初中英语说明文思维导图【最新20篇】

Such a movie called “Growing Pains” seems full of knowledge and experience.

So it does because all of us have growing pains and also growing gains in our

lives.

Growing up is not a very enjoyable time. It means I have to work hard in

studying and in family. There’s always so much homework given by teachers and so

many arguments between the parents and me. The time is fair, but it seems it

gives pains three quarters and only one quarter to gains.

But gains give me power and confidence. Successes and friendship make me

happy and enjoyable. We played with snow in the winter that seldom snows, we

flew kites in the night that usually belongs to homework, we ate several ice

creams that almost made us cold. We picked up leaven that no longer high up!

Although pains are always more than gains, I believe both of them make my

life more colorful.

Amy is anAmerican girl .She lives in New York .

There are four people in her family, herparents, her elder brother and her.

Amy’s father is an engineer and he is busywith his work everyday. But he still plays with Amy in his spare time and Amyloves him very much.

Amy’s mother is a teacher. She teaches math in a smallschool. She is thin with golden hair.

What’s more, she is very kind and cookswell. His brother, John is two years older than her and he goes to school withher everyday. John is an active boy and often helps Amy. Amy feels happy tolive in such a family.

艾米是一个美国女孩。她住在纽约。她家里有四口人，她的父母，她的哥哥和她。艾米的父亲是一名工程师，他每天都忙于他的工作。但他仍然在空闲时间和艾米玩，艾米非常爱他。艾米的母亲是一个老师。她在一个小小的学校里面教数学。她很瘦，有着金色的头发。更重要的是，她很善良而且做饭很好吃。他的哥哥，约翰比她大两岁，他每天都和艾米一起去学校。约翰是个活跃的男孩而且经常帮助艾米。艾米很高兴生活在这样一个家庭中。

[初中英语作文：艾米的家庭

literature show the right direction for people.下面是小编整理的一些初中英语好句摘抄，欢迎查阅，谢谢。

1.If we dont go on learning, we cant keep pace with the times

如果我们不去学习，我们就不能跟上时代的步伐。

2.Meanwhile, literature also has non-substitutable meaning in the history of mankind

同时，文学也在人类历史上有着不可替代的意义。

3.As is known to us all, the surrounding has a great impact on our study and lives

众所周知，环境的对我们的学习和生活有很大的影响。

4.In a word, creating a green campus needs us to make joint efforts

总之，创建绿色校园需要我们共同的努力。

5.People drive their cars to go to work which saves more time and energy

人们驾驶自己的汽车去工作，从而节省更多的时间和精力。

6.fast driving makes people crazy, which can account for so many traffic accidents

开快车让人疯狂，这可以解释很多交通事故发生的原因。

7.So at this moment, we must take measures to avoid these happen

所以在这一时刻，我们必须采取措施防止这些事件的发生。

8.I think it will be a colorful moment in my whole life

我觉得那会是在我的整个人生中丰富多彩的时刻。

9.In other words, literature show the right direction for people

换句话来说，文学为人们指明方向。

10.we still need to thanks them to admire them devoting themseves to the society

但我们仍然要感谢他们钦佩他们为社会奉献自己。

11.As far as I am concerned, it is high time that we did something

我觉得是时候我们该做些什么了。

12.Life is not a task to finish, but a gift to enjoy

生活不是要完成的任务，而是一份应该享受的礼物。

13.We must accept them actively and do not let the pains prevent us from happiness

我们要乐观地接受，不让烦恼挤走快乐。

14.As time passes, my hometown has change a lot thanks to the social development

随着时间的流逝，由于社会的发展我的家乡已经发生了很大的变化。

15.But we shouldnt waste time on the meaningless things

我们不应该在无意义的事情上浪费时间

16.We should cherish everything meaningful we have today

我们应该珍惜我们今天所拥有的一切有意义的东西。

17.Whatever we have undergone in our life, we shouldnt complain about it

无论我们在生活中经历过什么，我们都不应该抱怨。

18.Enthusiasm will take us further and deeper

热情会带我们走得更远更深入。

19.learning history is also very practical，simply because history reflects itself

