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1000关于茶的英语作文初中
全文共 1688 字
+ 加入清单"When a guest comes to my home from afar on a cold night, I light bamboo to
boil tea to offer him.”— Ancient Chinese poem.
China is the home country of tea. Before the Tang Dynasty, Chinese tea was
exported by land and sea, first to Japan and Korea, then to India and Central
Asia and, in the Ming and Qing dynasties, to the Arabian Peninsula. In the early
period of the 17th century, Chinese tea was exported to Europe, where the upper
class adopted the fashion of drinking tea. Chinese tea—like Chinese silk and
china—has become synonymous worldwide with refined culture. At the heart of the
culture of tea—the study and practice of tea in all its aspects—is the simple
gesture of offering a cup of tea to a guest that for Chinese people today is a
fundamental social custom, as it has been for centuries.
China traces the development of tea as an art form to Lu Yu, known as "the
Saint of Tea" in Chinese history, who lived during the Tang Dynasty and who
wrote The Book of Tea, the first ever treatise on tea and tea culture. The
spirit of tea permeates Chinese culture, and throughout the country there are
many kinds of teas, teahouses, tea legends, tea artifacts and tea customs.
Better-known places to enjoy a good cup of tea in China include Beijing noted
for its variety of teahouses; Fujian and Guangdong provinces and other places in
the southeast of China that serve gongfu tea, a formal serving of tea in tiny
cups; the West Lake in Hangzhou, also the home of the Tea Connoisseurs
Association, noted for its excellent green tea; and provinces in southwest China
like Yunnan where the ethnic groups less affected by foreign cultures retain tea
ceremonies and customs in original tea-growing areas.
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篇1:妇女节的英语
全文共 1156 字
+ 加入清单Today I am very happy, because today is not only "38" womens day, but also my mothers birthday.
Early in the morning I thought, what to do for my mother? I thought to myself, I didnt think of a way, so I went to ask dad. Dad said, "you can make her a card or do something for her." So I decided to make her a card. I took out a small piece of cardboard and wrote, "happy holidays and good health." Well, I put the CARDS in my room.
I went out to help my mother mop the floor, my mother said in surprise: "you dont even touch the housework, how do you have to mop the floor today?" Ill just mop the floor and not answer mom. At noon, I put the CARDS in my mothers room, and my mother said to me, "what are you doing in the room?" I smiled at my mother and said, "its a secret."
At night, I said to my mother, "happy birthday to you, and I wish you a happy holiday." Mother said: "today is my birthday I remember, today is what holiday?" I opened my eyes to my mother and said, "today is march eighth international womens day! Dont you remember? "I thought you knew it was for you," I said to my mother. My mother took the card and looked at it, moved to tears.
篇2:英语作文介绍西安景点
全文共 3941 字
+ 加入清单Once known as Changan, Xian is the political, economic, cultural and transportation center of Shaanxi Province, with its jurisdiction over five counties including Changan County. Located in the middle of the Central Plains of the Yellow River Basin, Xian stands between Qinling Mountain to the north and the Weihe River to the south. It is an important birthplace of the Chinese nationality as well as one of the places of human origin and prehistoric cultural centers in Asia. Its long history and rich cultural heritage has covered the old city with a mysterious veil.
As a world-famous ancient capital, Xian has been designated as the capital of 13 ancient Chinese dynasties such as the Western Zhou, Qin, Xihan, Xinmang, Eastern Han, Western Jin, Former Zhao, pre-Qin, post-Qin, Western Wei, Northern Zhou, Sui and Tang dynasties. Many important historical events took place here, such as the Red Eyebrow Peasant Rebellion at the end of the Western Han Dynasty (206BC-8AD), the Huangchao Peasant Rebellion at the end of the Tang Dynasty (618-907) and Li Zicheng Peasant Rebellion at the end of the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) all once established temporary political powers in Xian. it also witnessed the famous Xian Incident in modern history. All these have left with Xian a lot of cultural relics. In Xian there are altogether 314 key cultural relics sites under protection, of which 84 belong to state or provincial level. Unearthed cultural relics reach 120,000, many of which are rare treasures in the world,
including the Stele Forest, the two Wild Goose Pagodas, the Clock Tower, the remains of Banpo Village and the city wall of the Ming Dynasty. In addition, there are ancient sites such as Han City, Tang City, Efang Palace, Weiyang Palace and Daming Palace, as well as the Huaqing Pond and pits of Qin Emperor Shihuangs Terra-Cotta Soldiers and Horses. Xian is a great place of revolution, and the Site of the Office of the Eighth Route Army can clearly demonstrate this. Located in Xian are also a number of universities and research institutions, including Xian Jiaotong University, Northwest University and Northwest Polytechnical University.
