初三暑假英语作文（汇总20篇）

It s the age of information now and information is very important in the society.we need verious of information to live a normal life.we need to know the lastest news ,listen to the weather forecast,learn about the newly published books and many other things we are interested in and want to know.

There are many way of acquiring information,for example we can watch TV,listen to radio, read newspaper and magazines and go on line which is to most popupar ,convienent and effective way now.

Living in such an age of information,what should we to to face up to the challenge of it?I think we should try our best to learn as much knowledge as we can and try to master the new techonology.

[Information Age初三英语作文

One day in this summer vacation, my mother solemnly said to me, "child,

prevention of drowning is a major safety issue for your students during their

holidays. For the sake of safety, you should learn how to swim. I signed up for

a training class for you. Lets go and experience it! " I cant help shivering

when I hear the word "swimming". Thought: no! Im a "dry duck", in case I fall

into the water... Although I dont want to, my mother still takes me to the

swimming pool in a hurry.

With everything ready, I walked slowly to the pool in my swimsuit. Looking

around carefully, the environment in the pool was very clean. There were many

adults and children playing in the pool, with laughter. The water in front of me

is clear and there are waves rippling away from time to time

I unknowingly came to the entrance of the pool, holding the railing tightly

in both hands and walking down the ladder step by step. Just touched the water,

a cool then hit, I scared legs are soft. All of a sudden, a black figure like an

arrow quickly swam, only to see the black figure suddenly raised his head,

seriously said to me: "in the future, I will be your male coach!" It turned out

to be the coach. He was dark, tall, and severe. I cant help getting nervous

again for fear that if I dont study well, I will be criticized by the coach.

But the way the coach swam just now is really like a fish in the water. Its

really enviable.

The first class soon began, just listen to the coach shouting: "now start

learning to hold your breath, first take a deep breath, and then drill your head

into the water, exhale!" While talking, he demonstrated to us that there were

many small bubbles in the water from time to time. After a while, the coach

looked up and said, "OK, now you practice freely. Dont be lazy. Ill check it."

Finally, its our turn to "show our skills". Im so excited that I dance. I bury

my head in the water like a coach and spit bubbles under the water. Strings of

bubbles are like pearls, beautiful; In the blink of an eye, it broke up.

Immersed in the bubble, I suddenly felt a little bit difficult to breathe and

uncomfortable, so I had to look up and return to the water.

Later, I calmly passed the "suffocation" of this pass, but also got the

praise of the coach, not to mention how happy I was, and my face was full of

happy brilliance. Before the tension like the winter swallow, disappeared

without a trace. The next training, I will try to learn more swimming skills,

can not be proud of a small success!

暑假期间我经常去看望我的爷爷奶奶，他们都已经70岁了，住在乡下。夏天的乡下非常漂亮，我可以在那里做很多有趣的事情。我习惯一大清早起床，呼吸新鲜空气，聆听鸟儿欢唱，欣赏绿树红花和门前的小河。我还喜欢跟伙伴们一起钓鱼。夜幕降临时，我就坐在树下，听奶奶讲动听的故事。我也会给她讲一些城里的新鲜事。每次该回城时，我总是恋恋不舍。我确实喜欢乡下的生活。

I often go to see my grandma and grandpa during my summer vacation.They are both seventy years old and live in the country happily. Summer view of the countryside is very beautiful. I can do many interesting things there. I am used to getting up early in the morning, breathing the fresh air,listening to the birds singing, and enjoying the green trees, red flowers and the river. I like fishing with my friends. When night comes, I sit under the tree with my grandma, listening to her telling me many funny stories. And I tell her some new things happening in the city. When I have to go back,I am always reluctant to go. I really feel happy living in the country.初中作文

Everyone always has a good Sunday. On Sundays, everybody does some things

what he like.Last Sunday, Jack had a relaxing Sunday. He got up 6 o’clock. After

breakfast, Jack played basketball with his friends. They were very happy. Then

he played the guitar in the room. And he sang songs very loudly. Though it’s

very relaxing for him, it also make very noisy for neighbors. Maybe he should

turn down the music. At noon, jack fed his pet cat henry. He is Jack’s favorite.

Jack always play with him on the weekends. At night, he watched TV on the sofa.

