英语作文关于介绍元旦【一】
元旦，《书·舜典》中叫“元日”，汉代崔瑗《三子钗铭》中叫“元正”；晋代庾阐《扬都赋》中称作“元辰”；北齐时的一篇《元会大享歌皇夏辞》中呼为“元春”；唐德宗李适《元日退朝观军仗归营》诗中谓之“元朔”。我国历代元旦的月日并不一致。夏代在正月初一，商代在十二月初一，周代在十一月初一，秦始皇统一六国后，又以十月初一日为元旦，自此历代相沿未改（《史记》）。汉武帝太初元年时，司马迁创立了“太初历”，这才又以正月初一为元旦，和夏代规定一样，所以又称“夏历”，一直沿用到辛亥革命。中华民国建立，孙中山为了“行夏正，所以顺农时；从西历，所以便统计”，定正月初一（元旦）为春节，而以西历（公历）1月1日为新年。
在当代，元旦指公元纪年的岁首第一天。自西历传入我国以后，元旦一词便专用于新年，传统的旧历年则称春节。公元1911年，孙中山领导的辛亥革命，推翻了满清的统治，建立了中华民国。各省都督代表在南京开会，决定使用公历，把农历的正月初一叫做“春节”，把公历的1月1日叫做“元旦”。不过当时并未正式公布和命名。为了“行夏正，所以顺农时，从西历，所以便统计”，民国元年决定使用公历（实际使用是1912年），并规定阳历（公历）1月1日为“新年”，但并不叫“元旦”。
今天所说的“元旦”，是新中国成立前夕的公元1949年9月27日，中国人民政治协商会议第一界全议决议：“中华人民共和国纪年采用公元纪年法”，即是我们所说的阳历，为了区别农历和阳历两个新年，又鉴于农历二十四节气中的“立春”恰在农历新年的前后，因此便把农历正月初一改称为“春节”，阳历一月一日定为“元旦”，至此，元旦才成为全国人民的.欢乐节日。
最早的元旦由来大约在公元前五万年左右，古埃及人已由游牧改为农耕，定居在尼罗河两岸，他们的农业收成与尼罗河是否发生洪水有很大关系。古埃及人从长期的观察中发现，尼罗河泛滥的时间是有规律的，他们就把这个时间每次都记录在竹竿上，从中得知两次泛滥时间之间大约相隔365天；同时还发现，当尼罗河初涨的潮头来到今天开罗城附近的时候，也正好是太阳与天狼星同时从地平线上升起的时候。
于是，古埃及人便把这一天定为一年的开始。这是“元旦”最早的由来。
英语作文关于介绍元旦【二】
1） Many nations have been faced with the problem of ……
2） Recently the problem has been brought into focus.
3） Recently the phenomenon has become a heated topic.
4） Recently the issue has aroused great concern among ……
5） Nowadays there is a growing concern over ……
6） Never in our history has the idea that …… been so popular.
7） Faced with ……, quite a few people argue that ……
8） According to a recent survey, ……
9） With the rapid development of ……,
10 When it comes to…, (当说到…
二、列举观点
I.Some people think/believe that…,
Other argue/claim that the opposite/reverse is true
1．Obviously television has both advantages and disadvantages．
2．Living in a city has both advantages and disadvantages．
3．Compared with cars，bikes have their advantages and disadvantages． ，
4．Although computers bring people a lot of convenience，they have many disadvantages．
5．．．．has many advantages．For example，…
6. However，just as every coin has two sides，…has it’s disadvantages．
II…play(san important role／part in……
1．Computers play an important role in science and technology．
2．Computers play a more and more important role in our life．
3．Computers play an increasingly important role in our studies．
4．Education plays an important part in developing our mind．
5．Addiction to alcohol and drugs plays a role in homelessness．
6．Advertisement plays an informative role in our daily life．
7．In the past，letters played a decisive role in long-distance communication．But now，telephone，email，and fax have taken their place．
III．With the development of…
1．With the development of our economy，many Chinese families can afford a car.
2．With the development of our economy and society，pollution is more and more serious．
3．With the rapid development of Science and technology，people can get a college degree by taking online-courses at home．
4．With the current social and technological developments，employees with more knowledge and higher academic degrees are needed.
5．With the rapid increase of China's population，housing problem is becoming more and more serious．
6．With more and more women entering the society，people's attitude towards women is changing．
7．With the deepening of Chinese reform and opening up, an increasing number of (a growing number of，a significant number of
families can afford a car．
三、陈述自己观点
There is probably some truth in both arguments／statements，but…
四、批驳
1）It is true that ……, but one vital point is being left out.
2） There is a grain of truth in these statements, but they ignore a more important fact.
3） Some people say ……, but it does not hold water.
4） Many of us have been under the illusion that……
5） A close examination would reveal how ridiculous the statement is.
6） It makes no sense to argue for ……
7） Too much stress placed on …… may lead to ……
8） Such a statement mainly rests on the assumption that ……
9） Contrary to what is widely accepted, I maintain that ……
10） No one can deny the fact that ……
11） The idea is hardly supported by facts.
