我的一天初中英语作文带翻译(精选20篇)

My Class

here are forty-two students in my class, with 25boys and 17girls. It’s an active class, and the reason may be that the boys are more than girls. The classroom atmosphere of our class is very good, because we interact with teachers quite often. Our classmates are all united and helpful to each other. We often organize some activities to enhance the relationship between classmates and our regular activity is the English Day in every two weeks that we can only speak English during recess. Maybe it sounds a little difficult but it really funny and classmates enjoy it very much.

[我的班级初中英语作文

Today I found time was a cruel thing. Whatever man is, time always goes on.

It won’t stay to wait for somebody. You can’t use anything to exchange time.

Time is also a fair thing. Although you have a lot of money or you enjoy high

reputation, time won’t leave them more. Today I found I hadn’t enough time.

Although I have more than a-month holiday, but I found I had a lot of things to

do. I had a lot of homework to do and I am essential to complete the homework as

soon as I have time.

今天，我发现时间是一个残忍的事情。无论男人，总是对的时间。它不会留下来等待某人。您不能使用任何交流时间。时间也是一个公平的事情。虽然你有很多钱，或者您享有很高的声誉，时间不会离开他们更多。今天，我发现我已经没有足够的时间。虽然我已经超过一个月假期，但我发现我有很多事情要做。我有很多功课要做，我必须完成的功课只要我有时间。

Next week I would like to go to Kaifeng and parents。 Kaifeng has many great snacks， such as steamed buns， sesame seed Gaul。 Kaifeng also on the famous Qingming River Park， I think it has to be very beautiful。 My parents will be opened to see my uncle and live in his house one night。翻译：下周我要和我的父母去开封。开封有许多十分棒的小吃，比如小笼包子、高卢烧饼。开封还有著名的清明上河园，我想那必须十分的漂亮。我和我的父母将会在开封见到我的叔叔，并住在他家一晚。

Growing up is like running water,unconsciously from summer to

autumn.Years,whether happy or worry,is my growing experience,all is my stepping

stone on the road to success.

Happiness and worry is always two abandoned partner,they take care of each

other,everyone dont want trouble stay.Some people feel that there is no

happiness but feel that fate in torment them,in the world of light and dark,good

and evil.they are all separated lived,but only happiness and troubles is

"neighbors",because only with the happiness and worry,our childhood will be rich

and colorful.

Childhood,not only have like candy generally sweet and happy,like medicine

bitter troubles,and obstinate stubborn,I naughty smile.I alight to chase the

pace of growth,hold on to me that a good age.

The pace of growth continues,it does not return,cant go back.

Transportation has been greatly changed in the past few years. In ancient days, people used to travel by horse or carriage. The journey was often tiring and tedious. Then people had buses, trains and ships, which could shorten the time of the long-distance trip. Now we have not only more private cars, but also planes and high-speed rails. All of these modern transports could offer us a quick and pleasant travel. Thus, more and more people enjoy traveling very much these days. In conclusion, modern transportation has completely changed our life. Thanks to modern transportation, our world is becoming smaller and smaller.

As a middle school student,I dont have much free time,but I still have a lot of things to do.

I like listening to music and reading,so in my free time,I always listening to music and search the Internet for about half-hour.Its a good way to relax myself.I always do some reading before go to bed.Besides,I always go to swimming after school.Exercises help me to keep healthy and do good to my study.As the same as other students,I often watch TV in the evening,but I have to finish my homework first.

At the weekends,I will help my mother with the housework,such as clean the house,do some washing.

作为一个中学生,我没有太多的时间,但我仍然有很多事情要做。

我喜欢听音乐和读书,所以在我的空闲时间,我总是听音乐和上网大约半个小时。这是一个放松自己的好方法。上床睡觉前我总是做一些阅读。此外,放学后我经常去游泳。运动帮助我保持健康,善待我的学习。和其他学生一样,我经常在晚上看电视,但我必须先完成我的家庭作业。

在周末,我将帮助我的妈妈做家务,如打扫房子,洗衣服。

[我的空余时间 My Free Time初一英语作文带翻译

Spring Festival is one of the traditional festivals in China. On the 30th day of the year, children should pay a New Years greetings to their elders. People want to be reunited with their loved ones and have a New Years eve dinner. To stay at home, watch "Spring Festival gala", while keeping watch; At 12 am, outside the home, the window, downstairs, firecrackers sound deafening, people set off firecrackers, completely intoxicated in the Spring Festival this festive season.

