英语作文我的暑假合集4篇 作文带翻译（20篇）

My name is Xia Shunyao. Im eight years old, grade two in primary school. I have a round face, big black eyes, big ears. My hair is black and bright, also please. In fact, I want to keep a long braid, but mother is not let me stay, I do not agree, but there is no way, had to leave a short hair.

My mother told me that my name was very meaningful. Because of the Xia Dynasty is the first dynasty Chinese, Emperor Yao and shun China is the earliest and most kind-hearted monarch, mom and dad gave me this name, is the hope that Ill do.

I am a good student in my class. I can finish my homework every day on time. I can check it after I finish it. In class, I can speak actively and help the students, so the teacher chose me as her little assistant.

At home I often help my mother do the housework, such as tow the floor, wipe the table, help my mother to buy food. When my parents are out of work, I can also go to the canteen to eat.

You see, am I great? Would you like to be a friend with me?

我叫夏舜尧，今年八岁，上小学二年级。我有一张圆圆的脸，乌黑的大眼睛，大大的招风耳。我的头发又黑又亮，还有点卷。其实，我很想留长辫子，可是妈妈就是不让我留，我不同意，但也没办法，只好留了个短发。

妈妈告诉我，我的名字很有意义。因为夏朝是中国第一个朝代，尧帝和舜帝是中国最早的最善良的君主，爸爸妈妈给我取这个名字，是希望我将来大有作为。

我在班上是个好学生，每天的作业都能按时完成，做完后也能自己检查。上课时能积极发言，爱帮助同学，所以老师才选我当她的小助手。

在家里我经常帮妈妈干家务，比如拖地板、抹桌子，帮妈妈买菜。爸妈没下班的时候，我还能自己到食堂打饭吃呢。

你看，我是不是很棒?你愿意和我做朋友吗?

January 15 20xx

20xx年1月15日

It was the third day of our winter holiday. Today, there are many business in my mothers company. So my mother told me to help my uncle who is the manager of my mothers company. I sat in my mothers office and help her answer the telephone. While I was free, I was writing my homework. Although I also have a lot of time to do my homework, I still do it. Because in my mothers office, I had nothing to do. If I did nothing, I was wasting my time and my life. I cant do the foolish thing. We should take good use of our time.

这是我们的冬季假期的第三天。今天,有许多企业在我母亲的企业。因此,我的母亲告诉我,帮助我的叔叔谁是我母亲的企业的经理。我坐在母亲的办公室,帮她接电话。虽然我是自由的,我正在写我的家庭作业。虽然我也有很多时间做功课,我仍然这样做。因为在我母亲的办公室,我没有任何关系。如果我没做什么,我是在浪费我的时间和我的生命。我不能做的傻事。我们应该利用我们的时间充分利用。

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".

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。

People grow up, the memory of things more up. This summer, experienced a

lot of things, in retrospect, vividly. But the most memorable of my number to

play Wu source hole.

That day, we made an appointment my friend Hu Yulu, early in the morning.

Dad riding a car while talking to us about this discussion, and soon, to the

destination.

Have not wait for my father to buy tickets, I and Hu Yulu flew into the. At

first we both played the swing and seesaw, and later, my father proposed to go

inside. This is the next two of us guys like a ruined Mustang, bolted up.

Playing around everywhere, confused everywhere is gray. I gave Tathagata,

Guanyin, turtles to the money, like a decent way to make a wish, do not know if

they will bring me happiness and good luck.

Did not expect my father actually bought a drifting ticket, I and Hu Yu Lu

not mention more happy. On the boat, we wanted to start planning, but to wait

for everyone to board the boat to start planning. When all the people came up,

the boat set out. Surrounded by a silence, I and Hu Yulu think downhill, but the

ship has not yet to the source, it turned away. Under the boat, I and she said

angrily: "Do not stimulate the thing, the money is white." Dad listened,

laughed. However, we simply spent a long time in the inside, feel the hole

inside the "natural air conditioning."

We also fed a monkey, although it was released a few, but we are still very

happy. "This is a pity that did not bring the camera, did not take this

beautiful scenery to shoot down!" Dad said disappointed.

