英语万能作文范文带翻译(最新20篇)

It is quite usual that one meets failures, for ones life can never be

plain sailing. However, different people hold different attitudes towards

failure. Some people think it a heavy blow to fail in achieving something and

they can not endure failure. When they meet failure, they will be seriously

dejected and can never pluck up their courage to try again.

遇到失败这是很平常，因为人的生命不可能一帆风顺。然而，不同的人对失败持有不同的态度。获取某些东西失败对有些人来说是一个沉重的打击，他们不能承受失败。当他们失败，他们将非常的沮丧并且不能鼓起勇气再试一次。

However, others think it natural to meet failures in ones career.

Therefore, they are psychologically prepared. When they meet failures, they will

not be frustrated. Instead, they will continue to meet new challenges. As to me,

Im in favor of the latter view. Failure is really a terrible thing but it is

also the mother of success. If one draws lessons from failures, in most cases he

will get success in the future. Furthermore, ones life can never be smooth

sailing; it must be full of difficulies and setbacks. If one is daunted by

difficulies and frustrations, he will always be a failure. However, if one holds

a positive attitude toward failure, he will overcome difficulties and

frustrations to win victory.

然而，其他人认为，在自己的职业生涯中的败是很自然的。因此，他们的心理有所准备。当他们遇到失败，他们不会失意。相反，他们将继续迎接新的挑战。就我而言，我赞成后一种观点。失败是一个可怕的事情，但它是成功之母。如果一个灵感来自失败的教训，在大多数情况下，他将在未来获得成功。此外，一个人的生活永远不会是一帆风顺的;它必须是充满困难和挫折。如果一个人被困难和挫折吓倒，他将永远是一个失败者。然而，如果耸对失败持有积极的态度，他将克服困难和挫折，赢得胜利。

My hobbies

Different people have different hobbies， I often cycling to play with my classmates. It is especially good for health. It is good exercise.and its one of my hobbies,I enjoy reading very much.For reading books,I can get lots of knowledge from reading,and get a sense of the outside world,its wonderful.我的爱好

不同的人有不同的爱好。我经常骑自行车玩和同学一起玩。它特别对健康有好处。这是很好的锻炼。除此之外读书是我的另一个嗜好，我很喜欢读书。至于读书，我可以从中学到很多知识，并且对外面的世界有了了解，那真是太美好了。

For most people, the winter holiday is a good time for a holiday, but, I can only choose curtilage at home this winter break.

Actually I am very much looking forward to go to play around, but mom and dad is so busy. My winter holiday is not so dull, in my opinion, it is colorful.

During the day, I can be at home with books, entered the world in the book, the virtues and vanities of feeling with the characters. Sometimes turn on the TV, can also and variety show host people laughing. During the day, I am comfortable.

In the evening, mom and dad took me out for a walk. Square, trees and flowers under the hot, dry sun for a day, but by this time also become comfortable many, sending out the charming fragrance, turbid did not contain half of earth. There, also can hear all kinds of popular, ancient music, smelling the song, greeted is a group of permeated with green, energetic young man, oh! No! Carefully observed a look, is that a group of middle-aged women and the old man by the year lead half hundred large dance group, this is the charm of a square dance, art is not what, but they can not be amazed by the spirits! My parents often look into god. Winter night, I was happy.

In the class in the winter vacation, I also make the various "wulin", strange man. All are educated, they seem to production, for the teachers question, they are. Let me particularly impressive is a few boys, their thinking ability is so strong, regardless of any "sharp mean" problem, they can answer up, often let me see.

I think my winter holiday life as good as others at all. Such a happy winter holiday, is irreplaceable.

对于大多数人来说，寒假是一个度假的好时间，可是，我的这个寒假只能选择宅在家里。

其实我是非常盼望能去各地游玩的，但爸爸妈妈就是如此的繁忙。我的寒假并没有因此变得索然无味，在我看来，它是多姿多彩的。

白天，我可以在家中与书为友，走进书中世界，与主人公们一起感受生活的酸甜苦辣。有时打开电视，还可以和综艺主持人们谈笑风生。在白天，我是惬意的。

晚上，爸爸妈妈带着我出去散步。广场上，被烈日晒了一天的花草树木，到这时却也变得舒适了许多，散发着迷人的芳香，竟不含半点儿泥土浑浊的气息。在那里，还可以听到各种流行的、古老的音乐，闻着歌声而去，映入眼帘的便是一群洋溢着青春，活力四射的年轻人，哦!不!仔细定睛一看，那是一群由年过半百的中年妇女与老人组成的庞大舞群，这就是广场舞的魅力，虽谈不上啥艺术，但怎能不被他们的这股精神头所惊叹!爸妈经常看得入了神。寒假的夜晚，我是幸福的。