Xian is the biggest processing industrial base and the largest trade center in the central and western part of North China, as well as the starting point of the Silk Road. The Silk Road has become a wide road connecting China and other countries. It is a road to civilization, friendship, trade and cultural tourism.
Xian (Chinese:西安), is the capital of the Shanxi province in the Peoples Republic of China . As one of the oldest cities in Chinese history, Xian is one of the Four Great Ancient Capitals of China because it has been the capital of some of the most important dynasties in Chinese history,including the Zhou, Qin, Han, the Sui, and Tang dynasties. Xian is the eastern end of the Silk Road . The city has more than 3,100 years of history, and was known as Changan (traditional Chinese: 长安).
Long holidays are usual during Spring Festival, Labor Holiday (1-7 May), and National Holiday (1-7 October). The number of travellers is often greater during Summer (May-August), although the most pleasant season for visiting Xian is Autumn.
Xian (Chinese: 西安), is the capital of the Shanxi province in the Peoples Republic of China . As one of the oldest cities in Chinese history, Xian is one of the Four Great Ancient Capitals of China because it has been the capital of some of the most important dynasties in Chinese history,including the Zhou, Qin, Han, the Sui, and Tang dynasties. Xian is the eastern end of the Silk Road . The city has more than 3,100 years of history, and was known as Changan (traditional Chinese: 长安).
Long holidays are usual during Spring Festival, Labor Holiday (1-7 May), and National Holiday (1-7 October). The number of travellers is often greater during Summer (May-August), although the most pleasant season for visiting Xian is Autumn.
篇3:关于参观的英语
全文共 672 字
+ 加入清单Four days ago, I traveled to Dalian with my families. We visited a uncle there. During the four days, we visited all the attractions of Dalian City, such as: Golden Pebble Beach, Tiger Beach Ocean Park, Forest Zoo, Xinghai Square and so on. We visited to Bingyu Valley. Its billed as the Little Guilin in southern Liaoning. But, I liked night view of Dalian most. Its very amazing. In the evening, the lights of tall buildings, squares are all tuned on. Its colorful and beautiful. Besides, the people of Dalian are very friendly. They introduced the attractions when they knew we were visitors. I had a very deep impression on this city. I want to travel this city again.
篇4:高考英语作文范文
全文共 512 字
+ 加入清单假设你是红星中学高三(1)班的学生李华,请根据以下四幅图的先后顺序,用校刊“英语园地”写一篇短文,记述你和同学们向学校提推荐,解决自行车存放问题的过程。
注意: 1。 词数不少于 60。
2。 短文的开头已给出,不计入总词数。
范文:
There was a problem with the parking place for bikes in our school, I noticed the entrance was small and almost blocked。 So my classmates and I had a discussion and wrote a report。 Then we went to meet the schoolmaster in his office and gave the report to him。 He accepted our suggfestions。 Soon afterwards, a second entrance was opened to the parking place。 Now it is easy to park our bikes there。
篇5:厦门初中英语
全文共 1108 字
+ 加入清单Xiamen is a major city on the southeast coast of the Peoples Republic of
China.It is administered as a sub-provincial city of Fujian province .
The local vernacular is Amoy,a dialect of Southern Min,also called
Hokkien.Amoy is widely used and understood across the southern region of Fujian
province as well as overseas.While it is widely spoken in and around Xiamen,the
Amoy dialect has no official status,and the official language of all government
business is Mandarin.
Xiamen and its surrounding countryside is known for its scenery and
tree-lined beaches.Gulangyu,also known as Piano Island,is a popular weekend
getaway with views of the city and features many Victorian-era style European
edifices.Xiamens Botanical Garden is a nature lovers paradise.The Buddhist
Nanputuo Temple,dating back to the Tang Dynasty,is a national treasure.Xiamen is
also famous for its history as a frontline in the Chinese Civil War with Taiwan
over Jinmen (also known as Jinmen or Quemoy) 50 years ago.One attraction for
tourists is to view Kinmen,a group of islands a few kilometres away and under
Taiwanese control,from Xiamen island.
