英语作文未来生活60词翻译精彩20篇

我们每个人都有不同的理想，有人想成为救死扶伤的白衣天使，有人想成为坚强勇敢的警察战士，有人想成为无私奉献的教师……而我却想当一名探索奥秘的科学家。

在未来的某一天，我已经成为了赫赫有名的科学家。因为我发明了一辆智能汽车，轰动全球，汽车的样子设计就与众不同。它也许是调皮的卡通人物，也许是可爱的动物，这是根据自己的风格来设计的。但是为了方便，你可以随身携带它，只需轻轻说一声“变小”！就会有一辆蚂蚁般大小的汽车展现在你面前。当然你想它变大，也只需说一声“变大”！就行了。

这还不仅如此呢！当你要上车的时候，车里就会立刻调到适合你的最佳温度状态，并且会散发着淡淡的清香，使人们精神充沛，神情气爽。智能汽车当然是全自动的了。你想去哪里，告诉它一声就OK了。而且智能汽车最大的好处就是安全可靠，不会出现意外伤亡，这样就会减少人们遇到危险，也不会有那么多的车祸发生。

智能汽车不仅功能齐全外观奇特，而且十分环保。它不像其他车那样靠汽油才能开驶，而是靠阳光转化成的太阳能。白天汽车收集阳光，晚上就依然可以驱动汽车了，是不是又实用又环保呢！

穿越时光隧道回到现在，科学家只是我的一个理想，但我相信在不久的将来，经过我不懈努力一定会实现这个理想的。

Time, can really fast, I cant catch the fast. Twinkling of an eye, this two months of summer vacation, draw to a close, I dont know what to say. Sitting in front of the computer, dull, total want to indulge in his own weaving dreams, do not want to wake up. Time the old man, anyway, I put the summer vacation time all away from me.

Really, quick opening, want to say something, but I dont know where to start. This summer vacation, the raising of the third summer vacation. My friends asked me, how things this summer vacation. I answered: I, not very happy, they asked: why, yes, why, why, perhaps because of mother promised me to hangzhou line, did not go into, perhaps because the deadlock good friends relationship, maybe its my wayward didnt cram school. Too many reasons, too many stories.

Summer vacation, not happy, now, is hate me, I know the grade, but I was not a good preview course in grade 3, really, at this moment, good regret. I know, regret is useless, so, I see, this summer vacation again how unhappy, but always in time you angry, slip regret, not grasp you.

Good refueling ah, in the third, study hard!

Summer vacation is over. All the wind scattered, start a new life!

One Day of Mine

On May Day, my mother, father, my sister and me went to park to have a picnic, and then visited my grandma and grandpa.

At nine o’clock in the morning, we went to park for picnic. We took juice, cornflakes, apples, oranges, lollipops, bananas, ice creams, mangoes, and so on. I also took toys, such as doll, ball, balloon, skateboard and a kite.

At two o’clock in the afternoon, we went to visit my grandma and grandpa. I helped grandpa do some house work. My sister and me played skateboard and doll.

At eight o’clock in the evening, we went home, and played computer games for two hours and then went to bed.

I was very happy on May Day!

“五一”劳动节那天，我妈妈、爸爸、姐姐和我去公园野餐，然后去看望了爷爷和奶奶。

早上九点钟，我们去公园野餐。我们带了果汁、玉米片、苹果、桔子、棒棒糖、香蕉、冰激凌、芒果等吃的。我还带了玩具，像娃娃、球、气球、滑板和风筝。

下午两点，我们去看望爷爷和奶奶。我帮爷爷做了一些家务活。我姐姐和我玩了滑板和洋娃娃。

晚上八点我们回家了。回家后又玩了两个小时的电脑游戏，然后就去睡觉了。

“五一”这一天我很开心！

[五一假期的小学英语作文（含翻译）

Some people think that keeping pets is a good thing. They say that it is an

hobby which should had. They also claim that pets make lives more colorful and

entertaining for both women and men.

