初中英语作文给朋友的回信【实用20篇】

相信大家的生活中都有很多朋友，他们会在你需要的时候帮助你，是吗？今天，小编为您带来的是英语作文我的朋友例文，欢迎阅读！

英语作文我的朋友（一）：One of my best friends

Ben is my best friend。He loves sports very much。He is good at Math and English。He is a good boy。He always helps other students。Now，he is the tallest in our class。In 15 years’ time，he will be taller and heavier。He will be goodlooking 。He will be 195 centimetres tall。He will weigh 76 kilograms。He will not wear galsses。He will possibly be a policeman or a fireman。

He says that this only is a dream。He will try to make his dream e true。 英语作文我的朋友（二）：My best Friend

Li Yan，my best friend，is my classmate。 She has big eyes。 Her long hair is often plained。Sweet smile is often on her face，which makes her more lively。

LiNan is very clever。She is good at her school subjects。 She has won the school scholarship twice，I always take her as my model in study。 She tells me that we should make good use of time。

Li Yan is kind-hearted and is always ready to help others，Any student in my class who has trouble in study likes asking her for help。 But she doesn’t like others to praise her， because she thinks what she did is ordinary。

I feel proud to have such a friend。 英语作文我的朋友（三）：My new friend

In this chapter of the novel，Jane met her new friend-Helen。What Helen said really impressed me a lot，driving me think deeply。

“Life is too short to hate other people。We all have faults，but when we die，only the pure flame of the spirt will be left。Thats why I never think of revenge，I never consider life unfair。I live in calm，looking forward to the end。"

Honesly speaking，I plained about my life or people around me now and again，wodering why it was always unfair to me。However，think it over，I shouldt have been so mean。Time flies。We need to expand the width of life instead of wasting time to think about something meaningless。 英语作文我的朋友（四）：My Best Friend

Hello! Everyone。 I’ll introduce my best friend to you。 Her name is Zhou Xun。 Her English name is Zoe。 I like her English name better。 Zoe likes it， too。

Zoe is a lovely girl。 She is not tall。 She is very thin。 She has a round face and two small eyes。 Her hair is short。 She often wears a pink dress， because pink is her favorite color。 She always has a smiling face， so everyone likes her very much。

Zoe is a clever girl。 She’s our monitor。 She works hard at school everyday。 She likes to ask and answer the questions。 Her copybooks are clean and tidy。 Her handwriting is very beautiful。 She is good at English and math。 She is a top student in our class。

Zoe is a versatile girl。 She can play the piano。 She can draw pictures。 She can tango。 She can swim。 She can do everything very well。

Zoe has a big dog。 Its name is Xiao Xiong。 They are good friends。 I like it， too。

Do you like my best friend， Zoe?

Dear Frank:

Long time no see. How are you recently?

I am very happy to receive your letter and glad to hear that you will come to my city and stay with us for a few weeks. My house is on the Heaven Street with five rooms, one of which is living room, two bed rooms, the other two are kitchen and bathroom. I have cleaned a guest room for you. There is a bed, a sofa and three chairs in this 25 square-meters room. If this room is not suitable enough, please write to me and I will prepare another one for you. There is a bus stop near my house, and you can take number 1 bus to the cinema, number 2 to the supermarket in where you can always choose the commodities you need.

If you have other requests, please feel free to write to me. I will try my best to meet your needs. I wish you can come soon and have good days here.

Sincerely yours,

Jaz

作文翻译：

亲爱的富兰克：

很久没见到你了，近来怎么样?

我很开心收到你的来信，听到你将要来我这里和我待几周我很高兴。我家住在天街，有五个房间，其中一个是客厅，两个卧室，另外两个是厨房和浴室。我已经帮你把客房打扫干净了。这个25平米的房间有一张床，一张沙发和三把椅子。如果这间放不合适的话请写信告诉我，我会给你准备另一间。我家附近有一个站牌，你可以乘坐1路去电影院，2路到超市，在那里你可以买到你需要的商品。

如果你还有其他要求，请随时写信告诉我，我会尽量满足的你需求。希望你能快点来这，在这里度过愉快的日子。

杰斯

George,

this is Jim. How are you doing in America? Did anything interesting happen? I am studying in a Beijing school in China and my classmates are very good to me.