That day is my most happy day, although not so beautiful scenery and time

to shoot down, but I will not forget this day!

nowadays many people like to have dogs as their pets。 dogs are friends of man not only because they are lovely but also because they are faithful to their masters。

dogs can do a lot of work for man。 they play with us。 they hunt with us。 they keep door for us。 but long ago， dogs all over the world were wild。

dogs can date back to the stone age。 all dogs have the same ancestor。 it is believed that their ancestor was much like a wolf。 other animals， such as the fox， came from this ancestor， too。 hundreds of thousands of years ago， man began to tame wild dogs。 after the dogs were tamed， they were trained。 the strong dogs became working animals。 they were trained to pull heavy loads。 they learned to keep an eye on the sheep and other animals。 working dogs had other jobs， too。

some dogs were not strong。 but they could help man hunt for game。 other dogs were best as pets。

today， there are more than 100 kinds of dogs in the world。

翻译：

现在许多人都把狗当作他们的宠物。狗是人类的朋友，不仅因为它们可爱，而且因为它们对主人忠诚。

狗能为人类做很多工作。它们可以和我们玩，它们可以跟我们一起打猎，它们可以给我们看家。但是以前世界上的狗都是野生的。

狗可以追溯到石器时代。所有的狗都是同一个祖先，人们相信狗的祖先很像狼。其他动物，如狐狸，也是来自这个祖先。几千年前人类就开始驯服野狗，狗被驯服后，人们就训练它们。强壮的狗成为人类工作的帮手，人们训练它们拉重的货物。它们学会了帮人们照看绵羊和其它的动物。

有些狗不够强壮，但它们能帮人们寻找猎物。还有些狗成了人们的宠物。

目前世界上狗的种类已经达到100多种。

[关于狗英语作文附翻译

Spring Festival, for me, is both happy and unforgettable. I like the spring festival very much.

The Laba Festival, people accustomed to the twelve known as the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, the twelfth lunar month, and its as a traditional festival has the Laba Festival to treat. Many of the Laba Laba Festival or custom also often dubbed the eight symbol of porridge, produce good harvests. The Laba is actually the beginning of the Spring Festival. I have been very fond of the Laba Festival.

The Laba Festival had finished is small, also known as small Xie stove, kitchen, kitchen king festival. In the 23th day of the twelfth month of the Chinese lunar calendar or twenty-four. Lunar New Year is regarded as the New Year beginning, is among the people day. It is said that the day, the king Kitchen God to report to the Jade Emperor of the family of good and evil, let him out. So it is in, but also to use fire to melt candy on the kitchen gods mouth, let it not speak ill of the emperor before coming to family peace. Only for men.

The new years Eve, our one family will sit down and eat dumplings, on behalf of one family reunion, the family gathered at twelve every staying-up late on new years Eve, shooting, its a new year.

First of the month, for the first year of the year, commonly known as "Spring Festival" we have to get up early, wear new clothes to visit the year. Spring Festival is also my favorite festival, because it can have the age of money. The 15th day of the first month of the Chinese lunar calendar - the first month for the fifteen yuan, and fifteen yuan in July under the section are collectively referred to as the "three yuan", the festival activity is mainly ornamental lights, also known as the "Lantern Festival" column: eat dumplings, watching lanterns, playing, lantern riddles after the fire of fifteen, families are busy at work, preparing for the children school.

My summer vacation

This years summer vacation, I so happy.

The summer vacation, I at home carefree get boring, until one day, my dance teacher told me that we are still in perfect order, dance dance of the class is rhythm feeling worse, if good rhythm, can go to the match in a couple of months.

Once I listen to, the game soon, then looking for right away. Ah! Where there is a plate to exercise good rhythm?

"Ah," I sighed. Suddenly remind of a computer. Yi? The computer can play MP3, isnt it? Ha ha! Some I le. I immediately opened up the computer, listening to music. I have heard for three weeks, finally recognized the lasting appeal. Turned out to be "dong man dong man" "dong man dong man" every first "dong" is "a" first "man" is "2" the second "dong" is "three" the second "man" is the "four". Rhythm is "1234, 1234" repeatedly, but want to use English.

I believe that as long as we work hard and have good grades.

Happy summer vacation, happy summer vacation, summer vacation without anxiety.

