英语作文给英语老师的一封信实用20篇

Now I have already told you a story about an old man that thought he knew

everything, and had been asked a hard question to answer by the king’s

professor; and had been crowned king. Well in this story, I am going to tell you

how the old man got back to thinking he knew everything, and was asked another

hard question by the king’s professor.

It all happened that one day, when the professor was feeling sick, the old

man happened to be on the stage. Now he had a throne too, but not as fancy as

the professor’s. And so he decided to sit on it. When other people are standing

in line to ask for questions, the old man said, “The professor has quit, and so

I shall rule this stage and this kingdom!”

All the people gave him a slow clap, and at last began to ask questions.

Two more days passed and the professor got better, and walked to the stage. But

he found that on his throne was the old man. “Ah! Professor!” shouted the old

man in an angry tune, “You quit! I heard you say that a week ago!” “I said that

I was going to quit about two days because I was sick,” explained the professor

smiling.

“I think I should be king rather than you!” shouted the old man, “Fine! I

shall ask you a hard question, if you could answer it; then you ask me one. But

if not, the guards shall make you my breakfast, next month!” “Deal,” said the

professor, still smiling. And so the hard question contest began.

First the old man asked, “What’s the answer of 1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1?” “That’s

easy,” said the professor, and he wrote it on a paper. When he is finished, he

handed the paper over to the old man; it said, “If you want to find the answer,

you said eight 1. All you have to do is use multiplication to find the answer:

8﹡1.” The old man was astonished, “Your right!” he shouted; “Now you ask me

one!” “1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1﹣1﹣1?” “Do you want to know the answer now?”

asked the man, “No,” said the man, “I just want to count how many ones did I

count?”

As a child, I am very naughty and forget about what my mother tells me. One

time, I go back home very late. When I see my mother, she smiles at first and

then turns angry, because she has told me before if I go home late, I must tell

her in advance. I let my mother heart-broken. I feel sorry and promise it won’t

happen again.

My father is thirty-five years old. He is an attractive middle-age. He is

an engineer, working in a big factory of my city. His working time is regular,

going to office at eight o’clock and coming home at six o’clock. He works hard

and becomes an important person in his factory. At weekends, he does not go to

work, so that he usually stays at home or take my mother and I go out. In my

opinion, my father is a great person. He brings happiness to my family.

My school is Tailan primary school, Thats a good place, this is a

beautiful school.

There are many flowers, many classrooms, many leaves, many offices, a large

hall, a playground in our school, in the playground we can run and play. Also

there is a garden in my school, many flowers and trees in it, we often walk in

the garden after lunch.

I like my school very much! Do you like my school?

我的学校是泰蓝小学，这是一个好地方，是一个美丽的学校。

在我们学校里有许多花，许多教室，许多落叶，许多办公室，一个大厅，一个操场，在操场上我们可以奔跑和玩耍。在我的学校也有一个花园，花园里种有许多鲜花和树木，午饭后我们经常在花园里散步。

我非常喜欢我的学校!你喜欢我的学校吗?

Dear my father and mother,

This letter is my inner feelings. I want to thank both of you for so many

years’ care and help.

During my growth, you have made a lot of efforts and love for me. When I

make a success, both of you are more excited than me, and support me to do

better. Even though I have failed, you always share sorrow with me and encourage

me not to give up. Especially, during my preparation for CET-4, the support from

you is always everywhere. I have passed the exam successfully.

You love is so unselfish that I am deeply affected, so I will study hard to

be a useful person and won’t make you disappointed. Anyway, I would like to

express the deep gratitude to you.

With best wishes.

