我的假期英语作文【合集20篇】

As summer vacation is coming, my parents have made some plans for me,

because they want me to learn something useful. This first thing they want me to

do is to learn swimming. This is an important skill. It can save my life if I

fall into the water. I also want to learn swimming, so that I can do many cool

sports. I am so excited about the lesson.

【范文一】An Unforgettable Holiday

I am always busy with my lessons. What I have to do everyday is nothing but study.

Luckily, last summer my family went to my uncles farm.We enjoyed a really interesting holiday. During the holiday, I didnt have to get up early, nor did I need to finish many exercises. I rode the horse in the fields. I milked the cows on the farm. To my great joy, my uncle invited me to go fishing. Life on the farm is quite different from that at school. I want to go back to spend my summer holiday again.

【参考译文】一个难忘的假期

我总是忙于功课。我每天要做的就是学习。幸运的是,去年夏天我和我的家人去了我叔叔的农场。我们在那里有一个非常有趣的假期。在这个假期,我没有早起,也没有我需要完成的练习题。我骑着马在田地里。我在农场挤牛奶。令我十分高兴的是,我的叔叔邀请我去钓鱼。生活在农场和在学校是相当不同的。我想再一次回到我的暑假了。

【范文二】Life In Vacation

It was a sun day of the summer holiday. The weather was hot. My little brother and I decided to go to the resrvoir to swim by bike. It took us half an hour when we got there, many people were swimming. Then we ped into the water……

About an hour later, suddenly somebody called: “help! help!” We were surprised to see a boy struggling in the deep water. As quickly as possible. We swam towards him and pulled him to the shore. He lost his consciousness. We sent him to the nearest hospital at once luckily, he was saved.

In the end, we were worn out, but felt happy. That day was meaningful. We did a good deed!

【参考译文】假期生活

这是暑假阳光灿烂的一天，非常热，我决定和弟弟骑车去水库游泳。我们花了半个多小时才到达，很多人在游泳，于是我们也跳入水中。

约一小时后，突然有人叫：“救命啊!救命啊!“我们惊讶地看到一个男孩在深水里挣扎，我们游向他尽快将他拉到岸边。他失去了知觉，我们立刻把他送到最近的医院，幸运的是，他得救了。

最后，我们都很疲惫，但觉得很开心。这是有意义的一天，我们做了件好事。

【范文三】My Vacation

My vacation was very interesting. I did my homework on first day. I played table tennis on second day. I watched TV on the third day. I went shopping on the fourth day. But I liked my going shopping best.

On Sunday, I went to a shopping center with my mother. The shopping center wasnt far from my home. It took us about ten minutes to get there on foot. The shopping center was very big. There were all kinds of things. Every day a lot of people go there to buy things. It opens at eight in the morning and closes at nine at night. Now, I was helping my mother buying things. I had a shopping list in my hand. We were looking for things on the shopping list. After staying in the shopping center for about two hours, we got all the things and walked home.

What did you do when you were on vacation?

【参考译文】我的假期

我的假期非常有趣。第一天我做功课。第二天我打乒乓球。在第三天，我看电视。第四天我去购物。但我最喜欢去购物。

上星期日，我去了购物中心与我的母亲。从我的家去购物中心不远。这花了我们大约十分钟步行到那里。购物中心是非常大的。有各种各样的东西。每天都有很多人去那里买东西。早晨八点开门，晚上九点关门。现在，我在帮妈妈买东西。我在我的手上有一个购物清单。我们正在寻找购物清单上的东西。逗留约两小时购物中心后，我们得到了所有的东西，走回家。

你度假时你是怎么做的？

【范文四】Traveling in Our Life

Traveling in our life Traveling now is very popular with everyone. It’s becoming more and more important in our life, and it’s becoming the common activity that most people like to take part in. When we get tired, we would like to have a holiday to enjoy ourselves. When we are free, we also want to go out to enjoy the beautiful nature with our families. When we are sad, we hope to go to the beautiful mountains to breaths fresh air and relax ourselves. In this way we can have a good time and have a great change in our life. We can take a lot of photos, make many friends and enjoy different kinds of nature pictures. The most important is that traveling is good for our health. Traveling is really a very good activity, isn’t it?