At the some time, he ate many delicious snacks. So he really had a great time.At

the of day, jack thought if I always have a relaxing Sunday like today. I will

become the happiest boy all over the world.

I plan to go to travel alone this summer vacation. I have traveled several times, but gone with my family or friends, never did it alone. I want to do it once, so I can train myself to be stronger and more confident. I told my parents about my plan, they supported me very much, and they thought it is a good opportunity to help me grow up. They also told me many tips of traveling and prepared the package for me. I am grateful that my parents understand me and respect my decision. I won’t let them down.

我计划这个暑假独自去旅行。我曾经去旅游过几次，但是都是跟我家人或者朋友去的，从来没有自己去过。我想独自旅行一次，这样可以锻炼自己更坚强更自信。我把我的计划告诉了我的父母，他们非常支持我，还认为这是帮我成长的一个号机会。他们还告诉了我许多旅行要点，并帮我准备行李。我非常感激父母的理解以及他们对我的决定的尊重。我不会让他们失望。

I remember I had a very weird dream I was about 8 years old,the dream is still stuck in my mind because of how strange it was to me.The dream was about me getting chased by some giant snake that came to my cousins house.The snake was trying to eat everyone and everyone was running for their lives.I ran out the door and it came after me which scared me and made me run really fast.When i woke up from the dream I found myself crying,I guess it was because I was too scared and cried in my sleep since I was still too young to know there arent really any monsters in this world.

今天下午五点半，我和爸爸一起乘着开往市区的地铁来到了上海的中心--虹口区。

我们来到南京东路，只见路两边的高楼林立，欧式的建筑装饰格外新奇，大片的窗玻璃在夕阳的照耀下非常明亮。前面出现几个庄严的店门，上面竖着四个金色的大字“和平饭店”，字后面飘着六面彩旗。爸爸说这些建筑有百年历史了。我们随着人群慢慢向前走着。几辆双层观光巴士开了过来，车上的人们都纷纷好奇的向外探望着。街道两旁的人流如蛇般蜿蜒前行。

终于来到了陈毅广场，灯光照在陈毅市长的雕像上显得十分壮观，他一手挽着衣服，一手放松、慈祥的望着我们，好像在说欢迎你们来上海。我们顺着踏步来到了外滩的观景台。放眼望去，黄浦江上波光粼粼。游人们拥挤在栏杆前拿着手机，眺望着江面，江上的游船发出五光十色的灯光。江的对面是我心中的上海大侠--东方明珠!它散发的耀眼的五颜六色的光芒，随着时间的变化，五彩缤纷，美丽极了。东方明珠高大的“身躯”倒映在黄浦江面上像一团鲜红的火在燃烧。两颗彩球像两朵热情开放的花儿浮在江面上，给黄浦江披上一件亮丽的新衣服。眼前的一幕就像一幅美丽的城市画卷。

继续向前，我们又来到了上海人民英雄纪念塔，只见三座尖塔高耸入云，远远望去像一把巨大的利剑。在灯光的照耀下显得十分威武壮观，它象征着人民英雄永垂不朽。广场上好多游人在下面拍照、乘凉。

天色渐晚、游人开始返回了，我和爸爸也向朝着原来的路走去，我忍不住回头，那幅壮观的城市画卷依然呈现在黄浦江畔，同时也深深映在我的脑海中!

啊!多么难忘的黄浦江之夜啊!

暑假里，妈妈带我去巴厘岛游玩。

我们坐了六个小时飞机，终于来到了巴厘岛。一下飞机，我就有一种与众不同的感觉，这个地方给了我全新的感受。

到达巴厘岛的第一天，我们来到情人崖观景。只见海面上一层层浪朝着岸边拍打过来，真是雄伟壮观。这无边无际的大海，让我感觉像是来到了一片蓝色的世界。这蓝色的海吸引着我的眼球，我目不转睛地看，好一会儿才缓过神来。

让我感觉最有趣、最美丽的景点那当然是“恶魔的眼泪”了。刚到那里，一个大浪就打了上来，溅起的浪花就像雨水一样噼里啪啦地打在了我的脸上，顿感一阵清凉。那一颗颗水珠仿佛是一个个顽皮的孩子在玩蹦蹦床，一蹦就蹦了三尺高。这时，又一个海浪扑来了，好壮观，我赶紧拿起相机，“咔嚓咔嚓”兴奋地把这情景拍了下来。

