坚持你的方向英语作文及译文(精彩20篇)

时光飞逝，短暂而又愉快的假期生活已经结束了。接下来我所面临的是紧张而又愉快的新学期的教育教学生活。为把新学期的教育教学工作做好，特此作如下教学计划：

一、指导思想。

坚持马列主义，毛泽东思想。高举邓小平理论伟大旗帜，认真学习教育理论，贯彻“三个代表”重要指导思想，积极响应和贯彻素质教育钻研素质教育的实质。“减负”的内在，并以此指导自己的教育教学工作，遵循教育教学规律，紧扣大纲，把我教学层次，不断提高自己的业务水平。

二、基本情况。

这一学期，我继续担任初一(1，2)班的英语教学工作。这两个班级，每班各有学生三十五人左右，但是，基础却不尽人意。初一.1班的学生基础还可以，但是2班的基础却相差很远，学生基础参差不齐，两极分化严重，没有学习的兴趣。因此，教学工作开展的相当困难。

三、教材特点。

初中英语第一册(下)主要介绍了日常生活的交际用语以及一些西方国家的文化背景和风俗习惯，教材通俗易懂，旨在使初一级学生基本能用英语进行简单的交流。

四、教学目标。

力争在期末考试中优秀率打到30%左右，及格率达到60%左右。缩小学生间的差距。为下一学期的英语教育教学工作打下以良好的基础。

五、具体措施。

1、每天背诵课文中的对话。目的：要求学生背诵并默写，培养语感。

2、每天记5个生词，2个常用句子或习语。实施：利用“互测及教师抽查”及时检查，保证效果并坚持下去。

3、认真贯彻晨读制度：规定晨读内容，加强监督，保证晨读效果。

4、坚持日测、周测、月测的形成性评价制度：对英语学习实行量化制度，每日、每周、每月都要给学生检验自己努力成果的机会，让进步的同学体会到成就感，让落后的同学找出差距，感受压力。由此在班里形成浓厚的学习氛围，培养学生健康向上的人格和竞争意识。

5、对后进生进行专门辅导，布置单独的作业，让他们在小进步、小转变中体味学习的快乐，树立学习的自信，尽快成长起来。

6、关注学生的情感，营造宽松、民主、和谐的教学氛围。

7、实施"任务型"的教学途径，培养学生综合语言运用能力。

8、在教学中根据目标并结合教学内容，创造性地设计贴近学生实际的教学活动，吸引和组织他们积极参与。学生通过思考、调查、讨论、交流和合作等方式，学习和使用英语，完成学习任务。

9、加强对学生学习策略的指导，为他们终身学习奠定基础。

10、认真钻研教材，备好，上好每一节课，向45分钟要质量。

总之，新的学期已经开始了，我要以上一学期的基础为起点，树立信心，全身心的投入到新学期的教育教学工作中去。争取在新的一年里，把教育教学工作推向一新的层次。

In my hometown, the air is polluted seriously. However, in recent years,

the pollution gets from bad to worse, because of the increasing number of

private cars. Especially during the rush hours, too many private vehicles move

slowly on narrow roads, emitting a large amount of waste gas. Moreover, the

poisonous gas sent by the nearby factories is also one of the main causes of

pollution. Therefore, it’s demanded that immediate and effective measures must

be taken to restrict private cars and public transportation must be developed to

the largest extent. Besides, we should use renewable and clean energy

recourses.

This years Mid-Autumn festival, we can be noisy in the home, her aunt with

her sister and brother come to my home for Mid-Autumn festival. At noon,

grandmother made a table of the abundance of food, everyone happy for a family

reunion dinner. In the afternoon, the weather is appropriate, we go fishing to

the peoples square, feeding the birds, in my efforts, also a small harvest,

caught two small goldfish.

Evening, aunt advice to Columbus restaurant to eat buffet, there are a lot

of delicious, we eat may be full. Darkness came slowly, even the moon smiled, we

decided to go to enjoy the moon to the north street, the street can be lively,

everywhere is full of festive atmosphere, everyone is permeated with a happy

smile on their faces. Us and enjoy the moon while walking towards the river, not

far away, I see there are a lot of kongmin light in the sky, my sister told me

that it was through kongmin light of distant relatives of the missing people,

out of curiosity, we also bought a lamp kongmin light, took a small point and

kongmin light to drum up slowly, under the drive of wind, rose to the sky.

