有一首英文歌叫什么it【经典20篇】

a letter to my parents

dear mom & dad,

i love you! i love you so much! i love you with all my heart!

thank you so much for bringing up! thank you so much for raising me. i know

how hard you’ve worked during the past years. i can image how many difficulties

and obstacles you’ve conquered. i can imagine all the problems you have faced

and all the sweat and tears you have shed to make my life better. i can fully

understand what a huge responsibility it is to raise a child. you’ve been very

patient with me. you’ve encouraged me and you’ve helped me. you’ve tried your

hardest to give me the best things in life. you’ve made a lot of sacrifices and

many difficult choices. i also know that you have great expectations of me. you

want me to be very successful and happy. you want me to be the best person i can

be. you want me to do great things with my life. you want me to make the world a

better place. i know you have so many so many hopes and dreams for my

future.

today i want to tell you something extremely important.

today i want to tell you that you dont need to worry about me any more.

im grown up! i will be responsible for my life and for my future. i will study

very hard. i will exercise everyday to keep fit. i will read english every

morning and every night. i will make the best use of every spare minute. i will

be happy, confident, positive and energetic everyday!! i will develop good

habits and use them to constantly improve myself. i will never do anything that

would harm my body or my mind. i will never do anything that would make you feel

disappointed or ashamed. i will learn as much as i can and become smarter and

stronger every day. i have learned by watching you that the best way to reach my

goals is to work hard and never give up. you’re my best role models. you set a

great example for me.

i have so many great dreams. i know that realizing these dreams will take a

lot of time and effort. but dont worry about me. i have strong confidence in

myself. i know if i keep trying, keep working hard and keep dreaming, i will

definitely realize all my dreams. i will be somebody special. but i will not

only care about myself. i will contribute to my school, my hometown and my

country. i will contribute to society. i will use all my abilities and talents

to help my family and my country have a glorious future. i will make a

difference in this world.

dear mom and dad, you’ll be proud of me! you will see great results from

all your hard work and sacrifice. thank you very much for your continued

support! thank you very much for your patience, love and understanding. i love

you! i appreciate you! i’m very proud of you!

exercise every day to keep healthy! enjoy life every day and stay happy! my

only hope for you is you both to enjoy continued health and happiness. you

brought me into this word to share your life. i will do my best to make sure

each day of it is filled with joy and pride.

mom & dad, you are the best parents in the world! i don’t know what i

would have done without you.

all my everlasting love,

your daughter

Finally, my ninth birthday! I had been talking to my mother about having a birthday party, and my mother said she would give me a surprise. In the evening, when I came home, I found the room filled with colorful balloons and banners with "happy birthday".

I invited nine students to my birthday party. The first came to know, and I was so excited to take him to the park in the neighborhood. Soon, many children arrived on time. I take them to my room to play, everybody depend on babble, very not lively! "Well, its dinner! Moms voice just dropped, we were jumping up and down to the restaurant. "Wow, what a big dinner! I dont know who cried. Everyone ate unceremoniously. Ah, there are so many students eating together. Its delicious!

After dinner, we sang karaoke. "Campus top ten small singer" pan daichen has a lot of talent, wang and pan daichen have also become the host of the show. We took turns performing, I performed the erhu horse racing, and I sang the tan te. Everyone laughed until they had a stomachache. Mom and dad were laughing too hard.

At the beginning of the cake, I lit a birthday candle and everyone sang happy birthday. I also painted a lot of people with a big cat. Everyone looks in the mirror, laughing and tears come out!

Today, I am so happy! This birthday is the happiest Ive ever had, a "record-breaking" birthday!

Do you have a hard time making friends? It sometimes can be difficult, but this is not a skill that we cannot improve. In fact, once you start making friends, it actually is addictive and a lot of fun. The key thing to making friends is being a friend yourself and being genuine. Go ahead and start making friends. Respect differences of opinion. Be reliable. Be trustworthy. Its nice to have friends. Sometimes you need that one person to talk to. You can play games, hang out or even just talk. So consider the suggestions above to meet people and form strong, lasting friendships.

一、英语写作的特点.

The characteristics of formal writing

1.名词化趋势

I do not eat much.-->I am a light eater.

The clock on the desk reminds me of time.-->I put a clock on the desk as a reminder of time.

We once cried, laughed and disappointed.-->There were moments of tears, moments of laughter, and moments of disappointment.