几天看下来，玩下来，最让我念念不忘、记忆犹新的就是去蓝梦岛浮潜。我穿上救生衣，本来还害怕、担心的我，一下海就像变了一个人似的，立马就在海里玩了起来。带着我玩的教练让我把头低下看水里，“哇!”我看见了各式各样的鱼，有大的、小的，黄的、绿的，它们成群结队地在水里四处游动，真是令人赏心悦目。当我正想伸手去抓的时候，那些鱼儿一溜烟地游开了。

巴厘岛游玩，让我看见了外面多姿多彩的世界。美丽的巴厘岛，令我流连忘返，直到上飞机，我都还有点恋恋不舍呢!

Sports benefit me in many ways. Firstly, sports call can make me fit and strong physically. When taking part in sports, I get the chance to train almost all parts of our bodies. In addition, sports call can maintain my psychological well being, Whenever Im in low spirit,aking part in sports can help me forget my anxieties and worries. Besides, sports can teach me some lessons about life. Through participation, I can learn that on the playground I not only struggle for my own self but also fight for my team. Sports teach me to be considerate, cooperative and optimistic.

I am fond of sports very much. I feel that I not only gain a well balanced life through going in for sports, but also get more chances to make more friends, to move closer to nature. Sports add happiness to my everyday life when I participate in them in a proper way.

My favourite sport is football, as it is very exciting. I play footetball three times a week. Most often I play it in my school. I feel very happy when I play football in school with my friends. Sometimes I play football in the playground near my school.Football is very easy to play. If you play football very well, you can form a football team to take part in the competition. You may become a famous football star.

Therefore, football is a very good sport. I think, you can play football, cant you?

A Sports Meeting

Yesterday our grade held a sports meeting.We have six classes in our grade. All the classes did very well.

In the Boys 100-metre race, I.Jn I.in from Class 2 won the first. At first, Zhang Lin from our class and I.in %ao from Class 1 were neck and neck. Lin Lin fell behind, but, finally he tried his best and came out first.

In the Girls 100-metre race, Mei Mei ran the fastest, and Zhang Fang from Class 4 and Li Ming from Class 5 were both fell behind. But they tried their best, and that was enough.

In the High Jump, when Jin Ling jumped 1.80 metres high, all the classes stood up and cried,Well done!Congratulations! But Liu Tao from our class also did very well,he jumped 1.71 metres high and Chen Hao, 1.56 metres high.

In the Long Jump, Zhang Ming from Class 2 was the top.He jumped 7.78 metres long. Zhou Ping and Gao Lin from Class 4 and Class 6 were both very good.

Finally, our class won the second. We were all very happy.Our headmaster told us to do our best in everything.（约185字）

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How to Learn English Well

English is one of the most important subjects in middle school.

Almost everyone knows that we should learn English well, but few of us know how to learn it well. Karl Marx has set a good example for us. He once said, "When one is learning a foreign language, he must use the foreign language." In this way, he could use several languages. A saying goes, "Practice makes perfect." When we learn English, we should read more, speak more, listen to English from time to time and practise writing every day. Dont be afraid of making mistakes. Only in this way can we learn it well.

20XX.X.X 晴

It was the second day of our summer holiday. I felt good. I felt I am free. I had a lot of time to do things I like. My parents are in Zhongshan. So I live alone but I don’t feel lonely. But I didn’t do something special. I stayed at home and watched TV. Oh! I wrote an English Diary. It was my homework. Today, I have slept for 14 hours. I thought I was very tired. It was time for dinner. I must go! I am very hungry.

Computers have played an important part in our life. They can do most of the things people can do. Through computers, we can acquire knowledge and get the latest news. Computers have made the communication with our friends convenient and easy.But some young people are so interested in playing games on line that they even drop out of school. It is not the computers fault.It depends on the users. We should make good use of computers.

People grow up, the memory of things more up. This summer, experienced a

lot of things, in retrospect, vividly. But the most memorable of my number to

play Wu source hole.

That day, we made an appointment my friend Hu Yulu, early in the morning.

Dad riding a car while talking to us about this discussion, and soon, to the

destination.

Have not wait for my father to buy tickets, I and Hu Yulu flew into the. At

first we both played the swing and seesaw, and later, my father proposed to go

inside. This is the next two of us guys like a ruined Mustang, bolted up.