Kongmin light more and more in the sky, the moon at this time, in order to let

more people see the light of sky lantern, "go home to eat moon cakes". Although

the moon tonight "lazy", but kongmin light like the moon light the every one of

us. River put lotus lamp, there are some people in a wide variety of light

floating in the water, beautiful!

This is the most unforgettable, the most I have a happy Mid-Autumn

festival!

今年的中秋节,我们家里可热闹了,姑姑带着姐姐和弟弟都来我们家过中秋.中午,奶奶做了一桌丰盛的饭菜,大家高兴的吃了个团圆饭.下午,天气适宜,我们到人民广场去钓鱼,喂鸽子,在我的努力下,还小有收获,钓了两条小金鱼.

晚上,姑姑建议去哥伦布餐厅吃自助,那里有很多好吃的,大家吃的可饱了.夜幕慢慢降临,月亮也露出了笑脸,我们决定到北街去赏月,街上可热闹了,到处充满了节日的气氛,大家脸上都洋溢着幸福的笑容.我们一边赏月,一边往江边走去,不远处,我看见天空中飘着很多孔明灯,姐姐告诉我那是人们通过孔明灯对远方亲人的思念,出于好奇,我们也买了一盏孔明灯,取了一个小火点,孔明灯就慢慢鼓起来了,在风的带动下,升到天空中.天空中的孔明灯越来越多,此时,月亮为了让更多的人看孔明灯的光,就“回家吃月饼”去了.虽然今晚的月亮“偷懒”了,但孔明灯就像一个个月亮照亮着每一个人.江边还有一些人在放莲花灯,各式各样的灯在水中飘动,漂亮极了!

这是我过得最难忘、最快乐的中秋节!

Mid-autumn Day is a Chinese festival. It usually comes in September or

October .On that day we usually eat a big dinner and mooncakes. It is said "Hou

Yi" missed his wife，so he made mooncakes. It looks like the moon.

There are many kinds of mooncakes. They are small round cakes with meat，

nuts or something sweet inside . eating mooncakes has been our custom. Families

stay outside in the open air eat a big dinner and mooncakes. The most important

thing is looking at the moon， On that day， the moon kooks brighter and rounder.

We call this moon the full moon.

On that day， families get together， so we call this day getting together.

This is Mid-autumn Day. I love it very much. Because on that day I can eat

mooncakes. And my brother comes back home. He works outside all year. Only that

day and the Spring Festival. He comes back. So that day I am especially happy.

On that day my family gets together.

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.

“荣耻观”的内容我已经背熟了，可是里面的深刻意思我还是弄不懂。在寒假期间，我把书看了，最让我心里一直想着的是“勤劳篇”的做一辈子荣军护理的“老黄牛”，这个“老黄牛”爷爷，他为了他人，而帮助他们洗澡和抠大便。他们的精神使我非常感动，对我们的人格和性格都很有帮助。

尤其是“为民篇”的人民警察张叶民让我非常感动。在一事件中，在一家酒楼的四楼上。两个歹徒突然发难，夺门而逃。张叶民飞身到门口堵截。这时房间灯光突然熄灭，黑暗中歹徒拨出的尖刀狠狠地扎进了张叶民的胸膛!两名嫌疑犯夺路而逃到酒楼的三楼的拐弯处，张叶民抓住了一名嫌疑犯，准确地铐住了对方的手。他想把手铐的另一端铐在楼梯的扶手上，但因力不从心体力不支没有成功。当张叶民用尽最后的力气追到酒楼一楼大堂时，终于倒下了。但他还是尽力拔通了守候在门外的战友的电话，追捕了嫌疑犯。从酒楼大堂沿着血迹走到四楼的案发现场，一共有65级台阶，再加上一段12。5米长的走廊，这是人民警察张叶民洒尽了满腔英雄的鲜血，忠诚的走完的最后一段路。

