高一高二英语作文20篇带翻译(通用20篇)

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.

[高一英语作文我的春节

Different people have different hobbies.For example,someone likes reading,someone likes swimming and someone likes collecting and so on.

I used to read books and draw pictures because by reading books I could learn many funny things.But now I dont like it.I can only learn from books.I couldnt get knowledge from others.I need a change.Traveling is my favorite hobby now.But I cant go traveling a lot.I can visit many different places of interest by traveling.I can learn a lot about people,places and history.Its very interesting.What is your hobby?Lets share each other!

I have many good friends.They all have their hobbies.Ann studies very hard.So her hobby is book reading.Tony loves labour,and his hobby is gardening.He usually plants flowers and trees in his yard.Judy is a quiet girl.She likes knitting.She always knits some sweaters for her dolls.We have different hobbies,but we are good friends.

I love traveling.I have great fun in traveling.

不同人有不同爱好。例如，有人喜欢读书，有人喜欢游泳，还有人喜欢收藏等等。

我过去喜欢读书和画画，因为从书中我能了解许多有趣的事。但我现在不喜欢了。我只能从书中得到知识，而不能从其他方面获得知识。我需要改变一下。旅行是我现在最喜欢的爱好，但我不能经常去旅行。通过旅行我能参观许多名胜古迹。我还可以学到许多关于人文、地理、历史方面的事。那真是非常有趣。你的爱好是什么?让我们一起分享!

我有许多好朋友。他们都有他们的爱好。Ann学习很努力，因此她爱好读书。Tony爱劳动，他爱好园艺，他总是在他的院子里植树种花。Judy是一个文静的女孩，她喜欢编织，她总是给她的玩具娃娃织毛衣。我们爱好不同，但我们是好朋友。

我爱旅行，我从旅行中获得了极大乐趣。

I like reading, reading can bring me happiness, and let me learn a lot

of interesting knowledge. I like to read story books best, such as journey to

the west. The Monkey King in this book is clever and brave, not afraid of hard

work, protecting his master, he is a responsible person. And is "journey to the

west" one of the four great classics? Is it interesting? Do you like reading

books?

我喜欢读书，读书能给我带来快乐，并且让我学到很多有趣的知识。我最喜欢看故事书，比如《西游记》，这本书里的孙悟空聪明勇敢，不怕辛苦，保护自己的师傅，是一个负责的人。并且《西游记》是四大名著之一，是不是很有趣？你喜欢看书吗？

One day three men got a bottle of wine. But the wine was not enough for the

three and each of them wanted to drink the wine alone. Then they all agreed that

they each would draw a snake on the ground and the one who first finished

drawing would be given the wine. So they began to draw on the ground with

sticks.

It was not long before one of the three finished drawing his snake. He took

up the bottle of wine with pride. He was about to drink when he found the other

two were still busy with their drawings. “How slow you are!” said he, “I can

even add feet to my snake before you finish yours.” He put down the bottle and

began to add feet to his snake. But before he finished, another man took hold of

the bottle and said ,“Ive finished. Snakes have no feet, so yours is not a

snake.” With these words he drank up the wine.

It was sunny and warm day. I got up early. After breakfast I went to ..Mountain with my friend Li Lei. It took us about an hour to get there by bus. There were thousands of people. We joined them to climb the mountain as soon as we got there. We felt tired but we kept climbing. It took us about an hour to get to the top of the mountain. The wind was so cool and the scenry was very beautiful. We had a picnic and then we walked down from the mountain. We were very happy that day. In the evening, I surfed the internet and then read an interesting book. I really had a meaningful and happy day.

Today, when I awaked up, I found the air-conditioner didn’t work. I used

the control, but it still didn’t work. I knew the air-conditioner was in

trouble. I went downstairs. My father told me two air-conditioner and two

computer had been broken. Because my father used electric making machine to make

electric, so the voltage was not stable. It led to the trouble. Oh! Whenever the

government will let the factory use electric? If it lasts longer, I will be

crazy!

今天，当我醒来时，我发现空调不工作。我所使用的控制，但它仍然没有工作。我知道空调器是在麻烦。我走下楼去。我父亲告诉我的两个冷气机和两个计算机已被打破。因为我的父亲曾经电制造的机器使电力，所以其电压并不稳定。这导致了麻烦。哦!每当政府将让工厂使用电动?如果持续下去，我会疯了!