学习历史是很实用的，因为历史反映了它自己。

20.reading classical works of history is conductive to our acquisition of the Chinese language

阅读经典历史作品有助于我们的汉语的习得。

21.this activity will take root in youngers’ heart as a seed, and ultimately grow into towering trees

这次活动会像种子一样在人们的心里生根发芽，最终会长成参天大树。

22.Remember that those who abandon time will be also abandoned by time

记住，抛弃时间的人，时间也抛弃他。

23.While you are walking outside, your eyes will be filled with green

在外面散步，眼睛里看到的都是满满的绿色。

24.we must not only have a wide range of knowledge, but also have comprehensive skills and positive attitudes

我们不仅要有广博的知识，而且还要具有全面的综合能力和积极向上的态度。

25.Anyone cant avoid taking responsibilities when he is alive

只要活着，没有人都能避免承担责任。

When I lived in my hometown, I could play a lot of games with my friends.

Such as I could catch fish in the river, and I could play the game of hide and

seek in the mountain. I like living in the countryside so much, the closeness to

the nature brings me much pleasure. There is a tree in front of my house,

someday, I found bird’s nest in it. So I asked a couple of my friends to climbed

up the tree. We wanted to catch the little bird. But when I saw these lovely

creature, I changed my idea. I did not mean to hurt them. I gave up my plan, I

realized that every life was precious.

我的新老师—初中英语作文大全

【—我的新老师—】下文是老师为同学们带来的关于对老师的印象及自己的看法，同学们对自己的老师是否也有着不一样看法呢？

My New Teacher

The new semester has begun. Every thing seems the same as before, except one thing. That is our class has a new English teacher. His name is Yang yang, but we always call his English name, Robert. He is a young and sunshine. He just graduated from university. His pronunciation is very good and I like his spoken English. Robert is humorous and his class is interesting and lively. Except for the textbook, he finds many other articles for class teaching, such as songs, movies and cartoons. He says that we can learn more from what we are interested in. I like this new teacher.

新学期已经开始了。除了一件事以外，每一件事看起来都和原来一样。那就是我们班来了个新的英语老师。他的名字叫杨阳，但是我们经常叫他的英文名Robert。他年轻阳光，刚刚从大学毕业。他的发音很标准 初中英语，我很喜欢他的口语。Robert很幽默，他的课堂生动有趣。除开课本，他还找了很多文章进行课堂教学，比如歌曲，电影和卡通。他说我们可以从我们感兴趣的东西学到更多。我喜欢这位新老师。