Sincerely yours,

Li Ming

Dear New Year: Hello! This is the first time for the small cabinet in the public number to write a more alternative push, but it is very meaningful, it will record every day of the journey of the heart. I often tell myself that every day is worth living. Dou Handle turned southeast northwest, the four seasons and a reincarnation, such as a flash of time, the New Year you came to our side. New Years day, people often to the future time to place good wishes, pray to ring out the old and welcome the new, the day over better. In the heart of the pavilion, the New Year is a symbol of footprints - through the spring, summer, autumn and winter, but always harbor the courage to change. In fact, I have always liked the atmosphere of the New Year, no matter how far we go, go around or back to my hometown, like the sun, the sun rises in the east and sets in the west. The New Year you walk through the people mountain people sea, walked the sun and the moon mountains and rivers, in the arrival of the spring time to bring the best wishes. You tell us all the time, their happiness and happy things to hide in the heart, as fireworks bloom and bloom, let the reunion in the heart of the warm to disperse the winter. Looking at your figure, listening to your blessing, I suddenly feel every hug with you is a kind of happiness, because every year you always come as expected. Everywhere you go, the sun shines. Where you point, the stars shine. The ancients often said: "a years plan begins with spring. In the New Year, your "new", new in us spend a full year, and full of hope for the next year, so that the unknown life more hope and expectation. You let us realize that each New Year is a world of bath wash, wash our past regrets, wash our pure heart, so that each person more a side of the vast "heart". But I know that each time you come, bring us a new feeling and experience! We had a special and unforgettable Spring Festival this year. At the very beginning, there was an outbreak of pneumonia across China. People were uneasy about every day, as if the New Year had lost its flavor. On the Internet, looking at pictures of empty streets and scenes of hospitals full of people, I saw that everyones eyes were full of the desire to survive, the kind of expectation that they would not give up in the difficult situation. In ordinary life, people always say "the world is not worth it", but in a crisis, it is "to live is to be happy". It made me see what happiness is. Happiness is when you are in good health and I try my best to live each day well. People are not no pursuit, but excessive desire will make people live uncomfortable. No matter what happens, you will always be able to give us hope in the New Year, give everyone the motivation to make a difference, and dispel the clouds of fear that hang over our hearts. You have come to us in the New Year with hope and with the pomp of spring. You gave everyone a beautiful wish to think: the day of spring flowers, flowers flourish, warbler, all things born spring garden. We live in a world of peace and prosperity, where everyone has the opportunity to pursue their dreams. Because of this desire, many people for their own homes, go to the front line, to protect the people behind them. Its not that theyre not afraid of the unknown. Its that they feel its worth it to protect everything. The New Year you bring us hope, one is connected to cherish, one is connected to change, one is connected to the unknown, one is connected to the star. This New Year, I firmly believe that everyone will cherish the future life, cherish the people around more. May we meet every year

my father is a nice man. he likes to play computer games. he is an owner of

a factory which produces many things .he is good at designing. he works very

hard. i love him very much because, sometimes, i can help him to do something in

his factory .he is always on business trips because he has his business

everywhere so it takes up too much of his time .

therefore, he doesn’t have any time to play with me but i don’t blame him

for that. i often spend a lot of my time on the computer, so i have something to

do. my mother is usually on the phone and tells my father to get home early but

my father doesn’t listen to her. so my mother and i sometimes are upset and i

don’t like my father in a sense that he always gets home late.

i love my father but not his job!

My mom bought two rounds to me today bicycle， after coming home， I push

it to square to ride at once， I just went up to stepped on a car to break up， I

fell at a draught. There is a lot of child on square at that time playing， see

my trip， a lot of person laughed.

I put the car on square，

come home to call Hong Yihan of my little brother to help me practice cycling. I

above ride， my little brother is helped up at the back. I ride ah ride， came up

against flower bed to go up a little while， bump to the wall a little while. A

lot of we two fall to go up often.

Practiced so one

afternoon， I learned to ride a bicycle eventually. I help a car up to make Hong

Yihan of my little brother experienced again later. To the dusk we can ride a

bicycle. Although very tired， but we are very glad.

How time flies! My three-year middle school life will be over soon. Looking

back， I have many memories of my English study.

When I entered the middle school， I had so many difficulties with my

English. I was not able to understand the teacher in class， and I couldn’t

master the words and phrases. For a time I wanted to give it up. Later， with the

help of the teacher and my classmates， I listened to the teacher carefully in

class， kept on reading English every day and spoke as much as possible. Step by

step I made great progress in English.

