克服困难的英语作文2篇 作文高中【合集20篇】

星期五下午，刚回到家。一辆崭新的自行车就呈现在我的眼前。它有蓝色的车驱，欧宝的牌子……我忙跑上楼问妈妈：“下面那辆自行车是谁的？”妈妈说：“是为你新买的呀！你看小区比你小的孩子都会骑自行车了，就你不会，你也赶快学学！”我兴奋极了，飞快的跑下楼，去试骑。可自行车没有那么好骑，我骑一下摔一跤。我很灰心，吃晚饭的时间到了我才上楼。这时的我已经摔的遍体鳞伤，像打了败战的士兵。妈妈给我抹上碘酒。我垂头丧气的对妈妈说：“我以后再也不想骑自行车了！”妈妈笑眯眯地说：“傻孩子，这点失败算什么，只要坚持，困难就可以克服，骑自行车就持！”

第二天，妈妈和我一起去骑自行车，可我总要她扶着我。有一次，我问妈妈扶着没有。妈妈回答：“扶着了！”我一骑，哇！一点也不难骑！接着我回头望妈妈，她竟然没有在我后面，就这样我学会了骑自行车。

就这样我又坚持了大半年，我已经能熟练的骑自行车了，现在我还是小区里鼎鼎有名的高手呢！

通过这件事情，我知道了只要坚持克服困难，什么事情都不难。

[一次克服困难的经历小学作文

生活中，每个人都会遇到各种各样的困难，但每个人面对困难都有不同的选择，有的迎难而上，有的知难而退。

In life, everyone will encounter all sorts of difficulties, but everyone in the face of difficulties have different choices, some difficulties, some place.

记得前几天，我做数学课外练习上面的一道思考题。那道题目很难，我做了好几遍怎么也做不对，于是，我就放弃了这道题目。突然，妈妈走了过来，问我为什么不做我说：“太难了，我不会做!”妈妈跟我讲了一个故事。外国有位撑杆跳运动员，叫布勃卡，他曾经创造过35次世界纪录，迄今还没人打破。他以前在训练时，也遇到过困难，总是跳不过去。那段时间里，他苦恼过、沮丧过，甚至怀疑自己的潜力。他真的想放弃了，教练告诉他，一定要有信心，让心先过去，身子就跟着过去了。布勃卡听了教练的话，重新跳了几次，他真的跳过去了...... 听了妈妈讲的故事,我重新思考这道难题，我反复地思考，反复地演算，终于做出来了。我心里可高兴啦!

I remember a few days ago, I do maths extracurricular practice the above sikaoti. The problem is difficult, I do a few times do it wrong, so, I give up this question. Suddenly, the mother walked over, asked me why I dont do what I say: "too hard, I cant do!" My mother told me a story. Foreign a pole vaulter, called Bubka, he had created the world record 35 times, no one has yet to break. He used in the training, also encountered difficulties, always can jump. During that time, he was annoyed, depressed, or even suspect that their potential. He really want to give up, the coach told him, must have confidence, let the heart to the past, the body will follow the past. He listened to the coachs words, to jump a few times, he really jumped... Listen to the mothers story, I to think about this problem, I repeatedly thinking, repeatedly calculus, finally did come out. My heart is happy!

是啊，世上无难事，只要肯登攀，困难像弹簧，看你强不强，你强它就弱，你弱他就强。在困难面前，我们一定要信心十足、战胜困难，做一个决不向困难低头的人!

Yes, the world is difficult, if you put your heart into it, the difficulty is like spring, you look strong, you are strong it weak, you are weak he is strong. In the face of difficulties, we must have confidence, overcome difficulties, to do a never bow to difficulties of the people!

In ancient time moral education and intellectual education were in same process. With the development of society the position of moral education and intellectual education changed and the moral education split up into directive moral education and indirective moral education. This change brought about conflict between the two forms and make any form not fully play its role. The methods to overcome it are carry out comprehensive moral education make the two forms of moral education as an organic whole. To realize it can adopt subject curriculum activity curriculum and hiden curriculum make them infiltrate one another and complete the task of fostering together.

Twenty-three lectures on popular science have been held to promote the education of modern science and technology. Students whose enthusiasm for creativity and innovation has been greatly spurred handed in more than 500 pieces science projects.

To strengthen the organic combination of the school family and social education the district established a family education guidance centre juvenile psychological guidance centres in 32 primary and middle schools and has trained 460 teachers to upgrade their methods for moral education.

