我的暑假生活英语作文带翻译3篇 作文初一【汇集20篇】

暑假随着陪读的妈妈回了趟老家，一路走一路想进城三年未回老家了，现在老家怎样?和我一起玩耍的旧友怎样?

下了车刚踏进我家庄头，放眼望去，一幢幢厂房拔地而起。看，那不远处刚从淡淡的雾霭中显现进来的纺织厂、电子厂，显得特别恬静美丽。粉白色的围墙掩映在重重叠叠的绿树林中，整齐优雅厂楼中的花坛内鲜花锦绣、绿草如茵，一簇簇、一层层，像云锦似的铺天盖地，风情万种。我被眼前的这一幕幕惊呆了，随口问妈妈我们是不是走错路了，妈妈说：“没有，这是乡政府招商引资引进的，你看，纺织厂、服装厂、电子厂……

三年前家乡很偏僻，路难行车不通，几亩薄地成了家乡人民所有的依靠，几条弯弯曲曲的土路到处还坑坑洼洼。一到下雨天，淤泥的路脚得拔车得扛，大家连门也不敢出去，很不方便。

走着走着到了家门口，再看大婶家门前又围着一群人，呀，是不是大婶又在和人家吵架了，她在村里可是有了名的“吵架大王”，整天不怕吵不胜，就怕没人和她吵。

啊，走进一看，原来是村干部正在给村民们讲解如何建设社会主义新农村，构建和谐社会呢!真是家乡老少齐巨变。是呀，你看村头那一幢幢刚建的别墅。

此时，我早已被家乡美景吸引，仿佛有一曲动听的歌声飘来……

是改革开放的热浪?

是和谐社会的弹奏?

是雨的陪舞?

是风的触摸?

……

此时的景，此时的人，此时的遐想，此时的点点滴滴歌颂家乡的巨变，引吭着和谐社会乐曲，引领着家乡人民正在走上幸福和谐的康庄大道。

在我成长、每天接收更多新知识、消化考卷的同时，我逐渐了解到“珍惜”的重要性。

从小学毕业才几个月，我就已经开始想念那轻松。美好的一切了。在小学，每天就在吃喝拉撒睡中虚虚渺渺的度过，虽然很没内容，但每天跟朋友相处，不也是一种充实吗?但升上初中后，原本轻松的一切不再是轻松的，而读书也变得痛苦万分，每天晚上都为了分数跟沉重的眼皮拉锯，不屈就于看似大而舒服的床。虽然分数还维持着，但朋友却悄悄的被分数挤压出我的生活。这时，我便明白，要珍惜朋友和他们带给你的欢乐时光。

在此同时，我也了解到珍惜时间的重要性。时间是个调皮的孩子，当你还埋首书堆、手机、电脑等3C产品前，它牵紧沙漏里沙子的小手，悄悄溜走了。所以把握时间，也把握你身边爱你的人吧。这就是我在成长中所逐渐明白的事。

Today at noon I to the public outside for lunch. The dinner, I Wolf down to get up. Because I am impatient, accidentally make a savory chicken leg bone fell to the ground. Im too lazy to pick up, continue to eat. After dinner, I just want to go to pick up a chicken leg bone, but found in bone, there are many of small black spots, careful have a look at the original is a group of ants. "Come on, let the meal!" I said to himself. So I walk away.

Slept nap, I finally find that the ants are a robber bond. I just want to eat the cake and found it has a lot of ants. In my anger I, to kill the ants cleaners, but the cake is ruined. I seek the arrest of fish, found the ant hole. I think for a long time, finally came up with many trick kill ants.

A poet leads me to a branch road: on one side, there are lots of sweet

apples, lovely and charming; on the other, there is a patch of thorn, what hides

behind the success of struggling against the thorn is a splendid palace. I

deeply know that if I choose the apples, I will give up a precious opportunity

of becoming a queen; While if I choose to challenge, I have to say farewell to

the apples. Which one should I choose?

