英语封信带翻译小学150词【汇编20篇】

Hi everybody, my name is XX ,whats your name?

Im 11 years old, how old are you?

My favourite sport is swimming, whats your favourite sport?

My favourite food is hamburgers,what food do you like?

There are three people in my family, which are : my father, my mother and me. How much people are there in you family and who are they?

I love my home ,Do you love your home also?

Thats all.

Best Regards,

thank you!

My best friend is WangMing. He is 12 years-old.He always play jokes

with me.I like to stay with him.It is because he can help me all the time. When

I find him say that I am sad or happy,he always listen to me and he is very kind

to me.He is very clever.He always help with my homeworks.If I have a worry and

dont know how to do he could help me.He can be a friend with

everyone

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我最好的朋友是王明。他是12岁。他总是与我玩笑。我喜欢和他呆在一起。那是因为他能帮助我。当我发现他说我悲伤或快乐,他总是听我的,他对我很好。他是非常聪明的。他总是帮助我的家庭作业。如果我有一个担心,不知道如何去做,他可以帮助我。他可以和大家做朋友。

It’s the first day of school. Mike wants to go back to school. He wants to

see his friends. He wants to meet his new teacher.

Mike gets up early in the morning. He washesand eats his breakfast. Then he

rides his bike to school. He sees his friends on the playground. He plays

hide-and-seek with them. In the classroom, Mike meets his new maths teacher. Her

name is Mrs. Green. Mike likes Mrs Green. She can speak English very well. He

thinks she is a nice teacher.

Chinese Spring Festival celebrating the end of winter and the warmth of

spring. It began in the last day of the lunar year, end in the 15th day of lunar

New Year, also is the Lantern Festival.

During the Spring Festival, people use red lantern and Spring Festival

couplets decorate a house, put on all kinds of colored clothes, often visit

friends and relatives or together eat dumplings, fish, meat and other delicious

food. The children are looking forward to receiving red envelope money, and

together they play each other the fireworks, with happy.

Street with dragon and lion dance and some other carnival activities, CCTV

will held the grand Spring Festival gala.

中国的春节庆祝冬天的结束和春天的温暖。从农历年的最后一天开始，到了农历的第十五天结束，也是元宵节。

春节期间，人们用红灯笼和春联装饰房子，穿上各种颜色的衣服，经常拜访亲朋好友，或者一起吃饺子、鱼、肉和其他美味的食物。孩子们盼望着收到红包，他们一起玩烟花，开心地玩着。

街上有舞龙舞狮等狂欢活动，中央电视台将举行盛大的春节联欢晚会。

As we all realized that every one of us will fail during our life. Take me

for an example, I fail in my exam. In fact, failure always does appear, which

also means that failure is a daily occurrence, however, when facing the failure,

different people have different attitudes.

Some people hold the view that failure is the meaning whenever they could

not be successful. Thus, if meeting with failure, they will feel so nervous that

they have no idea what they are supposed to do. As time goes by, they become

more and more dispirited while eventually, they could do nothing well.

On the contrary, there are some people tending to believe another idea.

From their point of view, failure is outstanding due to the fact that it can

give them plenty of encouragement. Therefore, if facing failure, they will be

quite courageous and then try their best to beat it, finally, they make their

dream come true.

From my perspective, failure is neither an excellent thing nor an

appreciating thing. Sometimes, it is capable to offer us with encouragement,

however, it can also make us unconfident now and then. Thus, if encountering the

failure, never could we be scared. What we should do is to face it bravely and

never give up.

In summary, I wish when failure appears, each one of us could confront with

it bravely and beat it, if possible.

Lingling asked her friends to come to her home. She wanted to make

something nice for them to eat. She just learned how to make a scrambled egg.

She tried to make it for them. She broke eggs in a bowl and put some salt in it.

Then she placed a frying pan on the stove, and put a little cooking oil in the

pan. While she was waiting for the oil to become hot, she stirred the egg in the

bowl. As soon as the oil became hot, she poured the egg into the pan, As one

side turned yellow, she turned it over. When both sides were cooked.the

scrambled egg was ready to eat.

