描写春天的英语作文带翻译汇编三篇 作文初中(通用20篇)

There are many festivals in China. Among them, I like the Spring Festival

most.Not only because it’s the biggest festival in the year, but also because

it’s a new beginning that brings hope to people and it’s time for family

gathering.Before the festival, people come home no matter where they

are.Usually, we have a big dinner on the New Year’s Eve. And then families sit

together and share their lives or planes.Some will play games or hang out to

have some fun.

On the New Year’s Day, people get up early and say good words to anyone

they meet.Children can get lucky money from relatives.In the following days, we

will visit relative’s home and bring New Year’s wishes to them.In short, it’s a

time for family gathering and all of us enjoy it.

在我国，一年有很多节日，在这些节日中，我最喜欢春节。这不仅因为它是一年中最大的节日，更因为它是新一年的开始，给人们带来新的希望，也因为它是亲朋好友团聚的时刻。不管身在何方，人们总会在春节前回到家里准备过节。

通常，我们会在除夕夜吃一顿丰盛的晚餐，之后家人团座一起，分享一年以来的生活以及新年计划。有的人则会玩游戏或者出去玩。大年初一，人们通常会早起，会与见到的人说吉祥话。孩子们会得到压岁钱。在接下来的几天里，人们会带上新年祝福互相串门拜年。总之，春节是一个欢聚一堂、供人享乐的日子。

I am planning to spend my summer holiday on sports this year.Playing

basketball is always my favourite,so some of my classmates and I will form a

small team and play basketball together.Sometimes we may have a match against

some other teams and I do enjoy the sense when we win the game.

我计划今年的暑假要花费在运动上.打篮球一直是我最热爱的,所以我的一些同学和我将会组建一个小队并且互相打比赛.有时我们可以和其他球队进行对抗比赛,我很享受当我们赢得比赛时的感觉.

A hot day

Today is very hot,the heightest temperature reached to 40 degree.So I

stayed at home all the day.I recited english text this morning,after I finished

my homework,I prepared lunch for my families.I cooked egg-fried rice for

lunch,because there was eggs in the fridge only and I didnt want to go out

shopping for the hot weather.In the afternoon,I slept half of the day.It was

time to cook dinner when I wake up.It was a boring day,I hate hot weather.

参考翻译

炎热的一天

今天天气非常地热，最高温度达到40度，所以我一整天都呆在家里。早上我被英语文章。完成了家庭作业之后，我就为全家人准备午餐。我做了鸡蛋炒饭作为午餐，因为冰箱里只有鸡蛋，并且由于天气热我不想出去购物。下午，我睡了大半天。当我醒来的时候就已经是做晚饭的时间了。这是非常无聊的一天，我讨厌炎热的天气。

晚上，吃过晚饭，我和妈妈准备出去散步。

我骑着自行车“小不点”，人大车小，好像有一点不配。那些路灯一盏挨着一盏，把整条路照的亮堂堂的。路的两边，小草探出小脑袋，东张西望，打量着这奇妙的世界。我们漫步在平坦的陆地上，东瞧瞧，西看看。桃花全部绽放了，露出嫩黄色的花蕊。池塘里的青蛙“呱呱”叫着，好像在开一场盛大的音乐会。小虫子则在给它们伴奏。

一路上，一些小虫子也来到了路上散步，如：天牛，蟑螂，屎壳郎。它们似乎也感受到了春天的气息，在路上你来我往，好像在谈论着春天的夜晚多美啊！

路灯下，一棵棵高大的树倒映在地上。小狗也被主人带着一起跑步。我休息一会儿，闭上眼睛，张开双手，融入大自然的怀抱。那虫声，蛙声，形成了天然的交响曲。小草绿油油一片，踩上去软绵绵的。要不是怕虫子咬，我恨不得在地上打几个滚，闻闻小草的芳香。

啊！我喜欢大自然！大自然真好！

How time flies, the twinkling of an eye, walked away, in winter and spring had with gently footsteps, unconsciously quietly come, at the moment all around us, everywhere can smell the smell of spring.

