高一英语经典作文(精彩20篇)

一、~ the + ~ est +名词+(that)+主词+ have ever + seen(known/heard/had/read，etc)

~ the most +形容词+名词+(that)+主词+ have ever +

seen(known/heard/had/read，etc)

例句：

Helen is the most beautiful girl that I have ever seen. 海伦是我所看过最美丽的女孩。

Mr. Chang is the kindest teacher that I have ever had. 张老师是我曾经遇到最仁慈的教师。

二、Nothing is + ~~~ er than to + V Nothing is + more +形容词+ than to + V

例句：Nothing is more important than to receive education. 没有比接受教育更重要的事。

三、~~~ cannot emphasize the importance of ~~~ too much.(再怎么强调……的重要性也不为过。)

例句：We cannot emphasize the importance of protecting our eyes too much.

我们再怎么强调保护眼睛的重要性也不为过。

四、There is no denying that + S + V……(不可否认的……)

例句：There is no denying that the qualities of our living have gone from bad

to worse.

不可否认的，我们的生活品质已经每况愈下。

五、It is universally acknowledged that +句子~~(全世界都知道……)

例句：It is universally acknowledged that trees are indispensable to us.

全世界都知道树木对我们是不可或缺的。

六、There is no doubt that +句子~~(毫无疑问的……)

例句：There is no doubt that our educational system leaves something to be

desired.

毫无疑问的我们的教育制度令人不满意。

七、An advantage of ~~~ is that +句子(……的优点是……)

例句：An advantage of using the solar energy is that it wont

create(produce)any pollution.

使用太阳能的优点是它不会制造任何污染。

八、The reason why +句子~~~ is that +句子(……的原因是……)

例句：The reason why we have to grow trees is that they can provide us with

fresh air.

The reason why we have to grow trees is that they can supply fresh air for

us.

我们必须种树的原因是它们能供应我们新鲜的空气。

九、So +形容词+ be +主词+ that +句子(如此……以致于……)

例句：So precious is time that we cant afford to waste it.时间是如此珍贵，我们经不起浪费它。

十、Adj + as + Subject(主词)+ be，S + V~~~(虽然……)

例句：Rich as our country is， the qualities of our living are by no means

satisfactory. {by no means = in no way = on no account一点也不}

虽然我们的国家富有，我们的生活品质绝对令人不满意。

十一、The + ~er + S + V，~~~ the + ~er + S + V ~~~

The + more + Adj + S + V，~~~ the + more + Adj + S + V ~~~(愈……愈……)

例句：The harder you work，the more progress you make. 你愈努力，你愈进步。

The more books we read，the more learned we become. 我们书读愈多，我们愈有学问。

十二、By +Ving，~~ can ~~(借着……，……能够……

例句

By taking exercise，we can always stay healthy. 借着做运动，我们能够始终保持健康。

十三、~~~ enable + Object(受词)+ to + V(……使……能够……)

例句：Listening to music enable us to feel relaxed. 听音乐使我们能够感觉轻松。

十四、On no account can we + V ~~~(我们绝对不能……)

例句：On no account can we ignore the value of knowledge.

我们绝对不能忽略知识的价值。

十五、It is time + S +过去式(该是……的时候了)

例句：It is time the authorities concerned took proper steps to solve the

traffic problems.

该是有关当局采取适当的措施来解决交通问题的时候了。

Every year, my school holds sports meeting in about October, I am very

exciting about it, I can watch the wonderful game and don’t have class. My

school’s sports meeting lasts three days, the class is suspended, all the

students go to the play ground to watch the game. As an audience, I am so

nervous and yell out “come on” to my classmate, watching they get to the final

line, I am so proud of them. The part I like most is relay race, that is so

exciting, all the students yell loudly, the athletes chase one by one, nobody

can be sure who is the champion until the last minute. Sports meeting bring me

so many beautiful memories.

Do you know thanksgiving day? do you know why human thank god?

Thanksgiving falls on the fourth thursday of november, a different date every year. the president must proclaim that date as the official celebration.

Thanksgiving is a time for tradition and sharing. even if they live far away, family members gather for a reunion at the house of an older relative. all give thanks together for the good things that they have.

In this spirit of sharing, civic groups and charitable organizations offer a traditional meal to those in need, particularly the homeless. on most tables throughout the united states,foods eaten at the first thanksgiving have become traditional.