玲玲邀请她的朋友来她家做客，她想为朋友们做点好吃的。地刚刚学会煎鸡蛋，决定试着为朋友们做一做。她先把鸡蛋打在碗里，放一点盐：然后把煎锅放在炉子上，往锅里倒些油。在等待油加热时，她把碗里的鸡蛋打散。当油一热，她立刻把打散的鸡蛋倒入锅内。一面煎黄时，立刻翻过来煎另一面，两面都煎好后就可以吃了。

Linglings friends came and had the serambled egg. They liked it very much.

Lingling was so happy that she could cook for her friends.

玲玲的朋友品尝了她做的鸡蛋，她们都很喜欢。能为朋友们做吃的，玲玲感到非常高兴。

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2010年11月14日 星期日 天气：晴

1. I went shopping with Li Mei. We left at 10 oclock in the morning. When we got to the downtown, there were so many people. It was so crowded as it was a beautiful day and it was Sunday. I didnt buy anything because everything was very expensive.

2. I didnt go anywhere today. I stayed at home doing my homework and helping my mother with housework. I realised it was not easy to do so much housework all by oneself. I should help mother more in the future.

3. I read an article today. It was about how people should try their best to save water. Water is very important for human being but some people are just wasting water. They dont turn off the tap after they finish using it. We should do better to save water.

4. My father took me out fishing today. At the beginning, we spent a long time waiting there but there was no fish. I was very impatient and didnt want to stay there. I wanted to come home. Father said to me, "Dont give up everything easily. We should keep on trying hard".

5. I went to the Peoples Park with my family today. We had picnic in the park. My mother and grandparents were preparing food, father was playing badminton with his friend while I was reading under a tree.

6. Mingming came to my house today. We spent some time playing computer games. We played basketball game online. I chose NBA and Mingming had to take CBA. Of course, I won finally. We had a good time.

7. I went to visit one of our teachers with some of my classmates this morning. Miss Jones is our English teacher and she likes all the classmates. She tried so hard to help us to improve our English. We went to her flat and had lunch there with her. We had a good time.

8. I went to see a film in the cinema this evening. It was called Kong Fu Panda. I love this film. It is funny but I also learned something from the film. We should not give up things easily. We should have a good plan and make up our mind to make our dream come true.

9. Xiaomei and I went out this morning. We went to the city centre. We went window shopping, and then we had lunch at the restaurant. We didnt buy anything as we didnt have much money, but we still had a wonderful time.

10. Holiday nearly comes to the ead now. I am very happy because I have already finished my homework. I also helped my mother with some housework this summer holiday. I believe I have grown up now and should know what I should be in the future. I will try harder to study well and be a good person.

翻译：

1. 我跟李梅去逛街。我们早上10点出发。当我们到闹市区时，好多人啊。因为今天是星期天，天气又很好。我没有买什么东西，因为太贵了。

2. 我今天什么地方也没有去。在家帮妈妈做家务。我认识到，一个人做家务不容易。以后我要多帮妈妈的忙。

3. 我今天读了一篇文章，是关于人们应该尽量节约用说的。水对人类太重要了。可是有些人却只是在浪费水。他们用完水不管龙头。我们应该做的更好来节约用说。

4. 我父亲今天带我去钓鱼。一开始，我们花了好长时间都没有鱼。我很不耐烦，不想等了，想回家。爸爸对我说，做什么事情都不要轻易废弃。我们应该继续努力。

5. 今天我跟家人去公园。我们在公园野餐。我妈妈和爷爷奶奶准备吃的。爸爸跟朋友在打羽毛球，我在树下看书。

6. 明明今天来我家。我们一起玩电脑游戏。我们打在线篮球游戏。我选NBA 球队，明明只能选CBA球队。当然，我赢了。我们玩的很开心。

7. 今天早上我跟同学去看了我们老师。Jones小姐是我们的英语来时。她对每个学生都很好。他花了很大力来帮我们供给我们的英语。我们去了她的公寓，一起吃了午餐。我们过的很开心I

8. 今天晚上我去电影院看了电影。影片教《工夫熊猫》。我爱好这部电影。很有趣可我也学到了一些东西。我们不应该轻易废弃。我们应该做个好规划，下定决心，实现梦想。

9. 今天上午我和小梅出去了。我们去了市中心。我们去逛街然后到餐馆吃饭。我们没有没东西，因为我们没有多少钱，可是我们过的很开心。

10. 假期很快过去了。我很开心因为我已经做完作业了。我还帮妈妈所了家务。我想我已经长大了，应该长大将来要做什么。我要更努力学习，将来做个好人。

Freedom is an important right of people. It usually refers that you can do

want you want and live the life you want. Of course, it must be on the basis

that you can’t affect others’ freedom. Otherwise, it does not belong to your

freedom anymore. In my opinion, freedom is not you can do whatever you want, but

you don’t have to do what you don’t want to. We live in the same society, which

there are many rules constraining our behaviors. Therefore, we can’t do whatever

we want. But we are not forced to do what we don’t want to is freedom.

