高一英语作文：中国的美食（精品20篇）

Computers started to become popular with big companies in the 1960s.

Computer

You’ve probably known about computers your whole life. But computers have not really been around for very long. Computers started to become popular with big companies in the 1960s. Computers didn’t become widespread in homes and schools until the 1980s.

HOW DO PEOPLE USE COMPUTERS?

People use computers in many ways. Stores use computers to keep track of products and check you out at the cash register. Banks use computers to send money all over the world.

Computers help teachers keep track of lessons and grades. They help students do research and learn. Computers let you hook up to networks (many computers hooked together). They let you hook up to a worldwide network called the Internet.

Scientists use computers to solve research problems. Engineers use computers to make cars, trucks, and airplanes. Architects use computers to design houses and other buildings. The police use computers to track down criminals. The military uses computers to make and read coded messages.

Ladies and gentlemen,From Chart 1, we can see high school students are from different family backgrounds.

Besides local students, who make up 91 percent, eight percent of the students are the children of non-local workers. Another 1 percent are foreigner students.

As is shown in chart 2, sixty percent of them intend to go to university, which is double the

number of those who will attend vocational schools. Besides, the other ten percent choose to go abroad for further study.

In conclusion, it seems clear that our city government has made more efforts to help the non-local workers, whose children can enjoy the equal right of a good education with the city

students. Also with the economic development of our city, more foreigners are attracted to set up businesses here and they are happy to send their children to local schools to learn more about China and Chinese culture. In addition, we have more freedom to choose what we would like to do after graduation. Going to college is no longer the only choice for most of us as it was years ago.

As a Senior Grade Three students, I am very busy in preparing for the

college entrance examination. I have seven classes a day, and two self-study

classes at night. And only a day left for the weekend. So, most of the time I

have to spend on the study, after all the college entrance examination is very

important for almost all of us. Aside of study, I would play football with my

friends after school and the weekend. I like playing football very much. When I

run on the football field, I can put the examination thing off my mind for a

while, only sweat and laugh left. It is a good exercise for health and a good

way to relax from the busy study too. This is my high school life, busy and

fulfilling.

It`s one of the traditional Festivals of Chinese.And it `s a day in honour

to Quyuan,who is one of the greatest poet in China.Qingming is also one of the

24seasonal division points in China.It is may 5th on April in every year.On that

day,people will free of work or school that in memory of their ancestors.Besides

parents will take their children to the countryside,where they may have a

picinc.As the festival is in spring,It`s warm and comfortable,families often go

to parks to fly the kites.

This is the Qingming Festival,I hope you can come here next year during

Qingming Festival.

滚滚红尘，泱泱大国，x年漫漫征程，一路风雨一路行。沿着黄河与长江的源头，漂流而下，去寻找那份逝而已久的怀念与伤感。

中国是四大文明古国之一，是全人类文化的源头，其文化的底蕴是深不可测，辛勤的劳动人民用他们的智慧创造了一个又一个的奇迹，用他们的智慧谱写了一个又一个的神话。

中华文化博大精深。先秦的《诗经》和楚辞、汉赋、唐诗、宋词、元曲，明清的小说……每一个朝代都在文学上取得了非凡的成就，每一个时期都演绎了它最辉煌的一面。中国的戏曲艺术丰富多彩。早在原始社会就已经有了仪式性歌舞，仪式性歌舞到后来发张成为一种歌舞传统。春秋战国时期出现优伶，元杂剧把中国戏曲文化艺术推向成熟……就这样，中国戏曲文化艺术逐渐发展起来。黄梅戏、花鼓戏、昆腔、秦腔、豫剧……这些各具色彩的地方戏为中国戏曲文化注入了活力。

中国文化源远流长。汉字既是世界上最古老的文字之一，又是至今硕果仅存的一种方块表意文字。那一个个充满魅力的方块字，那一捺一撇、一横一竖都展现了汉字的风采。自从有了汉字，就有了书法。中国书法是一门古老的艺术，它伴随着中华劳动人民的智慧。王羲之、颜真卿、柳公权……尽管他们的书体不同，但其书法上的成就非同寻常。书画同源，中国古代绘画具有悠久的历史和独特的风格。唐代是中国绘画史上的鼎盛时期，开创了新纪元。笔墨丹青中国画以其丰富的内涵享誉世界。

