多亏了他用英语怎么说【汇总20篇】
教师节,旨在肯定教师为教育事业所做的贡献。在中国近现代史上,多次以不同的日期作为过教师节。下面是小编整理的多亏了他用英语怎么说,欢迎阅读参考。
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1000关于我的目标英语作文初中
全文共 524 字
+ 加入清单As a student, my main target is to study well and then make progress step
by step. When holiday comes, it is time for me to play, and I should be happy,
while playing all the time makes me feel empty in my heart. I have done nothing
at all. I want to do something meaningful to enrich my life. So a target is
needed for me. I set a small goal, such as, read a book, or help my mother with
her work. Everytime when I finish my target, I will feel so satisfied. The
meaningful life is to do something useful and make you feel happy.
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篇1:旅行英语词
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+ 加入清单England is the best place I’ve ever been. Everything is so beautiful. I
spent about one and a half days on the plane. When I arrived at Heathrow Airport
in London, it was evening and the GREat trip was starting. there were many
places I v is ited in London, like Big Ben, Westminster, the Tower of
London…….those are very famous.
Most of the time in the afternoon, my parents and I sat and walked in the
park. Have you seen“Notting Hill”before? the story in the movie happens in
London. the Brit is h museum, Musee de Louver and the Metropolitan Museum of art
are the three largest museums in the world. I’ve v is ited two of them. then we
left London for Cambridge, Windsor Castle, York and Stonehenge. they were
excellent . Every small town has a h is tory of one or two thousand years. there
was an art festival called“Tutto”in Edinburgh, and there were many street
players who their lives to the shows. then we went to northern Scotland. It was
dangerous! then we went back to London, and sat in the park, and the fat geese
were so cute. That journey was the nicest memory of my life. I won’t forget
it.
篇2:太阳英语作文初2
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+ 加入清单There is nothing more important in life than the sun .Without the sun all
living things on Earth would die. The sun is a star .In the sky there are
thousands of star like the sun .They are as large as the sun and as hot as the
sun .At night you can see many stars, but in day-time you can only see one star
---the sun.
The sun is much nearer to us than any other star.That is why it books like
the biggest and brightest of all the stars .The distance of the sun from the
Earth is as much as 150 million kilometres .Most of the stars are thousands of
light years away from the Earth .
Do you know what a light year is ?Nothing in the world travels faster than
light .It travels 300,000 kilometers a second .One light year is the distance
that light travels in one year .
篇3:关于成功的因素的英语
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+ 加入清单As we all known, the man who wants to be success should have a good
disposition. As the saying goes, “disposition decide to everything.” I remember
a famous motto: there are no two identical people in the world, but the success
people are similar in many ways. Exactly, good disposition is the foundation of
success. From my point of view, I deemed it success should also rely on these
factors: diligent, confident, humor. It can help us to open the door of
success.
There is no denying that diligent is the first step to the success. As the
proverb says, no pains, no gains. Absolutely, guess that a person without
diligent, how can he get achievements. Many successful people have become famous
in the world by their diligent. Therefore we should take diligence as a good
habit rather than lazy at every time.
Edison said “confident is the mother of the success. There is no doubt that
confidence is important to our daily life .If someone without confident, he will
never succeed in the end of his life. If someone trusted himself, he would
gained more chance to succeed. How could you get other’s trust if you didnt
trust yourself?
In addition, humor plays an important role in our life. It’s obvious that a
sense of humor can bring happiness to others and get involved to a group easily.
Just like my friend who is an energetic and lovely boy. The boss and staff like
him very much. Boss thinks highly of him in the company. Sometimes, we should
learn to how express humorously. A sense of humor can create unexpected
result.
From what has been mention above, a good disposition is an important factor
to our success. Therefore, how to develop a good disposition is essential.