I spent the Spring Festival at my mother-in-laws house. In the evening, I watched the "Spring Festival gala" as usual, and when it was getting closer to 12, the host was counting down "10,9,8... 3,2,1. As the Numbers approached, the sound grew more and more slowly, and continued until 12 o clock. When the countdown is over, our house is busy! "Happy New Year! Chinese New Year! Youre one year older." Then our family went downstairs and set off fireworks. The other day, my uncle bought a lot of firecrackers. There is a gyro, a little bee, a pearl, a world, and a lot of names. The appearance of firecrackers also has many. Flower face, butterfly... Some of heaven and earth ring 20 hair, some of the world sounds 50, and there is another 100. Of all the firecrackers, the most striking is the sound of heaven and earth. Its about the same size as a small table. I can feed four or five people. It is also heavy and requires two or three adults to move. After a long wait, the other firecrackers were finally finished. Thats the beginning! "Knock! Pa! Bam! Pa! Bam! Pa! ...... "The voice was so loud that it was like a loud thunderclap of thunder.

Although I covered my ears, when the sound was too loud, I could hear it. In the last few rounds, "bam! Bam! Bam! Pa! Wow! The explosion of firework, like a flame, scattered all around. It was a magnificent sight! When I got home, my heart was still very long. Who will clean it up? Of course its my aunt and uncle. In order to make nanjing more beautiful, they would sacrifice the time of the New Year, to be honest, meticulous, meticulous and selfless. And are now on duty of the polices uncle aunts, they in order to make the safety of the citizens have a year, in every corner of the city of nanjing, dedicated to patrol the, thought of here, I entered the beautiful dreams...

春节是我国传统节日之一。在年30这天，小朋友们要给长辈拜年，拿红包；人们要和亲人团聚，吃年夜饭；更要在家，一边看“春节联欢晚会”，一边守岁；等到凌晨12点，家外，窗边，楼下，鞭炮声震耳欲聋，人们放着鞭炮，完全沉醉在春节这欢乐的节日中。

我是在婆婆家过的春节。晚上，我照旧在看“春节联欢晚会”，当离12点越来越近时，主持人进行倒计时“10，9，8……3，2，1。”随着数字的接近，声音越来越缓慢，一直延续着，直到12点。当倒计时数完时，我们家热闹起来了了！妈妈高兴的喊道：“过年啦！过年啦！你又长大了一岁。”接着，我们一家下楼放烟火。前几天，舅舅买了许多鞭炮。有地陀螺，有小蜜蜂，有夜明珠，有天地响，还有许多叫不上名字的。鞭炮的样子也有许多。花脸，蝴蝶……有的天地响20发，有的天地响50发，还有的天地响100发。在这么多的鞭炮中，最引人注目的要数一种天地响。它的个头同一个小桌子差不多。能供四五个人吃饭。它的重量也很重，需要两三个成年人才能搬动。等了好久，终于把其他鞭炮放完了。当头好戏开始了！“嘭！啪！嘭！啪！嘭！啪！……”这声音惊天动地，好似雷公公发怒的巨响。

我虽然捂住了耳朵，当声音实在是太大，还是能听见。到了最后几发，“嘭！嘭！嘭！啪！哗哗哗哗哗！！”炸开的烟花如火焰一般向四周散去，那情景非常壮观！回到家，我的心仍然久久不能平静。谁来清理呢？当然是清洁工叔叔阿姨了。他们为了让南京更加美丽，不惜牺牲过年的时间，认认真真、仔仔细细、一丝不苟、无私奉献地打扫。还有，现在正值班的警察叔叔阿姨们，他们为了让市民们安全的过个年，在南京市的每一个角落，兢兢业业地巡逻着，想到这里，我进入了美丽的梦乡……

一天，我和妈妈去爬黄山。我刚开始爬的时候觉得很容易。但当我爬到一半时，我累极了优秀作文 专注写作 ，上气不接下气。我问妈妈：“我能爬到山顶吗?”妈妈回答说：“只要你有勇气，你就能征服所有的山，不管它们有多高!”于是我就继续爬。半小时之后，我终于爬上了山顶。多么美好的一天呀!