Just like the branch road, we have to make a lot of choices during our

lifetime. It is usually considered that we are choosing what to gain, to own,

but in my opinion, we are just choosing to give up.

Choosing to be a teacher means giving up the life as rich as a business

man;

Choosing to be a top student means giving up much leisure time in front of

the TV.

Sure, it’s a torture, but we must judge carefully what is more important,

then give up the others. Don’t think of them any more, just focus all your

spirit on what you are doing.

I myself, who is standing here, have already chosen to challenge in such a

great competition, so I have to give up ten days of normal classes in school and

relaxation without pressure. But I am still pleased, because giving up properly

makes me stick to my choice.

Let’s return to our branch road, which one will your choose? I choose to

challenge here!

一位诗人把我引到一个岔路口：一边是甘甜的苹果，鲜艳而诱人;另一边是一条荆棘之路，但隐藏在与荆棘搏斗的成功之后是一座富丽的宫殿。我深深地明白：如果我选择那些苹果，我将失去一个可能成为女王的良机，与此同时，如果我选择挑战那些荆棘，那会很艰辛，而且我又必须与可爱的苹果告别，我该选择哪一个呢?

正如这个岔路口一般，生活中的我们面临多种选择。人们通常认为，我们在选择去获得什么，拥有什么，但在我看来，我们在选择放弃什么。

选择作一名老师意味着放弃了像商人一样奢华富有的生活。

选择作一名顶尖学生意味着放弃了许多在电视机前的闲暇时间。

当然，放弃的选择是一种苦难，但我们必须用心审度，什么对自己来说更为重要，做出选择，然后放弃其他，不要再回首想那些已放弃的东西，把精力集中于你正在做的事。

站在这里的我，已选择了在这样大规模的比赛中挑战自我，所以我必须放弃十天的正常功课和没有压力的轻松感。但我依然高兴，因为适宜的放弃弃之后，我更加专注于自己的选择。

让我们回到那个岔路口吧，你会选择哪一个呢?我，选择挑战此地!

I was bored. So I wanted to travel to Hong Kang. I told my father my

decision. To my surprise, my father agreed. My father thought I always at home

was bad. He thought I should go out to see our country clearly. How beautiful

our country is! My father drove me a travel service. I filled out an application

form. After that, the agency would finish every things. At last the agency told

me it would take a week time to transact procedures.

我很无聊。所以我想前往香港康。我告诉父亲我的决定。出乎我的意料，我的父亲同意了。我的父亲以为我总是在家里不好。他认为我应该走出去，看到我们的国家清楚。如何美丽，我们的国家是!我的父亲开车，我的旅行服务。我填写了申请表。在此之后，该机构将完成每事情。在去年该机构告诉我，它会采取一个星期的时间办理手续。

忙碌的学期结束了，终于迎来了令人梦寐以求的暑假。我的暑假生活是如此地丰富多彩，暑假里发生的故事就像天上的星星一样闪亮在我记忆的长河中。

回顾之前，我总是在结束暑假时才疯狂的补作业，有时可能会熬几个通宵，现在我要彻底地改正这个坏习惯，尽管作业很多，但在我夜以继日的勤奋努力下，终于提前完成了学习任务。

值得庆幸的是，妈妈终于领悟：兴趣是人最好的老师这句话，她没有逼迫我参加任何令人乏味的补习班、兴趣班。我终于可以做自己喜欢做的事情了，每天沉浸在书的海洋里，在图书馆里，在书店都曾留下了我的足迹，我那小小的书架也一点一点的被填满。钢铁是怎样炼成的让我懂得了磨练自己的毅力;鲁滨孙漂流记教会了我克服恐惧。我的心情随着武松打虎而从满活力，又因贾宝玉和林黛玉的分离而低落。

所谓读万卷书行万里路，我的户外活动也不少。记得有一天，我和我的朋友们相约去爬山，这真是令人振奋的消息。那是一座很高的山，但是并不陡峭，抬头向上望，仿佛山顶在云彩上面，虽然我们攀登的不是泰山，但是仍然有和杜甫一样：会当凌绝顶，一览众山小的雄心壮志，刚到半山腰我们就已经吃不消了，我把带来的食物分给大家，我们互相勉励着，一口气终于到达了山顶，山顶的景色格外美，我想那一定只有坚持不懈的人才可以看到。

我的暑假生活是多么充实啊!既丰富了知识又愉悦身心，我要把这份珍贵的回忆永藏心底。

Summer holiday, is joyful! Is excited! In these happy days, I often get busy.