我的暑假

今年的暑假，我过的特别开心。

暑假，我在家闲得无聊，直到有一天，我的舞蹈老师告诉我，我们这个班舞蹈跳的还是井井有条，就是节奏感差些，要是节奏感好，过几个月就可以去比赛了。

我一听，马上就要比赛了，便马上到处找起来。啊!哪里有碟子让了锻炼好节奏感啊?

"哎"我叹了口气.突然想起电脑.咦?电脑不是可以播放MP3吗?呵呵!有的我乐了。我立即把电脑开起来，听曲子。我听了整整三个礼拜，终于听出了里面的韵味。原来是"咚哒哒咚哒哒""咚哒哒咚哒哒"每第一个"咚"就是"一"第一个"哒哒"就是"二"第二个"咚"就是"三"第二个"哒哒"就是"四"。节奏就是"一二三四，一二三四"重复不停的念，不过要用英文。

我相信，只要我们努力比拼，就一定会有好成绩的。

开心的暑假，快乐的暑假，没有忧虑的暑假。

[我的暑假生活英语作文带翻译3篇

I went to watch the movie Wolf warriors 2 today

I went to watch the movie Wolf warriors 2 today as I heard it was a big hit

in China. I am not the biggest fan of WuJing(the director and leading role of

the movie), but this movie he direct really impressed me. I have watched Wolf

Warrior which I would consider as a good movie, but II is way much better. It is

the first Chinese movie that is built on the context of African country and

actually shot in South Africa, bearing the risk of suffering the disturbance on

the set. The way the plot unfolds and the courage and patriotism is delivered to

its audience makes it more than a simple action movie. Love this movie and will

go for it a second time!

参考翻译

我今天去看了电影战狼2

当今天听到《战狼2》轰动了中国时，我就去看了这部电影。我不是吴京(这部电影的导演和主演)的死粉丝，但是他导演的这部战狼2真的令我印象深刻。我之前看过战狼，并且我认为这是不好电影，但是第二部简直是要好太多了。这是首部以非洲国家为背景的中国电影。整个剧组实际上冒着在片场遭遇动荡的风险在南非进行拍摄。情节的展开方式，以及片中体现出的勇气和爱国情怀都传递给了观众，这部电影不仅仅是一部简单的动作片。我爱这部电影，我决定将看第二遍!

Today was the second day of our Hong Kong visit. I was very happy as

yesterday. But I felt tired a lot. I didn’t want to stay at guesthouse, so I

planted to go window-shopping with my parents in Times Square. There were many

kinds of goods, but you could choose the one you liked best easily。Also, there

were many designer-label stores in Times Square, such as

DNKY、MAXMARA、MAX&CO、BOSS and so on. Among others, there was a famous

bookstore called PAGEONE.At last, I bought a beautiful skirt(你好像是女的吧)and some

books。Then I was exhausted but I didn’t care in the slightest(可以换成not at all

)。

今天是我们香港之旅的第二天。我和昨天一样开心，但是我感到有点累了。我不想呆在宾馆里面，所以我打算和我的父母在“时代广场”去逛街。这里有各种各样的商品，但是你可以轻松的找到你最喜欢的。同样，这里面有许多的品牌店在“时代广场”，例如DNKY、MAXMARA、MAX&CO、BOSS等等。最值得一提的是，这里有一家著名的书店叫PAGEONE.。最后我买了一件漂亮的裙子和一些书。我已经筋疲力尽了但是我一点都不在乎。

上网对孩子好还是不好，好在哪里，不好在哪里，并谈谈自己对这个问题的看法

We should say that every coin has its two sides. So it is with surfing on line.

我们应该说，每个硬币都有两面。所以这是与网上冲浪。

Generally speaking, students will benefit a lot from Internet. People can get lots of useful information through the Internet quickly ,no matter it is national or throughout the world. We can also listen to the music and chat with the friends far away.The most important of all is that we can search many foreigners who speak English as their native languge, which can help us improve our Enlish rapidly.We can send Email to our good friends in a few seconds---with the internet your friend dont need to wait for so long time as receiving a letter as before.

一般而言，学生会受益很多，从互联网。人们可以通过互联网获得大量有用的信息，不管是国家还是世界。我们也可以听音乐和外地的朋友聊天。最重要的是，我们可以寻找许多外国人讲英语作为他们的母语，这可以帮助我们快速提高我们的英语水平。我们可以在一个网上朋友不要几秒钟---我们的好朋友发电子邮件需要等待很长时间才收到一封信。

But it also can spread many side effects.for example ,there are some sexy news and pictures on web which will not do good to teenagers. And there are some games that can easily attract the students and even make you addict to the games so you can waste a lot of valuable time.