Furthermore the district organized more than 1400 18-year-olds to participate in an oath ceremony last year. Thirty students donated blood after the ceremony.

Students national pride and sense of social responsibility have been greatly strengthened through various activities including Protecting Our Mother River and Hand in Hand With the Needy .

在古代，道德教育和智力教育在同一个过程中。随着社会的发展，道德教育与知识教育的地位发生了变化，和道德教育分为直接德育与间接的道德教育。这一变化带来的两种形式之间的冲突，并使任何形式的不充分发挥其作用。克服它的方法是进行全面的道德教育，使两种形式的道德教育作为一个有机的整体。实现可采用学科课程、活动课程、隐性课程，使之相互渗透、共同完成育人任务。

23个科普讲座促进了现代科学技术的教育。学生们，他们的创造力和创新的热情得到了很大的推动，交了超过500件科学项目。

为加强学校、家庭和社会教育的有机结合，建立了32所中小学的家庭教育指导中心、青少年心理辅导中心，并培养了460名教师进行道德教育的方法。

此外，该区组织了超过18个1400岁的孩子参加去年的宣誓仪式。三十名学生在仪式结束后献血。

学生民族自豪感和社会责任感已大大加强，通过各种活动，包括保护我们的母亲河，携手与贫困

Currently,self-confidence has become the order of our life, which improves the theorythat nothing is more valuable than self-confidence.

如今，自信已经融入了我们的生活中了，这也就证明了没有什么能够比自信更有价值。

Itis obvious that self-confidence means trust in one’s ability. If we are full ofself-confidence, we’ll have creative power to live and work, helping us successor dreams come true. On the contrary, if we have no confidence in ourselves,there will be little possibilities for us to win. We’ll always face failure.

很明显，自信意味着对一个人能力的信任。如果我们充满自信，我们在生活和工作中就会有创造力，帮助我们成功或者实现我们的梦想。相反，如果我们对自己没有信心，我们取胜的可能性就很小。我们总是要面对失败。

What’smore, no one can deny another fact that self-confidence gives us light when wewalk in the dark and courage when we face stumbling blocks. Withself-confidence, we can achieve goals in our life.

再者，没有人能否认这样一个事实，当我们游走在黑暗时，自信能能给予我们光明，当我们遭遇不顺时，自信能给予我们勇气。有了自信我们可以实现生活中的目标。

[高中英语作文：自信的重要性

记得上四年级的时候，有一次我在做老师布置的家庭作业，做着做着，突然一道奥数题挡在了我的面前，我的思维凝固了，怎么想也想不出解题思路来，笔在演草纸上飞来飞去，还是算不出来。这时，妈妈走了过来，看到我当时的情况，笑了笑说：“其实，这道题很简单，你换一种解法思路，答案很快就会出来，你光用一种算法当然行不通了。

如果你试着多用几种方法来算，那这个难题不就解决了吗。毛主席曾经说过：‘ 世上无难事，只怕有心人。’也就是告诉我们;世上并没有什么难事，只看你动不动脑筋。 我听完妈妈的话，仔细地再审了审题的已知条件后，才恍然大悟，把已知条件中的一个数给抛掉了，这时的我如鱼得水，思路大开，急忙在演草纸上算起来，不一会儿，我便算好了，妈妈看了，高兴地点了点头。

when we talk about dreams, we are so excited, we have many dreams, such as being a famous person, traveling around the world and so on. dreams are what we pursue for a lifetime, with many dreams, we have motivation to fight for our life. the opposite side of dream is reality, we have to face reality everyday, reality is what we perceive in our life. reality always frustrates us to be successful. we need to balance them. first, we need to face reality, though it is not ideal, we live in a world, we have to know exactly who we are. second, to make our dreams come true, we need to adjust our dreams according to the reality.

in this way, our dreams can achieve. lets work hard together to make our dreams come true.

Last May 4th was my birthday.I had a party at my home.

My relatives and friends came to my home in the evening.And I got a lot of presents from them.My mother prepared a big birthday cake for me.

There are even candles on it.After singing the song “Happy birthday”，I shared the cake with my friend and relatives.Then we watched TV and listened to music.Same of the girls danced with the music.We had a good time that day.