中华文化丰富多彩。四大发明、《九章算术》和珠算，《石氏星表》和浑仪，《授时历》和四大农书，《伤寒杂病论》和《本草纲目》，祖冲之和圆周率……这些成果都展示了古代中国人民的勤劳智慧，都为中国文化添上了灿烂辉煌的一笔。长城、颐和园、故宫……处处古迹都是古代劳动人民的智慧思想结晶。

几多辉煌，几多成就。举世闻名的四大发明、悠扬悦耳的戏剧、韵味十足的书画、独特的建筑、优美的诗词……这些都是祖先留给我们的丰厚文化遗产。

今天的文化继承和发扬了古代传统文化底蕴。只有不断适应时代的发展，紧跟历史的潮流，传统文化才能延续下去，并发扬光大。为了让传统文化立足与现代，让独特的中国文化鹤立于世界之林，不仅是继承，而且要批判的继承;不仅要发展，而且要创新的发展。

作为新时代的开拓者，面对中国的传统文化，我们只有取其精华，去其糟粕，才能让世界了解中国，让中国走向世界。

Three attributes can help people in their studies. First, a sense of responsibility is important for building a sound character. If you arent responsible, youll postpone your assignments or devote too little time to your schoolwork.

Second, in school life, relationships between people are valuable. Friends can bring you happiness and laughter. In addition, you can discuss problems and pursue knowledge with them.

Last, it is important to have a constructive philosophy of life. If you are defeated, dont be disappointed. Try to face your life and your studies with courage and determination.

If you can work toward these goals, youll become a well-rounded and versatile student instead of being a bookworm.

To be or nor to be, that is a question. To succeed or to fail? How to

succeed and how to achieve? These problems confuse many teenagers in

nowadays.

We all have dreams, and we all work hard to realize them. But there will

always be some problems and setbacks to stop the pace of advance. When they

appear, what should we do? To stop or to go on? Mrs. Curie told us the answer.

We all know that Mrs. Curie discovered radium, but how many people really know

how hard she worked? At that time, there were many people disapprove of Mrs.

Curie. Although she got over hundreds of difficulties, she still believed in

herself and never gave up. Finally, she succeeded to discover radium. She proved

that she was right by her continuous hard work and her strong spirit. We should

learn from Mrs. Curie. She told us the truth through her own experiences that

believe in yourself, you can do it! Never give up, face the difficulties with a

smile, someday, you will be proud of yourself.

The key to success is confidence. It makes you brave, helps you get over

the troubles, and brings motivation to you. For example, somebody always get

nervous when they have an important speech, if they are in a nervous mood, the

results are always terrible. But if they are confident to themselves, the

results turn out to be better. Therefore, be confident, believe in yourself,

keep smile in your face when comes to difficulties, and you will achieve

more.

还记得那是很小的时候，听这爷爷给我讲故事，说他在以前的时候经常吃不饱穿不暖。从此在我心中就种下了疑问的种子：“为什么我现在有吃有穿了呢?”直到现在，我忽然明白了一些。

62年前，一位伟大的中国人在天安门广场宣布了新中国的成立。今天我们就是在他的关怀下成长。新中国的成立犹如灯塔的光芒，给千百万受封建地主统治的人民带来了希望，它的成立犹如盘古开天辟地，标志着中国从此走向了社会主义的道路。

我无法亲身体验祖国成立的前后的变化，唯有听老一辈们的口述来感受其变化。

新中国未成立之前，各地生灵涂炭;民不聊生;外国侵略;军阀割据，国内一片混乱。大街小巷各地都是无家可归的饥民，更不用说上学读书了，能有一口饱饭吃，那就是他们的奢望!

现在的中国是我自己亲眼所见的：到处都是高楼大厦，人民个个安居乐业，基本到达小康社会。人民有活干，有衣穿，有房住，有饭吃，有房住，到处都呈现出其乐融融的景象。大街小巷有的只是那欢声笑语，人民高高兴兴上学去，平平安安回家来，农村里也有一些特殊保障：“种田不交税，人手一部‘机’。不再听天命，心中有算盘。”

作为一个中学生，我无法发表过多的主观上的言论，唯有把我的所见，所听，所感写出来，是对是错，是好是坏，世人心里自会有一把秤。

From this incident，we can see that there are still more things to be done。

Firstly，the government needs everything possible to ensure the quality of

products，particularly the safety of food as this concerns everyones

life.Secondly，as for the producers，it is very important for them to be morally

honest. They should never try to pursue profit or economic growth at the expense

of health and life of people. Thirdly，we consumers must attach importance to the

things we eat and develop an awareness of how to protect our legal rights if

cheated。 Only in this way will we be able to build a more secure and harmonious

society.

