mid autumn festival英语作文初三通用20篇

某英文报社正就青少年与父母关系这一话题开展题为How to keep a good relationship with parents的征文活动。请你根据以下要点，写一篇英语短文参加此次活动。

要点：

1.父母规矩太多，过于强调学习成绩，不理解自己等问题；

2.你对这些问题的看法；

3.你与父母保持良好关系的做法。

【优秀满分范文】

How to keep a good relationship with parents

In my opinion, I have too many rules at home. My parents never allow me to go out with my friends at night. They don’t allow me to choose my own clothes, either. And they pay too much attention to my exam results. I think my parents don’t quite understand me.

However, I try my best to understand them. Although they don’t allow me to make my own decisions and give me too much presure, I know that it is because they really love me and want me to have a bright future.

In order to keep a good relationship with my parents, I study hard and listen to them. I talk with them as friends, and always tell them my troubles. I also help them do some housework.

As the saying goes, "not a true man unless he comes to the Great Wall".

When I was small, I know there is a Chinese building called the Great Wall. So I

very want to go to there to see. Finally, when I was three years old, my father

and mother took me to the Great Wall.

Far see the Great Wall, it is like a huge dragon, hovering in the numerous

mountain. Its ups and downs, and sometimes hidden in the mountains, and

sometimes jumped out from the mountains, like surf on the roller.

Father hold me, go up along the steep steps, I looked at the Great Wall, it

is hard to find a flat place, all of them are steep, slope, the steps of each

slope and the steps of the joint has a tower. These towers like past a huge,

magnificent castle.

People mountain people sea, climbing to the Great Wall. In the photo and

the Great Wall, magnificent in praise of the Great Wall, people say: "well, the

badaling Great Wall really real!" And enjoy the beautiful scenery. Even the

foreigners come to China to see the beauty of the Great Wall. Looking down from

the Great Wall, the rolling mountains, reflected in our eyes, pieces of thick

forests and maturity, endless.

The Great Wall is built with large stone and ChengZhuan, tall and strong,

the walls covered with square brick, square brick is flat and level. Outside the

wall along the lines of "window" and the "gap".

The Great Wall, it is the world famous great buildings.

Water is very important for us. We must drink water everyday. We can’t live without water. Water is everywhere around us. At home, we use water to wash clothes, to wash dishes, to cook rice, to clean the flat, to have showers, to make drinks, to clean our teeth, to have a bath and so on. At work, people use water to put out fires, to grow vegetables, to make things in factories and so on. We also can swim in the sea. Water is important for us, isn’t it?

A poem:

Water has no taste at all.

Water has no color.

Water’s in the waterfall.

The pump.

The tap.

The well.

Water is everywhere around us.

Water is in the rain.

In the stream.

In the pond.

And in the river.

And in the sea again.

There isn’t much water on the earth. we must to save it. It is not inexhaustible.

It is very valuable.

导语：狗,作为人类最亲密的伙伴之一,对主人可谓是忠心耿耿,自古就有忠诚的美名。下面是yuwenmi小编为大家整理的英语作文，欢迎阅读与借鉴，谢谢!

Last year, my father bought a lovely pet for me. She has four white paws and a white and yellow tail. She has two small ears, two green eyes and eight whiskers on her face. Her name is Sally and she is one year old.

Do you know what it is? A cat? Yes, it is a cat. She has very short fur and she is quite small. She weighs about 2 kilograms. She is usually very friendly and quiet. We never frighten her or pull her tail or ears. She likes walking around me and playing with me.

If she is hungry, she will miaow. Usually, she eats food from a tin, but her favorite food is fish. She likes juice if it is not too cold. She likes to chase and catch mice and sometimes she plays with butterflies. Sally often plays with balls and pieces of string. She does not like dogs and she hates the rain. She likes sitting on the sofa and watching TV.

Sally is a very good friend, but she is quite lazy! She never worries because we take good care of her. She is always a happy cat.