【参考译文】旅行在我们的生活中

旅行在我们的生活中旅行现在是非常流行的与每个人。它在我们的生活中变得越来越重要，它已成为大多数人喜欢参加的共同活动。当我们累了，我们想有一个假期来享受自己。当我们自由的时候，我们也要和我们的家人一起去享受大自然的美好。当我们悲伤的时候，我们希望到美丽的山上呼吸新鲜的空气，放松自己。这样我们可以有一个好的时间，并有一个伟大的变化，我们的生活。我们可以拍很多照片，交很多朋友，欣赏不同种类的自然照片。最重要的是，旅行对我们的健康有好处。旅行真是一个很好的活动，不是吗？

[以假期为话题的英语作文

Have a holiday, day by my Lord it! must be high to enjoy! fanatic like a passions such as heat, hot!

I can hold up I used to love novel, thirst for, moved by plot of a story, exciting, amusing sth Well admired author of wisdom: the writing life phenomena to human good and evil, the philosophy of life, the meaning of life. emotion was so rich, the story was so realistic, view immersive, wonderful, there isnt!

Industry expertise diligence, shortage in leisure. playing time, he learns to energetic. learn and play the perfect combination of that tedious learning did not like school, but school, feeling good!My summer vacation-full happiness! live ordinary and beautiful!

There is a large, everyone is looking forward to holidays every family reunion eat rice cakes, eat family reunion dinner, set off firecrackers. People in the snow, in the Spring Festival in the laughter, to spend the Spring Festival, it is winter holiday, Im looking forward to this wonderful holiday.

It snows! I am home looking at the swirl of snow. Snow finally stopped, I set to run out of the door, rushed to a piece of white snow field during the day, I and friends together snowball fights, a snowman, and the joy of the game of snow.

Thirty day, I early in the morning to my grandmas, and everybody get together for the reunion dinner, is really dont have a unique fun! We ate and the super Chinese wind, funny and customs of the Spring Festival gala, a lively concerts, make people laugh comedy and moving character interview... But before I could finish, uncle told me to go out with fireworks, I tried my own fireworks for the first time in my life. Ah! When I let go, a rapid launch fireworks, a flash, in the sky there is a scene of colours. Setting off firecrackers is I have never done before, ha ha, I chicken out, because I cant... Put out fireworks, we went to take part in community activities in the New Year. Community activities is really busy! Show is needless to say, my favorite is blessing bell, I silently make a wish in the New Year bell... The most exciting way is me to draw in the raffle prize, yeah!

"Ten, nine, eight... three, two, one!!!" As the countdown, we ushered in the New Year, firecrackers exploded outside, I, I again long one year old, is the most happy is, of course, I get the thick pressure at the age of each bag. Contains the family for me deeply in love...

After the New Years eve, New Years day of the first beginning, many home are also put red couplets on the Spring Festival, people visit family and friends, enjoy the family reunion holiday!

有一个人人都盼望的大假期，家家团圆吃年糕，吃年夜饭，放鞭炮。人们在鹅毛大雪中，在欢声笑语中迎新春，度过新春佳节，那就是寒假，我期待着这个美妙的假期。

下雪啦!我正在家里望着窗外纷纷扬扬的雪花。雪终于停了，我一溜烟地跑出家门，冲向这一片银装素裹的雪白天地里，我和伙伴们一起打雪仗，堆雪人，尽情地享受雪花带来的乐趣。

年三十那天，我一早就到了外婆家，和大家一起吃着团圆的年夜饭，真是别有一番独特的乐趣啊!我们边吃边看超级中国风，又搞笑又风俗的春节联欢晚会，有热闹的演唱会，有让人捧腹大笑的小品，也有感人的人物访谈……但我没来得及看完，舅舅叫我去外面放烟花，我尝试了我平生第一次自己放烟花。啊!当我松手时，一团烟花飞速升空，一瞬间，天空中就出现了一片五光十色的景象。放鞭炮更是我不曾做过的事了，呵呵，我临阵脱逃，因为我不敢……放完了烟火，我们又去参加小区的新年活动。小区的活动可真热闹啊!节目表演就不用说了，我最喜欢的是敲钟祈福，我在迎新年的钟声中默默地许愿……最令人激动地是我在抽奖活动中抽到奖了，耶!

“十，九，八……三，二，一!!!”随着倒计时，我们迎来了新的一年，外面鞭炮齐鸣，火树银花，我又长了一岁了，当然最开心的是，我拿到了一只只厚厚的压岁包。里面包含着家人对我深深地爱……

过了除夕，新年正月开始，许多家门口都还贴着红红的春联，大家走亲访友，享受着这个合家团圆的假期!