In a year of many programs, my favorite is the Spring Festival. The Spring Festival is also called the Chinese New Year.

According to legend, "year" is a monster, every Chinese new year it ran to the scourge of human people, so people in the door to paste the red antithetical couplet, home burning fire, burning firecrackers to scare away Sheng "year", so the formation of people with fire, burning, paste antithetical couplet Sheng firecrackers is celebrated a year of good harvest and pray for a bumper harvest in the coming year tradition.

As soon as the Spring Festival comes, our family will go to grandmas home. The old house is busy, and the people out are going back. Every year is waiting for my father to write a couplet, we help to stick. The most interesting thing is to put off fireworks and firecrackers, and always do not play enough. Grandpa and grandmas "money" is more than a year, saying that it is saving for us to read the University. With mom and dad went from door to door, a relative blessing, "Happy New Year" "Happy New Year" "fortune" and "when leading" the university entrance exam

The Spring Festival is the end of a year. It is also the beginning of the year. People celebrate the years harvest in the Spring Festival, and summarize the results of the year. The harvest of people on holidays, jubilant, eat delicacy, to reward their relatives. At this time, I will calm down in the bustle, think of the past year, how I have passed, what is worth remembering, and what is worth celebrating. "The plan of a year is spring". Spring is a new beginning of a year, and it is my starting point. We should plan my life for a year and get better results.

Abstract: Along the way, the breeze gently blowing my face, I suddenly feel kind of refreshed. Roadside flowers are vying to open, birds high standing branches, happily singing wonderful songs, trees also recruit a tender green hand happily greet us. We hand holding a variety of tools, laughing, and soon they reached their destination.

March 12 Arbor Day, the school staff and students in sixth grade came to the park to participate in tree planting activities.

Along the way, the breeze gently blowing my face, I suddenly feel kind of refreshed. Roadside flowers are vying to open, birds high standing branches, happily singing wonderful songs, trees also recruit a tender green hand happily greet us. We hand holding a variety of tools, laughing, and soon they reached their destination.

The teacher points to help us and send us good team osmanthus saplings, planting location and then tell everyone. I saw other teachers say the students have not yet, it will be pre-loaded, can not wait to board the a small hill, ready to plant trees. The silence of the earth suddenly swelled, ears of banging "Symphony played": some holding heavy shovel, ready to summon the gas excavation, may overexert, almost on his back and down; some of the group to make trees can thrive, competing with other groups for the site fierce arguments; there are trees in order to watering, I do not know how many detours ran, covered in sweat ......

Our group did not back down, quickly make the digging of preparation. I saw the tour Yang hand shovel, strode walked before digging site, it looks like they can effortlessly Pits dug. One for us to fetch water, and the other two are responsible for supporting the sapling. Although supporting the tree is very simple, in fact, be very careful. I first seedlings carefully and gently on the ground, then slowly hand against the trunk, for fear knocked half leaves, let the trees injured.

Everyone busy. Nearly noon, almost all trees planted Well, we lookedat his hands planted trees swaying in the breeze, the heart kind of unspeakable joy. We can not help but talk about it: "For decades after it set grow into a towering tree.", "I want to see it every week." ...... My eyes seemed to emerge out of the way when the trees grow, as if smell the waves of fresh and elegant fragrance, as if to see clusters of white osmanthus, starry, such as a spray of waterfalls, I felt as if it was vigorous vitality.

This meaningful event not only relax our mood, but also so that we get close to nature, leaving us to add a green home. This event really makes me happy!