我知道张叶民他想为国为民，保护大家。我认识到张叶民是个为国为民的英雄。他为了保护幼儿园的小朋友而牺牲。军人的衣服上粘满了军人的血，鲜红的血流到衣服上和裤子上。书看到这里，我的眼泪流潢面，我的衣袋中的面巾纸用尽了，还是泪如雨下。英雄的事迹太感动人了。

书中这几段写“老黄牛”爷爷和人民警察张叶民叔叔为国为民的光荣事迹，他们是高尚的，我们应该向他们学习，学习他们的`为国为民的精神，这是我找准的人生的方向。

是坚持，让刘禹锡历经了“二十三年弃置身”的悲苦后，终成出淤泥而不染的清莲；是坚持，让苏子瞻身陷“乌台诗案”而坚持写出“老夫聊发少年狂”；是坚持。让柳永全然不顾衣带渐宽，而流下了千古佳话。曹雪芹举家食粥坚持写下了不朽的红楼梦；欧阳修年幼丧父笃学成材；匡衡家境贫寒坚持凿壁借光，终成大学。圣贤们正用亲身经历向我们诉一个真理：坚持，是通向成功的不可缺少的条件。

1.以真诚为准则是自我修养的关键，弄清楚哪些是好的言行举动，又是坚持真诚的根本。——朱熹

释义：真诚是我们坚持的根本原则，因为真诚代表着我们是一个讲信用的人，我们做出了任何决定，都应该要军神出最后的结果，而想要获得结果，我们必须要坚持。只有当我们坚持下去，才能够获得新的人生，才能够明白遇到的困难到底是挫折还是机遇。

2.意志的出现不是对愿望的否定，而是把愿望合并和提升到一个更高的意识水平上。——罗洛·梅

释义：意志力的出现代表着我们更高水平的认可，代表着我们想要获得的成就以及境界，每一个想要成功的人，他们总是坚持自己的意志力。坚持不仅代表着行动上的坚持，也代表着毅力的坚持，不断地在磨难中锤炼自己，不断地在困难中寻找生机，这是每一个成功的人必须要坚持做到的。

3.一个人做事，在动手之前，当然要详慎考虑；但是计划或方针已定之后，就要认定目标前进，不可再有迟疑不决的态度，这就是坚毅的态度。——邹韬奋

释义：一个人做事和动手之前一定要慎重的考虑，只有把每一步都想好做好，才能够获得成功，才能够动手去行动。当我们认定了自己所坚持的东西，就不要有任何的迟疑，也不要有任何的优柔寡断，只要坚持的走下去。很多人之所以失败或者不成功，正是因为他们不懂得坚持，不懂得自己所付出的代价。

4.意志若是屈从，不论程度如何，它都帮助了暴力。——但丁

释义：如果我们的意志力屈服了，无论我们做到怎样的程度，都帮助不了我们获得成功，因为坚持有时候是对的，有时候是错的。当我们做错某一件事情的时候，坚持就会把我们推入万丈深渊，当我们做一件对的事情，坚持就会让我们走向成功。所以，每当我们做出任何决定的时候，都应该问一问自己，这条道路有没有可能是走向万丈深渊的。

我盼星星、盼月亮，终于盼到了母亲节，因为在母亲节这一天，我们可以回报母亲对我们的关爱。

I look forward to the stars, the moon and finally mothers day, because on

Mothers day, we can return our mothers love for us.

老早就听说，有人在母亲节里举行一些与母亲有关的节目进行联欢、比赛。于是，这一天妈妈也如法炮制办起了一个《母亲节》感恩联欢会，并且以比赛的形式举行，根据你的表演评分，表现好的还有奖品。

Ive heard for a long time that some people hold some programs related to

mothers on Mothers day to get together and compete. So on this day, my mother

did the same thing to hold a mothers Day Thanksgiving party in the form of a

competition. According to your performance score, there are prizes for good

performance.

我们的比赛一共有四个项目：一、自己写一篇赞美妈妈的诗歌并朗诵;二、才艺表演;三、母亲节知识抢答;四、给妈妈洗脚活动。最后评出一、二、三等奖及鼓励奖。

There are four items in our competition: first, write a poem to praise

mother and recite it; second, talent performance; third, answer for knowledge on

Mothers day; fourth, wash feet for mother. Finally, the first, second and third

prizes and encouragement prizes are awarded.