Dear Sir,

I am a graduate in 2012, graduating from Southwestern University of Finance and Economics. I was noticed your company is looking for a CFO and I am writing to candidate for this position. I was major in financial management in college and minor in Business. I studied very hard in school and I was perfect in my courses. I ranked top three in my college. Moreover, I took part-time jobs in summer holidays and I had an internship in a company before, which brought me great practical experience. I know your company aims to internationalization and I am sure what I learned in school would help me to be qualified to this position. The following is my resume in details that will help you to know me better. I’m looking forward to your positive reply. And Best wishes for you and your company.

Sincerely yours,

Christ

I caught a cold today

In this morning，I felt very uncomfortable when i wake up,after i got up，i

sneezed continuously,so i realized that i had caught a cold.Then i went to the

clinic nearby my home to see the doctor, the doctor prescribed some cold

medicine for me and told me to drink lots of hot water. After taking the pills i

had a good sleep,now i feel better,I hope i will be better soon.

参考翻译

我今天感冒了

今天早上醒来的时候我感到很不舒服，我起床之后一直打喷嚏，于是我意识到我感冒了。于是我就去我家附近的诊所看医生，医生给我开了一些感冒药，并且嘱咐我多喝热水。我吃了药之后就睡了个好觉。现在感觉好多了，我希望我快点好起来。

国庆节到了，我们国家成立六十七周年了，机关、学校、工厂、社区、各单位门前挂着红布，上面写着“庆祝国庆”四个大字。

为了庆祝这一天，我们国家放七天长假，让大家高高兴兴的休息。有的人带着孩子去旅游，有的带着孩子去秋游，还有的带着孩子去超市、逛大街、进公园，大家都玩的特别开心。回家时大家都提着大包小包，有吃的，有穿的，有用的，还有学习用品和书籍。爸爸妈妈告诉我，现在生活真幸福，好像芝麻开花节节高，这应该感谢党的改革开放政策好。

国庆节的夜晚更加美丽，街上有各种各样的宫灯，五彩缤纷，还有人行道上火树银花星星点点，闪闪发光，使人看后流连忘返。

National Day to the sixty-seventh anniversary of our country, organs, schools, factories, communities, units in front of a red cloth, which says "to celebrate the National Day" four characters.

In order to celebrate this day, our country put seven days of holiday, so that everyone happy to rest. Some people take their children to travel, and some children with the autumn tour, and some children with the supermarket, shopping street, into the park, we all play very happy. When we are home, we are carrying a large bag, eat, have to wear, useful, and school supplies and books. Mom and Dad told me that life is now really happy, as if sesame seeds flowering high, it should be grateful to the partys reform and opening up policy is good.

National Day of the night more beautiful, the streets have a variety of palace lanterns, colorful, as well as sidewalks on the fire tree Yinhua little stars, sparkling, people see after lunch.

Dear Rose,

How are you? Will you be free next Saturday? That day is my 14th birthday.

I am going to have a party at my home. I will be very happy if you can come.

Some of my friends are invited to come to my party, too. We will sing, dance,

play games and watch some wonderful DVDs at the party. It will begin at 5

oclock that afternoon. I am looking forward to your coming.

Yours,

Peter

亲爱的玫瑰,

你好吗?你下周六有空吗?那天是我14岁生日。我要在家里举行一个聚会。如果你能来，我将非常高兴。我的一些朋友也被邀请来参加我的聚会。我们会唱歌，跳舞，玩游戏，看一些精彩的dvd在聚会上。它将在那天下午5点开始。我期待着你的到来。

你的,

彼得

你好!