I remember one day I was writing my homework. Suddenly a large number of guests came to the house, and my mother was too busy to catch her breath. I looked in my eyes, and immediately picked up my homework and rushed to my mother and said, "mom, let me help you." The mother didnt lift her head and said, "play with it and help your mother do it later." I have some grievance. I have grown up. Why dont I trust me? After my death, my mother reluctantly agreed. After a while, I was sweating from my forehead, and my heart was as happy as a candy in my heart.

During the summer vacation, my parents took me to the forest park in kunshan. As soon as I got there, my eyes were riveted by the big ship across the room. I cant wait to get my mom and dad to take me to the boat.

Summer life is rich and colorful, it belongs to me alone, others can share, but cannot take it away!

Today is Friday. It is my thirteenth birthday. I got up very early in the

morning and put on my new clothes happily. My parents bought me the new clothes

as my birthday presents. I went to school earlier than before.I invited many of

my classmates to come to my birthday party in the evening.

今天是星期五，这是我13岁生日。我早早就起床愉快地穿上我的新衣服。我的父母给我买了新衣服做为生日礼物。我比以住早去上学，我邀请了许多同学在晚上来我的生日聚会。

Evening came at last. Many of my classmate came to my home. they bought me

lots of beautiful presents. they all said,"Happy birthday to you!" We sang

birthday songs happily.then my parents brought out a big birthday cake, saying,

"We love you for ever. Happy birthday!"

傍晚过后。我的许多同学来到我家，他们给我买了很多漂亮的礼物，他们说：“祝你生日快乐!”我们唱生日歌，我的父母拿出了一个大生日蛋糕，他们说：“我们永远爱你。祝你生日快乐!”

At the end of the party, we ate the birthday cake and some other delicious

food. How happy I was!

在派对的最后，我们吃了生日蛋糕和其他一些美食，我是多么幸福啊!

1995 I went into taizhou junior middle school.Totally we had 7 classes,I

was in class 4.The head-teacher of the class was a middle age woman.she was so

strict with us.for example, i was catched when i ate a big rabbit sugar during

class time,she asked me to buy that bland sugar one peice for everyone.in my

opinion ,she hated everyting except study,everyweekend ,she asked us to study in

school,sunday afternoon was just the free time for us.when she saw we played

football,she must get the ball back to her office.someone who was to be in love

was found by her,he would be punished just like a shit.luckyly,i was not found

by her.i liked the girl who was my Elementary school schoolmate during my junior

middle school.i didnt know she konwed or not.it ended when we graduated.but i

liked to talk with others during class time,everytime i was found by her,she

asked me to write 3000 words to explain why and how to do in future. nowadyas

every time i remeber what happened in my junior middle school,i deeply appreciat

her kindness.she is real a good teacher.

My junior middle school time has pasted ,but it will influece till the end

of my life.