Since the one child policy carried on, many families had only one kid. As the children growing up, they felt lonely, because they did not have anyone to accompany. They felt so envious when they saw others have siblings. There is no doubt that the one child policy has controlled the population to increase so fast and helped people to improve their life lever. Recently, the government tends to open the second child policy slowly. People hold the different opinion. Some people think that it is good to let the child have siblings, so they will not lonely and can learn the meaning of sharing. Other people don’t want to have one more child because they don’t have enough money. They want to give the best education to the child, so they think one child is enough. Anyway, the second child policy gives people more choice.

由于独生子女政策的执行,许多家庭只有一个孩子。当孩子们长大了,他们感到孤独,因为他们没有人陪。他们看到别人有兄弟姐妹时会感到很羡慕。毫无疑问,独生子女政策控制人口快速增长和帮助人们改善他们的生活水平。最近,政府趋向慢慢开放二孩政策。人们持有不同的意见。一些人认为这是好的,让孩子有兄弟姐妹,这样他们不会孤独,可以学习分享的意义。另外一些人不想要一个孩子,因为他们没有足够的钱。他们想给孩子最好的教育,所以他们认为一个孩子就足够了。无论如何,二胎政策给予人们更多的选择。

It is widely accepted that to work independently has the obvious advantage

that it can prove one’s ability. However, I believe that teamwork is more

important in the modern society and teamwork sprit has become a required quality

by more and more companies.

In the first place, we are situated in a complicated society and we often

encounter tough problems that are beyond our ability. It is especially at this

moment that teamwork proves to be exceedingly important. With the help of the

team, these problems can be solved easily and quickly, which could improve work

efficiency.

In the second place, teamwork provides a chance to cooperate with workmate,

it will make a friendly and enjoyable work environment, which is an important

factor influencing employees’ belief in the company as a good workplace.

Finally, teamwork contributes to the prosperity of the companies. With all

workmates’ knowledge combined, the companies possess high work efficiency and an

ability to deal with whatever problems. As a result, the companies can make more

profits and develop more quickly.

In sum, teamwork is very important, no one could live individually, they

must rely on others in some way. Hence, work together could make life

easier.

As we know, many people favor the idea that the college life is free and

comfortable, but I’d like to say it’s not true. As a matter of fact, my life in

university is so busy that I wonder if my energy is enough. As to my college

life, I divide it into four parts, including study, student activities, library

and the others.

Firstly, I want to talk about the study. In my opinion, study is the

priority in college. When I received the letter of admission in summer, I knew

clearly that what I should do. So I make up my mind to study hard and pursue

learning as much as possible. I’m greatly convinced that knowledge can change my

life. Therefore, I often go to the quiet study room where many people study

there. By working so hard, I get good grades in the exams.

Secondly, student activities play an important role in our college life. To

be honest, the student Union is a good place where one can develop social

skills, get his abilities trained. I take part in many student activities. For

example, I’ m a volunteer, teaching the kids to learn to dance and write. I

think it’s meaningful for everyone to give a hand to others. I can also do some

jobs in the Student Union, including receiving and sending fast mail, selling

papers and magazines. I think they’re unforgettable and worthwhile experiences

for me.

Thirdly, I also visit the library constantly. It’s said that “shelves of

books, oceans of knowledge”, so I read books that I’m interested in. In this

way, I can share stories with my new friends and it also changes my horizons

.When I’m sad, lost or in trouble, staying the library makes me quiet and

comfortable. After all, every life has bad moments as well as good ones, and the

library for me is a support in bad moments. So it’s wise choice for me to stay

in the library.

Finally, I often do other things in my spare time. In order to alleviate

parents’ burden, I often do some part-time jobs and write some articles to earn

money. It helps me to be independent and improve my social skills.

In short, my life in university is busy but valuable. You can see that

study brings me knowledge, student activities improve myself, library changes my

horizons, the others things make me independent. They get all my abilities

trained. And I see that the chance will come only if you have a prepared mind,

so I’m sure that I can achieve my dreams in college life.

假期生活Life In Vacation

It was a sun day of the summer holiday. The weather was hot. My little brother and I decided to go to the resrvoir to swim by bike. It took us half an hour when we got there, many people were swimming. Then we dived into the water……

About an hour later, suddenly somebody called: “help! help!” We were surprised to see a boy struggling in the deep water. As quickly as possible. We swam towards him and pulled him to the shore. He lost his consciousness. We sent him to the nearest hospital at once luckily, he was saved.