篇6:春节初中英语作文100字
全文共 552 字
+ 加入清单Spring Festival ,known as the Chinese New Year,is the most important
holiday in China.From late January to early February,Chinese people are busy
preparing for the New Year.They clean their houses ,have their hair cut,and buy
new clothes .Jiaozi or dumpling is most popular.To those who live far away from
their home,this festival is also a framily reunion occasion.
And they often go back home to celebrate the festival with their family.The
first day of the new year is the time when people visit their friends adn wish
each other good luck in the new year.
篇7:摩拜单车高一英语
全文共 738 字
+ 加入清单Sharing bike can be seen in every corner of the street, which is very
popular by the public. The foreigners speak highly of sharing bike, because they
can ride the bikes to look around the city and the expense is very cheap. As
people enjoy the convenience of these bikes, the problem comes. We can see that
many bikes have been broken and some are even put in the main road, which brings
trouble to the public. Of course when the media reported the phenomenon,
everybody condemned the negative behavior. Sharing bikes are public property,
all the people have the responsibility to protect them, so after using them, we
should just find a right place to lock them. The small act can present a
person’s nature, so dont let yourself be the rude one.
篇8:写长城的英语作文初三80词
全文共 1391 字
+ 加入清单As the saying goes, "not a true man unless he comes to the Great Wall".
When I was small, I know there is a Chinese building called the Great Wall. So I
very want to go to there to see. Finally, when I was three years old, my father
and mother took me to the Great Wall.
Far see the Great Wall, it is like a huge dragon, hovering in the numerous
mountain. Its ups and downs, and sometimes hidden in the mountains, and
sometimes jumped out from the mountains, like surf on the roller.
Father hold me, go up along the steep steps, I looked at the Great Wall, it
is hard to find a flat place, all of them are steep, slope, the steps of each
slope and the steps of the joint has a tower. These towers like past a huge,
magnificent castle.
People mountain people sea, climbing to the Great Wall. In the photo and
the Great Wall, magnificent in praise of the Great Wall, people say: "well, the
badaling Great Wall really real!" And enjoy the beautiful scenery. Even the
foreigners come to China to see the beauty of the Great Wall. Looking down from
the Great Wall, the rolling mountains, reflected in our eyes, pieces of thick
forests and maturity, endless.
The Great Wall is built with large stone and ChengZhuan, tall and strong,
the walls covered with square brick, square brick is flat and level. Outside the
wall along the lines of "window" and the "gap".
The Great Wall, it is the world famous great buildings.
篇9:关于青春英语作文初1
全文共 650 字
+ 加入清单Last night, I went to my friend’s birthday party, I made some friends. We
talked happily, one of my new friends showed us the pictures of the places he
had been visited. We were so envious, all of us had the dream to go travel to
many places, but none of us took the action. He told us that we were so young
and had the energy to see the world. He told us to carry out the plan once we
had the idea. What he told us is right, we are young and it is good to be young.
In the old people’s eyes, we are so free and can go where we want. But most of
the young people haven’t realized the right they have, they waste their youth
and dare not to do what they want.
篇10:关于诚信的英语
全文共 328 字
+ 加入清单The end of the term is coming soon. All the students are preparing for the
final exam. Some students want to get the high mark by playing some tricks.
There is no meaning to do this. Honesty is very important, because it decides
what kind of person we will be. So we should behave ourselves well and our
parents will be proud of us.
篇11:关于学习的英语
全文共 1030 字
+ 加入清单Study has been the important part of our life. Some people believe that
when they go to work, they dont need to study anymore. It is the wrong
conception about study. We are not only learning the knowledge from books, we
are also learning things from life, so study is the lifelong mission.
The knowledge we learn from school provides us a way to explore the world.
In college, we need to learn professional skills, so we can find our place in
the society. I believe that besides the skills, the way to think is the most
important skill we should master. The ultimate goal of education is to let
people have their own judgement.
When we come to work, there are so many things for us to learn, such as how
to make better communication or how to improve our own professional skills.
Though we are not in school, we learn the practical knowledge all the time. The
world develops every minute and we need to move on, or we will be kicked
out.
Study is the lifelong career. We are happy to learn more knowledge, because
it means we are being perfect.