In a word， only when you develop interest in studying English can you learn

it well.

Dear Tom,

I’m so hapy to learn that you want to learn Chinese in Zunyi Teachers’

College here.There is no doubt that to learn Chinese well is by no means an easy

thing, but I have some ideas that may help.

Firstly, it is important to listen to the teacher carefully in class and

take notes so that you can go over your lessons later.Secondly, try to practise

speaking Chinese as much as possible out of class and write down whatever you

hear to accunulate more commonly-used words and idioms.Don’t be afraid of making

mistakes.And try to communicate with local people to develop your listening

ability.Last but not least, you should organize your time and do lots of

exercise.

I think the most important thing is that you should believe in yourself.I’m

sure that you will suceed after your hard work.

Yours,

Wang Hua

I am writing this to express my sincere gratitude to your kindness.It is

very nice of you to pay a visit when I stayed in hospital,I felt warm and

relieved when I saw you.I attribute my quick recovery to your care.I wish to

keep our friendship forever!

Thanks again and take care!

Yours,

__

Today, my mother has something to do, so she needs to meet her friends. I

make a promise that I will clean the house when she returns. But I become lazy

soon. I start to play computer games and forget my promise. When I remember, I

start my work quickly. I feel so bad to almost let my mother down. Luckily, I

finish my job and my mother feels happy.

When the summer holiday came， my cousin and I went to Huamei International

Schooland joined the English and Art Camp.

The camp lasted for three weeks. We had many interesting activities. I

enjoyed them so much， and I was always happy.

I made more new friends there too. I like studying and playing with them

very much and I think they were very friendly.

Our classroom， bedroom and canteen were all very comfortable. They are not

only bright， but also tidy and clean. The food in the canteen was also very

delicious and healthy. I enjoyed the school food a lot. The teachers loved us

very much and they took good care of us.

I like the life in Huamei International School.

June 23, 20__

Dear Xiao Wang,

I am delighted to know that you will be able to visit me for a week during

the National Day holiday. I am looking forward to your visit and to the

opportunity to catch up. Welcome to my home in Nanjing!

As you know, Nanjing has many places of interest to see, to discover, and

to enjoy. Among its historical sites are stone city wall, the Confucius Temple

with its magnificent night view, and Dr. Sun Yetsens Mausoleum. With all its

universities, Nanjing is a cultural center, offering an abundance of artistic

and musical performances. Its also a city of beautiful gardens and parks, such

as the Xuanwu Lake Park. With all these features, we will have a fun-filled

week, especially that in early-October, there are many sunny and mild days for

outdoor activities. So, I would suggest visiting these places first, and

deciding on the others as our week develops.

Finally, since at this time of the year the weather gets a little chilly in

the evening, I would suggest that you bring some warm clothing with you. Also,

as there will be crowds of people at the stations and on the trains, you need to

be very careful with your belongings!

Best wishes for a pleasant journey!

Yours,

Zhang Ying

★英语话题作文10篇★

★英语书信格式及范文★

★对顾客的英语道歉信★

★给同学写一封信英文★

Hailey: Hey Johnny, you are looking extra cool today yeah! I am sure that

you could be the winner of this year’s best speech. The judge is the most

popular girl in school Janet Cross Ward! Good luck to you Johnny!

Johnny: Thanks Hailey and good luck to you too, I like the sash, ha!

Hailey and Johnny both thought that they were going to tie, but suddenly

their father said, “Hailey, Johnny, come here please!” “Coming,” said Hailey and

Johnny rushing towards their father, “Please help me open these packages the

teacher gave you.”

Hailey: Hey, Johnny I love packages, what do you think it is?

Johnny: Don’t know Hailey, but I guess that we will just have to find out

on our own by untying the knots to find out, because that is the best way.

Johnny began examining the knot and to untie it; at last he untied the knot

and found it inside a piece of paper, and on it were some words for the speech.

Hailey on the other hand was trying to untie the knot, but couldn’t do it just

like Johnny did; she became very, very frustrated.