Playing around everywhere, confused everywhere is gray. I gave Tathagata,

Guanyin, turtles to the money, like a decent way to make a wish, do not know if

they will bring me happiness and good luck.

Did not expect my father actually bought a drifting ticket, I and Hu Yu Lu

not mention more happy. On the boat, we wanted to start planning, but to wait

for everyone to board the boat to start planning. When all the people came up,

the boat set out. Surrounded by a silence, I and Hu Yulu think downhill, but the

ship has not yet to the source, it turned away. Under the boat, I and she said

angrily: "Do not stimulate the thing, the money is white." Dad listened,

laughed. However, we simply spent a long time in the inside, feel the hole

inside the "natural air conditioning."

We also fed a monkey, although it was released a few, but we are still very

happy. "This is a pity that did not bring the camera, did not take this

beautiful scenery to shoot down!" Dad said disappointed.

That day is my most happy day, although not so beautiful scenery and time

to shoot down, but I will not forget this day!

English dairybw

July 5th Monday cloudy

Today I came back from a place named “he chuan”, it’s a good place. There has some nice view like chang jiang river. I came there in two days ago. Our aunt is here. We had a good time in there. But I also write English dairy too. Because of the wrong computer, the message didn’t here. I wish myself to live more better tomorrow.

July 6th Tuesday cloudy;

Ah ha, when I get up, it was time for lunch. But I really have a lot of work to

do, I must write words and English dairy, then learned “Li yang” English, and then …… .

Oh, my god, if I do it in the afternoon, I will ready to dead. So I wrote words, and now

I’m writing my English dairy. Wish I could finish these works today. Bye!

July 9th Friday sunny0jK,

How happy I am. Yesterday I finished all the work very quick, so I have a lot of time to do myself. Sometimes finish work early is a good thing, we can have more interests to do the next work. Because of this, I write English dairy eight in the morning. But I wrote it in the evening in the pass day. Everyone, if you can finish the work quickly, not lazy, just try your best.

July 12th Monday sunny

How tired am I! I went back from chongqing three hours ago. In the city I nearly lost the way. Thanks for the hot heart man and woman. They help us to find the way. Oh, don’t think so badly, I’m fine. Because of my hard, my homepage is more beautiful than before, I’m very happy to see it. I love make homepage, if you love it, please let me know, we can take hours talking about homepage. Thank you.

July 14th Wednesday rainy

Yesterday I came to the center of Chongqing with my mother. We came to a place named “toward the air door”. I think many people know it. The night view is so beautiful that we all don’t want to back to home. I have a photo here. In the nine, we had to go back home. I didn’t wash my face before I went to bed, I’m too tired.

July 16th Friday rainyp

This holiday is my best busy holiday for I am learning English, computer and word and I fall in the weekend exam. Many times I want to take today off, but my mother said to me:“go on, you must belive that you can do it.” So I have to try. Now my English is better than 2months ago. I must thanks my mother, she is good for me. Practices makes perfect.

July 21th Wednesday rainy

Good morning everyone, I have some good news and some bad news. The good news is that I have a home page: ; how happy am I. The bad news is the computer game cd-rom is wrong. I can’t play computer game these days. It’s the worse for me. Welcome to my homepage and I wish whom could give me a right cd-rom(you are in sleep).hen hen……

July 22th Thursday sunnyp

Today I came to the city of Bishan,its a beautiful city.Its the shoes centre of western china. I think many people know it. It developed very quickly these years.More and more people move in it. Im pleased to be a Bishan people.

July 26th Monday sunny .

Hello, everyone! I’m so pleased to tell you: I have finished my web today.. It took me more than two days to do. I have a English pen friend now. I want to get pen friend more. So welcome write to me. My E-mail is:@126.com I’m so tired when I wrote this message, I must go to bed quickly. Good bye.5t

July 28th Wednesday rainyh

I will go to school few days later. I’m afraid that I can’t get used to the school life because I true very hate school. I don’t think there has a good school in my home. We have zero English teachers from USA and we have zero good computer ..May be many students can’t agree with me. But they will agree if they can see a really good school. do you agree with me?

