高二英语作文欣赏通用五篇 作文题目【精彩20篇】

Everyone has a family. We live in it and feel very warm. There are three persons in my family my mother father and I. We live together very happily and there are many interesting stories about my family.

My father is a hard-working man. He works as a doctor. He always tries his best to help every patient and make patients comfortable. But sonetimes he works so hard that he can’t remember the date.

My mother is a woman with a bad memory. She always does a lot of housework but sometimes she makes mistakes out of carelessness. For example one day she washed clothes in the washer after the washer finished the work she found she hadn’t filled the washer with water.

Now let me tell you a funny thing: one day father wanted to get up early as usual buthe wasn’t able to do that because he hadn’t set the alarm clock the night before so when he got up he did everything in a hurry. After father left mother said to me mysteriously "He will come back soon." "Why?" I was greatly surprised. "Because today is Sunday his holiday!" Just as mother said father came back home soon and went to bed again--he was too tired.

You see what an interesting family have! I hope that you will have one like mine too.

每个人都有一个家庭。我们生活在这感觉很温暖。有三个人在我的家庭我的父亲和我的母亲我们在一起幸福地生活有许多有趣的故事我的家人。

我的父亲是一个勤劳的人。他是一名医生。他总是尽力帮助每一个病人让病人舒适。但有时他工作非常努力他不记得日期。

我母亲是一个女人与一个坏的记忆。她总是做很多家务活但有时她犯错误粗心大意。例如有一天她在洗衣机洗衣服洗衣机完成工作后她发现她没有洗衣机装满了水。

现在让我告诉你一件有趣的事:一天爸爸照常想早起可是他没能做到这一点因为他前一天晚上没有设置闹钟所以当他站了起来他所做的一切。爸爸离开后妈妈神秘地对我说:“他很快就会回来。”“为什么?“我非常惊讶。“因为今天是星期天他的假日。“就像母亲说父亲回到家不久又上床睡觉他太累了。

你瞧多么有趣的家庭!我希望你能有一个喜欢我的。

In China, people treat the family as a very important union, families get together now and then, even the kids get married, they still treat their parents in the first place. So the family means so much to everyone, family has great influence on them.

When the family gets on well, people can focus their mind to work, they don’t need to worry about other issues. It is reported that the people live in a harmonious environment are more easy to get succeed, which reflects the importance of the family. While people who live in a unharmonious family are easily distracted from work, because besides the work issues, they also have family annoyance.

So the family is very important, we should keep in touch with family members often, even though we are busy, we should go home often, never let the work occupancies you.

在中国,人们把家庭当作一个非常重要的联盟,家人聚在一起,即使孩子们结婚了,他们仍把父母放在第一位。因此,家庭意味着太多,家庭有很大的影响。

当家庭变得很好,人们可以关注他们的思想工作,他们不需要担心其他问题。据报道,人民生活在一个和谐的环境中更容易获得成功,它反映了家庭的重要性。虽然生活在一个不合谐的家庭的人容易分心工作,因为除了工作问题,他们也有家庭的烦恼。

因此,家庭是非常重要的,我们应该经常与家人保持联系,即使我们很忙,我们应该常回家看看,不要让工作入住率。

Last summer holiday, I took a trip to Yunnan. It is in the southern part of

our country .It is really a very beautiful place grand mountains, clean rivers

and kind people. Trees and flowers are seen everywhere. Every year there are

lots and lots of visitors.

Maybe you have heard about Shi Lin (stone forests). There are all kinds of

strange stones. Some of the small stones look like graceful girls; and the big

stones look like handsome men. Other stones look like cats, peafowls,

double-edged swords, mice, elephants and so on. Of all the stones, the stone

like a beautiful girl in a legend is the most famous .Its name is A Shima.

I also went to Li Jiang. The roads in that city are just like the Eight

Diagrams. Any road in the city goes to the center of Li Jiang. A river runs

through the whole city. If you go along the river, youll never get lost. There

are many ethnic minority people in Yunnan. They are very cordial. And they all

like singing and dancing. We danced with them around the campfire that night. I

really had a good time.

I like the elephants and fruits there best. An elephant is even taller than

me! I even mounted the elephant, though I was very afraid at first. But the

elephant seemed very friendly. I took some photos with it. The fruits there are

very fresh and delicious. They are very good for our health.

