以面子为话题的初三英语作文附翻译优秀20篇

“保护环境，人人有责”，你想成为一名绿色使者吗?请行动起来吧!其实，环保就在我们身边。请以“How to Be a Greener Person”

为题，写一篇短文。

注意：

1.表达清楚，语句通顺，意思连贯，书写规范;

2.短文词数90 左右。文章开头已给出，不计入总词数。

参考词汇：draw, both sides of paper, plastics, water tap, collect, waste, can,

sort

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How to be a greener person

It’s our duty to protect the inviyonment around us.

When we go to school, we should ride a bike or take a bus. When we go out

for activities, we shouldn’t step on the grass. We can’t draw everywhere. When

we go shopping, we’d better use a cloth bag. At home we can save water and

electricity. When we leave a room, we should turn off the ligts. At school we

can collect wast paper and recycle things, such as bottles, cans and plastic

bags. We shoudn’t listen to pop music or spit in pulic.

Let’s do something to protect our environment.

种子冲破岩层的禁锢，奔向光明;雄鹰不惧风暴的阴遏，射入苍穹;骏马突破缰绳的束缚，驰骋疆场;海燕冲入猛烈的暴风雨，搏击风浪。各种生命都在追求理想，都在为理想而奔跑。

人亦是如此。生命原本就是一个灿烂的过程，每个人都是世界的过客。思忖自己，如何绽放生命最灿烂的一面，唯有追求。生活是每个人的战场，追求是动力的中坚力量。迎接生活的检阅，努力追求，才是让我们生命灿烂的至宝。

陶潜，你淡泊明志，不为五斗米折腰，宁可“采菊东篱下”、“种豆南山下”，也不愿在官场随波逐流。柔和的月光以最美的角度倾泻下来，照在你紧锁的额眉上，我知道你在担忧国运，虽怀满腔报国情却无处施展。你憎恨政坛上的尔虞我诈，宁愿过闲云野鹤般洒脱的生活，纵情于山水，流连于诗词。恬静的田园生活是的你追求。

铁木真，你有着桀骜不逊的性格，一心想铸就宏图大业，“天苍苍，野茫茫，风吹草低见牛羊”的广袤草原满足不了你的征服欲，你还是率着蒙古铁骑踏进了中原。成就霸业是你年少时的理想，你终于让世人看到了生命最闪耀的一面。你的追求，你的帝国，随时间奔向历史长河……

贝多芬，你不屈服于命运的判决，紧紧扼住命运的咽喉，用心灵去谱写生命的华章，用生命撞击黑白琴键，奏响命运的交响曲。纵使耳朵失聪，也阻挡不了你对音乐的向往和追求。我读懂了你生命的意义，它如交响乐般跌宕起伏，令人沉醉。你的心灵在奔跑，流淌着天籁般的音乐，奔跑在生命的岸边，追求命运的交响!

即使没有陶潜的清高，我们可以怀揣一颗平常之心，追求无愧于心;即使没有铁木真的称雄野心，我们可以涌向理想的大门，追求自己的人生目标;即使没有贝多芬的音乐天赋，我们可以勤奋刻苦，探寻自己的人生宝藏。

追求，是我们生命灿烂的法宝。生命不止，奋斗不息。古来成大事者，不惟有超世之才，亦必有坚忍不拔之志，勇于探求之心。自由?约束?拼搏?挣扎?何去何从，要问问自己的心，心的方向，就是追求的风向标。

既然可以不顾一切追求光明，那我们就没有理由被禁锢在黑暗中;既然可以飞向辽阔的蓝天，那我们就没有理由惧怕风暴的阴遏;既然可以突破束缚驰骋原野，我们就没有理由裹足不前;既然可以冲入险境搏击风浪，就没有理由畏惧退缩。追求，才是真谛。奔跑，方可

I made a decision today. Becuase I often lose my confidence, I decide tell myself ‘go’ in front of mirror after getting up every day. I believe this will make me confident. Thus, I can do things I want bravely. Now, I will say, ‘Keep going’.

今天，我做了一个决定，有的时候我会不自信。所以我要每天早上起床后对着镜子说一遍加油。因为我认为那样会使我变得自信。那样，我就可以大胆的去做一些我想要做却会紧张的事。现在，我要说一句：加油!