【参考译文】

去年，我的父亲买了一个可爱的宠物我。她有四个白色的爪子和白色和黄色的尾巴。她有两个小耳朵，两个绿色的眼睛和八个胡须在她的脸上。她的名字是莎莉和她一岁。

你知道是什么吗? 一只猫?是的，这是一只猫。她有很短的毛皮和她是相当小。她的体重约2公斤。她平时很友好，环境安静。我们从来不吓唬她还是拉她的尾巴或耳朵。她喜欢走在我身边和我一起玩。

如果她是饿了，她会咪。通常情况下，她吃的食物从锡，但她最喜欢的食物是鱼。她喜欢的果汁，如果它不太冷。她喜欢追逐和捕捉老鼠有时她与蝴蝶玩。莎莉经常玩弄球和串片。她不喜欢狗，她讨厌下雨。她喜欢坐在沙发上，看电视。

萨利是一个很好的朋友，但她还是比较懒惰!她从来不担心，因为我们把她照顾好。她始终是一个快乐的猫。

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这是04年某省的中考题目：根据美国朋友Bob来信的内容写一篇英文回信。

Dear friend,

亲爱的朋友，

Hello, Im your new friend. My name is [ename]Bob[/ename]. Im fifteen. Im American. I live in New York.

你好，我是你的新朋友。我的名字叫鲍勃，我十五岁，是美国人，我住在纽约。

I am a middle school student. Im good at maths. It is very interesting. My favourite sport is basketball. And I am not only a basketball fan but also a good player. I like music. My friend and I often sing pop songs together.

我是一个初中生，我擅长数学，它很有趣。我最喜欢的运动是篮球，我不仅仅是一个篮球迷，也是一个很好的选手。我喜欢音乐，我经常跟我的朋友一起唱流行歌曲。

After school, I am interested in getting on-line. I have known a lot about China from the Internet. Now I am learning Chinese. I hope I will visit your country one day.

放学之后，我喜欢上网，通过网络，我了解了很多关于中国的事情，现在我在学汉语，我希望有一天能去你的国家游览。

Please write to me and tell me something about your life. I am looking forward to hearing from you.

请给我回信说说你的生活吧，我期待着你的来信。

[关于初三英语作文的范例：英语书信

In the present society, with the exploration of human needs, pursuit and desire, human beings have pushed the life together. But most people can not follow the evolution of the joint, will feel the pressure of life, to the life of the roll!

Dont always want to finish much more work than you can do, because one day, you will feel depressed because of less work done than planned. Only to increase your own pressure. You should try to improve this situation now. Relying on your own ability to complete the workload, so that you will not be disappointed by the completion of the work that is less than the plan. People should hold this kind of mentality: do one thing no matter what, because of difficult to achieve perfection, in the work, to show their talent, to play their own potential, not because of the existence of self humble causal work.

In the final analysis, in the final analysis is to survive, in order to meet the needs of life! That is to meet the desires of the individual!

I think all the origin is a place of "common human heart"! It can dilute the evolution and sublimation of all of you! What do you think of it, what is it! Oh, can make you a lifetime of pain, also can let the happy life! As long as we do it, how to live through share it, how to drive it, only you can clear direction, you need to test your life infiltration surrounding environment to identify and travel!

If you have to accept the truth, what has happened cant be changed. No matter what you do wrong, you turn it into a small thing, hehe, relative to life is just a small thing. Let it be the story of the past, it can also be a lesson to remember! But you must remember that the unfortunate story must not be allowed to play again. Do not weigh anything to life, everything is a thing of life, life is not brought, death does not go. Its not worth doing that, only you know the best. For things to take it up and put it down, can take temporary setbacks. Looking for a best balance point to carry to scratch your heart, with the "lost" to do the balance! You will lose, lose win, gain and loss, loss is too lazy to human survival interlocking protocol is! You can never keep off the saturation state, is a new idea, the pursuit of!

You cant be too greedy, everything is just a passing traveller. A flower world, you have to take its process, use it to dilute your life for a period of time, it can not be two days in the world is the same. You have to know that everything will have the precious and unreflux time of your life, and dont have too much demand, and you cant overdo yourself too much. All things have a moderate, more than moderate you will be troubled by the outside world, natural will become a load! To learn "know Stop" "contentment". How to release pressure, relieve pressure, and more importantly, how to relieve pressure, alleviate the need for a certain process, everything is how you do it, so as to ease the pressure in your heart. Other people are only the role of guidance, so you do what you like, what you should do!