一路上，微风轻轻吹拂着我的脸庞，让我顿时有种神清气爽的感觉。路边的鲜花也争相开放，小鸟高站在枝头，愉快地唱着美妙的歌曲，小树也招着稚嫩的绿手快乐地迎接我们．大家手拿着各种工具，谈笑风生，不一会便到达了目的地。

3月12日植树节，我校六年级全体师生来到了公园参加植树活动。

一路上，微风轻轻吹拂着我的脸庞，让我顿时有种神清气爽的感觉。路边的鲜花也争相开放，小鸟高站在枝头，愉快地唱着美妙的歌曲，小树也招着稚嫩的绿手快乐地迎接我们．大家手拿着各种工具，谈笑风生，不一会便到达了目的地。

老师先帮我们分好小组并发给我们桂花小树苗，然后告诉大家种植地点。只见同学们还未等老师说开始，便一呼百应，迫不及待地登上了一处小山坡，准备植树。寂静的大地顿时热闹起来，耳边响起了乒乒乓乓的“交响奏”：有的拿着沉甸甸的铁锹，鼓足气准备开挖，可用力过猛，差点仰面而倒；有的小组为使小树能茁壮成长，竞与别组为地盘争得面红耳赤；还有的为了给小树浇水，不知跑了多少弯路，浑身上下汗流浃背……

我们组也不示弱，很快作好了挖坑的准备。只见游阳手提铁锹，大步流星地走到挖坑地点前，那样子好像不费吹灰之力便能把树坑挖好。我们一个负责去打水，另两个则负责扶树苗。别看扶树很简单，其实要很小心的。我先小心翼翼地树苗轻轻地放在地上，然后慢慢用手靠着树干，生怕碰掉了半片叶子，让小树受伤。

大家忙得不亦乐乎。时近中午，树差不多都植好了，我们望着自己亲手种植的树苗在微风中摇曳，心中有种说不出的喜悦之情。大家不禁畅谈起来：“几十年后它定会长成一棵参天大树。”、“我要每个星期都来看它。”……我的眼前仿佛浮现出树苗长大时的样子，仿佛闻到了一阵阵清新淡雅的桂花香，仿佛看到了一簇簇洁白的桂花，繁星点点，如一座喷花的飞泉，仿佛感受到它那蓬勃向上的旺盛生命力。

这次有意义的活动不仅放松了我们的心情，还使我们亲近了大自然，更让我们为家乡增添了一份绿意。这次活动真让我快乐！

I like reading. I think I’m not a sporty person, so in my spare time I spend much time reading. Reading newspapers, I can know the important events in the world. Reading work-related books, I can learn a lot of knowledge to benefit my career. Reading magazines, I can relax myself after stressful works. I often read in my study, on bus, in subway and so on. On the average, I spend three or four hours reading every day. Although the life in my spare time is not colorful enough, I enjoy it very much.

我喜欢读书。我想我不是一个运动型的人，所以在我的业余时间我花了很多时间看书。读报纸，我可以知道世界上的重要事件。阅读与工作相关的书籍，我可以学到很多知识，对我的事业有好处。阅读杂志，我可以放松自己后，压力的作品。我经常在我的书房里看书，在公共汽车上，在地铁等。平均来说，我每天花三到四个小时读书。虽然我的业余生活是不够丰富，我非常喜欢它。

[关于My hobby 我的爱好的英语作文及翻译

Last week, I found all of my friends were talking the novel Game of Thrones. I asked one of my friend why he was so crushed on this novel. He answered me that because there were all kinds of amazing characters. So I decided to read this novel, at the beginning, I could not figure out the characters, because there were too much characters. But as I insisted, I started to fall in love with this novel, I could not stop reading, I wanted to know the truth. Game of Thrones is really a good book, the author’s creation is so awesome, he creates many magical roles. Like the white walkers, which are the dead people come back to life without human’s consciousness. I open my vision, I appreciate the author’s, he writes the good literature book. I’d like to introduce this book to more friends.

译文：上周，我发现我的朋友们都在讨论小说《权利游戏》。我问了其中一个朋友为何如此着迷于这本书。他回答说因为书中有很多了不起的人物。因此我决定阅读这本小说，刚开始，我无法认清其中的人物，因为书中有很多人物。但是随着我的坚持，我开始爱上了这本小说，我无法停止阅读，我想要知道真相。《权利游戏》确实是本好书，作者的创意很棒，他创造了很多魔幻的角色。就如白色的行尸，那是死人复活了但没有人的意识。我开阔了视野，我很欣赏这个作者，他写出了一本好的文学小说，我想把这本书介绍给更多的朋友。

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。

Flowers in full bloom in this, green grass of early summer, we have ushered

in a grand festival of Children - June 1 International Childrens Day, I am very

honored to share with the children together in this beautiful holiday. On that

occasion, I would like to let me to all children, young pioneers holiday to

extend my sincere regards to the hard work, dedicated gardener to cultivate the

flowers of the motherland who pay tribute! Soon to be here today in recognition

of the advanced collectives and advanced individuals express warm

congratulations!