我是德阳市实验小学五年级三班的敖诗淇，今年11岁，我是一个活泼可爱的小女孩，长长的秀发，一双水汪汪的眼睛，带着一幅眼镜，一张樱桃小嘴，能说善变。我爱好广泛：跳舞、画画、看书……我的特长是打篮球。我相信你和我一样是个爱好运动爱学习的女孩或是一个志向远大的男孩。

德阳有很多美景，如东湖山公园，鸟语花香，四季如春;美轮美奂的德阳石刻;历史悠久的白马关和孔庙;还有扬名天下的三星堆……也有很多的特产：罗江的蜂蜜花生，又香又脆;罗江豆鸡，吃一口，回味无穷;中江挂面，美味爽口。如果你和我一样是一个喜欢风景，又是一个好吃嘴的话，我真诚的邀请你，暑假来我的家乡，参观我们的学校;带你游玩这里的风景名胜;吃遍各种特色小吃。

学校这次开展的“手拉手”活动，我认为非常的好。1.让我们互相学习，互相进步2.拉近我们的距离，增进我们的友情(平时相互来信，节日互送贺卡)3.相互换课外书，又长知识还节约……。让我们手拉着手，真诚地建起一座友谊之桥吧!

祝你

天天开心!学习进步，更上一层楼!

你的朋友：敖诗淇

20__年2月25日

Today the weather was terrible，so I had to stay at home.

In the afternoon，I finished some homework,then I thought that maybe today

was very boring。I stared to surf the Internet ,and I found the movie 《Ghost

Rider》which was directed by Mark Steven Johnson by accident and then I began to

watch it. The movie told us that a lover of motorcycle called Johnny signed an

agreement with a demon in order to save relatives‘’ lives .However,he lost his

spirit and had to work for the demon.Then He used his spell to fight with evil .

The movie was so exciting that I coulnt be calm 。I would never forget this

movie.

今天天气很糟糕，所以我只好呆在家里。下午，我完成我的一些作业，然后我想今天一定会很无聊吧。我便开始上网，偶然地发现了一部由马克·斯蒂文·约翰逊主导的电影《鬼面骑士》，我便开始观看。这部影片讲诉了一个名叫强尼的摩托车爱好者为了挽救他亲人的性命与恶魔签署了一份契约。但是，他因此而失去了灵魂，被迫给恶魔工作。他用他的魔力与邪恶作斗争。这部影片是如此的振奋人心以至于我不能平息我的内心。我永远都不会忘记这部电影。

12 May 2006

Dear Sir,

I am writing to apply for a British Council scholarship to study in Britain. I did my five years basic training in medicine at Shanghai University. After this I successfully completed a one-year postgraduate course in Ophthalmology at the Peoples General Hospital, where I am at present serving a two-year probation in the Eye Clinic.

As a result of the publication in 2003 of my article in New Scientist entitled "Soft and Rigid Contact Lenses ", which was based on a survey of 37 patients over 6 months, I made contact with Dr. Li Ming of the Capital Hospital and Dr. Ma Li of the University College Hospital. I have received their help and advice with my current research project, which is a two-year survey of the acceptance of various types of contact lenses in 200 patients.

Despite their help, I feel that I cannot make real progress in this field unless I can actually have day-to-day contact with these specialists. I would therefore like to continue my research at either the Capital Hospital or the UCH as soon as my probationary period here is completed, and I would like to study in Britain for two years.

I enclose a detailed curriculum vitae and an offprint of my article, together with two letters of recommendation from Dr. Li Ming and Dr. Ma Li.

Yours faithfully,

Lily Chen

A hot day

Today is very hot,the heightest temperature reached to 40 degree.So I

stayed at home all the day.I recited english text this morning,after I finished

my homework,I prepared lunch for my families.I cooked egg-fried rice for

lunch,because there was eggs in the fridge only and I didnt want to go out

shopping for the hot weather.In the afternoon,I slept half of the day.It was

time to cook dinner when I wake up.It was a boring day,I hate hot weather.

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炎热的一天

今天天气非常地热，最高温度达到40度，所以我一整天都呆在家里。早上我被英语文章。完成了家庭作业之后，我就为全家人准备午餐。我做了鸡蛋炒饭作为午餐，因为冰箱里只有鸡蛋，并且由于天气热我不想出去购物。下午，我睡了大半天。当我醒来的时候就已经是做晚饭的时间了。这是非常无聊的一天，我讨厌炎热的天气。

Its fine today. Tom and his family are at a park. The man in white is his

father. He is standing by the lake and looking at the boats. The woman in blue

is his mother. She is sitting on the grass. Beside his mother is Alice, his

sister. She is eating cake. The park is big, and there are many trees and

flowers in it. They are having a good time.