I went to summer camp on vacation. On the first day, we went to a beautiful

beach. It was a sunny and hot day, so we went swimming. The water was warm and

we had great fun. Then the next day, we went to the mountains. There were many

trees and I really enjoyed them. On the last day, we had a great party. We sang

and danced happily. We didn’t want to leave(离开) the friends and the teachers. I

hope I can go to summer camp again next year.

我去夏令营度假。第一天，我们去了美丽的海滩。这是一个阳光和炎热的一天，所以我们去游泳。水是温暖的，我们有很大的乐趣。然后第二天，我们去了山区。有许多树木，我非常喜欢他们。在最后一天，我们有一个伟大的党。我们高兴地载歌载舞。我们不想离开(离开)的朋友和老师。我希望我可以去夏令营明年再次。

Sat. , Feb. 6 Fine later cloudy

A book exhibition

Dropped in at National Library to see the National Book Exhibition which will close today. Suprised at the fact that so many kinds of books are published in our country. Thought the childrens books with many pages of colorful illustrations were made very nicely. Bought a copy of the Chinese version of English and American Short Stories at a 20 per cent discount. Am going to read this through in this good season for reading.

书展

信步走到图书馆看即将在今天结束的全国书籍。惊奇的是发现我们国家竟然出版了这么多种的书籍。我觉得富有多页彩色插图的儿童书籍印刷的相当精美。我买了一本打八折的《英美短篇小说》中文版。我要在这读书的好季节里将它读完。

“人的一生只有一次青春。现在，青春是用来奋斗的;将来，青春是用来回忆的”。青春的年华最珍贵，即使感觉会有些无奈或是痛苦但是这会是人生最有价值的财富，再回首，发现原来奋斗过的青春才是最美好的才是回忆最充实的。 "A persons life is only once youth. Now youth is used for struggle; in the future, youth is used for memories."The youthful years are the most precious. Even if it feels helpless or painful, it will be the most valuable wealth in life. Looking back, finding that the youth that has struggled is the most beautiful and the most fulfilling memory.

青春，常常被赋予希望、阳光、激情、奋进、浪漫、诗意等内涵，正因此，她成为无数诗人、文学家反复吟诵的旋律。青春是人生旅程中最美丽的风景，也是多梦的季节。只有让青春的枝头挂满梦想的花朵，才有人生金秋的收成。

然而近些年来，青春话题似乎变得有点沉重。一些青年人的脸上常写满焦虑、无奈、浮躁、失意。在不少人心中，梦想已然凋零，激情不再燃烧，诗意难觅踪迹。风华正茂的年纪，内心却已落英缤纷。

按说，今天的青年人，生活远没有父辈们那么奔波、拮据、窘迫。这一代人的成长，正好伴随着中国发展最快、的年月，算是幸运的一代。他们有理由也有能力，比上一辈人生活得更从容、更有激情，让人生驰骋于更广阔的天地。但现实情况却并非如此，许多青年感觉生活得疲惫、憋屈，缺少阳光、色彩。

究其原因，当下的青年人承受了与他们的年纪不相称的现实压力。他们的青春记忆里挤满了现实的纠结：升学、就业、成家、工作升迁、买车、买房……凡此种.种，层层加码，把年轻人结结实实地困在生活的重轭里。在这种情况下，他们难有激情去放飞青春梦想，也鲜有闲情逸致去仰望天空。

面对激烈的竞争压力，青年人比的不是谁有理想、谁有激情，而是比谁更“实际”，更“唯物”、更“老成”。结果，“现实主义”打败了“理想主义”，“精致的利己主义”蚕食了青年登高望远的能力。不少青年纠结在狭小的利益算盘中，无视共同体的责任和青年人的使命，让人生的理想越飞越低，低到只在自己的城堡里贴地而行。

青年兴则国家兴，青年强则国家强。在当今这样一个竞争如此之激烈，生活节奏如此之快的社会大环境下，旧的思想模式真的已经被淘汰了，适者生存。所以，少年，请不要辜负了本应奋斗的青春。

The Moon Festival is on the 15th day of the 8th lunar month. It is one of the traditional Chinese Festivals.

On that day, the Chinese usually have a special family dinner. Each member of the family, even from far away, will go back home to have the dinner. During the dinner, they eat a lot of delicious food, watch TV programmes and chat about everything happily. They also eat moon cakes.an important kind of food of the Moon Festival. Moon cakes are always round like the moon. There is bean paste, egg-yolk, ice cream or some other nice fruits or food in them.