In the end, we were worn out, but felt happy. That day was meaningful. We did a good deed!

这是暑假阳光灿烂的一天，非常热，我决定和弟弟骑车去水库游泳。我们花了半个多小时才到达，很多人在游泳，于是我们也跳入水中。

约一小时后，突然有人叫：“救命啊!救命啊!“我们惊讶地看到一个男孩在深水里挣扎，我们游向他尽快将他拉到岸边。他失去了知觉，我们立刻把他送到最近的医院，幸运的是，他得救了。

最后，我们都很疲惫，但觉得很开心。这是有意义的一天，我们做了件好事。

[小学英语作文译文：假期生活 Life In Vacation

Today is October 1, do you know what day is it today? Ha ha! Are you sure you dont know, let me tell you the truth, today is the National Day and the 60th anniversary of the founding! There are big parade, has a big military parade in Beijing, the big parade in tiananmen square in Beijing.

President hu jintao delivered an important speech on the tiananmen rostrum, announcing the parade began. Some sitting President hu jintaos 2009 car inspected the armed forces, we all of the peoples liberation army uncle is spirited take a heroic posture.

Finally, I saw many colorful floats, jiangxi, hainan......

Finished watching the military parade, I feel how great, how great of our motherland.

今天是10月1日，你知道今天是什么节吗?哈哈!你肯定不知道吧，让我来告诉你吧，今天是国庆节，建国60周年呢!还有大阅兵，在北京有大阅兵，北京的大阅兵在天安门广场。

胡锦涛主席在天安门城楼上发表了重要讲话，宣布了阅兵开始。有的胡锦涛主席坐着2009号车检阅了海陆空三军，我们的解放军叔叔个个都是英姿飒爽雄姿英发。

最后，我看见了许多五颜六色的花车，有江西的、海南的……

看完了阅兵，我觉得我们的祖国有多么强大、多大伟大。

I have a dream , but I darent say my dream is.....

Now I dare say : My dream is that Ill be admited to Qinghua

University.when I was a child, I had heard the highest school Qinghua. The words

often drives my heart. I keep it away for eleven years . However, I am almost

make it come true, because Im not good at studying subjects, my math ,my

English, my Chinese and my mixtrue subjects are not good. So, when I come to

classroom I often sit there and became sad. I think I have worked hard for two

years in the Siner School. But ,all of things arent change quickly. Where is my

seed and where is my gains, but it may be the time . Now, I have been in the

Senior three, and Ill face the case of going to university. Although the case

is so terrible , I have nothing to treat it. I often cry with the reason that

why I am always in trouble. but as the increcs of age , I know that cry is no

use , so I became studying. So, when I came into the Senior Three, I have been

felling myself to change mind to it is that studying is an important thing. If

you want to be good at it , you must finish the studying quickly and correctly

in a sure time, and the most important is that you must know the book well and

understand every rule and after that you may do some practice to improve your

testing cile .At last you must review them ,because the peoples brain is

limited , and it will make you forget all of you have studied it .

At last you must keep a good health and have a good felling. Look, this is

a true senior three student.

Qinghua, please open your door, Im running to you now.

I think reading is important in the whole life for people. There are many

benefits of reading.

Firstly, reading increases our knowledge and we can learn the world affairs

without going out. Secondly, reading is a good way to improve reading and

writing skills. Before you learn to write, you must know how others write.

Thirdly, reading can broaden our knowledge and horizon, which is important to

job hunting in the future.

Finally, reading helps us become self-cultivation that would be beneficial

to our whole life. Therefore, start to reading, no matter how old you are and

what you are doing. Then, you may find the great charm and benefits of

reading.

篇一：关于假期的英语作文

I had a long holiday for National Day .I was very happy, because I could do anything I want.

During those days. I enjoyed myself. At first, I went to the zoo to see lovely animals. And then. I went to the sea world to see beautiful fishes. That was very interesting. Secondly I went for a trip with my parents, we went to Linxia to visit my grandparents and to eat minoritys foods. We rode horse on the grassland and had a fun with local children. It was very exciting. After that, I held a party and invited some of my best friends to visit my house. My mother bought a lot of tasty foods for us, we also took many photos on the party. We played very happy. I also watched lots of carton films at home, they were wonderful.

I like the holiday. I like my National Day.

