二十年后的我英文作文(最新20篇)

The Cobbler and the Banker

By La Fontaine

A cobbler passed his time in singing from morning till night;it was wonderful to see,wonderful to hear him;he was more contented in shoes,than was any of the seven sages.His neighbor,on the contrary,who was rolling in wealth,sung but little and slept less.He was a banker;when by chance he fell into a doze at day-break,the cobbler 12 awoke him with his song.The banker complained sadly that Providence had not made sleep a saleable commodity,like edibles or drinkables.

Having at length sent for the songster,he said to him,

"How much a year do you earn,Master Gregory?"

"How much a year,sir?"said the merry cobbler laughing,"I have reckon in that way,living as I do from one day to another;somehow I manage to reach the end of the year;each day brings its meal."

"Well then!How much a day do you earn,my friend?"

"Sometimes more,sometimes less;but the worst of it is,-and,without that our earnings would be very tolerable, a number of days occur in the year on which we are forbidden to work;and the curate,moreover,is constantly adding some new saint to the list.

The banker,laughing at his simplicity,said,"In the future I shall place you above want.Take this hundred crowns,preserve them carefully,and make use of them in time of need."

The cobbler fancied he beheld all the wealth which the earth had produced in the past century for the use of mankind.Returning home,he buried his money and his happiness at the same time,No more singin;he lost his voice,the moment he acquired that which is the source of so much grief.Sleep quitted his dwelling; and cares,suspicions,and false alarms took its place,All day,his eye wandered in the direction of his treasure;and at night,if some stray cat made a noise,the cat was robbing him.

At length the poor man ran to the house of his rich neighbor;"Give my back." said he,"sleep and my voice,and take your hundred crowns."

参考翻译

皮匠和银行家

拉.封丹

一个皮匠从早到晚在唱歌中度过。无论见到他本人或听见他的歌声都使人觉得很愉快。他对于制鞋工作比当上了希腊七圣还要满足。

于工作把他吵醒了。银行家郁郁寡欢地抱怨上帝没有睡眠也制成一种像食品或饮料那样可以买卖的商品。后来，银行家就叫人把这位 歌手请来，问道：“格列戈里师傅，你一年赚多少钱?”

“先生，你问我一年赚多少钱吗?”快乐的皮匠笑道：“我从来不算这笔帐，我是一天一天地过日子，总而言之坚持到年底，每天挣足三餐。”

“啊，朋友，那么你一天赚多少钱呢?”

“有时多一点，有时少一点;不过最糟糕的是一年中总有些日子不准我们做买卖，牧师又常常在圣徒名单上添新名字，否则我们的收入也还算不错的。”

银行家被皮匠的直率逗笑了，他说：“我要你从今以后不愁没钱用。这一百枚钱你拿去，小心放好，需要时拿来用吧。” 皮匠觉自己好像看到了过去几百年来大地为人类所需而制造出来的全部财富。他回到家中，埋藏好硬币，同时也埋葬了他的快乐。他不再唱歌了;从他得到这种痛苦的根源那一刻起，他的嗓子就哑了。睡眠与他分手;取而代之的却是担心、怀疑、虚惊。白天，他的 目光尽朝埋藏硬币的方向望;夜间，如果有只迷途的猫弄出一点声响，他就以为是有人来抢他的钱。最后，这个可怜的皮匠跑到他那富有的邻居家里说：“把你的一百枚钱拿回去，还我的睡眠和歌声来。”

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女人的种类有无数种，那用什么形容词来形容呢，下面是小编整理的相关内容，希望对你有帮助。

Attractive迷人的 吸引人的；有魅力的；引人注目的

She has an attractive figure.

她有迷人的曲线。

lovely可爱的

She has a lovely serene face.

她有一张可爱而安详的脸

pretty漂亮的

Have I grown up pretty?

我有没有变得漂亮了？

charming魅力四射的

She is a charming young lady.

她是一个迷人的年轻女士。

sexy性感的

Mandy Moore has declared not to wear sexy clothes .

曼迪·摩尔已经宣称不穿性感的衣服。

hot火辣的

你那个火辣的朋友是谁？介绍给我！

Who s your hot friend ? Hook me up!

comely清秀的

I hope my young friend will like such a comely sample of his own blood.