The trip to Yunnan impressed me greatly. I will never forget it.

刚送走了秋姑娘，冬小姐紧接着就来了。 As soon as the girl Qiu was sent away, Miss Dong came immediately.

我没有看到完完全全的春姑娘、夏小姐和秋姑娘，却有机会一睹冬小姐全部的风采，真是幸运呐!

我用笔描绘着冬小姐，希望将她的美丽永远记住。

啊!冬小姐来到我的身边了!

听!

是冬小姐的呼吸声。北风卷着残叶，呼呼的刮着，一株小树苗因此被刮到了。北风并没有停下来，他依旧前进着，当风从我身边刮过时，我浑身冷得向被冰块封住了一样。当然这是冬小姐野蛮的一面，但，冬小姐也很温柔。

看!

是冬小姐在纺纱。一个晶莹透亮的小精灵，不知什么时候出现的，她们在空中跳起了欢快的舞蹈。啊，那是雪精灵。我伸出双手去接，可当我碰触到雪精灵，雪精灵竟然溶化了。哦，这纯白的雪精灵是不容他人污染的。越来越多的雪精灵从空中飘舞下来，她们汇聚到地面上，织成了一件独一无二的雪纱裙。冬小姐穿着这件雪纱裙到处溜达，她所到之处，都散落着一个个的雪精灵。站在雪精灵的面前，心仿佛也被她们感染了，变得纯洁起来了。冬小姐的艺术品真是巧夺天工啊!不知她用什么方法，做出了这一个个有着六个角的雪精灵。

与春姑娘，夏小姐和秋姑娘不同的是，冬小姐没有那淡淡的花香，但是，没有花香的冬小姐同样迷人，同样可爱。也更加散发着迷人的魅力。我被冬小姐深深的吸引了，情不自禁的爱上了她。

冬天，一个多让人幻想的词啊!冬小姐带来了下一年的丰收，正所谓“瑞雪兆丰年”。冬小姐作出的贡献可真是大呢!这让我更加欣赏冬小姐了。

你们也一起来与冬小姐交朋友吧!

2013湖北高考英语作文题目：结合事例用英语写一篇短文

以下是无忧考网为大家整理的2013湖北高考英语作文题目：结合事例用英语写一篇短文

请根据以下提示，并结合事例，用英语写一篇短文。

We all know that "sticks and stones may break our bones", but we should also be aware that words can hurt people, too.

注意：①无须写标题，不得照抄英语提示语;

②除诗歌外，文体不限;

③文中不得透露个人姓名和学校名称;

④词数为120左右。

Ive been in my middle school for four years. Four years school life plays an important role in my life.

I enjoy making friends, getting knowledge and having interesting time in my school. I have also made friendship with lots of classmates, and I have also been taught different lessons by lots of different patient teachers. I have grown up a lot in the past four years.

I will never forget my four years school life.

原文翻译：

四年来，我一直在我的中学。四年的校园生活在我的生活中起着重要的作用。

我喜欢结交朋友，获取知识和有趣的时间在我校。我也有很多同学的友谊，我也一直由很多不同的病人教师教不同的教训。我已经长大了很多，在过去四年。

我永远不会忘记我四年的学校生活。

Nowadays, we can often hear the discussion whether buying cars should be encouraged. Some people suggest that we should buy cars. But others claim that driving cars is not a wise idea. As far as I am concerned, I am in favor of the latter opinion.

To begin with, there are few parking lots, so the streets are made narrower by the cars parked along the roads. For example, my father could not find any places to park when we went to the supermarket.

Moreover, many drivers do not obey regulations, because people do not pay enough attention to the rule of traffic. For instance, I often see people cross the road when the traffic lights are still red.

Last but not least, the growth of new roads’ construction is usually slower than the increasing number of cars. For example, the length of the road has gone up by 20% in 2002. However, the number of cars increased by 50% in the meantime.

From what has been discussed above, we could draw a conclusion that encouraging buying cars is not fit for today.

spring comes with all its glories. the new grass exposes green color .the pretty flowers open their blossoms. we are tempted to go for an outing.

last tuesday, the weather was fine. we went to the chimelong paradise. it took us about half an hour to get there by bus. what a beautiful city it is! there stand countless tall buildings. half an hour later, we entered the gate of chimelong paradise. we jumped with joy. we rode many rides there. we were very excited and tired, and quite out of breath. as long as you have courage, you can conquer any ride, no matter how dangerous it is. it was about half past four and we had rode all of the rides. we had to take a bus to go back to our school.

what a nice day we had!