When I encounter problems that wont happen, they always give me the answers. They are very kind and friendly. In many parts of China and the United States is not the same, such as diet, in the United States, we can eat bread, pizza, hamburgers, but in Beijing I eat noodles, rice, dumplings, they are very delicious, in Beijing, I got a kind of food called sugar-coated berry, sugar-coated berry taste sweet and delicious. By the way, the habit of Chinese people and American people are different, the Chinese have no afternoon tea, and a lot of people dont drink coffee, there are always some people litter, or Shouting at dinner, of course most people do not. Beijing is a very big city. Beijing is the capital of China. It is very beautiful here. I live very well here.

Have a nice day, George.

Your friend

Jim

[给朋友乔治的一封信英语作文

1、Fact speak louder than words.

事实胜于雄辩。

2、Empty vessels make the greatest sound.

实磨无声空磨响满瓶不动半瓶摇。

3、Fear always springs from ignorance.

恐惧源于无知。

4、Fools grow without watering.

朽木不可雕。

5、Don‘t try to teach your grandmother to suck eggs.

不要班门弄斧。

6、Don‘t have too many irons in the fire.

不要揽事过多。

7、Good watch prevents misfortune.

谨慎消灾。

8、Genius is nothing but labor and diligence.

天才不过是勤奋而已。

9、Habit cures habit.

心病还需心药医。

10、Fields have eyes, and woods have ears.

隔墙有耳。

11、He sets the fox to keep the geese.

引狼入室。

12、Friends agree best at distance.

朋友之间也会保持距离。

13、Easier said than done.

说得容易，做得难。

14、Example is better then percept.

说一遍，不如做一遍。

15、Great minds think alike.

英雄所见略同。

16、God helps those who help themselves.

自助者天助。

17、Heaven never helps the man who will not act.

自己不动，叫天何用。

18、Great trees are good for nothing but shade.

大树底下好乘凉。

19、He is not laughed at that laughs at himself first.

自嘲者不会让人见笑。

20、Honesty is the best policy.

做人诚信为本。

21、is good when new, but friends when old.

东西是新的好，朋友是老的亲。

22、Each bird love to hear himself sing.

孤芳自赏。

23、Great hopes make great man.

伟大的抱负造就伟大的人物。

24、Harm set, harm get.害人害己。Hear all parties.

兼听则明。

25、Good medicine for health tastes bitter to the mouth.

良药苦口利于病。

26、Eat to live, but not live to eat.

人吃饭是为了活着，但活着不是为了吃饭。

27、Fools learn nothing from wise men, but wise men learn much from fools.

愚者不学无术，智者不耻下问。

28、Forbidden fruit is sweet.

禁果格外香。

29、Faults are thick where love is thin.

一朝情意淡，样样不顺眼。

30、Hope for the best, but prepare for the worst.

抱最好的愿望，做最坏的打算。

31、He that will not work shall not eat.

不劳动者不得食。

32、Experience is the father of wisdom and memory the mother.

经验是智慧之父，记忆是智慧之母。

33、Happy is he who owes nothing.

要想活得痛快，身上不能背债。

34、Fortune knocks once at least at every man‘s gate.

风水轮流转。

35、Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

火是一把双刃剑。

36、Fool‘s haste is no speed.

欲速则不达。

37、Happiness takes no account of time.

欢乐不觉时光过。

38、Give a dog a bad name and hang him.

众口铄金，积毁销骨。

39、Hasty love, soon cold.

一见钟情难维久。

40、Great men have great faults.

英雄犯大错误。

41、Experience must be bought.

吃一堑，长一智。

42、First think and then speak.

先想后说。

请以 My Best Friend 为题，写一篇不少于60个单词的作文。 My Best Friend 我最好的朋友My best friend is one of my classmates. Her name is Mary. Every day, we go to school together and go back home toget

请以“My Best Friend为题，写一篇不少于60个单词的作文。

My Best Friend

我最好的朋友

My best friend is one of my classmates. Her name is Mary. Every day, we go to school together and go back home together. We often help each other and learn from each other in study.

我最好的朋友是我的一个同班同学，她的名字叫玛丽。我们每天一起上学，一起回家。我们经常互相帮助，并向对方学习。

We have the same hobby-collecting stamps. She has many nice stamps. She is very proud of them. Sometimes she gives some of them to me. I think she is a very good girl. We will be good friends forever.