Now I want to say “Thank you my friends.Thank you my parents！I ’m so happy！”

The Lunar New Year

The Lunar New Year occasion to the Chinese people. It lasts about the first four days of the year, during which people do not work except for the workers on duty. Students do not go to school, and shops are closed.

Several days before the new year, people begin to prepare. Farmers kill pigs, sheep, cocks and hens. City dwellers buy meat fish and vegetables. Houses are cleaned; couplets are posted on the doors. Colourful lanterns are hung at the gate.

On the eve of the new year, each family has its members gatherd together and eats a family reunion dinner. After the meal they watch TV until the clock strickes twelve. Then every family sets off long strings of small firecrackers and other fireworks to welcome the new year. On the first day of the new year, almost everyone is dressed in his or her best. Whenpeople meet on the way, they say to each other "Happy New Year". Friends and relatives pay new year calls and gives presents to each other. Children indulge themselves in games.

春节

农历新年对中国人来说是个很重要的节日。它大约要持续4天，在这期间，除了值班人员外，人们都放假了。工人不开工，学生上不学，商店关门。

新年前几天人们就开始准备。农民们宰杀猪、鸡、羊。城市居民买肉、鱼、蔬菜。人们打扫房子，贴对联，挂彩灯。

新年除夕，各家各户围坐在一起吃团圆饭。饭后，人们看电视，到了午夜12点，在这辞旧迎新的时刻，人们燃放各种烟花炮竹来庆祝。新年第一天，即正月初一，所有的人都穿着最漂亮的衣服，路上相遇，互相道“新年好”，亲戚朋友拜年互赠礼物，孩子们尽情地玩耍。

According to the variety of social background, personal experience and

personal emotion, differernt people have different opinions towards things.

Thus, there is no doubt that generation gap exists everywhere. We always find

that there are big differences between us and the old generation. We always

regard the old are outdated, while they think us are crazy. They can’t bear the

dress we like, the fashion we pursue or even our childish thinking. Instead, we

could put up with their standpat thingking and their “feudal rulers”. Thus, the

generation gap becomes more and more obvious and serious. However, why don’t we

realize that opinions can be changed, while people can’t. So, we can think in an

other way, learn to accept. It is certain that we can narrow the generation gap

to live a more harmonious life.

China has the history of more than 5,000 years. Many foreign people are

attracted by this big old country. They come here and want to know about the

traditional culture. However, Chinese young people dont show much interest in

the old culture, instead they chase the fashion and some even abandon the

precious culture. For example, paper cutting, one of the excellent arts that is

inherited by our ancestors. Many foreign media speak highly of this great

handicraft and they are astonished by the wisdom of Chinese people. I have seen

this art when I stay in my hometown. Only few old people can do it. They just

take it for killing time. Paper cutting is like the old fashion and is forgotten

by the young generation. The media should report more positive information about

the traditional culture to inspire the young people to learn.

我最好的朋友My Best Friend

I have a very good friend. His name is Philip. As far as Im concerned, hes very kind-hearted and generous. Once I was in high school, he treated me friendly and sincerely. When I was happy, he was also happy with me. When I was sad, he always comforted me. When I was defeated, he always encouraged me. When I stumbled, he always pulled me up. Although we quarreled at times, we were still in good relationships. We could know each other better after the argument. When my birthday came, he always sent me a special present.

我有一个很好的朋友。他的名字叫菲利普。我觉得他是非常善良和慷慨的。当我在高中的时候，他对我很友好、很真诚。我高兴的时候，他也和我一起开心。当我难过时，他总是安慰我。当我失败时，他总是鼓励我。当我迷茫时，他总是拉我一把。尽管有时候我们会吵架，我们关系仍然很好。争吵之后我们可以更好的了解对方。我生日的时候，他总是送我一份特别的礼物。

Hes very hard-working and intelligent. He always studied hard at school. Because of his hard work, he always did very well in exams. His oral English was better than mine. Most of the time, he was willing to chat with me in English. Owing to his help, I made a lot of progress in oral English.

他非常勤劳也很聪明。在学校他总是很努力学习。由于他的努力，他总是能在考试中取得好成绩。他的英语口语比我好。大多数时候他都愿意用英语和我聊天。由于他的帮助，我在英语口语方面取得了很大的进步。

[我最好的朋友高中学生英语作文

成长中，困难就像一座山挡在路中间，阻挡我们的去路，我们往往会犹豫，是退缩，还是面对?