Early in the morning, I and a friend carry bag on the road, I was surprised to find willow branches grew pale green lobule, round, small lovely love, curious, Martin lee said: "the spring come?" Guo Siqi said: "that is sent to our information, spring tells us spring is coming. Because Zhao Xuan is an observant boy, he found a piece of grass, the grass has just emerged from the earth, is still very young, we know we cant easily hurt it, see it is growing there, the pale green color is so lovely, it is smile to us. Spring breeze blowing gently, I guess the wind uncle may be physical strength is not enough, so it didnt work out. Upright ears listen, the birds on the tree to show off the clear throat, it is to sing aloud. The run of the car also has the change, their owners have changed down the snow tires, azuoweng is more light, I cant help but sigh: spring has really come, look at the park, here a there, everywhere is green, the green, as if suddenly pop up from the ground, like a painter drew a picture of a green overnight landscape painting, the painting is so fresh, fresh to close your eyes, dont feel intoxicated by heart...

At that moment, I felt the spring, spring is like a small river is flowing in my heart, it resolved our worries; Spring is like a warm bridge, let our hearts stick closer, spring is in my eyes, more in my heart, I can not help but have a new feeling! Winter is over and we are walking into a spring of hope.

古往今来，春天在文人墨客笔下都是那么美好。朱自清在散文《春》中写道：“春天小像小姑娘，花枝招展的，笑着，走着。”是啊，春天是那么美好! From ancient times to the present, spring is so beautiful in literati and guest pen.Zhu Ziqing wrote in the prose "Spring": "Spring is like a little girl, with flowers and branches, laughing, walking." Yeah, spring is so beautiful!

可能我与文人墨客产生了共鸣，我对春天情有独钟。悄悄地，春姑娘迈着轻盈的步子来到了人间，给大自然披上了一件美丽的新衣。

春回大地，一切都是那么欣欣向荣。小草在漆黑的泥土里酝酿了也个冬天，终于挣扎出来，它那嫩绿的身躯，给大自然带来了勃勃生机。花儿争奇斗艳、竞相开放，开得那么妖娆，像要把所有人的眼球吸引过去。花儿那浓郁的香气，令人心旷神怡，这一大片的绿草有鲜花的点缀，显得更绿;花儿也应草儿的陪衬，显得更鲜艳。

但是，不论是美丽的花，还是嫩绿的草，他们能有现在的辉煌，也是来之不易。谁曾知道他们心酸的成长历程，就拿小草来说，它们从种子到破土而出，经历了各种磨难，在泥土中，小草们奋斗着，挣扎着，终于………而春天就好像一个华丽的舞台，给它们展示成果的机会。春天不好像花草的“秋天”吗?

春天不仅是展示成果的季节，也是播种希望的季节。

在秋天，大家可能见过丰收的景象，那金黄的稻田里，一粒粒饱满的稻谷仿佛在向我们微笑;那丰收的果园里，沉甸甸的果实压弯了枝头;那……但是，谁曾想到，要是没有春天，要不是在春天播下希望的种子，何来的丰收?

俗话说得好“一年之计在于春”。春天，只是给万物希望、期奇企盼、憧憬。春天是一个新的起点，一个新的开始，新的抉择。在春天，农民播下种字，学生播下勤奋，商人播下资本。

美丽的春天，给予我丰富的启迪……

Let me tell you about it. First I have a great eating habit. I eat

vegetables and fruit every day and I drink yogurt twice a week .Although I like

junk food very much I try to eat it once a week because it is bad for my health.

And I also eat less meat. Then I hold on to playing sports every day. I jog 2

kilometers and jump 2 hours. Next I go to bed early and get up early. I keep

sleeping for about 8 hours. Having a great eating habits and doing exercise can

help me get good grades.

As you can see having a healthy life is important for everyone. Let’s have

a healthy life style and lead a happy life.

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.

I went to see a film in the cinema this evening. It was called Kong Fu

Panda. I love this film. It is funny but I also learned something from the film.

We should not give up things easily. We should have a good plan and make up our

mind to make our dream come true.

今天晚上我去电影院看了电影。影片教《工夫熊猫》。我爱好这部电影。很有趣可我也学到了一些东西。我们不应该轻易废弃。我们应该做个好规划，下定决心，实现梦想。

How happy I am. Yesterday I finished all the work very quick, so I have a

lot of time to do myself. Sometimes finish work early is a good thing, we can

have more interests to do the next work. Because of this, I write English dairy

eight in the morning. But I wrote it in the evening in the pass day. Everyone,

if you can finish the work quickly, not lazy, try your best.

