关于清明节节英语作文【最新20篇】

Sally is my good friend.She is slim with long black hair.She is a pretty

girl with big eyes and small mouth.She is good at English,so she can speak

English very well.She also likes singing and dancing.Well,she likes doing

sports,and she is good at playing badminton.Her favorite hobby is collecting

stamps,so she has many beautiful stamps from all over the world.She is kind and

funny too,all of us like her.

With the rapid development of the society, people can live a better life in

general. So because of the improvement of people’ s living standard, more and

more people own cars. Traffic jam comes to life. While people in order to be

punctual, they often ignore the cars crossing on the road. This behavior will

easily bring traffic accidens. On the other hand, the car owner also want to be

on time and then regardlss the traffic rules, which is also easy to have traffic

accidents. Both the driver and people themseves’ behaviour leads to accidents.

Those accidents may take people’s lives away. It’s so terrible. Therefore, for

the sake of life, the driver and the pedestrian should obey the traffic

regulation as we have only one life.

I am a girl of ten, and I live in a small mountain village far from

Taiyuan. The only person that lives with me is my mother, because my father is

away for eight years, working in a city.

During the Spring Festival, my father came back home. He looked thin and

tired. He gave my mother two thousand yuan, and told her that he would work even

harder, earn more money, and then he could take us to the city He stayed at home

for only ten days.We are living a poor life now. But what I want most is not

money, but my father. I miss him very much!

Xiamen is a beautiful seaside city! Come to Xiamen to play the visitors

will be praised thumbs. There are many beautiful scenery in Xiamen, such as

Gulangyu scenic spots and historical sites and beautiful scenery of egrets Chau.

Not only that, Xiamen Cuisine is a lot more. In addition Xiamen also enjoys the

title of "civilized city".

Xiamen not only has beautiful scenery, food is delicious surprise. Gulangyu

Islet pie is very characteristic, where the pie tastes the skin is very crisp,

taste very good, very popular. There are Fried leek dumplings, Fried leek

dumplings is a traditional good point of Xiamen, Fujian and Taiwan folk. Fried

leek dumplings Xiamen early in the prestigious. Fried leek dumplings made of

spiral, epidermal layers with crisp, delicious, crispy and delicious to eat.

There are Griddle Cake, Griddle Cake also called chunbing. Its skin is thin and

flexible, it is delicious, but not greasy. During the festive season, many

places have the custom of eating Griddle Cake. If the volume will become "good

Griddle Cake fried fried Spring rolls, eats is another taste.

Xiamen, ah, you are really a beautiful place!

When I was very small, I was so envious about the adults, because they

could do whatever they wanted and did not have to depend on their parents. For

me, I did not have money and my parents limited my pocket money, so I couldn’t

spend the money to buy whatever I wanted. It seems to me that being an adult is

my only wish. Some day, I learned from the movie that being an adult was not

that as perfect as I thought. In the movie, the man struggled to earn money to

pay his bills, what’s more, he had to stay away from his family. Loneliness was

always around him. To be independent means we can live our own way and make our

own decision. We have more freedom. But at the same time, it also means more

annoyance. So why just we enjoy this moment.

When I learned English, I had no idea why would I learn it, but as I was in

high school, my English teacher showed me many things about the foreign country,

then I came to know what the foreign country was like. They are so different

from China, the world is so big, I must travel abroad someday, I want to see the

other countries, having access to their tradition. I am very interested in the

culture, I know our country’s culture well, I want to know more beyondChina. I

learn thatParisis very fashionable,Egyptis an old city with its famous

tower,Veniceis a water city, all of there are so interesting to me. English is a

basic tool that I can communicate with the world, so I must learn English well,

making enough money and realize my dream.

