高中给爸爸的一封信汇编两篇 作文英语20篇

My mother is the most diligent person in my house, she takes care of me all

the time and does all the housework. As I grow up, I realize that my mother is

such a great woman, what she does for us surpasses everything. I find my

mother’s hands are not as smooth as other person’s, but in my eyes, they are the

most beautiful hands.

Dear Mercy,

亲爱的梅斯，

How is everythinggoing! Last time you said you are anxious now because you find it hard to learnEnglish well. Don’t worry. I think you have to improve your English step bystep. And I will right behind you. In my view, you should develop you intereston English first. According to my experience, I think watching English movie,listen to some wonderful English songs and talk in English on the Internetwould be helpful. Secondly, you have to prepare lessons before class that willhelp you understand what the teacher says in the class. I know you feel boredin the class, but you have force yourself to be concentrated. A few days lateryou will feel it a little easy to learn English. The left steps I will tellnext time. By the way, we have not seen each other since your family move toHunan a year ago. Have you ever thought about going back to visit me and learnEnglish together in the coming Summer vacation. Looking forward to your reply.

过得可好。上次你说你现在很焦虑因为你觉得很难学好英语。别担心。我觉得要提高英语你得一步步来。我会帮你的。在我看来，首先应该要培养你对英语的兴趣。根据我的经验，我认为看英文电影，听美妙的英文歌曲以及在互联网上与他人用英语交流会有很大的帮助。其次，你要预习，这样可以让你理解老师在课堂上说的东西。我知道你觉得上英语课很无聊，但你必须强迫自己聚精会神的听。一段时间后，你会感觉到学习英语变得容易些了。剩下的步骤下一次我会告诉你的。顺便提一下，自从一年前你们家搬到湖南后我们就没见过面。你有没有想过暑假的时候回来看看我，我们可以一起学习英语。期待你的回复。

Best wishes,

Li

丽

[给朋友的一封信高中英语作文

亲爱的爸爸：

您好!

自从您正月初十出门打工后，我和妈妈无时不在惦念着你。为了这个家庭;为了能让我们过着幸福的生活。您可知，家里的一切妈妈扛着，眼下，正是农村下谷种、平秧床，犁田、寄秧的时节。也正是我们六年级学习紧张的时刻。今天是清明节放假三天，还是让我们父女间慢慢地聊吧!

爸爸，您还记得吗?在六年级的上学期的一个晚上，我在做作业的时侯，突然，被一道难题挡住了。那时侯，我苦苦地思索，还是难以解决。您微笑着走过来，问我哪题不会。当时我毫不犹豫的就告诉了您。“你睡吧，明天早上我教你。”您在思考的过程中，那专心致志的神情让我深深地感动了。直到9点钟，我起来喝水，发现您还在认真地思考着那道题。那时侯，我就不想打扰您，便上床睡觉了。直到我一觉醒来，那时侯已经11点多了，我发现您的房间里的灯光还亮着，透过门缝，只见您时而托脑思索着，时而低头用笔比划着，泪水模糊了我的眼睛……直到早晨，我起床的时候，发现写字台上多了一张纸，上面写着：女儿，这道题面积先×2，然后……我原先准备去问问爸爸为什么这么做，可是想想，爸爸晚上熬到11点多，我不应该去打扰爸爸，我又想想：这道题是我的作业，又不是爸爸的作业，我应该自己想呀!爸爸，您为了我的学习而不怕劳累。这点点滴滴都是您对我的关心，使我深刻地体会到父爱是伟大的，从那以后，我上课专心听讲，再也不敢东张西望了。目前，数学成绩一跃成为全班第一名。

爸爸，这几天，我总爱做梦，恍惚中，又好像回到了那次您给我买衣服的情景：那天，老爸用自行车载着我，在一个陡坡的拐弯处，因为刹车失灵，老爸试图离开后座，用另一只脚垫在地上，想减缓过快的车速，但那只脚因为惯性的作用，不仅未能减缓车速，反而带入车轮下，一时之间，父女俩像离弦的箭一样“嗖”地飞出去，滚进地里，片刻之后，我翻身爬起，看着父亲的膝盖被擦破后血流不止，您摸着我的头，急切地问：“没事吧?回家后，别告诉你妈……”父爱，它从不逊于母爱，深藏在我的心底。