我有多么的高兴，昨天我很快完成了所有的工作,所以我有很多时间用来自己分配。有时提前完成学习任务是件好事,我们会有更多的兴趣去做下一件事情。正因为如此,我写英语日记都是在早上八点。但在过去的晚上我还是要在晚上写。任何人,如果你能完成这项工作得很快,不要偷懒,尽自己最大的努力。

Finally, we arrived in Guilin. After breakfast, we went to River Li. We

listened to the guide and enjoyed the views on boat. But I found the water in

River Li is dirty, many people washed clothes there. I feel angry and the trip

became boring and exhausting.

今天终于到了桂林，我们吃过早饭后就出发去漓江。坐上了船后，我们听着导游的讲解，观赏着风景。可是我发现漓江的水很脏，有很多人在那里洗衣服。我很气愤。在接下来的旅途中很无聊我也很疲惫。

The annual Chinese New Year came in 20xx, the Spring Festival has come exceptionally busy, it is accompanied by the festive sound of firecrackers, sky in full bloom, and colorful fireworks came. The ancients as "firecrackers of the year" to commemorate Chinese New Year. The return of fireworks and firecrackers, so that the ancient city of Beijing is full of a thick smell of years, sound of firecrackers brings us endless joy, filled with a wonderful interesting traditional festivals.

As a girl, I do not like to put those little on the "crackling" sound of Mei Wan and loud firecrackers. I like those colorful light emitted after, four run around fireworks. There is a called channeling smallpox, a carefully ed in the ground began to release, and later on the secure enough to put in the hand grip, lit "squeak" is heard, a group with a small ball of fire flew up into the sky, screaming, "pit" Suddenly the sky on a flower in full bloom out, quite exciting.

My favorite is called Setaria fireworks in one hand and a lit continuously emitted after the bright, constantly changing colors of the fireworks. My hands turned, arms on the emergence of two very nice Ring of Fire; my arms open, 4 running, I became a "Firebird." I have a another one to lying, I cried, ran, happy with Chinese New Year fireworks is a traditional custom. Legend of the so-called "year" is an evil beast, people set fire to bamboo, the sound of bamboo bursting scared off "year", "years" away is the Chinese New Year in.

I like fireworks, it made me able to live a traditional feature of the year. I think as long as we pay attention to safety, stressing civilization, this tradition will be able to have a wonderful New Year.

[描写春节的初中英语作文

This holiday is my best busy holiday for I am learning English, computer

word I fall in the weekend exam. Many times I want to take today off, my mother

said to me:“go on, you must belive that you can do it.” So I have to try. Now my

English is better than 2months ago. I must thanks my mother, she is good for me.

Practices makes perfect.

这个假期是我最好的繁忙的节日,因为我在周末考试没考好，所以我学习英语和计算机单词。许多次,我想放弃今天的学习,妈妈对我说:“继续,你相信你能做到。"所以我不能不试一试。现在我的英语比2个月前好得多。我要感谢我的妈妈,她对我很好。实践才能达到完美。

秋，不知何时又与我擦肩而过，独一无二的笑，不知何时又绽放在天空之下……

秋在许多诗人笔下，是位多愁善感的姑娘。时而吟道：“常恐秋节至，焜黄华叶衰

”时而诵道：“万里悲秋常作客，百年多病独登台”时而感叹：“怀君属秋夜，散步吟凉天”时而轻启：“浔阳江头夜送客，枫叶荻花秋瑟瑟”我不由得忿忿不平：为何秋在世人心目之中会如此凄凉？不！我一定要找到不一样的秋！

步在田埂。一幅金麦之画扑入眼帘！满满一眼的金麦！完美地与天相融相衔。他们又是如此默契。没有一根特别长，没有一根特别短，没有一根特别自卑地缩在角落，没有一根特别骄傲地昂头挺胸——是如此默契。这张别具一格的金色毛毯一直蔓至天际，中间还夹杂着一座古朴小屋。只要住进这小屋，每天清晨，定陶醉在满屋的稻花之香！

漫游林间。满地的洪峰，满脸的愉悦，伴着足下踏音，不仅哼起了小曲。火般的红色，火般的热情——身前那座硕果累累的果园。攀上果树，摘下一个红彤彤的小野果子。只嗅不吃的念头早已飞至大洋彼岸。脆香满口，果香满笔。真想只留在这座天堂般的果园之中！

秋，是个贪吃的小顽皮，她向四季母亲要来了盛产水果蔬菜的特权，却只身藏起，满足地眺望农民们幸福的表情。

春姑娘迈着轻盈的步履，悄悄地来到了人间，也来到了我的家乡——九山湖。 Spring girls took a light step, quietly came to the world, and also came to my hometown -Jiushan Lake.