After the dinner, all the family members go out and enjoy the moon and the moonlight. They talk about the stories about the moon and laugh a lot.

They say there is a fairy maiden named Chang E with her rabbit and a sweet osmanthus tree on the moon. Is that true? It is just a legend. But the legend is so wonderful that we would rather believe it, right?

[初三的英语作文：The Moon Festival

也许还在回忆初一的懵懂，也许还在回味初二的青涩，时间洪流却悄无声息地把我们卷到了初三这条崎岖的路上。初三这条路上会有骤然而来的风暴，千奇百怪的坎坷。不管前方是怎样，我们也要把斗志化为光亮照亮前方的路，一步步跨越那些绊脚石。

初三是永无止境的奔跑。初三，是一场充满硝烟且无形的残酷“追逐赛”。谁不努力奔跑，谁就会被淘汰。没有定好自己的终点，那就永远找不到方向。制定自己的目标，朝着那个方向奋力奔跑，我就是赢家。

初三是沉重如山的包袱。初三，是为自己前途打下基础的黄金时期。初三，是一块最关键的基石。初三，背负着父母的希望，老师的期望。我知道，我背负着的不仅是我的人生，还是一个家庭的希望。这是一种责任，一种沉甸甸的责任。为了家庭，为了自己，不得不向初三发起挑战！初三，我来了！

初三是悄无声息的成长。让自己在高标准严要求下生活，让自己在坎坷艰难道路上前行，让自己在风暴骤雪中拼搏。时间会告诉我，结果会告诉我，我在成长。积极进取，奋力拼搏，成功就在前方。永无止境地奔跑，告诉自己，你就是胜利者。

初三，我要奋斗！面对那些娱乐活动，别人在不亦乐乎的时候，你得告诉自己收起玩心，放在学习上。以后的以后，你的笑容会更灿烂。

初三，我要拼搏！有经验就会有收获，有决心才会有进步，有斗志才会有成功。多做习题，反复吸收，获取经验，我就是最棒的！

人生的路很漫长，转折点也只有几个，中考就是其中之一。六月的凯歌已唱响，提醒着我该奋斗了。初三，是一杯芳香四溢的的茶，入口也许很苦，但细细品尝，便会发现其中的甘甜。

初三，我们战斗吧！

Dear Miss Jiang,

I am writing to share my ideas about our English class. Now, our main

material in the class is the textbook, which is reasonable. But I think we can

get some other resources, such as English magazines, songs, movies and so on. We

can learn the basic knowledge from out textbook, and get some more from other

materials. In addition, those materials are more authentic and practical, which

will be useful to our learning. Besides, by doing so, we can get more fun from

learning and develop our interest to English. Please take good consideration of

my advice. Thank you!

Sincerely yours

Bella

尊敬的蒋老师：

您好!我写信是想和你谈谈我对英语课的想法。现在我们上课用的主要材料是课本，这是合理的。但是我认为我们可以获取一些其他资源，比如英语杂志，歌曲，电影等等。我们可以从课本上学到基本的知识，同时从其他材料获取更多知识。另外，那些材料更真实和实用，这对于我们的学习会有好处的。此外，通过这样做我们可以从学习中获得更多乐趣从而培养我们对英语的兴趣。请您认真考虑我的建议，谢谢!

Thanks for your letter. I’m very funny to receive your letter.

I started to learn chinese when I was a baby. I think it’s very difficult at that time. But I speak chinese well when I grow up. I will give you some advice. You could study chinese by reading aloud. And you could listen to music to learn chinese. You can watch chinese movies to improve your chinese.

I hope you will improve your chinese soon.

[How to learn Chinese初三英语作文

As soon as we became students of Grade 3, we had to make up our minds to study hard. Because we have the motive forces of study. They may be our dreams of life.

We must all want to study in Haimen Middle School in the future, so the competition for study will be very fierce. Both in class and after class, we think about our knowledge and work on the hard problems. We all believe that the harder we study, the better we will become.

But we have to face difficulties and hardships. Even though, we cant give up our life dreams. When you suffer a setback, think about your dream, then rally your forces. Make a spurt towards your dream!