上面的是关于对老师的英文介绍，同学们对单词和短语都了解呢？如果不懂，记得要查英语字典哦！

初三英语单词表大全

A a(an) art

a(an) art ability n

ability n able a

able a about prep & ad

about prep & ad above prep

above prep abroad a & ad

abroad a & ad absent a

absent a accent n

accent n accept v

accept v accident n

accident n ache n

ache n achieve v

achieve v across prep

across prep act n & v

act n & v action n

action n active a

active a activity n

activity n add v

add v address n

address n advantage n

advantage n advertisement n

advertisement n advice n

advice n advise v

advise v afford v

afford v afraid a

afraid a after ad , prep & con

after ad , prep & con afternoon n

afternoon n again ad

again ad against prep

against prep age n

age n ago ad

ago ad agree v

agree v agreement n

agreement n air n

air n airline

airline airplane n

airplane n airport n

airport n alive a

alive a all a & pron

all a & pron allow v

allow v almost ad

almost ad alone a

alone a along ad & prep

along ad & prep aloud ad

aloud ad already ad

already ad also ad

also ad although conj

although conj always ad

always ad America n

America n American a & n

American a & n among prep

among prep ancient a

ancient a and conj

and conj angry a

angry a animal n

animal n another a & pron

another a & pron answer n & v

answer n & v ant n

ant n any pron & a

any pron & a anybody pron

anybody pron anyone pron

anyone pron anything pron

anything pron anyway ad

anyway ad anywhere ad

anywhere ad appear v

appear v apple n

apple n April n

April n area

area arm n

arm n army n

army n around prep & ad

around prep & ad arrive v

arrive v art n

art n article n

article n as ad, conj & prep

as ad, conj & prep Asia n

Asia n Asian a & n

Asian a & n ask v

ask v asleep a

asleep a at prep

at prep Atlantic n & a

Atlantic n & a attention n

attention n August n

August n aunt n

aunt n Australia n

Australia n Australian a & n

Australian a & n autumn n

autumn n available a

available a avoid n

avoid n awake v

awake v away ad

away ad baby n

节日的夜晚，一束束焰火凌空而起，有的仿佛天女散花，有的像孔雀开屏，五颜六色，光彩夺目，给节日增添了喜庆的色彩。那么焰火的色彩是怎么来的呢？

为了搞清这个问题，我拆开了几个没燃放的焰火和查阅了资料。原来焰火的原料主要是黑色火药，黑色火药在燃烧时，能放出大量的热和光；另外，原料里还掺入了各种发光剂，这些物质燃烧时，会呈现五颜六色。硝酸钠会发出黄光，硫酸铜会发出蓝光，铝粉、铝镁合金会发出白光，硝酸锶会发出红光……为了使焰火色彩更加艳丽，火药燃烧得更彻底，工人师傅在火药中还要掺入硝酸钾、镁粉等。它们受热后分解，能释放出大量的氧来助燃。

焰火点燃之后，会立即发生剧烈的化学反应，骤然间火药的体积猛胀1000多倍，并突然炸开，构成多种多样的形状，千姿百态，绚烂多彩。

“地球开始向人类发威了！人类开始注意保护环境，人人不乱扔垃圾，而是将垃圾回收起来，运到垃圾焚烧厂无害焚烧。街道小巷处处干净，人类很高兴。而生活在地洞里的老鼠们却成群得饿死了。——原来是垃圾无处可寻！”

读了上面的材料，你会问：为什么人们会知道保护环境呢？

近年来由于人类不断地破坏环境，使得世界的将来不容乐观：气温上升导致冰川融化、生物不断灭绝，人类不断砍伐树木、臭氧层出现空洞……这些情况都来自“厄尔尼诺现象”。这些现象不断地暗示我们：拯救地球吧！保护环境已迫在眉睫！

那么，怎样采取行动呢？首先，我们必须要少砍伐树木。树木能制造氧气，同时吸收二氧化碳。其次，要保护湿地。把湿地保护好了，就相当于保护好了40％~50％的生物种类。

气温升高，主要是由于大气中所含的二氧化碳逐渐增多，所以，我们应把空气中二氧化碳的含量降低，将未来冰川融化的“噩梦”扼杀在萌芽状态，让地球彻底的降温。要减少空气中的二氧化碳，最好的方法就是多种树。

另外，气温升高也与垃圾有关。垃圾可以堆肥，但垃圾堆肥时却不可避免的产生甲烷。甲烷也是导致温室效应的“罪魁祸首”之一。

所以，人类一定要减少垃圾的产生。垃圾少了，老鼠也少了，就有了开头故事的场景。最后，我要提醒大家：保护环境，人人有责！

There is an old saying goes that failure is the mother of success. Everyone

confronts with failures even those famous and successful figures. Some people

say that failure lashes them to work harder. Some think that failures are so

depressing and we should not to make any failures. For me, I cherish failures

very much for we can realize our shortcomings from them.

First of all, we can learn from failure and get more experience. It is

indeed so disappointed when we confront with failure. However, we can always get

some experience from failures and makes us understand our weak point. If we can

learn from failure, then we will avoid such problem in the coming days.

