我的暑假英语作文初二作文60词【汇编20篇】

my plan for summer vacation

the longing summer vacation is approaching, it is the best part of the school year for me. i cannot let the holidays elapse (逝去) meaninglessly, my vacation should be a phase (时期、阶段) of harvest. the events in my plan should give me a sense of infinite potential.

the following plan may reveal the intensity of my desire to travel, work and study in this vacation. in the first few days i want to climb mount hua shan with several friends to refresh ourselves. then i tend to visit relatives, senior school teachers and former classmates(老同学). besides, to find out the best ways to cultivate my abilities, i will find a part time job and conduct some social investigation.

in short, i want to do interesting things in the summer vacation. whatever i do, the goal is the same: to get necessary experience, acquire knowledge and broaden my horizons. though the six week vacation will pass away at lightning speed, its influence is bound to last long.

[高三暑假英语日记

Summer vacation, this is a the students expect long-lost happy time, simply can and play, no more unpleasant sound alarm clock in the morning... But we looked at those high expectations, a less-pressured treasure mom, has arranged everything for us: early in the morning to go to remedial class, noon to classes every day and every day go to remedial classes in the afternoon. I every day in ask him, who invented the remedial class! Deprived of the time I watch TV, if let me know who it is, I will regard that man as my enemy.

暑假，本是一个们期望己久的时光，可以痛痛快快地玩了，早上再也没有了令人讨厌的闹钟声…可是我们那些望子成龙，望女成凤的宝妈们，却早早为我们安排好了一切﹕每天早上去辅导班，每天中午去辅导班，每天下午去辅导班。我每天在问天问地，到底是谁发明了辅导班!剥夺了我看电视的，如果让我知道是谁，我要把那个人视为我的仇人。

My hometown has many scenic places, there are four spring like Longtan cave, fruit fragrance has a charming scenery and pinnacle, psc...... But my favorite is the mountain of my hometown.

In the hot summer day, my father took me to climb the mountain and looked up from the foot of the mountain. "The peak is so high that it seems to be in the sky." Look at the steep stone steps, one layer and one layer. It seems that there is no way to find it, alas! As I wanted to give up, my father said to me, "do things to the end!" At last, I began to climb the mountain. I grabbed the weeds with my hands. My legs pressed hard. Soon we climbed half the mountain, and I climbed and climbed in this steep mountain. I didnt know that I was so flexible. At this time, my stomach rumbled up, suddenly a red fruit aroma drifting, I smell the fragrance found a tall red fruit tree, the tree node is full of big and sweet red fruit, I just want to greedy DC slobber, climbed up the tree to pick one to eat, suddenly. A ripe red fruit from the tree fell down, I quickly picked up the red fruit, Dakoutaikou to eat it, "ah, really sweet!".

After a long time, we arrived at the top of the mountain and looked out. It turned out that Miyi was located in the mountain. I roared, "ah... Ah... Ah...! " I hear the echo from the mountain.

I love my hometown, I love the mountain of my hometown.

When summer holiday comes, I always go back to my hometown and spend the time with my grandparents. I like the life there, it is so simple and happy. Living in the countryside, I feel the peace in my heart. It seems the days become longer. In the morning, I hear the cock make out the sound, as if it is singing, then I wake up. Sometimes I will go to the mountain and I can hear some birds singing. I enjoy listening to these birds’ sound. I am so close to the nature. I love everything that the nature brings. The green tree, the colorful flower, the clean water even the fresh air. I find its beauty.

暑假的时候，我总是会回到老家跟爷爷奶奶在一起。我喜欢那里的生活，它是如此的简单和快乐。住在乡下，我心里感受到了平静。在这里的日子似乎变得更长一些。早上，我听到公鸡的声音，好像是在唱歌，之后我就醒过来了。有时我会跑到山上去，可以听到一些鸟儿唱歌。我喜欢它们的声音。我是如此的接近大自然。我爱大自然带来的一切。绿色的树，五彩缤纷的花朵，干净的水甚至是新鲜的空气。我找到了它的美。

暑假英语日记第一篇：

Today is the first day that we start our summer camp. Everybody is amazed at the foreign teacher. They have white skin, yellow hair, blue eyes……But no one is very beautiful or handsome.

Foreigners are very tall or fat. I don’t like them. White skin with them is a little ugly. All day around I found that two thirds of the day time I was sleepy. I think tomorrow will be better.