One day, Mother and I went to climb Mount Huang. When I began to climb, I felt very easy. But when I climbed the haft way, I was verytired.and quite out of breath. I asked mother, "Can I climb to the top?" Mother answered, "As long as you have courage, you can conquer every mountain,

no matter how high it is! "So I went ahead. Half an hour later, I climbed to the top finally. What a wonderful day I had!

Today, I introduce myself to you. My name is Wang Jun, 7 years old, grade three in experimental primary school.

I have a round face, red and red, like an apple, with a small dimple on my face when I laugh. My eyes round and bright, like a grape like.

My personality is very mild, and many children are willing to be friends with me. Sometimes, I play in the yard, and I always find a lot of little brothers and little sisters behind me to play with me, and they all like to call my sister. Sometimes, others have broken my toy, I always lose my temper, and say it doesnt matter.

I have a lot of hobbies, like painting, playing the piano, reading, singing, playing chess. However, I love playing the piano, when he finished his homework when I opened the piano, carefully playing beautiful music. Listen to that melodious sound, I forget everything. After my efforts, I also took part in the piano competition. Although I was small, I also won the praise of my uncle and aunt.

Students, do you know me? Would you like to be a friend with me?

今天，我为大家介绍自己。我的名字叫王君，今年7岁，在实验小学上三年级。

我长着圆圆的脸，红红的，像苹果一样，笑的时候脸上露出小小的酒窝。我的眼睛圆溜溜、亮晶晶的，像葡萄似的。

我的性格非常温和，许多小朋友都愿意和我做朋友。有时，我在院子里玩，总发现身后有许多小弟弟和小妹妹来和我玩，她们都喜欢叫我姐姐。有时，别人把我的玩具弄坏了，我总不发脾气，还说没关系。

我的爱好很多，喜欢画画、弹钢琴、看书、唱歌、下棋 。但是，我最喜欢弹钢琴，每当做完作业，我就打开钢琴，认真地弹着优美的曲子。听着那悠扬的琴声，我忘记了一切。经过我的努力，我还参加过钢琴大赛。虽然我小，可是还赢得了叔叔阿姨的表扬。

同学们，你们了解我吗?愿意和我做朋友吗?

As a middle school student, I learn many subjects, I study so hard every day. When I get home, I will do my homework and then go over the book. But when holiday comes, I feel a little confused, because I don’t want to study and do something new. Then I don’t know what to do, my mind get blank. I decide to develop my interest. Some day, I happened to see a tennis match and I couldn’t stop watching, then I fell in love with tennis. So I started to learn playing tennis, I felt so happy. Now tennis is my favorite sport, I find a way to relax myself.

作为一个中学生,我学许多科目,我每天那么努力学习。当我回家时,我会做作业,然后复习书本。但当假期来临的时候,我感到有点困惑,因为我不想学习，想做一些新的事情。我就不知道要做什么,我的头脑一片空白。我决定培养我的兴趣。有一天,我碰巧看到一场网球比赛,我无法停止下来看,然后我爱上了网球。因此我开始学习打网球,我感到很高兴。现在网球是我最喜欢的运动,我找到一个方法来放松自己。

The Spring Festival is our Chinese nation an important festival to couplets, firecrackers, etc. staying-up late on new years Eve, pay New Years call. Different nationalities have different customs.

In the year thirty, our family changed new clothes and attached new Spring Festival couplets to welcome the arrival of the new year. In the evening, our family eats dumplings. The dumplings have a moral meaning: the money is rolling. Because dumplings are like a treasure, in ancient times Yuan Bao was money. Not certain staying-up late on new years Eve "spring", not "spring", there is no meaning staying-up late on new years eve. We were sitting on the sofa, laughing and laughing, watching the Spring Festival evening, and it was happy.

On the first day of the year, my father and I were sitting in their own car, walking on the new road. Although the cold wind was sharp, it was still very happy. When I arrived at Grandmas house, I got a big red bag with my grandmother for a year and thought: "Im rich this year!" And then the neighbours of grandmas neighborhood had a year of worship. Then came to the great uncles house, came to the great uncles house, and went to the paradise of the book, with the story, the science, the art... After dinner at the great uncles house, I received a red bag and some books, and I had to digest the books a little bit. Its a pleasure to come to the great uncles house.

Im really happy this year. Its a happy Spring Festival!