题记

体育课开始了，竟然是跨栏!我心里不由得一惊。看着横在体育馆中间的栏杆就如同万丈深渊，无法跨过。那栏杆，锈迹斑斑，还有几道伤痕，就像在和我炫耀着它的胜利。

开始练习了。我的心如同十五个吊桶打水七上八下，是悬着的。“啪”“啪”，栏杆重重地摔在了地上，也重重地摔在我的心头上。轮到我时，我急速冲到栏前，不曾想那小小的栏竟如同一堵巨大的墙，我不由得停下脚步。经过几番思想斗争，我又硬着头皮冲了过去，单脚起跳，那一堵墙又出现了，我闭紧眼，跨了过去，后脚却勾到了栏杆，我跌倒了，我咬着牙，又冲了过去，但再次跌倒了。

我努力的爬起来，用力的揉着跌得发红的膝盖，不断地告诉自己没什么，不疼，眼泪却不争气的流下来。真的要放弃吗?你真的要退缩吗?难道就为这一点困难就要放弃吗?我反复的问自己。我望着栏杆，走向了它。我想，我要面对它。

我又再次站在它的面前。世界仿佛只剩下我，和那个栏杆。我急速地冲了过去，那一堵墙又出现在我的面前，巨大而不可跨越，这又怎能阻挡我?我没有犹豫。吸取了上次的经验，我单脚起跳，前脚跨向了栏的另一边，后脚尽量往上抬，“铛”，后脚轻轻的碰了下栏杆，接着我落地了。回头看看栏杆，它轻轻地摇摆了一下，停了。我成功了!那堵墙消失了，它又回到了原来的样子，矮矮的，低低的。原来困难只要勇敢面对，就能克服啊!

巴尔扎克说过：“困难，对于弱者来说是一个万丈深渊，对于强者来说却是一笔巨大的财富。”一道道栏仿佛成长中的困难，我们总是选择逃避或者退缩，其实只有勇于面对困难，才能真正战胜困难。

在以后的成长道路上，我不再畏惧困难，不再害怕去面对困难，因为我已经学会了面对困难。

远处，有无数的困难在等着我去面对。

The happiest memory in my childhood was making snowman with my friends. As

I was a little boy, I always went out with my friends to make snowmen and play

with snow when it snowed heavily. We divided ourselves into several groups, two

or three people in each group. Then, we began to make our own snowman. We used

buttons to be snowmans eyes and carrots for its nose. After making our snowman,

we compared ours with others’ to decide whose snowman is the best. Sometimes, we

wrapped our scarfs around snowmen or put our caps on their head, so as to make

our snowman more beautiful. The last time I making a snowman was when I was in

university. But it snowed rarely these years. Thus, making snowman has become

the long-lost fun for me. How I hope it would be snowy this winter!

我盼望已久的夏令营终于开始了，怀着紧张而又激动的心情走进中山大学珠海校区。眼前的一切一切都感到陌生。陌生的环境;陌生的营友;陌生的老师;好不容易拿到了一切证件和书本，接下来是找宿舍。随着拥挤的人群，终于来到了榕园。望着眼前这座高大雄伟的建筑物，想着我将在这里住半个月，我不亦乐乎。经过咨询，才知道我的宿舍在301。我们三步并作两步走了进去。哇，眼前的一切让我感到吃惊。宿舍又小又闷，而且没风扇又没空调，这半个月我要受苦了，真惨啊!但一想：来这里就是要学会独立自理的，又不是来享福，所以我要学会吃苦耐劳!

我们宿舍里每个晚上都有蟑螂、飞虫之类小虫子飞进来，我们都又怕又不知怎么办，只好呆呆地坐着。幸好宿舍里有两个高二的姐姐保护我们，否则我们不知该如何是好。晚上虽然有点热，但是感觉很新鲜，很快便入睡。

我们在这里天天都要上课。从宿舍走到教学楼需要一个钟头。而我们每天要走3个来回，所以想减肥的人来参加这个夏令营一定能减肥成功!我们上课是外教和一个助教上的。上课的形式很灵活，一会儿玩游戏，一会儿单词接龙，一会儿听老师讲故事。我们上课也很随便，外教不会要你坐得整整齐齐，我们喜欢干嘛就干嘛，可以到处乱走，可以下位同其他同学进行英语交流。因为外教喜欢自由，所以也让我们自由。

在这里，我认识了许许多多的朋友，同她们在生活上互帮互助，一起学习，一起聊天。每当我无聊时，她们便会讲笑话给我听;每当我作业不会做时，她们便会一题一题地讲解给我听，直到我会为止;每当我生活上遇到困难时，她们会尽自己最大的力量帮助我;每当我伤心时，她们会安慰我;同她们在一起，我觉得时间过得飞快，觉得十分开心!