爸爸呀，我知道您在外很辛苦，千万怕累坏了身体。您吃了那么多苦，受了那么多累，都是为了这个家呀，您放心，我在家当好妈妈的“小帮手”;在校一定好好学习，力争以优异的成绩进入初中。

祝：爸爸开心、平安!

kamenori foundation thank-you note dear kamenori,

im very grateful for giving me thisopportunity to kamenori foundation,

this is kamenori foundation to give me ascholarship, i can be a chinaand

japanexchange student. i am very happy, because my first visit to japan, this is

a exchange students i can furtherunderstand japan.perhaps, i still can become

friendly relations between china and japans representative. because japan is i

amlonging for the country.

now, i will go to japan. i heard that japan has a lotof food, such as

japanese ramen, sushi, great kanto cook, tuna and many otherfood. of course the

japanese kimono is also very beautiful, japanese cherryblossom and mount fuji,

this beautiful scenerylet us linger. this time i as an exchange student i can

not only learn aboutjapanese culture, school, living habits, i also want to know

that im moreinterested in japanese anime. i think the japanese anime is not

only shows thejapanese culture, but also shows that the japanese unique

imagination, such asa block, naruto etc excellent cartoon, not only in the world

popular, andjapanese culture of the world, this is very unique.

i hope i go to japan, i will have a very deep memory, there wasa lot of

friends, learn about japanese culture, become china and japanthe friendly

relations between the witnesses. then i get a scholarship, i ammore sure i will

be very good in japan, the japanese family getalong well.

so, iam very grateful to the kamenori foundation to give me a scholarship

andopportunity, so that i can be in japan to learn more, learn more,make more

friends, and at the same time, this to my future plan has a

betterfoundation.

congratulations

afs program students.

April 5, 2002

Dear Mr. Brian,

Thank you for your letter of March 20. As Spring --- the best season of a year --- has come, everything is nice here. The weather is always fine and comfortable, trees become green and various kinds of flowers are in blossom. We, therefore, invite you to visit our city from April 28 to May 5.

If you accept our invitation, please inform us in detail of the number of your people, their names, and your suggestions of your visit. We will try our best to arrange everything according to your plan, and we hope that you will enjoy every minute of your trip here.

We are looking forward to your reply.

Sincerely yours,

Li Xiao-hua

When the sky is raining with the sun coming out, I will be very excited

because I know the rainbow will show up soon. I am always attracted by its

beautiful colors. It hangs in the sky, like a great miracle. As it is not often

to be seen, so when it shows up, people will be very happy to appreciate the

beautiful scenery.

My father and I not have more than ten years, I cant forget the most is

his figure. Last winter, my grandmother passed away, also one -my fathers

message, is it never rains but it pours. I from Beijing to guangdong to hasten

home to my father, to guangdong to see father, looked at the thing in the house

full of mud, and think of grandmas face, can not help but tearful shed tears.

Father comfort I said, son, its no use crying over spilt milk., need not sad,

well there is no way, dark to just chat again! Home to sell the home, the father

lost a lot of, again to borrow money for the funeral. These days, to The Times

in the home is very bleak, the funeral, my father and I also want to each rush

thing. Friends to nanjing, wander about, stay in the morning.

Hide and seek will be played by every child, which is my favorite game. I

like to find a quiet park and then play hide and seek with friends. The place is

big and we can hide in many corner. When my friends come close to me, I will be

nervous and hold my breath. The most exciting moment is found by other

persons.

Do you know what is the most precious and everlasting thing in the world?

Money? You may lose everything you have if you dont use money careful

enough.Youth?In ones long life youth is like a flash in the pan and no one in

the world has the secret to keep his youth forever. Beautiful look? Many people

pray that they can get hold of beauty, but it disappears far more quickly than

they can imagine. And when they are in real trouble beauty itself feels

helpless. A good job? As you grow older and your brain and hands cant work as

fast as before. It will become other peoples wealth.

Then what is the most precious and everlasting thing in the world?

When you are far away from your family and feel especially lonely, who will

you think of? When you stand on the crossroad in your life and dont know which

way to choose, who will you think of? When you encounter greater difficulties

than ever and need others encouragement, who will you think of? When you decide

to make the greatest decision in your favorite course, which shed cheerful tears

when see you get achievements? Whose wholehearted blessing will be always with

you no matter how far you will go?

Yes, its mother who you will always think of and its mothers love that

will be always be with you.