但它也可以传播许多副作用的例子，网络上有将不利于青少年的一些性感的新闻和图片。还有一些游戏，可以很容易地吸引学生，甚至让你沉迷于游戏，这样你可以浪费很多宝贵的时间。

On the whole it will give you both good and bad things, the thing matters much is how do you make use of it.

总的来说，它会给你既好又坏的东西，这件事很重要的是你如何利用它。

[对上网的看法高考英语作文及翻译

Saturday， my grandma made dumplings， one of the dumplings like obedient little ducks swimming in the bowl。 My in the mind have a little not to eat them。 But the smell of fragrance and let me greedy slobber， I eat up tit-bit。 But I eat dumplings， the heart have a kind of feeling can not tell。翻译：星期六我奶奶家包饺子了，一个个的饺子像听话的小鸭子在碗里游来游去。我心里有点不忍心吃他们了。但是那扑鼻而来的香味又让我馋得流口水，我就大口大口地吃了起来。但是我吃完饺子，心里有一种说不出来的感觉。

In the coming summer holiday, I am going to do a lot of interesting things.

在即将到来的暑假，我打算做很多有趣的事情。

First, I will finish my holiday homework. Second, I am going to have a good rest. I am going to play computer games or listen to music when I am free, because I like them very much. But I am not good at them now. Then, I will join a basketball club to play basketball. Even if I was a girl, I like basketball very much. It can not only make me become sunny, cheerful, but also can make me healthy. Finally, I am going to visit some of my friends. We are going to play together. Maybe we will go sightseeing.

首先，我会完成我的暑假作业。第二，我打算好好休息一下。我打算在我有时间的时候玩电脑游戏或者听音乐，因为我很喜欢它们。但是现在我却还不擅长。之后，我会参加篮球俱乐部来打篮球。虽然我是个女孩，但是我却非常喜欢篮球。它不仅可以使我变得阳光，开朗，而且也可以使我健康。最后，我要去拜访一些朋友。我们打算一起去玩。也许我们会去观光。

I think I will have a great summer holiday.

我觉得我将会有一个很棒的暑假。

大家好！我叫茅庆东，今年13岁了，在金碧实验学校读书。

Hello everyone！ My name is Mao Qingdong. I am 13 years old and I am studying at the Golden Blue experimental school.

小的时候，别人说我像个男孩子，没错，我的确没点孩子的样儿。我像猴儿一样，以开心起来，像疯了似的，一个劲儿地跳。爸爸说习惯成自然，别再跳了！可是我哪儿会听呢？

When I was young, people said I was a boy. Yes, I did not have a child. I like monkeys like to laugh, like crazy, a kick to jump. Dad said that the habit was natural, dont jump again! But where can I hear it?

我的爱好是数学和英语。数学老师和英语老师非常喜欢我，特别是英语老师，对我，总摆出那张慈祥的脸孔，数学老师也一样，每次都以娃娃脸来面对我，而我的数学和英语成绩总是很好的。当然，语文也一样。

My hobbies are math and English. Math teachers and English teachers like me very much, especially English teachers. They always show Zhang Cixiangs face to me. As for math teachers, they always face me with dolls, but my math and English scores are always good. Of course, the same is the same in Chinese.

我喜欢西瓜和芒果，他们的味道非常好，你也不妨去试试!

I like watermelon and mango. Their taste is very good. You might as well try it!

我喜欢跑步，他对我的身体有着很大的好处。我有一个远大的理想，那就是我要当一名伟大的企业家，所以我还喜欢天蓝色和银白色，它代表着我要飞向天空。

I like to run, and he has a great advantage for my body. I have a lofty ideal, that is, I want to be a great entrepreneur, so I also like sky blue and silver white. It means I want to fly to the sky.

我是个好胜心非常强的人。考试时，别人比我考得好，我不服气，平时更加努力，结果取得了更好的成绩，因为我知道，只有海胜心腔的孩子，才会取得成功！

I am a very strong person ambition. In the exam, others did better than I did. I was not convinced, usually I worked harder, and I got better results, because I knew that only the children of Haisheng heart cavity could succeed.