暑假英语日记第2篇：

Today is sunny day, the sunshine is very nice. I am very happy, because I meet some new classmates, chinese teachers and an Englsih teacher. They are really friendly to me. In the morning we go to meeting room to atten the opening ceremony of the summer camp. There are so many people in it. Then I have a test. In fact, I really can’t stand it. In the afternoon, we meet English teacher. He is really tall and thin. He is funny and friendly. The lesson is very interesting. We like him. Then we meet Maria Zhang. She can speak English very well. She teachs them about genesis and sing an English song. They are so great.

Ho, I’m free and I’m happy!

暑假英语日记第三篇：

Full of excitement

The English summer camp begins today.We were all excited today.

When we got on the bus in the morning,our guide miss Guo reminded us to take care of ourseues.She also asked us to introduce ourselves and after that,we got known with each other.

How time flies!After only on hour,we got to Zhejiang University.The university is pretty,beautiful and large.The Teaching buildings and student’s building are very new.I couldn’t wait to go into the student’s building.The condition of the flat is good.The air conditioner is prepared for us.The headteacher has a strong mind,no matter how hot it was,he still helped us to solve the problems.

In the afternoon,we had our first class.Mrs Zheng asked us 10 questions,and we answered them.

After having dinner,my friend and I went to the supermarket to buy some fruit.

How happy the day we had today!

Im a Middle Schools student.I am busy.Next summer, I have a long vacation and I have a very good plan for this vacation.

I think about going to the Beijing. I heard Beijing is beautiful and there are many peopie there who are friendly.

I am going to the Tianan Men Square, going to the Palace Museum ,going to the Great Wall and going to the Beijing Hutong.These famous places can make me to have fun.For something else , I can go shopping, go sightseeing, go having a lot foods. At night, maybe renting videos and sleeping a lot……

A great vacation! I cant wait!

蝉声唧唧叫响了整个夏天，快乐的暑假终于来临了，我想和爸爸一起打乒乓球，和妈妈学习电脑打字，也要努力的学会游泳，此外，我还想要趁着假期到郊外游山玩水，而其中我最想要做的事是把书法学好，写出一手好毛笔字。

今年暑假我要把书法学好，写书法可以培养我的耐心和专注力，更让我的汉字可以写得更整齐漂亮。平常我做事很容易分心，所以我下定决心让自己借由写书法，来练习专心一致不再分心，才能让我以后做任何事都能更积极、更专注、更用心。

学期一结束，爸爸就带我去书店买了文房四宝，还特别买了一大叠的毛边纸和宣纸要给我练习用的。首次用文房四宝时，弄得全身和桌椅都黑漆漆、脏兮兮，还好爸爸也是过来人，了解会有这种情况的发生，而没有责骂我；一开始写的字和笔划都是歪七扭八，好像毛毛虫一样又肥又不规则乱躜。后来我经过一再的练习，写了好多好多张之后，终于把基本功学好了，渐渐的把“一”、“丨”、“丶”写得有模有样了呢！

现在的我，知道毛笔要怎么握、要如何运笔和控制方向和粗细了，也应该学习写一些简单的字，因为中文字是由许多不同的笔划所组成的，比单一线条的练习要多一些难度，可以让我学习更上一层楼的书法，才能使我写书法的能力越来越好，我也更有自信，更有成就感了呢！

今年暑假我要写十张练习纸才能休息，每张纸都要写得整整齐齐、认真用心，当一个身体力行的孩子，相信这个暑假过后，大家一定会对我写的书法字刮目相看的，我一定做得到的，我对我的期望是很有信心的。

暑假已经来临，漫长的暑假生活为同学们提供了广阔的展示自我的舞台。特别是六年级的学生，更应该把这个由小学向中学过渡的暑假过得轻松与亏，充实而有意义。

一、科学合理地制定暑假活动计划

假期中任务繁多，想做的事情也很多。要把这些事情逐一筛选、调整，根据暑期时间合理安排，最好制定一份“暑假活动表”。一切活动应该严格按照“计划表”进行，但还是要注意劳逸结合。

二、认真复习，迎接中学的“入学编班测试”