妈妈第一个表演，爸爸随后，弟弟紧追，我最后，我们一口气闯过四关，最后，我如愿以偿得了第一，弟弟第二，妈妈第三，老爸当然是鼓励奖了。哈哈!成绩一公开，大家便向我发出热烈的掌声。哦!差点忘了告诉你们，我这次还自告奋勇当了主持人呢，而且爸爸妈妈还夸我主持的是想当不错的。

Moms first performance, Dads follow-up, brothers follow-up, I finally, we

went through four hurdles in one breath, finally, I got the first, brothers

second, moms third, Dads encouragement award of course. Ha ha! As soon as the

results were made public, everyone gave me warm applause. Oh! I almost forgot to

tell you that I volunteered to be the host this time, and my parents also

praised me for being a good host.

通过今天的母亲节，我懂得了很多道理，母亲不但赋予了我们生命，而且还养育我们、教育我们，为了我们的健康成长，她们操碎了心，我们以后一定要讲究卫生、好好学习，用好的身体、好的成绩来报答妈妈。

Through todays mothers day, I learned a lot of truth. Mother not only gave

us life, but also raised and educated us. For our healthy growth, they broke

their hearts. We must pay attention to health, study hard, and repay our mother

with good health and good grades.

通过这次母亲节活动，我还知道了母亲节是每年五月的第二个星期天，这个节日最早起源于古希腊。

Through this mothers Day activity, I also know that mothers Day is the

second Sunday of May every year, which originated in ancient Greece.

这个母亲节过得真快乐!真难忘!

How happy mothers Day is! Its unforgettable!

As important as Spring Festival .It is usually celebrated in September or

October. This festival is to celebrate the harvest and to enjoy the beautiful

moon light. To some extent, it is like Thanks Giving day in western countries.

On this day, people usually get together with their families and have a nice

meal.

After that, people always eat delicious moon cakes, and watch the moon. The

moon is always very round on that day, and makes people think of their relatives

and friends. It is a day of pleasure and happiness. Hope you have a wonderful

Mid Autumn festival!

In Earths northern side, Asias eastern part, Pacific Oceans West bank, some beautiful place, here is our hometown, here is our homeland, this is our great motherland - mother, is she, with ya already the milk, cultivated the myriad hero, was she, has given us the black eye, enabled us to go out the light from darkness, was she, has given me the yellow skin, looked like Yellow River to do the struggle equally with the life. This mother so is good at demanding, all outstanding children have given to the life she, this mother is also such gives generously, she wisdom, honest, brave, broadcast heroes mind sincerely.

Spring, always brings the jubilation to the people, brings the poetic sentiment, brings the daydream, brings the expectation, brings the hope, but this years autumn, must with general, is more unusual. In this happy season, from the south of the lower reaches of the Yangze River to the north border region, from a Ganjiang River shore to Lhasa forest card, Republic each square kilometer well-loved place soaks is being delighted and is happy, the flow with is singing happily. 1,300,000,000 China children release for flight the golden color ideal by the heroic intense singing sound and the rosy expectation, releases for flight the rock-solid faith with the line which praises to the great motherland.

The new Chinas establishment, is the innumerable martyrs trades with the blood and the life! Although is weak in the early years of the new nation Chinas economic basis, but the new Chinas leaders caused the Chinese people to stand thoroughly, caused China to realize thoroughly has been independent, is complete. in the pasts 70 age middle of the month, China one was rising step by step, this was the China children expected, was also worth dancing with joy. From the founding of the nation the first day, the many unfriendly countries internationally is being hostile toward China, does everything possible to hinder China to progress. the US was the biggest threat which China developed, the Korean War which, the Vietnam War the US started causes our country has suffered the heavy loss in the manpower and the financial resource aspect; The US supports Chiang Kai-Shek counter-attacks the mainland motion to cause our country coast not to be peaceful for a long time; Presents US still in did everything possible to suppress China, like did not acknowledge that China market economy status, gesticulates, force Renminbi revaluation in the Taiwan problem and so on, zai weilai di regan nian zhong, the US will still be Chinas enemies, is the forever trouble maker.