注意:名词化趋势的句子当然还有动词, 目的是尽量把表达句子中心意思的那个词汇用名词表达.符合英文的习惯.

2.无灵主语(区别于被动语态)

我们中文写作中,习惯以人做主语,而英文则相反,习惯以物做主格.

More and more young students studied further in the past two decades.

-->The past two decades witnessed a growing number of young students for further study.

Looking out of the window, you will have a nice view.

-->A glance out of the window offers you a nice view.

注意: 名词化趋势和无灵主语常常是相结合的.

3.被动语态

这一点大家比较熟悉,不详细讲.比如:

Great efforts should be made to…..

What can not be denied is that….

二、句式的写作:

Main features of English sentences:

1.长短句结合

Love is patient and kind. It is never jealous, boastful, proud or rude. It keeps no record of wrong that others do. It always protects, always fruits, always hopes, and always perseveres. Love never fails.

一般来讲,总结性的句子应当使用短句,而说理的句子应用长句.

2.并列复合句

这种句子属于十分难写的句子,也举一个例子:

He who wants to save his life will lose it, and he who loses his life for me will save it.

3.单一复合句

也就是我们常说的各种从句,不再举例.

三、Variety of sentences:

1. ”-ing & -ed” groups

e.g.

(1)Standing by the riverside, the Master sighed,” May time go on and on like this, never ceasing day and night.”

(2)Reviewing what one has learned and gaining new insights, one is fit to be a teacher.

(3)Compared with the tradition, modernity is more dynamic.

2. ”to do” groups

e.g.

To spend too much time in study is sloth; to use them too much for ornaments is affectation; to make any judgment wholly by their rules is the humor of the scholar.

3. adverb

Simply, amazingly, absurdly, broadly, practically and so on

e.g.

Intelligently applied to daily life, modern technology will surely bring benefits to the well-being of the human race.

4.介词短语

In pursuit of, in spite of (注意平时自己的收集)

e.g.

In pursuit of excellence, ever pushing up the limit, life consists in the hope born of despair.

5.主语从句

e.g.

What China needs is not more morals, but more prisons for politicians.

句子的变化还有 It is self-evident(adj) that…….和There be 这样的句子

6.倒装

(1)将一些否定性含义的副词和短语在句首,用倒装会使句子生色不少.

Never before has such a high standard been achieved.

Hardly had he arrived when she started complaining.

(2)为使描绘更加生动,与介词同形的副词可以移动到句首,而把主语放到谓语后面去.

Following the roar, out rushed a tiger from the bushes.

In came a pretty girl he had never seen before.

四、插入语

插入语可以是一个小词,也可以是一个同谓语的形式.

1.先看一个小技巧：(对there be 句型均有效)

There is, recently, a debate amongst educators that……

通俗的讲,在老外眼里,主语与谓语离的越远,句子的档次越高.

2.插入语后面再接上一个定语从句;

Direct experience, a necessary means to recognize the world, which differs from knowledge acquired from books, is a major step to the cognitive world.

再看几个同谓语从句的例子:

1.Television, one of the most pervasive and persuasive technologies, marked by the rapid growth and drastic change, has a profound impact on people’s lives.

2.Courage, a basic quality that every human being is supposed to possess when facing a dilemma, is highly cherished among young people.

3. Convention, generally accepted practice especially with regard to social behavior, has now been increasingly challenged.

平时要多积累这样的句型,使之变成自己的语言.

Tip:对同谓语的解释尽量宽泛一些,有利于句子的拉长.

对于入语加定语从句开头.

就是说:将题目中的中心词拿出来,进行宽泛的解释.

这一方法对很大一部分的考题都是有效的.

以上就是我的一点总结,希望对大家会有所帮助.

The Spring Festival  the most important festival in China.People usually decorate the doors and windows with red papercuts.becouse red means good luck.People usually clean house too.becouse they want to sweep away bad luck.Children can get some new clothes or presents from their parents and grandparents.On New Years Eve,family always have a big dinner.Everybody are watch TV and talk.In the midnight,there usually fairworks.On New Years Day,people usually put on their new clothes and vit their femily and friends.They usually say Happy New Years Day. The Spring Festival finhes at the Lantern Festival after two weeks.People usually eat a kind of rice dumpling called yuanxiao.It can take people good luck all the year round.

I have a love for my father, and a happy and warm home.

My father has a wide range of interests! Like to go, play badminton, play golf, &hellip, &hellip, and I like to play weiqi best. Every Saturday and Sunday, with me “ kill ” a set.

