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1000关于长城的英语
全文共 326 字
+ 加入清单China has a history of more than 5,000 years and many miracles were
created. The Great Wall is the most famous to foreigners. Many of them come to
Beijing and have a look at this great tourist sites. As the damage from
environment and human beings, this great wonder needs us to protect. So it is
important to be a polite tourist.
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篇1:关于国庆节英语
全文共 694 字
+ 加入清单With the coming of national day, I have a one week holiday. I really expect
to it, because I want to have a short trip during these days. I will travel
toJiuzhaiValleywith my parents for three days. I have heard that the scenery
ofJiuzhaiValleyis very beautiful in autumn and it’s the best time to travel
there. Autumn is my most favorite season so I want to enjoy the beauty of such a
wonderful place. I do some preparations for this trip. For example, I search the
Internet to see the travel raiders and I have known where the most attracting
place is and where to live in. I am sure it will be a wonderful journey. There
are only several days for the coming trip, but I have been too excited to
wait.
篇2:我的爸爸英语作文带翻译Myfather
全文共 837 字
+ 加入清单My father is a handsome man .He is tall and medium build.He has short black hair and big eyes.
我的父亲是一个英俊的男人。他很高,中等身材。他有黑色的短头发和大眼睛。
My father works in a hospital.He is a doctor.He wears a uniform in the hospital.He drives his car go to work.He is a good doctor.He loves his job.He works hard.
我父亲在一家医院工作。他是一名医生。他在医院里穿制服。他开车去工作。他是一个好医生。他喜欢他的工作。他努力工作。
My father likes sports.He gets up at 6:00 clock every morning.
我的爸爸喜欢体育。他每天早上6:00钟起床。
Then he runs go out.In the afternoon,he plays basketball.Sometimes he plays chess with my brother.
然后他跑出去。在下午,他打篮球。他和我哥哥下棋。作文
My father thinks healthy food is good for our health.So we eat apples every day.We dont eat French fries.We often eat vegetables,fruits and fish.
我的父亲认为健康的食物对我们的健康有好处。所以我们每天吃苹果。我们不吃薯条。我们常吃的蔬菜,水果和鱼。
My father is also a humored man.I love my father very much.
我的父亲也是幽默的人。我非常爱我的爸爸。
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篇3:太阳英语作文初1
全文共 449 字
+ 加入清单Every morning you can see the sun rising in the east The sun gives us light
When you stand in the sun you can feel the heat The sun gives us heat from very
far away The sun is about one hundred and fifty million kilometers away It looks
small because it is so far from us, but it is actually very very big
The earth goes around the sun It takes the earth a year to go around the
sun Plants, animals and people need the sun We cannot live without the sun.
篇4:父亲节初中作文
全文共 669 字
+ 加入清单我爸有些特别。
他特别喜欢看杂志、报纸,上厕所也不例外。于是那里有厚厚一沓的报纸和一堆烟灰。
他从不给我讲处世做人的道理,却很关心我的人际关系;他平时看上去不拘小节,但在公共场合又文质彬彬。
我小时候他不经常带我去公园,但我从他那里学到了钓鱼的好手艺。
六岁,他带我去游泳。在我急于请教时,他却只要求我去掉游泳圈。
在学习上,他对我的期望很高,但从不表达。“你要进步。”这便是他经常说的话了。考试失败或不如意时,他从不想看到我伤心,“失败了你也得笑着出来,因为你拼搏了。”
我长大了,独立的一面展现了出来,他对此非常放心,从买一些物品到自己出去解决早餐,他从不细问,只会问我“吃得好吗?”