这个测试是小学阶段学习的一个总结，暑假中，要把六年纪学习的所有内容认真复习一遍，还要制定一个“复习计划表”。争取测出好成绩，给老师们留下一个好印象。

三、培养自己的兴趣爱好，发展自己的特长

根据自己的兴趣爱好，积极参加学校组织的各种兴趣小组，如：绘画、书法、音乐、英语、信息技术，掌握一技之长，对将来的发展是很有帮助的。

四、勤奋读书，注意积累，善于写作，灵活运用

利用暑假充足的时间多阅读一些好书。如：世界名著、历史典故、优秀书(报)刊、寓言、童话故事等等，不断提高自己的阅读能力和写作水平，陶冶情操。

此外，暑假中还可以积极进行体育锻炼，帮助家长多干些家务，参见社会实践活动体验生活……只有抓住机会，不断展示自我，拓展视野，才会健康成长。

什么?免费旅游?当你听到时一定很诧异吧?别急，下面请听我慢慢道来。

星期六上午，爸爸骑着自行车要带我去睢宁的中央大街开开眼界。一路上我忐忑不安，觉得时间过得好慢好慢，真想一下子就飞到中央大街。

到了以后，我们先沿着旁边的一条小路前行，小路旁边有许多平台，绿油油的，我还以为这是一片草坪呢!路边有一些魔方形的垃圾桶、凳子，给游人提供一些方便。还有开在路边的小花，蓝晶晶的，我们还给小花照相了呢!我说“一——二——三，笑一笑!”那些小花仿佛听懂了我的话，本来很灿烂的花儿笑的更灿烂了，我随即按下了快门，留下了美好的瞬间。

走了一段路之后，我发现到处都是些貌似魔方的东西，于是我说：“怎么都是一样的形状，设计人员不能有点新的创意吗!”爸爸被我逗得哈哈大笑。

突然，爸爸手指着前方喊道：“看，那是什么?”我一抬头，只见一座绿色的连绵起伏的天桥犹如一条绿带漂浮在我的眼前。原来这就是我日思夜想的“水袖”啊!我看了看介绍，吓了我一跳：妈呀，全长860多米，恐怕我还没走到头，就先累死了!一路上我和爸爸说说笑笑，不知不觉就走到了尽头，看来她并不是我想象的那样长。回来的时候，我们特意沿着一条“迷宫”样小路寻找小路乐趣。走出了迷宫，我们便骑着自行车回家了。

今天我很开心，因为“免费旅游”让我了解，我们睢宁也有美丽的风景，这让我感到十分的骄傲和自豪，我一定要好好学习，将来把我们的家乡建设得更美好!

Summer vacation life rich and colorful, flavor, let a person aftertaste endless. The most interesting or learn to swim in the swimming pool of the matter.   Remember the day on August 10, I cant swim, a listen to friends said wantai hotel swimming pool is open, is extremely happy. A school, I was at the speed of fast ran home to tell mom, mom a listen to, say: "good! Your dad and Ill take you to go tomorrow."

翻译：

暑假生活丰富多彩，有滋有味，让人回味无穷。最有趣的还是在游泳池学游泳的那件事。

记得八月十几号那天，不会游泳的我，一听朋友说万泰大酒店的游泳池开放了，就高兴得不得了。一放学，我便以飞快的速度跑回家告诉妈妈，妈妈一听，就说：“好吧!明天你爸爸和我就带你去。

暑假里我学会了不少东西，我学会了骑自行车，学会了轮滑，还学会了怎样自己梳头发和叠被子。

骑自行车其实一点也不难，最主要是要掌握平衡，还有就是胆子要大。我记得那一天，爸爸、妈妈带我去学自行车，爸爸帮我扶着自行车，我飞快的向前骑，就像在飞一样。爸爸扶了一会儿，跑累了，就换妈妈来帮我扶着了。妈妈很小心的扶着自行车，扶着扶着，妈妈就偷偷地放手了，而我却一点儿都不知道，等我发觉的时候，我就觉得很害怕。这时妈妈拍拍手，鼓励我说：“你很棒，能自己骑了呢，不要紧张，不要害怕。”听了妈妈的话，我就不觉得害怕了，通过几天努力的练习，我终于学会了骑自行车。并且骑得很熟练了，我还打算以后自己骑自行车上学呢。

在暑假里，我还参加了学校组织的宣传节约用水活动，通过这次活动，我懂得了节约用水重要性，还知道了许多节约用水的办法，比如：洗菜后的水可以用来拖地，拖地后的水可以用来冲厕所；在下雨天的时候，我们还可以把雨水接起来，用来浇花……还让我学会了节约用水，人人有责，保护地球，从我做起的道理。

通过这个假期，让我成长了很多，也学到了很多，希望在新的学年，我能学到更多的知识。

这个暑假我过得很开心、很快乐。

July 14th Wednesday rainy

Yesterday I came to the center of Chongqing with my mother. We came to a place named “toward the air door”. I think many people know it. The night view is so beautiful that we all don’t want to back to home. I have a photo here. In the nine, we had to go back home. I didn’t wash my face before I went to bed, I’m too tired.