目的地到了，大人们都说要我在一栋老宅前等他们，他们一会儿就来。我拗不过他们，只好蹲在屋子前和一只小猫玩了起来。可是强烈的好奇心让我偷偷摸摸的跟了过去，只见大人们都跪在地上。

“啦啦……

“今天我们去扫墓。”妈妈平静地说。

“扫墓？这是干什么呀？好玩吗？”我一脸疑惑。

“今天是清明节。”妈妈只说了这一句话，我当然是不死心的问下去，“清明节是什么？”可妈妈却不说话了。

目的地到了，大人们都说要我在一栋老宅前等他们，他们一会儿就来。我拗不过他们，只好蹲在屋子前和一只小猫玩了起来。可是强烈的`好奇心让我偷偷摸摸的跟了过去，只见大人们都跪在地上，外婆嘴里好像还在念叨些什么：“妈，我们来看你了……

咦？外婆的妈妈不是姥姥吗？

大人们面前好像有一块石碑，上面似乎刻着“陶寿珍老人之墓”。虽然只是瞟了一眼，但也就够了。

“姥姥真的死了吗？”我自言自语着，脑子里却不断涌现出这样的画面：

“妈妈，姥姥呢？”两个月前的一个晚上我这样问妈妈，她先是犹豫了一下，便说：“姥姥回乡下老家去了，问这么多干嘛，快睡觉！”妈妈虽然是这么说着，可我似乎瞧见一颗小小的闪着光的“豆子”从妈妈脸上滑过。

“哦。”于是我委屈的应了一声，心想肯定看错了，便倒头大睡起来……

难道姥姥那个时候就去了吗？想到这，一滴泪水从我脸上悄悄溜走。

……

那是我第一次知道清明节。如今我已经是第三次来到这个熟悉的地方了，我望着墓碑，虽说好了不哭，可眼泪还是不争气的流了出来，越流越多……

“曾孙女，来，姥姥这儿有好吃的桃子。”

“谢谢姥姥！”说着，我就一边接过桃子，一边美美的吃了起来。姥姥望着我的吃相，笑着说：“别急，慢点吃慢点吃，别噎着了！”

……

谁会想到这是我和姥姥的最后一次见面！

我失声痛哭起来，谁能想得到呢？

她追悼会那天，我还在那玩呢。妈妈说：

“今天家里没大人，你要好好看家啊！”

“遵命，母亲大人！”

妈妈后脚刚跨出大门，我便打电话催促着朋友来。

后来，我也曾问过妈妈，为什么不告诉我姥姥走了？她却恍惚的说：“不想影响你的学习。”

“这算什么解释，我知道学习很重要，可是姥姥她走了，走了，永远都不会回来了！”

我像发了狂的狮子，恨不得把所有责任都推到妈妈身上！

“姥姥，我又来看您了，你在那里生活的还好吗？会寂寞吗？”

清明节过去了，时间能冲淡一切，但冲淡不了我的思恋。

Today is the Ching Ming Festival. The ancients said: Qingming season rain

have. This is heavy overcast weather, we have a go Ta-Qing Chihu.

On the way we are going to see that a strong grass and indomitable

perseverance, with its staged to greet the spring, not to be outdone, it put on

the new green clothes, green flowers in the movie, there is red, there is green,

yellow has the ... ... we go for a road, came to a field, the eyes are a feast

for the eyes everywhere in gold, stood the rape in high spirits, and for many

pearl-like dew-like in the golden slip slide small rolling on ... ... chee lake,

willow willow braid a section on green leaves and shoots have decoration, is the

first girl more than any jewelry would also like to look good.

After Chihu cemetery, we can not help but go inside. Looking at the graves

of martyrs and watched a wreath of small white flowers looked pure, my mind is

not fluctuating. I think many, many: of us happy today, a better life for us by

the revolutionary martyrs created, but also with their paid for in blood. So, my

mind had an idea: the succession of martyrs want behest, studying strenuously

strive to become the pillars of the national construction.

Next, we went to the yellow folder Ao, the mountains are packed, everyones

face is filled with nostalgic, looking at this picture, my mind, there has been

some regret. I hope all my elders a long life and good health.

The Qingming Festival Ta-Qing to my feelings more, and once again I know

the nature of the mellow side, my great harvest ah well!

今天，我以一个志愿者的身份来到了乡下，到了陈爷爷家。

陈爷爷家房子不大，走进门，映入眼前的却是，阴暗狭窄的大堂，我敲了敲门，礼貌地问了一句：“陈爷爷在家吗?”