Dear sir / madam:

Hello

We are very pleased to invite you to participate in the twenty-eighth

session of the Asia Pacific Regional Conference on food and Agriculture

Organization of the Asia Pacific region, which will be held in Beijing on

twenty-first Century 15-16, held by the United Nations Food and agriculture

organization". The theme of this meeting is: from the agenda to the action -

following the "non governmental organization for food sovereignty forum".

The consultation meeting was organized by the Asian Association of the

United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the international

food sovereignty Commission (IPC-Asia), and the cooperation of the China

International Civil organization. By then, more than 80 private organizations

from the Asia Pacific region more than 100 representatives will attend the

meeting. The conference declaration will be held in the 27 session of the United

Nations Food and Agriculture Organization Asia Pacific Conference on May

17-21.

The main topics of this meeting include:

1 the regional and national levels of the non governmental organizations in

the food and agriculture sector in the Asia Pacific region to implement the

global action agenda / civil society strategy".

2 non governmental organizations in the areas of food and agriculture in

the Asia Pacific region to determine the future of the participants in the

current situation.

3 participating agencies to draft the proposal submitted to the

twenty-seventh United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization Asia Pacific

Conference, continue to call for the maintenance of the interests of

farmers.

Sincerely look forward to your active support and participation!

Dear Miss Wang,

People say: the teacher is a lamp in the maze, illuminate the road of our

life; A teacher is a key that opens the door to our knowledge; The teacher is

the most dazzling star in the dark night, let us on the right path... And you

are the one who let me walk into the hall of mathematics.

I still remember that when I was in grade two, I often thought about some

uninhibited things in my mind. On A Christmas day, I unexpectedly received a

gift from "Santa Claus". The whole class doesnt believe in Santa Claus. I do.

The next day, I went to school early with my gift. At that time, I was too naive

to believe in the existence of Santa Claus, and believe in it. I show the gift

to you, also proudly said: "Teacher, I received a Santa Claus gift last night!"

You startled for a moment, but immediately with a kind of kindly tone said:

"This Santa Claus really exists!" Later, I just know, you in order not to let me

down, to help me continue this wonderful fantasy.

Teacher, do you still remember? In an exam, I didnt play well and only got

84 points. When I got this paper, I cried sadly. At this time, you called me to

your desk and encouraged me by saying, "Tingting, although you didnt do well in

this exam, it doesnt mean that you wont do well in the next exam. ! The

teacher believes you these questions you can do, is just a little careless, you

want to hurry to say goodbye to the paste oh..." Listening to the teachers

funny words, I immediately turned sad and happy, smile through tears. Teacher,

these words you may have forgotten, but I can forget, I forget you to my good,

you care about me, you to my every encouragement. They have been hidden in my

memory and will never be forgotten.

Teacher, when your every move, every word, I remember. Teacher, I will

graduate from primary school soon, but in those days your figure I how also

cant forget. Ah! Dear teacher, my first enlightenment teacher, how can I repay

you?

I wish you a

In good health, always smile

Your student: Li

亲爱的王老师：

人们都说：老师是迷蒙中的一盏灯，照亮我们人生的道路;老师是一把钥匙，开启我们知识的大门;老师是黑夜中最耀眼的星星，让我们走上正确的道路……而您，就是让我走进数学殿堂里的一位指路人。

还记得，二年级时的我，脑子里常想着一些天马行空的事情。在一次圣诞节，我意外的收到了“圣诞老人”给我送来的礼物。全班同学都不相信真的有圣诞老人，唯独有我，我相信。第二天，我便早早的来到学校，还带着我的礼物。那时的我，实在是太天真了，竟然相信圣诞老人真的存在，并且深信不疑。我把礼物拿给您看，还得意扬扬的说：“老师，我昨天晚上收到圣诞老人的礼物了!”您当时怔了一下，但马上用一种慈祥的口气说：“这圣诞老人还真的存在呢!”后来，我才知道，您为了不让我失望，就帮我延续了这个美好的幻想。

