my pet dog英语作文初一（合集20篇）

the four seasons of chongqing!

for a small growth in chongqing, the four seasons of chongqing, i am no longer familiar, now let me introduce to you! the spring of chongqing. to tell the truth, the spring in chongqing is very fast, almost a month has passed, although over very quickly, but there is so littlebeauty. look! spring girl came, she was wearing colorfulclothes, dancing in the air, to the southeast northwest various shed a few drops of green pigment, the earth willchange from white to green, then sprinkle with flowers and grass, so the earth grow flowers and grass. springis so beautiful ah!

spring passed fast, ushered in a hot, long summer.summer, the sun to the earth are roasted, people in theshade under the cold, fan, say, next to the tree trunkcicada also know endlessly crying, it is really an idealrealm!

winter in chongqing is not what the mood in the snow,winter in chongqing is cold. so only from eat aspects to introduce. the cold winter, one family gathered together to eat hot pot, melt it, is what a wonderful thing!

this is the four seasons of chongqing!

Happy summer holidays

my summer vacation of this year was very enjoyable. i went to the countryside to spend my summer holidays. it is very beautiful there. there are green plants, clear rivers, lovely animals kind people. i spent two weeks helping my grandfather do some farm work there. i wrote down what happened in my diary every day.

besides that, I helped the children in the neighbour hood with their lessons. i helped them read english improve their spoken english. their parents thanked me for this.

【中文翻译】

快乐的暑假生活

今年的暑假生活非常愉快。我去农村过暑假。那儿非常美丽，有绿色的植物，清澈的小河，可爱的动物和善良的人们。在那里的两周中我帮爷爷干了些农活。每天我在日记中记下所发生的事情。

除了这些，我还帮助邻居家的孩子做功课。我帮他们读英语，使他们的口语有所提高。他们的父母为此很感激我。

明师教育广州中考学习网小编预祝同学们更有一个快乐而富有意义的暑假!

i have a good friend , her name is gina . she is a girl. she is 13 years old.she is a student in class 1 of no.1 middle school . she studies very well. her favorite subject is chinese , beacuse it is very interesting.her like strawberries best.

she usually gets up at 6:00am .then she brushes her teeth. next she goes to school at 7:40. she has four classes in the morning . her last ciass is history . that is her faorite subject , too.she goes to bed at 9:00pm.

she has a big family.she love her mother and father . and she also has a sister.she also like she.

this is my good friend . i want to learn about your good friend. please write and tell me about your friend.

Hello, everyone!Let me introduce myself, I was a student in the *** school, seven Eight, my good grades, teachers, students and I are good, I like them, my after school with mystudents to play together, we are very happy together, we learn subjects: geography, politics, history, language, mathematics, English, computer and science as well as some other subjects, class schedule and at eight at night school at five 40a week eight lessons, we learned a very hard, has an extra-curricular activities after school, some students to participate, some students go home every day we had a wonderful time.

[初一英语自我介绍优秀作文

Ellen看到大家都对自己的未来充满期待，感到特别高兴。为了鼓励大家学好英语，他准备出一期英语学习经验交流专刊。请根据以下问题和答案的提示并结合你的实际情况，以“My English Learning”为题写一篇80词左右的英文稿件，要求至少涉及其中的三个问题，并且不能出现你的真实姓名、校名和县名等。

范文：English is one of my best subjects and I started learning English when I was ten years old. But at the very beginning, listening seemed a little difficult for me. So I have been doing a lot of listening practice, such as listening to tapes, watching English TV programs. And I found it really helped a lot. In fact, there are some more helpful ways to learn English well. For example, I enjoy singing English songs and I want to join an English club or find a pen pal from English-speaking countries. I believe that nothing is impossible if you put your heart into it.

Tom去年来到大明所在的学校学习。在学习期间，他对学校提倡的“创建和谐校园”活动感触颇深。他发现该校的学生学习主动，兴趣广泛，友爱互助，师生之间关系融洽，人与环境和谐相处(如：保持环境卫生，爱护花草树木，不随地乱扔废弃物等)。(15 分)

①请你以Tom 的名义，给远在美国的父母写一封信，介绍学校的现状并谈谈你的感受。

②文中不得出现真实的姓名，校名或地名。词数80左右。信的开头与结尾已给出，不记入总词数。

③以下词汇仅供参考：build up建立，创建 a harmonious campus和谐校园 impress vt. 给……留下印象

Dear Mum and Dad,

Time flies! I’ve been here for nearly a year. I’m very pleased to find that our school is really a good one. The students in our school__________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________________________

Yours,

范文：Dear Mum and Dad,

Time flies! I’ve been here for nearly a year. I’m very pleased to find that our school is really a good one. The students in our school work hard at their lessons. They take an active part in activities that help to improve their qualities and health. They are friendly to each other and always ready to help each other.