我的优点是勇敢，我勇敢地去参加所有的竞赛，而且已参加，就必须给捧个证书回来，否则，我是不会甘心的。我的缺点是不爱举手回答问题，我也常对自己说，难道我的手就如千斤这么重么？怕什么？明天我就举手！可是到了第二天，我又像老鼠那样，缩到地洞去了，不是我会改正它的。

My advantage is bravery. I am brave to take part in all the competitions, and I have to take part in, and I have to give a certificate back. Otherwise, I wont be willing to be willing. My shortcoming is that I do not love to raise my hand to answer the question, and I often say to myself, is my hand as heavy as a kilo? What are you afraid of? Ill raise my hand tomorrow! But on the second day, I was like a mouse, and I shrunk to the cave, and I wouldnt correct it.

这就是我，你喜欢我么？

This is me. Do you like me?

Blink of an eye summer vacation passed. Although it was a bit short, but in the summer there are two things that I was very impressed. Now in retrospect, let me memorable.

Although I was not fortunate enough to attend the graduation ceremony of our junior school students, but in a chance I learned that the junior high school in the summer during the third day of the graduation ceremony. So and primary school students to see with. The scene looks very simple, the program is very rich. There are chorus, dance performances, poetry recitation and so on. Near the end, commended the General Assembly. There is a graduate of Wang Jie, the total score of 701 points, a record high school, was named the city of three good students. I was very surprised when I heard it. Did not expect such a teaching system is not very high, the atmosphere is not a good school, but also have such talent. Is confirming the sentence: where the gold will be glowing!

I could not help but admire him. I went to the east of this school, paid a huge cost of money - more than a dozen junior high school tuition fees. However, because of this, I will cherish the opportunity to learn more in the East. So far the master of the East so much, when I feel powerless, I will encourage myself: the gold will always light, not to mention I am a diamond! This sentence looks like some arrogant, but often think of it, the mouth will always rise, feeling re-owned the power.

Another thing is, once, my mother and I went to eat KFC. Something is the time, see the cashier next to a small brand, which reads: dedication for the disaster area, do Mianbaozhili, 1 yuan. I do not hesitate to talk with the cashier sister, I want to donate a dollar. Although this is the ordinary life can not be ordinary things, but also make me very happy.

Summer vacation in the occurrence of these interesting, so that my life more of a meaning and color!

It is important to know our good and bad points because this knowledge will

help us to improve ourself. We should examine ourselves and learn who we

are.

对于我们来说，正确地认识自身的优缺点是很重要的，因为这个认识有助于我们自身的提高。我们应该检查自己并学着(认识)我们是谁。

Above all, we should recognize our strengths and weaknesses. For example, I

am healthy and fit, so I can work hard. Im also optimistic, humble and polite.

These are my strengths. However, I also have weaknesses. For one thing, Im

stubborn and a little impatient. Im sometimes lazy as well and can spent a

whole day just watching TV and eating junk food. Im not ashamed to admit these

bad pints. Knowing what they are lets me focus on improving myself.

首先，我们应该认识自己的优点和缺点。举个例子来说，我是个身体健康的人，所以我可以很努力的工作。我也是一个乐观、谦逊和有礼貌的人。这些是我的优点。可是，我也有缺点。首先，我是一个倔强和有点没有耐心的人。有时候我也很懒惰的，(我)可以花整天的时间看电视和吃垃圾食品。我没有对允许这些缺点(出现)而感到羞愧。了解这些优缺点使我(的注意力)聚焦在提高自身方面。

Dear John,

Long time no see, how is your summer vacation I’m really sorry for writing so late. I have been too busy at this moment. I am happy to hear that you have traveled to Tibet at this summer holiday. How I wish I could go there with you!

Let me tell you something about my summer holiday. My summer holiday is rich and colorful. My parents take me to Hong Kong. That’s a beautiful place. I buy a lot of funny things at there. Such as pretty dresses, cute dolls and the snacks I never eat before. I really want to stay there and never come back! In a word, I really appreciate the life there. I’m really looking forward to your reply!