在寒假班中，我还结交到了各路的“武林高手”、奇人异士。他们好像个个都学富五车，才高八斗，对于老师的问题，他们则是不在话下。让我尤为惊叹的是几个男生，他们的思维能力居然如此之强，不管任何“刁钻刻薄”的问题，他们都能对答如流，常常让我看得目瞪口呆。

我认为我的寒假生活一点儿也不比别人差。如此一个快乐幸福的寒假，是无可替代的。

Recently, we have made a survey of the people on physical training. Only 35 percent of the people surveyed have taken part in physical activities.

Over half of the people say they haven’t got enough time to take exercises. 34.9 percent of them complain they don’t have places where they can relax themselves and that there are not enough training facilities, while another 12.9 percent of the people feel that they live too far away from the training centers. Some of them even don’t know how to train.

For lack of physical training, many people are not in good health. People should realize the importance of it, and measures should be taken to provide people with training facilities.

最近,我们做了一个调查在体能训练的人。只有35%的受访者参加体育活动。

超过一半的人说他们没有足够的时间锻炼。34.9%的人抱怨他们没有地方可以放松自己,没有足够的训练设施,而另外12.9%的人认为他们生活从培训中心太远。他们中的一些人甚至不知道如何训练。

因为缺乏体育锻炼,许多人不健康状况良好。人们应该意识到它的重要性,并应采取措施为人们提供训练设施。

导语：你好奇西方餐桌上的礼仪吗?下面是yuwenmi小编为大家整理的优秀英语作文，欢迎阅读与借鉴，谢谢!

Western refers to Western European countries diet cuisine.Western etiquette.Today, I introduce to you to eat Westernstyle food etiquette.

When seated, the body upright, elbow not placed on, may not.Use your fork and knife, fork, the right hand holds the knife; when the cutting things, keep the fork in the left hand hold the food, right hand with a knife cut into small pieces, fork in the entrance.Do not sip the soup to eat, chew when to shut up.Dont lick the lips or smacking sound.Overheating, can be cooled before eating, not mouth blown.A cup of coffee when ready to add milk or sugar, add the following to use tsp stirring, TSP will be placed on the coffee saucers.Drink cups should put his right, left hand end saucer, direct mouth to drink, do not use a spoon to scoop a spoonful spoonful of drink.

Western food is not only a kind of etiquette, is also a kind of civilization.The westernstyle food etiquette, you learn?

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西方指的是西欧国家的饮食菜肴。西方礼仪。今天，我向你介绍吃西式餐饮礼仪。

就座时，身体直立，肘不放，不可能。用你的刀和叉，叉，右手持刀;切东西时，左手拿叉按住食物，用刀切成小块的右手，在入口叉。不喝汤吃，咀嚼时闭嘴。不要舔嘴唇或咂嘴的声音。过热，可待稍凉后再吃，不要用嘴吹。一杯咖啡的时候加牛奶或糖，添加后要用小勺搅拌，将小勺放在咖啡碟。喝杯要把他的右手，左手端碟，直接用嘴喝，不要用勺子舀了一勺一勺喝。

西餐不仅是一种礼仪，也是一种文明，西式食品的礼仪，你学会了吗?

In the evening, the families usually have pudding, sandwiches, apple pies and some other desserts for dinner.After supper, the families always sing and dance around the Christmas tree.Sometimes, they also go to church.Before going to bed, the children often hang up their stockings beside their bed, so that Father Christmas will fill them with presents.It is said that Father Christmas always drives a deer to the human world and entering into each house from the chimney.Now the children no longer believe in Father Christmas, but they still hang up their stockings, because their parents will fill them with presents.

晚上，家里面通常都有吃布丁，三明治，苹果派还有一些其它的甜点作为晚餐。晚饭后，家人们总是围着圣诞树唱歌跳舞。有时，他们还会去教堂。睡觉前，孩子们常常会把长统袜挂在床边，这样圣诞老人就会用礼物把它填满了。据说圣诞老人总是骑着一只鹿到人类，之后从烟囱进入每个房子。现在的孩子不再相信圣诞老人的故事了，但他们仍然会挂上他们的袜子，因为他们的父母会用礼物把它填满。

My classroom is very nice . There are forty desks and chairs in the classroom. There are two black boards on the walls. And there are two pictures, too. My classroom has eleven lights and twelve fans. What colour are the fans ? They are blue. At the coner, there is a shelf , many books are in the shelf. I like the books very much. This is my classroom , it is very nice. I like my classroom very much . Do you have a nice classroom, too ?