刚放暑假，我觉得很兴奋，不明白爸爸妈妈会带我们去哪里玩，一开始，我想叫妈妈带我和妹妹去游泳，但是妈妈要顾家，工作，根本没办法带我们去，妈妈说：「我带你们去，你们自己待在那里玩，看要几点再去载你们。」虽然妈妈这麽说，但是她心里还是不放心，担心我们会发生危险，所以最后就没去了，但是不去也好，那时候流行眼角膜，所以妈妈才不让我们去。

我在暑假期间写暑假作业，看书，我大约四点会去益新工商玩，和我的两个妹妹去，我们都会发现很多色彩的玫瑰花和一些我不明白的花。星期二或星期四或星期六，我和家人都会去逛夜市，有时候我和家人去全买买东西，里面有好多故事书，星座书，也有很多食物，生活用品，都看得我眼花潦乱。我也去了嘉义探望我奶奶，我奶奶原本就住在乌麻村，奶奶常喝饮料，有一天，奶奶突然喊痛，我爷爷赶快打电话给爸爸，爸爸赶紧载奶奶去云林医院，住了好几个礼拜，但是病情反而没好转，所以就转院，转到嘉义的朴子医院。我妈妈说：“不要像奶奶一样常喝饮料，要多喝开水。”

7月24日，我到校园去替跳鼓阵，一向到7月27日去斗六表演。8月19，20，21日我也到校园练习，准备在7月22日到虎尾表演。

快开学了，我开始有点想念校园的生活，我原本还有两页才写完，一大早，我和妈妈，妹妹，弟弟，去摘叶子，终於在最后一天写完了。

这个暑假我过得十分充实，也获得很多知识，所以，这个暑假我过得十分好。快开学了，我要收起心，过新的生活。

在这个暑假中，我明白了，甚至成长了，我已经不再是以前的小学生了，我是一名五年级的大孩子，我相信，我一定会成功地站在最高峰。

过去，被老师看不起，被同学们欺负，说自己是笨猪。但我始终没有被打败，因为我坚信，总有一天，有人会被我感化，果然，那个人是老天爷，，他给了我最优异的成绩：数学100分，这是一个多么让人憧憬的数字啊，虽然，我也曾考过许多100分，但这次意义非凡啊，现在年级高了，好的分数也就难夺了，可是我做到了。我想，那些偏心的老师也已经看到了。

上个学期，我是四年级的，期末也都考了九十多分，我也知足了。但是我不甘心，在上个学期，我失败过很多次，但都不能说出来，只能默默地躲在桌子底下不断地擦着那湿润的眼泪。没过多久，我终于站起来了，好像一个残疾人没有了一双腿，经过手术，经过自己的努力和坚持，腿接上了，能站起来了。虽然站起来了，但还缺了一样，在学校里，最贵重的就是老师的器重了，其实我并不需要这件没有任何价值的东西，这只不过是个虚名罢了。

在这个暑假中，我快乐了一会儿，家人，是家人……

There are many kinds of sports that I enjoy, such as swimming, running, and

dancing. However, the sport that I like most is basketball. When I was in junior

high, I started to play basketball in school. At that time, I found I had loved

deeply this sport. Now, I would like to watch basketball games as much as I can.

The basketball games have given me the most wonderful time in my life.

我喜欢许多类型的运动，比如游泳、跑步和跳舞。然而，我最喜欢的运动是篮球。当我还在初中时我就开始在学校打篮球。那时，我发现我已经深爱这项运动。现在，我想尽我所能观看篮球比赛。在我的生命中篮球比赛给了我最美妙的时间。

I think my teacher got out of bedon the wtong side this afternoon as she

hasn’t cries.i went to office saw the boys unhappy.Because the students got

their teacher’s goat became they didn’t do their homework..I think this is my

teacher unhappy’s cause. Today, I saw a boy ,he played the handset.But didn’t

saw the walls so he Rnocked we laugh up our sleeve at he knocked ,but he hurt

his norse in the accident, and he was laying it on thick about how painful it

was .

It’s also a happy day, isn’t it ?

我想我的老师走出bedon的错误方向今天下午，她就一直没有哭.我到办公室看到男孩不高兴.因为学生得到老师的山羊成为他们没有做功课..我认为这是我的老师不愉快的事业。今天，我看到了一个男孩，他发挥了handset.但是没有看到这样的墙壁，他使我们笑了我们套在他撞倒，但他伤了挪威在这起事故，他就铺设厚如何痛苦这是。

这也是一个快乐的日子，是不是?