Pioneers, the children, we are now in a hopeful new era of challenges, you

are lucky enough to live in a state of concern about the survival of students,

teachers and students in the pursuit of maximum growth to meet the needs of

schools; so one "give students the best childhood, most give a solid start in

life "as the core concept of school, portrait of creating" education "brand

School; an" education and scientific research as the guide to the experimental

school in English at the core characteristics Yucai School to serve the

community for the meaning of new schools "; so ones own ideas and practice,

practice, together with the parents," Our children, our schools, our joint

efforts, "the slogan of the school co-operation of schools, the school

environment of your grace, your skilled teachers , School of your high-quality

education and teaching has been very successful, you just give your School

School Award is fully endorsed.

Pioneers, the children, you are lucky generation, the generation is

shouldering the burden. There is an old statement: journey of a thousand miles

begins with a single step. Youth are the beginning of a better life, clarity of

vision, bred here, noble sentiments here at initiation, the habits of good form

here, life here at the foundation of the glory and prosperity at the bright

future of our calls. We must strive to improve their own quality of life in the

new starting point, the momentum to become the new century, the need for

construction of the homeland of the wood-Dong Liang. At the same time, teachers

also hope that our附小his utmost to achieve a greater honor.

在这鲜花烂漫，绿草如茵的初夏时节，我们迎来了孩子们的盛大节日——六一国际儿童节，我非常荣幸地与小朋友们一起共度这美好的节日。值此机会，谨让我向全体小朋友、少先队员们致以诚挚的节日问候，并向辛勤耕耘、呕心沥血培育祖国花朵的园丁们致以崇高的敬意!向今天即将受到表彰的先进个人和先进集体表示热烈的祝贺!

少先队员、小朋友们，我们正处于一个充满希望的挑战的新时代，你们幸运地生活在一所关注师生生存状态，追求最大限度满足师生成长需要的学校;一所以"

给学生最美好的童年，给人生最坚实的起步"为核心办学理念，倾情打造"附小教育"品牌的学校;一所"以教育科研为先导的实验学校，以英语特色为核心的育才学校，以服务社会为内涵的新型学校";一所以自己的理念和实践，同家长一起践行"咱们的孩子、咱们的学校、咱们共同努力"这一家校合作口号的学校，你们的学校环境优雅，你们的老师技艺高超，你们学校的教育教学质量高，成绩斐然，刚才给你们学校授牌就是对你们学校的充分肯定。

少先队员、小朋友们，你们是幸运的一代，也是肩负重担的一代。古人言：千里之行，始于足下。少年时代是美好人生的开端，远大的理想在这里孕育，高尚的情操在这里萌生，良好的习惯在这里养成，生命的辉煌在这里奠基，繁荣昌盛的美好前景在召唤着我们。我们要努力提高自身素质，在新的人生起点上，再接再厉，使自己成为新世纪祖国建设需要的栋粱之材。同时，也希望我们师范附小再接再厉，争取更大的荣誉。

我阿姨有个小宝宝。他的名字叫单佳星。现在三岁。我常常照看他。

他看起来像个绅士，因为他常常把手背在后面走路。他的眼睛像星星一样亮。

他很可爱。他非常喜欢猜我会送给他什么东西。

我拿出一个大苹果和一个小苹果问他：“你要哪一个？”他举起手说：

“好姐姐，给我那个大的吧，那个更好吃。”他拿着苹果高兴得跳起来。

有一次，他突然看见我的鼻子上有个黑东西。他惊讶地喊：“姐姐，快看！为什么你鼻子上长头发？”

这就是我的弟弟。他非常可爱。我非常喜欢他。朋友们，你喜欢他吗？

My aunt has a baby. His name is Shan jiaxing. He is three years old. I often look after him.

He looks like a gentleman because he always puts his hands behind his back and walks along the road.His eyes are very bright and like stars.

