英语道歉信范文10篇翻译(精彩20篇)

I like travelling very much， this years winter vacation I went to wuxi，

Shanghai， wuzhen and zhouzhuang， really appreciate the beauty of them!

Wuzhen is the place where I was like， it is so quiet， so has the charm， let

a person fondle admiringly! It has the very big difference and zhouzhuang，

although is "small bridge， flowing water， somebody elses style， but the quiet

wuzhen is zhouzhuang not comparable! Wuzhen is not so busy， zhouzhuang so noisy，

but its style is one big scenery!

Listening to zhouzhuang singing tune， let I as if place oneself in the old

jiangnan dragon boat， a beat my heart a position. There is no noise， only the

sweet ship tune! This is shen three thousand hometown -- zhouzhuang! Beautiful

river， ancient， and with a style of old bridge， guarded the beautiful land of

this one party!

Todays wuxi， let me have to admire it， though the beautiful night view

than Shanghai， but it is also the mainland top ten charm city! The charm of it

is still in the scenery around it. For example： li garden， three kingdoms city，

water margin and Tang Cheng beautiful scenery of wuxi city， it is no wonder that

wuxi would be so charming. Shanghai is a city that never sleeps， this word is

true. On the beauty of the bund， looking at star of the Oriental pearl tower， a

kind of want to stay in Shanghai， live in Shanghai will be instantly. In the

Oriental pearl tower in Shanghai at night is really an enjoyment， sparkling the

huangpu river， those dots of lights， and there will be a very romantic feeling!

I live in the hotel in nanjing road， visit the store every night， feeling really

very good!!!!!!

Each and every one has different opinions on each place scenery， want you

to personally experience in all things.

dear teacher,

it has been a long time since i wrote the last letter. nowdays, people write letters less and less, instead, they make a call or send a sms. however, it is still a good way for us to communicate with each other by sending a letter

its my honour to get the chance to write to you. "approachable" is my first impression of you, because you always keeps smiling. students may fear the teachers that are serious both in and out of class. smile makes a teacher popular with his students, you are a teacher of this very kind.

you always arrive at the classroom ahead of any of the students, from which we could imply that you are a diligent man with regular habit. before the class, you like to talk to us, at this very time, you are more a friend than a teacher. to be honest, i was surprised in the first class when i learned a teacher at your age could speak english insuch a fluent way.(i didnt mean you are old, youre young at heart.) moreover, you know well how to keep your class attractive. youve got such an active mind that you can keep talking during the whole class without a pause. i always appreciated your ideas and enjoyed listening to you. in your class, i learned not only the writing skills but also the presentation skills as well as much knowledge of other areas. thanks for your excellent teaching.

ive got some suggestions for you. it seems that we students have got few chances to participate in discussion during the class time. most of the time, we are listening. seldom did we express our own ideas. i suggest that teachers should interact with students more frequently in the class. besides, id like to practice writing more, so would you please leave us more assignments?

happy new year.

with every good wish.

yours sincerely dali wang

22 October 2004

Dear Sir,

I would like to apply for the post of Works Manager, which was advertised in The Guardian of I2 October 2004. I feel that my qualifications and experience are ideally suited for the position.

I was born in 1968, and I went to school from 1973 to 1988. In 1987 I took the General Certificate of Education, and I got good grades in Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry. After leaving school, I attended the Orient Technical College, where I first studied Fiber Technology and Color Chemistry; later I studied other subjects related to textile manufacture, and in 1991 I obtained the Diploma in Textiles.

After completing my studies, I joined the Top Clothing Company where I worked until 1996. In that year I moved to Prior Productions, who was pleased with my work, and as a result, in 1998, I was promoted to Assistant Works Manager there.

I enjoy my work, and I am prepared to work hard. Moreover, I am sure that Prior Productions would give me an excellent reference. I therefore feel that my application deserves your serious consideration.

I look forward to hearing from you.

Yours faithfully,

Mary Ma

THE ONLY MAGICAL THING----Map There was only one thing in the world that

wanted to play, and that guy’s name was Jack. He wanted to be a pirate one day,

and found treasure in pirate islands… He had a conversation with his mother one

day for certain. It was about being a pirate one day for once in his

lifetime…

“Mom, I want to be a pirate one day, and find treasures in buried islands

and…” “Whoa! Hold there son, what do you mean by, you what to be a pirate?”

asked his mother, “Well it is that I just want to hunt for treasure instead of

just being a regular boy like usual…”

His mother laughed so very hard, “Then why don’t you ask the sorcerer of

the wicked castle?” his mother suddenly added, “What do you mean of: Wicked?”