一个房间里走出来一位老奶奶,她热情地招待我，问我：“小朋友，你是谁，是来干什么的?”“我是志愿者，来帮助陈爷爷的。”“哦，陈爷爷在那个小房间里呢!”说着，她便向一个小房间指去。

我向奶奶指的地方走去，看见的却是在厨房忙东忙西的陈爷爷，我叫了一声：“陈爷爷。”陈爷爷回过头笑咪咪到看了我一眼，我发现陈爷爷既是一个残疾人，真是不可思议，赶紧走上前说：“陈爷爷，你歇会吧!我来帮你吧!”“小朋友你真懂事，谢谢，不过我的身子还硬朗的很。”看着，我真为陈爷爷心痛。

我趁陈爷爷在厨房里，我拿起拖把、扫把、撮箕，开始打扫卫生，爷爷看见直夸我棒。

我从这次志愿者活动中感受到了，人不管贫穷富贵，不管健康，还是残疾，只要帮助别人，自己会快乐，别人也会快乐。帮助别人就在一念之间，说起来容易，做起来有点难，要有帮助别人的勇气和力量,要有坚韧不拔的毅力，持之以恒的决心，才能真正做好一个合格的志愿者!

Today, I came to the countryside as a volunteer and went to Grandpa Chens

house.

Grandpa Chens house is not big. When I walked in the door, I saw a dark

and narrow lobby. I knocked on the door and asked politely, "Is Grandpa Chen at

home?"

An old grandmother came out of a room. She greeted me warmly and asked me:

"Little boy, who are you and what are you doing here?" "I am a volunteer to help

Grandpa Chen." "Oh, Grandpa Chen is here. In that small room!" As she spoke, she

pointed to a small room.

I walked to the place where my grandmother pointed, but what I saw was

Grandpa Chen busy in the kitchen, I called out, "Grandpa Chen." Grandpa Chen

turned around and smiled and glanced at me, I found Grandpa Chen As a disabled

person, it was incredible, so he quickly stepped forward and said, "Grandpa

Chen, take a break! Ill help you!" "Youre so sensible, my little one, thank

you, but my body is still very strong." , I am really heartbroken for Grandpa

Chen.

When Grandpa Chen was in the kitchen, I picked up the mop, broom, and

dustpan and started cleaning. Grandpa saw that I was great.

I have felt from this volunteer activity that no matter whether people are

poor or rich, healthy or disabled, as long as they help others, they will be

happy and others will be happy too. Helping others is just a thought. Its

easier said than done. It takes courage and strength to help others,

perseverance and perseverance to be a truly qualified volunteer!

From this incident，we can see that there are still more things to be done。

Firstly，the government needs everything possible to ensure the quality of

products，particularly the safety of food as this concerns everyones

life.Secondly，as for the producers，it is very important for them to be morally

honest. They should never try to pursue profit or economic growth at the expense

of health and life of people. Thirdly，we consumers must attach importance to the

things we eat and develop an awareness of how to protect our legal rights if

cheated。 Only in this way will we be able to build a more secure and harmonious

society.

When it comes to November 11, what’s on your mind? Well, as to the old

generations, it’s only an ordinary day; however, the young generations will

consider it as the Singles’ Day as well as the on-line shopping carnival. In

fact, on November 11th, 2013, Tmall and Taobao (the biggest Chinese online

shopping platform) has sold out more than 35 billion Yuan goods, this data has

astonished the media at home and abroad. Apparently, people have more interests

on cyber shopping than spend the night with their single friends. Some home

media even suggest that November 11th should be the Chinese on-line shopping

carnival.

In 2010, Jack Ma, the CEO of Tmall and Taobao, had coined the term “Double

Eleven”, aimed to encourage the single people to do something to celebrate their

own festival. Instead of dating lovers, people go on-line shopping to relive the

loneliness. According to the survey, China had 564 million Internet users at the

end of last year and 180 million single people. And the single people are the

main force of the China’s spending power. The debut was a great success. Then

“11.11” has an unusual meaning, which stands for on-line shopping carnival.

Comparing with the traditional shopping, the cyber shopping has more

distinguish features, which quite fit the young generations’ taste. People do

not need to go outside, just click their mouse, the goods will be home. The best

part is you can do it anywhere, anytime. All you need is a credit card. What we

can predict in the future is that on-line shopping is not going to fade away,

instead, it will boost like the mushrooms after spring rains.

I love traveling. Traveling not only broadens my horizons but also opens my

eyes to the world. Whats more, it refreshes me. You can go to Disneyland and

experience what its like to be “a child again!” You can visit one of the “seven

wonders of the world,” such as the Grand Canyon and feel the magnificence of

nature! You can taste the “magicial” ice water on a glacier, which can help you

become more beautiful and make you live longer. Just forget all trifles and

burdens that you have in your mind. Experience is a type of living knowledge.