在这里十分辛苦，要自己洗衣服、晾衣服，还有许许多多的事情需要自己做主。晚上，洗完澡后，便要自己将衣服洗干净。洗衣服非常辛苦，有时怎么搓都搓不干净，直到搓得双手红通通的，才搓干净一小部分。好不容易搓干净了，接下来是扭干衣服。衣服很重，我费了很大的劲才扭干，此时我已经累得气喘吁吁了。但是还要将衣服晾上去，晾衣服的那根竹竿太高了，我又太矮了。所以我只好请宿舍里的两个高二的姐姐帮忙。

我们每天上午就上课，下午就搞活动。下午的活动丰富多彩，有时候看外教跳舞;有时候爬山;有时候到图书馆看书;有时候上网;女外教们跳舞都很厉害，有时候还玩杂技，非常精彩!晚上，我们不是上课就是看电影——小鬼当家。小鬼当家这部电影很好看，是一部教育片。在场的同学常常看的哈哈大笑，现场也常常发出热烈的掌声。

时间过得飞快，转眼间12天已经过去了。舍不得同老师分离;舍不得同朋友分离;舍不得离开美丽的中山大学;但是，舍不得也要舍得。每当想到快乐的夏令营时，我会觉得很开心，那里是我和朋友们第一次认识的地方，在那里，藏着我们多少欢声笑语……

忘不了这次欢乐的英语夏令营，这个夏令营的确很快乐!

If you ask someone that do they often go to library, I think they will

answer you with no, the reason I am saying this because of the development of

ebook. Many years ago, without computer, the only way to check the information

that you need is from paper books, it means you need to go to the book shop or

the library, while with the development of the Internet, people have access to

the information very easily, you only need to click on the computer, then what

you look for is in front of you. Ebook is a very popular form for reading,

people can find what they want to read in the computer, like the novel story,

then download. It is so convenient and fast, it can save a lot of time, we don’t

need to go to the library if we are busy. Ebook is a good way for reading.

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如果你问一些人他们是否经常去图书馆，我觉得他们会回答不，我这样说的理由是因为电子书的发展。很多年前没有电脑，你想要核查你所需要的信息，唯一的方法就是去找纸质书，这意味着你需要去书店或者图书馆，然而随着电脑的发展，人们能很轻易得到信息，你只需要点击电脑，然后你所寻找的就会在你眼前。电子书是一种很受欢迎的阅读方式，人们可以在电脑上找到他们想要阅读的，比如小说，然后下载。这很方便快捷，能够省时，我们不需要去图书馆，如果我们很忙的话。电子书是阅读的好方式。

We need to follow all kinds of public rules, such as the manner rules and

the traffic regulation. If we break the rules, then all the work will be out of

order and everybody will suffer the loss. But few people just ignore the rules

and waste other people’s time and money.

Chinese high speed train has won many praise from foreign people. The

trains always start off as the timetable and reach the destination on time. High

speed train is popular by the public by its speed and punctuality, but what if

someone breaks the traffic rule? Recently, a video got popular on the Internet.

A woman was stuck in the door of high speed train and the staffs tried to stop

her but failed. She said her husband was on the way and she wanted the train to

start off later. How ridiculous it was. How could she let all the passengers to

wait for her. Everybody’s time is precious.

Though the woman apologized after the policemen’s education, what she did

discomforts the public. The way she acted wasted the public’s time. It is our

duty to follow rules and keep the public in order.

My mother is a teacher, so she pays special attention to my education. Before I went to primary school, she bought me a lot of novel books. I remembered that when the hot movie Harry Porter came out, she bought me the novel the other day. I was so surprised and read these books quickly. Thanks to my mother, she cultivated my interest to read successfully. I keep reading books every day, even though I was busy with my homework, I would take out the books to read some chapters before I went to sleep. Reading these books helps me a lot. I am good at writing and it broadens my vision. I can give my own opinion and other students admire me. Now I start to read the classic novel. Reading makes me happy and find my world.