“Well,” replied her mother, “It all happened in…” “Wait!” shouted Jack, “There

is no time for you to explain the whole thing, if you could show me this ‘Wicked

castle’ then I could be a pirate sooner or later.

And so his mother showed him a riddle clue, which had many words written on

it, “All you have to do is answer the riddles and you will arrive at your

destination;” so Jack took the map, and head out for the wicked castle

immediately, “Now let us see, two choices to make; which one is it that I need

to take?” then he suddenly felt a little twinkle among his eyes, he looked at

the map; “That’s it!” he opened the map and placed it upon him. “Now, I just

need to figure this one out.”

He read it out loud, “Choose the path that has round hard things the most…”

then he thought about it, he looked at each side; first, he checked the left;

“There is nothing very hard on this side, or even round!” the he checked the

other side, known as the right; “Look, there is a pile of rocks here, they are

very hard; and round, and there are plenty of them!”

He walked to the right, and then he went straight on. At last he came to a

big castle, it has many traps; and so Jack decided to use the map and find clues

so that he won’t get lost…

He first came to the front door, and then he opened the map, read the

riddle; “Watch out for the monster, with two pairs of wings; and come in the

spring, it is giant, I warn you…” then he answered, “The only flying thing that

has two pairs of wings is a dragon fly!” when he said “Dragonfly”

d-r-a-g-o-n-f-l-y; a giant dragonfly flew past his eyes!

“Whoa!” shouted Jack, he then read the riddle, “look around you; use the

one, as sharp as a knife;” Jack looked around himself, then he found a big sharp

needle; it was huge! He used all his might and picked it up, and then he sprang

it to the monster. The monster fell down immediately, as if dead.

Then Jack had beaten the giant ‘Dragonfly’d-r-a-g-o-n-f-l-y, he was ready

to see the sorcerer. He was casting a spell when Jack came in, he interrupted

him; and so the sorcerer shouted, “What are you doing stranger?” he asked, “Can

you make me a pirate?” “What! Nobody has ever done that spell before;

never!”

And so Jack had to keep on being a normal boy, he was satisfied sometimes,

but also was glad that he didn’t turn into a pirate. “The map is ‘the only

magical thing’ in this world…

One Sunday my mother (Mother) had (made) me take my little young brother to

the a trip to the country。 She bade me take good care of him。

While we were walking along the road， the sun was shining brightly and the

breeze was blowing gently。 We saw the beautiful flowers smile (smiling) at us

and heard the birds sing (singing) their sweet songs on the trees。 The scenery

was indeed very pretty (beautiful)。

When we felt tired， we returned home。 We saw Mother (our mother) wait

(waiting) for us at the door。

有一个星期日，我母亲叫我带小弟弟去乡村游历。她吩咐我要好好照料他。

当我们沿着道路行走的时候，太阳灿烂地照耀着，微风轻轻地吹着。我们看见美丽的花儿对我们微笑着，并听见鸟儿在树上唱着悦耳的歌曲，风景实十分美丽。

当我们感觉到疲倦的时候，我们就回家了。我们看见母样正在门口等候我们。

I like to eat different kinds of delicious food , however, my favorite

food is dumplings. In my spare time , I like to make dumplings with my mother .

I think home-made dumplings are more delicious than those in supermarket .My

mother knows I love to eat them ,so she makes dumplings at every weekend . I

prefer eating dumplings . How about you

?

【参考翻译】

我喜欢吃各种各样的美味的食物,但是,我最喜欢的食物是饺子。在我的业余时间,我喜欢和我妈妈包饺子。我认为自制的饺子比超市更美味。我妈妈知道我爱吃,所以她在每个周末做饺子。我喜欢吃饺子。你呢？

敬爱的英语老师：

您好!