篇4:关于失败英语作文初中
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+ 加入清单People always say in one life, they can’t be sailing plainly, it means
people will meet all kinds of difficulties and they are easy to feel frustrated,
the one who gets over frustration, the one who becomes successful. When we meet
difficulties, we must learn to face it in the optimistic way, so we can see the
hope and have the faith to move on. The difficult moment is just the small
interlude of our lives. As the saying that failure is the mother of success, so
we need to learn lessons from failure and then when the time comes, we will get
successful. Facing frustration is unavoidable, if we can handle it well, we will
win.
篇5:关于教育的英语
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+ 加入清单China, as a developing country, has a large gap compared with developed
countries. If we want to catch up with and even surpass the developed ones,
education seems important and should be given the first priority. Besides,
education seems the same important to individuals.
In modern time, when science and technology are making great progress, the
education of the work force is the most important. Moreover, many of the success
in advanced countries have demonstrated that a nations prosperity mainly
depends on the quality of its labor force, namely those who have been well
educated.
For individuals, education is the best way to improve oneself. Firstly,
its education thathelps people gain basic knowledge of the world, helping them
to distinguish what is right and wrong. Secondly, education improves ones
skills of life and work, which can make people live a good life or have
achievements in career. Finally, education brings people ability of learning and
that is the key role of education.
篇6:高二100字英语日常
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+ 加入清单I will graduate next year, now I start to worry about my future, I don’t
know what kind of job I should work on, I see the job hunting information from
the Internet, I don’t know whether I should take the chance. My teacher told me
that I need to take every chance, so that I will find what I want.
Graduate season is a sad and busy season. After four years’ study, it is
time to say goodbye to your classmates, the building of the deep relationship
makes it hard to say goodbye. At the same time, finding a job is the most
important thing for students, because they need to find their places in the
society. As there are many opportunities for graduate students, they always
don’t know how to do.
I have learned that I should take every chance when they job offer comes,
even though I need to go to a far place to get the interview and there will be
some money that I need to spend. But I will learn many things and become more
competitive.
When the opportunity comes, I will take no hesitation to seize it.
篇7:关于图书馆英语高二
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+ 加入清单This is our school library . It s openfrom 8:30 to 11:30 in the morning
and from 1:30 to 4:30 in the afternoon . It s not verylarge . It has only
three assistants and about two thousand books . The assistants are friendly and
the books are interesting . So we often come here after class . From thelibrary
, you can borrow two books at a time , and keep them for two weeks . In its
reading room , there are tables and chairs . There you can do your homework or
read the magazines .
篇8:初中电脑英语
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+ 加入清单Computer is a very useful machine. Some of them are big, but some of them
are very small .Many people like playing computer. Computer has many functions,
so that people can do a lot of things by computer, like watching movies,
listening to the music or playing games. It can make our lives very colorful and
convenient. Various people can make good use of computer. Children can use
computer to learn and play games. Parents can use computers to work. I think
computer is a kind of wonderful and interesting machine, so I like computer very
much.
篇9:中国梦英语
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+ 加入清单Many years ago, when China was poor and lagged much behind the world, a lot
of men went to California to seek for gold in the hope that they could be rich
when they returned to hometown. American dream once influenced the world and it
attracted people to realize their dreams. But today, the future is in China.
Many young people come to China to find their dreams.
Chinese economy developed very fast in the last decades, the market is full
of vitality and booming. More and more students choose to study abroad, but most
of them decide to return China to start their business, which is very different
with ten years ago. At that time, finding jobs in foreign countries was their
target. Whats more, China attracts foreigners to come and seek for cooperation,
because they know clearly that China can provide the chance they need.
Mandarin is learned by people from all around the world. The newest report
shows that more than 100 million people learn Chinese, which is the worlds
second language, and only ranks behind English. Chinese dream helps them to have
more chances.
篇10:怀念的英语作文初中
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+ 加入清单At the memory of my childhood, apart from outside the Chinese New Year
Dragon Boat Festival on a number of the most lively, and because parents are
busy job, a child usually with my grandmother to stay in the countryside
together. Dragon Boat Festival at that time to make me unforgettable.