Ofo has been favored by the public, even the foreign people speak highly of

it. These yellow bikes can be found everywhere, so the people who are in a hurry

can use it and then reached the destination in time. Especially for the

visitors, they can ride these bikes and then have a look at the scenery around.

It can saves them a lot of money and the most important thing is the convenience

it brings. These bikes can be placed any place, even the walking areas. I like

ofo so much. It makes me feel green, because it won’t produce bad air to pollute

the environment.

高一英语作文：The Double Ninth Festival

The ninth day of the ninth lunar month is the Chong Yang Festival, a traditional festival in China. The celebrating activities are various and romantic ,including climbing mountains , appreciating chrysanthemums , wearing dogwoods , eating the Chong Yang cake and so on . “Nine” has the same pronunciation as the Chinese character “jiu” which stands for ”a long time” , and is the biggest single figure . Therefore it indicts longevity. There have been a lot of poems and works celebrating Chong Yang Festival and praising chrysanthemums since ancient times. People also believe that climbing mountains can expel bad luck, and indicates “climbing to a higher position” and “longevity”. China designates the ninth day of the ninth month as Senior ‘s Day , which combine tradition with modern times subtly to turn it into a festival for respecting , caring about , loving , and helping the elderly people .

农历九月初九为中国传统的节日—重阳节。庆祝重阳节的活动多彩而浪漫，包括登高远眺、观赏菊花、遍插茱萸、吃重阳糕等。“九”与汉字“久”同音，又是个位数字之最，因此寓意长寿长久。自古以来，有不少贺重阳用菊花的诗词佳作。人们还以为，登高可以驱除霉运，意指“晋升高位”和“长寿”。中国把九月九日定为老人节，传统与现代巧妙地结合，使之成为一个尊老、敬老、助老的节日。

高一英语作文：我对考试作弊的看法

My Opinion on Cheating in Examinations 我对考试作弊的看法

It is known to us all that some students cheat in examinations at school.

As students, we often take examinations at school, but sometimes we have too many examinations which are too difficult for us. On the other hand, some of us are lazy and dont work hard at their lessons. So when taking examinations, they sometimes cheat in order to get better results to please their parents and teachers.

In my opinion, it is wrong to cheat in examinations because it breaks the rules of schools. We students should be honest and try to get good results by studying hard instead of cheating in examinations. Whats more, we should improve our study methods and get well prepared for examinations.

高一英语作文：读书的好处的英语作文

When Im free or in trouble, I always take out a book and read quietly. In no time, Ive put my heart into it so that Ill forget all the troubles. Its in this way that Ive formed the habit of reading in any time.

Little boys as I was, I was interest in picture books and storybooks. I was struck by them. No sooner had I entered the middle school than I began to read novel, plays, and essays and so on. I found I could get much from them. Little by little I took great interest in literature and last term I won the first prize in the composition contest among middle-school students in Zhe Jiang.

Reading “The Emperors New Clothes”, I had to let out a burst of laughter over his fool. “The Little Match Girl” couldnt keep me from crying for her misery. “Robinson Crusoe” took me into a strange world full of danger. And I was also deeply impressed by Helen Kellers patience and perseverance… Besides these, books also tell me other thing -how to be a man and how to tell the difference between right and wrong. In a word, good books can make me know what I didnt before. So I think of a good book as my best friend.

Ill never forget this famous saying,“Good books are best friends who never turn their backs upon us.”

高一英语作文：兴趣的作用

Everybody has his or her interest， and interests differ widely from person to person because of age， sex health and education. To some extent， interest also reflects one＇s ability or wish. Interest plays an important part in our daily life. As a middle school student interest is of great importance in study. If you want to learn something well， you have to show interest in it， which is quite possible. Once you have found your way into the subject， you may have also found a world of curiosities.

In our times， interest may not only result in skill and knowledge but also lead to great inventions and discoveries. To be a successful person in the world one should develop one＇s interest.

I am an ordinary girl. Learning in general, people also generally. But I have extraordinary thing, this kind of thing everyone has, but this kind of thing everyone is different, have such things -- friendship. I have two good friends, they callXXX, XXX. They are my good sister, they gave me a lot of happy and moved. They in my sad comfort me, when I am happy happy together with me. A lot of fun in our body.