Secondly, the more failures, the more successful we will be. As the old

saying goes that failure is the mother of success. The more failure we make, the

more successful we will be. If we make many mistakes, then we will learn a lot

from them and will do better when we meet the same kind of problems. This means

we will obtain great success if we meet more failures.

All in all, failure is a bad thing for people, but it is a good chance for

us to learn more from it and become successful in the future.

The annual Chinese New Year came in 2008, the Spring Festival has come exceptionally busy, it is accompanied by the festive sound of firecrackers, sky in full bloom, and colorful fireworks came. The ancients as "firecrackers of the year" to commemorate Chinese New Year. The return of fireworks and firecrackers, so that the ancient city of Beijing is full of a thick smell of years, sound of firecrackers brings us endless joy, filled with a wonderful interesting traditional festivals.

As a girl, I do not like to put those little on the "crackling" sound of Mei Wan and loud firecrackers. I like those colorful light emitted after, four run around fireworks. There is a called channeling smallpox, a carefully ed in the ground began to release, and later on the secure enough to put in the hand grip, lit "squeak" is heard, a group with a small ball of fire flew up into the sky, screaming, "pit" Suddenly the sky on a flower in full bloom out, quite exciting. My favorite is called Setaria fireworks in one hand and a lit continuously emitted after the bright, constantly changing colors of the fireworks. My hands turned, arms on the emergence of two very nice Ring of Fire; my arms open, 4 running, I became a "Firebird." I have a another one to lying, I cried, ran, happy with ... ...

Chinese New Year fireworks is a traditional custom. Legend of the so-called "year" is an evil beast, people set fire to bamboo, the sound of bamboo bursting scared off "year", "years" away is the Chinese New Year in. I like fireworks, it made me able to live a traditional feature of the year. I think as long as we pay attention to safety, stressing civilization, this tradition will be able to have a wonderful New Year.

听、说、读、写既是学习英语的四种基本手段也是英语学习者的四项基本技能，其中写作是最为关键的输出部分，并且在高中英语教学中越来越受到重视。你喜欢狗狗吗?你有养宠物狗的爱好吗?下面是小编为你整理的my dog初中英语作文，希望对你有帮助! my dog初中英语作文篇1

The puppy home grow very cute, round head set with a pair of amber big eyes. It has a powder doodle tongue, summer is always stretch out a large margin. Its limbs strong and ZhaoJian is white. Really cute. One day, a small black dog chew bones, puppy immediately flee to rebound. A little black dog a glimmer, let puppies flapping empty air. Then, the puppy fiercely stand up, its body extension forward, sloping, tail, a pretty, "shout" to swoop in little black dog. Black dog a strange call and puppy takes. They are "bow-wow" monkey ShangCuan next leap up. The puppy seize opportunity, ruthlessly put a little black dog legs bite, little black dog bellow out a cry and limped its tail between its legs down bone passed. The puppy licked his body lie on the ground, and with relish eating "trophies". my dog初中英语作文篇2

I have a little dog. Its name is Googlo. He is three years old. He has two big eyes. Theyre black. He has one blue ear and one black ear. He is clever.

I like my Googlo. He likes playing with me. He can bark, jump and run. He can play football, basketball and volleyball. He likes playing football very much. He likes some fruit, such as apples, bananas, oranges, pears and watermelons. He enjoys his snacks.

I love my dog--Googlo. He is very interesting. my dog初中英语作文篇3

I have a lovely lttle dog named Dion. He looks pretty with short legs, big ears and short tail. He is my good friend and he is also easy to take care of. I walk him at least twice a day, feed him and spend time with him. He also gives his love to me in return. He is always there to lick me and lie on me. I like playing with him. I think he can tell when I am happy, sad, angry or toubled. Sometimes he can be noisy and run around the room. In a word, he is not only my dog, but also my friend.

