春节英语作文带翻译6句【热门20篇】

the lunar new year

the lunar new year is a great occasion to the chinese people. it lasts about the first four days of the year， during which people do not work except for the workers on duty. students do not go to school， and shops are closed.

several days before the new year， people begin to prepare. farmers kill pigs， sheep， cocks and hens. city dwellers buy meat fish and vegetables.  houses are cleaned； coupletsare posted on the doors. colourful lanterns are hung at the gate.

on the eve of the new year， each family has its members gatherd together and eats a family reunion dinner. after the meal they watch tv until the clock strickes twelve. then every family sets off long strings of small firecrackers and other fire works to welcome the new year. on the first day of the new year， almost everyone is dressed in his or her best. when people meet on the way， they say to each other "happy new year". friends and relatives pay new year calls and gives presents to each other. children indulge themselves in games.

I have a friend. Her name is Candy. She is twelve year old. She has black and short hair. She has a little mouth, two big eyes. She is so cute. Her mom and dad love her. She has a happy family. Her friends like her too, So she’s happy every day.

She is a student of Yi Zong Fu Xiao. She is in Class Four Grade Six. She studies very hard. English is her favourite subject. She likes to speak English. She can speak English very well now. She always says “Learn by doing.” So she thinks speaking is very important in learning English.

We are very busy studying when we are in school. But on the weekend, we are free. We often do homework together on Saturdays. After that, we can watch TV at home. Sometimes, we play games. We have the same hobbies. She likes riding bikes and watching TV and so do I. Her favourite sport is swimming. She’s very good at it. She often teaches me how to swim in summer.

I like her very much. I am lucky to be her friend.

我有一个朋友。她的名字是糖果。她是十二岁。她有黑色的短头发。她有一个小嘴巴，两只大眼睛。她是如此的可爱。她的妈妈和爸爸爱她。她有一个幸福的家庭。她的朋友们也喜欢她，所以她快乐每一天。

她是一个医宗附小学生。她是六年级四班。她学习很努力。英语是她最喜欢的科目。她喜欢说英语。她英语讲得很好了。她总是说“做中学”。所以她认为说话是非常重要的学习英语。

我们都很忙，当我们在学校学习。但在周末，我们是自由的。我们常常一起做家庭作业，星期六。在那之后，我们可以在家看电视。有时，我们玩游戏。我们有相同的爱好。她喜欢骑自行车和看电视等，也是她最喜欢的运动是游泳。她很擅长。她经常教我如何在夏天游泳。

我非常喜欢她。我很幸运能成为她的朋友。

[我的朋友英语作文以及翻译

Sun. ,Feb. 14 Rainy

Spring Festival ,known as the Chinese New Year, is the most important holiday in China. From late January to early February,Chinese people are busy preparing for the New Year. They clean their houses ,have their hair cut,and buy new clothes. Jiaozi or dumpling is most popular. To those who live far away from their home,this festival is also a framily reunion occasion.

And they often go back home to celebrate the festival with their family. The first day of the new year is the time when people visit their friends adn wish each other good luck in the new year.

二月十四日 星期日 雨

春节，即中国人的新年，是中国最重要的节日。从一月末到二月初人们忙着为新年做准备。他们打扫房屋、理发和买新衣服。饺子是最受欢迎的。对那些远离家乡的人们，春节是一个合家团聚的时刻。他们经常回家和家人欢度春节。新年第一天人们访友并互祝新年好运。

Origin of the Spring Festival

Spring Festival is the lunar Suishou, is also our ancient traditional festivals. Ancient-off "year" is not in the twelfth lunar month on the 29th or on the 30th, but in the "wax on", that later, "Laba." Southern and Northern Dynasties later, the "wax Festival" to the end of the year. To the Republican era, the switch to Gregorian calendar was only then that the lunar year is called "Spring Festival", because the Spring Festival is generally in the "Spring," both before and after.

翻译：春节，是农历的岁首，也是我国古老的传统节日。古代过“年”不是在腊月二十九日或三十日，而是在“蜡日”，即后来的“腊八”。南北朝以后，把“蜡祭”移至岁末。到了民国时 ，改用阳历，才把阴历年叫“春节”，因为春节一般都在“立春”前后。

"Spring, an hour in the morning is worth two in the evening". Spring is the most beautiful season in a year. The twinkling of an eye, charactizing a fine spring has come.