初一第一学期刚开学，教室前门就进来一位中等个子，披散着一头又直又长头发的女教师。上下一打量，25岁左右，个子1米55左右。她一进门就用英文介绍了一下自己！我立刻就意识到她就是我们的英语老师！她在介绍过程中说了这么一句我很荣幸能和你们成为师生，不过我对你们在学习英语这一方面提一个要求：我希望你们能认真听好每一节英语课，做好该做的笔记，能做到课前预习课后复习。这句话着实把我们全班都镇住了。第一印象：严格！还没正式上课就已经如此严格要求我们听课，那以后上课不就谁也不敢往下想

不久后发现，她不仅是我们班的英语老师，她也是隔壁七班的班主任！我有点害怕了，不知做班主任的她会不会更凶、更严格？

可是时间久了却发现，实际上并不是我们以为的那样。我们都觉得她是那么的亲切、容易交流

她上课时，会弄得全班同学都哈哈大笑，因为她会时不时用上几句现代用语。虽然这些都是我们经常说，但是从一个英语老师嘴里说出来，难免会有些别扭。我们之间的距离感一下子就消失了，反而，亲切感一下子就增进了！比如她反复强调的某些东西时，都强调了至少10遍了就会成了她的口头禅！这还没什么，到后来演变成100遍、N遍；最后递进到N+1遍。她在我心目中的我的第一好印象——亲切、滑稽、是个好老师，便彻底被抹杀掉了。

平时课堂上，她经常让我们听写、考试、玩游戏等等不像班主任那样，一进来准没好事——不停在传授一些人生大道理给我们。语文老师抱着书不是听写，就是背书。她每次都会说一些连班主任都不太懂的人生哲理的、感人的文章给我们听，有时还会说笑话，即使是不好笑，她自己也会乐成一团。

有一天下午的英语课，打了上课铃之后班里仍是像炸了锅一样热闹：吵架的、打架的、嬉笑的、K歌的，应有尽有，无所不有。我正奇怪英语老师为什么还没来？突然间发觉班上顿时鸦雀无声，我好奇的望望门口，发现英语老师就站立在教室门口。一同来的，还有班主任。班主任宣布了放学后全班站到6点，再吵就站到7点的圣旨后生气地朝办公室走去。我们在下面后悔已经来不及了，因为我们班主任从来都是说话算数的。同时也深感不服，我根本没吵到，凭什么要我陪他们留到6点，我越想越不服气，最后还是决定暂时不追究她，先认真上课再说。

我刚回过神来，忽然发现英语老师已经站在我的身边。我立刻打起十二分精神！过了一会儿，她说：其实今天的事我也有责任。我来晚了。可是大家真的很乱，我一路走过来，别的班都很安静地上课、自习，最吵最乱就是你们班了那好吧，我也要为这件事负点责任，我也陪你们站，大家谁都别坐了，好吗？她严肃的表情上找不到任何的虚伪迹象，我们都为之感动，就差流泪了。结果那个晚上，她真的一边管七班的纪律一边陪我们罚站，不停地在我们班和七班两个班之间走来走去，因为我们班和七班的教室刚好捏在一起！那天晚上她一直都没坐下过。我们看见她如此辛苦的陪着我们，谁也没好意思偷懒，就凭她的那番话和行为，我愿意站十个晚上来奉还。

教过我的英语老师甚至是所有老师中，她的确是教得最好且最能拉近与学生之间距离的一个。翻开我们的英语作业本，你会发现，每个人的本上每天都会有一个大大的评分：A+！

你们都是我的学生，你们在我心目中都没有优差之分，我对待我的每一个学生都是一视同仁的。只要你肯学，我都会卖力地教育你们！——这就是她的教学方式。

老师，你不仅是我见过最好的英语老师，也是我们的良师益友。我相信，在我初中三年内，有您与我同行，我的英语成绩一定会更上一层楼！

初中英语作文:初三英语作文Sports

Sports do us good in many respects. It goes without saying that taking exercises can build up our physical strength. In collective sports like basketball, volleyball, or football, we will learn the importance of cooperation. While taking part in sports game, we will try our best to win and arouse ourselves the competitive spirit. Sports can also help us relax after a period of exhausting work. However, as the saying goes, "there are two sides to everything", and sports is without exception. We may hurt other players or ourselves if we are not careful enough when participating in sports activities. Whats more, excessive or severe training can do harm to our health.

My participation in sports tells me that sports can make us healthy both physically and psychologically. It is also a good way for people to know each other and can promote friendship between people. So long as we are carefully enough, sports can do us nothing but good.