We believed that in the Chinese nation great rejuvenations journey, will certainly to appear for one another magnificent 30 years! Chinese nations rising, will certainly to let the world be proud for us!

在地球的北面，亚洲的东部，太平洋的西岸，有一个美丽的地方，这儿是我们的故乡，这儿是我们的家园，这就是我们伟大的祖国――母亲，是她，用睚已的乳汁，培育出了万千英雄，是她，给了我们黑眼睛，让我们能从黑暗中走出光明，是她，给了我黄皮肤，像黄河一样与生命搞争。这位母亲如此善于索取，以至于所有优秀的儿女都将生命献给了她，这们母亲又是那样的慷慨地给予，她把智慧，正直，勇敢，真诚都播进了英雄们的心灵。

春天，总给人们带来喜庆，带来诗意，带来遐想，带来憧憬，更带来希望，而今年的秋天，非同一般，更不寻常。在这美好的季节，从江南水乡到北国边陲，从赣江只滨到拉萨林卡，共和国每一平方公里的热土都浸透着欢欣与幸福，流淌着甜蜜与歌唱。十三亿华夏儿女以豪迈激越的歌声放飞金色的理想与玫瑰色的憧憬，放飞坚如磐石的信念与对伟大祖国赞美的诗行。

新中国的建立，是无数先烈用鲜血和生命换来的!虽然在建国初期中国的经济基础非常薄弱，但新中国的领导人使中国人民彻底站了起来，使中国彻底实现了独立、完整。 在过去的70年岁月中，中国一步步在崛起，这是华夏儿女所期望的，也是值得欢欣鼓舞的。从建国的第一天起，国际上的许多不友好的国家在仇视中国，想方设法阻碍中国进步。 美国是中国发展的最大威胁，美国发动的朝鲜战争、越南战争使我国在人力和财力方面遭受了巨大损失;美国支持的蒋介石反攻大陆行动使我国沿海长期不得安宁;现在的美国仍然在想方设法遏止中国，如不承认中国市场经济地位、在台湾问题上指手划脚、强迫人民币升值等等，在未来的若干年中，美国将仍然是中国的敌人，是永远的麻烦制造者。

我们坚信，在中华民族伟大复兴的征程上，必将出现一个又一个辉煌的30年!中华民族的崛起，必将让世界为我们自豪!

One day the sun and the wind had a quarrel.The sun said he was stronger

than the wind.And the wind said he was stronger than the sun.Just then they saw

a man walking down below with a hat and a coat on,The sun said,"Lets see who

can make the man take off his hat and coat.If you can do that quicker than

I,then you are the stronger.""All right,"said the wind,"Ill try first."

So the wind began to blow.But the harder he blew,the tighter the man held

his hat and coat.The wind could not make him take them off.

Then the sun tried.It shone quietly.Soon the man took off his hat and wiped

his forehead.The sun began to shine a little brighter,and the man took off his

coat.It shone harder still,and the man began to take off his shirt.Then the wind

said to the sun,“Thats enough.You are stronger than me.

A young man asked Socrates the secret to success. Socrates told the young man to meet him near the river the next morning. They met. Socrates asked the young man to walk with him toward the river. When the water got up to their neck, Socrates took the young man by surprise and ducked him into the water. The boy struggled to get out but Socrates was strong and kept him there until the boy started turning blue. Socrates pulled his head out of the water and the first thing the young man did was to gasp and take a deep breath of air. Socrates asked, “What did you want the most when you were there?” The boy replied, “Air.” Socrates said, “That is the secret to success. When you want success as badly as you wanted the air, then you will get it. There is no other secret.”