不知不觉中，一年半的时间很快就过去了，和你分离的时间已经来了。教室里似乎仍回荡着她那清脆洪亮的声音，同学们似乎仍感受到他那严格中的慈爱。我们，在您的搀扶下，跨上了奔驰的骏马。

小小的粉笔就是你的双手，上课的铃声就是你征程上的冲锋号角。为了我们您废寝忘食，为了我们您鞠躬尽瘁，您无怨无悔，心甘情愿!多少个日日夜夜你无眠，多少回风风雨雨你闯过。一路的酸甜苦辣，一路的欢声笑语，您与我们一起渡过，我们的一声感激会让你甜蜜永久。您像蜡烛一样，燃烧自己，照亮别人。俗话说的好：“春蚕到死丝方尽，蜡炬成灰泪始干。老师是人类灵魂的工程师。”我喜欢看你为我们而高兴的样子，也喜欢看你为我们而激动的样子，个喜欢看你为我们而生气的样子，无论什么样子的你总是如此惹我喜爱。现在，我不仅会尊敬你，而且会把你看做我的好朋友，有福同享，有难同当。回想起以前：刚来这里，我们自我介绍，然后你上课使得喜怒哀乐我全都记得。虽然只有一年半，但我们相识相知，虽然只有一年半，但我们情深意长，我真有点舍不得。是您让我考100分，是您给我当英语科代表的机会，是您让我跨上了奔驰的骏马。您尽职尽责，铁面无私，作为组长也应该这样，我要向你学习。总之，千言万语道不尽，就让他化为一句话：“老师，我爱您;老师，您辛苦了!”希望你以后可以回来看看我们，我们班的活动也要来参加哦，同学们的精彩表演在等着你呢!

此致

敬礼!

您的学生：李雪梅

dear robert,

im glad to receive your letter. now i will tell you something about my

plan for summer vacation after the final exam. firstly, i will learn to drive. i

think driving can be useful. secondly, i will take some english courses.

thirdly, i will visit some tourist attractions. it must be very exciting. last,

i will do some reading in the vacation. what about you? i hope you can have a

pretty vacation.

john

Yesterday I was busy.

First I went to the children s palace.I played the piano and read some

books.

Then I went to my friend s home. We played the badminton and some

games.

Next I went to the bookshop bought some books.

After I did my homework and go to bed .

Yesterday I was busy but I was very happy.

Dear Kate,

亲爱的凯特,

This term I moved to a new house and studied in a new school. But I always

missed my friend. My old house was move comfortable than this new house. I

wanted to go back to my old house.

这学期我搬到新房子,在一所新学校学习。但我总是想念我的朋友。我的老房子是比这舒适的新房子。我想回到我的老房子。

Everything was strange for me,so I couldnt study better. I felt nervous in

the first test. And I got bad scores,I felt very sad. The teacher shouted at me.

And then,I felt under too much pressure and very tired. My parents were also sad

with me. When my classmates knew this thing,she helped me,and gave me some

advice. Later,I thought I can be better next time.

一切对我来说是陌生的,所以我不能更好的学习。在第一个测试中我感到紧张。我得到糟糕的成绩,我感到非常难过。老师对我大吼大叫。然后,我感到太多的压力和很累。我的父母和我也难过。当我的同学知道这件事,她帮助了我,给了我一些建议。之后,我想我可以更好的下一次。

I hope to get on well with everyone and get a good mark soon.

我希望和每个人都相处得很好,很快就取得好成绩。

My name is Qiou Ye. I am twelve.My favorite sport is ping-pong and swimming. I like basketbll and I like volletball. I can play the piano and draw, I can play them very well. This is Me.

Can you tell me about yourself ?

我的名字是丘叶。我十二岁，我最喜欢的运动是乒乓球和游泳。我喜欢篮球，我喜欢volletball。我可以弹钢琴和画画，我可以打得很好。这是我。

你能告诉我你自己吗?

Today, I opened my free forum and I was very happy because I could do a lot

of things there. I decided to upgrade my forum and make it interesting. Then I

will make it grow up and at the same time, I can write down what I want to say

there. I will be very happy.

今天我开通了自己的免费论坛，我很高兴。因为我可以在那里做很多事。我决定要好好改造我的论坛，让他变得很新奇。然后我就会慢慢地让他成长起来，同时在那里写下我的心声。那样我会很快乐。

亲爱的老师：

您好!