[关于初三英语作文：Our Dreams Of Life

We need to improve our English skills in each of four areas.

The first one is listening skills . I think doing lots of listening practice is a great way to improve listening skills. Maybe you could buy some English tapes or borrow your teacher’s tapes to listen .

The second on is speaking skills. How can we practice our spoken English ? I think the first and the most important thing is to believe yourself . Your should often encourage yourself , then you can join an English –language club and make lots of conversations with you partner . I think it can help a lot.

The third one is reading skills. I think we should do more reading in our free time. If you have any problems when you are reading , you’d better ask others tof help.

The last one is wring skills. It’s very important for us to learn English . I think keeping a diary in Engish is the best way to improve your writing skills. You should practice writing notes or letters every day, or you could find a pen pal . I think it sounds like a very interesting way to practice writing. And don’t be afraid of making mistakes.

I hope all these will be helpul to you , good luck !

[The Ways of Learning English初三优秀英语作文

Dear Tom,

How are you doing? Currently, 为了欢迎新同学，晚会在我们学校被举办。

inordertowelcomethenewstudents,aneveningpartywillbeheldinourschool. As the chairman

of the Students’ Union, I’m writing to invite you to join us.

Here is a 简单(简洁)安排briefschedule . First, it

will be held in the school meeting hall from 7:00 to 9:00 p. m. next Sunday.

Additionally, 将会有很多被老师和学生们所呈现present的很棒的表演(there be句型)therewillbemanywonderfulperformancespresentedbytheteachersandstudents, such as singing, dancing, performing plays and so

on.

Everyone is longing for your coming, and

如果你能给出一个表演，它将会是更令人欢呼的。itwouldbemorecheerfulifyoucouldgiveaperformance.

I sincerely hope that you can accept our invitation and I have the

confidence that we students would be extremely delighted to see you.

请让我知道你的决定如果方便的话。Pleaseletmeknowyourdecisionifitisconvenientforyou.

I am looking forward to your reply.

Yours,

Li Hua

校园安全

建设平安校园是我们每个人的责任与义务。作为一名学生，我们更应该珍惜自己的生命，更应该注意自己的人身安全。假如你是Li

Hua，并担任校学生会主席，请你就安全问题，向全校学生发出倡议，写一封安全倡议书。

内容提示：(1)不带管制_学校;(2)不私自下河洗澡;(3)不打架;(4)上学放学的途中应该注意安全;(5)遇紧急情况，立即报告警察或老师。

参考词汇：管制_restricted knives or things;洗澡：have a

bath;打架：fight;紧急情况：emergency;交通安全：pay attention to the traffic。

写作要求：(1)用词恰当，要点全面，层次清晰，书写规范。(2)可适当发挥，80词左右，开头、结尾已给出，不计入总词数。(3)严禁出现自己的真实姓名和学校等相关信息。

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Dear students,

As we know, safety is the most important thing in our lives. So, we should

try our best to make sure we are safe.

We mustn’t bring restricted knives or things to our school because these

things may cause serious problems. Do not have a bath in rivers or ponds by

ourselves without our parents’ permission. And, we should be friendly to others

so fighting is strongly banned. Make sure that we should always pay attention to

the traffic on our way to school or home. Furthermore, if we meet some

emergency, we must call for help from the police or our teachers.

In a word, following these safeties rules above can make us live in

peace.

Yours,

____

朋友给我讲一这样一个故事： Friends tell me a story:

很久以前，有一个人感到生活愈来愈沉重，眼看自己再无力支撑下去，便去请教智者。智者带他到一个铺满五彩石的路上，交给他一个背篓，要求他沿着这条路一直走下去，并把自己喜欢的石头装进背篓里，这个人便照做了。走在路上，他发现红石头，如火一般热情奔放;黄石头，色泽光滑;黑石头，庄重严肃;白石头，晶莹剔透……

每个石头都非常好看，他实在是爱不释手，于是，他都捡起来，装进了背篓里，渐渐地越捡越多，最后，他实在支撑不住，瘫倒在地上。这时智者走到他面前，要求他把自己最喜欢的石头留下，其余的都扔掉，这个人照做了，果然，在行走的路上，他感觉到轻松无比，心情也变得格外舒畅。