[my dog初中英语作文

一直都想写我的英语老师，只是因为觉得学习不好，颇感内疚，不好意思来写。用我妈妈的话来说，他就是一个小男孩，我应该叫哥哥的。

他说话的样子十分夸张。他跟我们说在另一所学校里做班主任时，他安排的座位非常合理，因此学生成绩提高很快。我当然理解他的自豪，但我也理解我的班主任为何不采用。因为丁老师谈建议时的神情就像一只狗伸着舌头，流着口水，教一只猫如何分配自己盘中的鱼。明明一张很英俊的脸，有棱有角，鼻梁挺直，眼睛凹下，嘴唇也很性感。你不知道呀!他生气时目光看向远方，深沉而坚定，加上魁梧的身材，就像一位年轻的法老，站在他的城墙上，指点江山。可是除了生气时像个男人外，其他时候就是个小男孩了，大笑起来嘴很夸张地向上翅起，就像卡通画，让所有的人都可以感受到他的快乐。若是说到什么好事，他就像大公鸡似的炫耀他的两根粗粗的眉毛向上飞扬，眼中不时闪着像星星一样的光点，还手舞足蹈的，唾沫横飞，经常唾到前排同学的脸上。被人夸奖的时候，又显得女里女气的，十分腼腆。每次开考前，他在教室门外，他的嘴角像一只红色的狐狸，在雪中伸着一只爪子，望着一只兔子。

英语老师姓丁，家在阳曲，可能地理位置有些偏辟，所以考出来不大容易。本来在另一所中学里教高中，后来考入我校，校长让他教初中。这让他十分失望，有时还在学生中露出了像李白一样怀才不遇的痛苦和颓唐。有时又高兴地告诉我们，我们是他教的第一拔学生!?

可能是刚刚带学生，他有年轻老师的激情，为我们自费复印英语资料，很喜欢在读英语课文时，一边作着奇里古怪的样子，一边发出奇里古怪的声音。有时上课，讲着讲着就讲起了自己的自传，于是常常在自我的唾沫星子中陶醉得难以自拔。上他的课让我感到十分的快乐和高兴，只是因为成绩不好而十分愧对他。不知为什么，我学也学不好，只能在每次考完试以后都躲着他。很亏心很愧疚地面对他对我的微笑，但他从来不说我不好，一次又一次地原谅我。

又一次，语文老师让我们以描写一位老师的神态特征为作业，到了下节课是英语。他进来十分讨好的让我们写他。回家后我写了两篇，有一篇是写他的，到了教室，临交作业时我又拿回了，结果我的另一篇得了第一，上课时他说已看过，可惜不是写他的。到后来越到中考我觉得愧对老师，现在考完了，我却一直想着他，想着欠他的一篇作文。

Boys and girls ,

Today I’ll talk about our English club . Our English club was set up two

months ago . Now we have members of 25 . We meet once a week on Saturday

afternoon. So far we have conducted a variety of activities on English learning

, such as watching English films , holding a Christmas party and getting

together with foreign students .

Last week we held an English story-telling competition . We required that

the entries be original and interesting and be presented in English within five

minutes . Every member took an active part in the activity . Two foreign English

teachers were invited to act as judges . At last Li Ping won the first place .

Many members said the activity benefited them in many ways . Not only did it

improve their spoken English ,but also it brought them much fun . They hope many

such activities can be held .

That’s all. Thank you.

Today I was sad because I was blamed. The day before yesterday, my father gave me a tast. He told me to finish math exercises and he would check today. I have to days to finish them. But I did not, because there was a football game yesterday. I was so tired, so I forgot them. Today, my father wanted to check my exercises. He found I did not finish, so he scolded me. He was angry and he do not let me play football anymore. I am afraid I cant play football anymore.

My campus is the most unforgettable place in my whole life, miss my mother similar, I love you great of campus.