[以A Spring Outing为题目的初三英语作文

Christmas is the most important festival in the western world. It falls on

December 25th. When my mother and I stayed in America, we were invited by one of

my mothers friends to have Christmas with an American family. We bought some

presents for our American friends on our way to their house.They had prepared

different kinds of gifts for their family and guests when we got to their house,

such as Christmas candles, cakes, cards, little toys, biscuits and so on. A

Christmas tree was placed in the comer of the brilliant hall. How beautiful it

was! We were impressed by these. We had a big meal. After dinner, they told us

some interesting stories about Christmas. We learned that Christmas had

something to do with God. We went to bed at midnight. Though we knew the Santa

Claus was not true, we were still waiting for the Santa Claus with white beard

to bring us presents.And we received many beautiful presents the next

morning.This Christmas was really unforgettable. Not only did I have a good

time, but also I knew something about foreign culture.

With the improvement of living level, the goods package have become more

and more complicated and exaggerated. Thus, the phenomenon of the excessive

packaging is common around us. Such as Mid-autumn moon cakes. But what factors

contribute to this phenomenon?

Firstly, as we all know, a large number of markets and stores think that

goods which are well-decorated could attract consumers and inspire consumers to

purchase goods. So they can earn more money. Secondly, consumers hold the idea

that the more elegant the goods look, the better quality of the commodity is.

Whats more, the government didnt make relevant rules to prevent this

phenomenon.

Personally speaking, excessive packaging has a bad influence on our

environment, which also wastes precious resources. So we should increase our

awareness of consuming and save rare resources. At the same time, some useful

measures should be taken by the government. Its high time we took action to

prevent this situation. Only in this way can we put an end to this trend.

showing respect to parents is one of the chinese traditional moral

values.as most of the students today are “the only child” in their family, they

often regard themselves as the“centre”of the family, without caring much about

their parents. our school started a programme when the new year came.it is

“respecting parents programme”. ten“do"s”have been worked out for the students

to follow clearly and easily, including:

“remember your parents" birthdays and express your best wishes to them;

say”hello“to your parents when you see them returning home; and tell your

parents where you go when you leave home.” the programme has been successful,

and has won praises from parents and other sides of the society. people say this

is what we should have done earlier!

I am getting my internship now, I am being an English teacher in a college,

I really enjoy being a teacher, passing my knowledge to the students, I also

like to communicate with my students, we share own opinion and talk happily.

During those internship days, I realize that a good teacher should also be the

students’ friend.

As a teacher, my duty is to teach my students with my knowledge, I will do

my best to teach them, making them learn knowledge at the easiest way. At the

same time, I also need to improve myself, so that I will keep pace with the

world and refresh my knowledge, teaching my students with the newest

information.

As a friend, the students are willing to talk to me, they like to share

their happiness and sorrow with me, they need a listener and I am their best

choice. Being the students’ friend closers our distance, I can get to know them

and give my best advice.

A good teacher must be a good friend to students, that is what I have

learned during my internship days, I want to do my job well in the following

days.

On the Losing of Traditional Culture

1. 现在许多传统文化正慢慢消失

2. 传统文化消失的原?因

3. 我的看法

On the Losing of Traditional Culture

It is widely noted that lots of traditional culture is disappearing along with the development of technology. Many ancient architectures and traditional ways of living have been deserted. It seems that the traditional culture and craftsmanship will be replaced in this modern era.

The following reasons can account for the above phenomenon. Firstly, traditional technologies are always considered ineffective while the new sciences are always highly efficient. Secondly, it is costly to protect the traditional culture. If the fund used to protect the ancient culture was instead delivered to the poor, it will be helpful to the improvement of their living standard. Thirdly, modern science and technology facilitate both our daily and academic life a lot. For instance, college students always collect their thesis materials by surfing the Internet instead of borrowing books from the library.

In my opinion, although traditional culture is an ancient heritage, it couldn’t keep pace with the development of society. It is the tide of history that the traditional culture and technology will no doubt be eliminated in the end.