My mother said that daddy is the sun, mother is the moon, and I am the star. Our family is a permanent combination of galaxies, forever and ever. Father is a huge pillar, support the family, and work hard forever.

My father works in Zhejiang, Wenzhou, and manages a factory. There are twenty days in a month in Wenzhou, ten days in Kunshan. I will cherish this ten days, dad will try to play chess with me, take me out to play.

My fathers birthday is coming. I wish him a happy birthday! Good health！

My Favorite Holiday

我最喜欢的节日

My favorite holiday is New Year. It is a very important festival in Chinese culture. In fact, its the highlight of the year. Everyone returns home for a family reunion. We have a big feast and chat about all the things that have happened in our lives. People also visit each other. We exchange gifts and good wishes for the next year.

我最喜欢的节日是新年。在中国文化中，新年是一个非常重要的节日。事实上，它是一年中最好的（日子）。每个人都回家与家人团聚。我们有一个比较大的盛会并且（与他人）畅聊所有发生在我们生活中的事。人们总是互相拜访。我们交换礼物和来年的祝福。

New Year is especially fun for kids. Thats because we get

presents and treats, including red envelopes filled with money. But we never forget that this holiday is a time to give thanks. We feel grateful for our family and the things that we have. Finally, we think about the future and the great year ahead. 对孩子来说，新年是一个特别快乐（的日子）。因为我们可以得到礼物和乐趣，这其中就包括红包。但我们从未忘记新年是一个给予（他人）感恩的日子。我们对家人以及拥有的事物感恩。最后，我们考虑未来和美好的新一年。

LOST

Apr4, 2010

I was so careless that l lost a blcak mobil phone on the way to our canteen at noon. There is much important information in my phone. Will the finder please return it to Xiao Ming at Class6, Senior3? Thank you very mach!

Xiao Ming

Dear Mr. Li

Hello!

Time flies, time flies. Unconsciously, I have been in the national life

insurance for ten years. After ten years of insurance career, I suddenly

realized the value of life. With gratitude, I would like to eXpress my cordial

greetings and sincere thanks to you! Thank you for your support and help in the

past. Thank you for making me full of confidence and courage in the insurance

industry and enjoy the harvest and joy from it! As the saying goes: "receive

peoples gratitude, when the spring to repay!" What you have given me is a heavy

trust. I understand that only the insurance road has been going on, has been

walking well, is the biggest return to you! Please believe that enthusiasm and

enthusiasm of HongXia will always be by your side. Insurance, as a way of life

arrangement in the future, is being accepted and loved by more and more people.

I am honored to be your life insurance financial consultant and have the

opportunity to serve you! In the past days, because of insurance, we have more

contacts and eXchanges. Your open-minded and wise, understanding and trust, let

me be inspired and grateful. Since I entered the insurance industry, insurance

has made my heart become more broad and integrated, strong and enterprising.

When my heart is frustrated and hit, when I think of the support and trust of

many customers and the eXpectation of my family, I dare not let myself slack off

and continue to move forward bravely in this industry.

Calm and tranquility are the embodiment of life power, which comes from the

inner calm and security. Although life insurance cant resist risks, it can make

people feel sad and soothe the soul, and let the people who love us and those we

love deeply feel a continuous love and responsibility, so that the courage to

live and the vision of creating a new life cant be achieved by other goods and

services. Therefore, I have warned myself more than once that I should never

sell insurance to others because of my love and never say "no" to insurance

easily! I want to go on firmly in the insurance industry, and give more people

satisfaction insurance services! Its the beginning of the year again. Thank you

for giving me the opportunity to learn from you. I also sincerely wish you good

health, smooth work, harmonious family, prosperous business and prosperous

career! For myself, I will continue to learn and forge ahead to become more

substantial and professional, I will continue to provide you with the most

professional, the most perfect, the best quality service! I hope you can

continue to give me more support and help in the future, let me give security to

more people and more families!

China Life Dong HongXia to January 2013

Christmas morning, mother put three pieces of beautiful gifts in my bed, Santa Claus, tabour, star bar.

Santa Claus has a white beard. He is wearing a red dress and a cute little red cap. He stands on a big lychee and he also writes "marrychristmas" in English. A sparkling drum can use two sticks to my drum. What I like most is the magic star stick, with a star glittering and a bright bar below. This reminds me of Cinderellas old ladys star stick, a wave of pumpkin, a horse drawn carriage, a wave of rats, and a new wave of Cinderellas ragged clothes. Do you say the stars are fantastic? Im so happy with a star stick. When I go to bed, it can make a lot of things I like.