The teachers here all enjoy their work and they love their students. They work hard and do what they can do to help their students. And the students respect their teachers. They get on well with each other. The students in our school try their best to kkp the school yard clean and tidy. They never throw waste about nor pick the flowers.

In a word, I am deeply impressed by the harmonious atmosphere in this school. I love my new school.

Yours,

Tom

中国加入 WTO 后，有一大批外国人来我市——河源参观。假设你是导游，请根据以下内容，向外宾简单介绍我市的情况。

要求： 1. 100 词左右; 2. 要点包括： a. 有悠久的历史，位于广东的东北部，离广州 198 公里，人口约 324 万。 b. 有许多名胜古迹，如苏家围( Sujiawei );万绿湖( WanluLake )等等;万绿湖是一个很美丽的地方，湖水清澈，无污染;湖中有各种各样的鱼;你可以到那里划船，野餐，钓鱼，是度假的好去处。你也可以去参观河源市博物馆，在那里你可以看到许多恐龙化石( fossil )。c. 祝大家在河源玩得愉快。

Ladies and gentlemen，

Welcome to Heyuan， now let me introduce our city — Heyuan to you. Heyuan is a city with a long history. It is in the northeast of Guangdong and 198 kilometres away from Guangzhou. It has a population of 3，240，000.

There are many places of interest in Heyuan， such as Sujiawei Wanlu Lake and so on. Wanlu Lake is a beautiful place. The water is clean and not polluted. There are all kinds of fish in it. You can go boating， go fishing and have a picnic there. It is really a good place to spend your holiday. Besides， you can go and visit Heyuan Museum. There you can see a lot of dinosaur egg fossils.

I hope you can enjoy yourselves in Heyuan.

小明做了一个梦。他梦见自己为北京奥运会做一名志愿者：他努力帮助来自世界各国的外国朋友……在交谈中，小明让外国朋友更多地了解北京。外国朋友感谢小明，并认为小明的英语非常好。小明很高兴，他甜蜜地笑了……

请你根据设定的梦境并加以想象，写一段 80 词左右的短文。开始语和结束语均已给出(不计入总词数)。

内容要求：

( 1 )帮助外国朋友;( 2 )与外国朋友交谈;( 3 )感谢小明;( 4 )小明很高兴。

词汇参考： try ( do ) ones best ， find ( that )， heavy ( lost )， carry ( show ， take )， taxi ( car ， bike )， on the way ， talk with ( about )

Xiao Ming had a dream (梦) last night . In the dream ， he volunteered to serve (志愿列队) the Beijing Olympics .

范文：Xiao Ming had a dream last night . In the dream ， he volunteered to serve the Beijing Olym pics . He tried his best to help the foreign friends from different countries . When he found a foreign friend worried in the street ， he went up to him and asked him what was the matter . The foreigner told Xiao Ming he was Jack ， and he forgot the way to the Sun Hotel . Then Xiao Ming stopped a taxi and took him to the Sun Hotel . Xiao Ming talked with Jack on the way and made Jack know more about Beijing . Jack thanked Xiao Ming very much and thought Xiao Mings English was very good . Xiao Ming was very happy . He smiled and smiled ， then he woke up .

根据内容要求写一篇 50 - 80 词的短文。要求：书写格式正确，语句通畅、流畅，无语法错误。

内容提要：今年四月 AAPP 要在重庆召开，外国友人受到重庆人民的热烈欢迎。外国友人说：“重庆变化很大，街道清洁，灯火明亮，城市秀美，人更美，人们将记住重庆，重庆的明天会越来越好。”

范文：In April this year the AAPP was held in Chongqing . The foreign friends were warmly welcomed by Chongqing people . The foreign friends said ，“ Chongqing has changed a lot . The streets are clean ， the lights are bright ， the city is beautiful ， and the people are friendly . Chongqing will be remembered and her tomorrow will become better and better .