一个年轻人向苏格拉底询问成功的秘诀，苏格拉底让年轻人第二天早晨到河边 见他。他们见面后，苏格拉底叫年轻人和他一起走向河里，当河水淹至他们的 脖子时，苏格拉底出其不意地抓住年轻人并把其压入水中，那人想要挣出水面， 而强壮有力的苏格拉底将他摁在水中直到他变得无力抗争，脸色发青。苏格拉 底将他的头拖出水面，这个年轻人所做的第一件事就是大口喘息后，深吸一口 气。苏格拉底问： “当你闷在水里的时候你最想要的是什么?”年轻人回答说： “空气。 ”苏格拉底说： “那就是成功的秘诀。当你像渴望空气一样渴望成功， 你就能够获得它!没有其他的秘密了。 ”

在人的一生中失败是常事。几乎每个人在一生中都失败过。当一个人打算做某事失败时，他常常感到沮丧。有些人会屈服于失败而畏缩不前。而另外一个人却坚持不懈并取得最后成功。

成功是人人都期待的，成功可以使人成名、荣耀。当一个人在做某事时成功了，他是那么高兴以致常常忽略了他曾经做过的那些没有成功的事情。

正如俗话所说，“失败是成功之母。”失败是走向成功的重要因素，这是毫无疑问的。成功的道路上充满各种困难和障碍。许多重要的发明和发现是经过数百次失败才成功的。只有经过许多次失败后取得的成功才是真正有价值和值得称赞的。

On national day, I, mother, Pan Luyao, and Sun Yichao to play in Jinhua. We

went to dream Valley, also went to the underground river, to a lot of places,

there can be a lot of fun, until October 5th, we go home to be reluctant to

part, that night at home have 10 points. I bought a lot of gifts, Pan Luyao, Sun

Yichao, father, brother and mother. October 1st is mothers birthday, I wish the

motherland mother happy birthday!

我的书房的墙壁上贴着一段话：“不积跬步，无以至千里;不积小河，无以成江海。”

这便是我的座右铭。

作为一名排球队员，却不太擅长短距离冲刺，所以趁着假期排球队不训练的当口，我计划着每天早上出门练习跑步。

假期的第一天，我起了个早，告别妈妈后，我便开始了我的征程。我其实知道，排球队员需要的是爆发与耐力并存。刚刚开始时，我能感受到迎面的风在吹拂，带来了凉爽，带走了慵懒与燥热。但是几轮冲刺跑下来，我渐渐有些支持不住了。嘴里像是要冒出烟来，腿也就此罢工了，再也跑不动了。

每天在西外滩跑来跑去，孤单的我常常想找借口放弃，有时就停下来走走，波澜壮阔的黄浦江也提不起我的兴趣，只觉得这么坚持好像也没有什么意义，假期刚刚开始时的那股雄心壮志已荡然无存。

“最无益，只怕一日曝，十日寒。”一日，主席的训诫在我耳边回荡。是啊，如果就此放弃，之前的努力不就“无益”了吗?我幡然醒悟。于是又慢跑起来，调整呼吸，心里默默数着“1、2、3、4”一吸，“1、2、3、4”一呼，随着这一呼一吸，慢慢的我感到坚持跑完两公里并没有那么困难，我不再感到外滩一成不变的风景无聊了，大脑变得分外清醒，要让自己变得更好，必须学会坚持，还有最后100米，加油，加快脚步，拼劲全力，我必须奋力向前……

假期的每天清晨，我在跑道上追逐着第一缕阳光，也追逐着我的愿望。出乎我的意料，带着满身的汗水，我感到身体格外的轻灵，一边慢慢地往回走，感受着自己体能有了慢慢的提升，两公里不再是我的目标，以后每天再增加50-100米。我也收到妈妈的夸奖：“你真是好样的，以后要更加努力呦!”

在体育道路上，我将以坚持、勤奋作为我成功的垫脚石，为“更上一层楼”做努力。这一刻，我明白了，坚持是凉爽的风，是母亲亲切的夸奖，是我的每一滴汗水。这就是坚持的力量啊!

When memory began for me, my grandfather was past sixty-a great tall man

with thick hair becoming gray. He had black eyes and a straight nose which ended

in a slightly flattened tip. Once he explained seriously to me that he got that

flattened tip as a small child when he fell down and stepped on his nose.

The little marks of laughter at the corners of his eyes were the prodnct of

a kindly and humorous nature. The years of work which had bent his shoulders had

never dulled his humour nor his love of a joke.

Everywhere he went, "Gramp" made friends easily. At the end of half an hour

you felt you had known him all your life. I soon learned that he hated to give

orders , but that when he had to, he tried to make his orders sound like

suggestions.