Today, more and more young people are crazy about western festivals. When western festivals come, they usually go to restaurants or shopping malls to have fun.

如今，越来越多的年轻人都对西方的节日着迷。当西方节日到来的时候，他们常常去餐厅或是商场娱乐。

Why do the young enjoy western festivals so much? Since they worship everything new, and they can’t resist the temptation. In their opinions, western festivals symbolize the fashion, while our Chinese traditional festivals are out of date. No wonder we always feel so boring during our traditional holidays. If we still turn a blind eye to our traditional festivals, our culture and civilization will disappear someday. Accordingly, it is high time for us to pay close attention to our Chinese festivals.

为什么年轻人这么喜爱西方节日呢?大抵是因为他们喜爱新鲜事物，抗拒不了诱惑。在他们看来，西方节日代表着时尚，而中国传统节日则太土了。这也难怪我们也觉得我们的传统节日太过无聊了。如果我们对传统节日漠然置之，那么某天我们的文化文明终会消失。因此，我们该多多关注我们中国自己的节日了。

As a Chinese, we have the obligation to protect our culture and custom. So I think we should celebrate our Chinese festivals by doing some traditional activities. As for western festivals, we needn’t to be too excited about them. We can just send our best wishes to our best friends during those festivals.

作为一名中国人，我们有责任保护自己的文化习俗。所以我认为应当在庆祝中国传统节日时候举办一些传统活动。而对于西方节日，我们不需要太过激动。在这些节日里我们应该只需简单的送上祝福就好。

第一篇

i hope to go on a trip to beijing,but my mother always tells me "you cant".she thinks i am too young to go to beijing,and i am too busy at school.this term is over,to my surprise,my mother will take me to beijing.i am very excited!then i have a traveing plan for this trip:first i will go to the tiananmen square,i will take many pictures.then i am going to the place museum,i can see many old builds there.second,iam goingto the wangfujing street,we will buy many things,for example,foods,clothes and some books.then i will go home. i think i will have a great trip to beijing.

我希望去旅行到北京,但是我的妈妈总是告诉我“你不能”。她认为我太年轻,去北京,在学校,我太忙了。这学期结束了,让我惊讶的是,我妈妈将带我去北京。我非常兴奋!然后我有一个横梁为这次旅行计划:首先,我将去天安门广场,我将拍很多照片。然后我要去博物馆的地方,我可以在那里看到许多老版本。第二,我去王府井大街,我们会买很多东西,例如,食物、衣服和一些书籍。然后我就回家了。我想我将会有一个伟大的旅行到北京。

第二篇

for the 1st day, we would like to visit sydney for the well-known sydney opera house. it is like a shell lying in the bay.

then, we would go to melbourne by train. it is the trading center of australia, and what is more, the best college in australia, the melbourne university, is located there. it ranks 22 in the world college billboard. it is such a wonderful chance for us students to pay a visit to the great academy, hoping that one day in the future we will grasp the opportunity of studying there through hardworking.

第一天,我们想去悉尼著名的悉尼歌剧院。它就像一个壳躺在海湾。

然后,我们将乘火车去墨尔本。这是澳大利亚的交易中心,更重要的是,在澳大利亚最好的大学,墨尔本大学,坐落在那里。它在世界大学排名22广告牌。这是这样一个美妙的机会对我们学生参观伟大的学院,希望将来有一天我们将抓住机会学习通过勤奋。

导语：你的童年有什么有趣的事情吗?下面是yuwenmi小编为大家整理的英语作文，欢迎阅读与借鉴，谢谢!

I was born in a small county which is poor. Therefore, there were no beautiful clothes or many toys. Before I went to school at six, I only played with my peers nearby. It was such a wonderful period that I would never forget. We always made our toys independently, which cost no money at all. Sometimes, parents would help making toys as well. We could play from morning to night until parents told us to go home for dinner. However, as a rural child, I must help my parents doing farm work in the busy season, such as planting and harvesting. Besides, my mother is a teacher. Therefore, she began to teach me to read and count when I was three, so I had to spend some time I study. Now, remembering it, I feel much happy rather than upset.