安徽黄山被联合国教科文组织定为世界自然文化遗产。假设外国友人到你校参观后，准备去旅游。请根据要点向外国友人简单介绍黄山( the Yellow Mountain )。

( 1 )位于安徽南部，是中国著名的旅游胜地。每年有大批中外游客前去旅游观光。( 2 )乘汽车去大约要花 3 个小时;也可以乘火车或飞机去。( 3 )登山便可领略其云海( the sea of clouds )、奇松( wondrous pines )、怪石( unique rocks )等秀丽的风景及清晨美丽的日出。

注意 1 词数： 80 词左右。 2 请不要逐字翻译。

范文：The Yellow Mountain is one of the most famous mountains in China . It lies in the south of Anhui . Every year thousands of Chinese and foreigners pay a visit there . Its not far from here . It takes you about three hours to get there by bus . You can also go there by train or by plane . While you are climbing the mountain ， you can enjoy the sea of clouds ， wondrous pines and unique rocks around you . In the early morning when the sun rises ， the sky looks very beautiful . Its really a nice place to visit .

根据中文大意，写出意思连贯、符合逻辑、不少于50词的短文。

假设你叫王明，昨天收到了笔友David的e-mail，得知他不久要到北京来学习中文。他想了解如何学好中文。请你用英文给他回复一封e-mail，介绍学习中文的体会和方法，提出你的建议，以及表达你帮助他学好中文的愿望。

范文：Dear David,

Im glad youll come to Beijing to learn Chinese. Chinese is very useful, and many foreigners are learning it now. Its difficult for you because its quite different from English. You have to remember as many Chinese words as possible. Its also important to do some reading and writing. You can watch TV and listen to the radio to practise your listening. Do your best to talk with people in Chinese. You can learn Chinese not only from books but also from people around you. If you have any questions, please ask me. Im sure youll learn Chinese well.

Hope to see you soon in Beijing.

Yours,

Wang Ming

明天(星期五)全班同学将去参观科学博物馆(the Science Museum)，由你(班长)通知全体同学。(通知的开头和结尾已给出)内容如下：

1. 早上8点钟在校门口集合，步行前往。

2. 下星期一交一份有关参观的报告。

3. 参观时要认真听，仔细看并记下有趣的东西。

4. 不可在博物馆内大声喧哗及拍照。

5. 带笔和笔记本。

要求：①不要逐句翻译。 ②字数60～80。

范文：Fellow students，

We are going to visit the Science Museum tomorrow. We will meet at the school gate at eight in the morning and we will go there on foot. Take your pens and notebooks with you. We should listen and watch carefully and write down something interesting when you visit the museum. Please dont make any noise in the museum and dont take any pictures. Youll have to hand in a report about the visit next Monday.

there are a great many hobbies to choose from. some people enjoy collecting coins or stampes,

ohers choose to spend their time on sports or music.

I have many hobbies,but playing basketball is my favorite one.

At weekends, we always build a team to play basketball against anoher one in our neighbourhood.

The competitions brought us so much fun.

I think playing basketball is a good way to build up ones body and relax oneself.

But I will always remember that its unwise to spend too much time playing.

现在有很多爱好可供选择，一些人喜欢收集硬币或者邮票，其他人则喜欢把时间花费在音乐和运动方面.

我也有许多爱好，但是打篮球是我最喜欢的，

周末，我们会和邻居建立一个小组对打篮球，比赛带给我们很多的乐趣，

因此我认为打篮球是一个好的方式增强体质以及放松自己，但是我也认为花费太多时间打篮球也是不明智的.

The Chinese Spring Festival comes on the first day of the Chinese Lunar Year, which is usually in February. There is a name for each year, such as the dog, the monkey, the tiger or one of the twelve animals, and this year is the year of the horse.

Before the New Year’s Day, the Chinese people usually give their houses a good cleaning and on the last evening of the old year, all the members of a family will get together and have a big meal. On the first or second day of the new year, people usually go to visit their relatives and friends and give some lucky money to children.

I wish you have a good time during the Spring Festival.

中国的春节是在中国农历的第一天，通常是在二月。每年都有一个名字，比如狗、猴子、老虎或十二生肖中的一种，今年是马年。

在新年到来之前，中国人通常会给他们的房子做个大扫除，在旧年的最后一个晚上，所有的家庭成员都会聚在一起吃一顿大餐。在新年的第一天或第二天，人们通常会去拜访亲戚朋友，给孩子们一些幸运的钱。

祝你在春节期间过得愉快。

The proverb "Haste makes waste" means that one may delay the time to complete one thing if he rushes to do it, because he may neglect something important in the process and has to do it again from the beginning. So one should do every step well.