俺盼着咱们那位年轻的朋友喜欢你这么一位和他一脉相传的漂亮姑娘才好。

cute可爱伶俐的

That Cathy is pretty cute .

那个凯西还蛮可爱的

delicate纤弱的

She had a feminine gift for delicate flattery .

她有女性的细致讨人高兴的才能。

dreamboat梦中情人

When he saw her at the party , he knew that he found dreamboat .

当他在舞会上看见她时，知道自己已经找到梦中情人了。

elegant优雅的

The design of this fashion designer is in simple and elegant style .

崇尚简朴高雅，是这位服装设计师的风格。

eyeful养眼的

She was a statuesque redheaded eyeful.

她是一个轮廓清晰的红发美人儿。

foxy古灵精怪的

What a foxy dame she is!

她真是一个性感迷人的小妞儿!

pulchritudinous貌美如花的

tasteful风雅的

He is a tasteful artist.

他是一位风雅的艺术家

These days Ive just finished the novel Uncle Toms Cabin that left a really deep impression on me and we can see.

It is a book written in 1852 in response to the passage of the Fugitive Slave Law， Uncle Toms Cabin has been considered as the most influential anti-slavery novel in that period and described by Stowe herself as a “series of sketches” describing the human cruelty of slavery， opens with a description of Arthur Shelbys Kentucky plantation during the antebellum period.

There are several impressive characters in this novel， George who is clever and brave;Harry， a beautiful and talented child who sings dances and mimes;Mrs. Shelby， a very religious woman;Sambo and Qimbo and so on. The major character Uncle Tom who was the most impressive in this novel was a devout Christian. He endured the miserable fate bravely and aroused the whites sympathy for slaves with his Christs sacrifice and the tolerance of returning good for evil. This novel focuses on the distinctive personalities of Uncle Tom deeply influenced by Christianity and the important role Uncle Toms Cabin playing on abolition; and the Significance of “Uncle Tom” to the harmonious worlds development， and the effect on modern people.

In the book， at the beginning， the author presents us a very beautiful image of a rather harmonious family who live a happy life. However， that beautiful image couldnt last long， the darkness came soon. The master of this happy family， Uncle Tom was arranged into a difficult situation. As Shelby， the not cruel master， he has incurred serious debts- prompting him sell some slaves to avoid financial ruin， so Uncle Tom， Shelbys loyal servant since childhood was sold to Mr. Haley， the slave trader. Uncle Tom remained loyal to his master， despite his betrayal and the risk of death at the cruel hands of a new master. The slaves at the plantation were very mournful， but Tom remained placid and tried to read his Bible for fort. On the steamboat to New Orleans， where Tom was to be sold， Tom befriended an angelic little girl， “Little Eva” St. Clare. Uncle Tom saved the five-year-old beauty from drowning， and she convinced her father to buy Tom for her own family. In her family， Tom enjoye.

d his life because of the girls love; Toms contentment does not last， however， because Eva soon falls ill. Dying， Eva asked Mr. St. Clare to free Tom after her death. But Mr. St. Clare is so sad by her death that he never legally freed Tom before he himself was killed trying to mediate a barroom scuffle. Mrs. St. Clare sold the slaves to settle her husbands debts and Tom was sold to Simon Legree who was so violent that beat his slaves brutally. At last， when Mr. Shelby， finally found Uncle Tom， he was almost died. After Tom was dead and buried， Shelby went back and freed his slaves.

As we all can see that Uncle Toms Cabin was an anti-slavery novel and it was even considered as one factor that caused the Civil War. In the novel， the slaves were sold from one place to another frequently， and their fate was tragic， with no exception- just like Uncle Tom， no matter he was under the control of kind masters or evil masters， he cant escape the misfortune of being sold from one master to another. We cant see any human right of them， so terrible.

As someone said， with more people realizing the inhumanity of slavery in the 19th century， slavery became one of the most important issues and it became more violent year by year in American society. However， slavery was not abolished irrevocably until ratification of the 13th Amendment to the Constitution in 1865， following the Civil War. After the passage of Fugitive Slave Act of 1850， Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote this novel Uncle Toms Cabin which publicized the evil of slavery to a wide audience.