I myself have a heart in the spring. After spring, with tender green grass, grass, crammed with all sorts of flowers, the grass decorated like to embroider the flower green carpet. I walk on the grass, feel the foot soft, very comfortable. There are many butterflies on the grass. They were wearing colorful make-up, or flying up and down, or through the grass. To go far, a large area of a large fields, fields, fruit trees into shadow, red fruit hanging branches, like on the trees full of numerous large stones. Over the orchard, and many birds fly light dances; They are covered with colorful feathers, singing songs. Through the forest a brook, extends to the green grass, from my feet flowed. Sends out the ringing sound when water bottom, stream, want to heart making the music of this song is moving, and the song of birds should be matched.

On both sides of trails, covered with many beautiful flowers, yellow, white, red, purple... Its colorful, very beautiful flowers. Especially flowers everywhere filled with large poppy flower. It is so bright, red dazzling, bright yellow, under the sun, peoples eyes were drove hard to open...

This is the spring, this is the spring in my heart. I couldnt help shout out: I love you, in the heart of the spring!

“一年之计在于春，一日之计在于晨”。春天是一年中最美的季节。一眨眼，鸟语花香的春天就到来了。

我自己也有心中的春天。春天来后，到处是嫩嫩的绿草，草丛中开满了各种各样的花，把草地装点得就像绣了花得绿绒地毯。我走在草地上，感到脚下软绵绵的，非常舒服。草地上还有许多蝴蝶，它们都穿着五颜六色的彩装，或上下飞舞，或在草间歇息。向远望去，有一大片一大片的原野，原野上，果树成荫，红色的果实挂满枝头，就像在绿树上嵌满了无数硕大的宝石。果园上空，还有许多小鸟轻飞漫舞;它们披着色彩缤纷的羽毛，唱着婉转的歌儿。一条小溪穿林而过，延伸到绿色的草地上，从我脚边潺潺流过。溪水清澈见底，流动时发出清脆的声响，想奏这一首动人的乐曲，与小鸟的歌声应和成趣。

在一条条小路两旁，铺满了许许多多美丽的花朵，黄的、白的、红的、紫的……真是五颜六色，姹紫嫣红。尤其是花丛中到处都开满了硕大的花。它是那么鲜艳，红的炫目，黄的耀眼，在阳光的照射下，人们的眼睛都被逼得睁不开了……

这就是春，这就是我心中的春。我不由得发出赞叹：我爱你，心中的春!

Life is full of hope, I am most looking forward to the Spring Festival. As the growth of the age, the reason why I look forward to the Spring Festival is also changed.

When I was babble, looking forward to the Spring Festival because the Spring Festival in many adults to visit, they will be praised me when they saw me grow very cute, let my heart fruity.

After kindergarten, I begin to love to play. So I look forward to the Spring Festival is to play with friends. We set off firecrackers, clay, hide and seek, wreaths...

In elementary school, I know that money can buy, buy books, stationery, buy groceries, you can also save with university, this is the reason why I look forward to the Spring Festival.

Now, I enjoy the beautiful scenery. Looking forward to the Spring Festival reason again in the Spring Festival, the spring is coming. Spring is a green world, a world full of. Flowers, warbler dancing butterflies fly, grass spring peach bright, this is the characteristics of the spring. Spring breeze blowing, it was the angel of voice, with all sorts of color of paint, dye red the gills of the peach blossom, white pear flower face, stained from the winter jasmine pigtails. It also blew the cx, green branches, blue sky, blowing and a smile on the surface of the lake. Float to the spring rain, it is a thread in the hands of a voice, a glimmer, embroidered with a piece of green. Schools of thought contend, flowers, birds, the beautiful spring, snow and ice melt. The ancients said, "people in the picture", it is exactly.

Tomorrow is the Spring Festival, I am very happy, thinking can eat delicious food, delicious snacks, but also get a lot of gift money, I feel more and more happy, I was so excited that night all night, the mind is full of food, snacks, gift money, and the beautiful new clothes. Lovely toy … …

The Spring Festival in the morning, I first jumped up from the bed to brace up, exercise, and then went to call my parents, my father to see me up so early, not to be outdone, from the bed turned and climbed up, mother and sister have to get up, wash a face to brush teeth, one thought is to eat up! The thought of eating, Im talking, busy parents suggested to do this and that, my mother is a chef, so do what the referee decided by her mother, said: “ for a long time did not eat dumplings, eat some dumplings package, the Spring Festival Spring Festival Spring Festival greetings "fun, fun". ” we all agree very much.