篇12:高二必考英语作文
全文共 1235 字
+ 加入清单It seems like a silly question, anyone in sane would give a hand to the elderly who fell. But in China, this question is becoming tricky. Many news report that there are some old people not just fell, they do it on purpose. Usually, they walk on a crowdy street, and pretend to faint or just lay down on the ground, intend to accuse the one who comes to help as a perpetrator and blackmail him/her for the treatment fee. Many people have fell for that and had to pay as there is no witness to prove their innocence. As for these negative news, people is afraid to help those old people in need, that makes some of them who are in real trouble could not get help in time. I once asked one of my friends: “Why the old people turn bad? If you see one in the street, would you help?” He said: “It is not the old people turn bad, it is the bad people turn old. I will video him/her to make a statement first, then decide if I would help.”
这似乎是个愚蠢的问题,任何清醒的人遇到跌倒的老人都会伸出援助之手。但在中国,这个问题变得棘手。很多新闻报道说有些老人不只是跌倒而已,他们是故意这么做的。通常他们会走到人潮涌动的街头,假装晕倒或者是直接躺在地上,想要指控那些来帮助他的人为肇事者,敲诈他们要治疗费。很多人都上当了,由于没有目击者证明他们的清白,他们被迫支付了费用。正因为这些负面新闻,人们害怕去帮助那些需要帮助的老人,也因此造成了那些真正有困难的老人没有得到及时的帮助。我曾经问我一个朋友:“为什么现在的老人变坏了?如果你在街上看到这样的老人你会帮助吗?”他说:“不是老人变坏了,是坏人变老了。我会先录像让他做一个声明,再决定是否帮助他。”
篇13:2024年高考英语作文
全文共 1111 字
+ 加入清单internet slang be prohibited (互联网俚语应该被禁止……)
目前,一些诸如gg, mm, xia mi 等网络语言在青少年中极为盛行,并且出现在家庭作业报告,甚至全国入学考试的作文中。请你以 “should internet slang be prohibited (禁止)?”为题,根据下表内容用英语写一篇短文,并谈谈你自己的看法。
一些同学认为网络语言生动、时尚,网络语言充满幽默与智慧,使网上聊天更快捷。
另一些同学认为,网络语言缺乏思想性,没有被大部分人理解、接受,过多使用使人不解,甚至误解。
你的看法?
注意:
1. 短文开头已经给出,不计入总词数;
2. 词数:100左右
3. 参考词汇:生动的vivid;智慧intelligence
should internet slang be prohibited?
at present, internet slang, such as “gg, mm, xia mi”, has become popular among the teenagers.
there are different opinions on internet slang. some students think internet slang is vivid, fashionable and full of humor and intelligence. besides, it makes chatting on the internet quicker.
however, some other students think internet slang lacks depth of thought and is too simple. also, it is hard to understand and not accepted by most people. the words sometimes might make people confused, even resulting in misunderstanding.
every coin has two sides. in my opinion, living in the information age, if we don’t know the internet slang, we seem to fall behind the times. it will be ok as long as these terms are used correctly in proper situations.
篇14:校园英语作文初中
全文共 1242 字
+ 加入清单The protection of the border is not a new problem for us, and our
government has long proposed clear targets for governance. As every ordinary
person in real life, although it is impossible to work directly in environmental
protection, we can start from small things and start from me. Can you raise your
hand when you see the tap in the bathroom? When the battery runs out, can you
classify it instead of throwing it away? How about when shopping doesnt use
ultra-thin plastic bags? ...... Small things are small, but they reflect how
much environmental awareness we have.
Recycling one ton of waste paper can regenerate 800 kg of paper, can save
17 tree. 20 waste recycling boxes can create a beautiful pen container.
Recycling one glass bottle to save the energy, can make the bulb light for four
hours. Recycling one aluminum can is to save the half oil cans. So we should
place the garbage classification, reproduction by the relevant department after
recycling reuse!
As long as we start from oneself, starts from the minor matter, everybody
joint efforts, perseverance, we will be for the society, also a piece of clear
water, blue sky for yourself, I hope everybody can voluntarily protect the
environment, to make our environment more beautiful life.
篇15:关于戒烟英语
全文共 846 字
+ 加入清单Nowadays, more and more people realize the harm of smoking and the damage
it bring to the people around us. Considered the health of people themseves and
the one they care, many smokers try their best to give up smoking. When quiting
smoking, I have some suggestions. First of all, people should have strong will
on giving up smoking. Personal determination is the most important factor. When
feeling eager to smoke, people should think about the damage of smoking and the
people they love. And then they can strengthen their will not to smoke.