Youll be sure to experience many new things when traveling. You dont even need a

tour guide if you long for more freedom. Just dont forget to bring your

backpack!

Nowadays, house husband has become a hot phenomenon in modern society. As

we all know that no matter what country, it’s a tradition that men play a core

role in family who always take the burden to earn money to support their family.

But things are kind of different as society develops, more and more men are

beginning to take over housework while women go out from house. In my point of

view, I think this is not a big deal.

In the first place, house husband may be a shame title for men, but when it

comes to money, there is no room for reputation. As society develops, the life

standard are rising, and everything for living is much expensive than before, if

couples want to guarantee their life quality, then they should let the one who

earn better to work, although the one is female.

In the second place, it’s fine for women to support family as long as they

earn better than men. In the past, women always were treated very badly, and

they got no rights to be educated, to work. In some countries, they can’t even

show their face to others. A traditional female role is to stay at home, taking

care of children and do all of the housework. But now, lots of women have a good

job, so that they totally have the ability to be the economic backbone.

Therefore, in order to take good care of family, men are likely to stay at home

to do housework. I don’t think it’s a shame for men, because no matter what you

do, as long as you do it well, you are successful.

To sum up, people should change their opinion about core role of a family.

It’s acceptable for women to support the family, and there is no shame for men

to do the housework. As long as you remember life quality comes first.

When memory began for me, my grandfather was past sixty-a great tall man

with thick hair becoming gray. He had black eyes and a straight nose which ended

in a slightly flattened tip. Once he explained seriously to me that he got that

flattened tip as a small child when he fell down and stepped on his nose.

The little marks of laughter at the corners of his eyes were the prodnct of

a kindly and humorous nature. The years of work which had bent his shoulders had

never dulled his humour nor his love of a joke.

Everywhere he went, "Gramp" made friends easily. At the end of half an hour

you felt you had known him all your life. I soon learned that he hated to give

orders , but that when he had to, he tried to make his orders sound like

suggestions.

One July morning, as he was leaving to go to the cornfield, he said :

"Edwin, you can pick up the potatoes in the field today if you want to do that.

" Then he drove away with his horses.

The day passed, and I did not have any desire to pick up potatoes. Evening

came and the potatoes were still in the field. Gramp, dusty and tired, led the

horses to get their drink.

"How many bags of potatoes were there?" Gramp inquired. "I dont know.

"

"How many potatoes did you pick up?"

"I didnt pick any. " "Not any! Why not?"

"You said I could pick, them up if I wanted to. You didnt say I had to.

"

In the next few minutes I learned a lesson I would not forget: when Gramp

said I could if I wanted to, he meant that I should want to.

Gram hated cruelty and injustice. The injustices of history, even those of

a thousand years before, angered her as much as the injustices of her own

day.

She also had a deep love of beauty. When she was almost seventy-five, and

had gone to live with one of her daughters, she spent a delightful morning

washing dishes because, as she said, the beautiful patterns on the dishes gave

her pleasure. The bird, the flowers, the clouds-all that was beautiful around

her- pleased her. She was like the father of the French painter, Millet, who

used to gather grass and show it to his son , saying , "See how beautif ul this

is ! "

In a pioneer society it is the harder qualities of mind and character that

are of value. The softer virtues are considered unnecessary. Men and women

struggling daily to earn a living are unable, even for a moment, to forget the

business of preserving their lives. Only unusual people, like my grandparents,

manage to keep the softer qualities in a world of daily struggle.

Such were the two people with whom I spent the months from June to

September in the wonderful days of summer and youth.