After deciding what to do, we did the division, dad made meat stuffing, mom rubbed noodles, and my sister and I burned water. We do are very strong, less than half an hour, meat stuffing ready, dumplings are ready, water fast boiling. My mother will skillfully wrap dumplings, my sister and I also learn to pack up, I managed to pack three, exhausted, its very difficult to learn! Mother said: “ I would be born to do it, not to eat bitterness, hard to study, how can I learn well? ” I was a little ashamed, and I learned the lesson, put up the sails again, and made it true, and it did a little faster. This makes me understand the truth: it should be hard to learn anything.

After about more than 20 minutes, rub the face have all made dumplings, my sister and I have boiled water in the pot brew storms on rivers and seas. Mother put the dumplings in the pot and boiled it. Mother in the middle also added some seasoning, make dumplings more delicious, after about more than 10 minutes, the mother put the dumplings out, divided into four bowls, each bowl also put some soup. My mother had just made the soup, and I had a bowl of relish. Because of eating too fast, the tongue is hot and spicy.

All of us were full of oil, and we were happy to watch the wonderful TV programs.

Ah, its a happy Spring Festival!

Everybody has a daily schedule. We do the same things almost every day. My

day is probaly like yours.

每个人都有日程安排。每天，我们总是做着相同的事情。我的一天就有可能像你们一样。

Heres my daily routine. I get up at 6:30 every morning. I take my time

waking up,but then I wash up quickly. I brush my teeth,comb my hair and put on

school uniform. I pack my bag for school and I leave. I never miss breakfast,so

I either eat at home or eat on the way to school. But I always eat hurry. After

school,I go to a cram school like all my friends. I study and finish my homework

for the day. Finally,I go home and I take a break. I have dinner with my

family,watch a little TV. I am usually in bed by 9:30.

这个就是我的日常安排，每天早上6点30起床。我花了一些时间起床，然后很快地洗漱完毕。我刷牙、梳头发以及穿上校服。我整理好书包后离开(家)。我从来不会不吃早餐，所以我可以在家或在去学校的路上吃早餐。但我总是吃得很匆忙。放学后，我就像我的朋友那样去补习学校(学习)。我学习并完成了当天的作业。最后，我回家并休息了会儿。我与家人一起吃晚饭，看一会儿电视。我常常在9点半的时候上床睡觉。

This is my routine from Monnday to Friday. However,the weekends are

different. I can wake up late. Then. I can do whatever I like. I believe my

routine is typical. It is probably a lot like yours.

这就是我从周一到周五的例行日程。可是，周末(安排)就不一样了。我可以很晚起床。然后我可以做任何我喜欢的事。我相信我的日程是很典型的。这就可能与你们的日程非常相似。

I stood at the window, overlooking the wide street downstairs. High red lanterns on the streets, five colored flags fluttered in the wind, the motorcar is in array, two words: lively.

The new year is coming, people fall over each other to buy special purchases for the Spring Festival. The store is crowded with customers, some for children or old people, and others for their own choice. In a few moments, the new style and unique style of clothes were snapped out.

The supermarket is a sea of people. The shoppers were lined with long lines, carrying small bags. The supermarket added a few more cash machines, but it was still not enough. The cashier to help out. The salesman kept up the goods in the container.

The food market, it is packed, everyone wants in on New Years Eve festival. The peddlers did not miss the good opportunity to raise the price. For example, pork is usually 13 yuan a kilogram, now it rises to 22 yuan, and mustard usually costs 1.5 yuan per kilogram, now it rises to 4 yuan. Lobster usually costs 10 yuan at a time, now it rises to 15 yuan, though, it still keeps on buying.

There are many customs in Spring Festival in China. One of them is the Spring Festival couplets. Everyone picks up Spring Festival couplets on the streets. After picking up and selecting carefully, they choose their satisfied Spring Festival couplets and paste them home. Families with festive couplets, in order to bless the family can have good luck in the new year.

In addition to wearing new clothes, children are most happy to receive red envelopes. Every year you can receive a considerable amount of money to use it to buy what you like, and you say children are unhappy.

The new year is really busy!

My fathers name is ____. He has an English name, Jack. He is thirty-eight years old. My father is a worker. Heworks in a factory. He has two big eyes and two big ears. He has short hair. My father is very thin. He is only fifty kilograms. He likes learning English very much. He learns English everyday. My father likes watching TV. His favorite television channel is CCTV-10, because he can learn a lot English from the program Outlook English at that channel.