晚上,我俩出去吃饭,他给了我钱后,就给自己要了一碗羊杂汤,我要了一碗串串香加面条,因为小摊不同,我们便不在一个桌子上。面条的辣椒放得多了,于是我吃得有些慢,余光中见他早已吃完,但坐在那里不动,既不过来,也不催促,就那么静静地坐着,直到我站起身寻他时,他才赶快过来问我还需要些什么。我笑道:“你坐在那里干什么也不过来?”他也笑道:“你吃你的,不打扰你。”
回到家,我写我的作业,他看他的《读者》,虽然同在书房,他却刻意放轻呼吸,也决不会吸烟,更听不到书页翻动的声音,只是有时候空气中突然爆破出一声男低音:“头到桌子里去了!抬头。”
不管我对他讲什么事,他都听得十分认真,对我的承诺从不超出实际,也从不食言。
“他很淡定啊!”表弟说。
“我爸就是那样的人,”我说。和他在一起,我学到了很多说教之中不能得到的宝贵的东西,应该是所谓“无为而无不为”吧?
父爱是无声,又是那么亲切。
篇5:保护环境英语作文初中
全文共 1550 字
+ 加入清单"Green" the eternal topic, let us better to understand the importance of
environmental protection.
Green environmental protection is to make us live a happy life in a clean
environment, however, the environment around us in a worse if we dont alarm,
then, our motherland will be a mess in our hands! Green environmental protection
starts from me. My dad used to drive his car to work, listen to my advice, to
protect the environment, he ride a bike from now on, he thought that not only
the exercise of his body, also for the green environmental protection.
My mother began to contribute to the green environmental protection. Before
she went to vegetable market to buy food, she used plastic bags, a village green
environmental protection propaganda on TV, she understood the green
environmental protection is sustainable, in order to we can have a better
environment. In order to we live healthier lives, so mom from that moment on,
every day go to vegetable market with the own basket, instead of plastic
bags.
As a new era of junior middle school students, and I will response to the
green environmental protection call for, I had at school are all use one off
chopsticks, but now I can bring their own chopsticks to school. I think, though
this is a small matter, but I do my responsibility.
Happiness of life to let China land everyone be permeated with happy smile,
rich products, long history, noble quality, the plot environment. Nowadays, the
environment is polluted, the green environmental protection starts from me, let
us together to protect the environment!
篇6:父亲节的英语日记
全文共 634 字
+ 加入清单My dear father,Today is Father Day,I want to say to you:"I love you !"Because you gave me life and love me.You have to in order to our home to work hard every day.I also want to say to you:"Im sorry!"because I often make you feel angry.I know I shouldnt do it.I promise I wont in the future.Do you remember you teach me play basketball?I want to play basketball with you.Who is winner?I think you can and I compare.Finally,I hope you have a happy Father Day.I love you forever.
我亲爱的爸爸,今天是父亲节,我想对你说:“我爱你!”因为你给了我生命和爱我。你要为了我们的家努力工作每一天。我也要对你说:“对不起!”因为我经常让你生气。我知道我不应该这样做。我保证不会在未来。你还记得你教我打篮球吗?我想和你一起打篮球。谁是赢家?我想你可以和我相比的。最后,我希望你有个快乐的父亲节。我永远爱你。
篇7:假期作文高一英语100词
全文共 597 字
+ 加入清单It is known to all that Guangxi province is famous for its various culture,
because there are many minorities. Recent years, the local government carry out
a policy of taking a break on March 3rd, which makes it the special day for
Guangxi Province. People can enjoy some shows which are full of local features,
such as singing local songs, having dragon-lion dance and so on. This policy not
only lets people take relax from routine work, but also makes people remember
their culture. I am part of the local people and I am so proud of the variety.
The different culture makes our country full of charm.
篇8:我的妈妈英语作文初1
全文共 631 字
+ 加入清单I love my mother very much. Like many other Chinese women, my mother is
diligent. She works in a primary school. In order to teach well, she prepares
her lectures very carefully and often works so late at night.
My mother is very kind and sincere. She gets along with her neighbors and
colleagues. When they have difficulties, she is always ready to lend them a
helpful hand. Therefore she is loved and respected in our neighborhood. From
Joozone.com.
Mother often tells me to be honest and upright. She expects me to be useful
to the people in the future. Up to now, I still remember her saying: Do as much
as you can and you will succeed.