暑假生活之所以快乐，当然是因为我们的生活丰富。这个暑假，我和我的小伙伴一起参加了许多的活动，这些活动充实了我们暑假的生活，让我们感受到了暑假的快乐。

在暑假的一开始，我们就迎来了我们这边市里组织开展的科技活动，我们一群大小不一的孩子，在活动工作人员的带领下，像是一群“小候鸟”一般参观了通航织造小镇，那里的飞机不仅多，而且壮观，我们还都在工作人员的帮助下，坐到飞机驾驶座上感受了一下呢!这一活动让我们在暑假的开始就近距离感受到了我国航空科技的魅力，让我们有了许多对未来要成为科学家成为航空领域工作者的向往。

后来，我和我的小伙伴又幸运地遇到了足球夏令营的活动，这在我们以往的暑假里面也是没有的，爱好踢足球的我们，最多也就几个小伙伴一起钻到旁边大学里的操场上踢几场球，这一次遇到这样好的活动，我们当然得报名参加!我和我的小伙伴一起报名参加了这个足球夏令营，我们一起在专业足球教练的指导下，开始了专业的足球训练。每天都踢得大汗淋漓，每天都踢得累到可以倒头就睡着，我们却还是在训练的过程中，尽情享受了绿茵场上只属于足球的乐趣。

这个暑假里，还有一件快乐的事儿是我遇到了能够和我一起下象棋的小伙伴。我俩都是足球夏令营的运动员，我们聊到彼此都喜欢象棋后，我们会在晚上洗完澡了之后趴在宿舍的床上下一局象棋，而我们俩的象棋比赛，不是他赢就是我赢，下了这么久都难以分出高下，这让我俩一会儿觉得彼此水平相当，一会儿又觉得彼此那应该叫“半斤八两”。

当然，快乐的暑假总是飞快而逝的，它的短暂和快乐注定了我们会在往后回忆起这个快乐的暑假生活。

Dear Miss Jiang,

I am writing to share my ideas about our English class. Now, our main

material in the class is the textbook, which is reasonable. But I think we can

get some other resources, such as English magazines, songs, movies and so on. We

can learn the basic knowledge from out textbook, and get some more from other

materials. In addition, those materials are more authentic and practical, which

will be useful to our learning. Besides, by doing so, we can get more fun from

learning and develop our interest to English. Please take good consideration of

my advice. Thank you!

Sincerely yours

Bella

尊敬的蒋老师：

您好!我写信是想和你谈谈我对英语课的想法。现在我们上课用的主要材料是课本，这是合理的。但是我认为我们可以获取一些其他资源，比如英语杂志，歌曲，电影等等。我们可以从课本上学到基本的知识，同时从其他材料获取更多知识。另外，那些材料更真实和实用，这对于我们的学习会有好处的。此外，通过这样做我们可以从学习中获得更多乐趣从而培养我们对英语的兴趣。请您认真考虑我的建议，谢谢!

今天天上下起蒙蒙细雨，好想披上轻纱，我正在上学的路上。

Today, its drizzling. I want to put on the veil. Im on my way to

school.

突然我听到哎呀的.一声，我往后看见一个小女孩摔在地上，我赶紧把那个小女孩扶了起，那个小女孩说：“谢谢你”，我心里美滋滋的。

Suddenly

I heard a cry. I saw a little girl fall on the ground. I quickly picked up the

little girl. The little girl said, "thank you." I was very

happy.

最后，我和那个小女孩一起上学去了。

Finally, I went to school with the little

girl.

A wonderful day

Today is a wonderful day! In the morning, it is very fine! Then I climb the

mountain with family, the air on the mountain is very fresh, the flowers plants

and trees on the mountain all seem extremely beautiful. Coming back home in the

evening, family and I sat and watched TV together, we are returning and eating

the fruit while chatting, the whole family is happy and harmonious!I hope

everyday will be a good day in the future.