Secondly, sweep away all the cigarette around. They can’t find any cigarette
when they want to smoke. And then after a while, their wants for smoke will
reduce gradually. Last but not least, prepare some candies in the pocket, when
people want to smoke, eat candies instead. Hope every smoker succeed in the
end.
篇16:关于气候的英语
全文共 1002 字
+ 加入清单As the technology and economic is developing, the environment problem is
becoming a severe problem, and the people are seriously affected.
The sustained damage to the environment has caused a serious problem, such
as air pollution, sand storm, extraordinary weather, and diseases etc., people
suffer from what they have done to the environment.
However. People have realized that it will be too late if they don’t do
anything to prevent things from getting worse. For example, there is an “Earth
Hour” on a Saturday of March of each year. It is a global movement, usually it
lasts from 8:30pm to 9:30pm. It is also called “Light-off for One Hour”. During
this hour, all the light will be turned off. The purpose of this movement is not
only to save energy, but also to warn the people to realize the importance of
protecting the mother earth, and to stop violating the environment.
Anyway, people and the environment have to keep a balance relationship.
People take from the environment, and have to protect it too.
篇17:以成功为话题的高一英语
全文共 2150 字
+ 加入清单When it comes to success, different people have different opinions about
what makes it come true. Some people regard hard-working as an essential quality
to success while others believe being clever would lead to success. From my
point of view, I think perseverance and hard-working are indispensable for those
who want to make an achievement.
Firstly, perseverance let people step closely towards success. Most people
want to make a big difference to prove their value. People who set their goal
and keep moving would make their dream come true. However, there are some people
who set their goal but they stop at the difficulty would fail in the end. I
think the difference between success and failure is perseverance. If we have
perseverance, even if we are not clever, we will make a great difference, but if
we not, we are doomed to lose. As we all know, Edison is a great inventor in the
world. However, before he invented the bulb, he kept trying for tens of
thousands of times to find a suitable wire. Let us imagine, if he gave up at the
999th, then how he couldn’t become so successful. So, I strongly believe that
perseverance produces success.
Secondly, there is also a kind of people who are born with cleverness, I
think they are lucky. Nevertheless, if they don’t make a hard work on their way
to their goal, they, absolutely, will become loser. Whether we are gifted for
intelligent, we must be hard-working so as to success. I regard hard-working as
an efficient approach to be successful because I believe ‘pains and gains’. As
for those who do not make great efforts on work, failure follows. In old times,
there is a clever boy who can make excellent poem when he can talk. When his
father found the little child’s cleverness, he just let the child make poems to
show around while never let the boy learned anything. When the boy grew up,
people forgot him because he lost the ability to compose poems and became
ordinary as others. From this matter, we can see that only by hard-working can
we get knowledge and make a good future.
Anyway, I think perseverance and hard-working are both important in our way
to success for they enhance us and produce success.
篇18:初一暑假英语
全文共 2037 字
+ 加入清单what! The summer vacation goes by so fast, fifty days will pass in a blink
of an eye. During this summer vacation, I spent most of the time playing
basketball. Sometimes I go swimming with my friends. Sometimes play with small
cards. If I was alone, I would ride a bicycle for a ride around, or watch TV, or
go online to find a classmate I miss, chatting, bickering, and solving the pain
of missing. There are many, many programs to play, but my favorite is still
playing basketball.
During this summer vacation, my mother signed me up for a basketball class,
so that I could keep fit and keep my body in good shape. At the same time, I
also want to find my own fun and hobbies. Make this summer a little more
fulfilling.
When I first started learning, I could not learn the basic skills given by
the coach. Even sometimes the coach has already taught me hands-on, and I still
dont understand. Just when I lost my confidence and was about to give up, the
coach came to me and said, "It doesnt matter, whoever learns skills will not go
through a little setback and will be smooth sailing? Who has an amazing talent,
one step to the sky? Dont you rely on the accumulation of bit by bit to make
the same movement well? As long as there is perseverance, the iron pillar will
be ground into a needle!"
After listening to what the coach said, I was at a loss. Begin to practice
hard: I practice pitching on the court while the coach calls everyone to rest.