Hailey: Oh! I wish that these silly people won’t tie these strings to

tight; I can’t even get it untied! Johnny, how did you do it? I’m

astonished?

Johnny: Oh, I just examined the knot to untie it, I love that idea!

Hailey still couldn’t untie it; at last she made up her own mind.

Hailey: That it is, I shall cut it up, and besides it is a package, right?

Oh how I wish I knew what is inside my package! Give a knife!

Johnny: Oh don’t cut it Hailey! What nice piece of string this is!

Hailey: What signifies a bit of thick string that is useless in the

future?

Johnny: It is whipcord, Hailey; don’t you know anything that this string

could be of use to us? This could even be our only hope in the future!

Hailey: Whipcord? Well then, what signifies a bit of whipcord; we don’t

even need it in our speech! Besides, the whipcord is a package string.

The speech began, Johnny read his lines perfectly, and even did a dance

with his string. For Hailey she read her lines perfectly but couldn’t do any

dance; and so the winner was no other than Johnny.

Hailey: Maybe the string made you lucky Johnny, but next time the string

will cause you trouble; I am warning you again Johnny.

The next month, there was an aim competition and Johnny is going to compete

with his sister Hailey. And so it is Johnny Vs Hailey. The competition began;

the only audience was Mr. Lolo.

Mr. Lolo: Okay, Hailey is first to aim with her bow; remember the rules, if

her string breaks there is no allowed borrowing!

And so Hailey was up, she aimed her bow at 8 and got 80 points; her second

aim landed on 9; and so she got 90+80=170 points! She was about to aim until her

string broke, Hailey had no other string to tie it onto, and so there a chance

that the audience Mr. Lolo would say…

Mr. Lolo: You’re out, Hailey! No prize for you, Hahahahahaha; okay, Johnny

your up! Wish you good luck! Break a leg! Ha!

And so Johnny was up, he lifted up his arrow and aimed perfectly on ten,

and so he got 100 points; his second aim missed and landed on 9; he got

100+90=190 points; he liked Hailey broke a string on the last aim too, and so

Mr. Lolo had another chance of saying the word…

Mr. Lolo: You’re out! Ha! No prize for you too, Hahahahahaha; okay…

Mr. Lolo didn’t even finished when Johnny pulled out the string from his

pocket and tied it onto the bow; then he made his aim and won the prize. Hailey

told Johnny after the competition…

Hailey: I’m sorry Johnny, I congratulate you! And you’re right, I should

have kept the string; next time I will keep one if I have a chance.

Dear Miss Wang,

People say: the teacher is a lamp in the maze, illuminate the road of our

life; A teacher is a key that opens the door to our knowledge; The teacher is

the most dazzling star in the dark night, let us on the right path... And you

are the one who let me walk into the hall of mathematics.

I still remember that when I was in grade two, I often thought about some

uninhibited things in my mind. On A Christmas day, I unexpectedly received a

gift from "Santa Claus". The whole class doesnt believe in Santa Claus. I do.

The next day, I went to school early with my gift. At that time, I was too naive

to believe in the existence of Santa Claus, and believe in it. I show the gift

to you, also proudly said: "Teacher, I received a Santa Claus gift last night!"

You startled for a moment, but immediately with a kind of kindly tone said:

"This Santa Claus really exists!" Later, I just know, you in order not to let me

down, to help me continue this wonderful fantasy.

Teacher, do you still remember? In an exam, I didnt play well and only got

84 points. When I got this paper, I cried sadly. At this time, you called me to

your desk and encouraged me by saying, "Tingting, although you didnt do well in

this exam, it doesnt mean that you wont do well in the next exam. ! The

teacher believes you these questions you can do, is just a little careless, you

want to hurry to say goodbye to the paste oh..." Listening to the teachers

funny words, I immediately turned sad and happy, smile through tears. Teacher,

these words you may have forgotten, but I can forget, I forget you to my good,

you care about me, you to my every encouragement. They have been hidden in my

memory and will never be forgotten.

Teacher, when your every move, every word, I remember. Teacher, I will

graduate from primary school soon, but in those days your figure I how also

cant forget. Ah! Dear teacher, my first enlightenment teacher, how can I repay

you?