有些人认为养宠物是一件美好的事情。他们说，(养宠物)是一个应该拥有的爱好。他们也声称养宠物可以使生活更加多彩，并给男人和女人带来更多趣味。

On the other hand, there are many people who say that pets should be

banned. They point out that pets are responsible for disease which hurt

property, and for injuries suffered both by the people who kept them and by

innocent other people. They also say that pets are a waste of money and

resources.

另一方面，也有很多人说应该禁止养宠物。他们指出宠物是造成伤害(身体)性能的疾病的原因，并且会使养宠物的人和其他无辜的人受伤。他们也说，养宠物是一个浪费钱和资源(的事)。

My own point of view is that we should had the hobby of keeping pets. While

at the same time making them harmless. In addition, we should restrict the

keeping the pets to some area.

我的观点是我们应该有养宠物的爱好。尽管(我们)同时要使它们少受伤害。另外，我们应该禁止在某些区域内养宠物。

Mother told me that we will go to Guilin for a trip today. I am very

excited because the views there are beautiful. But there is still one day to go

and I feel impatient. I think people there must be polite and so should I.

Otherwise, we couldnt get well along with each other.

今天妈妈告诉我马上我们就要去桂林玩了。我很高兴也很期待。因为那里的景色很美。但是还要等一天，我有点迫不及待了。我想，那里的人一定很有礼貌。我也要学着礼貌一点。只有这样，我们才能和睦相处。

My school life is very common. I get up at six o’clock every morningfrom

Monday to Friday. And the I would go running with my classmates, as our head

teacher says health is themost important thing. After running I have to do

morning exercises on theplayground. Then I can have breakfast. Having breakfast,

I need to have morningreading. Oh, I almost forget that all of the students have

to do some cleaningbefore breakfast. There come the various classes. Then noon

comes. Havinglunch, I will go to sleep. I often read twenty minutes before I

fall asleep. I haveclass in the afternoon. And I still have classes at night.

It’s boring, right? ButI have got used to it and enjoy myself at school.

An interesting thing happened on yesterday.At night,when I was sleepping ,I

dreamed I sleeping on a dogs body,and the dog suddenly jumping up and shouting

at me,he said:"I want to eat you,you smell very delicious!"Then I ran away

quickly......"ling ling ling!!!"A big sound was happened,I woke up

quickly,then,I thought,where I am?Oh,that is my dream,just a dream.

昨晚发生了一件有趣的事情。晚上，当我睡觉的时候，我梦到自己睡在一只狗的身上。这只狗突然跳起来，并且冲着我大叫：“我要吃了你，你闻起来太美味了。”我吓的快速的逃跑。。。“呤呤呤”我在一阵响亮的声音中醒来，然后想：我在哪?哦，我在做梦，幸好那仅仅是一个梦。

I do not like teamwork in most time. Because I think it is hard for the

whole team to hold the same view. It is a waste of time to argue with each other

then make a compromise. But recently I have really seen the great power of

teamwork.

Last week we had a play competition. Because of some reasons, we had not

decided the play two days before the competition. Our monitor called the actors

and actresses who had been decided together. Then they think about every plot

together. To my surprise, it seemed that everybody had his or her good idea.

They gave up their weekend to practice the play. Finally our team won good marks

and were given the opportunity to participate in the final competition.

Teamwork is really powerful. No matter learning in school or working in the

future, we have to work in a team sometimes. So, try to establish the spirit of

teamwork. It will surely help you achieve success.

在大多数时间我不喜欢团队合作。因为我认为它是困难的为整个团队持有同样的观点。这是一个浪费时间争论然后互相妥协。但最近我真的见过伟大的团队合作的力量。

上周我们有一个玩的竞争。因为一些原因,我们没有决定竞争前的玩两天。我们的班长叫男女演员曾决定在一起。然后他们一起思考每一个情节。令我惊奇的是,似乎每个人都有他或她的好主意。他们放弃了周末练习。最后给出我们的团队赢得了好成绩,参加总决赛的机会。

团队合作真的很强大。无论在学校学习或工作在未来,有时我们必须在一个团队工作。所以,尝试建立团队合作的精神。它一定会帮助你取得成功。

在一片碧绿的草坪上，一座雪白的小洋楼矗立在草坪中央，这便是我可爱的家。“主人，该起床了！”在机器人管家迪诺的呼唤中，我拉开窗帘，任由暖烘烘的阳光照进房间。我深深地吸了一口清新的空气，明白新的一天到来了。