参考翻译

我出生在一个贫困的小农村里，因此不能拥有漂亮的衣服和玩具。在我六岁上学之前，我都是和邻居的同龄小朋友玩，那是一段我无法忘怀的快乐的岁月。我们通常都是自己做玩具，不花一分钱，有的时候我们的父母也会给我们做一些玩具。那个时候，我们可以从早晨玩到天黑，直到爸爸妈妈叫我们回家吃饭。但是，作为一个农村的孩子，在农忙的时候我也必须要帮忙家里干些农活，像是种植和收割这些。另外，我的妈妈是一名老师，因此在我三岁的时候她就开始教我识字、算术了，所以我还要花些时间在学习上。现在，回想起这些，我更多的是快乐，而不是烦恼。

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Nowadays, most companies are faced with a common problem that feeling hard to find permanent employees. Many of their employees will leave the company after a period of time. In my opinion, this phenomenon is a serious problem needs to be solved. But, we need to find out the causing reasons at first.

如今，大多数公司都面临着这样常见的一个问题，很难找到长期员工。很多员工待了一段时间后都会离开公司。在我看来，这是一个需要解决的严重问题。但是，我们首先需要找出其原因。

First of all, employees do not get what they want. For most employees, what they want are good salary and the chance to develop. For one thing, some companies can not offer enough treatment for their employees to match their pay on work. If they are not satisfied, they will leave one day for sure. For another, if employees can find another job, which has more opportunities for advancement, they will make their choice. After all, man struggles upwards; water flows downwards.

首先，员工没有得到他们想要的。对于大多数员工来说，他们需要的是高薪和发展的机会。一方面，一些公司无法满足员工在工作上的付出所应得的报酬。如果员工不满意，他们肯定有一天是会离开的。另一方面，如果员工可以找到另一份有更多发展机会的工作，他们也会做出自己的选择的。毕竟，人往高处走水往低处流。

[My View on Permanent Employee高二英语作文

Mid-autumn festival is one of the most important day for Chinese people.

The families will get together and enjoy the reunion. Mooncake is the typical

food. People will have it while appreciate the full moon. At this time, the old

generation like to tell the story of Hou Yi and his wife, which is the coming of

this festival. Hou Yi is a man with great strength. He shot down nine suns and

left only one. While his wife was so curious to taste the pill which Hou Yi told

her to keep it for him. Then his wife flied to the moon and left Hou Yi forever.

It is said that the wife lives in the moon. So when we look at moon, she is

watching us.

Think carefully about the issue presented in the following excerpt and assignment below.

To change is to risk something, making us feel insecure. Not to change is a bigger risk, though we seldom feel that way. There is no choice but to change. People, however, cannot be motivated to change from the outside. All of our motivation comes from within.

Adapted from Ward Sybouts,Planning in School Administration:A Handbook Assignment

What motivates people to change? Plan and write an essay in which you develop your point of view on this issue. Support your position with reasoning and examples taken from you reading,studies, experience, or observations.

Sample Essay - 6分范文

What motivates people to change is a relentless and innate desire for self-improvement. Rarely ever has history seen a man or society kick back, relax, and say Well that about does it. Not much else to do here! Within every person is the potential to achieve greatness in some form; be it athletically, mentally, spiritually. This inherent potential demands that people continue to explore and change both their environments and themselves throughout their lifes course. Never should a man be idle for too long. After acknowledging the changes a man has already made to his environment, the pursuit of self-improvement will once again stir within his soul and call him to action. This internal desire, this pursuit of challenge and perfection, does not prohibit man from being happy with his status and achievements. On the contrary, the device serves more to allow the man to constantly strive for greater change, newer innovation. What motivates people to change is the ongoing need to redefine peoples lives and identities to elevate them to higher levels of eminence and sucess.

[SAT优秀作文欣赏英语备考辅助

英语作文：Yesterday, my mother clean the house, she did the big cleaning, so she searched every corner of the house, many old things were dig out, like the toys when I owned at the very early age. But there was one thing surprised me most, it is my photo album, my mother was happy to find it, she opened it to me, I saw myself in different stages. The photo album recorded me since I was born, I saw the wonderful moment my parents wrote, like the date I first talked, my parents took the picture of the moment. Seeing these moments, I felt so thankful to my parents, for not only they recording these beautiful moment, but also for they raise me up, they are such good parents that they cultivate me with all their hearts. I will return them when I grow up.