我妈妈是一名教师，所以她特别重视对我的教育。在我上小学之前，她给我买了很多小说。我记得，当热门电影《哈里波特》出来的时候，第二天她就给我买了这本小说。我很惊讶，同时也很快看完了。感谢我的妈妈，她成功地培养了我对阅读的兴趣。我坚持每天读书的习惯，即使作业任务很繁重，我都会在睡觉之前拿书出来看一会。看这些书给我的帮助很大。我擅长写作，而且视野也拓宽了。我可以给出自己的见解，其他同学也佩服我。现在我开始看古典小说，阅读使我快乐，我找到了属于自己的世界。

[良好的阅读习惯高中英语作文

I recall my study experiences. Sometimes I studied with my classmates, but sometimes I prefer to study alone. In my opinion, learning collaboratively can help us to improve our ability of communication. At the same time, it can give us a stage where we can exchange our thoughts with each other. In addition, through learning collaboratively we can get more chance to know our classmates. But there are some disadvantages. For example, during the time of study, we may not study but talk with our classmates.

回想起我的学习经历。有时候我会和我的同学一起学习，但有时候我喜欢一个人学习。在我看来，集体学习能帮助我们提高我们的交际能力。同时，也可以给我们一个互相交流想法的舞台。此外，通过集体学习可以获得了解同学的机会。但也会有一些缺点。例如，学习的时候，我们可能会和同学聊天而不是学习。

As a matter of fact, learning individually also has some advantages. Firstly, if we study alone, we will think about something by ourselves. It can help us to improve our ability of thinking by ourselves. And learning individually is good for our creation.

事实上，一个人学习也是有好处的。首先，如果我们单独学习，有些东西我们就得自己思考。这可以帮助我们提高我们的思维能力。而且，单独学习有助于我们的创造力。

As learning individually has some advantages and learning collaboratively also has some advantages, so I think we should use a combination of both.

单独学习有一定的优势，而集体学习也有很多的优点，所以我认为我们应该利用两者的结合。

[高中英语作文：单独学习还是集体学习

Body language is used by people for sending messages to one another. It is very useful because it can help you make yourself easily understood. When you are talking with others,you are not just using words, but also using expressions and gestures. For example, waving ones hand is to say "Good-bye." A smile and handshake show welcome, and clapping hands means congratulations. Nodding the head means agreement, but shaking the head means disagreement. The gestures are accepted both by Chinese and foreigners as having the same meanings.

Different countries have different body language. For example, men in Russia, France and Arab countries kiss each other when they meet, but men in China or Australia shake hands instead of kissing. People in Puerto Rio like touching each other, but people from English speaking countries do not touth each other. If you touch an English person, you should say "Sorry. People in Arab countries like standing close to one another when they are talking, but English people must keep a distance away when they are talking. In some Asian countries, you must not touch the head of another person. In Arab countries, you eat using the fingers of your right land;the left hand is not used at all. In parts of Asia you must not sit with your feet pointing at another person.

When you use a foreign language, it is very important to know the meanings of gestures and movements in the foreign country. Following the customs will help you communicate with people and make your stay there much more pleasant and comfortable.

导语：每个人都有自己的妈妈，你喜欢你的妈妈吗?下面是yuwenmi小编为大家整理的优秀英语作文，欢迎阅读与借鉴，谢谢!

My mother has no idea that her ninetieth birthday is coming up. She has no notion of the time of day, the day of the week. the season of the year, the year of the century. No notion of the approaching millennium. And no idea any longer, who I am. Her forgetting of me happened just a few months ago, after I had been traveling for more than a month and hadnt been to see her. When I came back, she asked me if I were her niece, l said no, I was her daughter. "Does that mean I had you?" she asked. 1 said yes. "Where was I when l had you?" she asked me. I told her she was in a hospital in Far Rockaway. New York. "So much has happened to me in my life." she said "You cant expect me to remember everything."

My mother was once a beautiful woman, but all her teeth are gone now. Toothless. No woman can be considered beautiful. Whenever I visit her in the nursing home, she is sitting at the table in the common dining room, her head in her hands, rocking. Medication has eased her anxiety, but nothing moves her from her stupor except occasional moments of fear, too deep for medication. This is a room that has no windows, that lets in no light, in which an overlarge TV is constantly blaring, sending images that no one looks at where the floors are beige tiles, the walls cream colored at the bottom, papered halfway up with a pattern of nearly invisible grayish leaves. Many of the residents sit staring, slack-jawed, open mouthed. I find it impossible to imagine what they might be looking at.