篇9:英语MyFather
全文共 465 字
+ 加入清单i have a father。his name is wenyidong. he live in shenzhen for 5 yers.he likes playing golf very much.he is a good teacher. he has been a teacher for 7 years. i like him .he has live in shenzhen sine 1992. he like shenzhen very much.home.sanwen8.cn
he has many hobbys. he likes read ,play golf and play the football.he has a easy ambition .to be a goog teacher.
he live with my mother and i.we live in yangguanglijing grand.we are so happy.i like my father very much.
篇10:我的暑假英语
全文共 625 字
+ 加入清单My summer holiday begun on July 7th.I love summer holiday because I dont
have to go to school and I can enjoy myself with my friends.I often spend the
mornings doing my homework.And I always watch TV in the afternoon at home
because its very hot outside.And in the evening,I go swimming with my family
and then hang out with my friends.I love swimming very much.
My plan for August is travelling.I travel with my family every summer
holiday.I like travelling because I can go to different places and meet
different people.Sometimes I make good friends during the journey.And its very
sad to say goodbye to them when the journey ends.
篇11:初一暑假英语
全文共 2479 字
+ 加入清单The summer vacation this year, our family person went a lot of a lot of
amused interesting place plays, we went 101 buildings, lunar eyebrow explores
Eden, gao Tie explores a house... etc amused interesting place plays, what I
feel happy days always passes is very fast, I spend the summer vacation this
year very happily, so I just can feel happy to light always passes very quickly.
I am written down so that our family has the summer vacation this year the 101
buildings that go to Taipei city, when elevator still does not have attic, can
see Taipei city, I feel I am like is big giant, the house resembles is toy
house, the car resembles is toy house, the person resembles is small ant euqally
small, I feel absorbing.
Besides, our family still has go lunar eyebrow explores Eden, over there
very big! We play skyscraping annulus first, skyscraping annulus can reach very
tall place, we play corsair later, corsair left and right sides shakes special
stimulation, we still have go playing very resemble rotating the You Le
establishment of coffee cup, establishment of this You Le is very amused, if did
not help good armrest up to be able to slip all the time,will slip, this I feel
very interesting, we still have go playing imperial crown swing, establishment
of this one You Le wont be very exciting, when rotating, have slightly wind is
blown, this feeling seems to blowing fanner, nevertheless, the fanner of its
nature, besides this a few swim interestingly again amusedly outside happy
establishment, still have a lot of amused You Le establishment! The summer
vacation this year, our family besides go 101 buildings and Eden of lunar
eyebrow exploration play, still have go Gao Tie explores a canal to look around,
gao Tie has the thing of a lot of a lot of Guan Wugao iron inside exploration
house, have: Film appreciation, the game that fish, drive Gao Ties game, for
very the appearance of Gao Tie is 3 pediform principle... wait a few amused
interesting establishment, I acquired a lot of knowledge inside house of tall
iron exploration.
I feel although this one summer vacation passes exceedingly quickly,
nevertheless, I went to the place of a lot of playing in this one summer
vacation, also increased the knowledge of a lot of in a lot of place, I saw
Taipei city in the 101 buildings of Taipei city, also explored a house to
understand Gao Tie in Gao Tie, had termed begins now, my hope is fine
nevertheless summer vacation comes quickly, can look around to each district and
amuse oneself.
篇12:高二关于环境英语作文
全文共 1928 字
+ 加入清单I am a child of the suns mother, my name is called the earth. I used to live happy, wake up in the morning, light rain "hua" to give me a bath; People planted many trees and flowers in my body, to get dolled up on me, then, clean running around the sun mother I, let the sun mother look at my new skirt. In the afternoon, the children from school, and I do homework together and play with me together. At night, people also make me very beautiful, they gave me the street lamp, make me golden... The mother said: "the human also is really good, not only your dress is very beautiful, also play with you, you are so blessed, so lucky!"