I once heard a moving story about a mother. Two children were drawn into

the flood and the situation was very dangerous. Their mother jumped into the

water without hesitation. But the mother couldnt swim at all. Jumping into the

water means she might lose her life. But at that time she had no time to think

about herself. She just wanted to try all means to save her children. Maybe her

courage touched the God. The miracle happened. She finally succeeded in saving

her both children. And she, of course, felt extremely exhausted.

My friends, mother’s love is the greatest love. Mother’s love is the safest

love. No matter you are happy or depressed, rich or poor, mother’s love will

always stay with you.

HOW TO KEEP HEALTHY

As a middle school student,keeping healthy is very important.If we dont

pay attention to keep healthy,we cant study well.But most of the students dont

know how to do it.Do you know the ways to keep healthy?Now,let me give you some

advice.

Firstly,we should eat more fresh vegetables and fruits instead of eating

the food with fats and sugar.By this we wont be fat.We should also drink less

alcohol and drinks.And we shouldnt smoke.Secondly,we ought to have a goog

living habit.Getting up early and going to bed early can help us keep

healthy.Besides this,we can take regular exercise to have a healthy

body.Thirdly,we shouldnt be too tired.Its bad for our health.

All in all,we should pay more attention to keep healthy.Dont wait any

more!Lets start now!

参考译文

如何保持健康

作为一名中学生，保持健康是非常重要的。如果我们不注意保持身体健康，我们不能好好学习。但是大多数的学生不知道如何来做它。你知道如何保持健康?现在，让我给你一些建议。

首先，我们应该吃更多的新鲜蔬菜和水果代替的食用脂肪和糖的食物。我们不会是肥胖的。我们应该也少喝酒和饮料。我们不应该吸烟。其次，我们应该有一个键康的生活习惯。早起早睡可以帮助我们保持健康。除此之外，我们可以采取定期锻炼有一个健康的身体。第三，我们应该不会太累。它对我们的健康有害。

总的来说，我们应该多注意保持身体健康，不要再等待了!让我们现在开始!

Dear Miss Jiang,

How time flies! It has been a year since you went to teach in Sichuan. How are you getting on? I miss you so much that I often remember those days when we were together. Thank you for teaching me so well.

Now I’m interested in English more and more. In class, I listen to the teacher carefully and take active part in discussions in English. After class, I join in the English corner and watch English

programs to practice speaking and listening. All these help my English a lot. Now I have made great progress. I even won the first prize in last English competition.

I wonder how the children in Sichuan are studying and living now. Wish them a brighter and better future. Looking forward to meeting you soon.

Best wishes!

Yours sincerely

Meimei

When I was very small, I saw an interesting movie, which was called Kongfu

Panda. The fat panda image was so lovely and I learned that there was such a

lovely animal in the world. Since then, I fell in love with this animal. I learn

a lot of relevant knowledge. Panda is dying out, so we need to protect them by

protecting the environment.

Hello! My name is Mingming. I am a pupil. I like speaking English very

much. I go to school five days every week. Every day I go to school on foot.

Because my school is not near my home. I like my school. There are about 3500

students and 54 teachers in my school. And I study in Grade 4. There are 45

students in my class. My English teacher is tall and handsome . I love him very

much. Welcome to my school. You must be very happy.

你好!我的名字叫明明。我是一个小学生。我非常喜欢说英语。我每周要去学校五天。我每天步行去上学。因为我的学校不是在我家附近。我喜欢我的学校。在我的学校里大约有3500名学生和54老师。我在四年级学习。在我的班级里有45个学生。我的英语老师又高又帅。我非常喜欢他。欢迎来到我的学校。你一定很开心。

尔夫你好：

你长这么大，我还是第一次给你写信。想着你阅读这封信时是一个人在死亡谷里的场景，不禁要费一番心思好好想想这封信到底应该写些什么。

自打你出生起，人们就一直说你和我很像，容貌像，性格像，脾气秉性像，很多其他一些细微的地方也有像?其实，儿子遗传父亲或者母亲的很多基因，“像”是自然的生物现象，就这一点，我对自己似乎是非常自信的。但科学研究表明，父母对子女的最大影响，并不是基因，而是多年生活中的不断交流和互动，基于此，我似乎就不那么自信了，因为与基因相比，我和你之间的互动和交流应该说还是太少了。