老师您还记得吗?在一次考试中，我发挥失常，只考了84

分，当拿到这张试卷时，我伤心的哭了。这时，您把我叫到讲桌前，鼓励我说：“婷婷，这次考试你虽然没有考好，可是也不代表下一次考试也考不好啊?!老师相信你这些题你都会做，只是有些粗心，你要赶紧跟马糊说拜拜哦……”听着老师有趣的话语，我立刻转悲为喜，破涕为笑。老师，这些话您也许都已经忘了，但我可忘不了，我忘不了您对我的好，您对我的关心，您对我的每一次鼓励。它们已经藏在我的记忆深处，永不忘记。

老师，当年您的一举一动，一言一语，我都记着呢。老师，马上我就要小学毕业了，可当年您的身影我却怎么也忘不了。啊!亲爱的老师，我的第一位启蒙老师，我该怎样回报您呢?

祝您

身体健康，笑口常开

您的学生：李

Different countries have different customs and different ways to celebrate festival. In our China, we have a variety of festivals, of which celebrating way is different. For example, we will eat mooncake in Mid-autumn Festival and have dragon boat races in the Dragon Boat Festival and eat zongzi. But in some extend, we celebrate all the festivals in the same way. Every family will have a big meal with their family. It is a time for family gathering. No matter what kind of celebrating way for a festival, it is the time to enjoy life.

不同的国家有不同的风俗习惯和不同的节日庆祝方式。在我们中国，我们有各种各样的节日，而庆祝它们的方式是不一样的。例如，我们会在中秋节吃月饼、在端午节赛龙舟、吃粽子。但从某种程度上说，我们都是以同样的方式来庆祝所有的节日。每家每户都会和家人一起吃大餐。这是属于家庭相聚的时间。无论用什么样的方式来庆祝，这都是享受生活的时刻。

My Darling McGeorge

You said that things seemed clearer when they were written down. Well, here

with a very boring letter in which I will try to put everything down so that you

may read and re-read it at a horror at your folly in getting involved with

me.

Deep breath. To begin with ,I love you. With a depth and passion and I have

felt for no one else in this life. And if it is astonishes you, it astonished me

as well. Not, I hasten to say, because you are not worth loving. Far from it.

Its just that, first of all,I swore I would not get involved with another

woman. Secondly, I have never had such a feeling before and it is almost

frightening. Thirdly, I would never have thought it possible that another human

being could occupy my waking and sleeping thoughts to the exclusion of almost

everything else. Fourthly, I never thought that even if one was in love one

could get so completely besotted with another person so that a minute away from

them felt like a thousand years. Fifthly, I never hoped,aspired, dreamed that

one can find everything one wanted in one person.

I was not such an idiot as to believe this was possible. Yet in you I have

found everything I want: youre beautiful, gay, giving, gentle, idiotically and

deliciously feminine, sexy, wonderfully intelligent and wonderfully silly as

well. I want nothing else in this life than to be with you, to listen and watch

you, your beautiful voice, your beauty, to argue with you, to laugh with you, to

show you things, to share things with you, to explore your magnificent mind, to

explore your wonderful body, to help you, protect you, serve you ,and...bash you

on the head when I think you are wrong...

Not to put too fine a point on it, I consider that I am the only man

outside mythology to have found crock of gold at the rainbows end. But, having

said all that, let us consider things in details. Dont let this become public,

but, well...I have one or two faults. Minor ones,I hasten to say. For example I

am inclined to be overbearing. I do it for the best possible motives, all

tyrants say that, but I do tend, without thinking, to treat people underfoot.

You must tell me when Im doing it to you, my sweet, because it can be a very

bad thing in a marriage.

Right, the second blemish. This actually is not so much a blemish of

character as a blemish of circumstance. Darling, I want you to be you on your

own right, and I will do everything I can to help you in this. But you must take

into consideration that I am also me in my own right. And that I have a head

start on you. What Im trying to say is that you must not feel offended if you

are sometimes treated simply as my wife. Always remember that what you lose on

the swings you gain on the roundabouts. But i am an established ‘creature’ in

the world, and so on occasions you will have to live in my shadow. Nothing gives

me less pressure than this. But it is a fact of life that has to be faced.