我透过薄薄的迷雾，望见绿油油的松台山，望着那些绿色，仿佛看到许多花儿含苞欲放。大树仿佛是一把遮阳伞，将温暖的阳光挡在外面，给人们带来凉爽。我仿佛听见了小鸟在绿油油的大树中互相嘻戏，是那么欢快、那么无忧无虑。山顶上耸立着一座金碧辉煌的塔，犹如一把直插蓝天的神剑，在阳光下闪闪发光，加上那迷雾，使它若隐若现，像是一个正与我们捉迷藏的顽皮小孩，在山顶躲来躲去。

薄雾刚刚散去，近处就是九山湖。我看见过波澜壮阔的大海，游赏过水平如镜的西湖，却从没看见过九山湖的水。九山湖的真静啊!好似一丝丝绸，铺在水面上;九山湖的真清啊!清得可以望见正在水底互相玩耍的小鱼;九山湖的真绿啊!绿得像一块碧绿的翡翠。湖面倒映着蔚蓝的天空和雪白的白云，湖边影影约约地倒映着几棵绿树。

九山湖就仿佛是录像机，将身边的一切从水面展示给大家。一阵轻柔的春风拂过如诗如画的水面，水面荡漾起一圈圈波痕，水中的倒影也随着春风晃动，真是无比生动。傍晚，劳累了一天的太阳，从西边快要下落了。在夕阳下，原本碧绿的九山湖就像变色龙一样，变成了闪耀闪耀的火红色。

远处，太阳只露出一小块脸蛋，九山湖当然不会放过这美景，准确无误地拍下那美丽的晚霞，映在水面上。此时，天上有一个太阳，而地下也有一个太阳，那就是九山湖!九山湖静静的，连一点风也没有，大概是大家都不想破坏九山湖的“人间仙境”的美景。

家乡的九山湖因此在温州市有名，真所谓是：远处有山，山上有塔;近处有水，水中有鱼。

瞧，金黄色的油菜花，绿油油的麦苗，嫩绿的小草，都争着把自己的姿色展现给春姑娘看，那些不知名的小花在打扮自己的同时，又把黄绿相间的田野点缀得更加美丽动人。 Look, golden rapeseed, green wheat seedlings, tender green grass, all scramble to show their posture to the spring girl, those unknown little flowersWhile dressing yourself, he dotted the yellow and green fields more beautiful.

我走下田埂，眼前是一片油菜地，金黄的油菜花正高举这它那一个个小小的金喇叭，吹奏着春天的歌呢!蜜蜂和蝴蝶也赶来凑热闹给这美丽的画面增添了几分生机。

我们又来到麦田边，放眼望去，一望无边的麦苗。象是给大地铺上了厚厚地地毯，微风吹来，掀起粼粼的波纹，我情不自禁地弯下腰，仔细看那狭长的叶子，只见狭长的叶子上滚动那大大小小的晶莹的露珠，在阳光的饿照耀下，露珠晶莹透亮，，美丽动人。它的叶子越往上叶子越宽，叶尖头朝下，好像害羞似的，我正看得入神，忽然，传来“哎吆，哎吆。。。。。。”号子声，抬头一看，原来是几位农民伯伯正忙着，挑粪给麦苗施肥呢!他们虽然干得满头大汗，但脸上带着笑容。我想：他们大概是看到田野里的油菜，麦苗长得那么好，心里开心吧!

我们漫步在田埂上,迎面吹来了阵阵春风,觉得舒服极了.因为春天不像冬天那样寒风刺骨,只略带着寒意.你瞧,脚下沉睡了一冬天的小草,此时已苏醒了,倔强地把头伸出了地面.虽然只见一点嫩绿,却充满了生机.一些不知名的小花,这一朵,那一簇的洒在田埂上.翠绿欲滴的蚕豆苗整齐的立在田埂旁.