我的教室很好。教室里有四十张桌子和椅子。墙壁上有两只黑木板。还有照片，太。我的教室有十一盏灯和十二个风扇。粉丝是什么颜色的？他们是蓝色的。在角落，有一个书架，书架上有很多书。我非常喜欢这本书。这是我的教室，很好。我非常喜欢我的教室。你有一个漂亮的教室吗？

[英语作文带翻译Myclassroom我的教室

Dear Miss Wang:

I am writing to express my sinceregratitude for your help in my study. Without your help , my study would not bethe top three in my class. It was you who always standed by me when I am fall.You pointed my mistakes and told me how to make them right. You always workedtirelessly to train my patience.Your continuous encouragement is my greatestmotivation.

I sincerely hope that you can have a goodhealth and stay happy. In addition, I wonder if you can pay a lot of attentionto your health, get more rest.

Again, I sincerely thank you for your help!

Yours

Lily

亲爱的王老师：

我写信是想诚挚的感谢你在我学习上的帮助。没有你的帮助，我的成绩就不会排在班级前三名。是你在我失败的时候一直支持我。我帮我指出错误并告诉我怎样改正它们。你总是不知疲倦地训练我的耐心。你不断的鼓励是我最大的动力。

我真心祝愿您身体健康，永远快乐。另外，我希望你能多注意你的健康，多多休息。

再次感谢你的帮助!

你的学生

李丽

Today, I saw a phrase book: "knife not to rust, people dont learn to lag behind." Is often do not grind will rust if the knife, it lost its luster and sharp; People dont work, the brain will be stiff and lose its power.

In the name of his scholar, is famous as a child, wrote the famous "hate". Officials later, he no longer efforts to the pursuit of knowledge, wit and cant write out good works. Then the "edge" is often used to describe this kind of person. I wasnt too bad grades in school, rarely let teachers and parents worry about. People cant be perfect, so do I, fly in the ointment is the fonts are beautiful enough. Studied in the second grade Wang Xianzhi practice calligraphy of the text, Ive learned to do any thing, as long as the persistence, hard, is bound to be successful. I want to learn Wang Xianzhi study hard spirit, dont do the kind of person and his ego.

In the face of my shortcomings, I have good improve plan. In mom and dad under the supervision of, in addition to the teacher assigned homework finished, insist on practice every day, one hundred - word calligraphy, we copied a good word, after gradually increase the number of words. After my unremitting efforts, there are progress, mother kua I words more and more beautiful. Years later, when I get a pen to write on the paper of a fluent Chinese, I will be proud of todays efforts.

今天，我读书看到了一句警句：“刀不磨要生锈，人不学要落后。”讲的是如果刀不经常磨会生锈，就失去了它的光泽与锋利;人不学习，脑子就会僵硬，就失去了它的本领。

南朝有个叫江淹的文人，小时候很有名气，写过着名的《恨赋》。当官以后，他不再努力追求学问，才思渐衰，再也写不出好的作品了。后来人们用“江郎才尽”来比喻这种人。我在学校里成绩还算不错，很少让老师和家长操心。人不可能十全十美，我也一样，美中不足的是字体不够漂亮。在二年级的时候学习了王献之苦练书法的课文，使我明白了做任何一件事，只要坚持、努力，就一定会成功。我要学习王献之勤学苦练的精神，不做江淹自我满足的那种人。

面对我的不足之处，我已经列好提高计划。在爸爸妈妈的监督指导下，除了老师布置的作业完成以外，坚持每天练一百字书法，抄写一段好词好句，以后逐步增加字数。经过我的不懈努力，目前已有进步，妈妈夸我的字越来越漂亮。若干年后，当我拿起笔来，在纸上写出流利工整的汉字的时候，我会为今日的努力而感到自豪。

My hobby is to collect different plaster model, have a kind and beautiful little angel have another cat. Let me introduce my favorite story of "little angel".

Recently, I in the square of a boutique store I saw a very beautiful little angel plaster model. Among them, the most striking is the golden hair. Its body is made of gypsum, pink dress, pink magic wand, purple shoes, its eyes clear and transparent, looks very cute.