He is very cute. He is very glad to guess what I will send him. I take out a big apple and a small apple and ask him, “Which one do you like better?”“Sister, you are so kind?please give me the big one,it will be nicer. ”When he gets it,he jumps up with joy.

Once,he suddenly saw a black thing in my nose. Then he shouted in surprise,“Sister,look! Why does your nose grow hair?”

This is my brother. He is very lovely. I like him very much.

[记叙作文我的弟弟英语翻译

May Day is coming. I?m so happy because my father and my mother take me to

WuQuan Park this holiday. In the park, I see many trees and beautiful flowers.

There are many children and many happy playing games, too.

My parents take me to the zoo. There are lions, tigers, eagles, bears,

deer, monkeys, and so on. I like the monkeys best because they are very clever

and they make us laugh. How lovely they are!

I have a good time that day. What a beautiful and happy holiday.

【参考翻译】

五一节即将来临。我很开心,因为我的父亲和我的母亲带我去五圈公园这个节日。在公园里,我看到很多树和美丽的花朵。有许多孩子在快乐的玩游戏,。

我的父母带我去动物园。有狮子、老虎、鹰、熊、鹿、猴子等等。我最喜欢猴子,因为他们非常聪明，他们让我们开怀大笑。他们是多么可爱啊!

那天我玩得很开心，多么美好快乐的假日啊。

Life is a struggle. I shall never forget the most striking part of Henry

Wadsworth Longfellow s poem -- A Psalm of Life: "In the worlds blood field of

battle, In the bivouac of life, Be not like dumb, driven cattle! Be a hero in

the strife!"

Ludwig van Beethoven was a typical "hero in the strife". He was not only

one of the greatest composers, but also one of the most persevering men. As a

deaf man, he went on working with his strong will in the last year of his life,

though he was not able to hear his own fine and original music. Another example

of persistence in struggle is Deng Yaping. She once said that her technique came

from continuous training, emphasizing the importance of daily practice to a

player.

As a student, I seem to be in a boat sailiug against the current. I must

make an effort to forge ahead. A little carelessness will result in being driven

back. Indeed, learning is a struggle against idleness and carelessness.

Following the examples of Ludwig van Beethoven and Deng Yaping, I shall take

great pains to urge myself on, moving steadily forward like a heroic boatman in

the rough sea of knowledge.

我的朋友

My best friend is Mary. She lives in a tall building. She lives on the fifth floor. Everyday she takes the lift up and down. She is twelve years old. She is tall and thin. She has short black hair，two big eyes and a small mouth. She is very cute. I like playing with her. We are in the same class. I like to read books but she likes playing games. She likes to eat popcorn and ice creams. I like them， too. Her favourite food is fish， so she is clever. She loves her cat. She often plays with her. The cat likes Mary，too. They are cute.

这篇是讲述我的好朋友玛丽。介绍她的住址，她住在一幢高楼里。她住在五楼。她的年龄，她十二岁。她的外貌，她又高又瘦。她有短的黑色的头发，两只大眼睛和一个小嘴巴。

The dream blooming flower Everyone has a dream, a beautiful dream. Different environment, different life background, experience of things different, everyone’s dream is also different. Some people want to become national leaders, some people want to be a scientist, and some people want to become a businessman. The dream I just want to be an ordinary person. Do the people useful things in ordinary post. For example, when a teacher, to impart knowledge to the next generation; when a doctor, save dead trauma; when a gardener, contribute to the greening of the environment. The dream is beautiful, but to achieve the dream, no words can, in the dreams of the road, will encounter difficulties, setbacks, resistance, if did not have the courage, will, you will be very difficult to realize his dreams. The dream cannot do without knowledge, so I think the first step to realize my dream is to accumulate knowledge, we now need to do is to Study hard, overcome the difficulties in learning, grasp more knowledge, to lay the foundation for the realization of dreams. Let us brave to face life

I live with my father and mother in a very big house in dongguan. my parents are both very busy. they leave for work very early in the morning and don’t return home until late in the evening.

When i am home on weekends from school, we spend a lot of time together. we talk about my studies, my health and my school life. i love my parents very much.