But now, the human is not as great as the sun mother said. They throw rubbish in my body, I got into a lot of dirty, human "car" still love discharge of tail gas, the rain is full of dirty water, the more I to wash the dirty; People still love the disorderly cut down trees flowers and plants, destruction of street lamp, make clothes and they gave me a bad bad, dirty... The sun mother urged me to say: "you still get rid of those humans!" But the good and I dont have the heart to leave them. Because it make me a bad meal every day, sleep well, so, I got sick, floods, earthquakes often... Some said 2012 could be the end of me. People in the disaster, are aware of this they destroy me, and they began to care about me, love me! I believe in the days that followed, I will become more beautiful, beautiful!
我是太阳妈妈的孩子,我的名字叫地球。我以前生活的很快乐:早上一醒来,小雨就“哗啦啦”地给我洗澡;人们在我身上种了很多花草树木,把我打扮得漂漂亮亮的,然后,干干净净的我就围着太阳妈妈转来转去,让太阳妈妈看看我的新裙子。下午,孩子们放学了,就和我一起写作业,一起和我玩。晚上,人们也把我打扮的很漂亮,他们给我身上安上路灯,把我打扮的金灿灿的……太阳妈妈说:“人类还真好,不仅把你打扮的很漂亮,还和你一起玩,你真是太有福气,太幸运了!”
可是现在,人类也不像太阳妈妈说的那么好了。他们在我身上乱扔垃圾,把我搞得浑身脏兮兮的,人类的“车”还爱排放尾气,雨下下来的全是脏水,把我越洗越脏;人们还爱乱砍伐树木花草,破坏路灯,把他们给我的衣服也搞得的烂烂的,脏脏的……太阳妈妈劝我说:“你还是摆脱那些人类吧!”可是好心的我又不忍心丢下他们。因为这件事让我每天吃不好饭,睡不好觉,所以,我就生病了,经常发洪水、地震……还有人说2012年可能是我的末日。人们在这些灾难中,意识到了这都是他们破坏我而造成的,于是他们又开始关心我,爱护我了!我相信以后的日子里,我一定会变得更加美丽、漂亮的!
篇13:关于志愿者英语
全文共 1897 字
+ 加入清单今天,我以一个志愿者的身份来到了乡下,到了陈爷爷家。
陈爷爷家房子不大,走进门,映入眼前的却是,阴暗狭窄的大堂,我敲了敲门,礼貌地问了一句:“陈爷爷在家吗?”
一个房间里走出来一位老奶奶,她热情地招待我,问我:“小朋友,你是谁,是来干什么的?”“我是志愿者,来帮助陈爷爷的。”“哦,陈爷爷在那个小房间里呢!”说着,她便向一个小房间指去。
我向奶奶指的地方走去,看见的却是在厨房忙东忙西的陈爷爷,我叫了一声:“陈爷爷。”陈爷爷回过头笑咪咪到看了我一眼,我发现陈爷爷既是一个残疾人,真是不可思议,赶紧走上前说:“陈爷爷,你歇会吧!我来帮你吧!”“小朋友你真懂事,谢谢,不过我的身子还硬朗的很。”看着,我真为陈爷爷心痛。
我趁陈爷爷在厨房里,我拿起拖把、扫把、撮箕,开始打扫卫生,爷爷看见直夸我棒。
我从这次志愿者活动中感受到了,人不管贫穷富贵,不管健康,还是残疾,只要帮助别人,自己会快乐,别人也会快乐。帮助别人就在一念之间,说起来容易,做起来有点难,要有帮助别人的勇气和力量,要有坚韧不拔的毅力,持之以恒的决心,才能真正做好一个合格的志愿者!
Today, I came to the countryside as a volunteer and went to Grandpa Chens
house.
Grandpa Chens house is not big. When I walked in the door, I saw a dark
and narrow lobby. I knocked on the door and asked politely, "Is Grandpa Chen at
home?"
An old grandmother came out of a room. She greeted me warmly and asked me:
"Little boy, who are you and what are you doing here?" "I am a volunteer to help
Grandpa Chen." "Oh, Grandpa Chen is here. In that small room!" As she spoke, she
pointed to a small room.