One July morning, as he was leaving to go to the cornfield, he said :

"Edwin, you can pick up the potatoes in the field today if you want to do that.

" Then he drove away with his horses.

The day passed, and I did not have any desire to pick up potatoes. Evening

came and the potatoes were still in the field. Gramp, dusty and tired, led the

horses to get their drink.

"How many bags of potatoes were there?" Gramp inquired. "I dont know.

"

"How many potatoes did you pick up?"

"I didnt pick any. " "Not any! Why not?"

"You said I could pick, them up if I wanted to. You didnt say I had to.

"

In the next few minutes I learned a lesson I would not forget: when Gramp

said I could if I wanted to, he meant that I should want to.

Gram hated cruelty and injustice. The injustices of history, even those of

a thousand years before, angered her as much as the injustices of her own

day.

She also had a deep love of beauty. When she was almost seventy-five, and

had gone to live with one of her daughters, she spent a delightful morning

washing dishes because, as she said, the beautiful patterns on the dishes gave

her pleasure. The bird, the flowers, the clouds-all that was beautiful around

her- pleased her. She was like the father of the French painter, Millet, who

used to gather grass and show it to his son , saying , "See how beautif ul this

is ! "

In a pioneer society it is the harder qualities of mind and character that

are of value. The softer virtues are considered unnecessary. Men and women

struggling daily to earn a living are unable, even for a moment, to forget the

business of preserving their lives. Only unusual people, like my grandparents,

manage to keep the softer qualities in a world of daily struggle.

Such were the two people with whom I spent the months from June to

September in the wonderful days of summer and youth.

The Great Wall is famous all over the world, it is one of the most

remarkable symbols of China, it has long history. But as there are more and more

people to visit the famous building, it has been damaged to some degree. In

order to protect the great building, we should not throw away the rubbish and do

not make some marks, so that we can enjoy the great building.

Things in the world are changing. People are changing and every creature is

changing. Changing is a neutral word. We can’t judge it is good or bad in

general, because every coin has two sides. But sometimes we need to change,

because it is good for us. Sometimes we will meet some difficult or

uncomfortable situation. When we are not able to change it, we need to change

ourselves. If both of us refuse to budge, the problem would not be solved.

Sometimes we need to change our life attitude; sometimes we need to change our

views of seeing things; sometimes we need to tolerant; sometimes we need to be

strong. Changing ourselves according to the specific situation is good for

us.

April 12 is memorable because our clahad a meaningful experience on that day. In the morning, we bicycled to the suburbs to plant trees, talking and laughing all the way. Upon arrival, we began to work immediately. Some were digging holes. Some were carrying and planting young trees. Others were watering . After getting the work done, we put up a board reminding people to protect the trees. Before leaving we took some photos to record our green action. Seeing the lines of trees, we all had a sense of achievement. We feel it’s our duty to protect and beautify our environment.

Earthquake is one of the most severe natural disasters. Its shaking of the

ground caused by the sudden breaking and shifting of large sections of Earths

rocky ourter shell. Its results can be very horrible. The Wenchuan Earthquake in

2008 and Japan Earthquake in 2011 are the most severe earthquakes in recent

years, causing huge casualties and property losses. But earthquakes almost never

kill people directly. Many deaths and injuries in earthquaking result from

falling objects and the collapse of buildings

In recent years, college studentsfind it increasingly difficult toget a

job. It sounds strange since young college students are usually intelligent,

well-educated phenomenon, aspirant and eager to bring their talent into full

play. Then what underlies the strange phenomenon?

There are several reasons for this.To begin with, nowadays college students

aim too high. All they want are “good” jobs which could offer good salary,

comfortable working conditions, high social status among others. Consequently,

most college students are unwilling to accept vacant jobs they consider

not“good” enough. Another reason is thatthere is a big gap between the majors

some students study in school and the demands of vacant jobs. So companies think

some students are not fit for the jobs.

Solution to the problem requiresefforts on both the society and the

students. The companies should value the students, talent and knowledge while

the latter should not merely aim at material gains. They should be down-to–earth

in building up their career. Furthermore, they should face their weak points so

as to improve themselves and be more competent.