您是一位好老师，对学生十分负责，不像五年级时的英语王老师，动不动就说不给上课(还真不给上课)，您虽然动不动就发火，可是您还是爱我们的呀。

记得有一次，您上课的时候，可我们在下面又是说，又是笑，又是比划，可忙坏了。您开始想着我们会改正(这是我理解的)，但我们还不改正，反而变本加厉的说着我们感兴趣的话题。您生气了，把书往桌上狠狠地扔了一下，您对我们大喊：“停!”我们吓的打一了颤，然后赶紧装模作样的拿起书读，谁知我们一出声，就“驴头不对马嘴”。您又发火了，干脆坐下来和我们比赛——看谁“熬”过谁。我们一见您这阵势，我们也不读了，但是就怕您告诉数学老师，让他批我们。过了一会，要下课了，您气消了，又教我们读起了英语。

还有一次，班上同学——王莹在英语课上，肚子里“翻江倒海”，头上也渗出了豆大的汗珠，满脸通红。下课了，您还在“拖”课，走到王莹那，看见她的样子。于是手拉着王莹的手，一手摸着她的头，亲切的问她的病情，并安慰她。您拉着她下楼，她烧的太厉害，四肢抽筋，您便把她背了下去。

老师，您是多么爱我的呀，我们将永远感谢您!

祝您：

永远年轻，永远美丽!

您的学生

I have many hobbies.In my spare time,I like listening to some pop music,especially the music played by some pop bands.It can make me relax and let me forget my unhappy moment. If Im in good mood,I always read some history books,which I think is benefical to my study .Besides,surfing the Internet is another means of entertainment of mine.Through the Internet I can get some useful information and chat with my friends as well.The Internet has shortened our distance.

我有很多爱好，在我的业余时间，我喜欢听一些流行音乐，特别是一些流行乐队演奏的音乐，它可以让我放松，让我忘记我不开心的时刻。如果我心情好，我总是读一些历史书，我认为这是有利于我的学习。此外，上网是另一个我的娱乐方式。通过网络我可以得到一些有用的信息和与我的朋友聊天，网络拉近了我们的距离。

同学们，生活中最重要是什么?当然，肯定是安全!为了安全期间，那就应该学会自我保护才行。大家在家里的家人的保护。可是，你想过吗?在外面怎么办?所以每时每刻都要小心。

Students,

what is the most important thing in life? Of course, it must be safety! In order

to be safe, we should learn to protect ourselves. The protection of everyones

family at home. But have you thought about it? What to do outside? So be careful

all the time.

每天有多少事故发生。有的车祸而死亡，有的因火灾而死亡，有的……在今年寒假，我就亲眼目睹了一次意外。那天妈妈带我去看太公，有一辆摩托车在我面前开过，那坐着4个人，并且开的很快。前面忽然又开出一辆摩托车来，那时他不停的踩刹车。已经没用了，世上已经又消失了一个生命了。他的`命还很长啊!为什么那么快就死亡呢?那都是不小心造成的。

How

many accidents happen every day. Some died in car accidents, some in fires, some

During this winter vacation, I witnessed an accident with my own eyes. That day,

my mother took me to see Taigong. There was a motorcycle driving in front of me.

There were four people sitting there, and they drove very fast. Suddenly another

motorcycle came out in front of him. At that time, he kept stepping on the

brake. Its useless. Theres another life gone. His life is still very long! Why

did he die so soon? It was all caused by carelessness.

世界上的事故有多少不是不小心造成的?只要我们学会交通安全，那就一定能打败不小心的!

How

many accidents in the world are not caused by carelessness? As long as we learn

traffic safety, we can defeat carelessness!

我们是新时代的接班人，是国家的希望和未来。所以，就让“安全”着两个字永远牢记在我们心中吧!

We

are the successor of the new era, the hope and future of our country. So, let

the word "safety" be remembered in our hearts forever!

Everyone has a family. I have a family, too. I name it “Happy family”,

because everyone in my family is happy.

Come and meet my family, please! My mother is kind. I love her, and she

loves me, too. My mother is pretty. She likes beautiful clothes. I call

her“Dressy Mum”. My father is a boss. He is tall and thin. He has a small head.

I give him a nickname“Small Head Father”. I am fat and lovely. I have a big

head. I give myself a nickname“Big Head Girl”. I study hard. I am a good

student.

We are happy every day!

Dear Grandpa Santa Claus,

Hello!