What should we thank?

The thankful great universe provides the environment of existence for us and give us sunlight,air, water and everything in keeping with we existence of space, bring storm to let us accept to toughen for us, bring to us mysterious let us look for.

The thankful parents give us the life, make us feel the merriment of the human life, feel the genuine feeling of the human life, feel the comity of the human life, feel happiness of the human life, also feel hardships and pain and sufferings of the human life!

The thankful teacher works with diligence and without fatigue everyday of teach, give us knowledge ability, put on the wing which flies toward the ideal for us.

The thankful classmate and friend grows up road of, let i no longer standing alone in the itinerary of life; the with gratitude is frustrated and let us become in a time the failurestronger.

Learning English

How to learn English well?Maybe a mass of students cannot get rid of it.When it comes to Learning English,remembering words is one of the most important things to do.But remembering words is not a good business,it can take much time to do.And when you remember them,you may forget after several days.If you want to remember them for a long time,you should do it by imagination.As you remember a word,you can make a sentence to describe it.Then it can leave in your mind for a long time,even forever.

Spoken English is also important.It can be improved by reading aloud.If you read frequently,your Spoken English cannot be much bad.

Believe in yourself,you can learn English well.

[高一英语作文练习素材

The Chinese New Year has a great history. In our past, people lived in an agricultural society and worked all year long. They only took a break after the harvest and before the planting of seeds. This happens to coincide with the beginning of the lunar New Year.

The Chinese New Year is very similar to the Western one, rich in traditions, folklores and rituals. It has been said that it is a combination of the Western Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year. This is hardly an exaggeration!

The origin of the Chinese New Year itself is centuries old - in fact, too old to actually be traced. It is popularly recognized as the Spring Festival and celebrations last 15 days.

Preparations tend to begin a month before the date of the Chinese New Year (similar to a Western Christmas). During this time people start buying presents, decoration materials, food and clothing. A huge clean-up gets underway days before the New Year, when Chinese houses are cleaned from top to bottom. This ritual is supposed to sweep away all traces of bad luck. Doors and windowpanes are often given a new coat of paint, usually red, then decorated with paper cuts and couplets with themes such as happiness, wealth and longevity printed on them.

The end of the New Year is marked by the Festival of Lanterns, which is a celebration with singing, dancing and lantern shows.

At the Festival, all traditions are honored. The predominant colors are red and gold. "Good Wish" banners are hung from the ceilings and walls. The "God of Fortune" is there to give Hong Baos. Lion dancers perform on stage continuously. Visitors take home plants and flowers symbolizing good luck. An array of New Years specialty food is available in the Food Market. Visitors purchase new clothing, shoes and pottery at the Market Fair. Bargaining for the best deal is commonplace!

what s your plan for dragon boat festival?

As a chinese, I was really ashamed of having a little knowledge of dragon boat festival. Perhaps I was born in northern city, though my city is nearby sea, it has been built a U port which I can only see cargo ships and can t see the sweeping ocean. So I have never see the dragon boat contest since I was born. So the dragon boat festival is just a holiday for eating Zong Zi . My mother made Zong Zi when I was a child. Because there was no supermarket, we couldn t buy finished product from market. However, now, we can buy anything in supermarket, so my mother didn t make them anymore. The boat festival began to fade out my mind.

In reality, young people began to have a bug to celebrate foreign festivals, such as Christams, Saint Valentine s day, April Fool s Day, some people also celebrate Easter in church. Talk about Dragon boat festival, it s the same as some foreign conventional festivals, such as Witch s Day in Czech. People burned the witch s puppet so as to welcome spring. Some people are willing to celebrate foreign festivals because they like alien culture. And vice versa, foreigners who like China also concern about Chinese traditional culture.

After new holiday regulation, we have three holidays during the dragon boat festival. So many people will choose this time to travel. People who lived in Xiamen are able to visit Xiapu or Wu Yi mountain, these tourist attractions are in Fujian province,which is suit a short tirp. but I d like to stay at home for my decorate painting. I decide to draw two canvases about Christmas, it s really a big project. Then I ll hang them on the new house wall. I must start it now, or I can t finish them before Christmas eve. But I preceive it s a little difficult to draw them in such a hot season.

Today, I according to the requirements of the teacher to investigate around the situation of environmental protection.