Take remembering English words for example, every student wants to enlarge his vocabulary. But this aim cannot be achieved in one or two days. You should stick to remem bering some words a day and revise the words every few days. In this way you can keep the words in your mind firmly. There is mo shortcut. If you want to stuff all the words into your brain and mot to revise them, you will remember nothing. So dont be hasty. Haste makes waste.

The future of the environment is beautiful, lush trees. The water on the bottom; The sky was crystal clear profound; Air pure and fresh and sweet.

Is the car of the future of solar energy. As long as need sunlight can start. "What if rain cloudy day?" The car can be used to store energy, just five minutes of sunshine, can run for a week. The future of mobile phone is the solar energy, as long as can use the boot need sunlight. The phone and the car use green energy rays from the sun, energy consumption and discharge of tail gas produced by all have no, the sky so we will not be polluted.

Future factories and our life sewage and waste gas generated by the also wont directly discharged pollution environment. "They go?" They will direct filtration process in a factory or directly into the modern pollution treatment plants, sewage can also handle fish farming crops, do the recycling of green environmental protection. Also there will be no sewage and waste gas in the life.

The future of the world is really beautiful! Really want to go to the city of the future to see.

未来的环境是美好的，树木郁郁葱葱;河水清澈见底;天空湛蓝深远;空气清新甜润。

未来的汽车是太阳能的。只要需要阳光照射就能开动。“如果下雨阴天怎么办呢?”这辆车可以储存能量，只需五分钟的阳光，就可能跑一周。未来的手机也是太阳能的，只要需要阳光照射就可以开机使用了。这部手机和这辆汽车都使用了绿色的能源太阳光，所产生的能源消耗和排出的尾气都没有了，所以我们的天空就不会受到污染了。

未来的工厂和我们的生活所产生的污水和废气也不会直接排出来污染环境了。“那他们到哪去了呢?”他们会在工厂里直接过滤处理或直接进入现代化的污染处理厂，处理好污水还可以养鱼种庄稼，做到了循环利用绿色环保。生活中也不会再有污水和废气了。

未来的世界真美好啊!真想到未来的城市去看看。

Christmas Day-December 25-which celebrates the birth of Jesus Christ， the founder of the Christian religion， is the biggest and best-loved holiday in the United States.

According to the Bible， the holy book of Christians， God decided to allow his only son， Jesus Christ， to be born to a human mother and live on earth so that people could understand God better and learn to love God and each other more. "Christmas"- meaning "celebration of Christ "- honors the time when Jesus was born to a young Jewish woman Mary.

Mary was engaged to be married to Joseph， a carpenter， but before they came together， she was found to be with child. Because Joseph， her husband， was a righteous man and did not want to expose her to public disgrace， he had in mind to p>

Although the exact date of the birth of Jesus nearly 2，000 years ago is not known， the calendar on the supposed date p>

圣诞节只是基督徒庆祝其信仰的耶稣基督(jīdū)诞生的庆祝日。圣诞节的庆祝与基督教同时产生，被推测始于西元1世纪。很长时间以来圣诞节的日期都是没有确定的，因为耶稣确切的出生日期是存在争议的，除了《新约》以外，没有任何记载提到过耶稣;《新约》不知道日期，当然就没有人知道确切日期了。在西元后的头三百年间，耶稣的生日是在不同的日子庆祝的。西元3世纪以前的作家们想把圣诞日定在春分日上下。直到西元3世纪中期，基督教在罗马合法化以后，西元354年罗马主教指定儒略历12月25日为耶稣诞生日。现在的圣诞节日期跟西元纪年的创制是密不可分的。

西元纪年创制于西元5世纪，后来圣诞节这一天就按格里高利历法，即西元纪年的“公历”来确定了，而日历按着假定日期把时间分为公元前(耶稣基督诞生前)和公元后(A. D. 是拉丁文缩写，意思是“有了我们主--耶稣的年代”)。后来，虽然普遍教会都接受12月25日为圣诞节，但又因各地教会使用的历书不同，具体日期不能统一，

My New Life

This summer, I move to a new city with my parents, and I transfer to a new school. I used to live in the countryside, so my new life is so different from before. The school is a little far from my home, so I go to school by bus. After school, I have many activities in school. Classmates are friendly to me. I learn English now. It’s so interesting that I like it very much. Besides, life in city is different. There are many interesting places to go. At weekends, my parents take me outside. We go to the park, the zoo or go shopping. But we are not so familiar with our neighbors. I think we should build good relationship with them.