"I went to ask the boss how much is this little angel"? The boss said ten yuan. But I dont have so much money! I use my breakfast money, save one yuan a day, ten days later, I finally saved up ten yuan of money, I ran happily towards the high-quality goods. I bought the "little angel", back to home, I embrace my "little angel", fondle admiringly.

Whenever I not happy, it is always said to me with a smile: "small host dont not happy, let me tell you a joke!"

Every time after hearing its joke I laughed, it starts to laugh.

I love my little angel! I will cherish it!

我的爱好是收藏不同的石膏像，有美丽善良的小天使，有可爱淘气的小猫。还是让我介绍一下我最喜欢的“小天使”的故事吧!

最近，我在广场的我一个精品店里看见一个非常美丽的小天使石膏像。其中，最引人注目的就是金黄色的头发。它的身子是用石膏做的，粉红色的裙子，粉红色的魔棒，紫色的鞋子，它的眼睛清澈透明，长得十分可爱。

“我去问老板这个小天使多少钱”?老板说十元钱。可是我没有那么多钱啊!我用我的早餐钱，一天省一元钱，十天之后，我终于攒了十元钱，我高兴地朝精品跑去。我买下了“小天使”，回到家后，我抱着我的“小天使”，爱不释手。

每当我不高兴时，它总是笑着对我说：“小主人别不高兴，让我来给你讲个笑话吧!”

每次听完它的笑话我都哈哈大笑，它也跟着笑。

我非常爱我的小天使!我也会好好珍惜它!

Today was realiy boring.I went nowhere,I just stayed at home because the

weather was rainy.The rain was raining heavily in the sky.And there was much

dirty water on the ground.

今天可真无聊。我哪儿也没去，就呆在家里，因为今天是雨天。天空中下着倾盆大雨,而且地上汇集着许多污水。

I watched TV,but all the shows were long and long soap operas.I didnt like

them!Then I read a book,but they were too difficult for me.So I couldnt get

it!Computer games were also difficult and boring...

我看了电视，但是所有的节目都是长长的电视连续剧，我不喜欢它们!然后我读了一本书，但是它对我来说太深奥了，我无法理解!电脑游戏也很困难而且无聊……

In short,the day was boring.I flet so bad!

总而言之，今天真无聊。我感觉太差了!

Dear ______ ,

①I am ______(自我介绍). ②I am writing to see if it is possible for you to provide me with information regarding ______(要询问的内容).

③First of all, what are ______(第一个问题)? ④Secondly, when will ______(第二个问题)? ⑤Thirdly, is ______(第三个问题)?

⑥I would also like to inquire ______(将最重要的问题单独成段). ⑦Could you be so kind as to send me some relevant booklets on the above-mentioned aspects?

⑧Thank you for you kindness, and your prompt attention to this letter will be highly appreciated.

Yours sincerely,

Li Ming

my plan of next year

a new year ，a new start，when i stand on the edge of a new year，i can’t help  thinking about my plan of next year.

but ，what i really decide to do is that i must make good of anytime i can  spare though it seems impossible. while，i will do my best to live up with what i  have planned，and the result will prove it.

关于春节的英语作文带翻译四：

我明年的计划

新的一年，新的开始，当我在新的一年的边缘立场，我不禁在想我明年的计划。

正如古人云：“。好开始是成功的一半“，所以我决定，我应该是在工作，而另一些性传播疾病就会放松，然后，在开始时，我比其他人更快，我当然会得到比别人更好的结果。

但是，我真正决定做的是，我必须利用好，我可以随时备用，虽然它似乎是不可能的。虽然，我会尽我所能，用我生活已计划了，结果将证明这一点。

Today is Wednesday.My mother、my father and I are all at home.Now my mother

is washing clothes.My father is reading newspapers.I am doing my English

homework.

Today afternoon we are going to go to my grandparentss home.And I will

play with my little sister.I think I will have a nice day.

今天是星期三,我妈妈、爸爸和我都在家.现在我妈妈正洗着衣服,我爸爸正在看报纸,我做着我的英语作业.今天下午我们打算去我爷爷奶奶的家里,并且我会和我的小妹妹一起玩,我认为我会度过快乐的一天.

Early this morning,my mother and i went for a walk in the park.we were

having great fun talking when suddenly a wallet,lying in the path, came into my

vision.i picked it up and opened it,trying to find any possible information

about the owner of the wallet.In great luck,we found a card with a telephone

number on it.so, we decided to call the owner.surprisingly,its right the owner

of the wallet.we agreed the meeting place and time for giving back his wallet on

the phone.finally,we returned the wallet right to the owner.he thanked us a lot

,and we feel pleased to.

what a nice day!