July 12th Monday sunny

How tired am I! I went back from chongqing three hours ago. In the city I nearly lost the way. Thanks for the hot heart man and woman. They help us to find the way. Oh, don’t think so badly, I’m fine. Because of my hard, my homepage is more beautiful than before, I’m very happy to see it. I love make homepage, if you love it, please let me know, we can take hours talking about homepage. Thank you.

July 9th Friday sunny,

How happy I am. Yesterday I finished all the work very quick, so I have a lot of time to do myself. Sometimes finish work early is a good thing, we can have more interests to do the next work. Because of this, I write English dairy eight in the morning. But I wrote it in the evening in the pass day. Everyone, if you can finish the work quickly, not lazy, just try your best.

July 6th Tuesday cloudy;

Ah ha, when I get up, it was time for lunch. But I really have a lot of work to

do, I must write words and English dairy, then learned “Li yang” English, and then …… .

Oh, my god, if I do it in the afternoon, I will ready to dead. So I wrote words, and now

I’m writing my English dairy. Wish I could finish these works today. Bye!

July 5th Monday cloudy

Today I came back from a place named “he chuan”, it’s a good place. There has some nice view like chang jiang river. I came there in two days ago. Our aunt is here. We had a good time in there. But I also write English dairy too. Because of the wrong computer, the message didn’t here. I wish myself to live more better tomorrow.

放暑假了。我写完今天作业，看见兔子吃的青草没有了。爸爸妈妈正忙着其他事情。我征得他们的同意，便拿着镰刀，带着大狗“黑虎”给我做伴，去南山割沟割草。

南山沟离我家足有一里地远，这里的草长得非常茂盛，绿油油一大片，整个山沟都是青草，到处郁郁葱葱。草中还有星星点点各种颜色的野花，一阵小风吹过，荡起微微波浪，好似一块绿色的绸缎，在阳光下闪着绿色的光亮。这多像蒙古大草原的景色呀!我蹲下身，草就把我藏起来了，也挡住了我的视线。四周不见一个人影，我心里有些害怕，可一见黑虎坐在我身边，我胆子又大了起来，不害怕了。我弯下腰，叉开两腿，挥镰割草。头顶太阳火辣辣地晒着，草丛中没有一点风，闷得慌，不一会儿，热得我汗流浃背，汗水从鼻梁流到鼻尖，然后滴到草地上。我脖子和脚脖子，被蚊子叮的大包排着不整齐的“队伍”。草叶轻轻刮着肉片儿，像虫子爬一样，又疼又痒。草割得不少了，我用比较长的草拧好“系儿”，把草捆起来，一共两大捆。太阳已正午，该回家了。我把两捆稍交叉放在地上，然后用绳子在草稍交叉处勒紧，立起来。我单腿跪地，脑袋钻进两捆草的空档处，让草骑在我的脖子上，我先两手拄地，再摁膝盖，把草拱起，站起身来，这叫“骑马蹲裆式”。

我两肩扛着草，带着黑虎向家走。没走多远，脖子被蚊子咬过的地方，让汗水粘着草叶子一蹭，又痒又痛，像用什么扎肉一样。我咬牙挺着，耸耸肩，继续往前走。来到了一条水沟，不能穿鞋过水，草放下又不容易拱起来。有了，我脱掉鞋让黑虎给叼着!过了水沟，我光着脚丫一气走到家。爸爸妈妈看到我这个样子，又高兴又心疼，忙给我擦汗端水，我骄傲地说：“没事、没事”。

这是我第一次割草，虽然又苦又累，但我心里非常高兴。因为我能为常年劳累的爸爸妈妈分担点辛苦了。知道爸爸妈妈平时是多么的辛苦和劳累，今后我要经常帮他们干活，成为爸爸妈妈的好帮手。

The summer job is a tradition among students of American universities. Long before the end of the school year,students begin their search for jobs during vacation .