With the usual, like the Chinese Lunar New Year, Dragon Boat Festival the
day before at night, so my grandmother will always obediently sat bedside, give
me some holiday rules, such as talking nonsense not to not allowed to eat cold
tzu not allowed with small partnership roughnot allowed to play in the water ...
... I have always been granted to his head. Grandma let me early, so that
tomorrow can have a good spirit.
Good morning, I got up early, get dressed on the first toward the kitchen,
when the grandmother has the kitchen to manage everything well, cooking up a few
bundles tied and Gui Gui leaf rope, the nothing glutinous rice lying quietly
filled a small bucket of water, like a pearl Jingying, cooking benches placed on
some of the small dishes, which containing various materials: there is peanuts,
there is red bean paste, there is meat, red pond.
So I sat eating breakfast table and watched busy grandmother.
The countryside are on both sides of the cooking, while used to boil water
while cooking to cooking and grandmother had already cleaned the duck Add big
pot, wooden ladle scoop from another pot of hot water a few dipper Add cauldron
of water, and then also carefully Add 1 tsp salt, and then Tim foci in a few
branches, it has been sitting next to me started to give my son a series
network.
Grandmother‘s hand because of the long-term labor has rough bark like a
general, but without losing dexterity, an envelope with red string woven into
the sub on.
At this point, the eggs are cooked, the grandmother picked up one of the
largest on the use of red paper red dye, and then do a clean cloth, into yard,
hanging on my neck. Then, my grandmother pocket containing seeds, candy,
peanuts, often very happy to me, because this way I can and small partners to
look at a dragon boat race.
Grandmother always put me to the gate, asked the want me to come back as
soon as possible to eat tzu. I always fell on the disappeared.
Small partners at this time are almost , and Sisters from the big head next
door, led us to the river this group watch dragon-boat race. Because of the
smaller rivers, so only two of the dragon boat, each boat has 13 individuals, 12
individuals paddle, one individual Ta and shouting slogans, One, Two, Hey Yo,
one, two, as soon as possible, 12 dark young man moves neatly划着, two dragon boat
sailed forward catch.
However, the children will know what look? We are only just a bustling Fig.
Girls in general saw a moment, we found that boring, and sat to one side from
snacks to share, boys, it is not, of their total enjoy chasing the dragon boat
race down the shore, because of the people paddling up the larger, almost every
boys who have significant traces of water splashing.
, and are perhaps a boat to the end of the bar, just things finished, stood
up, with partners go hand happily go home.
The sun is also slowly climbing the air, the kitchen has a bay leaf
fragrance, and I quickly jumped on the kitchen, the has been the major tzu. In
general, I would put that on the threshold sit tzu eat clean, and occasionally
there will be a few rice grains to eat chicken and watch the greedy big
cock-like, I was also amused ... ...
Today, even though over the Dragon Boat Festival, the mother every year
package tzu, made give my son, even though the mother‘s skill is not less than
the grandmother, but I always feel that what less.
I really miss the Dragon Boat Festival childhood ah!
篇11:老师我想对你说优秀作文
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+ 加入清单时光荏苒,白驹过隙。六年的小学时光转眼间就流逝了,我们从天真可爱的儿童,变成了意气风发的少年。
抬头望望您,您依然与往常一样,瞪大着眼睛,仔细地圈出了同学们作业本上的每一个错别字,找出了每一个病句,然后又耐心地给我们讲解作业中的错误。日夜操劳,您的额头上爬满了皱纹;粉笔的灰尘,已经把您的青丝染成白发。每次看到这样的一幕,我的心里就像打翻了的五味瓶,酸甜苦辣麻俱全,很不是滋味,因为我们在李老师的关心下一天天茁壮地成长,而您却因我们的年幼无知而不再年轻,渐渐老去。
谢谢您,李老师!是您引领我们在知识的海洋中尽情遨游,是您,让我们懂得了怎样做人;是您,化解了同学之间的矛盾,让我们明白了同学之间应该团结和友爱……也是您,让我的朗读水平提高了那么多。
您知道吗,在二年我第一次听您朗读课文时,我就想:老师的声音那么好听,我什么时候才能读得这么好呢?于是,我不断努力,不断模仿,也渐渐学会了声情并茂、激情昂扬地朗读。三年级时,您让我读一篇课文,一篇描写秋天的散文,我读的时有些紧张,生怕读错了一个字,一个词。但是您用肯定和鼓励的眼神告诉我:别紧张,慢慢来,你一定可以的!于是,我的心平静下来,读得也更投入了,就这样,我结束了自己的朗读,当我坐下后,我听到了雷鸣般的掌声……正是从那以后,我信心十足,而您也总是有意识地给了我许多机会。李老师,真的很谢谢您!我们的每一点成绩,都凝聚着您的心血和汗水,我们的每一点进步,都离不开您的帮助和教诲。您是无私奉献的红烛,您是辛勤的园丁,您是我们心目中最好的老师!五年来的学习生活正是因为您的陪伴才那么快乐充实!