July 31th Saturday rainyqn

Every day or every time many people was failed in something. They usually said that it was bad lucky. But the teacher of “Liyang” said:” you should do a little more then you will won.” Remember this word. Then don’t be shy, just try. If some laugh at you, you can say go yourself. If you can do it, that means you are a strong man.

August 1st Sunday sunny

Today I’m very tried for I made my homepage from 10:00 yesterday to 5:00 today. Seven hours nearly let me dead. But I’m pleased to see my homepage has been changed more and more beautiful and full with web. So I will keep doing tomorrow,, I can’t do this night, I’m ready to go to bed. Goodbye, every friend. See you tomorrow.

August 3ed Tuesday sunnyq

I want to kill my bother named kewang because every time and every day he makes me very tried. If yesterday he hut you, tomorrow he will heart you. He is a silly man, he went to bed at 9:00,then he woke up at 6:00 and then he shouted very loudly to makes me up. But I went to bed at 4:00 morning for my home web. I really want to kill him.

Qingming rain have, the pedestrian on the road." Another Qingming Festival has arrived. In the morning, when our family got up early, they went to Beishan to pay for the old lady. In the year when Lao Tai died, we all missed her old man. The old mans life is full of hardships and tiredness. The old man died early. The old woman used her weak shoulders to stir up the burden on her family, and she brought up her grandmother and uncle by herself.

In every young generations mind, Lao Tai represents hardworking, brave and kindhearted. I remember once, when our family just had dinner, the old lady raised her sleeves and stretched out her bare hands and exposed hands to wash dishes for us. I asked, "old man, why is your hand so ugly?" grandma heard to me: "children, we can grow up, we can go to school and be educated, all by the old mans hands to wash clothes for others to earn money." After hearing this from grandma, I hung my head from guilt. The old lady said, "when you catch up with the good times, we must cherish and study well, and become a useful person for the future." In my memory, no matter when, old woman wearing clothes are washed clean, please tell them. Wearing a neat, spiritual God.

I will always remember that old lady often visited her before she died. She was lying in bed weakly. Her eyes had lost their former beauty. But I can feel her sadness and bring to us on several good expectations from his old eyes.

Before the tomb of Lao Tai, we lifted the weeds, planted the soil and placed flowers on them. I also sprinkled the old ladys favorite wine around the grave.

I stood in front of Lao Tais grave and said softly, "old lady, are you okay in heaven?"

I likeChristmas, it is just like our spring festival.

Maybe the spring festival is much more important and interesting than christmas, but i like christmas day better. Because we can spend time with our friends and classmates during christmas. When it is snowy,

Christmas becomes much more lovely, just like in fairytales. I can imagine i am in a fairytale, the girl who sold the matches is my friend, the ugly duck becoming more and more beautiful and so on. What a beautiful place! So we can also call christmas “snowy lovely day.”

On christmas day, shops are red and green. There are so many christmas cards, christmas hats, christmas dolls and many colourful things. So shops look very beautiful. We can give a card or a doll to our friends and say “merry christmas.” By the way, i think studying can also become much more interesting.

How did you spend your long summer vacation? Lets take a look at my summer vacation!

As children we study in different places, we will return to our hometown in summer vacation. I was very excited to go back to my old hometown. You see the relatives you can only hear on the phone. In my hometown, I like to eat my grandmas braised duck. Now I want to make water. My sister, cousin and cousin of my hometown are having fun with me! We played a game of cooking, although it was mud, but it was fun. Its so interesting to catch locusts and dragonflies in the rice paddies! We also visited the song dynasty wall of ganzhou, the long wall, the Great Wall. Standing on the high wall, looking at the river under the wall, it seemed as if I had come to the song dynasty.

Time flies, and we are leaving home. Luckily, sister and cousin come to visit zhongshan with us. In zhongshan, my father took us to the purple ma ling park, the cultural arts center to see the chorus festival. In sun wen park, we told my sister that the tall statue was the grandfather of sun yat-sen. They were very happy and they thought that sun yat-sen was really great. At the same time, I think I can study in zhongshan and be proud! We also experienced the light rail of harmony and felt the progress of The Times. On the beach of zhuhai, we chased each other, barefoot on the beach, picking up seashells, catching crabs, that kind of happiness couldnt be written.

On August 10th, sister and cousin, they were going back. When they left, we all shed tears of sadness. In order to study, I can only hope for the summer vacation next year.