吃过早餐，我驾驶着私家飞船，火速赶往在海边的“全球海洋动物研究所总基地。”进入研究所，三三两两的同事们便汇集在一个巨大的透明水晶台下。所长走上水晶台，开始向我们分配今天的任务。我得到的任务是下潜到海洋深处采集珍稀动物的标本，便于进行保护。于是我快速穿好潜水服，吃下一粒氧气丸（可以让人在水下自由呼吸的药丸），带上迪诺，来到大海边，只听“扑嗵”一声，我和迪诺一起进入了大海。

经过这十几年来对大海的保护，海水已经恢复了当初湛蓝的颜色。我们一路游过去，一株株美丽的珊瑚映入了我的眼帘，它们有的披着一件淡白色的外衣，上面还缀着一个“花纽扣”；有的身穿一件紫蓝色相间的“花格服”……水中不时游过一群群活泼可爱的小鱼，朝我友好地摆摆尾巴……“到达目的地了，主任！”迪诺告诉我。只见这里水草茂盛，贝壳、海螺繁多，最适合珍稀动物居住了。我戴上特制的月光眼镜，微弱的光把海洋照得分外绚丽，不用担心，这种眼镜只有人眼才会看见，动物根本看不见，对动物本身不造成任何伤害。“我找到了！”我轻声叫了起来。在我手指前方，一个约手掌大小、全身呈乳白色的初生珊鱼正躲在一处茂密的水草中，一双滚圆的大眼睛正胆怯地望着我。我小心翼翼地游过去，轻轻抱起它。珊鱼感到不安，剧烈地挣扎了起来。在我轻轻的抚摸下，它渐渐平静下来了，我心中一阵窃喜，小心地把它抱进了海中的“生物研究所”内。

吃过午饭，我返回“生物研究所”内，开始研究起珊鱼。我将它捧起来，小心翼翼地检查它的全身，“啊，有细菌虫！”我尖叫道。于是我通过反反复复地试验，配出了一种神奇药水，涂抹在珊鱼身上，细菌虫马上死亡了，小珊鱼也更灵气了。看着活蹦乱跳地珊鱼，我倍感欣慰。

夕阳西下，霞光洒满大海，海面泛起了一阵阵亮晶晶的银波。我早已回到家中，吃过晚饭，与家人一起漫步在碧绿的草坪上。悠悠凉风徐徐吹来，我微眯着双眼，细细品味着这美好的一天……

In a year of many programs, my favorite is the Spring Festival. The Spring Festival is also called the Chinese New Year.

According to legend, "year" is a monster, every Chinese new year it ran to the scourge of human people, so people in the door to paste the red antithetical couplet, home burning fire, burning firecrackers to scare away Sheng "year", so the formation of people with fire, burning, paste antithetical couplet Sheng firecrackers is celebrated a year of good harvest and pray for a bumper harvest in the coming year tradition.

As soon as the Spring Festival comes, our family will go to grandmas home. The old house is busy, and the people out are going back. Every year is waiting for my father to write a couplet, we help to stick. The most interesting thing is to put off fireworks and firecrackers, and always do not play enough. Grandpa and grandmas "money" is more than a year, saying that it is saving for us to read the University. With mom and dad went from door to door, a relative blessing, "Happy New Year" "Happy New Year" "fortune" and "when leading" the university entrance exam

The Spring Festival is the end of a year. It is also the beginning of the year. People celebrate the years harvest in the Spring Festival, and summarize the results of the year. The harvest of people on holidays, jubilant, eat delicacy, to reward their relatives. At this time, I will calm down in the bustle, think of the past year, how I have passed, what is worth remembering, and what is worth celebrating. "The plan of a year is spring". Spring is a new beginning of a year, and it is my starting point. We should plan my life for a year and get better results.

Today, as the economy develops fast, people can buy what they need, the producers provide them all the new things, so the factory produce many products, in order to make the biggest profit, they don t deal with the pollution. Water gets polluted, it does harm to people s health, we drink water everyday, the government controls the producers to figure out some ways to deal with the water pollution.