Homonym for the day, the weather is sunny, cloudless, I and the daddy, mother, littles side go boating in the park. In the park, so many people! Even row should be arranged in long lines, dad went to buy the ticket, where we wait in line for over an hour, very not easy to wait for an empty vessel, we quickly got into the boat.

Smalls side and I sat in the front of the ship, mom and dad sat on the back. Littles side wheels and I grasp the steering wheel, mom and dad in the back on the boat. We wandered around in the water, play extremely happy. Is happy, suddenly see our ship straight to on hand directly in front of a row, the row of uncle aunt frighten hurriedly turn, the both of us laughing stomach ache. Mother said that I didnt grasp the direction and make smalls side master direction, I want to denial, and then said: "havent to the time!" Smalls side seems to know I was cheated him, he said: "elder brother, time is up." My dad said: "time is up, HaoYue let you smalls side to grasp the direction." I reluctantly to him. Also dont know today is whats the matter, theres always a ship collided with us, so we just hit the somebody elses ship, and YouRenGu boat to us now, our ship strength big, turn it into a corner, and the smalls side and I started laughing. Have a steamboat come towards us, dad told us to turn quickly, we turn to hide in the past.

We see someone in dancing then put the boat ashore in the past, see of is from France, some people say that its time for our ship ashore, told us to stop the ship is in port, we put the boat soon in the past, on shore and went home.

That day I play with smalls side too happy! Both rowed a boat and know how to grasp the direction of the ship, this is my winter vacation in one of the most interesting thing.

正月初一那天，天气晴朗，万里无云，我和爸爸，妈妈，小表叔一起去公园划船。到了公园，人真多呀!连划船都要排成长长的队伍，爸爸去买了船票，我们在那里排队等了一个多小时，好不容易才等到了一个空船，我们赶快上了船。

我和小表叔坐在船的最前面，爸爸妈妈坐在后面。我和小表叔轮着掌握方向盘，爸爸妈妈在后面蹬着划船。我们在水里转来转去，玩的高兴极了。正在高兴时，忽然看见我们的船正直直往正前方的一条手划船上撞去，把划船的叔叔阿姨吓的赶紧转弯，把我们俩笑的肚子疼。妈妈说我没掌握好方向便让小表叔掌握方向，我想抵赖，于是就说：“还没到时间呢!”小表叔好象知道我在骗他，就说：“哥，时间是不是到了。”我爸爸说：“时间到了，浩悦让你小表叔来掌握方向。”我极不情愿的让给了他。也不知道今天是怎么了，总有船和我们相撞，刚才我们撞人家的船，现在又有人家的船来撞我们，我们的船劲大，把它撞的转了个弯，又把我和小表叔乐得哈哈大笑。又有一条汽船朝我们驶过来了，爸爸叫我们赶快转弯，我们立刻就转弯躲了过去。

我们看到岸上有人在跳舞便把船划了过去看，看的正美时，岸上有人说我们的船时间到了，叫我们停船靠岸，我们很快把船划了过去，上了岸便回家了。

那天我和小表叔玩的太开心啦!既划了船又知道怎样掌握船的方向，这事就是我寒假里最有趣的一件事。

My birthday

Today is my birthday, so some of my classmates sent me presents.Mother prepared a tea party for me.I invited all of them to come and take part in it.The tea party began at half past six.There were cold drinks and refreshments.We ate,talked and laughed.We felt that we were the happiest men in the world.Time passed quickly.

In a twinkling,the clock on the wall struck nine.We could not but say"Good-bye" to one another.

[我的生日高一英语日记

As the development of computer, people count on computer so much, now most businesses are done online, trading online saves people a lot of time and it is very convenient. As more and more people choose to shop online, there comes the relative services, the most important one is express deliver. Many years ago, express deliver is not that popular, now it becomes the main tool for people to receive online products. Express deliver is very fast, the companies make the promise that the customers can get their products in three days. Many years ago, people can get their things in a week, now express deliver shorten the time. What’s more, the express deliver can deliver the products to the customers’ homes, people don’t have to go out, how convenient it is. I like to use express deliver, it facilitates my life and saves me a lot of time.