I first came to the park, they saw there is rubbish everywhere. My eyes have an aunt, she sat on the bench, eating melon seeds, also threw the sunflower seeds are all over the floor. I have seen very angry, I go to aunt ZuQuan. But she has a pair of claptrap, on high. I saw a cleaner in cleaning, but the speed of people around the rubbish much faster than they clean.

And I went to the park on the east side of the river, see plastic bags floating on the water, biscuits, bags... There are a few small fishs body even, sending out the thick disgusting smell.

I went to the vegetable market, see the ground is covered with rotten vegetables leaf, fruit, and poultry feathers and viscera, so dirty ground let my feet wouldnt hurt a fly. Oh dear! Too bad! I stepped on a banana skin and wrestling, pants are wet! I quickly get up, hurriedly escape.

The surrounding environment is terrible, if he did not pay attention to protect, we human beings will not survive. Lets act together, protect the environment, start from the "I".

今天，我按老师的要求去调查周围环境保护的情况。

我先来到公园，就看见那儿到处都是垃圾。我眼前有一个阿姨，她坐在石凳上，吃着瓜子，还把瓜子壳扔得满地都是。我看见了很生气，就去阻劝阿姨。可她却一副事不关己，高高在上的样子。我看见有清洁工在打扫卫生，可是周围人扔垃圾的速度远比他们打扫的要快得多。

我又来到了公园东侧的小河边，看见水面上漂浮着塑料袋、饼干包装袋……甚至还飘着几条小鱼的尸体，散发着一股股令人作呕的气味。

我来到了菜市场，看见地上尽是烂菜叶、烂水果，还有还有家禽的羽毛及内脏，这么脏的地面让我的脚都不敢踩下去了。哎呀!糟了!我踩在香蕉皮上摔跤了，裤子都被弄湿了!我赶紧爬起来，慌忙逃离。

周围的环境简直糟透了，若再不注意保护，我们人类定将无法生存。让我们一起行动起来吧，保护环境，从“我”做起。

Everybody has his or her interest， and interests differ widely from person

to person because of age， sex health and education. To some extent， interest

also reflects ones ability or wish. Interest plays an important part in our

daily life. As a middle school student interest is of great importance in study.

If you want to learn something well， you have to show interest in it， which is

quite possible. Once you have found your way into the subject， you may have also

found a world of curiosities.

In our times， interest may not only result in skill and knowledge but also

lead to great inventions and discoveries. To be a successful person in the world

one should develop ones interest.

Should students make friends on line ?Some people say yes .The internet helps make many friends .Chatting on line ,students can more freely express their feelings and opinions ,and even get help with their foreign language studies .

Others ,however, think students should not .They say making friends on line is a waste of time ,which should be spent more meaningfully on study .Besides ,some students get cheated on line.

It is my opinion that students should place their study ,health and safety before other things .As for friendship ,we can readily find it in our classmates and other people around us.

Water is very important to us. If you don t have water for three days, you will die. We can use water for flowers, swimming, washing and many different things. We use it to cook, make electricity, and put out fires and so on. We use millions of liters of water every day.

Do you know how does the water come to your home? It travels through water pipes. Some are long and wide but some are short and narrow. Then the water travels through the water pipes to the reservoirs. Then it travels through the water pipes to the river and to the special factories that purify the water. When the water is purified, we can drink it. Please don t leave garbage in the water on which we line, and keep the water clean.

Since I went to high school, I have had many annoyances.

On the one hand, I am under great pressure on my study. I need to take the exams every month. Once I am falling behind other students, I will feel that I am not doing well. I always want to be the best, but things can’t go on my way. On the other hand, I don’t want to talk to my parents, if they ask me the questions, I will answer them with few words. I think they won’t understand me, so I am not willing to communicate with my parents.

I know I am in the adolescence, my body grows fast, changes happen on me, and my emotion is unstable. So I need to learn to adjust myself and get used to these changes. I need to open my heart and have less pressure.