在你独自一个人，面对一个广袤无垠，繁星浩瀚的宇宙苍穹的时候，你会产生出很多很多奇妙的感觉和想法。这样的机会，说实话，我到现在也还没有得到过。这应该是你这次旅行的最最重要的一个环节，一个人一生中非常有价值的一次经历，一种体验，希望你能够有所收获。我也借着这个机会，与你在这样一个环境下，通过这封信进行一些交流(但遗憾的是不能互动)，说说我自己对人生和世界的感受，也许会对你有所帮助。

每个人生下来其实“心”都是一样的，都是一颗“本心”，也叫“初心”、“赤子心”。随着后天的成长，我们的本心会被越来越多的东西所包裹，以至于我们已经完全忘记了我们的“赤子心”，而人一生的修炼，学习和成长，其最根本的目的就是要找回自己的“赤子心”。可是，那赤子心到底是什么呢?我没有答案，其实没有人会给你一个答案。虽然世界上有浩如烟海的著作，有各种个样的学者，宗教，哲学，科学就这个问题不厌其烦的进行研究和阐述，但就起根本，还需要我们自己一生不断去寻找，不断去思考和修炼。

人类从很早开始就有了我、你、他(她);我们，你们，他们的意识。不要小看这个六个人称，所有的人类社会就包括在里面了。如何认识“我”，了解“我”?“我”到底是“谁”?“我”从哪里来?到哪里去?“我”这个生命的意义是什么?这些问题，是一个人生命里一直要尝试着回答的问题。在“我”之上，你、他又是谁?我和你之间，和他之间是个什么关系?谁是我们?我们、你们、他们之间又是什么关系?人生中，能够把握好这六个人称的关系，理解其中的哲学、社会学以及科学的含义，是极其重要的，最终也是一个人幸福的源泉。

在人之外，就是我们所在的世界，也是哲学所说的客观。了解世界，了解客观，反过来就是为了成就更好的自己。记住，所有的客观世界，最终是反应在你的心里，也就是说，你对世界了解多少，了解成什么样，这个世界在你心里就是什么样，你的心也因此就是什么样。回到前面的“赤子”之心，人刚生下来的时候，对世界一无所知，所以叫“赤子之心”，随着后天我们对世界的接触和了解，世界开始映射在你的心里，开始改变了你的心。

如果你不能够通过努力和修炼，不断提升你对世界的认识，那么你的心就会被错误的认识所蒙蔽，等于把一个扭曲的世界映射在你的心中。

说这些都是比较抽象和深奥的哲学问题，不知你是否能够体会到其中的道理。我希望你能够养成爱思考的习惯，就是像你小时候一样，不断的给自己提出问题，然后尝试去回答。如果你能够不断的观察、思考、提问、求解，那你一定可以在未来的生活中找到自己幸福的人生。

最后，祝你能够在这次旅行中，感悟到人与人之间，人与自然之间的情感与理性的交流;能够感觉到自然的伟大和永恒，个人的渺小和人心的宽广博大。

父字爸爸

女儿:

你好，在这春风浩荡万物复苏的季节里，让我们舒心的是亲朋无恙，岁月静好。祥和恬淡的生活才是我们梦想的温床和勇气的源泉，应倍加珍惜。

昨天，我班的一个学生因牙疼给家里打电话。一个小小的牙疼竟让他的父母十分焦虑，打车来校把他接走。也许十几岁的孩子并不知道家长最怕学校打来的电话，最怕听到孩子伤病的消息。

我问这个孩子:“你每天刷牙吗?”他说:“每天都刷。”让我很不解，同样刷牙，我四十多年牙没疼过，他才十四五岁就牙疼得死去活来呢?后来在课堂上与学生们说起刷牙之事，很多学生都是早起刷牙，我这才知道，很多人都是在坚守着一个错误的习惯。我认为科学的方式是饭后刷牙，特别是晚饭后必刷，且刷后别再吃东西。吃水果和甜食，最好在饭前，既能补充营养，还能保护牙齿。一个好习惯受益终生，一个坏习惯贻害无穷。女儿，有时间审视一下自己的生活，看看有哪些坏习惯，马上把它们抛得远远的。

也是在昨天，一个辍学在外打工的学生回校看望同学们。我和她聊了很多，建议她先取得一个适当的学历，再打工赚钱不迟。她哼哼哈哈地答应着，但她的眼神告诉我，她不会选择复读。一个人打工赚钱养活自己没错，但过早地离开学校，只有小学毕业证，将来在她结婚生子之后一定会后悔的。在取得学历的过程中除了那个红本本外，还要收获很多很多，这不是一个十四五岁的女孩子能清楚的事。我为这个孩子的未来担心，错过一个不该错过的季节，等待她的大半儿是凋零和枯萎。