【参考译文】

这个夏天，我和爸爸妈妈搬到了一个新的城市生活，我也转到了新的学校上学。以前，我住在乡下，所以我现在的生活和以前有很大不同。学校离我的家稍远，所以我要坐公交车去上学。课后，我在学校有很多活动。同学们对我也很有好。现在我开始学英语了，这门课程很有趣，我很喜欢。另外，在城市里的生活也很不一样，有很多好玩的地方可以去。周末，我的爸爸妈妈常常带我出去。我们去公园、动物园，或者去购物。但是我们和邻居们不是很熟悉，我觉得我们应该建立良好的关系。

初一暑期英语作文：A Present For Mother’s Birthday

A Present For Mother’s Birthday

Everyone should give his mother a present when his mother’s birthday is coming. It is 25th May Sunday. Today is Han Mei’s mother’s birthday. So she wanted to give her mother a special present. What present should she give? Maybe a bunch of flowers a birthday card are the best presents. A card is cheaper. But it is bad for trees. The more I buy cards, the more trees will be cut by people. So what another present should she give? Let me tell you this present.

It was five o’clock. It was time to surprise her mother. When Han Mei’s mother came home, Han Mei said Happy Birthday to her mother. Then she cleaned her mother’s feet. As you can see, her mother was very surprise.

Why do you think it was a good present?

Study raises a gender, reading can cultivate their temperament, make oneself is so mild and gentle, have the bookish; Read volumes, such as writing, reading can improve our writing skills, writing articles is sharp; Old tire back to read, read up on thoughtful child knows, reading can improve understanding ability, as long as the master thought, you will know the truth; Reading can make their own knowledge accumulation, the gentleman to gather. In short, the hobby reading is a good thing. Lets have to study.

The benefits of reading has a lot of, I introduce you to the following:

1. Can make us see the world, dont go out, that is whats going on in the world.

2. Can improve our ability of reading and writing level.

3. We can make the change has the tutelage.

4. Can let us find a good job.

5. Can make us in an impregnable position in the fierce competition in the society.

......

Actually there are many benefits of reading, is up to you to find slowly.

读书养性，读书可以陶冶自己的性情，使自己温文尔雅，具有书卷气;读书破万卷，下笔如有神，多读书可以提高写作能力，写文章就才思敏捷;旧书不厌百回读，熟读深思子自知，读书可以提高理解能力，只要熟读深思，你就可以知道其中的道理了;读书可以使自己的知识得到积累，君子学以聚之。总之，爱好读书是好事。让我们都来读书吧。

读书的好处有很多，我给你介绍以下几点:

1.可以使我们增长见识，不出门，便可知天下事。

2.可提高我们的阅读能力和写作水平。

3.可以使我们变的有修养。

4.可以使我们找到好工作。

5.可以使我们在竞争激烈的社会立于不败之地。

……

其实读书有很多好处，就等有心人去慢慢发现。

Hello everybody!My name is Gao Pinhui,i an 13 years old,i am a student of Grade eight ,it is really a great honor to have this opportunity for a interview. My hobby is playing the electronic organ.Because playing it will bring me a lot of fun and i can fell very happy when playing it.I hope that everyone would like me and i believe i can get on well with you.Thank you!

Im looking for a weekend. Its happy and its free. This is my dream.

At this weekend, I dont have to play the violin; I dont have to draw pictures; Olympic Maths is far away from me; Handwriting doesnt bother me.

I can play and I can sing; I can do everything interesting. No one can stop me.

Oh, what a happy weekend! But, its only my dream. I hope it will come true.

How time flies ,It has past half an month since beginning of the summer

holiday .

As the weather getting hotter and hotter ,my parent and me go to the

seaside .Last week we are go to the Xiamen.Its a beautiful city , bule sky and

bule sea .The Xiamen is an island neal the Taiwan .From top of the Riguan rock

we can see jinmen island .

We spent a happy day in Xiamen .

As we know , English has become an internationallanguage. It is more

popular than any other language inChina. English is widely spoken inthe world

and it is the most useful language around the world . But how tolearn it well

?

The best way is to use it all the time . If we cantalk in English , think

in English we can learn it well . At school , we shouldlearn to hear , speak,

read and write carefully . We should spend enough timein practicing English . If

we keep on working hard at English , we will be ableto be good at it one day

.