今天，随着经济的快速发展，人们可以买到所需的，生产商提供了各种各样的新产品，所以工厂生产很多产品，为了挣最大的利益，他们不处理污染。水被污染了，对人们的健康有害，我们每天都喝水，政府控制厂商来找到处理谁污染的方法。

[初三英语作文及翻译：Water Pollution

hello everybody.Today Im glad to be here to give a speech about my fresh experience in China Agriculture University.

First I must say the campus life is really different from what I have experienced in high school.For instance,I used to lean upon my dormitory teacher to wake me up on time.But now I have to set several alarm clocks to make myself could hear them in the morning otherwise I would miss my class.And then even worse there would be nobody remind me

except my teacher!So the differences are everywhere and I could easily find them.The change of life is great and its wonderful:I have more time of my own and the rights to decide how I live.

My campus activities are rich and colorful.Learning English has become a habit to me cause I plan to study abroad in next few years.Playing Guzheng is my favorite activity.I have kept on practising it since I was a little girl and I wish to win more competitions in my campus life.

Our university has the first level equipments and the most experienced teachers,also has the best students(laugh).I consider it to be a honor that Ive got a chance to study here and I sincerely hope that we could live wonderful lives in our campus!

人是会随着时代而变化的，人的思想及头脑也是会随着时代而变化的。

那一天晚上我就做了一个这样的梦。我正在睡觉，忽然有人在睡梦中把我叫醒。“燕燕，燕燕，快起床，该上学了。”是机器人“碧丽”把我叫醒了。他见人起来就赶快把我的鞋送了过来。他还帮我梳头，把刷牙的工具全拿给我，让我刷牙。要是有一次不刷，他就唠叨起个没完，给我讲这个，讲那个。一会儿，妈妈、爸爸和弟弟都起来了，他就把准备好的早餐送上饭桌说：“请用餐”。

啊！今天是个大晴天，阳光明媚。车来接我们上学了，这车既没有噪音，又不冒黑烟。到处绿树成荫，空气新鲜。这使我忽然起了《草原》这篇课文：“这次有机会看到草原……”

到了学校，我坐在座位上，就打开电脑。我们再也不用背那沉重的书包了，只要带上饼干大小的软件就可以了。你听，我们班的朱晓梅正在用电脑向马老师发问：“将相和的三个故事之间有什么联系？”马老师说：“第一个故事是第二个故事的发展，而前两个故事又是最后一个故事的起因。”只见马老师答得那么快，简直无法形容。

放学以后我回到家里，闲得无聊，就用电脑上网和尤丽瑞谈话、做游戏、下棋、画画……好玩极了。

我多么希望这个美梦能快点儿成真啊！

Do you think what is the most important in your life? Maybe some answers

are dreams. I may directly answer “lovers”.

In my opinion, lovers not simply mean your partner of life, but the people

you love: your parents, husband or wife, children and friends. I have a happy

life because of their company. I even can’t imagine the life without them.

My mum told me” money is not as important as you think, you neednt think

too highly of it. Don’t be greedy, my girl.” I got it. Person around us is the

most important. If they are unhappy, you won’t be happy. There is many beautiful

scenery in our life, however, the most important thing we should notice is that,

without the people we love, they worth nothing.

In reality, many people are chasing wealth which results to the ignorance

of people around them. Obviously, its not a brilliant choice. Don’t’ be

controlled by wealth or money. About life , this is my idea, what’s about

yours?

Im a student.My weekend life is happy.I and my family often go mountain climbing,enjoy the fresh mountain air.I sometimes go and friends go shopping together.I like my weekend life.

Yesterday,I had a happy weekend.In those days,I read books in the sun on the moring,its so warm and comfortable .And I also played the piano for two hours.I enjoyed playing it .With my mothers permission I went to the park wit my friend and went shopping with her,oh how nice it was to play with friends .Of course,I watched TV in the evening like many others .At night,I had a so sweet dream,what a happy day it was.