每当梨花落尽，油桐花开的时候，清明就到了。今天又是清明，这是我在同升湖过的第五个清明。我认为，城里没有清明，清明只在农村。每到清明的时候，我思想的野马便奔腾着飞回那遥远的故乡。在儿时的记忆中，清明不独是晴和的，也是令人快乐的。

在家乡，“挂青”（家乡的俗语，上坟的意思）是清明的头等大事。每到这一天，家家户户便煮“神福”（祭肉），并在上一“场”（农村把集市叫“场”，每五天或七天开一次“场”）就置齐了供果、香烛、冥纸、冥旗和鞭炮。祭酒是自家酿造的米酒。盛放祭品的器具，首选的是竹篮，竹篮轻巧，上了油漆之后，红光可鉴，挽在那些村妇村姑的臂弯里，是一道别样的风景。

母亲在厨房里忙碌着，我们便进进出出地催促着。一会儿跑去告诉母亲：“二婶家准备好了！”一会儿又跑去告诉母亲：“五婶家准备好了！”有时催得母亲心烦，便会骂：“催魂啊！没见正忙着吗！”但骂归骂，母亲的动作却明显加快了。早上九点左右，便一切准备了妥当，于是三五家一齐向坟山走去。大人提着篮子在前面领着，小孩子跟在后面追追打打地闹着，三婶在这边大声地打着招呼，五婶在那边清脆响亮地应着。父亲有四兄弟，到我们这一辈，竟有二十个堂兄弟堂姐妹，可谓人丁兴旺了。所以我们这一家“挂青”的队伍之庞大，自然是别家所无法比拟的，热闹自不必说，似乎连天空里充满的也是热闹和快活。

春天，田间的小路上没有尘土，也没有湿泥，干净净，润滋滋的。油菜已经结荚，肥大的籽荚压弯了粗壮的茎杆，低低地垂着。一只狗欢快地从田边掠过，像箭一般，撞倒了田边的几株，遭来三婶的骂声：“老虎拖的，跑风啊！”水渠里的水静静地流着，里面有蔚蓝的天和流动的云，看起来是那样的高深莫测。燕子在田野上低低地飞着，轻快的双翼不时地掠过水面，扇起阵阵涟漪。四围是静穆的青山，那儿是鸟鹊的天堂。那种性子急躁，一连十五声不歇气地叫着“狄公威”的是足鸡。那是一种主要在地面活动的鸟，很笨，一个中等水平的猎人，一个春天就可以用简单的绳子套，捕上几百只。那种声音宏亮苍凉，抑扬顿挫地喊着“哥哥提水”的是鹧鸪。这种鸟很神秘，通常只闻其声，难见其形。还有那声音格外清脆、凄婉地叫着“李桂阳”的，就是杜鹃了。这种鸟生活在千山万壑之中，也极难得一见。此外，还有“画眉”，“酸菜婆”，“光棍好过”，以及许许多多叫不出名字的鸟，在山间此起彼伏地欢唱着。

但最欢快的还是一群淘气的孩子。本来就野惯的了男孩，到了野外简直像脱了缰的野马，在长满“草子”（书名“紫云英”，一种用来肥田的绿色植物）的田野里飞奔，跳跃，打滚。女孩子则掐“草子”的花来做花束。

到了坟山，大人们便一齐动手，割净坟墓四周长得很深的野草，砍掉伸展到坟墓上空的刺篷，修剪坟墓上长得青翠葱郁的坟竹。然后便开始“挂青”。“挂青”有一定的顺序，先是太公的，太婆的，然后是爷爷的，奶奶的……

……

这就是我童年时的清明，是我记忆里的一首歌，一幅画。

鲁迅说：“回忆虽说可以使人欢欣，有时也不免使人寂寞。”每到清明，想起这些童年的往事，我感觉到的不仅是寂寞，还有悲伤。细算起来，已有很多年没有陪父母去给爷爷奶奶和外公外婆“挂青”了。最近几年里，先是患哮喘病的四叔最终没能挺过那个寒冷的冬天，咽下了他最后的一口气；再是在地里劳作的五叔，突发脑溢血，栽倒在地上再也没有起来；还有我的大姐，由于庸医的误诊，在医院里匆匆走完了她才四十五岁的人生历程；又有一个只比我大一岁的堂兄在广州染上恶疾，回家后不久就离开了人世。短短几年间，坟山上又多出了好几座新坟。当年的十几个堂兄堂姐，到现在，或是像我一样在外地谋生，或是早已出嫁。今年的清明不知由谁带着那帮侄儿侄孙们去“挂青”，没有了当年那庞大的“挂青”队伍，在地下的大姐他们会不会觉得失落和寂寞？

晚上，睡在床上，我久不成寐。于是给在复旦读书的一个学生发了这样一条短信：

今天是清明，请点一柱心香，祝福在另一个世界的那些亲人！

My Low-carbon Life

The environmental pollution is worse and worsetoday. Many trees are cut down, and water and air are polluted. As a student Itry to have a low-carbon life to save energy and reduce pollution.