曾经，当我还是默默无闻的中等生时，我是多么渴望友谊，因为有了朋友，我就有了倾诉的对象，就会有人与我一同分担，可没有，没有人在意我。我于是便在堕落的边缘徘徊。但那一次，升学考出乎意料的优秀，使我拼了命的向前，因为我要为升学考负责，我要做出一番成绩。于是，便有了如今的我。如今的我，终于实现了当初的愿望，终于有了梦寐以求的朋友，终于不再孤单，也终于找到了曾经陌生的两个字眼，友谊。在经历了风风雨雨，我再回头的某一瞬间，才发现友谊离我的距离是零;朋友，正与我手牵着手……

Once, when I was still unknown to the public of the students, how I longed for friendship, because friends, I have to talk to the object, will have to share, and I can not, no one cares about me. I then in the fall around the edge. But at that time, the entrance exam exceeding ones expectations outstanding, make my life forward, because I want to be responsible for the entrance exam, I want to make a mark. Thus, there is a person I am today. Now of I, finally realized the original desire, finally had a dream of friends, finally no longer alone, finally found the two words have strange, friendship. After a moment of groundless talk, I looked back, only to find friendship from my distance is zero; friends, with my hands......

过去的经历锻炼了我，是我能真正地重视友谊，也害怕着有一天，我退步了，朋友也成了敷衍自己的工具，想到这，我又只能发疯似的往前冲，绝不能让友谊转瞬即逝!没想到，我会为了友谊付出一切，没想到。

The past I exercise, I can really pay attention to friendship, is also afraid that one day, my friend has become worse, with their own tools, come to think of it, I was crazy to go forward, never let the friendship fleeting! Unexpectedly, I will give everything to friendship, did not think of.

This morning, my father took me to school by bike. I sat at the back of the bike, eating abanana. After I ate it up, I threw the skin onto the street randomly. No sooner had I done thisthan I realized that I had done something bad to our environment. And maybe someone wouldstep on it and tumbleover. I must pick it up. Thinking of these, I asked father to stop. I jumpedoffthe bike and ran back to pick up the banana skin and threw it into a roadside dustbin. Seeingthis, father praised me and I felt very happy.

In future I will protect the surroundings more consciously and think more about others.

上学路上

今天早晨，爸爸骑车带我去上学。我坐在后车座上，吃着香蕉。吃完后，我顺手将香蕉皮扔到了街上。我马上意识到我的所作所为破坏了我们的环境，或许有人会踩在上面而跌倒，我必须把它拾起来。想到这些，我让爸爸停车。我跳下自行车，跑回去拾起香蕉皮，并扔到了路边的垃圾箱里。看到这些，爸爸表扬了我。我感到很高兴。

将来我要更自觉地保护周围的环境，更多地为他人着想。

Ill never forget you and our co-experience in the classroom or in our shool playground.

Although we may go to a diffferent school and will have diferent teachers and classmates,I believe that our friendship will not fade at all just because of our separation.

Every one must have his own life and there is no friends that can be together forever,only what can defend the time is the most cherished friendship that belongs to us all.

Faced with the separation,we dont need to be sad as we know we will live a wonderful life in a new and unknown place,maybe when you get some excellent achievments,I truly believe that I will be the first man to be told and I will be the first man to send congratulation to you.

Best wishes for you!

Ah! Christmas morning! Children like to wake up early while its still dark and sneak(蹑手蹑脚) into the living room to check the presentsfind any with their names on it, shake them to guess whats inside, and then maybe theyll go back to bed and pretend they are still asleep when their parents come to wake them with a Merry Christmas!

But almost no one I know gets completely dressed or eats a regular breakfast on Christmas morning. They just put on robes(长袍) or wear their pajamas(睡衣) and go to see whats under the Christmas tree. Some Christian families have a tradition of reading the Bible story of Jesus birth. Maybe its to remind(提醒) the children that Christmas is Jesus birthday.

Someone will begin to take the presents out from under the tree, see whose name is on the package, and then pass them around. Some families wait until all the presents have been given out before opening any of them, while others open each one as it comes to them. There are many thank you to the ones who gave the gifts. New clothes are tried on to see if they are fit, and of course the most interesting toys will immediately be played with.