Third, a very important and nasty, blemish. Jealousy. I dont think you

know what jealousy is, thank god, in the real sense of the word. I know that you

have felt jealousy over Lincolns wife and child, but this is what I call normal

jealousy, and this to my regret, is not what Ive got. What I have got is a

black monster and any goodness that I have in my make-up. It is really a Jekyll

and Hyde situation... my Hyde is stronger than my good sense and defeats me,

hard though I try. As I told you, I have always known that this lurks within me,

but I could control it, and my monster slumbered and nothing happened to awake

it. Then I met you and I felt my monster stir and become half-awake when you

told me of Lincoln and others you have known, would you like to end with your

letter my monster came out of its lair, black, irrational, bigoted, stupid,

evil, malevolent. You never know how terribly corrosive jealousy is; It is a

physical pain as though you have swallowed acid or red hot coals. It is the most

terrible of feelings. But you cant help it at least I cant and god knows Ive

tried. I dont want any ex-boyfriends sitting in church when I marry you. On our

wedding day I want nothing but happiness both for you and me, but I know I wont

be happy if there is a church full of your ex-conquests. When I marry you I will

have no past, only a future. I dont want to drag my past into our future and I

dont want you to do it, either. Remember I am jealous of you because I love

you. You are never jealous of something you dont care about.

Okay enough about jealousy. Now let me tell you something. I have seen a

thousand sunsets and sunrises, in a thousand sunsets and sunrises on land where

it floods forest mountains with honey-coloured light, at sea where it rises and

sets like a blood orange in a multi-coloured nest of cloud, slipping in and out

of the vast ocean. I have seen thousand moons. Harvest moon is like gold coins,

winter moons as white as ice chips, new moons like baby swans feathers. I have

seen seas as smooth as if painted, coloured like shot silk or blues as a

kingfisher or transparent as glass or black and crumpled with foam, moving

ponderously and murderously. I have felt winds straight from the south pole,

bleak and wailing like a lost child; Winds as tender and warm as a lovers

breath; Winds that carried the astringent smell of salt and the death of

seaweeds; Winds during the moist rich smell of a forest floor, the smell of a

million flowers. Fierce winds that churned and moved the sea like yeast, or

winds that made the waters lap at the shore like a kitten. Ive known silence:

the cold, earthy silence at the bottom of a newly dug well; The implacable stony

silence of a deep cave; The hot, drugged midday silence when everything is

everything is hypnotized and still moved into silence by the eye of the sun. The

silence when great music ends. Ive heard that summer cicadas cry so that the

sound seems stitched into your bones. Ive heard a tree frogs in an

orchestration as complicated as Bach singing in a forest lit by a million

emerald fireflies. Ive heard the Keas calling over the grey glaciers that

groaned to themselves like old people as they inched. Their way to the sea. Ive

heard the hoarse street vendor cries of the mating Fur seals as they sang to

their sleek golden wives, the crisp staccato admonishment of the rattlesnake,

make the cobweb squeak of the Bat and the belling roar of the red deer knee-deep

in purple heather. Ive heard wolves baying at a winters moon, read howlers

making the forest vibrate with their roaring cries. Ive heard the squeak, purr

and grunt of a hundred multi-coloured reef fishes. I’ve seen hamming birds

flashing like opals round a tree of scarlets blooms, humming like a top. I have

seen flying fish skittering like quicksilver across the blue waves, drawing

silver lines on the surface with their tails. Ive seen Spoonbills flying home

to roost like a scarlet banner crossed the sky. Ive seen Whales, black as tar,

cushioned on a cornflower blue sea,creating a Versailles of fountain with their

breath. I have watched butterflies emerge and sit, trembling, while the sun

irons their wings smooth. I watch tigers, like flames, mating in the long grass.

I have been dive -bombed by an angry Raven, black and glossy as the Devils

hoof. Ive lain in water warm as milk, soft as silk, while around me played a

host of Dolphins. I have met a thousand animals and see a thousand wonderful

things.

All this I did without you. This was my loss. All this I want to do with

you. This will be my gain. All this I would gladly have forgone for the sake of

one minute of your company, for your love, your voice, your eyes, hair, lips,

body, and above all for your sweet, ever surprising mind which is an enchanting

quarry, in which it is my privilege to delve.

Gerald Durrell