【附翻译】 昨天，我的妈妈打扫了房子，她做了大扫除，所以她搜索了房间的每一个角落，很多旧东西被翻出来，比如我很小时候就有的玩具。但是有一样东西最让我震惊，那就是我的相册集，我的妈妈很高兴找到了它，她向是打开了相册集，我看到了不同时期的自己。相册集记录了从我出生起的一切，我看到了父母写下的美好时刻，比如我第一次说话的日子，他们也拍下了这个时刻。看到这些，我很感激父母，不仅仅是为了他们记录下的这些美妙的时刻，也是因为他们把我养大，他们是如此称职的父母，全心全意地养育了我。等我长大了要回报他们。

the family had just moved to rhode island, and the young woman was feeling a little melancholy on that sunday in may. after all, it was mothers day -- and 800 miles separated her from her parents in ohio.

一家人刚移居罗德岛。5月的那个星期天， 年轻女人感到有点儿忧伤。毕竟， 这一天是母亲节─而她却与俄亥俄州的父母亲遥距800英里。

she had called her mother that morning to wish her a happy mothers day, and her mother had mentioned how colorful the yard was now that spring had arrived. as they talked, the younger woman could almost smell the tantalizing aroma of purple lilacs hanging on the big bush outside her parentsback door.

她那天早上给母亲打去电话， 祝母亲节日愉快。随后， 她的母亲向她提起， 因为春天已经来临， 所以院子里的色彩是多么绚丽。在她们通话的当儿， 年轻女人几乎可以闻到悬垂在父母亲后门外大灌木丛上的紫丁香醉人的芬芳。

later, when she mentioned to her husband how she missed those lilacs, he popped up from his chair. i know where we can find you all you want, he said. get the kids and cmon.

so off they went, driving the country roads of northern rhode island on the kind of day only mid-may can produce：sparkling sunshine, unclouded azure skies and vibrant newness of the green growing all around. they went past small villages and burgeoning housing developments, past abandoned apple orchards, back to where trees and brush have devoured old homesteads.

后来， 她向丈夫说起她是如何怀念那些紫丁香时， 他突然从椅子上跃起。我知道在哪儿能找到你想要的东西， 他说， 带上孩子， 走吧。

于是， 他们就出发了， 驱车行驶在罗德岛北部的乡村小路上， 那种天气只有5月中旬才会有：闪亮的阳光、蔚蓝色的晴空以及生机勃勃、随处可见的绿意。他们穿过一座座小村庄和一座座拔地而起的房屋， 穿过废弃的苹果园， 来到了树林和嗄敬匝谟车睦吓

where they stopped, dense thickets of cedars and ju nipers and birch crowded the roadway on both sides. there wasnt a lilac bush in sight.

come with me , the man said. over that hill is an old cellar hole, from somebodys farm of years ago, and there are lilacs all round it. the man who owns this land said i could poke around here anytime. im sure he wont mind if we pick a few lilacs.

他们停下车。车道两边长满了茂盛的雪松、杜松和白桦树。眼前没有一棵紫丁香。

随我来， 那个男人说， 翻过那座小山， 有个老地窖， 几年前是一个人的农场， 四周长满了紫丁香。这块地的主人说我可以随时到这儿来闲逛。我相信， 要是我们采几束紫丁香， 他不会介意。

before they got halfway up the hill, the fragrance of the lilacs drifted down to them, and the kids started running. soon, the mother began running, too, until she reached the top. there, far from view of passing motorists and hidden from encroaching civilization, were the towering lilacs bushes, so laden with the huge, cone-shaped flower clusters that they almost bent double. with a smile, the young woman rushed up to the nearest bush and buried her face in the flowers, drinking in the fragrance and the memories it recalled.

还没等他们到达半山腰， 紫丁香的芬芳已经向他们飘了过来。于是， 孩子们开始奔跑。不久， 那位母亲也开始跑起来， 直至到达山顶。

那里， 远离了过往司机的视野， 避开了纷扰的文明世界， 高耸的丁香花丛开满了硕大的圆锥形的串串花束， 几乎把花茎压成了两折。那个年轻女人微笑着冲到最近的一处花丛， 把脸埋在鲜花中， 啜饮着芳香， 陶醉在重新唤起的记忆中。

while the man examined the cellar hole and tried to explain to the children what the house must have looked like, the woman drifted among the lilacs. carefully, she chose a sprig here, another one there, and clipped them with her husbands pocket knife. she was in no hurry, relishing each blossom as a rare and delicate treasure. finally, though, they returned to their car for the trip home. while the kids chattered and the man drove, the woman sat smiling, surrounded by her flowers, a faraway look in her eyes.