我初三了，写下这句话，心情很沉重，快乐的生活少了，我的生活也越来越忙，老师为了我们明年中考取的好成绩，暑假给我们开始上课。虽然每天上下奔波，但是我们似乎很享受，其中也有很多欢乐。

今天我与阿璇来到学校，我们的教室在四楼，我们在只有两步之遥就可到达顶端时，突然不走了

“你先走，我累了。”我说。

“你先走!”丝毫毫不退缩的说。

“要不然就不走，谁怕谁?”

“好呀!”

“有本事退下去!”

说着，我们真的从四楼退到了一楼，

“我们是不是神经病?”

我们又上去，正好碰到跟我们一起上去的陈紫薇，

“我还纳闷，怎么那么久了，不见你们两人的影?”听了我们的叙述，她“感叹”道：“这是人才中的天才!”

“上楼风波”随着时间的推移过去了。

第二节课件，发生了一件搞笑的事，刘康跟李龙凯在“高速运动”(其实就是打闹)中，李龙凯一招“九阴白骨爪”挥了过去，“嘶……”刘康躲闪不及，衣服被撕了一个30cm左右的口子，我们在座的看了，都笑了，真是一对“活宝”。当然，刘康的衣服光荣牺牲了。

无聊的物理课，班里同学聊天的时间到了，我“一本正经”的对刘康说：“我错了，我学了政治以后，我决定以后你欺负我，我绝对不会骗吕璇你说她坏话的!”

“真的，我谢谢你八辈子祖宗!”刘康感激的说。

“以后你欺负我，我直接告诉吕璇说你欺负我。”说完，那一片的人都笑了，我也笑了起来，之间刘康瞬间石化了。

“小鸽子!”刘康喊我旁边的李龙凯，

“为什么叫他小鸽子?”阿璇“好奇宝宝”。

“有三点，第一：他很白，第二：他全身上下只有眼睛最好看，第三，忘了。”

我们又讨论鸽子了，高宇也来插话：“我怎么没见到过‘鸽子’”

“哪都有养的?”

“哪都有养的。”我回答道。

“我说的是动物园动物身上的跳骚!”

哈哈哈哈哈!一字之差。

“李龙凯的一世英名因为你的理解的错误就这样毁了!”阿璇一边笑着，一边看着在风中石化的李龙凯总结到。

“这只能说明中华文化博大精深!”我感叹道!

“这是人外有人，天外有天，真能扯!”

“铃铃铃……”动人的下课铃响起来了，我们放学回家……

坐在电脑前，写着今天发生的一切搞笑事，在劳累又繁重的学习生活中，有一股甘甜滋润着心田，我想：青春应该就是这样的吧，苦中有乐，抛开了一切苦恼，总会有很多欢乐。我突然心中有了那么一丝顿悟：努力追求的快乐，不就在我身边吗?遇到这样的快乐，可是千金难求的呀!

虽然每天上下奔波学习，没有一丝一毫的休息时间，但是快乐这味调剂加入了我们的生活，给我们枯燥的学习生活有了欢乐。

我的暑假生活多么快乐呀!

Evan is only 6 years old, but he has to travel 20 miles a day to school by bike with his father. The family moved to a new house in March .But no local schools have a place for him , so he has to study at his old school, which is near his old home. Every day ,Evan has to cross the busy roads with his father. The daily trip is so tiring for him that he often falls asleep in school. It seems harder when the weather is bad. The family doesn’t have a car Though there is a bus that could take Evan from the new house to school, the family is too poor to buy bus tickets. Most people have read his story in the newspaper. Now, Evan has been offered a place at Kendall School to start in September. It’s the nearest one to his new house.

[Little Avan初三英语作文

Please join in “Clear your plate” campaign.

Now, some of us students like buying a lot of snacks. They eat a lot even if they were not hungry. If they don’t like the food, or they can’t eat up the food, they will throw it away.

It is really a bad thing. We have wasted lot of food. And at the same time, it is bad for the students’ health.

So boys and girls, let’s change our habit. When we have dinners in restaurants, don’t order too much food. And try to eat up all the food we ordered. If we can’t eat up all of them, just pack them and bring them back home to eat. Please give up the snacks between meals. Encourage your classmates and parents to join us. If you find somebody is throwing away food, just stop them.

Come on, dear friends. Let’s start with ourselves.