我们有着相同的爱好——集邮。她有很多漂亮的邮票，并为此十分自豪。有时，她会把其中的一些邮票给我。我认为她是个非常好的女孩。我们会成为永远的朋友。

点评：这是一篇记人的叙述文。先交代了My Best Friend是谁，接着通过事例交代了为什么“我们是最好的朋友”。最后阐述了主题。

I think my teacher got out of bedon the wtong side this afternoon as she hasn’t cries.i went to office saw the boys unhappy.Because the students got their teacher’s goat became they didn’t do their homework..I think this is my teacher unhappy’s cause. Today, I saw a boy ,he played the handset.But didn’t saw the walls so he Rnocked we laugh up our sleeve at he knocked ,but he hurt his norse in the accident, and he was laying it on thick about how painful it was .

It’s also a happy day, isn’t it ?

我认为我的老师今天很不高兴因为她一个下午都没笑过。我到办公室去看到一些男生很不高兴，因为他们的作业没写。我想老师生气就是这个原因。今天，我看见一个男生，他正玩着手机，但是他并没有看到前面有墙，所以他撞了上去，在他撞上去时，我们都窃笑。但是他的鼻子受伤了，他看起来好像很痛苦。

今天也是快乐的一天，不是吗？

[又是快乐的一天初中英语日记

She, her name is Li _. She is my good friend.

Her hair is black and has a braid. Her red face glowed like a ripe apple in

September; There are also a pair of childish eyes decorated with long eyelashes

on his face, like two crystal grapes. Look, when she smiles, her white teeth

show up!

We often play a game called "horse riding". This game can be played by 4-8

people. At this time, Yu Hanyu and Hu Shuxiang also want to play. Of course, we

are very welcome! The first is grouping. Li zhangchi and I are in a group, and

they are in a group. I am a galloping "fine horse", running with her.

Originally, they were ahead. I found that Li zhangchi didnt hold on. I said to

her, "hold on, Im going to rush." I fired like an "arrow" and pursued them

closely. At the critical moment, we caught up with them and shouted happily, "we

win!"

Its nice to have a little partner!

她，她叫李__。她是我的好朋友。

她的头发乌黑乌黑的，还扎了一条辫子。她红嘟嘟的脸蛋闪着红光，就像九月里熟透了的苹果;脸上还有一双带有稚气的，被长长的睫毛装饰起来的眼睛，就像两颗水晶葡萄。瞧，她笑起来洁白的牙齿就露了出来!

我们经常玩一个游戏，叫做“骑马”。这个游戏是4-8人可以玩的。这时，正好余翰宇和胡舒翔也想玩，我们当然十分欢迎啦!首先是分组，我和李张弛一组，他们俩一组。我是一匹奔驰的“骏马”，带着她飞奔。本来，他们领先，我发现李张弛没抓紧，我对她说：“抓紧，我要冲了。”我就“箭”一样地发射了过去，紧追不舍，在关键时刻，我们追上了他们，欢呼雀跃地喊道：“我们赢啦!”

有小伙伴的感觉真好啊!

寒假到了，我又多了一个亲密无间的新“朋友”。

我的“朋友”，它有着漂亮的皮质米色外表，穿在金色圆圈里的长长的背带，表层上还有两个小巧的纽扣，纽扣下面，还有两个紧紧连在一起的小布袋。看了真让人打心眼里喜欢。

我的“朋友”它不管我去哪，都会寸步不离的陪着我。这天，我起了个大早，吃完早饭，匆匆坐上车。不知为什么，今天车上的人不是一般的少，坐了几十站还是只有我和司机两个人，我感觉好无聊啊，突然，我听到“叮咚”“叮咚”的声音，我四处望了望，竟然是我的书包在响，我仔细看了看，原来是书包上的拉链因为车的摇摆碰到的铁环发出的声音。不知不觉中，到站了，我跳下车，向前走去，书包轻轻摇着，发出了清脆“叮咚”声，这声音像少女在唱歌，又像风铃发出的声音，好听极了。我继续向前走，书包也继续“叮咚”着。我突然发现，我好像写了一首歌，我的脚步声和汽车喇叭声是曲子，“叮咚”声是伴奏，而且这首歌，是纯天然的，它没有混音，但听起来十分动听、美妙，听了这首“歌”，我仿佛漫游在天南海北，仿佛置身在幻想的境界里。

以后的每一天里，我都重复着同样的事，但最令我享受的还是走在街上时，拉链碰到铁环发出的“叮咚”声，这声音在我是如此美妙。

每天陪伴我的新书包，是我形影不离的好朋友，我喜欢它。

我有一个好朋友，小时候我俩形影不离。她的头发很长，长得不能再长。她的皮肤很白，白得和雪儿有得一拼。她的眼睛大大的，显得炯炯有神。她是正义的化身，帮人驱走头顶上的乌云，迎来灿烂的太阳。她，就是聂小慧，她的英雄事迹把我感动得稀里哗啦﹗