Now we are in the 21st century， we may never e across such kind of thing. However， this book can always remind of us that there ever has existed this evil and we cant let it happen again. And “equality” 、“human right ” cant just be a slogan， we should make it e true really and always.

I like reading books very much, because there are lots of interesting things in them.

Two years ago, I didnt like reading very much. I had plenty of time, but I spent lots of time on playing with computers. When I was very young, I didnt think reading book was interesting, because I found nothing more interesting than the computer games.

Ive changed now. I enjoy reading novels, because therere lots of interesting stories. I love to read Harry Potter. Thats a good novel. I know that it is one of the best-sellers in England. Im always lose myself in the interesting stories.

I hate the words like "to be continued" in a novel. That makes me very sad, because I dont know the end of the story. I also hate the words like "the end", because I want to read more. Some of my friends think that Im strange.

Maybe you can find the interesting things in a book, so dont waste your time in the computers any more. If you read very much, you抣l get lots of knowledge.

If we have no knowledge， we cannot succeed in doing any work。 Why? Because

knowledge is power。 With knowledge we have conquered nature and invented

steamers， trains and airplanes。 We can send messages by telegram。 We can talk

with our friends by telephone。

As is well known， we students are the future masters of the nation。 She

(It) needs us very much。 If we do not make efforts to acquire knowledge， how can

we render service to her (it)?

today is chinese new years eve, my family had a big family party at home. it was a chinese tradition that on new years eve we make dumplings together and have them around midnight. firstly, we prepared the pork mince and some vegetables for the dumplings.we also needed plenty of skins to make the dumplings. some of us were making the dumpling skins, others were mixing the mince and vegetables together. all of us were enjoying the process of making dumplings and chatting with each other. before midnight, when we heard the sound of new years bell, the dumplings were ready for us to eat. it was such a wonderful night!

今天是中国新年,我的家庭有一个大的家庭聚会在家里。这是一个中国的传统,新年前夜我们一起包饺子,让他们在午夜。首先,我们准备了猪肉饺子肉和一些蔬菜。我们也需要大量的皮饺子。我们中的一些人使饺皮,人肉和蔬菜混合在一起。我们都享受包饺子的过程和彼此聊天。在午夜之前,当我们听到新年的钟声,准备我们吃饺子。这是这样一个美妙的夜晚!

1、Heaven revolves, the gentleman to unremitting self-improvement. —— Wen Tianxiang

天行健，君子以自强不息。——文天祥

2、As long as the continuous efforts, unremitting struggle, there is no things that can not be conquered.—— Seneca

只要持续地努力，不懈地奋斗，就没有征服不了的东西。——塞内加

3、Once you choose your way of life, be brave to stick it out and never return.—— Zola

生活的道路一旦选定，就要勇敢地走到底，决不回头。——左拉

4、No patient who, who has no wisdom.—— he di

谁没有耐心，谁就没有智慧。——萨迪

5、It is dogged does it. The days of easy, but careless people. —— Yuan Mei

天下无难事，只怕有心人。天下天易事，只怕粗心人。——袁枚

6、Poor and stronger, not falling Albatron ambition. —— Wang Bo

穷且益坚，不坠青云之志。——王勃

7、We should have the perseverance, must have the self-confidence especially! We must believe, our talent is used to do something. —— Mrs. Curie

我们应有恒心，尤其要有自信心！我们必须相信，我们的天赋是要用来做某种事情的。——居里夫人

8、Determined to not firm, with nothing.—— Zhu Xi

立志不坚，终不济事。——朱熹（）

9、One day, the ten day of ten money, money. Little strokes fell great oaks. Dripping water wears through a stone.

一日一钱，十日十钱。绳锯木断，水滴石穿。

10、Pursue your object, be it what it will, steadily and indefatigably.

不管追求什么目标，都应坚持不懈。

11、Don’t lose faith, as long as the unremittingly, you will get some fruits. —— Tsien Hsueshen

不要失去信心，只要坚持不懈，就终会有成果。——钱学森

12、With strong will, is equivalent to the feet to a pair of wings.—— Bailey

有了坚定的意志，就等于给双脚添了一对翅膀。——贝利

13、Rome wasn’t built in one day.