我举目望去,眼前是一望无垠的庄稼.金黄的油菜花儿开的正旺,辛勤的小蜜蜂,一会儿飞到这说些悄悄话,一会儿又飞到哪儿吻一吻.还有这一片,那一片,绿得发亮的红花草,自然地绣上了几朵小紫花,好看极了.正在拨节的麦苗儿,像绿色的地毯,厚厚的铺在田野上.看到此景,我想起了一句谚语:一年之际在于春.啊,这是农民辛勤耕耘的希望.

我喜欢家乡春天的田野.它像一幅展开的画卷，充满诗情画意.于是我高兴的对伙伴们说：”可惜我不是画家，否则我将用彩笔画下这家乡迷人的田野，让它永远铺展在我们的眼前.

我是一株刚刚发芽的嫩绿小草，一株很平凡的小草，我们的兄弟姐妹遍布全世界，各个角落。

我们没有大树那样魁梧，也没有花儿那么娇艳，但是呢，我们草类很坚强，都听说过大诗人白居易说的吧：“野火烧不尽，春风吹又生”。我们可顽强了！

昨晚的风雨很大，我们很害怕，但我们挺过来了。早上起床，你们看到的露珠，并不是暴风雨把我们打败所流下的伤心的眼泪，而是我们战胜了暴风雨后，欣喜的泪珠。

我们草儿虽然很渺小，但作用可不小，可以为大地增添一抹绿色，可以清新空气，擅长无私奉献。

大地母亲把我们孕育出来，不是让我们和花朵比美丽，和大树比高低的，我们有我们的使命，有我们的用途。

所以，我们不会自卑，永远是自信的小草。

就让我做一株平凡的小草吧，我愿意为大地母亲奉献我的一切。

Everybody has someone in his heart that he admires very much， who may be a scientist， a writer or a musical or a movie super star。 As for the one I admire the most is my dear mother。

My mother is an honorable policewoman。 She is very busy with her job all the time。 As mom often needs to work over-time， she goes to work very early in the morning， and doesn’t come home till late at night。 Mother deeply loves her work; she treats it gingerly and conscientiously， and she is full of respected at work by her colleagues and leadership。 For always being a responsible person for the work， my mother also therefore merited many awards。

In my memory， from my childhood， my mom rarely took days off， not even for the public holidays。 When my friends went out to play with her parents on weekends， I spent my time in mom’s office。 Whenever mom had a day-off， she would be busy with preparing a delicious meal for my dad and me。 There was one time， when we were just about to start our lunch， an emergency telephone call rang up， mom hang up the call， got dressed to get ready to go out， she was even too busy to think of the meal， then rushed to her work。 Till my bedtime on that night， mom was still not home yet。 My mother works extra almost everyday， she never seems to know when she should stop it。

I admire my mom’s work spirit! I love my dearest mother!

It was sunny today. I was excited. I got up at a quarter to seven. I made a

appointment to meet at nine o’clock. After I had my breakfast, I went to the

Wanjia Market . It was hot outside. When I arrived, my friends didn’t arrive. I

waited for him in front of the KFC’s door. I haven’t seen them for a year. And

in a year, we didn’t come into contact with others frequently. About ten minutes

left, my friends arrived one by one. After we greeted,we went to play basketball

in Liwan Gymnasium. The match last for tow hours.Oh!I fill very happy today!

这是今天阳光明媚。我很兴奋。我得到了在六时四十五分。我的任命，以满足九点钟。之后，我有我的早餐，我去了万家市场。这是热外面。当我到达，我的朋友们并没有达成。我等待着他前面的肯德基的大门。我还没有看到他们为一年。并在一年内，我们没有接触到其他人频繁。约10分钟离开，我的朋友们来到一个又一个。在我们迎接，我们去打球荔湾体育馆。这场比赛最后的拖车小时.Oh

，我非常高兴今天填补!

今年绚丽的中国红晕染全世界，那却是中国人最讨厌的样子。新型冠状病毒的肆虐让团圆的气氛多了几分压抑，让患病的家庭多了几分离愁，让医护人员的额头多了几分细纹。但中国拥有无与伦比的中国优势，风再大，我们砥砺前行，浪再高，我们一苇以航，知有万民担当，就没有什么能阻挡中国战胜疫情的步伐。

疫情汹汹，制度优势指方向。民主集中大局定，党中央成立应对疫情工作领导小组，统一指挥、分类指导各地做好疫情防控工作。党中央向湖北等疫情严重地区派出指导组，推动有关地方全面加强防控一线工作，充分发挥联防联控机制作用，稳定民心更是稳定国基。集中力量办大事，广泛动员群众、组织群众、凝聚群众，构筑群防群治的严密防线，群策群力，一方有难，八方支援，体现的是我五千年中华远超其他民族的凝聚力，是儒家思想一以贯之济天下的情怀，是我们党我们国家不忘初心牢记使命的精神宣言!