随着电脑的发展，人们很依赖电脑，现在大部分的生意都在网上成交，网上交易节省了人们很多时间，也很方便。随着越来越多的人选择网上购物，相应的服务应运而生，其中最重要的就是快递。很多年以前，快递并不是那么的受欢迎，现在它成为了人们接收网上产品的主要交通工具。快递很快速，公司承诺顾客可以在三天内收到他们的产品。很多年以前，人们能在一周内收到他们的产品，现在快递缩短了时间。而且，快递能把产品送到客人的家里，人们不用走出去，这是多么方便啊。我喜欢使用快递，它方便了我的生活，节省了时间。

国际青年节是一个由联合国发起设立的节日。1999年联合国通过54/120号决议，将每年的8月12日定为国际青年节。第一个国际青年节是在2000年8月12日。

International Youth Day is a festival sponsored by the United Nations set up. The 1999 UN resolution 54/120, to August 12th of each year as international youth day. The first International Youth Day is on August 12, 2000.

国际青年节是全世界革命青年反帝国主义、反军国主义、反世界大战的纪念日。它的产生背景，是在第一次帝国主义世界大战打得昏天地黑，各国社会民主党都一齐在保护资产阶级祖国的名义之下，而完全出卖工人阶级的利益的时候举行的。当时各国革命青年于1915五年在瑞京举行国际青年大会，决定国际青年反对世界大战一致的步骤，并决定以每年的九月第一星期日为国际青年日。自1915年九月第一次国际青年纪念大示威举行以后，全世界的共产主义青年运动便如潮水一般的汹涌起来了。在反帝国主义大战，反国主义以及一切革命斗争中，都表现出了革命青年的重大作用。

International Youth Day is the world revolutionary youth anti imperialist, anti militarism, anti World War Memorial day. Its background, is played with black in the world the first imperialist world war, the Social Democratic Party together under the name of protection the bourgeoisie of the motherland, and completely betrayed the interests of the working class is held. The revolutionary youth in 1915 for five years in the Swiss Beijing International Youth Conference, international youth against World War consistent steps, and decided to each of the first Sunday of September as the International Youth day. Since 1915 September the first international youth Memorial held large demonstrations, the Communist Youth movement around the world as the tide surge up. In the anti imperialist war, the anti imperialism and all revolutionary struggle, have shown a significant role of revolutionary youth.

每年的国际青年节，联合国都会举行相关主题的活动。

The annual International Youth Day, the United Nations will be held related theme activities.

*中国青年节时间是在每年的5月4日。

* China Youth Day is on May 4th every year.

My dream home is an old castle in France. There are at least thirty rooms in it. It has three floors.

There is a big sitting room and dining room on the ground floor. It must have a very large window on the ground floor. I can look out of the window.

There are six bedrooms on the first floor. Maybe my good friends can live in the rooms. There is a bathroom in each bedroom. I would like my friends to have a shower or a bath in my castle.

There is a special room on the second floor. I can put all my clothes in the room. The room must be next to my bedroom. There is a big bed in my own bedroom. It is two meters long, because I love to sleep. There is a bathroom in my bedroom.

There is a very large garden outside my house. I can have breakfast in this garden. I can have parties in it. The garden is like a park. There are many kinds of flowers and trees in it. In the centre of the garden, there is a wooden swing. I can play on it.

This is my dream home. It is a nice dream.

Cherry is a plant, Rosaceae, deciduous trees, flowers and leaves in March with the release or leaves after flowering. Are also the cherry as the name of the album.

樱花是一种植物,蔷薇科,落叶乔木,花于3月与叶同放或叶后开花.也有以樱花为名称的专辑.

Bark purple-brown, smooth and shiny, with horizontal stripes. Flowers and Leaves alternate, elliptic or obovate elliptic, margin Mount teeth, apex acute, while glands, surface dark green, shiny, slightly back light. Stipules lanceolate linear, jagged edge fine crack, crack terminal gland. Spend each 35, as umbrella inflorescence, sepals at the Standard, petal apex notch, white, red. Flowers and leaves in March with the release or the first flower after the leaves. The nuclear sphere, first red, then become purple-brown, mature in July. Japans national flower.

树皮紫褐色,平滑有光泽,有横纹.花与叶互生,椭圆形或倒卵状椭圆形,边缘有芒齿,先端尖而有腺体,表面深绿色,有光泽,背面稍淡.托叶披针状线形,边缘细裂呈锯齿状,裂端有腺.花每支三五朵,成伞状花序,萼片水平开展,花瓣先端有缺刻,白色、红色.花于3月与叶同放或先花后叶.核球形,初呈红色,后变紫褐色,7月成熟.为日本国花.