I wish you a

In good health, always smile

Your student: Li

亲爱的王老师：

人们都说：老师是迷蒙中的一盏灯，照亮我们人生的道路;老师是一把钥匙，开启我们知识的大门;老师是黑夜中最耀眼的星星，让我们走上正确的道路……而您，就是让我走进数学殿堂里的一位指路人。

还记得，二年级时的我，脑子里常想着一些天马行空的事情。在一次圣诞节，我意外的收到了“圣诞老人”给我送来的礼物。全班同学都不相信真的有圣诞老人，唯独有我，我相信。第二天，我便早早的来到学校，还带着我的礼物。那时的我，实在是太天真了，竟然相信圣诞老人真的存在，并且深信不疑。我把礼物拿给您看，还得意扬扬的说：“老师，我昨天晚上收到圣诞老人的礼物了!”您当时怔了一下，但马上用一种慈祥的口气说：“这圣诞老人还真的存在呢!”后来，我才知道，您为了不让我失望，就帮我延续了这个美好的幻想。

老师您还记得吗?在一次考试中，我发挥失常，只考了84

分，当拿到这张试卷时，我伤心的哭了。这时，您把我叫到讲桌前，鼓励我说：“婷婷，这次考试你虽然没有考好，可是也不代表下一次考试也考不好啊?!老师相信你这些题你都会做，只是有些粗心，你要赶紧跟马糊说拜拜哦……”听着老师有趣的话语，我立刻转悲为喜，破涕为笑。老师，这些话您也许都已经忘了，但我可忘不了，我忘不了您对我的好，您对我的关心，您对我的每一次鼓励。它们已经藏在我的记忆深处，永不忘记。

老师，当年您的一举一动，一言一语，我都记着呢。老师，马上我就要小学毕业了，可当年您的身影我却怎么也忘不了。啊!亲爱的老师，我的第一位启蒙老师，我该怎样回报您呢?

祝您

身体健康，笑口常开

您的学生：李

Dear Ms.vv,

I write this letter because I want to talk to you about thepunishment of copying the sentences on the English book.

I don’t think this punishment is fair.

Firstly, I am quite sure that I did complete my homework before. Itis a weekend assignment. Li Peiqi goes to myhouse every Friday. We do our homework together. She can prove thatI did it exactly.

Secondly, I remembered that I handed in the paper.

Thirdly, I don’t know the rule of punishment before. Besides, Idon’t know my paper disappear.

Last, I still like you so much while I would like you to know thetruth.

Love,

Dora

Dear parents and friends,

Happy New Year, everyone! Flicking and waving, we also together with the children through a semester. Thank you all the way!

First, thank you for your strong support!

Every class activity, always have your support. Fun games, Yuan Yuan mother, Geng Zidong mother, Jiang Yutong father and other people to give us a lot of good ideas for activities; When buying a prop hula hoop, Yin hanyis mother left her important work and went around to help, and sent it to the school. Qiu Zichengs mother, in order to buy them for me, sent them to me in person...

In the New Years Day show, in order to let the children perform when the better stage effect, Geng Zihangs mother specially to the beauty salon invited a hairdresser, makeup artist for free for the children dressed; CAI Xinyis mother also left her beauty shop and brought a full set of cosmetics to make up her children. Lin Yuting mother early in the morning for the children to the market to buy all kinds of headdress flower, but not a penny to, zhou li mother and take the initiative to help us to purchase the fan, etc., mother, aunt Liu Jingwen Yin Han Iraq, Chen paid feather zhou li mom and dad, grandma yuan yuan parental help children change clothes, such as clothes, scene is very touching.

The class needs to set up an organization that acts as a bridge between teachers and parents -- the family committee. Hear is to serve for the class, serve for the children, Geng Zihang mother, Lin Tian yu mother, Lin Yuting mother, Du Yixiang mother, Jiang Yutong father, Zhang Lin father, Zhang Wenhao father and other several parents will actively sign up to join the family committee. They began to think of ways to make their children grow up happier. Just after the establishment of the family committee was announced, they held a small meeting under the support of Geng Zihangs mother, to discuss how to divide the labor, how to hold some parent-child activities, how to let parents actively participate in... Because I was too busy to attend the school meeting that day, I did not have time to say to them: Hard!