Maybe the stars means the dream,I love the stars in the blue sky,Its always bright and pretty,and always take me to a beautiful dream.

I really like to look at the little stars,when I look at them,I feel very relax and happy.The stars are quiet and just like full of beautiful magic, Its amazy.

Just like wonders,the stars in the deapiest blue sky is so pretty,"one , two, three, four, five, six, seven……"there has so many so many stars in the sky,I really cant count it.

When I was so lonely,I will look at the sky,and told the little stars my little secrets,told the little stars my dream,and told them so many so many interesting things,then I will feel less lonely.

I like the stars in the sky,what about you?

Deep Mother Love-深沉的母爱

Every child is surrounded by the deep mother love. However, we often turn a blind eye to the love. One day I deeply felt the love.

One day I hurried home for lunch after school, because there would be an exam in the afternoon and I had expected to go back to school early to prepare for the exam. But when I got home, the lunch was not ready yet. I felt unhappy. When the dishes were served, I forund none I like. I ran out of my house angrily and wanderde on the street for a while,hungry. Then I walked to school.

When I got into the classroom, I saw a lunch box on my desk. One classmate told me that it was my mother ther that had brought it here.After opening the box, I found my favorite food inside. My eyes was moist with tears.

Mother gave me her love without asking for return, How deep mother love is!

每个孩子都被深沉的母爱包围着，然而我们经常对这种爱视而不见。一天我深深感受到了这种爱。

一天放学后我匆忙回家吃午饭，因为下午考试，我希望早一点回校准备考试。但是我到家时午饭还没有准备好，我很不高兴。饭菜端上来时，我发现没有一样是我喜欢的。我生气地跑出了家门，饿着肚子在街上游荡了一会，然后往学校走去。

走进教室后，我看到书桌上有一个午餐盒，一个同学告诉我那是我妈妈送来的。打开盖子，里面是我喜欢吃的。我的眼睛湿润了。

妈妈无私地把爱给了我，却不求任何回报。多么深沉的母爱啊!

we are opposed to that theory.

socialism, which is perfectly clear and unmistakable, says the thing you have got to take care of is your distribution.

we have to begin with that, and private property, if it stands in the way of good distribution, has got to go.

a man who holds public property must hold it on the pub1ic condition on which, for instance, i carry my walking stick.

i am not al1owed to do what i like with it.i must not knock you on the head with it.

we say that if distribution goes wrong, everything else goes wrong-religion, morals - government.

and we say, therefore (this is the whole meaning of our socialism}, we must begin with distribution and take all the necessary steps.

i think we are keeping it in our minds because our business is to take care of the distribution of wealth in the worid1 and i tell you, as i have told you be fore, that i don’t think there are two men, or perhaps one man, in our 47,000,000 who approves of the existing distribution of wealth.

i will go even further and say that you will not find a single person in the whole of the civilized world who agrees with the existing system of the distribution of wealth.

it has been reduced to a blank absurdity.

i think the day will come when we will be able to make the distinction between us and the capitalists.

we must get certain leading ideas before the people.

we should announce that we are not going in for what was the old-fashioned idea of redistribution, but the redistribution of income.

let it always be a question of income.

i have been very happy here to night.

i entirely understand the distinction made by our chairman to night when he said you hold me in social esteem and a certain amount of personal affection.

i am not a sentimental man, but l am not 1nsensible to all that.

i know the value of all tl1at, and it gives me, now that 1 have come to the age of seventy (it will not occur again and i am saying it for the first time), a great fee1ing of pleasure that l can say what a good many people can’t say.

[他的生日到了英文作文

then, the representative of the bedroom zhu guozhang asked us to guess a line of a poem related to the above situation. he added that li xinmin alone was born in the year of the dog and the other three were all born in the year of the chicken.

they left us all in confusion. and it was our monitor who was quickwitted. he shouted our, "the day breaks as the cock crows three times at dawn." the hall after that, they had another item.

this time li xinmin was placed in the middle of the circle.

while he was standing there, the other three stood around him, each bowing down to him at an angle of 120 degrees. it was an idiom. this time i got it right:"the dog stands out among a group of chickens."

From small to large, I have a lot of wishes. What I want most now is that the world will be peace.