Students send letters to businesses, talk to employers about job opportunities during the summer, and ask friends and relatives to be on the lookout for jobs for them. By June the students have usually solved the problem and begin to make preparations for leaving their books to enter the business world.

Reasons for wanting a summer job are different from student to student. Some work to help pay their school expenses; others work to gain experience in their chosen professions; still others work just for the fun of it.

Typist, construction worker, salesman, lifeguard, and waiter these are some of the more common jobs that students try to find during the summer months. But many young people find work that is a little more unusual.

[英语作文：暑假工

After 5.12 earthquake struck sichuan province since 2008, we, I was so frightened by an earthquake, I felt the earthquake many houses will be apart, can let many people lost their lives, is one of the worlds most terrible disaster. Today I saw "China childrens encyclopedia, really know anything about earthquake.

It turns out that the earthquake happened all of a sudden the vibration phenomenon, like the wind, rain, is a kind of common natural phenomena. Vibrations in the earth, in fact, very frequently, probably every 30 seconds there will be time, but most of them are very ease, people did not feel. We can feel the earthquake is due to the relative movement between earths tectonic plates, rock is squeezed, produce a huge amount of energy to make rock failure in an instant, or make originally the already existing fracture activity, suddenly release a large amount of energy, and some of the energy to the earths surface, make the earth trembling violently, causing strong earthquake. Started happening earthquake site is called the source, the source above the ground is called the epicenter, the ground of the devastating earthquake is the most strong place is called the magistoseismic area, while the magistoseismic area often is the place where the epicenter. When the earthquake occurred, the source of shock wave in the earths crust to all directions called seismic waves. Seismic waves hit the ground, the result will be a disaster.

We Chinese people are very smart, as early as the eastern han dynasty, there is a man named zhang heng scientists invented to measure the earthquake Hou Feng seismograph, and our modern scientists are generally measured the spread of seismic wave speed with the help of a seismograph, the place and time of the earthquake.

Know the earthquake knowledge, learning even before the earthquake early warning and self protection method, I think, to know that knowledge is very useful for our own.

自从2008年我们四川发生5.12大地震之后，我就特别害怕地震，我觉得地震会震垮很多房屋，会让许多人失去生命，是世界上最可怕的灾难。今天我看了《中国少年儿童百科全书》后，才真正知道地震是怎么回事。

原来，地震是突然间发生的大地震动现象，就像刮风、下雨一样，是一种很普遍的自然现象。地球上的震动实际上非常频繁，大概每30秒种就会有一次，但大多数都非常缓和，人们都没有感觉。我们能感觉到的地震是由于地球板块之间产生相对运动，岩石层受到严重挤压，产生巨大的能量使岩石在瞬间发生断裂，或者使原来已经存在的断裂突然活动，释放出大量能量，而其中一部分能量传到地球表面，使大地剧烈地颤动，从而引起强烈地震。地震开始发生的地点称为震源，震源上方的地面称为震中，破坏性地震的地面最烈处称为极震区，而极震区往往就是震中所在的地方。地震发生时，震源发出的在地壳中传向四面八方的冲击波称为地震波。地震波冲击到地面，就会引发灾难。

我们中国人非常聪明，早在东汉时期，就有一位叫张衡的科学家发明了用来观测地震的侯风地动仪，而我们现代的科学家也一般都借助地震仪来测量地震波的传播速度，判断地震发生的地点和时间。

知道了地震知识以后，还要学习地震发生前的提前预警和自我保护方法，我想，了解到这些知识对我们自己是非常有用的。

My holiday life was busy but wonderful.I got up at 7:00 every day.I did my homework in the morning so that I could finish my homework on time.I sometimes went shopping with my mother in the afternoon.But most of the time I did sports in the afternoon,such as,swimming,playing football,playing table tennins,going out for a walk and so on.I also went to Beidaihe with my parents and we spent three days there.I visited my grandparents and stayed there for a week.I read books,went to the movies,surfed the internet ,went to the library and visited my friends.I also helped my parents do the housework.Whats more,I went to a tennis couse and learnt how to play tennis.So my summer holiday life was very intesting.