Second, thank you for your sincere understanding!

So far, when the school, the class encountered things, you are always so sensible. Interesting sports meeting because of the needs of activities, only a few places, you are humble to each other, to participate in, are so active and serious, because you said: we are on behalf of the seven color class of all parents! Its really moving! New Years Day performance, but also only a few parents have the opportunity to enter, you take the initiative to give the opportunity to the paper to participate in the performance of the childrens parents, because you said: "the children go to win honor for the class, the children are the most important, do not let them cold. Cant go to the scene, we can also pay attention to the children! ..." How touching words, parents and friends, you are so great, have the responsibility to take the initiative to take the initiative, have the opportunity but always humble others, you give the children to make the best example, the children feel honored because of you!

Third, thank you for your best cooperation.

Cooperation in educational concepts.

The children of our seven color class are really very clever and lovely, but some take care of themselves ability is poor, some study habit is bad, most children lack self-confidence, part of the childrens study foundation is poor, individual children are particularly capricious... In order to achieve a more comprehensive understanding of the child, when I pointed out the shortcomings of the child, no parents have the idea of favoritism of the childs shortcomings, but very sincerely said: "Teacher Ou, we believe you! Kids have problems before, but we dont know how to guide them. Its in your hands now. Well do whatever you need us to do. The child has obviously changed under your hands, our choice is not wrong, the choice of Borite is the right one! ..." Looking at your trusting eyes and listening to your sincere words, I just want to say, parents, I will do my best to live up to your trust in me.

Cooperation in study.

In order to let the children a weeks study, the habit has been consolidated, in order to let us better understand the performance of the children at home in the school, I will be on every Friday request sent to a group, the parents dont get to the Internet, I will also send text messages to mobile phones, and we are looking forward to receiving information, parents see message reply, this I have learned that facilitate the childs behavior is out on parents or children. Up to now, many parents are able to insist on signing homework for their children, so that their children feel the importance of their parents to him. I also got a better understanding of the reasons for my childs shortcomings from the replies and signatures.

The power of the example of the great, the transmission of positive energy, we need to hand in hand! Most parents do it, and most children do it. Therefore, the change of children is also obvious.

In the habit of cooperation.

All of our children live in a very good environment, which leads to the poor self-care ability of many children. Their desks, bookcases clean up, the classroom will not clean. Instead of spoiling your child, you say, "You came here to train him! If there is anything to do, just arrange him to do it. I remember Changyu Haos mother on the phone often told me: "Ou teacher, small Chang is very strong, there is any work in the class need him to do, you arrange it! If the child misbehaves, you must punish him severely. Our parents will never protect us." Although I am not one to punish children, but to hear such words, how moving. I still remember Chen Shuhangs mother said, "Teacher ou, Book hang is active, you let the class be active, let him clean or do something after class..." There are many parents who love their children very much, but there is no ambiguity in the guidance of habits, they know that "habits determine character, habits achieve life" truth.

Because of your cooperation, children do not do homework almost no! Because of your cooperation, childrens desks, bookcases neat much more! Because of your cooperation, the child knows that rules are more important than relationships and that character is more important than money. Because of your cooperation, the children are less and less bad habits, in exchange for is tolerance, self-confidence, competition, sunshine, happy! I am very happy because of your cooperation, the children colorful childhood more beautiful!

Therefore, I would like to offer my parents and friends the following hope:

First, I hope you will cherish the holiday and spend more time with your children.

Play outdoor sports with your child, read books with your child, collect materials for making Chinese tabloids, and enjoy the Spring Festival with your child.

Secondly, I hope you can read the safety notice carefully and have a peaceful and happy New Year.

Third, I hope you can set a good example for your children.

1. Take your homework and weekends seriously. Please sign it.

2. Please reply when you receive text messages or group messages (not including blessings from teachers). (Note: Since it is impossible to inform every childs school status by phone every week, we publish it in the group. I hope you can check it in your busy schedule.)