篇12:关于生活英语作文高3
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+ 加入清单Do you think what is the most important in your life? Maybe some answers
are dreams. I may directly answer “lovers”.
In my opinion, lovers not simply mean your partner of life, but the people
you love: your parents, husband or wife, children and friends. I have a happy
life because of their company. I even can’t imagine the life without them.
My mum told me” money is not as important as you think, you neednt think
too highly of it. Don’t be greedy, my girl.” I got it. Person around us is the
most important. If they are unhappy, you won’t be happy. There is many beautiful
scenery in our life, however, the most important thing we should notice is that,
without the people we love, they worth nothing.
In reality, many people are chasing wealth which results to the ignorance
of people around them. Obviously, its not a brilliant choice. Don’t’ be
controlled by wealth or money. About life , this is my idea, what’s about
yours?
篇13:春节初中英语作文100字
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+ 加入清单Chinese New Year starts with the new moon on the first day of the new year
and ends on the the full days later. In china,people regard Spring Festival as
the most important thing.People studied and worked throughout the year.No matter
how far and how busy, they must do their best to go back home.Thats a tradition
and now becoming a habit. During this time,transport is extremely busy.Although
the way is difficult,it cant reduce the urgent feeling of going home.I cant
describe this feeling,only the people that experienced it can
understand.Actually,on one hand,people miss their family,and they need to get
comfort in the family.On the other hand,getting together is a symbol of
blessedness and auspiciousness.People in other country dont have this
consciousness that going home is necessary.For example,American could celebrate
the Christmas in everywhere they like or with anybody.This diversity is
occasioned by different culture between two countries.
On Spring festivals eve,the whole family prepare the dinner.Of
course,dumplings is essential.In the
evening,family members always sit at the television and watch Spring
Festival Gala.At 0:00,people set off firecrackers and fireworks,at the same
time,children pay New Year,s call to old people.The old people give money to the
children as a lunar new year gift.Usually,people stay up late or all night.
On lunar New Years Day, the Chinese family eat vegetarian dumplings which
imply they will plain and neat in this year. People change their new
clothes,this stands for a new beginning.Next,people visit relatives with some
gifts.The second day is son-in-laws festival,the husband and married women
visit their side of the family.In a word,Chinese attach great importance to
Spring Festival.
篇14:有关规则英语作文高中
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+ 加入清单Nowadays, smart phone has been part of our life. We can see people lowing
down their heads and playing smart phones all the time. When people are walking
on the street, the traffic regulations are no longer their first concern. It is
so dangerous for them to keep their attention on the phone. Dutch officers
figured out a new rule to let people realize the traffic lights. On the ground,
the traffic light can be seen. What a smart idea. When people are watching smart
phones, they can see the lights, too. At the same time, we need to think about
the problem that whether our life is controlled by the technology.
篇15:大学生就业英语作文100字
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+ 加入清单More and more college students, in recent years, are finding it difficult
to find jobs. This may sound strange since college students used to be the "most
favored" people in society. They have received a higher education, hence they
are more intelligent, knowledgeable than their counterparts who failed to attend
college. But chances are that some of them can hardly find jobs after graduating
from colleges.