伟业非一日建成。

14、Persistence will enable us to succeed, and perseverance of the source is to do not waver in the least, we should take to achieve the necessary means to success.—— Chernyshevsky

只有毅力才会使我们成功，而毅力的来源又在于毫不动摇，坚决采取为达到成功所需要的手段。——车尔尼雪夫斯基

15、Daily good, not afraid of thousands of miles; often do, not do things.

日日行，不怕千万里；常常做，不怕千万事。

16、Once they start they can always continue to cause people is happy.—— Herzen

朝开始便永远能将事业继续下去的人是幸福的。——赫尔岑

17、Although patience and persistence is a painful thing, but it can gradually bring you good.—— Ovid

忍耐和坚持虽是痛苦的事情，但却能渐渐地为你带来好处。——奥维德

18、Nothing is impossible to a willing heart.

心之所愿，无事不成。()

19、People lack the willpower, rather than strength.—— Hugo

世人缺乏的是毅力，而非气力。——雨果

20、No human can repel a firm hope.—— Kingsley

永远没有人力可以击退一个坚决强毅的希望。——金斯莱

Dear Tom，

How is it going these days? I keep wondering how you feel about your school

life in Beijing. Have you got used to the life in China? Are you enjoying your

life? I hope you are.

Let me tell you a piece of good news: I’m going to take part in an English

speech contest of middle school students in July in the coming summer vacation.

So I’m busy preparing for it. But now I have some difficulty in collecting

useful information and using proper English word to express my thoughts.

Besides, I really want to improve my spoken English, especially the

pronunciation and intonation(语调). Of course, as a native English speaker, you

can give me some suggestions.

In addition, I’m going to visit you after the contest. I’m sure we will

have a wonderful time together in Beijing! I can hardly wait to see you! I am

looking forward to your early reply.

Yours,

Li Hua

20 June 2006

Dear Mr. Seaton，

Thank you very much for taking me with you on that splendid outing to London. It was the first time that I had seen the Tower or any of the other famous sights. If Id gone alone, I couldnt have seen nearly as much, because I wouldnt have known my way about.

The weather was splendid on that day, which I thought was rare. I still remember some people told me that in Britain there was weather and no climate. During the same day, it might snow in the morning, rain at noon, shine in the afternoon and be windy before the night falls. So I think I was lucky.

I think the river trip was the best thing of all. London really came alive for me as we saw it from the Thames during that wonderful journey down to Greenwich. It was all tremendously exciting - a day that I shall never forget.

Thank you for giving me such a great birthday treat.

Yours sincerely,

Linda Chen

Dear Dad：

Today is father’s day, for so many years I’ve been seekig a way to express

my heartfelt thanks for all you have done for me. Here comes it!

Thank you for always being there sharing my life when I need you most.

Whenever I encounter difficulties, I never feel alone and vulnerable, because

you will keep me on the right path. I’m blessed to have you.

Thank you for offering me education and teaching me how to be a man. You

always inspire me not by words, but by what you have done! Your efforts in the

work, your loyalty to your friends, your responsibility for the family and your

persistence in the life have already set me good examples in my own life.

Thank you for always appreciating my work, no matter how tiny it is! You

have made me realize that it’s capacity not scores that really counts.

Dad, I love you and I will love you forever!

Yours beloved,

Friends can be classified into two kinds, good friends and evil friends. Evil friends lead us astray and may destroy our life, while good ones drive us towards the right and make our life successful.

Two of them exist in our daily life. However, ideal friends exist in peoples mind. They should be diligent, successful and loyal. When you need help, they will stand beside you and be delighted to give you a hand. Also you can share your happiness and sorrow together.

In my opinion, friends can share something but they also should keep their own secrets. So I wish my friends wouldnt interfere in my privacy too much. On the other hand, my friends should have Something in common with me, at the same time something special. In this way we can attract each other and learn from each other.

[理想的朋友英文作文

Dear Mother,

Hello, I am the daughter who loves to make you angry. Now I am writing to

apologize to you:

Mom, Im sorry. When I was a child, I did not know the hard-won grain and

always wasted some food. You told me "Who knows the food on the plate, every

grain is hard", but I did not listen. Mother, please forgive my ignorance.