Maybe Ill become actress. If I become an actress, maybe Ill be famous and rich, I will take part in lots of activities. Ill give money to schools and charities and do a lot of work to help people. But I dont have free time. I will have a difficult time knowing who my real friends are. Being an actress is difficult.

Maybe Ill become a teacher. If I become a teacher, I will play with children and I will communicate with children every day. Ill become a volunteer teacher and help the poor students. Ill make them get good grades.

But I want to be famous, if I become a teacher, I wont be famous, so I think Ill be an actress.

Time like running water, quietly walked around us. Yes, time flies like an arrow, the sun is like a boat, glance left and right of the summer vacation has finally arrived, I like a caged bird fly freely outside. We is the master of the summer vacation in this summer vacation, we can relax.

But as for me, we cant get nothing in this summer vacation, every day to travel. Our parents will make sure that our classes, on this day that, mom and dad to take us in the scorching sun of summer. Of course we cant live up to the expectations of my parents and teachers, make this summer have a full and happy. Give yourself "come on" in the summer vacation.

The beginning of the summer vacation, I booked a summer vacation plan: every morning at 7 a.m. start, every day for three days in the summer vacation homework assignments, and then review the phonetic symbol, listening to the phonetic symbol, the phonetic symbol, and then write an English composition, finally back idioms, idioms. But also want to review what we have learnt before, as the saying goes: consider ".

Lets have a good this summer, full, happy.

时光像流水一样，在我们身边悄然走过。是的，光阴似箭，日月如梭，左顾右盼的暑假终于到了，我像关在笼子里的鸟在外面自由自在地飞翔。在这个暑假里我们是暑假的主人，我们可以放松自己。

而我呢，我们不可能在这个暑假里一无所获，每天游山玩水。我们的家长保证会让我们上补习班，每天上这上那，爸爸妈妈在这骄阳似火的夏天送我们。当然我们不能辜负老师和爸爸妈妈的期望，让这个暑假过得又充实又愉快。在暑假里给自己“加油”。

暑假的一开始，我就订了暑假计划：每天早上7点30分开始做，每天做三天《暑假作业本》里的作业，接着复习音标，听音标，默音标，再写一篇英语作文，最后背成语，默成语。不过也要复习复习以前学过的内容，俗话说的好：温故而知新”嘛。

让我们这个暑假过得美好,充实，愉快吧。

It was raining when Tom was on his way home. He opened his umbrella and

walked faster. Suddenly he saw an old woman staggering forward with a stick in

her hand. She hadnt got an umbrella with her and was wet all over. Tom went up

to her and tried to share his umbrella with her. But the old woman was tall and

he was too short to hold it high enough. Then he saw the old womans stick and a

good idea came to him. He tried hard to tie the stick to the handle of the

umbrella. Then the umbrella was long enough for both of them. The old woman

thanked him again and again. Then they went on walking home.

Dear Friend Thank You For your Love

Dear friend Lucy, thank you for your love. We get on well with each other in day-to-day lives. As for my friend, you always help me with my study. When I have a few

difficulties, you always encourage me to get over difficulties.

Do you remember? Last semester, I forgot to do my homework. So the next day, I wanted to copy your homework. Because I really didn’t want to be criticized. But you

said you couldn’t lend your homework to me, it was very bad solution. Even if I said I would never do it except this time. Please lent me your homework. But you still

said maybe it would start a bad habit. I should do my own homework. So I was pretty angry. I said I wouldn’t become your friend anymore. A few days later, I thought I

was sorry. So I told you to forgot this thing. I wanted to make friends with you. And I was happy you said OK.

Now I ‘m certain you are my best friend. Dear friend Lucy, thank you for your love.

Summer can be very hot in southern taibei where the temperature usually goes up to 32"C or more. Because of the heat it is a trying experience to go to school or do anything else in a place that is not air-conditioned. Also because of this I stay at home most of the time during the summer vacation and only occasionally go to the beach to plunge myself into the cool water as a way to keep my body less sticky. Actually I like swimming and think nothing is more refreshing than a swim. In the summer vacation that has just ended I went swimming many times with my classmates and we all had a good time. This summer vacation, however, was not spent entirely in seeking fun. As a second-year senior student I had to prepare myself for the college entrance examinations that were only a year away. In other words, I must find time to study, too. So I divided my time between work and play during the summer vacation and derived much benefit from this arrangement.

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.