There are two reasons that account for this strange phenomenon. One is that
some college students cannot come to terms with themselves and with the world
around them. They pursue too high goals and are too particular about such
factors as working conditions, salary, and so on. Therefore, they are reluctant
to accept the job when they are offered to them. Another reason is that the
majors some students pursue do not match with the demands of the job market. As
a result, they canonly sit and miss opportunities.
To solve this problem, I think college students should know their own
strengths and weaknesses and have the right attitude towards themselves and the
job vacancies. In addition, they should not attach too much importance to
material aspects of the job. They should put priority to their future
development and their contributions to society in stead. Furthermore, they
should think of receiving some further training to meet the demands of
society.
篇16:读书英语作文初4
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+ 加入清单Take a cup of tea and fetch a book, the house is full of Aton Johns
vicissitudes of singing, calm down and enjoy this rare leisure time.
Heavy heat from the fragrant tea, flicking my cheeks, itchy, but I cant
take care of it, because I was devoted to the book...
The book has a different position in everyones heart. People who have a
desire for knowledge think that the book is a dinner, especially needed; for
some people who are busy with work, it is a pack of snacks. Some energy...
The book is a snack type in my mind. It is for my entertainment. Of course,
I can supplement and broaden my knowledge while I am busy. It made me appreciate
Qin Wenjuns humor, Guo Jingmings romance, and Zhang Xiaoxians faint sorrow. The
book gives me a huge vocabulary and gives me a deeper understanding of
literature: literature is not the boring articles in "textbooks". Literature can
be funny and humorous, literature can be romantic and beautiful, and literature
can also be pretentious.
From the thin "good children" in childhood to the thick "junior literature
and art", from the interesting "Andersens fairy tale" to the endless aftertaste
of "The Dream of the Red Chamber", I also understand the value of various books.
After reading some campus novels, I feel that there is a lot of excitement.
After a few months, I basically have no impression. But classical literature can
not only increase your literary culture, but also learn some incomprehensible
ancient poetry. Wouldn’t it be fun?
篇17:中秋节英语
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+ 加入清单Happy Mid-autumn Day
Today is Mid-autumn Day. I have a big meal at home with my parents and
relatives. This is an important festival, so my mother was busy with preparing
the dinner from morning. She bought a lot of foods for the dinner. We ate the
dinner at 5:30 p.m.. The dinner was very delicious. I was so full. After dinner,
we went to theHongTingParkto enjoy the glorious full moon. There were many
people in the park.We talked to each other and strangers. Of course, the moon
cake was essential. We had a great night there.
今天是中秋节,我同父母和亲戚一起吃了一顿大餐。这是一个重要的节日,所以我妈妈从早到晚都在忙着准备晚饭。她买了很多的食物做晚餐。我们傍晚五点半吃晚饭,晚饭很好吃,我吃得很饱。晚饭过后,我么去红亭公园赏满月。公园里有很多人,不管认识与否,我们互相交谈。当然,月饼是必不可少的。我们在那度过了愉快的夜晚。
篇18:关于疫情的英语优秀作文
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+ 加入清单背影有大有小,有悲伤也有不舍的。最让我感动的是2020年白衣天使们逆行的背影。
There are big and small back, there are sad and reluctant. What moved me
most is the back of the angels in white in 2020.
新的一年来了……以往的春节都是热热闹闹的,大街小巷都挤满了人,超市、菜场更是人山人海,每个角落都能听到人们的笑声。
The new year is coming In the past, the Spring Festival was full of bustle,
streets and alleys were full of people, supermarkets and vegetable farms were
even more crowded, people could hear peoples laughter in every corner.
可今年的年却没有了年的样子,新型冠状病毒来到我们的身边,破坏了热闹非凡的春节和无忧无虑的假期。
Novel coronavirus came to our side light of heart from care and the
carefree holiday.