篇二：关于假期的英语作文

Im going to the sun on my holiday. I will go there by a spaceship. I will take a big blue spaceship. then Ill pilot the spaceship to the sun. the sun is very hot. So I put on the super-shirt. In the morning, I will have some sun burger fo

Im going to the sun on my holiday. I will go there by a spaceship. I will take a big blue spaceship。

then Ill pilot the spaceship to the sun. the sun is very hot. So I put on the super-shirt. In the morning, I will have some sun burger for my breakfast.

At eight oclock, I will play with my friends there. they are super dog and super girl. Super dog is white and black. Super girl is very clever. Super girl and super dog like to play with me. So I play with them for forty minutes. then I do my homework in my little red room on a small blue table. After my home work, I will have my lunch. I will eat sun salad. I will make some red toy bear to the sun babies.(www.zuowenla.cn) I will have red juice, red fish and red rice. All the things are red. then I need a lot of water on the sun because the sun is too hot. So I will walk to the spaceship. Ill pilot the spaceship to the earth.

This is a good holiday on the sun.

The way people hold the belief that a fun-filled， pain-free lifestyle

equals happiness actually reduces their chances of ever obtaining real

happiness. If fun and pleasure are equal to happiness，then pain must be equal to

unhappiness. But in fact，the opposite is true： more often than not things that

lead to happiness contain some pain.

As a result，many people avoid the very attempts that are the source of true

happiness.They fear the pain inevitably (不可避免地) brought by such things as

marriage，raising children，professional achievement， religious commitment，

self-improvement.

Ask a bachelor why he resists marriage even though he finds dating to be

less and less satisfying. If he is honest，he will tell you that he is afraid of

making a commitment，for commitment is in fact quite painful. The single life is

filled with fun， adventure and excitement.Marriage has such moments，but they are

not its most distinguishing features.

Couples，with infant children， are lucky to get a whole nights sleep of a

three-day vacation. We dont know any parent who would choose the word fun to

describe raising children. But couples that decide not to have children ever

know the joys of watching a child grow up or playing with a grandchild.

Understanding and accepting that true happiness has nothing to do with fun

is one of the most liberating realizations. It liberates time： now we can devote

more hours to activities that can really increase our happiness. It liberates

money：buying that new car or those fancy clothes to increase our happiness now

seems pointless. And it liberates us from envy：we now understand that all those

who always have so much fun actually may not be happy at all.

After mid-term exam,we had a long holiday.I was so busy in this holiday. What did I do?

FirstI did my homework. Our homework was as large as a mountain. ButI finished it in a few time. ThenI helped my mother clean our house. We cleaned and swept everywhere.NextI went to the Wutong Mountain with my friends. We climbed the mountain and breathed fresh air. It was comfortable. We also took some photos. After that,I went to shenzhen library.I bought 《harry potter》this book.It was a story about an interesting, brave, funny boy. Finally, Iwent to the Hengfonghaiyue International Hotel and ate some food.

I really enjoyer myself in this holiday. How about you？

Recently, we often show that shopping online is better than in store, but

is this really the case? Actually, there is no consensus of opinions among

people as to the view of shopping online is better than traditional shopping.

Some people consider that online shopping will replace the mall shopping, stores

will disappear in the future, while others argue that stores would unlikely to

be disappeared, it has its own advantages.

Most people shopping online because it is very convenient, there is no need

to go out, just click the mouse gently, they can buy the goods they want. In

addition, goods online are cheaper than entity shop that buyers can save a lot

of money. But even the coin has two sides. Online shopping also has advantages

and disadvantages. In recent years, we see a lot of news about online cheating,

and many buyers complain about poor quality of the goods, which is different

with the description.

However, the situation above is rare in traditional shopping store, because

the guest can communicate with the seller face to face. Buyers can also see

goods intuitively. But the traditional shopping does not convenience as well as

online shopping, for example, if people meet a traffic jam on the way to the

shopping which will affect the happy mood of shopping.

Today is teachers day, because mother filled too late yesterday, so I didnt give the teacher a gift it is a holiday today, the in the mind a bit sad, see other students have to prepare gifts, I think this time Im sorry, next time to prepare gifts for the teachers.

Go on the way home a few from my uncle and aunt and my mother a few flowers, I would take the flowers to the mother said mom and I want to the teacher tomorrow, only one day, mother said that today is teachers day is not how to send the teacher teachers day tomorrow, mother say teachers must be prepared to present next time. Teacher liu, wang teacher happy teachers day, beautiful forever.