今天一大早，我和妈妈去散步在公园玩。正当我们玩得很高兴讲时，突然一个钱包在路上进入我的视野。我把它捡起来打开它，看能否找到任何关于钱包失主的信息。很运气，我们发现了一张卡片与住一个电话号码，我们决定通知失主。令人惊讶的是，这是正是失主的钱包。在电话里，我们约定了见面的地点和时间归还他的钱包。他很感谢我们，我们也感觉很开心。

Today, I did housework for grandmother. She is not very healthy and I

decide to do housework for her more frequently. And she will feel happy and

become better. Suddenly, an idea hit me that it’s terrible to grow old becuase

you have to worry about both your health and others’ opinions. Once again, I

make a decision to be a good girl.

今天，我帮助了奶奶做家务。奶奶的身体不好。我以后要常帮她做事。这样她就会高兴身体也会好一些。突然觉得，人老了真不好。不但身体不会好，而且一不小心就会惹得大家讨厌。我又做了一个决定，以后一定要做个乖孩子。

Early in the morning, I looked out the window, a piece of white, it was snowing.

Walked on my way to school, white snowflakes swirl, for an instant, the earth and the blanket of snow. Snowflakes like stars shine, dancing in the air, how beautiful it is. Floating ah float, fall in the withered flowers, grass and crops, trees, like a layer of the quilt. The people in the streets wearing a collar, masks, dressed in a thick down jacket and cotton shoes, fat at a draught. Snow on the road to harden, the thick layer of ice, ice hard as stone. Look, the children make a snowman, snowball fights in the snow, have a good time.

I like snow, it has brought the infinite vitality.

清晨，我望着窗外，白茫茫的一片，原来是下雪了。

漫步走在上学的路上，洁白的雪花纷纷扬扬，一瞬间，大地上铺盖着雪毯。雪花像星星一样闪闪发光，在空中跳着舞，是多么美丽动人。飘呀飘，落在了枯萎的小花、小草、庄稼、树木身上，像是盖了一层棉被。大街上的人们戴着围脖、口罩，穿着厚厚的羽绒服和棉鞋，一下子胖了一圈。马路上的雪变硬了，结了厚厚的一层冰，冰坚如石。看，小朋友们在雪地里堆雪人、打雪仗，玩得高兴极了。

我喜欢下雪，它给大地带来了无限生机。

I am a shy girl, when there is activity in my class, I will run away from it and try to be nobody. But in my heart, I want to be noticed and show my talent. My friend encourages me to take part in the activity, she helps me to finish the task.At last, I become more and more confident and get along with others. I am so thankful to her for finding my confidence.

我是一个害羞的女孩,班上有活动的时候,我会逃离，让自己成为隐形人。但在我的心里,我想要得到关注，并展示我的才华。我的朋友鼓励我参加活动,她帮助我完成任务。最后,我变得越来越自信，与他人相处得也很愉快。我很感谢她帮助我找到了自信。

1.It is important for everyone to learn English well in our rapidly developing world.

在这个迅速发展的世界里，对每个人来说，学好英语是非常重要的。

2.The harder you work at it, the more progress you will make.

你工作越努力，你取得的进步就越大。

3.If everyone makes a contribution to protecting the environment, the world will become much more beautiful.

如果每个人都为保护环境做出贡献，世界会变得更加美好。

4.The best way to remember new words is to practice them everyday.

记忆新单词最好的方法是每天操练这些单词。

5.The atmosphere in my family is fantastic

我的家庭气氛温馨和睦。

6.The reason why people choose to live in the city is that the life is more convenient and colorful.

人们为什么选择生活在城市的原因是因为城市的生活更方便、更多彩。

7.I had a great first impression of American people.

我对美国人民有了很好的第一印象。

8.We have lots of confidence in our ability to solve any problem.

我们对自己解决问题的能力有足够的信心。

9.With the rapid development of modern technology, the Internet has become a necessary part of our daily life and work.

随着现代科技的迅速发展，互联网已经成为生活和工作中必不可少的一部分。

10.You should read as many books as you possibly can.

大家应该尽可能的多读书。

In my mind, the hometown of the four seasons is the most beautiful.

Spring, the weeping willow germination by the river, peach blossom, also the water in the river is flowing quietly. "Quack" to call the frog, birds in the branches sang excitedly. My brother and I just want to skip stone, a fragrance fragrance pubi, aunts, what flowers? We ultimately, oh! It was the white pear flower opened in the yard.