美好的一天

今天是美好的一天!在早上，天气非常好!然后，我爬上山与家人，山上的空气非常清新，山上的花草树木都显得格外美丽。回来晚上回家，我与家人坐在一起看电视，我们还吃着水果，一边聊天，全家其乐融融!我希望以后每天都是美好的一天。

Every day I will come to my house downstairs garden that buy vegetables,

every time to buy food I will carry a green bag, and I buy food is the most

fresh, the most nutrition, without any pesticide of vegetables.

After buying vegetables, I will go home to cook cooking. I hold accuse the

electric meal bao in the home is from solar power, so that use of low cost, no

pollution to the environment, to adapt to the sustainable development; High

reliability, and does not need complex azuowenry system. I started cooking. My

family is from downstairs stream into electric frying pans hydro power, its low

cost, no pollution, can be continuous regeneration. Can strong effect. Water

dissolving force is big, has great ability of ionization, can make the water

soluble substances in the body exist in dissolved, and the attitude of the

electrolyte ions, help active chemical reactions in the human body, increase the

vigour. After dinner, I go to do my homework.

My home is the LED desk lamp, it can be environmental protection and energy

saving can save 80% of the electricity; More comfortable visibility, provides a

more uniform light and clear images; Long life; Easy to use security. Homework,

Im ready to go outside to play for a while.

I rode my bike and looking at the flowers outside, very beautiful flowers,

colorful; Grass, grass, cui lust flow. His heart alacrity. My bike is very good,

he is very environmental protection, no pollution, can let us save Labour, save

money. In the look at the car outside, energy consumption; The tail car cause

air pollution, global warming; Go out by car, reduces the chance people walking

exercise, affect the body health. Say to say, wed like to keep the car bicycle,

drive a car. I went to bed after I exercise the body.

My bed is very warm, it is because we use heat to keep the bed warm. He

covers an area of small; Dont need to do central heating time saving manpower;

Thermal efficiency is higher, the heat utilization rate of hot water is several

times. Very practical. In my warm bed asleep slowly, slowly fall asleep. This is

my low carbon life, my home!

十分无聊的我到房间里拿出之前教妹妹用过的识字卡片，准备教妹妹认识新的生字。

我从识字卡盒里拿出那些之前教过妹妹的卡片，又准备好了一张小桌子，兴致勃勃地把妹妹喊来。我一张一张地考查妹妹之前学过的生字，可今天一查却发现之前那些她认识的10个生字，如今却只认识两个啦!我火冒三丈，恨不得把她忘掉的那几个生字全部硬塞进她的脑袋里!但却一点办法也没有。唉!我也只能再次陪她一张张、一张张的过关。

复习完了那些忘掉的生字，就要开始学新的生字了。

我在小桌子上摆了几张新的生字卡片再用老规，决定谁来挑选先认识哪个生字卡片。“石头剪刀布”、“石头剪刀布!”伴随着最后一声石头剪刀布的响起，第1张即将要认识的生字卡片也落到了我的手里，看妹妹那万分好奇、一秒也不想等的眼神，绝对是在想这张卡片上是什么生字吧!我翻开手里的识字卡片，哦，原来是一张“火”字呀!可知道了答案的妹妹，那眼里的万分好奇却顿时烟消云散，唉!这可能不是她最想认识的那张吧。现在是认字时间，我要求我念一句，妹妹必须跟着我一起念一句：“火”“火”“水火的火”“水火的火”“火”“火”“大火的火”“大火的火”“宝宝，你知道什么是火吗?”“我知道，”可我还是不放/心，于是又带着妹妹读了几遍。认识了“火”字之后，我又教了妹妹两个生字，可是当我再考妹妹的时候，她却又忘了“火”字啦!唉，我也只能再重新教她几遍。

识完字，接下来就是写字啦!我连忙把我房间的那一个小黑板搬出来，再拿出一盒粉笔，认真地手把手教妹妹写了“1，2，3，4，5，6，7，8，9”这9个数字。大概过了一个多小时后，妹妹差不多勉勉强强可以写出来了，可其中有几个数字还是不能自己单独完成的，需要我的一点点提醒。

虽然妹妹学得累，我教得更累，但每天教妹妹识字是我感觉最有趣最有成就感的事了。

As we know, many people favor the idea that the college life is free and

comfortable, but I’d like to say it’s not true. As a matter of fact, my life in

university is so busy that I wonder if my energy is enough. As to my college

life, I divide it into four parts, including study, student activities, library

and the others.