Mom, Im sorry. When I was a boy, I didnt know how hard it was to earn

money. If you are satisfied, I will be happy, if you are not satisfied; I cried

and shouted to you for, but never said a simple "thank you". Mother, please

forgive me for my willfulness.

Mom, Im sorry. Now I know that all this is hard won. But I began to rebel

at that time of adolescence, and I began to quarrel with you and talk back to

you... I still remember that time, I went to the store with my classmates. I

fell in love with a pair of low-waist pants that are popular now. When I came

back home, I asked for money from you, but you didnt give me any. How ugly!

Besides, you are still a student now, you should not wear too fashionable,

simple more good!" I just blew up and said, "I want that low-rise pair. I love

that pair. Its not your generation anymore. Ill take!" Say that finish, a palm

slapped come over, you really angry. Crying, I rushed to my room, locked the

door, and cried myself out in my room, crying my grievance. Thought: is not a

pair of pants? Not much money! What a cheapskate not to buy it! At this time, a

small note from the crack in the door came out: baby, dont cry, mother was not

intentional, forgive mother just wrong? Slowly, I began to reflect: I should not

have contradicted you, should not have said sad things to you. I quietly opened

the door, found you are sitting on the chair with paper wiping tears, see me out

and said: "Tomorrow mother to buy you good?" I shook my head vigorously and

said: "Mom, no. Now I am still a student, when I grow up, there are more clothes

for me to choose. Mom just really sorry ~ "said that I cried, you and I hugged

together. That time, I learned a lot...

Mom, if love is as sweet as a flower, then you are the sweet flower of

love. Mom, please forgive me for the mistakes I made before, I will correct

them.

Zhu: Good health

Business is booming

Your daughter: Chen Ting

The Spring Festival is coming. I know that you must be very fond of the Spring Festival. Because everyone can stick to the spring festival couplet, see the Spring Festival Gala, visit friends and friends … …

I remember when the Spring Festival approached last year, I learned to write couplets at home. I stood aside and looked at the couplets written by adults. I saw that they dipped in a pen with ink, and then wrote several big words on the red paper. I cant remember the specific content. The couplet was very neat, and I said to my uncle, &ldquo, can you teach me to write a couplet? ” I remember clearly the uncle asked, "“ do you use a brush?" Do you know how to write a couplet? ” I shook my head and said, “ no. ” so he said, "“ you have grown up for one year again, and you cant even use a brush. Ill teach you a few tricks at this opportunity." ” after hearing the uncles words, I jumped up happily.

The uncle told me to sit straight while writing, not on the table. And then tell me in detail how to use the brush. After listening to my uncles words, I finally learned some of the most basic ways to use the brush. Then the uncle asked me to write a few words to show him. I wrote five words: “ I love Chinese &rdquo most; Written askew, probably just use a brush! The uncle saw a smile: “ the word was written well, but the pen was not straight. ”

So my uncle taught me: “ when writing every word, it is not to use the same strength to write every word, but the power should be changed with weight. The written words will be more varied and look more beautiful. The uncle finished the demonstration and wrote several words to imitate me. It is comfortable to look at the words written by the uncle. I tried to write a few words on my uncles look, and I really made progress. I was much happier than I had just written.

The uncle also told me that writing should be often trained to imitate the name. The more it is written, the more writing it is, the better it is.

In this Spring Festival, I have learned a little bit of writing brush writing skills, is really more happy than to get the money, but also more affordable.

Today is fathers day. Im going to buy a gift for my dad with my pocket

money, so I "kill" the little fat piggy bank.

I walked into the room and said to my father, "dad, I broke something."

Father got angry, blew his beard and stared, and he kicked me in the ass without

saying a word. I was kicked out.

I took my pocket money and didnt go back to the shoe store. At the shoe

store, I said to my bosss shoes, "buy an adults shoes." The boss say: "you are a

child, how can buy adults shoes?" I told my boss it was for my father. The boss

asked me again, "how big is your fathers foot?" I turned my butt up and showed

him the footprints of my father. The boss was surprised at first, but he

immediately responded, laughing and saying, "youve got your size on your

ass."