I walked to the place where my grandmother pointed, but what I saw was
Grandpa Chen busy in the kitchen, I called out, "Grandpa Chen." Grandpa Chen
turned around and smiled and glanced at me, I found Grandpa Chen As a disabled
person, it was incredible, so he quickly stepped forward and said, "Grandpa
Chen, take a break! Ill help you!" "Youre so sensible, my little one, thank
you, but my body is still very strong." , I am really heartbroken for Grandpa
Chen.
When Grandpa Chen was in the kitchen, I picked up the mop, broom, and
dustpan and started cleaning. Grandpa saw that I was great.
I have felt from this volunteer activity that no matter whether people are
poor or rich, healthy or disabled, as long as they help others, they will be
happy and others will be happy too. Helping others is just a thought. Its
easier said than done. It takes courage and strength to help others,
perseverance and perseverance to be a truly qualified volunteer!
篇14:高一英语介绍新学校
全文共 622 字
+ 加入清单Welcome to our school! Our school is the key middle school in this city.
Now we are in the front gate. Entry in this school, you can see there is a big
football playground on the left and a big resturant on the right. If you’re
hungry, you can have something good in there. The grand teaching building is
right behind the football playground. We spend most time in the classrooms.
Behind the teaching building, there is a little lake with many fish in it. Oh,
there is also a nice library next to the lake. After the class, we can entry the
library freely to read the books we like. This is our school. Don’t you think
it’s great?
篇15:关于2024父亲节英语作文FathersDay
全文共 1461 字
+ 加入清单The day after tomorrow, that is, on June 20. Is fathers day! You ready to give dad what gift? As I give you advice?
Most of his father likes to stay up late at night watching the game, if you also like me, is a small fan, then follow your father the old fans watching a wonderful game!
If your dad doesnt like football, and the day is not at home, that you will take advantage of this opportunity, your dads shoes, socks, clothes... Take out all washing!
But if you do the coolie live, will help your dad to quit smoking! Not a lifetime all dont let father smoking, but in this days, dont let father smoking again, and said to him: "today is fathers day, you cant smoke, smoking is harmful to health!"
Again, if your father is a do not smoke, drink, people who do not like football, then you can help my father to reduce a little to work, if your father is a man at night to write files or something, then you can help my father rushed a cup of coffee or tea!
Anyway, fathers day, be sure to let dad healthy and happy!
So, my gift to good, are you prepared to on fathers day to dad what kind of surprise?
后天,也就是6月20日。就是父亲节了!大家准备给爸爸什么礼物呢?不如我给大家提提意见吧?
大部分的爸爸都喜欢晚上熬夜看球赛,如果你也像我一样,是个小小的球迷,那么就跟随你的爸爸这个老球迷看一场精彩的球赛吧!
如果你的爸爸不喜欢足球,而且这天还不在家,那你就趁着时机,把爸爸的鞋子、袜子、衣服……都拿出来洗一洗吧!
但如果你干不了这样的苦力活,就帮你的爸爸戒烟吧!不是一辈子都不让爸爸吸烟,而是在这一天内,不让爸爸再吸烟,并对他说:“今天是父亲节,您不能吸烟,吸烟有害健康的!”
再如果,你爸爸是个不吸烟、不喝酒,不爱看足球的人,那你就帮助爸爸减轻一点工作吧,如果你爸爸是个晚上要写文件或者什么的人,那你就帮爸爸冲一杯咖啡或者茶吧!
反正,父亲节这天,一定要让爸爸健康、快乐!
那么,我的礼物想好了,你们准备在父亲节这天给爸爸怎样的惊喜呢?
篇16:关于生活英语作文高5
全文共 508 字
+ 加入清单During weekdays, I am busy, because I must go to school. I usually get up
at 6:30 a.m.. And then I do some washing. After that, I will have my breakfast
at 6:50. I usually go to school at 7:15. Now, I can go to school and come home
by myself. I have four classes in the morning and three in the afternoon. I have
my lunch at home. I study Chinese, math, English and some other subjects at
school. At night, I can watch TV or play computer. But I have to finish my
homework first. I usually go to bed at 10:00 p.m..