在教我的老师中，有亲切和蔼的语文老师，有严肃认真的数学老师，有活泼开朗的音乐老师，还有幽默诙谐的体育老师……这些老师都无私地教给我们各种知识，让我们在学习的海洋中自由地翱翔。最让我难忘的是教我英语的蒋老师，她不仅让我爱上了英语，更让我成为一个勇于克服缺点的人。

刚上一年级时，由于我在换牙，口齿不清，所以在英语课上根本就不敢进行口语练习，生怕同学们笑话我“大舌头“。当时同学们在老师的带领下，都能流利地用英语谈话，而一句简单的“my name is yuxiaolin”我都说不出来。面对老师的提问，我总是把头低下，心想：别叫我，千万别叫我!开始，同学们都踊跃举手，所以蒋老师也就没有发现胆小的我。

可是随着时间的推移，老师终于在一次口语练习的时候叫到了把身体都快溜到课桌下的我。我在大家的注视下，红着脸站起来了，我感到自己的眼泪快要流出来了。“别着急，说出你的名字。”老师的语气是那么柔和，可是我说不出口。时间就在我的窘迫中渐渐流逝，终于老师打破了沉默，“我知道你的名字，老师们都夸奖你是个学习认真的孩子。同学们，是不是呀?”同学们都不假思索地应和：“是!”听到这些，我的眼泪不由自主地流下来了。蒋老师带领大家一起说出：“my name is yuxiaolin! my name is yuxiaolin!”奇怪，我竟然不害怕了，也跟着同学们一起说连续说了两遍，就在大家都停下时，由于惯性，我又说了“my name is yuxiaolin”。“你真棒!”老师竟然祝贺我，“好孩子，你能再大声说一遍吗?” “my name is yuxiaolin!”我终于敢张开嘴了，心里也仿佛卸下了一块大石头。同学们没有嘲笑我，老师没有批评我，耶!我不怕了!

从那以后，不论什么课，我都勇敢地举手发言了，胆小的毛病终于摆脱了。在英语课上，我的积极性更高，不仅敢发言，而且还愿意和老师、同学们对话，英语的口语交际能力明显提高了。当初那节英语课一直留在我记忆的最深处，蒋老师如春风般的话语时刻在我耳边响起。

Ah ha, when I get up, it was time for lunch. But I really have a lot of

work to do, I must write words English dairy, then learned “Li yang” English,

then …… .Oh, my god, if I do it in the afternoon, I will ready to dead. So I

wrote words, now I’m writing my English dairy. Wish I could finish these works

today. Bye!

哈哈,当我起床的时候,刚好到了午餐时间。但我真的有很多工作要做,我必须写单词,然后学习"李阳疯狂英语",然后……哦,我的上帝,如果我要一直做到下午,我真的快死了。因此我在写单词,写我的英文日记。希望我能完成今天这些任务。再见了!

SNOW At dusk，the weather became colder while the sky was gray，and the cold wind was blowing strongly.It seemed that it was going to snow soon. A moment later，the snowflakes began to fall quietly.Soon the land before my eyes was all white，like a beautiful blanket.Then it snowed more and more heavily.The trees were all covered with white quilts.The whole city became a silver world. T

he next morning，it stopped snowing and cleared up.I went into the yard.Looking far away，I saw a beautiful silver white world.A group of children were playing happily.Some were throwing snowballs to each other，others were making a snowman.Snow seemed to bring us warm and wishes.Cold as it was，nobaby felt cold in the white world.

I love snow，because it is pure white.It brings us hope and vigour.

Oh! it was winter holiday. i was very happy. i read my favourite books. i have many wonderful books. but i could not read these books too much. i also had a lot of homework to do. i like playing computer games, too. it’s very interesting. but i could not play it too much. i wear glasses, i’m very sad. it’s not good for my eyes to play computer games too much.

Oh! it was the spring festival. it’s chinese traditional festival. people were very happy. they went shopping, cleaned their houses, had supper together……i went to my grandparents’ home with my parents. my grandparents were very happy to see us. they prepared many kinds of nice food, such as fish, meat, vegetables and fruit. in the evening, we watched tv and lighted fireworks. we also knocked on people’s doors and gave some presents to them. after the spring festival, we went to shanghai to go shopping. we bought clothes, shoes and some delicious food.

I had a good holiday, i think. i also have very nice school life now.