Firstly, I often walk to school. It can reduceair pollution. Secondly, I always turn off the lights and fans when leaving theclassroom. Thirdly, I always make full use of paper and other school things andnever waste water.

I wish more students to join me and make theearth more and more beautiful.

Since I was very small, my parents sent me to learn painting. They thought

I could understand art and mastered one skill. This experience brings me the

sense of art. I have my own understanding of it.

On the one hand, art is an important way to express peoples opinion. When

we see the pictures, the difference between classical and ordinary paintings

lies in the thoughts. The famous artists implant their ideas in the pictures,

which are admitted by the public, so the value of arts can be seen. Some famous

artists expressed their unique opinion and gives arts great meaning.

On the other hand, art is not only from works, but also from life. For

example, my mother cooks the delicious food. Everybody speaks highly of her. So

her food brings people great happiness, which makes the food an art for me.

Whats more, my friends is good at communicating. The way she talks can convince

other easily, so I call the way she communicates as an art.

In all, for me, art is around. It brings people a way to see the world or

makes our life wonderful.

I have to say that music really has a strong attractiveness to me.

Naturally, everyone can choose suitable music to listen to. However, when you

find a kind of music which can bring happiness to you, you will be surprised and

become excited. Music has a magical energy, and it can help people gain good

mood in a great extent.

When you feel sad, you can have a try to listen to soothing music. At

first, soothing music will let you calm down. You will find that you will play

much attention to the music, and then your sadness can be decreased. You will

enter music ocean. You can experience a baptism of your heart. It does not

matter that when you listen to soothing music and you want to cry, you should

just follow yourself feeling to have a thorough release. Music will give you

enough encourage to overcome difficulties.

Music also can double your happiness and arouse the fighting. For instance,

when you solve some very difficult situations and gain success eventually, you

will have a great mood. At this time, exciting music will witness your success.

You will feel satisfied. Music lets you remember the glorious moment and cherish

your success. Music can give you unlimited motivation to achieve goals，because

you still want to listen to glorious music.

In addition, music includes a lot of useful knowledge. People can learn

precious knowledge from music. Because there is different music, we can find out

that different nations have different music thoughts to express. And from music,

we can listen to music culture. Music culture will give you a deeper

understanding to learn foreign culture, such as foreign language, foreign

history and foreign traditional customs and so on. In a word, music has an

important effect on promoting society development.

Music indeed has a magical power to help people and society develop. I

believe that music will still continue to bring us many surprises. As the

development of society, great music will become more important.

The advent of modern technology brings a substantial impact on the whole

world. It not only boosts the economy, but also changes the people’s conception

on the world. It also increases global communication among countries. In my

opinion, modern technology is creating a single world culture in that such

technology as computer and internet is bringing people together and making the

world get smaller.

First of all, modern technology promotes the globe to frequently use one

language. The invention of computers and Internet promotes English to be a

global language and dominate in the communication worldwide. Since language is

the agent of culture, the worldwide use of English fosters more and more minds

thinking alike.

Besides, the development of the internet brings people’s life style into

uniform. The availability of Internet makes people have a lot in common, such as

access to information, online shopping or payment. People from all over the

world are doing the same thing each day on the Internet, and their living habit

is becoming closer and closer with each passing day.

Based on the points discussed above, it is obvious that modern technology

is creating a single world culture.

Every year, the thing I expect the most is the Spring Festival. My parents

work far from home and they come back one or two times a year. The Spring

Festival is the time they come home. Every time they come back, they bring mangy

things to me. When I was little, they bought me toys, new clothes and shoes.

Now, they often buy me books. They say more reading is good for me. They hope I

can learn more. The time spend with them is always happy but short. They only

have half a month at home. I hope they can stay at home longer.

The summer holiday is coming. Our class have had a discussion about what to do during the holiday. Some are in favor of staying at home. They think its both convenient and comfortable. Whats more, they can save money for other purposes. But they will lose the chance of getting to know the outside world.

However, others prefer to go out for traveling since it can increase their knowledge and broaden their horizons. But they will spend more money and meet some difficulties while traveling.

In my opinion, it would be much better to stay at home, for I can do what I like, such as reading books, watching TV, and helping my parents with the housework.