我曾多次给她妈妈打过电话，她妈妈总说孩子大了管不了，让我惊悚的是她妈妈就这样放弃了。在我们身边有很多这样的家庭，过早地放任孩子，孩子离开校园并不能引起家长的重视，过早踏入社会的孩子十有八 九会后悔。

女儿，爸妈会永远支持你学习上进的，我们应学会优雅地活着。活到老学到老，努力把自己变得智慧，才会在困苦来临时，心底保持那份镇定与从容。

最近我常和学生说:“我们为什么叫钢六班?为什么叫新途格拉斯?因为我们在最艰难的时侯，体力拼没了，还能拼意志。每一天都得好好过，不作为是最大的耻辱!”学习很苦，向上维艰，但有勇气的人总相信苦尽甘来，相信雨后的彩虹更美!

女儿，你说最近很忙，爸爸

十里春风不如你，愿女儿安好!

爸爸

On New Years Eve, our class had a party. The atmosphere was good. It was

out of the ordinary from the very begining. The boy student from one bedroom

gave an unusual performance. We saw a boy named Li Xinmin turn off all the

lights in a sudden snap. Then with three resounding crow of a cock echoing in

the hall, the hall was again brightly lit in a snap.

Dear Mr.Shakespeare ,

I am writing to express my heartfelt gratitude. i am referring to that

unfortunate accident the other day , when I was hit by taxi.

If it had not been for your timely assistance in giving me first aid , I

felt that the consequences might have much more serious. Everyone agrees that it

was your quick-witted response in that emergency that has led to this

satisfactory outcome.

Although more and more people today talk about the need to be unselfish ,

we see very few people pracice what they preach. If there were more people like

you , this world would be a much nicer place.

Yours sincerely ,

Li Ming

尊敬的莎士比亚先生：

我写信是为了表达我衷心的感谢。我指的是那天我被出租车撞到的不幸事故。

当时如果不是那您及时伸出援手对我进行急救，恐怕后果会更严重。大家一致认为，正是您在那种紧急的情况下的机敏反应才带来这令人满意的结果。

尽管现在越来越多的人谈论无私的必要性，但是我们看到很少有人言行一致。如果有更多像您一样，这个世界将会更加美好。

您真诚的，

李明

Dear Friends,

Please accept my sincere apology for the inconvenience that I caused you by

adding the extra visiting without your permission.

I had no intention of intruding on your personal life. In China, arranging

interesting leisure activities for visitors is a common way to show welcome.

However, as your receptionist, I should have realized that you are inclined to

regard your private time as an inviolable treasure and hate to be harassed by

unplanned matters.

Im really sorry that I didnt check with you before making such

incomsiderate arrangement .All I can say is that it wont happen again.

Sincerely,

LiLi

I always imagine how nice if I can fly, I am so free, I can fly to the

place I want to go to. If I have the wing, I will fly to my hometown and see its

beautiful scenery, the trees must be so green and the water must be so clean. I

also want to fly to the Great Wall, I have heard about it long time ago, I want

to appreciate its beauty.

There was once a little girl named Anna, that wanted to have magic in this

world; but she knew that her mother would just only laugh at her if she had told

her. And so she decided to go on the adventure on her own.

She got everything that she needed to complete her mission, and then

started off without a word to say. She headed out to the woods, and found a

little tree house nearby; she climbed up there with a ladder, and found lots of

books and shelves there. She found a book about knights, and turned to a page of

pictures of knights long ago; and how they battle enemies such as that. Anna

wished so much that she could go there.

After that she fell asleep, and then she opened her eyes, and found her on

the ground; as if she were asleep… She thought it very weird, that she was here;

at first she was at the tree house, then she was at the grass plot.

She got up, and walked through looking for an exit, then she found the book

that she was reading before; she knew that she must have gone into the knight’s

story because of her wish. She picked up the book, and looked around; The book

suddenly moved like magic, then, she found the books end; there were some words

written all over it.