Mother’s love wins people’s praises for its selflessness. In fact, father’s love is as great as that. They bury their love in the deep bottom of their hearts and will never show it. My father is of this kind. I remembered once I felt ill. Mother wasn’t at home at that moment. Father acted as a father and as a mother as well. When he came home from work, he would cook dinner for me first. The way he fed me made me think of my kind and tender mother. His eyes were full of love and expectation. I did feel a father’s love at that time.

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The summer vacation is here, and the students are very happy. Now I will

introduce to you how my summer vacation was spent.

When I started to do my homework during the summer vacation, I was always

afraid that I would not finish it. As a result, on July 15th, I was almost

finished. After a few days, the rest of the homework was finished, and there

were only two essays left. I didnt write until August 14th. Next week, my

parents are going to take me to play for two days. I am very happy. Summer is

almost over and I really wish it would be longer.

The summer vacation is almost over, and I have something to worry

about.

Its just that I havent written an essay yet. The school will start soon,

when will I write? In ancient times, people often said: The young and the strong

do not work hard, and the boss is sad. We want us to cherish time, but if I am

different, I will waste time. I am lazy. I hope this shortcoming can be

corrected. I hope you can support me a lot!

Today is the first day of my learning to swim. Before that, I prepared some

necessary things for swimming, such as swimming caps, swimming trunks, swimming

goggles, etc., and I was excited for several days, looking forward to todays

arrival.

When I came to the swimming pool of Baolihao Fitness Center, I saw that the

water was clear and clear, and it could be used as a mirror. I was in a group

with three other children, who, like me, came to study on the first day. Our

main task today is to practice holding and breathing. Yutian, I have never been

in contact with water, so at first I was afraid to hold my breath because of the

water, but when I saw everyone elses head sinking, I mustered up the courage to

sink my head, but it took less than six seconds to come out, and the other

students It took me about 30 seconds to hold back. It seems that I have to do my

best.

When I got home, my mother told me that I have to be determined to do

anything. Since I have gone to learn, I must learn it. If some movements are not

in place, I must find a way to practice more. I think what my mother said makes

a lot of sense, so I practiced holding my breath in the washbasin at night. It

lasted for more than 20 seconds at most. It seems that as long as I work hard, I

can do better. If there is a will, things will come true !

Nowadays, most people, especially those who live in the country, want to

move to the city. But is the city life perfect? Every coin has two sides.

现在很多人，特别是那些生活在农村的人，都想去都市生活。但是，都市生活真的很好吗?每面硬币都有两面，每件事都有利有弊。

Its true that things seem to be more convenient in some ways such as

finding jobs, transportation service, etc. Also places for relaxing like parks

and hotels are attractive.

事实上，有些事似乎(因为在城市生活而)变得更方便，比如找工作、交通运输服务等等。有些供人放松的地方也非常吸引人，比如公园和旅馆。

But we have to say something bad, too. The environment is awful because the

population is too large and too much rubbish make the air unfresh.We have to pay

lots of money on our life including the bad things above!

但是，我们也必须说些弊端。因为众多的人口和大量的垃圾污染了空气，所以(城市)环境是很可怕的。我们必须花费非常多的钱在(改善)生活方面，其中便包括之前提到的那些不好的事。

In my opinion, we must take a correct attitude to it. No matter where we

are, we can creat our own sky if we try our best!

在我看来，我们必须采取正确的态度去面对都市生活。无论我们在哪儿，我们都可以尽自己所能，创造出一片属于自己的天空!

If I had my life to live over...I would have talked less and listened more.

I would have invited friends over to dinner even if the carpet was strained and the sofa faded.

I would have taken the time to listen to my grandfather ramble about his youth.

I would never have insisted the car windows be rolled up onasummer day because my hair had just been teased and sprayed.

I would have burned the pink candle sculpted like a rose before it melted in storage.

I would have sat on the lawn with my children and not worried about grass stains.

I would have cried and laughed less while watching television-and more while watching life.

I would have gone to bed when I was sick instead of pretendingtheearth would go into a holding patter if I were not there fortheday.

I would never have bought anything just because it was practical,would not show soil or was guaranteed to last a lifetime.

There would have been more I love yous ... more Im sorrys...but mostly, given another shots at life, I would seize every minute... look at it and really see it...live it...and never give it back.