Im a big fan of yours! Listen to some of my aunt said, you are to give

children gifts, so, every Christmas, I spent my bed hang Christmas stockings,

hope that the next day to receive your gift, every morning, I can see your gift

in my stocking, I am very, very happy, because I received your gift.

Santa Claus grandpa, I envy oh, riding your small reindeer, flying in the

sky, if I remember correctly, you should have two rows of small reindeer, your

small reindeer grow like what? Ive always wanted to have one of my own. Flying

with you in the sky!

Time a year passed, I also grew up, at this time, I just know that there is

no Santa Claus, that I socks in the small gift, is the mother sent, but I am

still very happy, after all, this is my mother gave me.

Santa Claus grandpa, I want a few gifts, I hope you can promise me: I want

a pink pink puppy, I want a super cute Christmas doll......

Father Christmas, I wish you a smile, good health, good luck in your work,

and a happy family.

Bye bye! Father Christmas, I will write to you next time!

advance

Salute!

Your loyal fans

I have a good friend, and her name is Li Hua. We have become friends for

about two years. She is very kind. When I step into the classroom for the first

time, she helps me to get familiar with the strange environment. The most

important thing is that we share the same interest, so we have a lot in common.

I cherish our friendship so much.

您好!

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I like holidays because I have enough time to relax. Last year, my

father and I went to Singapore by plane, there is a beautiful place, the four

seasons pleasant climate, there are many Chinese immigrants in Singapore, and

there are lots of Chinese food, like noodles, dumplings, rice, very delicious,

we shopping there, watching the scenery, and taste a lot of delicious food. It

was a very enjoyable

holiday.

我喜欢假期，因为我有足够的时间去放松。去年，我和爸爸坐飞机去了新加坡，那儿是个美丽的地方，四季气候宜人，新加坡有许多中国移民，而且那里有许多中国食物，比如面条，饺子，米饭，非常美味，我们在那里购物，观赏了美景，并且品尝了许多美味的食物。这真是一个令人愉快的假期。

My Darling McGeorge

You said that things seemed clearer when they were written down. Well, here

with a very boring letter in which I will try to put everything down so that you

may read and re-read it at a horror at your folly in getting involved with

me.

Deep breath. To begin with ,I love you. With a depth and passion and I have

felt for no one else in this life. And if it is astonishes you, it astonished me

as well. Not, I hasten to say, because you are not worth loving. Far from it.

Its just that, first of all,I swore I would not get involved with another

woman. Secondly, I have never had such a feeling before and it is almost

frightening. Thirdly, I would never have thought it possible that another human

being could occupy my waking and sleeping thoughts to the exclusion of almost

everything else. Fourthly, I never thought that even if one was in love one

could get so completely besotted with another person so that a minute away from

them felt like a thousand years. Fifthly, I never hoped,aspired, dreamed that

one can find everything one wanted in one person.

I was not such an idiot as to believe this was possible. Yet in you I have

found everything I want: youre beautiful, gay, giving, gentle, idiotically and

deliciously feminine, sexy, wonderfully intelligent and wonderfully silly as

well. I want nothing else in this life than to be with you, to listen and watch

you, your beautiful voice, your beauty, to argue with you, to laugh with you, to

show you things, to share things with you, to explore your magnificent mind, to

explore your wonderful body, to help you, protect you, serve you ,and...bash you

on the head when I think you are wrong...

Not to put too fine a point on it, I consider that I am the only man

outside mythology to have found crock of gold at the rainbows end. But, having

said all that, let us consider things in details. Dont let this become public,

but, well...I have one or two faults. Minor ones,I hasten to say. For example I

am inclined to be overbearing. I do it for the best possible motives, all

tyrants say that, but I do tend, without thinking, to treat people underfoot.

You must tell me when Im doing it to you, my sweet, because it can be a very

bad thing in a marriage.

Right, the second blemish. This actually is not so much a blemish of

character as a blemish of circumstance. Darling, I want you to be you on your

own right, and I will do everything I can to help you in this. But you must take

into consideration that I am also me in my own right. And that I have a head

start on you. What Im trying to say is that you must not feel offended if you

are sometimes treated simply as my wife. Always remember that what you lose on

the swings you gain on the roundabouts. But i am an established ‘creature’ in

the world, and so on occasions you will have to live in my shadow. Nothing gives

me less pressure than this. But it is a fact of life that has to be faced.