亲爱的约翰：

好久不见，你的暑假过得还好吗很抱歉那么晚才写信给你。这段时间 我真的太忙了。我很高兴听说暑假你去了西藏旅游。我真希望我也和你一起去。

让我告诉你我的暑假趣事吧。我的暑假过得丰富多彩。我父母带我去 了香港。那是个美丽的地方。我在香港买了很多新奇的玩意。比如漂亮的裙子， 可爱的娃娃和一些从来没有吃过的零食。我真想待在那里再也不回来了。一句话， 我喜欢那里的生活。

友的

I went to summer camp on vacation. On the first day, we went to a beautiful beach. It was a sunny and hot day, so we went swimming. The water was warm and we had great fun. Then the next day, we went to the mountains. There were many trees and I really enjoyed them. On the last day, we had a great party. We sang and danced happily. We didn’t want to leave(离开) the friends and the teachers. I hope I can go to summer camp again next year.

我去夏令营度假.第一天,我们去了美丽的海滩.这是一个阳光和炎热的一天,所以我们去游泳.水是温暖的,我们有很大的乐趣.然后第二天,我们去了山区.有许多树木,我非常喜欢他们.在最后一天,我们有一个伟大的党.我们高兴地载歌载舞.我们不想离开(离开)的朋友和老师.我希望我可以去夏令营明年再次.

In last summer vacation ,I went to Beijing with my family. First ,we went to the Great Wall,where we met a lot of foreigners and we also took a lot of photos. They all like our culture and beautiful senery. Second.we went to the summer palace ,where the previous emporers spent summer in the old days.Third, we went to the Forbidden City .Finally ,we went to Wangfujing Street where we tasted much delicious food. In a word, we had a great time during the vacation and we leanred a lot from this tour.(大约一百零几个词。)去年的暑假我和家人去了北京，首先我们去了长城在那我们见到了许多外国人并在那拍了很多照。这些外国人很喜欢我们的文化和美景，接下来我们又去了颐和园那是旧时帝王们避暑的地方。接着我们去了故宫，最后我们去了王府井，在那我们尝了很多美味的小吃。总之，这次旅游我们玩得很高兴。并从中学到了很多。

Summertime is the besttime of the year.There is no school for monthsI get to do what I want.With no tests no homework,Im as free as a bird.

I do many things during the summer vacation.I relax by reading books watching TV.I also hang out with my friends travel with my family.However,I dont play in summer.I take advantage of the free time to learn more.For example,last summer I learned to swim.This summer I might study computers or English.Summer vacation flies by fast,so its important to do as as you can.

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

【翻译】

亲爱的大卫，

我很高兴你会来北京学习中文。中国是非常有益的，许多外国人正在学习，现在。这很难为你，因为它是相当的英语不同。你要记住尽可能多的中国话。同样重要的是做一些阅读和写作。你可以看电视，听广播练习你的听力。你最好不要谈论与中国人民。你可以学习汉语，不仅从书本上，而且从你周围的人。如果您有任何问题，请问我。我敢肯定你会学好中文。

希望能尽快看到你在北京。

此致，

王明

[高考满分英语作文附翻译

Summer can be very hot in southern taibei where the temperature usually goes up to 32"C or more. Because of the heat it is a trying experience to go to school or do anything else in a place that is not air-conditioned. Also because of this I stay at home most of the time during the summer vacation and only occasionally go to the beach to plunge myself into the cool water as a way to keep my body less sticky. Actually I like swimming and think nothing is more refreshing than a swim. In the summer vacation that has just ended I went swimming many times with my classmates and we all had a good time. This summer vacation, however, was not spent entirely in seeking fun. As a second-year senior student I had to prepare myself for the college entrance examinations that were only a year away. In other words, I must find time to study, too. So I divided my time between work and play during the summer vacation and derived much benefit from this arrangement.

I spent this summer vacation in quite a different way. I used to run about every day in previous summer vacations, but this summer vacation I simply could not afford to do so. I would soon be in the last year of my high-school education and would after graduation be up against the college entrance examinations. Though those examinations were still a year away, I had to start early to make myself well prepared by reviewing all those things I had learned at school and this summer vacation was the ideal time for me to do this. At first I was rather dismayed at the thought of this, but later I thought it was better this way because by working hard this summer I could count on endless happy summers to come. With this in mind I then set to work like anything and only occasionally went out for a change or did some physical. I was not at all bored by this kind of life, for I was sustained by a hope.