12） Unfortunately, none of the available data shows ……
13） Recent studies indicate that ……
14） There is sufficient evidence to show that ……
15） According to statistics proved by ……, it can be seen that ……
五、结尾句型 ：
英语议论文多以简要总结全文或对所讨沦的问题提出解决办法来结尾。总结全文时除常用到in one/a word，generally speaking，to conclude等外，没有固定模式。提出解决办法时却常使用下一句型：
1） From what has been discussed above, we can draw the conclusion that ……
2） It is high time that strict measures were taken to stop ……
3）. We should take measures to control the rapidly increasing world population．
4）. We’d better take effective measures to prevent students from cheating on exams．
5）. The government decided to take strong measures against drug abuse．
6）. Urgent measures should be taken to prevent terrorists from carrying out further attacks．
7） It is necessary that steps should be taken to ……
8） In conclusion, it is imperative that ……
9） There is no easy method, but ……might be of some help.
10） To solve the above-mentioned problem, we must ……
11） In summary, if we continue to ignore the above-mentioned issue, more problems will crop up.
12） With the efforts of all parts concerned, the problem will be solved thoroughly.
13） We might do more than identify the cause ; it is important to take actions to ……
14） Taking all these into account, we ……
15） Whether it is good or not /positive or negative, one thing is certain/clear……
六、其他句型
I、There be结构
There+be+主语+(修饰成分，表示客观存在的\'人或事物。 There must be a lot of fuel in the tank．
There remains nothing more to be done．
There is no point in talking about it again．
There is something you don't know．
There is not enough time to do the work． ．
II、名词化结构
名词化结构用以表明抽象思维的逻辑性和概念化，从而使语体更加正式、更加具有书面语风格。
1．由of连接主谓关系
That the earth revolves around the sun causes the changes of the seasons.
名词化：The revolution of the earth around the sun causes the changes of the seasons．
2．由0f连接动宾关系
One of the most important natural phenomena is that energy is transmitted from one point to another in waves.
名词化：One of the most important natural phenomena is the transmission of energy from one point to another in waves．
3．用of连接含有by的短语，把简单句转换成名词短语
英语作文关于介绍元旦【三】
Dear Admission Committee:
Miss Pan Bei requested a letter of recommendation from me to support her application for graduate program at your university. As her teacher, I am pleased to comply with her request.
I first got to know Miss Pan when she enrolled at university and I was the assistant director of her class at that time. Being a professor for several years, I noticed that due to the lack of self-learning ability, it is really challenging for students, even those performing excellent in senior school, to keep up with the college speed. However, as a diligent girl without any solid background in Computer Science before college, she adapted quickly to the especially competitive environment in our department. At the end of the first year, she earned the 5th rank in her class, while ranking 1st among the girls. I was fairly impressed by her self-learning technique and exceptional efforts. Hence, I believe, goal-oriented, not afraid of inchoateness and with persistence, she has the quality to make achievements.
What distinguished her among her classmates, I think, was that she went far beyond acquiring excellent scores in the exams and instead got her range of knowledge enlarged. In spring, 2006, Miss Pan took the course I taught named Algebraic Structures and Combinatorial Mathematics. This inquisitive and assiduous young woman was sometimes the last to leave after my class, raising novel questions related to the subject. I found that she understood the knowledge in depth and detail. Furthermore, I still remember during the spring vocation in May, due to the break-down of my mail box, I missed her mails to discussing some questions. But the following week during the course time, she asked me directly. Her zeal for knowledge and the spirit to explore answers really leave me a deep impression. Finally, she was among the few students who got almost full marks in every test in class which showed her exceeding grasp of every chapter. Thus, I gave her 98/100 for the excellent performance in my course.
In summary, I have every reason to believe that Miss. Pan will make outstanding performance at your university as a graduate. I would appreciate greatly if you give her a favorable consideration. Please feel free to contact me directly if more assistance is needed. Faithfully yours,
Wanling Qu, Professor
Department of Computer Science and technology Peking University
Email: qwku.edu.cn
英语作文关于介绍元旦【四】
Beijing time, in the early morning of August 5th, Sun Yang defend title successfully with the score of 14 points 41 seconds 15 in 2013 swimming world championships men's 1500 meter freestyle finals. This is the third gold medal in this tournament for Sun Yang as well as the fifth goal of China’s swimming, which is slower 10 second 13 than the result of the London Olympic Games when Sun Yang achieves the champion. Sun Yang uses the score of his fifth goal in his career life to tie with the medal record that Luo Xuejuan keeps in the Chinese swimmer World Championship. He also becomes the person after Hackett in the 2005 Montreal World Championships and a single tournament winning the gold medal of “the king of long distance " in men’s 400, 800 and 1500 meter freestyle.
北京时间8月5日凌晨，2013年游泳世锦赛男子1500米自由泳决赛，孙杨以14分41秒15的成绩赢得金牌成功卫冕，这是孙杨本届赛事第三枚金牌，也是中国泳军收获的第五金，这一成绩比伦敦奥运会夺冠时慢了10秒13。 孙杨也以生涯五枚金牌的成绩，追平罗雪娟保持的中国游泳选手世锦赛夺金纪录，并且成为继哈克特在2005年蒙特利尔世锦赛后，又一位单届赛事包揽男子400、800和1500米自由泳金牌的“中长距离之王”!