Today is sunday .I am in hainan with my friends now.it is a sunny day,I got up early at Seven thirty,I watched a movie with my brother in the morning,it was a interesting film.And in the afternoon,I went swimming with my best friends .I was tired.But I was happy ,too.Uh...What a wonderful day it is!

I had a nice holiday in last weekend.My friend invited me to play table tennis with him.It was a relax sport.I would love it if there was no people smoking there,although the slogan on the wall shows no smoking.There are always some people whose happiness is built on others misery.

In this weekend,I have a plan,if tomorrow is a sunny day.

Saturday morning,I am going to visit my grandparents.after lunch I have good friends and I go to the movies and football.At night,I can stay home and watch cartoons.

Sunday,I will go fishing with dad.After that I will go home to do my homework.

I hope this weekend I can live very happy!

Last weekend,I went to the city center with my mother.I saw many beautiful clothes.Mum bought a coat for me at last.She also brought me have much delicious food.Later,I went to the XinHua book shop.I chose some books for my study and my mum paid for them.We played happily.

[我的周末生活英语作文

My hometown is in guangzhou,there will also be like as foreign Christmas.On the day before Christmas will go to neighbours to candy,trick or treat.On Christmas night will eat a lot of delicious food,such as turkey,cake.Before you go to sleep in bed will hang a stocking,tomorrow morning there will be a gift.What a great day!

翻译

我的家乡在广州,会有像外国的圣诞节.在圣诞节的前一天去邻居家要糖果,不给糖果就捣蛋.在圣诞节的晚上会吃很多美味的食物,如火鸡、蛋糕.睡觉前,你在床上挂一个长袜,明天早上将会有一个礼物.多么美好的一天!

I came back to school after the summer vacation. As soon as I settled down, I made a phone call to my mother. When I talked to her, I could not hold back my tears. “After all,” I said, “You’re my mother.”

During the vacation, mother and I had a quarrel. After that we were unwilling to talk with each other. She thought I was her sweet daughter and I believed that she did not respect me. Then after few days, I left home. My mother gave me a full package of home-make food and she said to me, “I cook this morning, take this then you can have it on the train.” However, I refuse to take it. I just turned away and slam the door without saying goodbye to my mother. I was still angry about her. “You’re still my good girl.” My mother said in a low voice chocked with sob.

On the train I could not eat anything, I felt terrible. How I wish I had said sorry to my mother before I left. Now all I want to say is, will you forgive me, my dear mother?

暑假结束后，我回到了学校。我一稳定下来，我就立刻打电话给我的母亲。当我和她说话时，眼睛止不住流了下来。我对她说，“毕竟，你是我的母亲。”

在假期的时候，我和妈妈吵了一架。从那以后我们都不愿意和对方说话了。她认为我不再是那个甜美可爱的女孩了。几天后，我就离开了家。走之前，妈妈给了我一大包自己做的食品，她对我说：“我今早煮的，你拿着在火车上吃吧。”然后，我拒绝了妈妈的一片好心。然后我转过身狠狠的摔上门走了。也没有对她说再见。我还在生她的气。“你依旧是我的好女儿。”她用低沉的声音抽泣着说。

在火车上我吃不下任何东西，我感觉很内疚。我真希望在离家之前对我妈妈说声抱歉啊。现在我只想说：我最亲爱的母亲，你愿意原谅我么？

[我的母亲英语作文以及翻译

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

今天我到下面院子里玩的时候，看见天上的云很像棉花糖，我就想飞上天吃云，可我没有飞行器，飞不了啊，飞机也不行，主要是我不知道云会不会一站在上面就掉到地上?我要登天是不太可能的。长大以后我要当科学家，做一艘火箭飞上天，去试一下云朵是什么味道。

Today, when I went to play in the yard below, I saw that the clouds in the

sky were like marshmallows. I wanted to fly to the sky and eat the clouds. But I

didnt have an aircraft. I couldnt fly. I couldnt fly either. I didnt know if

the cloud would fall to the ground as soon as I stood on it. Its impossible for

me to go to the sky. When I grow up, I want to be a scientist. I want to be a

rocket and fly to the sky. I want to try the taste of

clouds.