Summer, lush trees, cicadas keep call, home of the "dark" have to put the pink tongue out. Stream of lotus opened, open very fragrant, so gorgeous, like drops of water drops are rolling dew on a lotus leaf, like a broken line pearls, like a fish out of a bubble.

Autumn, fruitful, jujube on jujube cooked, showing a sweet smile; Apple is red, the child to eat later, cheek is red; Persimmon persimmon fruits in the tree, like a red lanterns... Farmer uncle too, pick the fruit with the basket.

In winter, as the snow falling from the sky, at that time, naughty children playing in the snow. Suddenly, the snow more brothers and sisters, snowflakes fall on your clothes, shoes... When you erase the naughty little snowflake, it has turned into a small water droplets.

I love home, love the hometown of the four seasons!

在我的心目中，家乡的四季是最美丽的。

春天，河边的垂柳发芽了，桃树也开花了，小河里的水静静地流淌着。青蛙在“呱呱”地叫，鸟儿们在枝头兴奋地唱着歌。我和哥哥正想打水漂，一阵香味芬芳扑鼻，姨，什么花开了?我们顺藤摸瓜，噢!原来是院子里的雪白的梨花开了。

夏天，树木茂盛，知了叫个不停，家里的“黑黑”不得不把粉红色的舌头伸出来。小河里的荷花开了，开的那么芬芳，那么绚烂，荷叶上的滴滴水珠像正在滚动的露珠，像断了线的珍珠，像鱼儿吐出的泡泡。

秋天，果实累累，枣树上的枣子熟了，露出了甜甜的笑脸;苹果红彤彤的，小孩子吃了以后，脸蛋也红了;柿子树上的柿子熟了，像一火红的灯笼……农民伯伯乐得合不拢嘴，挎着篮子摘果去。

冬天，鹅毛般的大雪从天而降，这时候，调皮的小孩子在雪地里玩耍。忽然，雪的兄弟姐妹多了起来，雪花落到你的衣襟上，鞋上……当你擦掉着调皮的小雪花时，它却变成了小水珠。

我爱家乡，更爱家乡的四季!

人们经常赞美母爱的无私。其实，父爱同样是伟大的。他们把爱深藏在内心，而不轻易显露。我的父亲就是这样的。有一次，我病了，妈妈又不在家，爸爸又当爸又当妈。他下班回家的第一件事就是给我做晚饭。他喂我吃饭的样子让我想起了善良温柔的妈妈。他的眼中充满着爱怜和期待。彼时彼刻，我真的感受到了父爱。

fathers love

mothers love wi peoples praises for its selfle e . in fact, fathers love is as great as that. they bury their love in the deep bottom of their hearts and will never show it. my father is of this kind. i remembered once i felt ill. mother wa t at home at that moment. father acted as a father and as a mother as well. when he came home from work, he would cook di er for me first. the way he fed me made me think of my kind and tender mother. his eyes were full of love and expectation. i did feel a fathers love at that time.

motherly love by its very nature is unconditional. mother loves the newborn infant because it is her child, not because the child has fulfilled any specific condition, or lived up to any specific expectation.unconditional love corresponds in one of the deepest longings, not only of the child, but of every human being; on the other hand, to be loved because of ones merit, because one deserves it, always leaves doubt: maybe i did not please the person whom i want to love me, maybe this or that--there is always a fear that love could disappear. furthermore, "deserved" love easily leaves a bitter feeling that one is not loved for oneself, that one is loved only because one pleases, that one is, in the last analysis, not loved at all but used. no wonder that we all cling to the longing for motherly love, as children and also as adults. the relationship to father is quite different. mother is the

home we come from, she is nature, soil, the ocean; father does not represent any such natural home. he has little connection with the child in the first years of his life, and his importance for the child in this early period cannot be compared with that of mother. but while father does not represent thenatural world, he represents the other pole of human existence; the world of thought, of man-made things, of law and order, of discipline, of travel and adventure. father is the one who teaches the child, who shows him the road into the world. fatherly love is conditional love. its principle is "1 love you because you fulfill my expectations, because you do your duty, because you are like me." in conditional fatherly love we find, as with unconditional motherly love, a negative and a positive aspect. the negative aspect is the very fact that fatherly love has to be deserved, that it can be lost if one does not do what is expected. the positive side is equally important. since his love is conditional, i can do something to acquire it, i can work for it; his love is not outside of my control as motherly love is.