English is my fathers good friend. I am my father?s friend, too.

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我的父亲叫__。他有一个英文名字,杰克。他今年38岁，是一个工人。他工作在一个工厂。他有两个大眼睛和两个大耳朵。他有短的头发。我的父亲是非常瘦。他只有50公斤。他非常喜欢学习英语。他每天都学英语。我的父亲喜欢看电视。他最喜欢的电视频道是CCTV-10,因为他可以学到很多英语的项目前景的英语频道。

英语是我父亲的好朋友。我也是我父亲的好朋友。

如果Parants负起责任，也应受到惩罚，如果他们的孩子表现不好？

事实上，家长在儿童的成长是非常重要的作用。但是，我们不能认为父母应该负起责任，受到惩罚，如果他们的孩子表现不好。否则，这将是不公平的，一些家长，我们应该客观地考虑这个问题。

一些家长教导子女非常小心，告诉他们该怎么做，怎么做，什么是错的，什么是正确的。他们尽量引导他们childrn，为他们提供学习和生活的忠告儿童。随着父母的指令，有些孩子表现得很好。然而，还是孩子谁表现不好。在这种情况下，我们不应该批评孩子的父母，如果他们表现不好。

当然，也有父母，谁是忙着自己的事日夜其他种类，忽略了儿童的教育。虽然他们提供最好的生活，他们的子女，他们忽视教导子女如何正确地思考。在这种情况下，家长应该受到惩罚，如果孩子表现不好。

总之，我们应考虑不同情况，作出客观的决定，对于许多因素可能导致儿童不良行为。也许父母的因素之一。除了上述情况，还有其他。这些父母是谁表现bodly可能导致他们的孩子表现不好。这类父母应该受到惩罚。

因此，不负责任的父母应该受到惩罚。我们应该给予全面考虑这个问题。

[父母教育孩子英语作文翻译

The Spring Festival couplet also to spring posts, accusation, couplet, subsidiary, TaoFu etc, it with neatly and dual, concise, exquisite words describe background, to express good wishes, is Chinas unique form of literature.

Every Chinese New Year, no matter the city or the country, every family to select a pair of bright red stick in the Spring Festival couplets on the door, increase for the festival festival atmosphere.

This custom up in song dynasty, in the beginning in the Ming dynasty, the qing dynasty, the Spring Festival couplet ideological content and artistic quality has improved a lot.

In our hometown, the new year from La eight began almost at the beginning of the month, people continued to prepare the streets but also some special purchases for the Spring Festival, set up a stall, selling new year paintings. Although it is not in the real sense of the new year, but from peoples busy, also revealed a strong flavor of the year.

It should be the most important day after the number of the twelfth lunar month twenty-three, great to hear people say, this day to Jizao God, but also it Clay oven rolls. Its the small sugar pancake, which children love most.

Next to the most important is the year thirty, that is, the new years Eve, the street is more lively. The afternoon of every family busy couplets, grave worship their ancestors. In the evening, there is a very important task, it is in the evening, staying-up late on new years Eve, in addition to the very small children, other people have to stay up until the wee hours of the morning, to twelve points after another appeared in the sound of firecrackers, impression, then began to grandma and bread dumplings. For children, there is an important thing for — — put firecrackers, the children always love to take some brightly coloured cannon to put, the child is no exception, they are even larger than some children also love shooting.

In the first day of the year, we should go to the elderly and bring the money. At noon, the family will have to sit together and eat a reunion meal. The second day, mostly to pay New Years call relatives. During this period, children always like to follow the adult to join the relatives, because they can get a lot of age money.

In a word, although the Spring Festival in the hometown is roughly the same as other places, there is always a strong flavor of the hometown.

I went out to buy breakfirst this morning,when I was going to cross a

road，there was a large banging sound nearby the traffic light .A truck hited a

man!The mans legs was under the wheel ,and the man lying on the ground,with a

puddle of blood around him.Then many passers-by gather around the man,some

dailed 120,some comforted the injuried.About,five minutes,an ambulance and a

police came,finally,the injured was sended to the hospital,the the driver was

brought to police station.

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今天早上我出去买早餐，当我准备过马路的时候，红绿灯附近突然一声很大的撞击声。一个货车撞到了一个男人!这个男人的双腿被压在车轮下，男人躺在地上，周围淌满了血。然后很多路人围了过来，有些人打120，有些人安抚伤者。大概5分钟后，一辆救护车和一辆警车来了，最后，伤者被送去了医院，肇事司机被带回警局。

today is the first day of the chinese new year. i wear a new sweater and shoes. some one always take the presents and smile at every one. they wear red clothes.

you can play the firework but don’t play in the room. we can eat many chinese food ,zong-zi,jiao-zi…. today may be a good day,because many marry—cars running in the street.

older people always say today we must eat many good luck food.