3. Keep the same attitude with the teacher, and the transfer of positive energy is beneficial to the growth of children.

4. Help your child develop a sense of "comparing yourself first, then competing with others".

Compare yourself first. Is first to see their own and school when they have progress, there is progress on the hard work, is worth celebrating!

Then compete with others. Everyones basis is different (knowledge, ability, intelligence, psychology, etc., are different, we should first recognize the gap between themselves and others) but because there is a gap, so, we should choose the target to catch up, competition, and should not be blindly complaining. This will only discourage childrens ambition and enterprising initiative!

Fourth, I hope you can tell us the good suggestion, or tell the FAMILY committee.

Thanks again for your understanding, support and cooperation with me, the school and the class! Thank you, respected parents and friends! Because of you, our work is done. Because of you, the children of colorful class have added a stroke of happiness and joy to their childhood life!

My Darling McGeorge

You said that things seemed clearer when they were written down. Well, here

with a very boring letter in which I will try to put everything down so that you

may read and re-read it at a horror at your folly in getting involved with

me.

Deep breath. To begin with ,I love you. With a depth and passion and I have

felt for no one else in this life. And if it is astonishes you, it astonished me

as well. Not, I hasten to say, because you are not worth loving. Far from it.

Its just that, first of all,I swore I would not get involved with another

woman. Secondly, I have never had such a feeling before and it is almost

frightening. Thirdly, I would never have thought it possible that another human

being could occupy my waking and sleeping thoughts to the exclusion of almost

everything else. Fourthly, I never thought that even if one was in love one

could get so completely besotted with another person so that a minute away from

them felt like a thousand years. Fifthly, I never hoped,aspired, dreamed that

one can find everything one wanted in one person.

I was not such an idiot as to believe this was possible. Yet in you I have

found everything I want: youre beautiful, gay, giving, gentle, idiotically and

deliciously feminine, sexy, wonderfully intelligent and wonderfully silly as

well. I want nothing else in this life than to be with you, to listen and watch

you, your beautiful voice, your beauty, to argue with you, to laugh with you, to

show you things, to share things with you, to explore your magnificent mind, to

explore your wonderful body, to help you, protect you, serve you ,and...bash you

on the head when I think you are wrong...

Not to put too fine a point on it, I consider that I am the only man

outside mythology to have found crock of gold at the rainbows end. But, having

said all that, let us consider things in details. Dont let this become public,

but, well...I have one or two faults. Minor ones,I hasten to say. For example I

am inclined to be overbearing. I do it for the best possible motives, all

tyrants say that, but I do tend, without thinking, to treat people underfoot.

You must tell me when Im doing it to you, my sweet, because it can be a very

bad thing in a marriage.

Right, the second blemish. This actually is not so much a blemish of

character as a blemish of circumstance. Darling, I want you to be you on your

own right, and I will do everything I can to help you in this. But you must take

into consideration that I am also me in my own right. And that I have a head

start on you. What Im trying to say is that you must not feel offended if you

are sometimes treated simply as my wife. Always remember that what you lose on

the swings you gain on the roundabouts. But i am an established ‘creature’ in

the world, and so on occasions you will have to live in my shadow. Nothing gives

me less pressure than this. But it is a fact of life that has to be faced.

Third, a very important and nasty, blemish. Jealousy. I dont think you

know what jealousy is, thank god, in the real sense of the word. I know that you

have felt jealousy over Lincolns wife and child, but this is what I call normal

jealousy, and this to my regret, is not what Ive got. What I have got is a

black monster and any goodness that I have in my make-up. It is really a Jekyll

and Hyde situation... my Hyde is stronger than my good sense and defeats me,

hard though I try. As I told you, I have always known that this lurks within me,

but I could control it, and my monster slumbered and nothing happened to awake

it. Then I met you and I felt my monster stir and become half-awake when you

told me of Lincoln and others you have known, would you like to end with your

letter my monster came out of its lair, black, irrational, bigoted, stupid,

evil, malevolent. You never know how terribly corrosive jealousy is; It is a

physical pain as though you have swallowed acid or red hot coals. It is the most

terrible of feelings. But you cant help it at least I cant and god knows Ive

tried. I dont want any ex-boyfriends sitting in church when I marry you. On our

wedding day I want nothing but happiness both for you and me, but I know I wont

be happy if there is a church full of your ex-conquests. When I marry you I will

have no past, only a future. I dont want to drag my past into our future and I

dont want you to do it, either. Remember I am jealous of you because I love

you. You are never jealous of something you dont care about.