When I walk into the dining room on the day of my mothers birthday, I see that she has already been served lunch. The staff has forgotten to hold it back. Though I told them a week ago that I would be providing lunch. She hasn’t touched anything on her tray except a piece of carrot cake, which she holds in her hands. The icing is smeared on her hands and face. I dont want my friends to see her smeared with icing, so I wet a paper towel and wipe her. This fills me with a terrible tenderness, recalling, as it does. a gesture I have performed for my children. As I wipe my mothers face, I see that her skin is still beautiful I hold her chin in my hand and kiss her forehead. I tell her its her birthday, that shes ninety years old. "How did that happen?" she asks. "I cant understand how that could happen."

l have brought her a bouquet of crimson, yellow, and salmon-pink snapdragons. She likes the flowers very much. She likes the name. "Snapdragons. It seems like an animal thats going to bite inc. But its not an animal, its a plant. Thats a funny thing,"

I have bought food that I hope will please my mother, and that will be easy for her to eat: orzo salad with little pieces of crayfish cut into it, potato salad, small chunks of marinated tomatoes. I have bought paper plates with a rust-colored background, upon which are painted yellow and gold flowers and blue leaves.

My friends Nola and Gary come for my mothers birthday. When we are about to leave, I tell my mother that Im going on vacation, mat I wont see her for three weeks, that 1 am going to the sea. "How will I stand that, how will I stand thats she says, but I know that a minute after I’m gone shell forget I was there.

As the saying goes, "the state-owned national law, the home has rules", "no rules, no fangyuan." We have this home some unwritten rules.

Smokers. The house rules is mainly for my father. Want to know, my father had always loved smoking and smoking will open the floodgates, one, like the fire, a pack of cigarettes a blink, often by his home of cigar smoke. My mother and I often tried to persuade him to smoke less, smoking does no good to the body. But my dad always said: "no big deal, big deal I quit!" But he still as before. Mother see in the eye, pain in the heart, decided to "save" my father to help him "right."

One night, we just had a meal soon, dad is smoking a cigarette, spread "magnificent smoke at home. Mom saw very unhappy, angry look dad, dad but he said cheekily, "just a, a!" But, before long, his smoking again, and one, more. The rob people smoke permeated the room, I just and mother kept coughing. I cant help but say: "father, beginning from today, you can no longer smoke. If smoke again, I would to you a" dictatorship of the proletariat "!" Dad a listen to immediately protest, said: "I object!" "Do you know the dangers of smoking have how old?..." Ill persuade "that - well, I quit!" Dad also aware of the error, also accepted the "commands".

Since the house rules promulgated, dad smoking have trouble, we are proud of my father.

俗话说，“国有国法，家有家规”“没有规矩，不成方圆。”我们家就有这样一些不成文的家规。

抽烟者罚。这条家规主要是针对我爸爸定的。要知道，爸爸平时最爱抽烟，而且一抽就一发不可收拾，一支接一支的，像烧火一样，一包烟眨眼工夫就没有了，家里常常被他弄得乌烟瘴气的。我和妈妈经常劝他少抽一些，烟抽多了对身体没有好处。可是爸爸总是说：“没什么大事，大不了我戒烟嘛!”可他还是一如从前一样抽。妈妈看在眼里，痛在心里，决定“挽救”爸爸，帮助他“改邪归正。”

一天晚上，我们刚吃完饭过不久，爸爸就叼着一支烟，在家里散播“迷魂烟雾弹”。妈妈见了很不高兴，生气的看着爸爸，爸爸却嬉皮笑脸地说：“就一支，一支!”可是，没过多久，他又抽起来了，而且一支接一支，变本加厉。屋子里到处弥漫着抢人的浓烟，熏得我和妈妈不停地咳嗽。我忍不住说：“爸爸，从今天开始，你再也不能抽烟了。如果再抽，我就对你实行”无产阶级专政“!”爸爸一听立即提出抗议，说：“我反对!”“那你知道抽烟的危害有多大吗?……”我就以理服人“那——好吧，我戒!”爸爸也意识到了错误，也接受了“命令”。

自从家规颁布以后，爸爸抽烟的毛病收敛多了，我们为爸爸感到骄傲。