Third, a very important and nasty, blemish. Jealousy. I dont think you

know what jealousy is, thank god, in the real sense of the word. I know that you

have felt jealousy over Lincolns wife and child, but this is what I call normal

jealousy, and this to my regret, is not what Ive got. What I have got is a

black monster and any goodness that I have in my make-up. It is really a Jekyll

and Hyde situation... my Hyde is stronger than my good sense and defeats me,

hard though I try. As I told you, I have always known that this lurks within me,

but I could control it, and my monster slumbered and nothing happened to awake

it. Then I met you and I felt my monster stir and become half-awake when you

told me of Lincoln and others you have known, would you like to end with your

letter my monster came out of its lair, black, irrational, bigoted, stupid,

evil, malevolent. You never know how terribly corrosive jealousy is; It is a

physical pain as though you have swallowed acid or red hot coals. It is the most

terrible of feelings. But you cant help it at least I cant and god knows Ive

tried. I dont want any ex-boyfriends sitting in church when I marry you. On our

wedding day I want nothing but happiness both for you and me, but I know I wont

be happy if there is a church full of your ex-conquests. When I marry you I will

have no past, only a future. I dont want to drag my past into our future and I

dont want you to do it, either. Remember I am jealous of you because I love

you. You are never jealous of something you dont care about.

Okay enough about jealousy. Now let me tell you something. I have seen a

thousand sunsets and sunrises, in a thousand sunsets and sunrises on land where

it floods forest mountains with honey-coloured light, at sea where it rises and

sets like a blood orange in a multi-coloured nest of cloud, slipping in and out

of the vast ocean. I have seen thousand moons. Harvest moon is like gold coins,

winter moons as white as ice chips, new moons like baby swans feathers. I have

seen seas as smooth as if painted, coloured like shot silk or blues as a

kingfisher or transparent as glass or black and crumpled with foam, moving

ponderously and murderously. I have felt winds straight from the south pole,

bleak and wailing like a lost child; Winds as tender and warm as a lovers

breath; Winds that carried the astringent smell of salt and the death of

seaweeds; Winds during the moist rich smell of a forest floor, the smell of a

million flowers. Fierce winds that churned and moved the sea like yeast, or

winds that made the waters lap at the shore like a kitten. Ive known silence:

the cold, earthy silence at the bottom of a newly dug well; The implacable stony

silence of a deep cave; The hot, drugged midday silence when everything is

everything is hypnotized and still moved into silence by the eye of the sun. The

silence when great music ends. Ive heard that summer cicadas cry so that the

sound seems stitched into your bones. Ive heard a tree frogs in an

orchestration as complicated as Bach singing in a forest lit by a million

emerald fireflies. Ive heard the Keas calling over the grey glaciers that

groaned to themselves like old people as they inched. Their way to the sea. Ive

heard the hoarse street vendor cries of the mating Fur seals as they sang to

their sleek golden wives, the crisp staccato admonishment of the rattlesnake,

make the cobweb squeak of the Bat and the belling roar of the red deer knee-deep

in purple heather. Ive heard wolves baying at a winters moon, read howlers

making the forest vibrate with their roaring cries. Ive heard the squeak, purr

and grunt of a hundred multi-coloured reef fishes. I’ve seen hamming birds

flashing like opals round a tree of scarlets blooms, humming like a top. I have

seen flying fish skittering like quicksilver across the blue waves, drawing

silver lines on the surface with their tails. Ive seen Spoonbills flying home

to roost like a scarlet banner crossed the sky. Ive seen Whales, black as tar,

cushioned on a cornflower blue sea,creating a Versailles of fountain with their

breath. I have watched butterflies emerge and sit, trembling, while the sun

irons their wings smooth. I watch tigers, like flames, mating in the long grass.

I have been dive -bombed by an angry Raven, black and glossy as the Devils

hoof. Ive lain in water warm as milk, soft as silk, while around me played a

host of Dolphins. I have met a thousand animals and see a thousand wonderful

things.

All this I did without you. This was my loss. All this I want to do with

you. This will be my gain. All this I would gladly have forgone for the sake of

one minute of your company, for your love, your voice, your eyes, hair, lips,

body, and above all for your sweet, ever surprising mind which is an enchanting

quarry, in which it is my privilege to delve.

Gerald Durrell