Usually among the Christmas gifts will be some especially delicious candy or cake or cookies which everyone tastes. These sweet things may be the only breakfast many people eat on Christmas morning. After the gifts have been opened, the room will be tidied up except where the children are playing with their toys. Everyone will wash and get dressed for the day.

[精选初三英语作文：Christmas Day

人人都会遇到困难，当遇到困难时，有人说：“我胆小，不敢面对困难，只会逃跑。”也有人说：“我不怕，敢于面对困难，勇往直前。”我也遇到过困难，我是这样做的：

Everyone will encounter difficulties, when in trouble, some people said: "I am timid, dare to face the difficulties, will escape." Some people say: "I am not afraid, dare to face a difficulty, march forward courageously." I have also experienced difficulties, I will do so:

在我练习扬琴时，开始时，每次都感觉头痛，有时还打哈欠，不想练琴，总想出去玩。渐渐地，我明白了，如果我认真练琴，就能上台表演，于是我渐渐认真专心起来，结果我进步很大，我自己也很有成就感，老师也表扬我进步很大，这说明我克服了困难。

Starting in my practice, dulcimer, always feel a headache, sometimes also yawn, do not want to play, always want to go out to play. Gradually, I understand, if I earnestly practicing, you can perform on stage, so I gradually seriously, result I made a great progress, I also have a sense of achievement, the teacher praised me great progress, this shows that I have overcome difficulties.

还有一次，我在“快乐大本营”爬网时，当爬到中间时，我感觉自己没有力气，爬不动了。当我打算放弃时，这时妈妈说：“儿子，我相信你能成功的。”妈妈的话给了我力量，使我最终鼓起了勇气，爬上了最高点。当我站在最高点时，我感觉很自豪。

Another time, I in the "happy camp" crawl, when the climb up the middle, I felt no strength, climb. When I intend to give up, and the mother said: "son, I believe you can succeed." Mothers words gave me strength, so I finally plucked up the courage, climbed up to the highest point. When I stand on the peak, I feel very proud.

通过这两件事，我明白了：面对困难时，只要克服自己，勇往直前，就能取得最后的胜利。

Through these two things, I understand: the face of difficulties, as long as to overcome their own, march forward courageously, will win the final victory.

Recently,people come to realize how much grain we wasted every year. And everyone is called on to join a program,called "GuangpanXingdong",which requires people to eat up all our food.

As for me,i think its a extremely good idea to follow.And there are lots of things we can do to contribute our efforts to it.For example,when we go out for dinner,we can just order as much food as we can eat to make sure little will be wasted.Of course if we really cant eat up our food,its also ok to take it home,so we can eat it later.Besides,once we have a chance to have meals with other people,who dont realize the importance,we can explain what the program is for and persuade them from wasting food.

Some may question whether the campaign have any effect,but,i think ,one thing we should keep in mind is that no matter what a small effort we make,it do make a difference.

Today is Labor Day I wanted sleepy of the problems may depend on how in bed together after a while do not want to mother and father ran hastily from which my father said He Shan and I want your mother to buy a big market Guangcai furniture at home idle you nothing you do for a long time on the work you did not clean your room on ah finished cleaning your room left.

Fathers work, then how can pyronaridine I do not sound lazy to climb up to wash clothes brush it started cleaning the garbage I have to say about a good clean-up to blame the sorry though I am a girl but the room was indeed a public In fact, the landfill vice table I put things out of the room to have a short while into the living room sofa table are filled with things I used Then I put the cloth to clean the table a second time to I have lived for half a table wiping the sweat as well as silk, such as rain fell like a short while, after all, summer is coming so hot on my hand wiped sweat not continue to the table that I am now seriously discredited it So the every corner of the floor had become dirty clean call me a bum sitting on the bed followed by breathing only clean up the garbage on the line out of the room worked hard in my finally clean.

Although I am very tired but neat room, I watched very happy!

This years summer vacation, my whole family went to a lot of fun and interesting places to play, we went to purdue village, Beijing amusement park, military museum... Such fun and interesting place, I feel happy time always soon, this years summer vacation I had a very happy, so happy I will feel light always pass quickly.

This year our whole family to the military museum, the summer vacation to a museum, saw three soldiers made of wax, they look like special spirit, navy, air force, army land. Beside a few dark green, tanks, tank in front of a plane. The floor has a pistol, torpedoes, knife, etc.

