

However, though I´ve labeled it as a brutal regimen when I was young, as I became heavily involved inme outside world, I’ve come to realize that it was quite rewarding to have been tiger trained. As George Eliot putslt,”It never rains roses: when we want to have more roses, we must plant trees”. This is as true of 0ur growing up, especially in an unprecedentedly stressful so- cietyr, Fortunately, tiger parenting has equipped me with exceptional study habits,thus helping me stand out in the intense competition. Furthermore, it has endowed me with strong willpower as well as inner self-poise, which bas proved to be a most pre- cious quality of mine. Finally,thanks to your firm discipline, not cmly have I cultivateda discerning taste in art, but I’ve also built my own set of moral values. In view of all these facts, tiger parenting has benefited me in the lorlg run despite the cost of the immediate joy of a normal carefree cbildhood.

Now, looking back on my childhood with your specialparenting method,I want to extend my

sincerest appreciauon to you, my dear mother. As I am to commence my college life now,I promise you that I´ll improve myself ina “tiger” way, going all out to fulf ill all of my dreams.

Love,

Daughter

专家点评：

通过这封写给母亲的信，作者把母亲的教育方式和“tiger mom”的方式作对比，阐述自己的观点。开篇简洁明了，正文欲扬先抑，强调对“tiger training”的赞同，依此出发向母亲表达深切感激之情。文章结构清晰，观点明了，逻辑性强，行文通顺。作者词汇量丰富，长句驾驭能力强。建议适当改变句式，保证长短错落有致。

下面是Li Hua给Zhang Hong的信,请你以Zhang Hong的口气按提示写一封120词左右的回信.

September 16

Dear Zhang Hong,

How is everything with you I hope things are going well.

There is not much news here.I just go to work every morning and come back to my apartment every night.Shanghai is crowded with people,but I don’t really know any of them.I don’t like the city,but my job is quite interesting,and the pay is quite good.

What are your plans for National Day If you don’t have anything special,I hope you can visit https://www.360docs.net/doc/272945499.html,e and share my apartment.It is quite large and it is near the theatres,museums and stores.

Write soon,and say you can spend the holiday here.

Sincerely yours

Li Hua

回信提示:回信应包括以下内容:

⑴因故信至昨天才收到;

⑵Li Hua喜欢他的工作,但不喜欢上海,Zhang Hong谈自己的看法;

⑶谢绝Li Hua的邀请,并说明原因;

⑷也向Li Hua发出来杭州度假的邀请.

【参考答案】

September 25

Dear Li Hua,

Thank you for your letter dated September 16.It wasn’t until yesterday that I got it,as I had been out on business for a week.

In your letter,you told me that you preferred your job to the city of Shanghai.In my opinion,Shanghai is an exciting and a beautiful place.Try to enjoy yourself in your spare time besides your devotion to work.

I’m sorry to say that I won’t go to Shanghai because our school will hold an open-air party.I have to stay for the performances on the holiday.By the way,would you please come and join us in the party Hangzhou is so beautiful in autumn that I’m sure you will like it.

Yours

Zhang Hong(127)

【解题导引】写回信与首次给人写信不同,它必须以别人给你的来信为基础,展开你的写作思路,决不能置他人的来信于不顾.因此,第一步首先要细读来信并读懂信的内容,包括一些细节及信的言外之意.其次要对来信所提出的问题作出相应的反应,表明自己的态度和看法,并解释其原因.最后,写回信者也可以介绍自己方面的新闻或向来信人提出建议或要求等,这样”一来一往”则发挥了书信的功能,达到了相互交流之目的.

另外,在写信中,务必注意书信的格式.由于近几年高考所要求写信的题目均已给出了相应的头,尾,弱化了学生在书信这一书面表达能力的培养.故广大师生有必要加强书信中的日期,称呼,结束语,签名等方面的训练,同时还要特别注意正文部分的头尾常用客套话的运用.