今天是父亲节。我要拿着零花钱买礼物给爸爸，所以我把存钱的小肥猪“杀”了。

我神秘兮兮地走进房间对爸爸说：“爸爸我不小心打破了东西。”爸爸生气了，吹胡子瞪眼睛的，一句话也没说，就一脚踢到了我的屁股上。我被踢了出去。

我拿着零花钱，头也不回地往鞋店跑去。到了鞋店，我对老板大人的鞋说：“买一双大人的鞋。”老板说：“你是小孩，怎么能买大人的鞋呢?”我告诉老板是给爸爸买的。老板又问我：“你爸爸的脚有多大?”我就把屁股翘起来给老板看爸爸踢的脚印。老板起初很惊讶，但他马上就反应了过来，笑着说：“原来你已经把尺寸画在屁股上了。”

Birds of a feather flock together.物以类聚，人以群分。

Blood is thicker than water. 血浓于水。

Blood will have blood.血债血偿。

Books and friends should be few but good.读书如交友，应求少而精。

Business is business.公事公办。

Cheats never prosper.骗人发不了财。

Business is the salt of life.事业是人生的第一需要。

Cannot see the wood for the trees.一叶障目，不见泰山。

Care and diligence bring luck.谨慎和勤奋才能抓住机遇。

Caution is the parent of safety.小心驶得万年船。

Children are what the mothers are.耳濡目染，身教言传。

Choose an author as you choose a friend.择书如择友。

Come what may, heaven won‘t fall.做你的吧，天塌不下来。

Complacency is the enemy of study.学习的敌人是自己的满足。

Confidence in yourself is the first step on the road to success.自信是走向成功的第一步。

Content is better than riches.知足者常乐

Constant dripping wears away a stone.水滴石穿，绳锯木断。

Count one‘s chickens before they are hatched.蛋未孵先数雏。

Courtesy on one side only lasts not long.来而不往非礼也。

Creep before you walk.循序渐进。

Cry for the moon.海底捞月。

Custom is a second nature.习惯是后天养成的。

Custom makes all things easy.有个好习惯，事事皆不难。

Diamond cuts diamond.强中自有强中手。

Do as the Romans do.入乡随俗。

Do as you would be done by.己所不欲，勿施于人。

Doing is better than saying.与其挂在嘴上，不如落实在行动上。

Do it now.机不可失，时不再来Do nothing by halves.凡事不可半途废。

Don‘t claim to know what you don‘t know.不要不懂装懂。

Don‘t have too many irons in the fire.不要揽事过多。

Don‘t make a mountain out of a molehill.不要小题大做。

Don‘t put off till tomorrow what should be done today.今日事，今日毕。

Don‘t put the cart before the horse.不要本末倒置。

Don‘t trouble trouble until trouble troubles you.不要自找麻烦。

Don‘t try to teach your grandmother to suck eggs.不要班门弄斧。

Do well and have well.善有善报。

Each bird love to hear himself sing.孤芳自赏。

Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.早睡早起身体好。

Easier said than done.说得容易，做得难。

Easy come, easy go.来也匆匆，去也匆匆。

Eat to live, but not live to eat.人吃饭是为了活着，但活着不是为了吃饭。

Empty vessels make the greatest sound.实磨无声空磨响满瓶不动半瓶摇。

is good when new, but friends when old.东西是新的好，朋友是老的亲。

Example is better then percept. 说一遍，不如做一遍。

Experience is the father of wisdom and memory the mother.经验是智慧之父，记忆是母亲。

My hometown is beautiful place It stands near a wide river at the foot of

low green hills. It has many tall buildings and wide streets. There are trees

and flowers everywhere.But it has not always been like that. In the old days, it was a sad dirty

little town. Landlords and merchants lived in the few good houses.For the working people there were only dark, unhealthy rooms in old

buildings and huts in narrow muddy streets. Nearly everyone was poor and many

had no work.Everything has changed since liberation. The people, led by the Party, have

got rid of the mud and dirt. They have put up schools, theaters, shops and

flats. They have an assembly hall and a hospital.Along the river they have built offices, hotels and parks. A lot of

factories have sprung up. On the river, streamers and boats come and go busily,

day and night. They carry the products of our industries to all parts of the

country.I love my hometown, and I love its people. They also have changed. Healthy

and happy, they are going all out to build socialism.

To: Mr. John Smith, General Manager

From: George Chen, Accounting Department

Date: January 22, 2003

Subject: Application for annual leave

Dear Mr. Smith，

I would like to apply for an annual leave from January 25th to 31st.