Although the father goes on a business trip now but the good memories still remain in my heart.

今年的暑假，我们全家人去了好多好玩又有趣的地方玩，我们去了普渡山庄，北京游乐园，军事博物馆……等好玩又有趣的地方，我觉得快乐的时光总是过的很快，今年的暑假我过得很快乐，所以我才会觉得快乐光总是过得很快。

今年的暑假我们全家有去军事博物馆，进了博物馆之后，就看到三个用蜡做的军人，他们的样子特别精神，分别是海军、空军、陆地军。旁边有几辆深绿色的坦克，坦克的前面有一架飞机。上面的几楼都有手枪、鱼雷、刀等。

虽然现在爸爸出差了但那美好的回忆还是留在我心里。

I always feel tired after eight classes a day, so my dream school starts at 8:30 a.m. and ends at 3:30 p.m. There are three lessons in the morning and two in the afternoon. We can choose our favorite lessons to learn. We can spend more time doing some outside reading. The students do after-school activities for one and a half hours every day. We needn’t do a lot of homework. We are all happy to stay at school.

Besides that, my dream school looks like a big garden. There are many kinds of flowers around the modern buildings. Sweet perfumes are diffused all around. If I want to have a rest, I can lie on the grass, listen to music by the lake or look out at the flowers from the classroom windows.

The teachers here are kind and helpful. They are not only our teachers but also our good friends. The students are polite and friendly. We all know how to keep our school clean and tidy. There is no litter around the campus.

I love my dream school. We will grow up to be happier there.

Thanks for your letter. I’m very funny to receive your letter.

I started to learn chinese when I was a baby. I think it’s very difficult at that time. But I speak chinese well when I grow up. I will give you some advice. You could study chinese by reading aloud. And you could listen to music to learn chinese. You can watch chinese movies to improve your chinese.

I hope you will improve your chinese soon.

[How to learn Chinese初三英语作文

“When I was young, I’d listen to the radio….” I heard a beautiful song called “Yesterday Once More”. I really want the past to come back like it does in the song.

When I was a little girl, I was very happy. I could watch TV. Every day, I watched cartoons. They were very interesting. I could play many games with my friends. We often flew kites and climbed the hills. I also could cry loudly and laugh happily. Life was free and easy. I didn’t worry about my lessons and there was nothing unpleasant.

But they have all gone. Now I’m in Grade Three. I have lots of trouble. I have a lot of homework to do. I have no time to play or watch TV! I have to spend a lot of time on subjects. I must try my best to study well. I really feel very tired. I want to sleep all day, but I know that no pains, no gains.

“It’s yesterday once more. Looking back, every sha la, la, la, every wo, wo, still shines….”

[2017初三英语作文YesterdayOnceMor

I think smiling is as important as sunshine. Smiling is like sunshine because it can make people happy and have a good day. If you aren’t happy, you can smile, and then you will feel happy. Someone may say, “But I don’t feel happy.” Then I would say, “Please smile as you do when you are happy or play with your friends happily. You will really be happy again.”

You don’t like crying, right? So you must prefer smiling, because you know smiling will let people forget everything unhappy. Every day, we see teachers or students and say, “Hi/Hello! How are you?” At the same time, you are smiling, right?

Smiling can let you have more friends. With a smile, people will know you’re a kind person. They will talk with you, so you will have more and more friends.

So I say, smiling is like a flower, the sunshine, warmth. It will give you happiness.

That was a morning in the early of June. I took a bus to my school in the suburb which was surrounded by rice paddies and ponds. The sky was gray with the gloomy clouds congregating gradually along the far eastern horizon. "There must be a heavy rain soon." I spoke to myself.

When I hurried into the classroom, the sky, gray before, was shrouded now by black clouds, darken to twilight, I felt quite stuffy, while it was quite calm, without wind. I saw the leaves of trees and grass static, which seem to await something tohappen. Several minutes later, I saw the lightening split the clouds and heard the thunders following. Suddenly, the curtain of rain fell and the wind blew. soon the grass flattened under the wind and the rain. With the rain forming like a fog, the sky became bright. I took several deep breathes. I felt comfortable.

The heavy rain lasted three hours and stopped when the class was over. The air was so fresh and the sky was so clear. I felt like a new man myself.