打从我上高中起，我就有很多烦恼。

一方面，我在学习方面面临很大的压力，我每个月都要参加很多的开始，一旦比别的学生落后，我就会觉得我做得不好。我总是想要成为第一名，但是事情并不总是按照我的意愿走。另一方面，我不想要和我父母交流，如果他们问我问题，我就三言两语搪塞他们。我觉得他们并不了解我，因此我不愿意和父母交流。

我知道我处于青春期，我的身体长得很快，我身上发生了变化，情绪变得很不稳定。所以我学着去调节自己，适应这些变化。我需要打开心扉，减少压力。

There was a man who had four sons. He wanted his sons to learn to not judge

things too quickly. So he sent them each on a quest，in turn，to go and look at a

pear tree that was a great distance away.

The first son went in the winter，the second in the spring，the third in

summer，and the youngest son in the fall.

When they had all gone and come back，he called them together to describe

what they had seen.

The first son said that the tree was ugly，bent，and twisted. The second son

said no - it was covered with green buds and full of promise.

The third son disagreed，he said it was laden with blossoms that smelled so

sweet and looked so beautiful，it was the most graceful thing he had ever

seen.

The last son disagreed with all of them;he said it was ripe and drooping

with fruit，full of life and fulfillment.

The man then explained to his sons that they were all right，because they

had each seen but one season in the tree‘s life. He told them that you cannot

judge a tree，or a person，by only one season，and that the essence of who they are

- and the pleasure，joy，and love that come from that life - can only be measured

at the end，when all the seasons are up.

If you give up when it‘s winter，you will miss the promise of your

spring，the beauty of your summer，fulfillment of your fall. Don’t let the pain of

one season destroy the joy of all the rest.

A sunny Sunday， usually every day and sleep until the sun father-drying

bottoms climb to get up early and get up in red， wake up my mother。 Drowsily

mother slowly said: "Today what the section， from Why so early?" Little Red said

excitedly: "Mom， do not install confused， you said that today took me to the

park!"

Came to park， mother and son were two beautiful scenery attract: kids， some

kite-flying， and some shooting while playing ball red bumper cars， while also

playing slippery slides， played with enjoying themselves， was sweating

profusely。

Little Red hobbled down to holding mothers hand while walking while

singing。 Suddenly， a banana peel， a red block of the avenue， little red slip

banana skin reminded once again to see if the banana peel to her protest， then

do not fight a gas， the foot kicked the banana peel。 Mom saw， as if aware of her

mind like， and did not criticize her， she just pulled the banana skin side next

to her while saying with great earnestness: "I know you have been slipping on

banana peel， very angry， but you should From the perspective of others think

that if you somehow accidentally stepped on a banana peel how to do red listened

to， very ashamed， the banana peel thrown into the bin。

Little Red looked at the move， my mother smiled。

Yes ah! Would it not everyone should be protected?

The bell ring the bell... ! The bell rang for class, this class is a language lesson, I thought to myself, dont know what the teacher the class who can speak the text?

Originally, the teacher in the classroom to tell us a little about "friendship", is about a man named jack Bauer students have difficulty in solving arithmetic word problems, homework often please help, some students will let jack Bauer copy his homework again. Cockroaches think this classmate enough "friends". Some classmates tell jack about problem-solving ideas and steps, only let him think independently finish the homework, he felt that classmate enough "friendship". The teacher finished, lets think about what students help jack Bauer is right? What is true friendship? I wanted to think, to help jack Bauer on topic ideas and steps of classmate is right, because only in this way, small strong in such a problem he would do it, but afterward he could slowly homework independently. And those who put their homework let jack Bauer copy again, it is not good, also not the real "friendship", if you do this, he will slowly form the bad habit of relying on.

Remember once, I was doing, I dont know a word, my deskmate Chen told me that my next time when I meet the word will be read. She often help me, so now I think its a true friendship.

铃铃铃……!上课的铃声敲响了，这堂课是语文课，我心里想，不知道老师这堂课会讲什么课文呢?

原来，老师在课堂上给我们讲了一个关于《友谊》的小短文，是讲一个叫小强的同学在解算术应用题有困难，写作业时常请同学帮助，有的同学就把自己的作业让小强抄一遍。小强认为这样的同学够“朋友”。有的同学只给小强讲讲解题的思路和步骤，让他自己动脑筋独立完成作业，他觉得这样的同学不够“交情”。老师讲完了，让我们想一想哪些同学帮助小强是对的?什么才叫真正的友谊?我想了想，帮助小强讲解题思路和步骤的同学是对的，因为只有这样，小强在遇到这样的难题他就会做出来，以后自己就能慢慢的独立完成作业了。而那些把自己作业让小强抄一遍的同学，这样做是不对的，也不叫真正的“友谊”，如果这样做，他就会慢慢的养成依赖的坏习惯。

记得有一次，我在做题时，我有一个字不认识，我的同桌陈逸飞告诉我，我下次在遇到这个字的时候就会读了。她经常这样帮助我，我觉得这样才叫真正的友谊。

To tell you the truth，I don t like the Spring Festival at all.