It seems like a silly question, anyone in sane would give a hand to the elderly who fell. But in China, this question is becoming tricky. Many news report that there are some old people not just fell, they do it on purpose. Usually, they walk on a crowdy street, and pretend to faint or just lay down on the ground, intend to accuse the one who comes to help as a perpetrator and blackmail him/her for the treatment fee. Many people have fell for that and had to pay as there is no witness to prove their innocence. As for these negative news, people is afraid to help those old people in need, that makes some of them who are in real trouble could not get help in time. I once asked one of my friends: “Why the old people turn bad? If you see one in the street, would you help?” He said: “It is not the old people turn bad, it is the bad people turn old. I will video him/her to make a statement first, then decide if I would help.”

这似乎是个愚蠢的问题,任何清醒的人遇到跌倒的老人都会伸出援助之手。但在中国，这个问题变得棘手。很多新闻报道说有些老人不只是跌倒而已，他们是故意这么做的。通常他们会走到人潮涌动的街头，假装晕倒或者是直接躺在地上，想要指控那些来帮助他的人为肇事者，敲诈他们要治疗费。很多人都上当了，由于没有目击者证明他们的清白，他们被迫支付了费用。正因为这些负面新闻，人们害怕去帮助那些需要帮助的老人，也因此造成了那些真正有困难的老人没有得到及时的帮助。我曾经问我一个朋友：“为什么现在的老人变坏了?如果你在街上看到这样的老人你会帮助吗?”他说：“不是老人变坏了，是坏人变老了。我会先录像让他做一个声明，再决定是否帮助他。”

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.

This year’s National Day I went to Beihai for travel with my friends. As we were afraid Beihai will be too many people on National Day, so we went there on Oct.4. Our first stop is to the Bei Hai silver beach. We found ther are huge people on the beach. Outside the beach, we can’t see the sea but only people. Though I was shock, we still joined the people on the beach quickly. We swam in the sea and played with each other. We all felt happy about that trip.

今年的国庆节我和我的朋友们去北海旅游。由于我们担心在国庆节北海会有很多人，所有我们在十月四号才去。我们的第一站是北海银滩。我们发现银滩上有大量的人。在海滩外，除了人我们都看不到海。虽然我很震惊，但是我们还是迅速的加入到海滩上的人群我的假期英语作文带翻译我的假期英语作文带翻译。我们在海里游泳，和朋友们互相玩耍。对于这个旅行我们都很开心。

A young man asked Socrates the secret to success. Socrates told the young man to meet him near the river the next morning. They met. Socrates asked the young man to walk with him toward the river. When the water got up to their neck, Socrates took the young man by surprise and ducked him into the water. The boy struggled to get out but Socrates was strong and kept him there until the boy started turning blue. Socrates pulled his head out of the water and the first thing the young man did was to gasp and take a deep breath of air. Socrates asked, “What did you want the most when you were there?” The boy replied, “Air.” Socrates said, “That is the secret to success. When you want success as badly as you wanted the air, then you will get it. There is no other secret.”

一个年轻人向苏格拉底询问成功的秘诀，苏格拉底让年轻人第二天早晨到河边 见他。他们见面后，苏格拉底叫年轻人和他一起走向河里，当河水淹至他们的 脖子时，苏格拉底出其不意地抓住年轻人并把其压入水中，那人想要挣出水面， 而强壮有力的苏格拉底将他摁在水中直到他变得无力抗争，脸色发青。苏格拉 底将他的头拖出水面，这个年轻人所做的第一件事就是大口喘息后，深吸一口 气。苏格拉底问： “当你闷在水里的时候你最想要的是什么?”年轻人回答说： “空气。 ”苏格拉底说： “那就是成功的秘诀。当你像渴望空气一样渴望成功， 你就能够获得它!没有其他的秘密了。 ”

In the past hundred years, there have heen frequent natural disasters, such

as floods, droughts, mud-rock flows, seismic sea waves, earthquakes, windstorms

and the stretching of new deserts. The disasters have killed millions upon

millions of people, destroyed countless homes, and wiped out numerous pieces of

fertile land.

Now more and more people become aware that those disasters have much to do

with what we have done to the earth. We have cut down too many trees in the

forests,we have badly polluted the environment, we have shocked our own

home-planet time and against with tremendously powerful explosions of nuclear

bombs. As a result, climates have become abnormal, rainwater rushes down

hillsides angrily, and the underground energy goes up to revenge itself on

us.

The earth is our only home-planet. It is urgent for us to stop damaging it,

and to do our best to protect it and make it a lovely place suitable to live in,

for we have nowhere to go and survive except where we are now.