篇17:寒假英语作文高一100词
全文共 799 字
+ 加入清单When I was younger , I went through an thing which deeply influence me.
One day,I went to school as Usually. All of a sudden,I heard a voice
crying.I knew there were something wrong . So I walked towards the direction of
the voice .Then I found a child and his mother wandered off.My heart full of
compassion . So I decided to help him find his mother , and I took him to the
police station nearby . Then I went to school in a hurry , but when I arrived,I
found I’m still late . After my teacher’s preaching , I went back to the
classroom .I was so upset.
In the afternoon, my teacher asked me go out,he said he had wronged me. And
then I saw the child’s mother,she thanked me a lot,and I smiled shyly.
After the thing,I feel very happy to do good things,and I believe that
“give cake and ale to perfect soul”.
篇18:保护动物的英语
全文共 1795 字
+ 加入清单Recently, our efforts to protect wild animals was questioned by the public,
because the news is keep reporting that more and more wild animals was killed by
human beings, especially the very precious one. Innocent animals was dead for
their meat, fur and tooth, it was just used to fill up human beings desire. In
my point of view, the wild animals were protected effectively still has a long
way to go.
Firstly, people should try harder to make a better place for animals. The
land where the wild animals live was deprived by human being. For hundreds
years, people cut the trees to make land for their living and farming, wild
animals homeland was took, they have no choice but run away. What is more,
human beings break the food link in nature; wild animals can not find enough
food to keep alive. There is no doubt that the destruction of nature has become
a big problem to kill wild animal, for instance, a polar bear was starved to
death because of the greenhouse effect, the ice was melt away, the seadog and
fish that polar bear like to eat are far away from them. For those reasons,
people should protect the environment first if they want to protect wild animals
effectively.
Second, no buying, no killing. Some rich people like to wear fur coat, they
treat it as a status symbol, especially for rich woman, they think animal fur is
beautiful and warm, they will never consider that the fur they wear for years is
the skin that animal wear for their whole life, and they knew how bloody when
people took the fur from animal but they choose to ignore it. If people do not
buy the fur and tooth, lots of wild animals will be survived.
In sum, wild animals are our friends, we should give back and protect their
homeland, and stop buying their body part, or our future generations will see
them in zoo and museum.
篇19:关于奥运会英语
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+ 加入清单My father likes to watch all kinds of sports, so when I spend the time with
him, we watch the match together. The Summer Olympic Games is coming soon, I
feel so excited, my father will follow the games and I will company him. It is a
great time for both of us. We share our opinion and talk like friends.
篇20:歌颂父亲节的英语作文
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+ 加入清单In the doorway of my home, I looked closely at the face of my 23-year-old son, Daniel, his backpack by his side. We were saying good-bye. In a few hours he would be flying to France. He would be staying there for at least a year to learn another language and experience life in a different country.
It was a transitional time in Daniel‘s life, a passage, a step from college into the adult world. I wanted to leave him with words that would have some meaning, some significance beyond the moment.
But nothing came from my lips. No sound broke the stillness of my beachside home on Long Island. Outside, I could hear the shrill cries of sea gulls as they circled the ever-changing surf. Inside, I stood frozen and quiet, looking into the searching eyes of my son.
What made it more difficult was that I knew this was not the first time I had let such a moment pass. When Daniel was five, I took him to the school-bus stop on his first day of kindergarten. I felt the tension in his hand holding mine as the bus turned the corner. I saw color flush his cheeks as the bus pulled up. His questioning eyes looked up at mine.
What is it going to be like, Dad? Can I do it? Will I be okay? And then he walked up the steps of the bus and disappeared inside. And the bus drove away. And I had said nothing.
A decade or so later, a similar scene played itself out. With his mother, I drove him to the College of William and Mary in Virginia. His first night, he went out with his new schoolmates. When he met us the next morning, he was sick. He was coming down with mononucleosis, but we could not know that then. We thought he had a hangover.