My campus front door has me the name of mother school on the door with a southern exposure, in the sun flickering give out light.Again go toward in is a center road, the both sides contain many flowers, beauty pole!It is a toilet in the southeast.At southwest Cape of is a dining room.Agreeable center road s going toward is a teaching building ago.The five planets red flag flaunts aweather before the building in the teaching.The empress of the building is a dormitory.This is the layout of my campus.

In this campus has been concerning my teacher.They are very kind.At I have difficult of time, they win difficult courage for me, I thank them very much.

[校园的景色初中英语作文

Today, people count on the high-tech products so much, we can see no matter

where we are, we could find people low down their hands, playing their

cellphones. About two years ago, it is very popular that people shopping online,

now as the function of cellphone has been highly developed, people can use their

cellphone to shop online. As shopping online is so convenient, more and more

people like to buy things online, especially the men, because they don’t like to

go out, now the Internet can help them shop in a quick way. The things online

are various, people can search what they want and compare with the price, they

can buy the products they want. Shopping online is the new way for people to

purchase, in the future, it will be more and more popular. The Internet provides

people’s life.

My schoool life is busy and fantastic。 First， we have four classes in the morning and three in the afternoon。 We have to get to school before 7：30 because we have a morning class。 Second， I like my school life because teachers and my classmates are friendly and helpful。 We also have lots of after—school activies。 Third， our school environment is very beautiful， the teachers all can make their lesson interesting and instructive。 So I like my school life very much。

Generally speaking, life in high school is busy and fulfilling, due to the

ultimate goal---College Entrance Examination. Many people say that there is no

fun left but bored study and endless exercises. However, as a high school

student, I can’t agree with them. Personally, I live a fruitful but happy life

in high school. It can’t be denied that study is my priority that I must spend

most of my time and energy on it. Sometimes, study may make me frustrated or

even drive me crazy, but I still can adjust my mood to enjoy my life. Besides, I

can also get a sense of achievement when I do well in my study or make progress.

The most important is that my friends bring much happiness to me and my parents’

care inspires me to go on. I think friends in high school are my best friend

forever, because they know me a lot and witness all of my emotions. They are the

persons who grow with me. In addition, teachers in high school care much about

our students both in study and life, and classmates are always friendly to each

other. We build deep friendship together. All of these make up my fruitful life

in high school, which I will cherish forever.

一、指导思想：

围绕课改完善和深化学科教学常规，严格执行教研室、学校的各项教育、教学制度和要求，加强英语学科与信息技术的整合，聚焦常态课堂，关注教师成长，强调团队合作精神，全面提高英语教学质量,切实抓好校本科研、校本培训，从而促进全体英语教师的业务水平。

二、基本思路：

1、教学目标：培养兴趣，加强学法指导，抓常态课堂、高效课堂，稳固提高英语教学质量。

2、教研目标：组织进行校内外的教学研究活动，认真撰写论文，组织老师上研究课、示范课，通过研讨、评课等形式，做好课后反思，使本组教师理论与实践水平共同提高。

三、具体工作：

1、加强理论学习，更新教学理念，全面推进素质教育。全体英语教师都要抽出时间学习新理论，以先进的教育理念指导自己的教育教学实践。改进评价内容和评价方法，即努力做到关注学生学业成就的同时，还要关注学生情感态度、行为方式的发展，注重培养学生综合实践的能力，全面提高学生的素质。

2、强化教学常规的落实，提高课堂教学效率，组织教师认真学习学校教学常规，指导检查教师的教学工作，特别抓好“备课”、“上课”、“课后辅导”、“培优辅导”等主要环节，鼓励教师充分发挥教学特长，有效提高教学效率。

3、加强集体备课仍是本学期教研组工作的重点，因此要做到有计划、有目标、有实效，不走形式，各备课组每周至少活动一次，时间固定，要紧紧围绕教研组活动的主题，并有活动记录。以集体力量、集体智慧来提高英语组全体教师的业务水平。