党政担当，是防疫的第一道防线。“一问三不知”?查!玩忽职守?责!隐瞒疫情?去!党是中国人民和中华民族的先锋队，政府权为民所用，利为民所谋，只有初心牢固，党魂纯洁才能再谱中华人民不畏天灾的“二万五千里长征”!正如习近平总书记所强调的只有在中国共产党的坚强领导下，充分发挥中国特色社会主义制度优势，我们才完全有信心、有能力打赢这场疫情防控阻击战。

疫情频传，产业优势铺大道。中国是世界上为数不多国内具有完整产业链的国家，这意味着什么?抗疫封城，寿光保障蔬菜供应，缺少床位，火神山医院拔地而起，物资紧缺，企业提前开工及时供应。独一无二的产业优势一力护航，疫情反攻的号角定会吹响!

企业担当，是防疫的第二条防线。企业，尤其是一些有关人民日常生活的企业，必须坚持社会效益与经济效益相结合，事物是普遍联系着的，今日企业的慷慨相助，是明日企业的康庄之路，今日企业的“人血馒头”，是明天企业的断头之路。正如著名诗人臧克家所说：“骑在人民头上的，人民把他摔垮;给人民作牛马的，人民永远记住他!”事关民生，没有任何一家相关公司可以置之事外。腓德烈大帝说;“最好的战争是人民感觉不到战争”，那么最好的抗疫就是人民几乎感觉不到的抗疫!这需要企业共同携手。

疫情无情，人力优势送温情。抗疫前线，一线医生奋不顾身，非典英雄重回一线，耄耋老将披戴上阵，感染群众积极响应。抗疫幕后，留洋学生积极响应，韩红基金会真情奉献，难归故里各省热情照应。环球时空，国际组织纷纷驰援，各国兄弟大力支持。病毒无情，人间有情，“万夫一力，天下无敌”。打赢疫情防控阻击战，我们有信心，我们有能力!

人民担当，是防疫的最后一道防线。从1998年的抗洪抢险，到2003年的抗击非典，再到2008年的抗震救灾，一次次伟大斗争告诉我们：越是面对挑战，越需要团结的力量;越是攻坚克难，越需要群策群力。正如罗斯福总统所说：“我们应恐惧的，只有恐惧本身。”中国是一个有着千年伟大文明历史的国家，她在时运不济时也永不绝望，以强大的精神力量感动着世界人民，“团结是铁，团结是钢，团结就是力量。团结是中国人民和中华民族战胜前进道路上一切风险挑战、不断从胜利走向新的胜利的重要保证。”我们一定能筑成新的长城!

中国的优势无与伦比，人民各界也需团结向前。天灾，不是阻挡我们前进的深渊，是置之死地而后生的涅槃!请相信，明天会更好，请相信，中国会更好!

He always rose early to enjoy at least two hours of solitude in the house

and garden before the rest of the family came down In winter he spent most of

the time reading and writing. In sum mer he liked to get out of doors to work in

the kitchen garden or to take the dog for a walk in the neighbouring woods and

fields Whatever the weather, there was plenty to occupy him.

Although he was a creature of habit, there seemed to be an infinite variety

in his pursuits. He wrote book reviews regularly for two of the national

weeklies. He worked conscientiously his special subject, Indian History, and was

thus one of the world authorities on it;

he collected modern abstract paintings and so had a circle of friends

amongst artists and sculptors; there was hardly anything he did not know about

traditional jazz and he often entertained both British and America n jazz

musicians He was a superb cook and knew a lot about French and German food.

His family adored him and in a sense he was spoiled by them. At first

glance you would have taken him for a retired army officer-his bearing was

erect, his hair was cut short, he was fussy about his clothes, which were always

neat, clean and conventional. He liked to keep fit, and this was reflected in

his clear, steady blue eyes and healthy suntanned complexion. He hardly ever

watched TV, but enjoyed a good film and an occasional evening at the

theatre.