今天是中国新年的第一天。我穿着新毛衣和鞋子。一些人总是把礼物,对每个人微笑。他们穿着红色的衣服。

你可以玩烟花,但不要玩在房间里。我们可以吃很多中国菜,啊粽子、饺子…。今天可能是一个美好的一天,因为许多marry-cars在街上跑步。

年长的人总是说今天我们必须吃许多好运的食物。

Mother bought some dumplings and some meat, today give us ready to pack dumpling to eat in the evening. Mother also taught me making dumplings before, so I will make dumplings together with my mother.

I picked up a piece of the wrappers first, and then pack up, but my mother taught me the way I all forgot, package dumplings, like bubbles, sometimes big sometimes small, mothers have to teach me again, this time I finally remember, three under two pack good, we eat in the evening, everybody said the dumplings are delicious.

Make dumplings originally so easy!

The delicious lunch

Today,when I went home after school at noon,the moment I opened the door,a

good smell drifted out.Then I saw my mother was cooking in the kitchen.Wow!That

were all my favorite food:lobsters,chiken wings,sweet and sour pork

ribs,kung-pao chiken and steamed fish.My mother said:“your uncle,aunt and your

little cousin will come to visit us soon.”No wonder my mother cooked so many

delicious.After we ate lunch,I felt very fulled,because the lunch was actually

tasted delicious,I hadnt eaten such tasty dishes for a long time.Then I played

with my little cousin,he is two years old,and he is chbby and very cute.

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美味的午餐

今天上午我放学回来的时候，当我一打开门，一阵香味扑鼻而来。然后我看见我妈妈正在厨房煮菜，哇!那都是我最喜欢的食物：小龙虾、鸡翅、糖醋排骨、宫保鸡丁和清蒸鱼。我妈妈说：“你舅舅、舅妈和你小表弟得下来我们家做客。”难怪我妈妈怎么会做那么多美食。我们吃完午饭后，我感觉非常饱，因为那些菜实在很好吃，并且我已经很久没有吃过那么好吃的食物了。然后我和我的小表弟玩耍，他两岁了，胖嘟嘟的非常可爱。

Everyone has a hobby, some people like swimming, some people like playing

video games. Fishing is my fathers favorite hobby. He goes fishing every Sunday

morning, and goes home in the afternoon.My hobby is playing piano. I started

playing piano from five years old. I like to play it after school. I have a

plan, I want to play a birthday song for my mother, because next monday is her

birthday. I think she will like my present very much.

每个人都有爱好，有些人喜欢游泳，有些人喜欢玩电子游戏。我父亲最喜欢的爱好是钓鱼，他每个星期天的早晨都会去钓鱼，下午才回家。我的爱好是弹钢琴。我从5岁就开始弹了。我喜欢在放学后弹。我有一个计划，我想在给我妈妈弹一首生日歌，因为下周一就是她的生日。我想她会非常喜欢我的礼物的。

The Spring Festival is a traditional festival in our country. Every Spring Festival, people always want to paste Fu characters, couplets, firecrackers. You see, every family has a decorated, the scene bursting with happiness.

Our family is no exception. I picked up a pair of spring couplets, stuck the glue on the door and put it neatly. Dad will "blessing" upside down on the door. Her sister was also busy in the room. She picked up a few red lanterns and hung them in the room, and put a bunch of small colored lights on the wall. The small color lights flicker like a small star in the blink of an eye.

"The year" the sound of firecrackers, the new year has passed. I love fireworks and love the Spring Festival more.

Ancient Chinese legend had had a monster named nian head long sharp edges, fierce abnormalities, in "the beast in the seabed, each elder deep into the New Years eve and climbed out to swallow cattle damage lives, each to New Years eve, people CunCunZhaiZhai FuLaoXieYou and fled to the mountains, to avoid" nian "damage.

Again a year New Years eve, folks like ever busy tidy up thing to prepare fled to the mountains, come a time village head east white-haired old man, a white-haired old man to jehu old woman say as long as let him in her family lives a night, he will surely "nian" beast driven away. They do not believe, old woman advised its still went up into the mountain from the good, but the old man stayed, all see advised him not to live, then went up the mountain in succession from.