When I was young I liked it very much，because I could had something tasty to eat during the Spring Festival，and I could enjoy very wonderful TV programmes，too，I also could had much free time during which I could did something I liked to do.

I don t like it now， there are many reasons.

Firstly，I can t have a good time during the Festival.

Every New Year s Eve something unpleasant often happens.

Once I quarreled with my second brother.

Secondly，I can t relax myself during the Festival.

I have to do many things，watch so many TV programmes， meet so many people，all these things make me very tired.

Thirdly，spending one Spring Festival means that I become one year older，I don t like to be old.

I want to live longer and be young all the time.

Readers， what is your opinions about the Spring Festival?Please tell us，we can share our opinions.

Thanks for reading! Goodbye.

Dear David，

I am afraid that you will think me unpardonably negligent in not having

answered your letter dated 7, December sooner, but when I have told you the

reason, I trust you will be convinced that the neglect was excusable. When your

letter arrived, I was just in Hong Kong. As my family could not forward it to me

during my absence, it has been, therefore, lying on my desk until the moment

when I took it up. Now the first thing I have to hasten to do is to write to you

these few lines to express my deep regret.

I enjoyed many pleasant sights during my trip. I shall be pleased to give

you an account to of them when I see you next.

Sincerely yours,

Tom

导语：作为一名中学生，你对你现在的校园生活还满意吗?下面是yuwenmi小编为大家整理的优秀英语作文，欢迎阅读与借鉴，谢谢!

Hi! I am a girl. I’m fourteen years old. I come from a small village of Guangxi. I am a student of Class 1, Grade 2. My School life is very interesting. Class begins at 7:45a.m. I have five classes in the morning. In the afternoon, I often have two or three classes. We learn Chinese, English, math, history, biology, geography, politics, physics and so on. I learn them with great interest. I like P.E. best. Because having sports is good for us and build us up. And we’ll have a sport meet this term, I want to take part in the long jump.

I have lunch at school at about a quarter to twelve, because my home is a little far from the school. After school, I often play basketball with my classmates on the playground. Sometimes, I go to the school library. In my spare time, I often practice speaking English with my good friends on the lawn. Because Beijing will host the 2008 Olympic, English is very important. Speaking English will help me to make more foreign friends.

My teachers and classmates are very friendly to me. I like my school life very much. What about your school life? Can you tell me?

【参考译文】

嗨!我是姑娘我十四岁。我来自广西的一个小村庄。我是一名1年级2班的学生。我的学校生活很有趣。在7:45a开始上课。我上午有五节课。在下午，我经常有2个或三个班。我们学语文、英语、数学、历史、生物学、地理、政治、物理等。我很感兴趣。我最喜欢体育运动。因为有运动对我们有好处，把我们建立起来。这学期我们将有一个运动会，我想参加跳远比赛。

我在学校吃午饭大约四分之一到十二，因为我的家离学校有一点远。放学后，我经常和我的同学们在操场上打篮球。有时，我去学校图书馆。在我的业余时间，我经常练习说英语和我的好朋友在草坪上。因为北京将举办2008届奥运会，英语是非常重要的。说英语将帮助我结交更多的外国朋友。

我的老师和同学对我很友好。我非常喜欢我的学校生活。你的学校生活怎么样?你能告诉我吗?

When talk about tennis, most people’s reaction is money, because for

Chinese people, it needs a lot of money to play tennis, so only the rich people

can have the chance to be a tennis player. But now, as our country’s economy

develops fast and the globalization of tennis, playing tennis is not an

untouchable dream, everyone can have access to tennis.

Tennis match is very popular in the western country, every year, there are

a lot of tennis tour matches, ten years ago, not so many Chinese people know

about the tennis matches, but as the game become more and more popular, people

start to fall in love with tennis match. We can see that Chinese tennis players

start to show on the world stage, they have won so much honor. Li Na is the

first Asian player to win the grand slam, her great success inspires so many

Chinese players to work on the tennis career.