打抱不平我还记得有一阵子小慧来我这儿玩。我俩约好了下午去买书。于是一到时间我就出发了，我一到，小慧刚好也到了，我俩就一边等车一边说话。忽然小慧对我说了声∶“喂，阿好，旁边那个姐姐长得好清秀哦﹗”听小慧这么一说，我开始注意起了那位姐姐。长发披到了腰间，在灿烂的阳光下散发着金色的光芒。那位姐姐身穿一件淡雅、清新的短裙，宛如仙女下凡。正当我和小慧打量她时，突然那位漂亮姐姐叫了声∶“啊﹗你怎么踩到我的鞋呀﹗你知道我这鞋有多贵吗﹗你给我走开﹗”我和小慧一怔∶这姐姐怎么回事？这么没礼貌？原来是一位老爷爷一不小心踩到了那位姐姐的脚，那位爷爷恐慌的连声道歉。可那位姐姐好像没听到似的。骂道∶“你没长眼啊……”小慧突然像一匹脱疆般的野马似的飞快跑过去，指着那位姐姐，说∶“是谁没长眼啊﹗你没看到你面前的是一位高龄的爷爷吗？你好意思这样骂，你有没有礼貌呀？你有良心没呀﹗”我看见小慧这么勇敢，也跑上去，扶着老爷爷，对着那位姐姐说﹕“对呀﹗你有没有良心呀﹗难道不知道谦让老人吗？你就不会包容吗？”那位姐姐被我们说的，有点脸红，于是丢下一句“哼﹗走着瞧。”就走了。刚好那时，公交车来了，我俩就告别了老爷爷。上了车，小慧对我说∶“没想到那个人长得那么好看，内心却如此狭窄，有着一颗黑心。”

助人为乐小学二年级时，我和小慧是同桌，小慧当时的成绩很好。而我，却是学校有名的差生。记得有一回数学考试，试卷发了下来，一个刺眼的分数映入我的眼帘—23分，我一看小慧的试卷—96分。“天啊﹗”我惊讶的嘴巴可以塞下一个大鸡蛋了。当时的我禁不住这强烈的打击，眼泪就像断了线的珍珠往下流。小慧看到了我这场景，又看看我的分数，似乎明白了什么。她托起我的手说∶“不要灰心，你再努把力，一定能进步的。”当时的我仿佛看到了一束阳光。我“嗯嗯”地点点头，小慧那段时间一直都在教我，以至于下课时，别人喊她出去玩，她都拒绝了我问他∶“你为什么不出去玩呀？”她豪爽地说∶“帮你呗﹗”虽然这只是小慧一句随随便便的话，但在当时却占据过我的心灵。因为小慧的三个字，我可是发愤图强。在下回考试中，我拿着我的硕果—63分，走向小慧。我激动地抱住她。谢谢你，小慧﹗因为你，我懂得了人世间的美丽和丑陋﹗谢谢你，小慧﹗因为你，使我远离“差生”这两个字﹗

[我的好朋友初中作文600字

Last night, I watched a movie, it is about two teenagers, they have cancer, but the boy is positive about life while the girl is negative about life. They meet each other, then the girl is affected by the boy, she starts to see the beautiful things in her life. I am so moved by the movie, though the ending of the movie is not so perfect, we see the change of the girl’s life. The topic of the movie is to tell people to be positive about life, no matter what happens, even the bad fortune they get, they still need to smile every day. People need to find the beauty of life, so they won’t life live without meaning.

昨晚，我看了一部电影，那是关于两个青少年，他们身患癌症，但是男孩对生活很乐观，然而女孩子却对生活很悲观。他们遇见了彼此，然后女孩受到了男孩子的影响，她开始看到了生活的美好食物。我被这部电影深深地感动，虽然电影的结局不是那么的完美，但是我们看到了女孩生活的改变。电影的主题是告诉人们要对生活乐观，无论发生什么事情，即使他们遇到不幸，仍然需要每天乐观面对生活。人们需要发现生活的美，这样他们就不会活得没有意义。

[美丽人生初中英语作文

Dear ___,

Christmas is coming,I think it is the largest festival in your

country,which just is as grand as chinas spring festival.At this nice

moment,let me say happy to you,and also say hello to all your family.hope you

and your family have the best festival.

yours,

sincerely ___

One day, cat is in the basket. It‘s very lazy. It is sleeping. Now the cat‘s food is beside the cat. One mouse is very hungry. It is eating the cat‘s food. The cat‘s food is so yummy.