When "nian" beast like usual ready to burst into village, when suddenly spread across the firecracker, "nian" beast mix body chills, and never forward pool, originally "year" beast most afraid of red, the light of fire, and exploding. Then door open, see the old man wearing red nosocomial a laugh, "nian" beast was surprised and hasty retreat.

The next day, when the people back to the village from mountains, he found the village safe and sound, this is suddenly enlighted, originally white-haired old man is to help you evict "nian" beast immortals, people also found a white-haired old expel "nian" beast three pieces of magic weapon. Since then, the New Years eve, everybody pasted red couplets, firecrackers, every household lights, ShouGeng for years. This customs more spreadses more and widely, become the Chinese folk ceremonious traditional festival "Chinese New Year".

传说中国古时侯有一种叫“年”的怪兽，头长尖角，凶猛异常，年”兽长年深居海底，每到除夕，爬上岸来吞食牲畜伤害人命，因此每到除夕，村村寨寨的人们扶老携幼，逃往深山，以躲避“年”的伤害。

又到了一年的除夕，乡亲们象往年都忙着收拾东西准备逃往深山，这时候村东头来了一个白发老人，白发老人对一户老婆婆说只要让他在她家住一晚，他定能将“年”兽驱赶走．众人不信，老婆婆劝其还是上山躲避的好，但老人坚持留下，众人见劝他不住，便纷纷上山躲避去了。

当“年”兽象往年一样准备闯进村肆虐的时候，突然传来爆竹声，“年”兽混身颤栗，再也不敢向前凑了，原来“年”兽最怕红色，火光和炸响．这时大门大开，只见院内一位身披红袍的老人哈哈大笑，“年”兽大惊失色，仓惶而逃．

第二天，当人们从深山回到村里时，发现村里安然无恙，这才恍然大悟，原来白发老人是帮助大家驱逐“年”兽的神仙，人们同时还发现了白发老人驱逐“年”兽的三件法宝．从此，每年的除夕，家家都贴红对联，燃放爆竹，户户灯火通明，守更待岁．这风俗越传越广，就成了中国民间最隆重的传统节日“过年” 。

人们经常赞美母爱的无私。其实，父爱同样是伟大的。他们把爱深藏在内心，而不轻易显露。我的父亲就是这样的。有一次，我病了，妈妈又不在家，爸爸又当爸又当妈。他下班回家的第一件事就是给我做晚饭。他喂我吃饭的样子让我想起了善良温柔的妈妈。他的眼中充满着爱怜和期待。彼时彼刻，我真的感受到了父爱。

fathers love

mothers love wi peoples praises for its selfle e . in fact, fathers love is as great as that. they bury their love in the deep bottom of their hearts and will never show it. my father is of this kind. i remembered once i felt ill. mother wa t at home at that moment. father acted as a father and as a mother as well. when he came home from work, he would cook di er for me first. the way he fed me made me think of my kind and tender mother. his eyes were full of love and expectation. i did feel a fathers love at that time.

motherly love by its very nature is unconditional. mother loves the newborn infant because it is her child, not because the child has fulfilled any specific condition, or lived up to any specific expectation.unconditional love corresponds in one of the deepest longings, not only of the child, but of every human being; on the other hand, to be loved because of ones merit, because one deserves it, always leaves doubt: maybe i did not please the person whom i want to love me, maybe this or that--there is always a fear that love could disappear. furthermore, "deserved" love easily leaves a bitter feeling that one is not loved for oneself, that one is loved only because one pleases, that one is, in the last analysis, not loved at all but used. no wonder that we all cling to the longing for motherly love, as children and also as adults. the relationship to father is quite different. mother is the

home we come from, she is nature, soil, the ocean; father does not represent any such natural home. he has little connection with the child in the first years of his life, and his importance for the child in this early period cannot be compared with that of mother. but while father does not represent thenatural world, he represents the other pole of human existence; the world of thought, of man-made things, of law and order, of discipline, of travel and adventure. father is the one who teaches the child, who shows him the road into the world. fatherly love is conditional love. its principle is "1 love you because you fulfill my expectations, because you do your duty, because you are like me." in conditional fatherly love we find, as with unconditional motherly love, a negative and a positive aspect. the negative aspect is the very fact that fatherly love has to be deserved, that it can be lost if one does not do what is expected. the positive side is equally important. since his love is conditional, i can do something to acquire it, i can work for it; his love is not outside of my control as motherly love is.