She read in out loud, “If you want to escape this land you are in, all you

have to do is try and face all the knights, there are four of them; good luck!”

then she began searching for knights, but what she did before that was to think

about how to defeat them… She walked along the road, and finally saw a big tree

with a sharp branch; she had an idea of how she could face the knights; she

broke down the branch, and kept on searching. She was not quite ready for

beating them, for she just needed some other things in order to defeats them…

She kept on her journey, and suddenly realized a big rock; she was tired and so

lay on it. Then a crack came on her back, and the rock got up. Anna was

astonished, she stood up and said, “Who are you?” then the rock replied. “I am

the alive rock and I suppose you are Anna;” “How did you know my name?”

The rock took a breath and replied, “Because I heard your voice ever since,

I know you are looking for some new weapons to defeat knights…” “I most

certainly am alive rock,” and she bowed down. The rock then said, “I suppose I

can be of much use to you, I am going to come with you; and see whether there

are dangers…”

And so Anna and the alive rock moved along, suddenly they came to a big

giant tree; the tree said slowly, “Who are you that dare come to my place?”

“Ah!” shouted Anna, “Alive tree!” “How did you guess my name?” asked the talking

tree; “Because-because your, a-liv-e!” “Yep! And that’s my neighbor;” answered

alive rock. Anna then said; “OH, well I suppose you can be a lot of use to me

when I defeat knights!”

“Knight? Defeat? Ha! That is already the easiest sport I could think of! I

had defeated knights for like 2089 times!” “What?!” asked Anna rather surprised,

then she gulped and answered; “Then you must come with me!” answered Anna

proudly. And so the three of them marched down, until they came was a big knife;

the knife turned around and said, “Who are you little girl?” “Ah!” shouted Anna

again, “That’s our neighbor too!” replied alive tree and alive rock

together.

Anna then said, “Oh, then you must come with me; I have to defeat knights!”

“Oh,” answered the knife, “Then I suppose I could be a lot of use to you, now

all we are missing in the alive shield…” He didn’t even finish until, “What?!”

shouted Anna, “Don’t shout Anna!” replied alive tree, “This isn’t fake, it is

true; follow knife!”

Then knife led the group to where the big shield was, he was brushing his

face when they arrived, “Oh, hello everybody; and hello little girl named Anna!”

“How did you all know my name?” “No time for that!” shouted alive rock, “We have

knights to defeat!” “And you must come with us alive shield!” “No problem!”

shouted he, and then the group marched off.

They at last reached the knights hiding spot, the four knights answered;

“We shall destroy you!” speaking of which, the knights charged toward Anna’s

group; “Attack!” shouted Anna. Alive tree, alive rock, alive knife and mostly

alive shield charged toward the knights. Seeing such a fright, the knights said,

“You know what; maybe today is not the day boys…

Then the knights were destroyed by the alive group team.

Suddenly a flash came upon Anna, and she vanished out of sight; “Where did

she go?” asked the group. Then she shook their heads, and went back to their

homes…

And for Anna, she got back home; and she at last knew that magic is really

magic…

Dear Mr. Williams,

Thank you for your letter of congratulation on my exam results. I was very pleased to hear from you. The results were a great relief. I did much better than I thought I would.

We are having a celebration party on Saturday 22 May and we shall be pleased if you can come. It is a party for me, but my parents and some of their old friends are joining in, so you will find "real people" as well as teenagers to talk to.

The party starts at half past six- drinks, and a buffet supper later. You said in your letter that youve given up driving, so my father will meet you with the car at San Mateo station. Please let me know what time your train arrives.

There is a good train back to San Palo at 10:30 and well arrange transport for you to catch that. I hope that wont be too late for you. It would be a pity if you had to leave while the party was still in full swing.

I do hope that you will be able to come.

Yours sincerely,

Lily Chen

Youth Day (青年节) in the Peoples Republic of China is on May 4. It was

established in December 1949 by the Government Administration Council to

commemorate the beginning of the May Fourth Movement in 1919. This day is known

as …

May Fourth Movement

Chinese intellectual revolution and sociopolitical reform movement (1917 –

21)。 In 1915 young intellectuals inspired by Chen Duxiu began agitating for the

reform and strengthening of Chinese society through acceptance of Western

science, democracy, and schools of thought, one objective being to make China

strong enough to resist Western imperialism. On May 4, 1919, reformist zeal

found focus in a protest by Beijings students against the Versailles Peace

Conferences decision to transfer former German concessions in China to Japan.

After more than a month of demonstrations, strikes, and boycotts of Japanese

goods, the government gave way and refused to sign the peace treaty with

Germany. The movement spurred the successful reorganization of the Nationalist

Party and gave birth to the Chinese Communist Party. See also Treaty of

Versailles.