4、打造“常态课堂、高效课堂”。教研组各教师认真学习常态课堂的基本要求，并每人按计划上一次公开课，要求集体备课，及时评课，找出不足，共同学习，共同促进，以学生的主体作用为重点，以合作学习的时效性为重点，从而来实现高效课堂。

5、加快信息技术学习进程，从而推动学科教学与信息技术的整合。组织所有教师运用现代教学理念设计多媒体教学辅助课件，组织多媒体教学观摩活动等，达到能将多媒体高效运用于英语教学中。

6、加强初三毕业班工作的研究，提高毕业班教学效率，组织全组成员认真学习《大纲》、《中考说明》，加强对中考动向的信息收集和试题研究。抓好听、说、读、写综合技能的培养，特别注重学生阅读能力的训练，另外所有英语教师要协助九年级教师搞好中考复习和模拟考试，力争中考第一仗顺利。

7、组织本教研组教师撰写论文。英语组要确定教研专题，全体英语教师通过理论学习和校本培训，不断反思、探索，并联系实际积极撰写英语教育教学论文。

总之，在校领导的带领下我们英语组全体组员会开拓进取，不断完善自己，将教学质量放首位，为学校的教育事业贡献力量。

My school life is very common. I get up at six o’clock every morningfrom Monday to Friday. And the I would go running with my classmates, as our head teacher says health is themost important thing. After running I have to do morning exercises on theplayground. Then I can have breakfast. Having breakfast, I need to have morningreading. Oh, I almost forget that all of the students have to do some cleaningbefore breakfast. There come the various classes. Then noon comes. Havinglunch, I will go to sleep. I often read twenty minutes before I fall asleep. I haveclass in the afternoon. And I still have classes at night. It’s boring, right? ButI have got used to it and enjoy myself at school.

Xiamen is a major city on the southeast coast of the Peoples Republic of

China.It is administered as a sub-provincial city of Fujian province .

The local vernacular is Amoy,a dialect of Southern Min,also called

Hokkien.Amoy is widely used and understood across the southern region of Fujian

province as well as overseas.While it is widely spoken in and around Xiamen,the

Amoy dialect has no official status,and the official language of all government

business is Mandarin.

Xiamen and its surrounding countryside is known for its scenery and

tree-lined beaches.Gulangyu,also known as Piano Island,is a popular weekend

getaway with views of the city and features many Victorian-era style European

edifices.Xiamens Botanical Garden is a nature lovers paradise.The Buddhist

Nanputuo Temple,dating back to the Tang Dynasty,is a national treasure.Xiamen is

also famous for its history as a frontline in the Chinese Civil War with Taiwan

over Jinmen (also known as Jinmen or Quemoy) 50 years ago.One attraction for

tourists is to view Kinmen,a group of islands a few kilometres away and under

Taiwanese control,from Xiamen island.

The news that Mr Cai had passed away was known, and I fell into great

sorrow. The sound of the rain knocking on the window was so mournful that it

deepened my distress.

My memory brought me back to the class when I saw him for the last

time.

That evening it was raining, too. We started our lesson as usual at a

quarter past six. I sat in the first row, and I saw Mr Cai press his stomach

with a hand from time to time, but I didn’t know the reason then. The two hours

passed quickly. When the lesson came to an end,Mr Cai told us that he had

possibly developed a stomach cancer, and would go to Beijing to see a doctor. If

there was nothing serious, he would continue to teach us after he came back. He

was very calm and his voice was steady. He still gave us some homework. He said

that he would mark the papers as soon as he came back.

Then I started to wait for his return. I had not thought that I would not

see him any more. The cancer had taken his life, even though he was still

young.

Mr Cai’s words are still ringing in my ears,“I hope you will be one of the

best students.” I think I should work hard at English and live up to his

expectation .

I have lost a good teacher. Tears will dry up in time, but the memory will

stay for ever.