As you may know the Spring Festival is falling on February 1st this year. Its the most important holiday in China and offers the best occasion for family reunion. However, over the past 3 years I missed the reunions due to tight work schedule. Now that I have wrapped up my work for this year, I would like to go back to my hometown to pay filial piety to my parents and help my sole brother prepare his wedding on January 28th.

Its indeed double happiness for my family that I would like to be part of. Coupled with the official holidays for the Spring Festival, I will have two weeks off which will definitely gear me up for better work in the new year. Im looking forward to your kind answer.

Best regards,

George Chen

Today is Sunday, I’s hot today. The air is fresh, the sky is blue, the cloud is white. The scene is so beautiful here. There are many trees, the trees here are green, there are many birds in the trees, singing the songs. They are very happy, we are very happy, too.

Can you guess, what day is it today? Good! That great! Today is my birthday! There are many friends at my home, they says:”Happy birthday for you!”They are very funny.

Today, I wears my favorite dress, this is white . Look at me! My hair is white, I have two big blue eyes, and a small mouth, I’m very happy!

There are many sweet food on the table, they are cock、chicken 、beef、cafe ……

What a happy day!

dear linda,

welcome to our school for a visit. i am very glad to tell you how to get to our school. here is the route. when you walk out of the station, please turn left, walk ahead and pass a crossing. you should walk ahead till the first traffic light and turn right. then you will find a park on your left side. walk aling the street and pass the park. then you will see a bank. opposite the bank is a narrow lane. just go into the lane and walk about 100 meters, and you are sure to get to our school gate, at which the board reads no. 1 middle school in both chinese and english.

yours,

li ming

Dear Santa Claus,

Christmas is around the corner,and iam so excited to welcome you to the

arrival.For last several years,i required so many toys from you,and you gave me

all that i want.I am so grateful for you about this.I dont want toys any

more.Sincerely i want you to bring my families good health for the new year.As

you know,the world they are going back is the world of a "flu"; and my parents

are mostly work outside,so give me a magic present to protect my families.Can

you promise me?eager to get it on Christmas Eve!

Best wishes to you as well!

Truly yours,

Sara

亲爱的圣诞老人克劳斯：

圣诞节即将来临,和我很高兴欢迎您的到来.在过去的几年里,我需要你这么多玩具,你给我所有我想要的.我很感激你对这.我不希望任何更多的玩具.我真诚地希望你在新的一年带给我的家人身体健康.你知道,他们回去的世界是一个“流感”的世界;我的父母都在外工作,所以我需要你给我一个神奇的礼物来保护我的家庭.你能答应我吗?渴望得到它平安夜!

最好的祝福给你!

你真正的，

Sara

The Fascinating Moonrise

There is a hill near my home that I often climb at night. The noise of the city is a far-off murmur. In the hush of dark I share the cheerfulness of crickets and the confidence of owls. But it is the drama of the moonrise that I come to see. For that restores in me a quiet and clarity that the city spends too freely.

From this hill I have watched many moons rise. Each one had its own mood. There have been broad, confident harvest moons in autumn; shy, misty moons in spring; lonely, white winter moons rising into the utter silence of an ink-black sky and smoke-smudged orange moons over the dry fields of summer. Each, like fine music, excited my heart and then calmed my soul.

But we, who live indoors, have lost contact with the moon. The glare of street lights and the dust of pollution veil the night sky. Though men have walked on the moon, it grows less familiar. Few of us can say what time the moon will rise tonight.

Still, it tugs at our minds.

If we unexpectedly encounter the full moon, huge and yellow over the horizon, we are helpless but to stare back at its commanding presence. And the moon has gifts to bestow upon those who watch.

I learned about its gifts one July evening in the mountains. My car had mysteriously stalled, and I was stranded and alone. The sun had set, and I was watching what seemed to be the bright-orange glow of a forest fire beyond a ridge to the east. Suddenly, the ridge itself seemed to burst into flame. Then, the rising moon, huge and red and grotesquely misshapen by the dust and sweat of the summer atmosphere, loomed up out of the woods. Distorted thus by the hot breath of earth, the moon seemed ill-tempered and imperfect. Dogs at nearby farmhouse barked nervously, as if this strange light had wakened evil spirits in the weeds.