The coach said that when school was over, I practiced three-step layups on the
court and didnt leave until my family came to tell me. I also often share my
experience with my classmates...
As the saying goes, hard work pays off, and my hard work is not in vain -
now, my basketball skills have improved by leaps and bounds, and I dont only
know a little bit like before. And my physique has also improved, I wont run
out of breath after running 400 meters like before - playing basketball is happy
and healthy!
This summer vacation is happy and fulfilling, and I look forward to the
next summer vacation coming soon!
篇19:关于成功的因素的英语
全文共 2036 字
+ 加入清单When doing the same thing, some people success but some fail. There must be
many factors leading that result. In my view, the most important factor is the
difference of confidence, determination and sociability are the foundation and
condition of success.
First of all, no matter who want to success, they must have confidence, as
confidence is the basic need for success. If someone always thinks he can’t do
this or that well, then he can’t finish it well. For example, when a person is
being interviewed, if he doesn’t believe he can do that job well, how can he act
believable, so how can the interviewers trust his ability? Therefore, the
interview is obviously a failure. However, if a person is confident, he can
receive the opportunity to prepare for every challenge easily, which makes
success become closer.
In addition, confidence just the door for success, if someone wants to get
into the house of success, determination is necessary. The determined meet
difficulties always overcome it and insist to the end. On the other hand, if
someone is not determined, he would give up when facing difficulty. For
instance, when doing homework, the person who is not determined always can’t
finish perfectly and even copy from others when he thinks that homework is hard
to finish. However, the person who is determined always can finish it well,
because he know what he really wants and he is able to carry on.
The last but not least is that no one can do anything well by themselves,
so they need help. At that time, sociable is helpful. It is well-known that
success is hard to reach. Therefore, people need others to help them. A sociable
person can get help easily, as he has so many friends. On the other side, a
person is not good at communication, when he gets in trouble, maybe no one helps
him. So we can see the importance of sociability to success.
In a word, there maybe not only confidence, determination, and sociability
are essential to success, but I think they are the most important ones, for they
are the foundation and condition of success.
篇20:怀念的英语作文初中
全文共 2558 字
+ 加入清单When memory began for me, my grandfather was past sixty-a great tall man
with thick hair becoming gray. He had black eyes and a straight nose which ended
in a slightly flattened tip. Once he explained seriously to me that he got that
flattened tip as a small child when he fell down and stepped on his nose.
The little marks of laughter at the corners of his eyes were the prodnct of
a kindly and humorous nature. The years of work which had bent his shoulders had
never dulled his humour nor his love of a joke.
Everywhere he went, "Gramp" made friends easily. At the end of half an hour
you felt you had known him all your life. I soon learned that he hated to give
orders , but that when he had to, he tried to make his orders sound like
suggestions.
One July morning, as he was leaving to go to the cornfield, he said :
"Edwin, you can pick up the potatoes in the field today if you want to do that.
" Then he drove away with his horses.
The day passed, and I did not have any desire to pick up potatoes. Evening
came and the potatoes were still in the field. Gramp, dusty and tired, led the
horses to get their drink.
"How many bags of potatoes were there?" Gramp inquired. "I dont know.
"
"How many potatoes did you pick up?"
"I didnt pick any. " "Not any! Why not?"
"You said I could pick, them up if I wanted to. You didnt say I had to.
"
In the next few minutes I learned a lesson I would not forget: when Gramp
said I could if I wanted to, he meant that I should want to.
Gram hated cruelty and injustice. The injustices of history, even those of
a thousand years before, angered her as much as the injustices of her own
day.
She also had a deep love of beauty. When she was almost seventy-five, and
had gone to live with one of her daughters, she spent a delightful morning
washing dishes because, as she said, the beautiful patterns on the dishes gave
her pleasure. The bird, the flowers, the clouds-all that was beautiful around
her- pleased her. She was like the father of the French painter, Millet, who
used to gather grass and show it to his son , saying , "See how beautif ul this
is ! "
In a pioneer society it is the harder qualities of mind and character that
are of value. The softer virtues are considered unnecessary. Men and women
struggling daily to earn a living are unable, even for a moment, to forget the
business of preserving their lives. Only unusual people, like my grandparents,
manage to keep the softer qualities in a world of daily struggle.
Such were the two people with whom I spent the months from June to
September in the wonderful days of summer and youth.