The cat wakes up. He is behind the mouse. He wants to catch the mouse. So,he is chasing the mouse. The mouse is afraid. He jumps onto the door. But, the door is high. The cat can‘t catch the mouse. The mouse is under the chair now. It is running.The cat still can‘t catch the mouse. The mouse runs fast. It runs into the hole. The hole is small. But, the cat is big. It can‘t go into the hole. So, the cat is angry and tired. It is crying. It‘s very sad. But the mouse is very happy!

I like midsummer the most in the wholeyear. In the day time, it is very hot. It seems that we all live in the hotpan. It is not comfortable. But in the evening, the sky is clear and bright.

I cansee the stars clearly and sometimes I can see bright and round moon.

Besides,compared to the day time, midsummer night is very cool.

When the wind blowthrough me, I feel wonderful. My all day trouble is gone with the wind. I likelooking at the sky in the roof of my house in midsummer night. It is beautiful.

一年当中我最喜欢的是仲夏。白天的时候，天气很热。我们就好像生活在热锅上一样。很不舒服。但是，在晚上，天空很清澈明朗。我可以清清楚楚地看到天上的星星，有时我还能看到又亮又圆的月亮。而且，跟白天相比，仲夏夜很凉爽。当风吹过我的时候，那感觉是很棒的。一整天的烦恼都随风而逝了。我喜欢在仲夏夜我家屋顶上看天空。很漂亮。

[初中英语作文：仲夏夜

记得你的笑，你的眼神，你的一切。你还记得我吗，朋友。 Remember your smile, your eyes, everything you.Do you remember me? Friends.

不知不觉走到了那一所熟悉的学校，那一栋焕然一新的楼，包含了过去我们的一切，不知不觉眼眶红了。刚到这的时候，我们虽不是同桌，但总觉得你很熟悉，想去接近你，不知道你有没有这种感觉。我们在一起的那段时间，我认为我是世界上最幸福的女孩。

曾天真的以为我们可以这样一直走下去，直到要毕业了，才醒悟，原来我们就要分开了。不管有多么不舍，命运就是这样，终有一天要分开。离开的那天，你扯出一丝笑容“你要走了，我开心的要死，保重”“我会忘了你的”“我也会哦”再也忍不住，冲回家中，痛哭。

走到一段路上，坡很陡，又勾出了关于你的记忆。那次，放学了，我的爸爸骑着电动车者准备从那个很陡的坡上去，但车子不给力，没上去，反倒从上面倒了下去，爸爸手忙脚乱，不知怎么办才好，我也感到一种恐惧，觉得我们要死定了，就在这时。

忽然感觉到有一股力，把我们推了上去，我感激地回头，想知道是谁救了我们，看到你面带笑容和我打招呼。一时，我不知道怎么回答，直到你走了后才想起来没说谢谢。一直没来得及说谢谢，现在也没有机会了。就让给我在这里说一声谢谢，朋友，我想你了。

朋友是在黑暗中和你一起等天亮的人，我们说好一起住校，一起在夜里聊天，一起…….可你现在在哪儿?你是否像我一样在夜里害怕时，想起我们的过去，想起我们的约定，即使我们分开了。往往在自己备受打击，痛苦不堪的时候想到你。你在哪?记住!你还有一个爱你的朋友，董玉，我想你。

Autumn came, the autumn girl jumped and jumped, happy to throw a long hair to come! Her hair thrown where, where is a harvest scene.

Autumn rain come! Datong farmer uncle laughed Yan, their hard to grow vegetables, fruit will be harvested! Rain passionate poured farmers uncles vegetables, fruit, sweet rain to moisten them, the fields The vegetables were greener; the fruits of the trees were more fragrant; the peasants were more happy.

The young men and girls in the big cities are standing in the rain to enjoy the rain drift. Like soybeans, playing on people who are itchy, cool; like nectar, fall in peoples mouth sweet, slippery. Some people let go voice shouting: ah! Really cool! Finally survive the hot summer! Is not it!

The children are happier, they are holding a colorful umbrella, like a cluster of colorful mushrooms in the woods. Standing in the distance, that "mushroom" like a long rainbow. And that naughty children wearing rain boots hard to step on the water, from time to time splashing from the high water. And some children take advantage of others walking in the tree, the hard to shake the tree, so that the rain on the tree like a broad bean hit the passers-by. They can be really naughty it!

