風景英語文章

　　美麗的風景讓人留戀忘返，忘記了一切煩惱。下面就是小編給大家整理的，希望大家喜歡。

　　：窗外的風景

　　Nevertheless, when I opened the window one morning, to my amazement, the tree was almost bare beyond recognition as a result of the storm ravages the night before. Struck by the plight, I was seized with a sadden saddens at the thought “all the blossom is doomed to fall”. I could not help sighing with emotion: the course of life never runs smooth, for there are so many ups and downs, twists and turns. The vicissitudes of my life saw my beloved friends parting one after another. Isn’t it similar to the tree shedding its flowers in the wind?

　　This event faded from my memory as time went by. One day after I came home from the countryside, I found the room stuffy and casually opened the window. Something outside caught my eye and dazzled me. It was a plum tree all scarlet with blossom set off beautifully by the sunset. The surprise discovery overwhelmed me with pleasure. I wondered why I had no idea of some unyielding life sprouting over the fallen petals when I was grieving for the hibiscus.

　　When the last withered petal dropped, all the joyful admiration for the hibiscus sank into oblivion as if nothing was left, until the landscape was again ablaze with the red plum blossom to remind people of life’s alternation and continuance. Can’t it be said that life is actually a symphony, a harmonious composition of loss gain.

　　Standing by the window lost in thought for a long time, I realized that no scenery in the world remains unchanged. As long as you keep your heart basking in the sun, every dawn will present a fine prospect for you to unfold and the world will always be about new hopes.

　　：四季景色

　　A year has four seasons。 Every season has three months。 The weather of one season is different from that of any other。 The life cycles of plants are controlled by the seasons。

　　The first season is spring。 The three months in it are March， April and May。 During that time we have warm weather and fine days。 All plants come to life。 Animals wake up from hibernation。 It is time for farmers to get ready for their fields。The second season is summer。 The three months are June， July and August。 The weather is very hot and it often rains。 People can go swimming and sightseeing。 It is time for all things to grow up。The third season is autumn。 The three months are September， October and November。 The weather becomes cooler and cooler。 Leaves begin to fall to the ground。 It is the harvest time for farmers。

　　The fourth season is winter。 December， January and February are the three months of that season。 The weather is very cold， and most of the plants die at that time。 Sometimes it snows。 People can enjoy skating and skiing。 But winter doesn\' t stay with us for a long time， for spring comes again soon。

　　：Seattle

　　Ever wondered whether caffeine is a viable1 substitute for sunshine? If so, Seattle is your kind of town. More than any other city in the region, Seattle epitomizes***濃縮*** what people know of the Pacific Northwest. Nevermind that its sunshiny days can be suicidally few - its residents are among the nation's most outgoing and outdoorsy***愛好野外活動的***. Sure, it had everybody wearing flannel2 ***法蘭絨***shirts and whistling Nirvana for a while, but consider also the good things it's given us: the city's chilly3 mornings had the espresso***濃咖啡*** generation brewing4 long before Starbucks sold its first cup. If you're looking for lifestyle, Seattle has it in spades***肯定地***.

　　Seattle is situated5 in the west of Washington, the northwesternmost state. The largest city in the state, Seattle sits on a skinny slip of land between the Puget Sound***普吉特海灣*** and Lake Washington. Lake Union and the Lake Washington Ship Canal divide the city into northern and southern halves; downtown and the Capitol Hill and Queen Anne neighborhoods lie south of the canal, the U District is to the northeast.

　　Compared to the rest of the city, downtown orientation6 is pretty straightforward7. Historic Pioneer Square contains most of the must-see sites. Seattle Center, home to many of the city's cultural and sport facilities, is just northwest of downtown.

　　Before the arrival of Europeans, the Seattle area was home to the Duwamish, a generally peaceable tribe that fished the bays and rivers of the Puget Sound and befriended***幫助*** early white settlers. In 1851, a native New Yorker named David Denny led the first group of settlers across the Oregon Trail with the intention of settling along the Puget Sound. Recognizing the area's seaport8 possibilities, Denny's band staked a claim on Alki Point in present-day West Seattle. After a winter of wind and rain, the group moved the settlement to Elliott Bay ***依利雅特灣***, renaming it Seattle for the Duwamish chief Sealth, a friend of an early merchant.

　　Hardly a boomtown***新興城市***, early Seattle was peopled mainly by bachelors until one of the founding fathers went back east on a mission to induce young unmarried women to come to Seattle. On two different trips, a total of 57 women made the journey and married into the frontier stock, in the process setting a more civilized9 tone for the city. A spur***鐵路的支線*** from the Northern Pacific Railroad's terminus in Portland reached Seattle in 1893, linking the town by rail with the rest of the country. The lumber10, shipping11 and general commerce derived12 from immigration soon swelled13 the town's ranks so much that even the Great Fire of 1889 barely slowed the advance. After 50 blocks of the old wooden downtown burned in a single day, the city was reborn in brick and iron, centered on today's Pioneer Square.

　　Seattle's first boom came when the ship Portland docked in 1897 with its now-famous cargo14: two tons of Yukon gold. Within weeks, thousands of fortune hunters from across the country passed through on their way to the northern gold fields. Local business blossomed as Seattle became the banking center for the nouveau riche***爆發戶***, and the bars, brothels***妓院*** and honky-tonks***下等酒館*** of Pioneer Square overflowed16 with pleasure-starved miners.

　　The boom continued through WWI, when Northwest lumber was greatly in demand and shipyards along the Puget Sound 'harvested' the surrounding forests. WWII furthered the shipbuilding boom, and aircraft and atomic energy industries added to the region's pattern of profit. Today, international trade and tech firms ***such as Microsoft and Amazon*** make up the backbone***支柱*** of Seattle's booming economy. And although Boeing, for decades as synonymous with Seattle as rain, announced in 2001 that it was up and leaving for windier pastures in Chicago, the city's progressive politics, inventive culture and ready access to outdoor recreation continue to lure18 restless people like no place else on the West Coast.