第三篇：

　　I spent this summer vacation in quite a different way. I used to run about every day in previous  summer vacations, but this summer vacation I simply could not afford to do so. I would soon be in the last year of my high-school education and would after graduation be up against the college entrance examinations. Though those examinations were still a year away, I had to start early to make myself well prepared by reviewing all those things I had learned at school and this summer vacation was the ideal time for me to do this. At first I was rather dismayed at the thought of this, but later I thought it was better this way because by working hard this summer I could count on  endless happy summers to come. With this in mind I then set to work like anything and only occasionally went out for a change or did some physical. I was not at all bored by this kind of life, for I was sustained by a hope.
我用不同的方式度过了这个暑假。我以前在过暑假的每一天都跑过，但这个暑假我根本就不能这样做。我很快就要在我高中的最后一年，我将在大学入学考试中毕业。虽然考试还不到一年，我还是要早做准备，通过复习我在学校学到的所有东西，这个暑假是我做这个的理想时机。起初我对这一想法感到非常沮丧，但后来我认为这是更好的方式，因为在这个夏天的努力工作，我可以指望无尽的快乐的夏天来。有了这个想法，我就开始工作，像任何事情，只是偶尔去了一个变化或做一些物理。我对这种生活感到厌烦，因为我被一个希望所支撑着。


The First Day of the Winter Holiday

　　Today is the first day of the winter holiday, I get up at 7:00 a.m. I have my breakfast. I eat an egg and drink a bottle of milk for breakfast. Then my parents take me to go shopping. I m very excited because I can buy some delicious snacks, new clothes and some other things. After we go shopping, we have lunch at a small restaurant. The waitresses there are all polite and helpful. Then we go home. We sit on the sofa, eat snacks and watch TV. How happy we are!

寒假的第一天

今天是寒假的第一天，我七点起床。我有我的早餐。我吃了一个鸡蛋，喝了一瓶牛奶作为早餐。然后我的父母带我去购物。我很兴奋，因为我可以买一些好吃的零食，新衣服和一些其他的东西。我们去购物后，在一家小餐馆吃午饭。有礼貌且乐于助人的女服务员。然后我们回家。我们坐在沙发上，吃零食和看电视。我们多么幸福！


中国的假期旅游 Travels on Holidaysin China

　　Travels on Holidaysin China

　　Nowadays, more and more people like to travel in their holidays. The other day I read a report about the ways people spend their holidays. It is reported that in recent yiars several new holiday habits have been developed. Among them, the most interesting one is the growth of the so-called holiday camps.

　　From the report we can see that in 1990,40 percent of people stayed at home for holidays. But now the proportion has reduced to 9 percent. More people go out for fun. The proportion of camping and traveling abroad was increasing steadily, from 10 percent in 1990 to 38 percent in 2002, and 12 percent in 1990 to 26 percent in 2002 respectively. People enjoy the fresh air, clean Water and GREen hills when they go camping in the suburbs. In 1990,38 percent people enjoyed going to the seaside while in 2002 only 27 percent prefer to go there. What great changes!

　　Why did those changes appear? I think there are several reasons. First, it' s because people can afford traveling. Second, people prefer to pursue a high-quality and colorful life. Third, their attitudes to relaxation have changed. Less people want to save much money by leading a simple life. In short, people's living standard today has been rising GREatly.

　　中国的假期旅游

　　目前，越来越多的人喜欢在假期旅游。前几天我看了一篇关于人们度假方式的报道，据报道，近年来新的假期习惯已经发展起来了。其中最有趣的是所谓的假期郊游的增长。

　　从报道中我们可以了解到，1990年，40％的人在家里度假，但是现在这个比例已经降到了9％。更多的人出去玩。出去郊游和出国旅行的比例分别由1990年的10％升至2002年的38％，由1990年的12％升至2002年的26％。人们喜欢郊游时新鲜的空气以及青山绿水。1990年38％的人喜欢去海边，然而2002年只有27％的人愿意去。多么大的变化啊!

　　为什么有这样的变化?我想原因有几个：第一，因为人们能够负担得起旅游：第二，人们更愿意追求一种高质量、丰富多彩的生活；第三，人们对休闲的态度改变了。越来越少的人想过那种拼命存钱、简朴的生活。总之，人们的生活水平已经日渐提高。