主题英语小报

以春节为主题的英语小报写法如下：

The Spring Festival, the Lunar New Year, is the first year of the year and also the traditional "New Year's Day".

春节，即农历新年，是一年之岁首，亦为传统意义上的“年节”。

Spring Festival has a long history, which evolved from the first year of prayer in ancient times.

春节历史悠久，由上古时代岁首祈年祭祀演变而来。

During the Spring Festival, various activities are held throughout the country to celebrate the Spring Festival, with a lively and festive atmosphere.

在春节期间，全国各地均有举行各种庆贺新春活动，热闹喜庆的气氛洋溢。

There is a legend about the origin of the Spring Festival.

春节的来历有一种传说。

In ancient China, there was a monster called Nian, with long antennae and unusual ferocity.

中国古时候有一种叫“年”的怪兽，头长触角，凶猛异常。

Nian lived deep in the sea for many years.

“年”长年深居海底。

He did not climb ashore until New Year's Eve, devouring livestock and hurting people's lives.

每到除夕才爬上岸，吞食牲畜伤害人命。

Therefore, on New Year's Eve, people take the old and the young to escape to the mountains to avoid the harm of the Nian.

因此，每到除夕这天，村村寨寨的人们扶老携幼逃往深山，以躲避“年”兽的伤害。

Later on New Year's Eve, an old beggar from outside the village told people how to drive out the Nian.

后来有一年除夕，从村外来了个乞讨的老人，告知了人们驱赶“年”兽的办法。

Originally, Nian was most afraid of red, fire and explosion.

原来，“年”最怕红色、火光和炸响。

Since then, every New Year's Eve, families stick red couplets and set off firecrackers.

从此每年除夕，家家贴红对联、燃放爆竹。

Households have bright candles and wait for the new year.

户户烛火通明、守更待岁。

In the early morning of the Eleventh day, we have to go to relatives and friends to say hello.

初一一大早，还要走亲串友道喜问好。

This custom has become the most solemn traditional festival among Chinese people.

这风俗越传越广，成了中国民间最隆重的传统节日。

英语的征文：

“Once upon a time， there was a king who had a daughter as beautiful as a blooming rose. To all the suitors who came to the king's palace to ask for the hand of the princess, the old king assigned three tasks to be accomplished, each next to impossible. One day, into the king's palace came a handsome young prince..." Well, you know the rest. The three tasks may be different in different versions, but the main plot is always the same, with the prince claiming the princess's hand triumphantly.

And the ending is always the same, finishing with the line "And they live happily every after."

Why aren't we tired of something so fanciful, so unrealistic, and, I would say, so unimaginative? How can a story like that endure generations of repetition`? Because, I think, it is a typical success story. It is highly philosophical and symbolic. By implication, we see a 4-step definition of success: 1 ) a goal to be set. as represented by the beautiful princess; 2 ) challenges to be met, as represented by the three tasks; 3 ) the process of surmounting difficulties, as represented by the ordeals the youth goes through; and 4 ) the reward of success, as represented by the happy marriage.

The story not only caters to everyone's inward yearning for success, but also emphasizes the inseparability of the process and the result. The reward of success will be much amplified if the path leading towards it is treacherous, and vice versa. If a person inherits his father's millions and leads an easy life, he is not a successful person even in material terms, because there are no difficulties involved in his achieving affluence. The term "success", to be sure. will not sit still for easy definition. But as I understand it, the true meaning of success entails a combination of both the process and the satisfactory result of an endeavor. To clarify my view, let me give another analogy.

If we changed the rules of football, greatly enlarged the goal and sent away David Seaman or any other goal keeper, so that another David, namely David Beckham, could score easily, then scoring would not give him the thrill of accomplishment and the joy that it brings. If we further changed the rules by not allowing Arsenal's defenders to defend, so that Beckham needed only to lift a finger, actually a toe, to score, then there would be no game at all, because the meaning of winning would have disappeared. In accepting the challenge, in surmounting the difficulties and in enduring the hardship, success acquires its value. The sense of attainment varies in proportion to the degree of difficulties on overcomes.

The concept of success is not constant but relative because the nature of difficulty is also relative. Something you do effortlessly might pose a great difficulty for a handicapped person. In acquiring the ability to do the same as you can, he or she achieve success. That's why we greatly admire Stephen Hawking, because, though confined to a wheel chair, he has contributed greatly to the field of science.

I myself, a rather shy person by nature who easily suffer from stage fright, had to pluck up great courage to take part in a speech contest like this. I could have stayed away and had an easy time of it by not entering the university level contest.But I chose to accept the challenge and to face the difficulties. Now here I am. If I come out first, it will be a great success for me. If I come out last-I hope this will not be the case-but if I come out last, I will not call my attempt a failure, but will also celebrate it as a true success, because part of my goal is my own character training-to do more assertive, to be brave in face of difficulties. For me, it is a meaningful step forward, small as it is, in the long journey toward the final success in my life, because I have truly gained by participating.

Let us return to our handsome young prince and the 4-step definition of success. You my have noticed that the usual worldly criteria of wealth, position and fame were not mentioned as part of the story, but rather, it emphasized the process of overcoming difficulties. The ancient wisdom had already defined the meaning of success, and this is my definition, too.

英语写作的技巧：

清晰

作文的清晰体现在读者能够很容易理解作者讲述的内容。为保证所写作文清晰明了，写作时有两点一定要加以注意：

一是越确切具体越好。在这一方面，作者首先应明确了解自己所要传达的信息、读者的范围及特点，然后再选择相关信息，采用某种文体格式传递给读者。也就是说，写作必须要以特定读者为对象，以让读者能够明确接受作者所传递的信息为宗旨。尽量以客观陈述为主，少主观臆测推断;尽量明确无误表达，少模棱两可评论，这是使作文清晰确切的写作准则。

二是组织结构富有逻辑性。作文结构富有逻辑性会让读者很轻松地读懂作者要表达的思想内容。作文的这种逻辑性可以通过采用从一般到具体、从“全景”到细节、从问题的定义到分析再到提出解决方案等多种方式来体现。

准确

要使作文语义表达准确，首先要尽量不要在学术作文中出现“大概、也许”之类模棱两可的词语，避免出现容易让人困惑和误解的词语和表达法;其次，要尽量避免使用那些有多种含义的词语和表达法。例如：Singapore is a fine country.这句话中的.fine一词有多种含义，如“好的、细小的、罚款”等。日常生活中这样使用没有问题，但在写作时一定要避免使用这种容易产生歧义的多义词。

简洁

直截了当、切中要点是保证作文简洁的最好写作形式。与中文写作相比，英文写作非常强调直奔主题、简单明快的写作风格。例如，在写作一个段落时，常常将概括段落主要内容的主题句(topic sentence)作为段落的首句，以便让读者迅速明确本段要讲述的内容。另外，写作时尽量将每个句子写得简短一些，少用或不用冗长的复合句。切记：短小精练的句子表达的意思才强而有力。