Firstly, I want to talk about the study. In my opinion, study is the

priority in college. When I received the letter of admission in summer, I knew

clearly that what I should do. So I make up my mind to study hard and pursue

learning as much as possible. I’m greatly convinced that knowledge can change my

life. Therefore, I often go to the quiet study room where many people study

there. By working so hard, I get good grades in the exams.

Secondly, student activities play an important role in our college life. To

be honest, the student Union is a good place where one can develop social

skills, get his abilities trained. I take part in many student activities. For

example, I’ m a volunteer, teaching the kids to learn to dance and write. I

think it’s meaningful for everyone to give a hand to others. I can also do some

jobs in the Student Union, including receiving and sending fast mail, selling

papers and magazines. I think they’re unforgettable and worthwhile experiences

for me.

Thirdly, I also visit the library constantly. It’s said that “shelves of

books, oceans of knowledge”, so I read books that I’m interested in. In this

way, I can share stories with my new friends and it also changes my horizons

.When I’m sad, lost or in trouble, staying the library makes me quiet and

comfortable. After all, every life has bad moments as well as good ones, and the

library for me is a support in bad moments. So it’s wise choice for me to stay

in the library.

Finally, I often do other things in my spare time. In order to alleviate

parents’ burden, I often do some part-time jobs and write some articles to earn

money. It helps me to be independent and improve my social skills.

In short, my life in university is busy but valuable. You can see that

study brings me knowledge, student activities improve myself, library changes my

horizons, the others things make me independent. They get all my abilities

trained. And I see that the chance will come only if you have a prepared mind,

so I’m sure that I can achieve my dreams in college life.

However mean your life is, meet it and live it; do not shun it and call it hard names. It is not so bad as you are. It looks poorest when you are richest. The fault-finder will find faults in paradise. Love your life, poor as it is. You may perhaps have some pleasant, thrilling, glorious hours, even in a poor-house. The setting sun is reflected from the windows of the alms-house as brightly as from the rich mans abode; the snow melts before its door as early in the spring. I do not see but a quiet mind may live as contentedly there, and have as cheering thoughts, as in a palace. The towns poor seem to me often to live the most independent lives of any. Maybe they are simply great enough to receive without misgiving. Most think that they are above being supported by the town; but it often happens that they are not above supporting themselves by dishonest means, which should be more disreputable. Cultivate poverty like a garden herb, like sage. Do not trouble yourself much to get new things, whether clothes or friends. Turn the old, return to them. Things do not change; we change. Sell your clothes and keep your thoughts.

但是意思是你的生活,满足生活它;不要躲避它,更别用恶言咒骂它。它不像你那么坏。你最富有的时候,看起来却最贫穷。爱找缺点的人就是到天堂的能找到缺点。你要爱你的生活,尽管它贫穷。你也许有一些愉快、高兴、光荣的时间,即使在一个贫民收容所。夕阳反射在济贫院的养老院明亮如从富人的住处;雪融化在那门前早在春天。我只看到,一个从容的可能生活得心满意足,和像在皇宫中一样。镇上的穷人似乎我往往过着最独立的生活。也许他们很伟大,所以受之无愧。上面大多数认为他们是被支持的小镇,但它经常发生,他们不是用不诚实的手段来支持自己,而应该更声名狼藉。视贫穷如园中之花,像圣人一样耕植它吧!不要麻烦自己获得新的东西,无论是衣服还是朋友。找旧的,回到那里去。万物不变,是我们在变。你的衣服可以卖掉,但要保留你的思想。