Tennis is the world’s third game, football and basketball rank first and

second. The globalization of the tennis will make more and more people fall in

love with tennis.

this morning i got up early and went to the market to buy some vegetables instead my mother for the first time.

the market was very crowded and busy with nearly all kinds of goods on display. some sellers were shouting at the top of their voice to attract the attention of the people. housewives were picking out vegetables and bargaining with the sellers. a man was selling fresh fish, which were swimming in a big basin, and a lot of buyers crowded around it and chose what they wanted. one fruit seller, standing behind piles of fresh fruit, greeted me warmly, trying to persuade me to buy some. he felt a little disappointed when i shook my head.

Winter vacation, many happy thing happened, a lot of interesting things happened, many unforgettable things have happened... I today is a thought-provoking thing.

That day, the weather is very cold, snow flied in the sky, spread a thick layer of snow on the ground like a blanket, the whole white world, my mother and I enjoyed very high, ready to go out to play through the snow. Walk to cross the street at the junction, I saw a large group of people in the onlookers, hurried and ran in the past, want to have a look at exactly what happened.

Turned out to be a grandpa in the street selling cabbage. To see him so big of age, still struggling to pick the two baskets of green cabbage to sell, good poor yo! I saw on the cabbage still covered with a layer of white snow! He picked the cabbage, were three uncle know industrial and commercial bureau or the urban management bureau is found, yelling at him, also push and bump, ordered him to leave at once, dont sell food anywhere, it affects the traffic order.

I turned to mother said: "why are they so mean to the old man? Dont they themselves will not old?" Mother didnt answer my question, just let out a sigh, we went away. On the way, Im ripping mad.

"Why cant you give a little love, the in the mind a little more tolerant, more loving? If everyone a little more love, the society will be even more full of warm, isnt it?

寒假里，发生过许多愉快的事，也发生过许多有趣的事，还发生过许多难忘的事……我今天讲述的是一件令人深思的事情。

那天，天气很冷，空中飘着鹅毛大雪，地上像是铺了一层厚厚的雪毯，整个一片雪白的世界，我和妈妈却兴致很高，准备上街去踏雪游玩。走到十字街路口处，我看见有一大群人在围观，就急忙跑过去，想看看究竟是发生了什么事情。

原来是一位老爷爷在街口卖白菜。看他那么大的年纪了，还艰难地挑着两筐绿油油的白菜卖，好可怜哟!我看见白菜上还覆盖着一层白雪呢!他挑着白菜，被三位不知是工商局还是城管局的叔叔发现了，大声吼他，还又推又撞，命令他马上离开，不要随地乱卖菜，这样影响了交通秩序。

我转过身对妈妈说：“他们为什么要对老人这么凶?难道他们自己就不会老?”妈妈没有正面回答我的问题，只是叹了口气，我们就走了。路上，我的心情久久不能平静。

”为什么大家不能都献出一点爱，心里多一些宽容，多一些爱心呢?如果人人都多一些爱心的话，这个社会不是会更加充满温馨吗?

new high school life is both exciting and challenging for me. first, im in a new environment with my new teachers and new classmates. many of them are all from top middle schools in the area. im so excited to meet them all. the new school building is designed creatively and attractively. i loved it . my new teachers are nice and them teach very weel. they are always willing to answer my questions at the end of the class. second, i have to take some new subjects and choose some subjects myself. i liked that because it gives students freedom and i can develop more in my areas of interest. third, im glad to join into some of the clubs and activities in my school. they are very interesting and i could learn more social experience through those activities. im proud to be in this new school and i wish that i can unleash my potential and achieve my best in this school.

The New Life A few months ago, I was a primary pupil. I had many good friends and teachers that I remember all the time. My new life is very exciting. I’m in Dongzhou Middle School. It’s famous in Jiangsu. It’s bigger and more beautiful than the primary school. I love it very much. I’m in Cla10, Grade 7. It’s a good class. The students are clever, nice, friendly and helpful. All my classmates study hard. They want to be on the top. I get up at 5:30. Sometimes I read English, sometimes I learn Chinese. Studying is very / interesting. I’m sure our clawill get better and better. I like my new class, the new school and the new life.