时间:2018-12-12 作者:英语课 分类:英语作文


英语课

英语作文


1st paragragh:introductory
2nd:difficult
3rd:positive things for society
4th:conclusion


Racial harmony is national fortune
¡¡¡¡The writer is a visitor from China. He was greatly
impressed by Singapore's racial harmony and it prompted him
to write this article to relate his personal experiences
during his stay here.


¡¡¡¡One early morning at a busy road, an elderly Chinese
man ignored the "No Crossing" sign and hobbled across the
road, supporting himself with a walking stick. Suddenly, an
Indian teenager carrying a knapsack rushed forward and held
him by his arm. The cars on the road stopped and made way
for them. A potential disaster was averted 1.


¡¡¡¡That was a harrowing scene on the road, but it was also
a typical and vivid portrayal 2 of racial harmony. At this
moment, that scene keeps flashing across my mind.


¡¡¡¡At the void deck of a block of flats, two Chinese and
Malay children were causing a ruckus, as they fought over a
toy and pushed and jostled each other. Their parents quickly
pulled their children apart and disciplined them. Then they
apologised to each other. Though they could not speak each
other's language, they smiled and shook hands, and the two
young ones also stopped their tears and broke into smiles.


¡¡¡¡In the supermarket, my coins were dropping all over the
floor because of a hole in my pocket. A Malay youth behind
me picked the coins up and returned them to me. He pointed 3
at my pocket and walked away with a smile. As I watched him
walking away from me, I kicked myself for having not thanked
him in my state of confusion.


¡¡¡¡I teach taiji at a neighbourhood park on a voluntary
basis. A middle-aged 4 Indian man had been watching us from
the sides for many days. One day, he finally joined us out
of his own accord. Because we did not speak each other's
language, I found it hard to teach him and it was difficult
for him to learn. Those who knew English volunteered to be
interpreters. All of us ended up having a good time talking
and joking. Later, when he took his own initiative and
helped some Chinese newcomers with taiji, we were all glad
to see him taking it so seriously.


¡¡¡¡Although I had come across the above examples by chance,
they encapsulated a common truth: that racial harmony augurs 5
well for the welfare of the people and the well-being 6 of
the nation. Just as it was true in the past, this still
rings true today. The situation in Southeast Asia today
underlines the value of racial harmony. Those living in
harmonious 7 societies should therefore appreciate their good
fortune even more.


¡¡¡¡Having been in Singapore for almost a year, I have come
to take certain things for granted in this multi-racial
country. But on quiet reflection, I realise that these
things have not come by easily, and are of utmost value to
society. In our schools, for instance, students of different



1 averted
防止,避免( avert的过去式和过去分词 ); 转移
  • A disaster was narrowly averted. 及时防止了一场灾难。
  • Thanks to her skilful handling of the affair, the problem was averted. 多亏她对事情处理得巧妙,才避免了麻烦。
2 portrayal
n.饰演;描画
  • His novel is a vivid portrayal of life in a mining community.他的小说生动地描绘了矿区的生活。
  • The portrayal of the characters in the novel is lifelike.该书中的人物写得有血有肉。
3 pointed
adj.尖的,直截了当的
  • He gave me a very sharp pointed pencil.他给我一支削得非常尖的铅笔。
  • She wished to show Mrs.John Dashwood by this pointed invitation to her brother.她想通过对达茨伍德夫人提出直截了当的邀请向她的哥哥表示出来。
4 middle-aged
adj.中年的
  • I noticed two middle-aged passengers.我注意到两个中年乘客。
  • The new skin balm was welcome by middle-aged women.这种新护肤香膏受到了中年妇女的欢迎。
5 augurs
n.(古罗马的)占兆官( augur的名词复数 );占卜师,预言者v.预示,预兆,预言( augur的第三人称单数 );成为预兆;占卜
  • This augurs well for the harvest. 这是丰收的好兆头。 来自辞典例句
  • Higher pay augurs a better future. 工资高了,前程会更美好。 来自辞典例句
6 well-being
n.安康,安乐,幸福
  • He always has the well-being of the masses at heart.他总是把群众的疾苦挂在心上。
  • My concern for their well-being was misunderstood as interference.我关心他们的幸福,却被误解为多管闲事。
7 harmonious
adj.和睦的,调和的,和谐的,协调的
  • Their harmonious relationship resulted in part from their similar goals.他们关系融洽的部分原因是他们有着相似的目标。
  • The room was painted in harmonious colors.房间油漆得色彩调和。
学英语单词
-thiol
abdominal pouches
acantholytic
accuracy calibration flight
acquisition television program
allowable impact load
alloy cutlery steel
Appalachian dulcimers
apparent earth conductivity
bog rhubarbs
breadth of the territorial sea
Brusasco
business-wise
cap end
character object
charge spectrum
child predator
chlorophyll-binding protein
ciprianis
commission paid on discounted
compensatory payments
configuration file
copper refining
cosmolanguage
critical capsizing lever
Dakin's antiseptic
Damnacanthus hainanensis
differential binary phase-shift keying
direct steam generator
dissolved substances
durlston hd.
dynamic data exchange
effective sampling area
Embid
entangled
Eucryphiaceae
family Loasaceae
file compare mask
film interconnection
flux pulse
fly-by-nights
folliculi lymphatici gastrici
Fornet's ring tests
ftpa
garron pt.
genus Raffia
gih(go in hole)
grab traversal mechanism
habian
holarrhena pubescenss
honeycakes
insect bar
intercuspations
jawboned
jellied pock
joints of free upper limb
jumbo tyre
juxons
koudjolou
Ligularia rockiana
liquid diffusion flame
lovees
magnesium sulfate enema
method of synthesis
mirocebus coguereli
multimetallic catalytic reforming
Nancy Drew
narrow beam
non owner
oligoubiquitylation
out of one's line
paranuchals
permanent hotbed
post-ovulation
probabilist
pseudoankylosis
RCW (return control word)
redenouncing
saibling
semi-geostrophic space
semicytherura gunshenchiaoi
semisocialist
soviet-types
split an infinitive
start a hare
subsurface sand filter
system-key
telex communications
testing plan
theoretical thermal efficiency
thermocline
theronia zebra diluta
tibesti mountains
tomorrow nights
tri-pot joint
UCAID
unbounded knapsack problem
unsaw
unsayabler
Web self-service
yevel
Zuckerkandl's dehiscences