Though our Chinese children live in a peaceful area, I know that the world is not peaceful, some places are still in war, and many children are still suffering from the war. Whenever I saw the war on TV, the scene of blood splashing all over the earth was stained with red and clear river. When I saw children running around and homeless everywhere during the war, I cant see it. At this moment, I wish the world to peace! Why those invaders cant give up the greedy desire? Why cant they just for the sake of the future of the children and stop the war? The relentless war swept away their homes, looted their relatives, also swept away their future.

How I hope the world will be able to peace! By that time, everyone has extended the hand of friendship, and everyone is equal and free. No aggressor growl, nor angry rebel, nor callous bombing of the war, everywhere is full of sweet singing of children, how much better to the world! Overweeningly ambitious invaders, as long as you learn to give up, give up ambition and greed, there will be no war in the world, become full of happy world!

I hope my wish will come true.

Traditional Chinese culture is beginning to capture the attention of the world. This is true even as popular culture that has traditionally been considered Western begins to spread throughout China. Kung Fu, especially, has had a great impact on the millions of people who first learned about China through it. From that, they may come to China and learn about other aspects of this culture, such as traditional operas like the Beijing and Sichuan ones. Asian nations have long known about the greatness of ancient Chinese culture. Their own cultures are a mix of native ones and those Chinese characteristics. Korea and Japan long ago adopted ideas such as Confucianism is something that continues today even as it is challenged by Pop Culture. This strength comes from the ideas given in the Four Books of Confucianism (The Great Learning, The Doctrine of the Mean, The Analects of Confucius, and The Book of Mencius). These books built upon the ideas of an even more ancient period codified in the Five Classics. From them, the West learns such things as Fengshui and other concepts that are uniquely Chinese. China has taken steps to further this spread of its culture by establishing Chinese Cultural Centers in such places as the United States and Europe.

After lunch, I went shopping with my parents.

In a small shop, mother was trying on clothes. There is a pet dog in the shop. It has white long curly hair, big eyes, very pretty and lovely.

At first I was a little scared, as long as it came to me, I drove it away. One of my brothers picked it up and I thought it was so lovely that I touched it. Brother put it down, let him down, it obediently down. Let it stand up and stand up obediently. We were chasing dogs.

The pet dog is so cute. I really want to have a pet dog!

Run for monitor speech of 100 words

Beloved teacher, dear students:

Everybody is good!

My name is Zhang Xiaohua, chose to run for the monitor, because I get up the courage. In the class, I was a leader, learning has always been good to answer questions -- class actively accurate, is the teachers small cotton padded jacket; in the morning reading, I have a certain management ability, is the small guards maintain class order; in the class, I can play with my classmates together, remind they dont play dangerous games. Of course, I will redouble its efforts to study, communication, training, to contribute to the honor classes!

Although, I know there is a lot of good than their own students, but I understand, participation.

If you choose me, I will try to the leaders responsibility, work hard together with classmates, there are dissatisfied with my fellow

Science can and I said, I must correct the errors in time.

Thank you!

On March 8th, 1975, the United Nation started to celebrate the International Women’s Day. In China, the women’s day also called “March 8th”day. Why we celebrate women’s day? There is a long story.

On March 8th, 1909, the Women’s Union of Chicago demonstrated against the inequality between men and women. They demanded that they should have the same payments, the same working hours as men had, and they should have the rights to vote. They even put forward a slogan: Bread and Rose, which stood for equal payment and a better living standard. This demonstrated had caused international attention to the women’s rights. A year later, a critical meeting was held in Demark, in order to promote the women’s liberation and equal rights, the council members decided to establish the Women’s Day on March 8th. Then March 8th, 1911 just became the first Women’s day.

In our country, during the women’s day, the women usually have a day-off holiday. The communities or companies will organize the recreational activities such as a spring outing, a nice dinner and some extra welfare. On this special day, the women can really realize that a woman’s value is not only giving birth to a child, doing endless housework, but also find her own status in the modern society. That is she can make a different. She can do everything that a man can do. When you look around, you will find that more and more women are acting as scientists, doctors, lawyers, even leaders. Just try to remember, women rule half of this world. The life could quite different without their wisdom and beauty.

Happy International Women’s Day!

It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife. However little known the feelings or views of such a man may be on his first entering a neighbourhood, this truth is so well fixed in the minds of the surrounding families, that he is considered as the rightful property of some one or other of their daughters.