They are moisturizing the flowers and trees that will wither, and pull them back from the edge of death, and their leaves are slowly stretched to make them fresh. Back to the green they exposed a smile, nodded in the rain, as if to say, thank you! Thank you!

Watching them happy look, I am also happy from ear to ear!

关于个人责任(On Responsibility)

We Chinese place a high value on responsibility. It is traditional deal for us Chinese to take care of our parents. We owe them a great deal for the love they give us while we are growing up. It is right, then, when they are getting older with each passing day, we help them and see that they are well cared for. In this way, we give back some of the love and care they have given to us.

As loyal Chinese citizens, we must have a strong sense of responsibility to our country. I t is our duty to keep China strong in the eyes

Finally, we must remember that we have a responsibility to the world we live in. It is important that we learn to live in peace with the other nations of the world and to protect our environment.鶬f we carry out these responsibilities, we will be respected citizens of our country.

[初中英语作文：关于个人责任

As the world gets smaller with the development of technology, people

between different countries can learn different culture. They can find the

information from the Internet and most people learn the culture from media. But

the fact is that most media report the events in their perspective, which is not

showing the truth. So the best way for people to learn culture is to come to the

local place, staying for some time and talking to the local people, then they

will find what they learn is different from before. So the opinions from other

people and the media are just references. The truth is waiting for you to

find.

What is happiness What is happiness? There are a thousand Hamlets in a thousand peoples eyes. though everyone has different opinion about happiness .i will list some views about it.

In my class ,some students think putting heart on study is happiness,For they can earn much kownledge throngh it.Besides ,parentslove,which contains caring for their life、health would also make them feel happy.Howere some students think it is a hapiness when they get into trouble,someon ecan come out for help .Or correcting them when they made mistakes.

In my opinion,happiness is something which can be easy to get .when one need help,you can give he or her one hand on time ,you will feel happy.when we are walking on the street.i happen to listen my favorite songs.that wll make me happy.Do you agree with me ?

[幸福是什么初中作文英语精选

I remember once upon a time, when I was running 800meters, I felt there

seemed to be the impossible mission for me, I wanted to give up, then my teacher

told me that I should not think about the 800meters, I should set up 100meters

for myself, then I wouldn’t be so tired. I did as he told me, indeed, every time

when I finished the small goal, I was happy, in the end, I finished the running.

I learn the lesson that we need to set up the best goal, it means we can make

the small goals, which are so easy for us to realize. Then every time we finish

the small goal, we will close to our final destination.

Today the quality of our natural environment has become an important issue.

The world population is rising so quickly that the world has become too crowded.We are using up our natural resources and at the same time polluting our environment with dangerous chemicals.

If we continue to do this,life on earth cannot survive.Concerned people have made some progress in environmental protection.

Governments of many countries have established laws to protect the air,forests and sea resources and to stop environmental pollution.Still more measures should be taken to solve environmental problems.

People should be further educated to recognize the importance of the problems,to use modern methods of birth control,to conserve our natural resources and recycle our products.

We are sure that we can have a better and cleaner place in the future.

I‘ve loved my mother’s desk since I was just tall enough to see above the top of it as Mother sat doing letters. Standing by her chair， looking at the ink bottle， pens， and white paper， I decided that the act of writing must be the most wonderful thing in the world.

Years later，during her final illness，Mother kept different things for my sister and brother. “But the desk”， she said， “is for Elizabeth”。

I never saw her angry， never saw her cry. I knew she loved me， she showed it in action. But as a young girl， I wanted heart-to-heart talks between mother and daughter.

They never happened. And a gulf opened between us. I was “too emotional”。 But she lived “on the surface”

As years passed and I had my own family. I loved my mother and thanked her for our happy family. I wrote to her in careful words and asked her to let me know in any way she chose that she did forgive me.

I posted the letter and waited for her answer. None came.

My hope turned to disappointment，then little interest， finally， peace——it seemed that nothing happened. I couldn‘t be sure that the letter had even got to Mother. I only knew that I had written it， and I could stop trying to make her into someone she was not.

Now the present of her desk told me， as she‘d never been able to， that she was pleased that writing was my chosen work， I cleaned the desk carefully and found some papers inside——a photo of my father and a one-page letter， folded and refolded many times.

Give me an answer， my letter asks， in any way you choose， Mother， you always chose the act that speaks louder than words.

[英语作文我的知心朋友