It was sunny and very hot today。 I got up early and helped my parents cook breakfast。 Then I washed the dishes and cleaned the room。 After a short rest I did my homework in the morning。 In the afternoon I went swimming in the nearest swimming pool with my friends。 It was really cool to swim in such a hot day。 I surfed the internet and read a storybook in the evening。 I really had a busy and interesting day。翻译：这天天气晴朗比较热。 我起得很早，帮我的父母做早饭。然后我洗碗打扫屋子。休息一会后我上午做作业。 下午我和朋友去我家最近的游泳池游泳。 在如此炎热的夏天游泳的确很棒。 晚上我上网、看故事书。我这天很忙过得很搞笑。

Ji Anlived at the time of Emperor Wudi of the Western Han Dynasty (206 B.C.-A.D.24). He was respected for being upright and just and for daring to speak the truth. He did not bother about amall matters in personal behaviour and in being an official. He was particular about actual effects and ,although he did not cause a stir ,he could keep the prefecture he governed in perfect order. Because of this. the imperial court transferred him to the central government from being the perfect of the Donghai Prefecture to being a commander in charge of the appointment and dismissal of the local officals.

Once,Emperor Wudi said that he would implement the policy of benevolence and justice of Confucianism and would do good turns to the people.Emperor Wudi Had hardly finished his remards when Ji An said that there was no need for the emperor to say so.Why should the emperor bother,Ji An said, about pretending to implement the policy of benevolence and justice since he was so greedy and avaricious within himself? This choked the emperor off. The emperor suddenly Changed his countenance and declared the meeting over. All the civilian and military officers at court were breathless with anxiety for fear that Ji An might bring disaster upon himself because of this. After returning, Emperor Wudi said to the people around him that Ji An was a little too rude and too straightforward.

For this reason ,Ji An was never promoted again. When he was the commander in charge of the appointment and dismissal of the local officials, both Gongsun Hong and Zhang Tang were low -ranking lfficials of little importance. Later ,they were promoted continuously. Gongsun Hong became the prime minister and Zhang Tang became the imperial censor. However, JiAns post remained thesame. One day, Ji An said to Emperor Wudi that the way the emperor used his ministers was just like piling up firewood, which meant that the latecomers surpassed the old-timers. Of course, Emperor Wudi could see that Ji An was complaining. So,turning to his ministers, Emperor Wudi said, "It is true that no one can stop learning.You see, Ji An is making more and more indiscreet remarks."

This story comes from The Historical Records. Later generations use the set phrase "the latecomers surpass the old-timers " to indicate that successors can cxcel the predecessors, which is quite different from the original idea when Ji An said that the latecomers surpassed the old-timers.

汲黯是西汉武帝时代人，以刚直正义、敢讲真话而受人尊重。他为人和做官都不拘小节，讲求实效。虽然表面上不那么轰轰烈烈，却能把一个郡治理得井井有条，因此，朝廷把他从东海太守调到朝廷当主爵都尉——一种主管地方吏任免的官职。

有一次，汉武帝说要实行儒家的仁义之政，为老百姓办好事了。没等皇帝把话说完，汲黯就说：“陛下内心里那么贪婪多欲，表面上却要装得实行仁政，这是何苦呢？”一句话把皇帝噎了回去。汉武帝登时脸色大变，宣布罢朝，满朝文武都为汲黯捏着一把汗，担心他会因此招来大祸。武帝回到宫里以后，对身边的人说，汲黯这个人也未免太粗太直了。

从此以后，汲黯的官职再也没有提升。他当主爵都尉的时候，公孙弘、张汤都还是不起眼的小官，后来，他们一个劲儿住上升，公孙弘当上了丞相，张汤做上了御史大夫，可他汲黯还蹲在原地没动窝。有一天，汲黯对武帝说，陛下使用群臣，跟码劈柴一样，是“后来者居上”啊！汉武帝当然听得出这是发牢骚。于是，转脸对臣下们说：“人真是不能不学习啊！你们听汲黯说话，越来越离谱了！”

故事出自《史记汲郑列传》。成语“后来居上”，往往指后起的可以胜过先前的。和汲黯说这话的原意，大不相同。