新型冠状病毒长得像一个皇冠,因此得名。他就像一个高傲无知的国王,把人们都锁在家里,不能出去。
The novel coronavirus is named after a crown. He was like a proud and
ignorant king who locked people in his home and could not go out.
疾风知劲草,大浪现英雄。钟南山爷爷带领着医护队研究药品,李兰娟奶奶也为此疫情做出了极大的贡献。一方有难,八方支援。无数医护人员听到消息纷纷从四面八方赶往武汉支援。
The wind knows the grass, the waves show the hero. Grandpa Zhong Nanshan
led the medical team to study drugs, and Grandma Li Lanjuan also made a great
contribution to the epidemic. If one side is in trouble, support from all sides.
Countless medical staff rushed to Wuhan from all directions to support when they
heard the news.
每当在新闻中看到白衣天使们穿着7层厚厚的防护服时,我都想对他们说一句:谢谢,你们辛苦了!在密不透风的防护服里,医者们大汗淋漓。他们几乎没有休息时间,因为他们还要争分夺秒从死神手里夺回病人的生命。
Whenever I see angels in white wearing 7 thick protective clothing in the
news, I want to say to them: Thank you, youve worked hard! In the airtight
protective clothing, the doctors are sweating profusely. They have little rest
time because they have to fight against the clock to take the patients life
back from death.
我希望这次没有硝烟的战争早日结束。白衣天使们,你们辛苦了!
I hope the war will be over as soon as possible. Angels in white, you work
hard!
篇19:小学一年级英语作文600字
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+ 加入清单英语念起来干枯无聊,我偶尔往前面望去,有一排同学没事可做,竟然搞起敢死队的工作——在英语老师的眼皮子底下看漫画书,晕。更为巧合的是――竟然都是坐在一排的人!怀疑是不是串通好了的呢。
敢死队员1号:小心翼翼型
这位队员一边看着书,一边虎视耽耽地望着老师。瞧,他刚翻一页,就抬头看看老师,接着又翻一页,然后有抬头望望老师,这样重复循环,真不知道他把内容看进去没有。看见老师的目光没有扫向他,他赶紧抓住机会连翻几页,然后突然抬头,盯着老师。
敢死队员2号:动作怪怪型
这位队员可有点怪了,看着书,一会儿掏掏鼻子,一会儿打打哈欠,一会儿摸摸耳朵,一副惟恐天下不乱的样子,好像不让老师发现他的举动就不甘心似的,真是个怪人。
敢死队员3、4号:谈天说地型
这两位同学有些不把老师放在眼里了,边看书边聊天。我隐隐约约听见他们说冒险岛OL,说漫画内容,说小说,说娱乐咨询,就连老师和同学的目光扫向他们,也无济于事。
敢死队员5号:边学边看型
这位同学好像有些明白学习的重要性,看了几分钟的书,马上立起来听老师的讲课。课上一半时,老师为了扫查班上的敢死队,把同学们一个叫起一个问问题。这下可让这群敢死队员们开始惶恐不安了,他们连书都顾不着看呢。而这位队员呢,看一会儿就学学,这一招算是对他的MISS了。
敢死队员6号:理直气壮型
这位同学可是班上的霸王级分子了(注:别乱想,不是我啊),他可是一人之下,几十人之上,谁敢对他不敬,他的落雷马上就落在你头上了,(注:我已经欠了他3顿打了,要不是我能帮他弄电脑作业,我早就魂飞天了)因此每人敢告发他。不知是她的好运还是老师放水,他这样看了一堂课,竟然都没半点被批评,真太不公平了!!
谁知道,老师从天而降,为了抓住敢死分子,居然来个背后突袭,到所有座位后边地毯式搜索。5名敢死队员唰地一声,在同一时间内放下书,装起乖乖。只有敢死队员6号稳如泰山,而老师的目光明明瞄准了他,可老师却好像在放水一样,竟纵容他在自己眼皮子底下活动,真气死人了!而其他5位的敢死队员便无机可乘,只好乖乖停课,唯独6号占了便宜。
篇20:怀念的英语作文初中
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+ 加入清单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.