Mountain cherry, cherry, also known as green skin. Su dry skin brown, oval-shaped leaves mostly lanceolate, apex usually caudate, serrated edge with a tapered single-or re-toothed, teeth glandular terminal barbed Mount, dark green leaf surface smooth, white powder have been in the back of micro-pulse hairy, often young leaves brown. Petiole with 2-4 glands, flowers ill with double petals, white or pink, ovate fruit spherical, black when ripe, the Chinese origin of species more common in North China wild mountain fast-growing, sprouting ability, resistance to dust, Often the cherry rootstocks, nucleolus can be used as medicine

山樱：又名青肤樱.干皮粟褐色,叶多为椭圆状披针形,先端常尾状,缘具尖细单锯齿或重锯齿,齿端有腺质刺芒,叶表苍绿光滑,背面微被白粉有中脉有毛,幼叶常为褐色.叶柄有2-4腺体,花单瓣或重瓣,白或粉红,果卵状球形,熟时黑色,为原产种,华北山地多见野生,生长快速,萌芽力强,抗烟尘,常作樱桃之砧木,核仁可入药

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Oh, do you think this boy is really ill-looking? He is my classmate in school. His name is Dai Shunxin. Do you think his face just likes a piece of square and white paper? He looks very poor. His hair is matted and brown. He has a crew cut. His eyes aren’t watery at all, and they’re fishlike. His nose is also ill-looking, and it’s a hooked nose. He has jagged teeth and his teeth aren’t very clean. He is bended, so he looks very short. He is ugly but he usually has a sunny smile. Though he is really ill-looking and everybody usually laughs at him, he studies very hard!

哦，你认为这个男孩是真的病了吗?他是我的同班同学在学校。他的名字是傣族顺鑫。你认为他的脸就像一张方形的和白色的纸吗?他看上去很穷。他的头发乱蓬蓬的，棕色的。他有一个平头。他的眼睛不流泪的话，他们的鱼。他的鼻子是病态的，和它的鹰钩鼻子。他有锯齿状的牙齿和牙齿不太干净。他是弯曲的，所以他看起来很短。他是丑陋的但他通常有一个灿烂的微笑。虽然他是真的病了，看，通常每个人都嘲笑他，他学习非常努力!

The Lunar New Year is now popularly known as the Spring Festival because it starts from the Begining of Spring . Its origin is too old to be traced. Several explanations are hanging around. All agree, however, that the word Nian, which in modern Chinese solely means year , was originally the name of a monster beast that started to prey on people the night before the beginning of a new year.

One legend goes that the beast Nian had a very big mouth that would swallow a great many people with one bite. People were very scared. One day, an old man came to their rescue, offering to subdue Nian. To Nian he said, I hear say that you are very capable, but can you swallow the other beasts of prey on earth instead of people who are by no means of your worthy opponents? So, it did swallow many of the beasts of prey on earth that also harassed people and their domestic animals from time to time.

After that, the old man disappeared riding the beast Nian. He turned out to be an immortal god. Now that Nian is gone and other beasts of prey are also scared into forests, people begin to enjoy their peaceful life. Before the old man left, he had told people to put up red paper decorations on their windows and doors at each year s end to scare away Nian in case it sneaked back again, because red is the color the beast feared the most.

From then on, the tradition of observing the conquest of Nian is carried on from generation to generation. The term Guo Nian , which may mean Survive the Nian becomes today Celebrate the Year as the word guo in Chinese having both the meaning of pass-over and observe . The custom of putting up red paper and firing fire-crackers to scare away Nian should it have a chance to run loose is still around. However, people today have long forgotten why they are doing all this, except that they feel the color and the sound add to the excitement of the celebratio

if i were a boy again, i would practice perseverance more often, and never give up a thing because it was or inconvenient. if we want light, we must conquer darkness. perseverance can sometimes equal genius in its results. “there are only two creatures,” says a proverb, “who can surmount the pyramids—the eagle and the snail.”

if i were a boy again, i would school myself into a habit of attention; i would let nothing come between me and the subject in hand. i would remember that a good skater never tries to skate in two directions at once.the habit of attention becomes part of our life, if we begin early enough. i often hear grown up people say “ i could not fix my attention on the sermon or book, although i wished to do so” , and the reason is, the habit was not formed in youth.

if i were to live my life over again, i would pay more attention to the cultivation of the memory. i would strengthen that faculty by every possible means, and on every possible occasion. it takes a little hard work at first to remember things accurately; but memory soon helps itself, and gives very little trouble. it only needs early cultivation to become a power.