Okay enough about jealousy. Now let me tell you something. I have seen a

thousand sunsets and sunrises, in a thousand sunsets and sunrises on land where

it floods forest mountains with honey-coloured light, at sea where it rises and

sets like a blood orange in a multi-coloured nest of cloud, slipping in and out

of the vast ocean. I have seen thousand moons. Harvest moon is like gold coins,

winter moons as white as ice chips, new moons like baby swans feathers. I have

seen seas as smooth as if painted, coloured like shot silk or blues as a

kingfisher or transparent as glass or black and crumpled with foam, moving

ponderously and murderously. I have felt winds straight from the south pole,

bleak and wailing like a lost child; Winds as tender and warm as a lovers

breath; Winds that carried the astringent smell of salt and the death of

seaweeds; Winds during the moist rich smell of a forest floor, the smell of a

million flowers. Fierce winds that churned and moved the sea like yeast, or

winds that made the waters lap at the shore like a kitten. Ive known silence:

the cold, earthy silence at the bottom of a newly dug well; The implacable stony

silence of a deep cave; The hot, drugged midday silence when everything is

everything is hypnotized and still moved into silence by the eye of the sun. The

silence when great music ends. Ive heard that summer cicadas cry so that the

sound seems stitched into your bones. Ive heard a tree frogs in an

orchestration as complicated as Bach singing in a forest lit by a million

emerald fireflies. Ive heard the Keas calling over the grey glaciers that

groaned to themselves like old people as they inched. Their way to the sea. Ive

heard the hoarse street vendor cries of the mating Fur seals as they sang to

their sleek golden wives, the crisp staccato admonishment of the rattlesnake,

make the cobweb squeak of the Bat and the belling roar of the red deer knee-deep

in purple heather. Ive heard wolves baying at a winters moon, read howlers

making the forest vibrate with their roaring cries. Ive heard the squeak, purr

and grunt of a hundred multi-coloured reef fishes. I’ve seen hamming birds

flashing like opals round a tree of scarlets blooms, humming like a top. I have

seen flying fish skittering like quicksilver across the blue waves, drawing

silver lines on the surface with their tails. Ive seen Spoonbills flying home

to roost like a scarlet banner crossed the sky. Ive seen Whales, black as tar,

cushioned on a cornflower blue sea,creating a Versailles of fountain with their

breath. I have watched butterflies emerge and sit, trembling, while the sun

irons their wings smooth. I watch tigers, like flames, mating in the long grass.

I have been dive -bombed by an angry Raven, black and glossy as the Devils

hoof. Ive lain in water warm as milk, soft as silk, while around me played a

host of Dolphins. I have met a thousand animals and see a thousand wonderful

things.

All this I did without you. This was my loss. All this I want to do with

you. This will be my gain. All this I would gladly have forgone for the sake of

one minute of your company, for your love, your voice, your eyes, hair, lips,

body, and above all for your sweet, ever surprising mind which is an enchanting

quarry, in which it is my privilege to delve.

Gerald Durrell

Dear friends:

Today I returned to my home. It is so nice to be back. Id like to take this

opportunity to express my heartfelt and sincere thanks for the comfort and

encouragement you gave me during my stay in hospital.

Thanks to the horrible accident, I have begun to treasure what I have now.

It was your love that got me through the tough period. Your cards, flowers and

smiling faces were like a warm fire in the dark freezing winter nights, which

will always spur me on and give me strength.

Once more I would like to say “thank you” to you all.

Yours,

Li Min