In his room, Dan lay stretched out on his bed as I started to leave for the trip home. I tried to think of something to say to give him some courage and confidence as he started this new phase of life.
Again, words failed me. I mumbled something like, Hope you feel better, Dan. And I left.
Now, as I stood before him, I thought of those lost opportunities. How many times have we all let such moments pass?
A parent dies, and, instead of giving a eulogy ourselves, we let a clergyman speak. A child asks if Santa Claus is real, or where babies come from, and, embarrassed, we slough it off. When a daughter graduates or a son is married, we watch them go through the motions of the ceremony. But we don‘t seek out our children and find a quiet moment to tell them what they have meant to us. Or what they might expect to face in the years ahead.
How fast the years had passed. Daniel was born in New Orleans, slow to walk and talk, and small of stature. He was the tiniest in his class, but he developed a warm, outgoing nature and was popular with his peers. He was coordinated and agile, and he became adept in sports.
Baseball gave him his earliest challenge. He was an outstanding pitcher in Little League, expecting to make it big in high school. It didn‘t happen that way. He failed to move up from the junior varsity team. But he stuck it out. Eventually, as a senior, he moved up to the varsity. He won half the team‘s games. At graduation, the coach named Daniel the team‘s most valuable player.
His finest hour, though, came at a school science fair. He entered an exhibit showing how the circulatory system works. He sketched it on cardboard. It was primitive and crude, especially compared to the fancy, computerized, blinking-light models entered by other students. My wife, Sara, felt embarrassed for him.
It turned out that the other kids had not done their own work--their parents had made their exhibits. As the judges went on their rounds, they found that these other kids couldn‘t answer their questions. Daniel answered every one. When the judges awarded the Albert Einstein Plaque for the best exhibit, they gave it to him.
By the time Daniel left for college he stood six feet tall and weighed 170 pounds. He was muscular and in superb condition. But he never pitched another inning. He found that he could not combine athletics with academics. He gave up baseball for English literature. I was sorry that he would not develop his athletic talent, but proud that he had made such a mature decision. He graduated with a B average.
One day, I told Daniel that the great failing in my life had been that I didn‘t take a year or two off to travel when I finished college.
This is the best way, to my way of thinking, to broaden oneself and develop a larger perspective on life. Once I had married and begun working, I found that the dream of living in another culture had vanished.
Daniel thought about this. His Yuppie friends said that he would be insane to put his career on hold. But he decided it wasn‘t so crazy. After graduation, he worked as a waiter, a bike messenger, and a house painter. With the money he earned, he had enough to go to Paris.
The night before he was to leave, I tossed in bed. I was trying to figure out something to say. Nothing came to mind. Maybe, I thought, it wasn‘t necessary to say anything.
What does it matter in the course of a lifetime if a father never tells a son what he really thinks of him? But as I stood before Daniel, I knew that it does matter. My father and I loved each other. Yet, I always regretted never hearing him put his feelings into words and never having the memory of that moment.
Now, I could feel my palms sweat and my throat tighten. Why is it so hard to tell a son something from the heart? My mouth turned dry. I knew I would be able to get out only a few words clearly.
Daniel, I said, if I could have picked, I would have picked you.
That‘s all I could say. I wasn‘t sure he understood what I meant. Then he came toward me and threw his arms around me. For a moment, the world and all its people vanished, and there was just Daniel and me.
He was saying something, but my eyes misted over, and I couldn‘t understand what he was saying. All I was aware of was the stubble on his chin as his face pressed against mine. And then, the moment ended, and Daniel left for France.
I think about him when I walk along the beach on weekends. Thousands of miles away, somewhere out past the ocean waves breaking on the deserted shore, he might be scurrying across Boulevard Saint Germain, strolling through a musty hallway of the Louvre, bending an elbow in a Left Bank café.
What I said to Daniel was clumsy and trite. It was nothing. And yet, it was everything.