My grandparents are still living, but they don’t live with us. their health is good and they both do sports very early in the morning. my grandmother does gymnastics with elderly women her age in the park. both of my grandfathers play basketball in the morning and sometimes they go swimming.chinese people eat rice for every meal, but i don’t like rice because i think it is tasteless! we eat meat, fish and vegetables. my family eats noodles and congee. my favorite is noodles.

I often play computer games because i like it so much. i often watch japanese cartoon movies with my parents on the weekends. on long holidays we take trips, too.

That is my description of typical family life in china.

the spring festival

the spring festival， chinese new year，is the most important festival for all of us. all family members get together on new year’eve to have a big meal.at the same time， everyone celebrates to each other.at about 12 o‘clock，some parents and children light crackers.the whole sky is lighted brightly. we may watch the fireworks excitedly.how busy it is！

on the first early moring of one year， many senior citizen get up early and they stick the reversed fu or hang some couplets on the front door. some house’s windows are sticked on red paper cutlings.

the chinese new year lasts fifteen days. so during the fifteen days， we always visit our relatives from door to door. at that time， children are the happiest because they can get many red packets form their parents，grandparents， uncles， aunts and so on. the last day of the chinese new year is another festival. it names the lantern festival.

so the chinese new year comes to the end.

春节

春节，农历新年，是对我们最重要的节日。所有家庭成员都得到新year‘eve在一起有一个大meal.at同时，每个人都庆祝other.at每个约12点，一些家长和孩子光crackers.the整个天空亮起明亮。我们可以观赏烟花excitedly.how忙呀！

在第一期提前一年早上，许多老年人早早起床，他们坚持的反富或挂在门口的一些对联。有些房子的窗户都贴在红纸上cutlings。

在中国新年持续十五天。所以在十五天，我们经常访问我们的亲戚，从门到门。当时，孩子们是最幸福的，因为他们可以得到很多红包形成自己的父母，祖父母，叔叔，阿姨等。在农历新年的最后一天是另外一个节日。它的名字元宵节。

因此，在农历新年即将结束。

Ladies and Gentlemen,

Good morning! I am Oscar, the spokesman of the Students’ Union. On behalf

of the Students’ Union, the main organizer of today’s sports meeting, I welcome

you all to the beautiful stadium. After two months’ preparation, our annual

sports meeting is held on schedule.

Thanks to the support and help from our school leaders and teachers. Though

they have many school responsibilities, they have taken time off to take part in

our sports activities. Let’s give them a big hand. Through sports, we can not

only develop our physical prowess, but also promote social and emotional skills,

and even intellectual skills, which will matter in our future lives

substantially. So hope everybody here cherish this opportunity and enjoy it.

At last, best wishes for the success of the sports meeting and best wishes

for the good results of our athletes. It is my pleasure to announce the open of

the sports meeting. Thank you and good luck!

My grandparents believed you were either honest or you werent. There was

no in between. They had a simple motto hanging on their living-room wall: "Life

is like a field of newly fallen snow; where I choose to walk every step will

show. "They didnt have to talk about it--they demonstratedthe motto by the way

they lived. They understood instinctively that integrity means having a personal

standard of morality and ethics that does not sell out to expediency and that is

not relative to the situation at hand. Integrity is an inner standard for

judging your behavior.Unfortunately, integrity is in short supply today--and

getting scarcer. But it is the real bottom line in every area of society.And it

is something we must demand of ourselves.

A good test for this value is to look at what I call the Integrity Trial,

which consists of three key principles: Stand firmly for your convictions in the

face of personal pressure.

When you know youre right, you cant back down. Always give others credit

that is rightfully theirs. Dont be afraid of those who might have a better idea

or who might even be smarter than you are. Be honest and open about who you

really are. People who lack genuine core values rely on external factors--their

looks or status---in order to feel good about themselves. Inevitably they will

do everything they can to preserve this facade,but they will do very little to

develop their inner value and personal growth.

So be yourself. Dont engage in a personal cover-up of areas that are

unpleasing in your life. When its tough, do it tough. In other words, face

reality and be adult in your responses to lifes challenges.

Self-respect and a clear conscience are powerful components of integrity

and are the basis for enriching your relationships with others.

Integrity means you do what you do because its right and not just

fashionable or politically correct. A life of principle, of not succumbing to

the seductive sirens of an easy morality,will always win the day. My

grandparents taught me that.