在那个男人察看地窖试图向孩子们解释这座房子必定是什么样子的当儿， 那个女人不由自主地走进了紫丁香花丛。她小心翼翼地从这儿摘一枝， 那儿挑一束， 然后用丈夫的袖珍小刀将它们剪下来。她不慌不忙， 像欣赏稀有珍宝似地欣赏着每一朵花。

然而， 他们终于还是返回了汽车， 走上了回家的路。孩子们叽叽喳喳说个不停， 那个男人驾着车， 那个女人坐在那儿面带微笑， 她周围放满了鲜花， 眼睛里充满着向往。

when they were within three miles of home, she suddenly shouted to her husband, stop the car. stop right here! the man slammed on the brakes. before he could ask her why she wanted to stop, the woman was out of the car and hurrying up a nearby grassy slope with the lilacs still in her arms. at the top of the hill was a nursing home and, because it was such a beautiful spring day, the patients were outdoors strolling with relatives or sitting on the porch.

当他们离家不足3英里时， 她突然向丈夫大声喊道：停车， 就在这里停车!

那个男人嘎地刹住车。还没等他问为什么， 女人就已经下了车， 匆匆走向附近的草坡， 怀里仍抱着紫丁香。山顶上是一家疗养院， 因为这是一个美丽的春日， 所以病人正在室外和亲友溜达或坐在门廊上。

the young woman went to the end of the porch, where an elderly patient was sitting in her wheelchair, alone, head bowed, her back to most of the others. across the porch railing went the flowers, in to the lap of the old woman. she lifted her head, and smiled. for a few moments, the two women chatted, both aglow with happiness, and then the young woman turned and ran back to her family. as the car pulled away, the woman in the wheelchair waved, and clutched the lilacs.

那个年轻女人走到门廊的尽头， 只见那里有一个上了年纪的病人正坐在轮椅里， 独自一人， 低着头， 背对着其他人。年轻女人越过门廊栏杆， 将鲜花放在了老太太的膝间。老太太抬起头， 露出了笑脸。两个女人聊了一会儿， 都兴高采烈。随后， 那个年轻女人转身跑回到家人的身边。当汽车开动时， 坐在轮椅里的那个女人挥动着手， 手里紧紧地握着那束紫丁香花。

mom, the kids asked, who was that?why did you give her our flowers?is she somebodys mother?the mother said she didnt know the old woman. but it was mothers day, and she seemed so alone, and who wouldnt be cheered by flowers?besides, she added, i have all of you, and i still have my mother, even if she is far away. that woman needed those flowers more than i did.

this satisfied the kids, but not the husband. the next day he purchased half a dozen young lilacs bushes and planted them around their yard, and several times since then he has added more.

妈妈， 孩子们问， 那人是谁呀?你为什么把我们的花送给她?她是谁的母亲呀?他们的母亲说， 她不认识那个老太太， 但今天是母亲节， 她看起来是那么孤独， 而鲜花会给任何人带来好心情。再说， 她补充道， 我拥有你们， 而且我还有自己的母亲， 即使她离我很远。那个女人比我更需要那些鲜花。

孩子们得到了满意的答案， 但她的丈夫却没有。第二天， 他买了半打紫丁香幼苗， 栽到了院子四周;而且从那以后， 每隔一段时间， 他就会增加一些。

i was that man. the young mother was, and is, my wife. now, every may, our own yard is redolent with lilacs. every mothers day our kids gather purple bouquets. and every year i remember that smile on a lonely old womans face, and the kindness that put the smile there.

我就是那个男人， 那个年轻母亲是我妻子。如今， 每年5月， 我们自家的院子都会散发出浓烈的紫丁香的芬芳。每逢母亲节， 我们的孩子都要采撷紫丁香花束。而且每年我都会记起一位孤独的老太太脸上露出的笑容， 以及笑容里呈现出的那种慈祥。