凡是有钱的单身汉，总想娶位太太，这已经成了一条举世公认的真理。这样的单身汉，每逢新搬到一个地方，四邻八舍虽然完全不了解他的性情如何，见解如何，可是，既然这样的一条真理早已在人们心目中根深蒂固，因此人们总是把他看作自己某一个女儿理所应得的一笔财产。

"My dear Mr. Bennet," said his lady to him one day, "have you heard that Netherfield Park is let at last?"

有一天班纳特太太对她的丈夫说：“我的好老爷，尼日斐花园终于租出去了，你听说过没有?”

Mr. Bennet replied that he had not.

班纳特先生回答道，他没有听说过。

"But it is," returned she; "for Mrs. Long has just been here, and she told me all about it."

“的确租出去了，”她说，“朗格太太刚刚上这儿来过，她把这件事的底细，一五一十地告诉了我。”

Mr. Bennet made no answer.

班纳特先生没有理睬她。

"Do not you want to know who has taken it?" cried his wife impatiently.

“你难道不想知道是谁租去的吗?”太太不耐烦地嚷起来了。

"You want to tell me, and I have no objection to hearing it."

“既是你要说给我听，我听听也无妨。”

This was invitation enough.

这句话足够鼓励她讲下去了。

"Why, my dear, you must know, Mrs. Long says that Netherfield is taken by a young man of large fortune from the north of England; that he came down on Monday in a chaise and four to see the place, and was so much delighted with it that he agreed with Mr. Morris immediately; that he is to take possession before Michaelmas, and some of his servants are to be in the house by the end of next week."

“哦!亲爱的，你得知道，郎格太太说，租尼日斐花园的是个阔少爷，他是英格兰北部的人;听说他星期一那天，乘着一辆驷马大轿车来看房子，看得非常中意，当场就和莫理斯先生谈妥了;他要在‘米迦勒节’以前搬进来，打算下个周未先叫几个佣人来住。”

"What is his name?"

“这个人叫什么名字?”

"Bingley."

“彬格莱。”

"Is he married or single?"

“有太太的呢，还是单身汉?”

"Oh! single, my dear, to be sure! A single man of large fortune; four or five thousand a year. What a fine thing for our girls!"

“噢!是个单身汉，亲爱的，确确实实是个单身汉!一个有钱的单身汉;每年有四五千磅的收入。真是女儿们的福气!”

"How so? how can it affect them?"

“这怎么说?关女儿女儿们什么事?”

"My dear Mr. Bennet," replied his wife, "how can you be so tiresome! You must know that I am thinking of his marrying one of them."

“我的好老爷，”太太回答道，“你怎么这样叫人讨厌!告诉你吧，我正在盘算，他要是挑中我们一个女儿做老婆，可多好!”

"Is that his design in settling here?"

“他住到这儿来，就是为了这个打算吗?”

"Design! nonsense, how can you talk so! But it is very likely that he may fall in love with one of them, and therefore you must visit him as soon as he comes."

“打算!胡扯，这是哪儿的话!不过，他倒作兴看中我们的某一个女儿呢。他一搬来，你就得去拜访拜访他。”

"I see no occasion for that. You and the girls may go, or you may send them by themselves, which perhaps will be still better; for, as you are as handsome as any of them, Mr. Bingley might like you the best of the party."

“我不用去。你带着女儿们去就得啦，要不你干脆打发她们自己去，那或许倒更好些，因为你跟女儿们比起来，她们哪一个都不能胜过你的美貌,你去了，彬格莱先生倒可能挑中你呢?”

"My dear, you flatter me. I certainly have had my share of beauty, but I do not pretend to be any thing extraordinary now. When a woman has five grown up daughters, she ought to give over thinking of her own beauty."

“我的好老爷，你太捧我啦。从前也的确有人赞赏过我的美貌，现在我可有敢说有什么出众的地方了。一个女人家有了五个成年的女儿，就不该对自己的美貌再转什么念头。”

Dear Zhang Wei,

I’m glad to know that you are coming to my city during the summer vacation.

However, I’m afraid there’s some bad news. I’m planning to take part in an international conference to be held in another city during the time of your visit.

All the top scientists in my field will show up at the conference. More importantly, I’m lucky enough to have been selected to give a speech on behalf of my research team at the Conference. I really can’t miss it.

I understand that it’ll be your first time to this city and I’m your only friend here. I’ve asked my roommate to meet you at the airport, and you can stay in my room.

He is a very nice person and he will show you around the city. Hope you two will get on well and have a nice holiday!

Yours,

Li Ming