But as the moon lifted off the ridge it gathered firmness and authority. Its complexion changed from red, to orange, to gold, to impassive yellow. It seemed to draw light out of the darkening earth, for as it rose, the hills and valleys below grew dimmer. By the time the moon stood clear of the horizon, full-chested and round and of the colour of ivory, the valleys were deep shadows in the landscape. The dogs, reassured that this was the familiar moon, stopped barking. And all at once I felt a confidence and joy close to laughter.

The drama took an hour. Moonrise is slow and serried with subtleties. To watch it, we must slip into an older, more patient sense of time.

To watch the moon move inflexibly higher is to find an unusual stillness within ourselves. Our imaginations become aware of the vast distance of space, the immensity of the earth and the huge improbability of our own existence. We feel small but privileged.

Moonlight shows us none of life’s harder edges. Hillsides seem silken and silvery, the oceans still and blue in its light. In moonlight we become less calculating, more drawn to our feelings.

月升魅无穷

在我家的附近有座小山， 我常在晚间爬上山去。此时，城市的喧嚣成了遥远的低语。在这黑夜的静谧中，我尽情地分享蟋蟀的欢乐，感受猫头鹰的自信。不过，我上山是来看月出的，因为这可以让我的内心重新感到被城市消耗殆尽的平静与清新。

在这座山上，我欣赏过许多次月亮升起的景象。每一次月的姿容性情都不同。秋天，满月如轮，充满自信;春天，月亮清雾迷蒙羞羞答答;冬天，银白色的月亮挂在漆黑的、悄无声息的夜空中，显得那样孤寂;夏天，桔*的月似被烟尘笼罩，俯瞰干燥的田野。每一种月亮，都像美妙的音乐，颤动我的心灵，令我的灵魂平静。

但我们这些深居室内的人，已与月亮失去了联系。城市中耀眼的街灯和污染性烟尘遮住了夜空。虽然人类已在月亮上行走过，但月亮对我们却更加陌生了。现在已很少有人能说出今晚月亮何时升起。

但无论怎样，月亮依然打动我们的心灵。

如果我们偶然遇见一轮黄灿灿的满月高高挂在空中， 我们都会禁不住抬头凝望她那高贵的仪容。而月亮会向那些注视她的人赐予厚礼。

我得到她的厚礼是在山间七月的一个夜晚。我的车突然无缘无故地熄了火，将我孤身一人困在山中，束手无策。太阳已经落山，我注视着东边山头涌起的一团桔红色的明光，好像森林起火一般。突然，山头自己也似乎燃起火焰，一会儿，一轮又大又红的月亮从树林中慢慢现出身来，夏天空气中弥漫的灰尘与湿气令它显得异常怪异。大地灼热的呼吸扭曲了它，它变得非常暴躁，不再完美。附近农舍的狗紧张地狂吠起来，因为这团奇怪的光亮叫醒了野草中的魔鬼。

然而当月亮缓缓从山头升起，它聚集了越来越多的坚定与威严;它的面孔由红色变成了桔红，又变成金色，最后成为沉静的*。它似乎吸收了正在渐渐转暗的大地的光亮，因为随着它的升起，下面的丘陵山谷变得愈来愈朦胧。等到皓月当空，满月如盘，闪烁出象牙般的清辉，山谷便成了风景中一片幽深的阴影。那些狗明白了那团光原来是他们熟悉的月亮，也安定下来，停止了吠叫。霎时间，我也觉得信心倍增，心情舒畅，几乎笑了起来。

这奇特的景观持续了一个小时。月出是缓慢而充满神奇的。观看月出，我们必须回到一种古老的、耐心的时间观念中去。观看月亮不可阻挡地升上天空，会让我们找到内心的无比安宁，我们的想象力能让我们看到宇宙的辽阔和大地的广袤，能让我们忘掉自己的存在。我们觉得自身渺小，但又深感大自然的厚待。

月色下，我们看不到生活中坚硬的棱角。山坡在月光下如同笼上了一层柔和的银纱;大海在月光下宁静碧蓝;我们在月光下也不再像白日那般心计来往，而是沉醉于自然的情感中。