小小的故事，孕育着一个人生哲理——懂得放弃。的确，人生的道路总是曲折而又漫长的，很多事情我们不必都背负起来，加重自己的负担，就像故事中的那个人一样，石头捡多了，必定无力再走下去。其实，在取得某此东西的同时，要学会放弃，这样，我们才会收获轻松和宁静淡泊的心情。

这使我又想起了这样一个故事：一个农民夜晚与家人休息时，突然遭遇洪水，房屋立刻被冲走了，他的妻子和女儿也被卷入漩涡中，这个农民幸免遇难，看着妻子和女儿，他左右为难，实在不知道先救哪个，由于他关键的时候不能放弃任何一方，最终妻子和女儿都被洪水冲走了。事实就是这样，有些事情你必须懂得放弃，面对人生道路上这些林林总总的选择。

有时放弃一些，才是解决问题的最佳途径。生活中一些人尽管中了大彩票，可他们并不快乐，反而提心吊胆的，生怕家里哪天招贼了，整天在不安中度过，倘若他们学会放弃，奉献爱心，也就不致于为“财”而担惊受怕了。费罗斯特在面临着人生的两条道路时，他也不得不放弃其中一条，一心向着选定的人生之路走下去。尽管这两条路都是“荒草萋萋，十分幽寂”但他在面临这样的选择时，同样只选择一条路，从此也决定了他辉煌一生的道路。

懂得放弃吧，坦然一点。只有这样，你的胸襟才会更为豁达，你在人生之路上才会收获轻松、愉悦的心情。

Ground rules

One of my favorite teachers at Southeast Missouri State University in Cape

Girardeau was known of his droll sense of humor. Explaining his ground rules to

one freshman class, he said, "Now I know my lectures can often be dry and

boring, so I don‘t mind if you look at your watches during class. I do, however,

object to your pounding them on the desk to make sure they‘re still

running."

参考翻译

基本原则

位于吉拉多海角的密苏里东南州立大学有一位我非常喜欢的老师，他奇特的幽默感很是出名。在对一个新生班级讲解他的基本原则时，他说：“我知道我的讲课可能经常会枯燥乏味，了无生趣，所以如果你们在上课时看表我并不介意。不过我坚决反对你们将表在课桌上猛敲看它们是不是还在走。”

Smoking And Health

Today smoking is a widespread habit ali over the world. Not only the old,

the youth, but also middle school students have been engaged in smoking. Many of

them think that smoking is a smart symbol.

However, smoking is harmful to one’s ,health. It contributes a lot of lung

cancer, from which many people have died in the past years. It can also cause

many other diseases. In a word, if you smoke, you do have a much greater chance

of losing your health. Furthermore, scientific research shows that smoking is

not only harmful to smokers themselves, but also a threat to public health,

especially to women and children. Therefore, many countries have made laws

forbidding smokers to smoke m public places such as cinemas, stations,

hospitals, and so on Giveup smoking! If you don’t smoke, don’t start. Give

upsmoking for the sake of your health, for the sake of your family, and for the

sake of the whole world.

吸烟与健康

现在，吸烟是一个世界范围的习惯，不仅老年人、青年人吸烟，就连中学生也加入到这个行列中来，他们中的许多人认为吸烟是一种潇洒的象征。

然而，吸烟对人的健康是有害的，它会引起肺癌，在刚刚过去的几年中;许多人因此而丧命，还可能引发其他的疾病。总之，如果你吸烟的话，你就很可能失去拥有健康的机会，更进一步说，科学研究显示，吸烟不仅危害吸烟者本人，而且对公共健康来说，也是一个凶兆，尤其是对妇女和孩子。因此，许多国家都制定了不准在公共场合吸烟的法规，例如：电影院，车站，医院等地。

戒烟吧，如果你还未染上，请不要开始;戒烟吧，为了你的健康，为了你的家庭的健康，为了整个世界的健康。

学校英语社团在举办征文比赛，请你根据以下提示内容，写一篇题为“The Person Who Has Influenced Me

Most”的英语文章。内容要点如下：

1. 对我影响的人是我的妈妈，她四十几岁;

2. 她总是耐心倾听我的问题，并建议我如何解决它们;

3. 作为一名医生，她常说再怎么仔细也不为过。她总是加班，把她的大部分时

间都奉献给了工作;

4. 所以，我认为她不仅是位好妈妈，也是名好医生。

5. 我希望 ……

要求：1. 内容须包含所有要点，语句通顺，意思连贯;

2. 词数90个左右;

3. 第5点的内容需展开合理想象，用2-3句话补充完整。

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The Person Who Has Influenced Me Most

My mother is the person who has influenced me most.

She is in her forties. She always listens to my problems patiently. And she

advises me how to solve them. As a doctor, she often says she can’t be too

careful. She often works extra hours. She has devoted most of her time to her

work. So I think she is not only a good mother but also a good doctor.

I hope I can be a person like her. I also hope she will pay more attention

to her own health. She’d better have more time to relax herself.

英语话题作文(四)

请以“My Favourite Great Book”为题, 根据下面的问题写一篇80个词左右的短文, 注意适当表达自己的看法。

1. Who is the writer of the great book?

2. What is the main idea of the book?

3. Who are the important characters?

4. What’s the theme of the story?

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My Favourite Great Book

My favourite great book is The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain.

Tom Sawyer is a lively and clever boy. He lives with his aunt Polly. His

aunt is strict with him, so he runs to an island in the middle of the

Mississippi River with two friends, Huck and Joe. With Huck, he goes looking for

treasure; with Becky, he gets lost in a cave. And finally Tom and Huck find a

box of gold. Tom is the hero of the story, but there are other important

characters. Becky is pretty with fair hair. Huck is Tom’s best friend, and Injun

Joe is the bad man of the story.

The theme of the story is to do with children growing up and becoming more

serious.

初中生i学习(sszzb_czb)

A new experience

Yesterday I did commonweal in library to earn my public service

scores(which is similar to the compulsory credits).I arrived library at 8’clock

in the morning,a librarian let me to wipe the mirror in every toilet from one to

six floor.Then I started to wipe the mirrors.It was been two hours after I

finished all work.I was very tired,but looking at the shiny and clean mirrors I

had wiped, I felt very happy.To be honest,I had never done the things like it at

home,so it was a new experience to me,and it make me realize the hard work of my

parent.

参考翻译

一次新的体验

昨天，我在图书馆做公益去获取公益实数(类似于学分)。我早上8点到达图书馆，一个图书馆管理员让我去擦一楼到六楼的厕所里的镜子。然后

就开始擦镜子了。等我完成了所有的工作，已经过去两个小时了。我非常地累，但是看着被我擦得干净闪亮的镜子，我感到很开心。说实话，我在家里从来没有做过像这样的事情，所以，这对我来说是一次新的体验，这也让我体会到了父母的艰辛。

Today, my parents were not at home, they had something to deal with, so

they left me alone. I was so happy because I could be in charge in my own house,

it made me feel like I was a grow-up. I wanted to give my parents a surprise, so

I planned to clean the house. It was not easy to do the house chores, first, I

swept the floor and took notice of every corner. And then I rearranged the

messed things. I just wanted to make sure the room would be very clean at first

sign. When my parents went home, they couldnt believe what I had done, they

were so happy that I could take care of myself.

今天，我的父母不在家，他们有事情要去处理，所以他们让我一个人在家。我很开心，因为我能在自己的家里面做主，这让我觉得自己是个成年人。我想要给父母一个惊喜，所以我计划清理房子。做家务真是不容易啊，第一，我要扫地，并且注意房子的每一个角落。让后我重新安置了那些混乱的东西。我只是想要确保房子的每一个角落一眼看过去是很干净的。当父母回到家里的时候，他们无法相信我所做的，他们很开心我能照顾自己。

We were sitting in the classroom quietly, waiting for the invigilator. We

were anxious to get the examination paper and see whether it was easy or

difficult.

The invigilator came into the classroom. He first looked around.

Then he counted the papers. We could only hear the papersfricative. I had a

look at my watch. We would be examined in eight minutes. I felt a bit nervous. I

thought to myself,"Will the exam be easy or difficult? Will the last question be

very hard for me to work out?"The invigilator began to deliver us the papers. I

had been ready. As soon as I got the paper, I began to write quickly. At this,

the invigilator said loudly,"You cant write until the bell rings".I felt sorry

for that. I watched the hands of the clock and thought hard. I counted

quietly,"four minutes, three minutes, two minutes,thirty seconds, twenty-five

seconds""Ding" The bell rang. We picked up our pens and began to write

quietly.

What a long time we had been waiting!