Today is "51" international labor day, TV shows are labor the most glorious. I think I should do something to help my mother.There were so many mother to do!Mother bought a bunch of strawberry need to wash, I say: "mother, I come." Mother put the strawberries to me. First I put strawberries in the dish and a basin of water, then put in the strawberry. I pass my hands rub each strawberry seriously again. After washing I check again, I have seen some wash not clean, wash it again, finally clean strawberry. I put strawberries in the tray, complete! Should try some of my work achievement, ah, how sweet!I swept the ground again again, wipe the table clean, I want to do things done. Wrong, and needs washing bowl, I pour the water into the bowl, with a loofah cloth one by one carefully wash, and then a cloth to wipe his bowl again, really clean.Today I am very tired, but I am very happy, because I will do the housework.

今天是国际“五一”劳动节，电视节目都在宣传劳动最光荣。我想我也应该帮妈妈做点事情。 妈妈要做的事可真多！ 妈妈买了一堆草莓需要洗，我说：“妈妈，我来吧。”妈妈把草莓交给了我。我先把草莓放进盘子里，又接了一盆水，再把草莓放进去。我用手把每一个草莓认真搓了一遍。洗后我又检查一下，我见有的洗的不干净，就又洗了一次，终于草莓洗干净了。我把草莓放到盘子里，完成！该尝尝我的劳动成果了，啊，真甜！ 我又把地扫了一遍，把桌子擦的干干净净，我想该干的事都干了吧。不对，还有碗需要洗，我把水倒进盆里，用丝瓜布一个一个仔细地洗了洗，然后用布把碗擦了一遍，真干净。 今天我很累，但是我很快乐，因为我会做家务了。

[5.1劳动节英语作文及翻译

初中英语范文 ：

我的同学My Classmate

请以"My Classmate"为标题写一篇记叙文

要求：1、主题明确，语言流畅，思路清晰。 2、字数在100字以内。

思路点拨：

写记叙文要按照事物发展的客观规律叙述，所叙述的内容要交代清楚，条理清晰，重点突出，主次分明，详略得当。

这篇文章也是记叙文，主人公应该用第三人称，时态以一般过去时为主。本文以主人公为中心线索，以一、两件事件为重点内容去组织材料，反映主人公的形象特征。整个内容情节要合情合理，有真实感，叙述时可按事情发展的顺序进行，同时加以点评。

参考范文

My Classmate

Liu Kai is my classmate. He is a good student and always ready to help others.

One day on his way to school，he saw a little girl crossing the road. A car was coming towards her quickly and the girl was too frightened to move. The car nearly hit her. Just then LiuKai rushed up to her and caught her by the arm. The little girl was saved. She told him where she lived，and he took her home. When LiuKai hurried into the classroom，the teacher had already begun his lesson. He told the teacher why he was late. He was then praised for what he had done.

[初中英语写我的同学作文

"As" this sentence is confirmed by the wonderful nature, yesterday the

wisper under light rain, my heart is heavy like a rock, because want to master

and old milk grave, before, I dont understand the real meaning of the qing Ming

day, until today after sweeping the tomb, I understand the true meaning of

tomb-sweeping day!

At seven o clock in the morning, we prepare to master and old milk grave,

grave is a fresh thing for me, we take tools and set off.

Walking the winding mountain road, I cant wait, after about an hour, we

came to the master and old grandmas grave, a year didnt come, graves are

covered with wild grass, you well after the division of labor, began to busy,

everything is in place, we started to burn money, along with the smoke, I seem

to see their shadow, they told me: study hard and cherish life.

Yes, life is short, happy every day to live, to continuously surpass

ourselves, surpass ourselves, dream will come true; The superego, the dream into

power; Beyond the self, to create beautiful life! I think life is constantly

transcend self, beyond the dream!!!!! Panoramic view of the city house on the

mountain, the mountain was full of golden golden in the rape, deep breath, deep

and remote light fragrance, fresh air, the flowers with irresistible power

explanation of the meaning of life!

Among all means of transportation, I like bicycle most. It’s cheap as well

as popular.

There are many advantages to ride the bicycle. In the first place, riding

bicycle makes me feel independent. I can go anywhere by bicycle. Especially

during rush hours, I can still move freely. Secondly, using a bicycle is good

for environment protection, because it wont emit any waste gas. Moreover,

bicycle riding is also a good sport. While riding a bicycle, I can exercise

myself, which is healthful to me.

In my free time, I often ride my bicycle to get around in the downtown area

or in the countryside, so as to relax myself. Its really a nice outdoor

activity for me, I think.

今天是 五月初五

——端午节，也就是人们常说的重五。我问爷爷：“端午节是怎么来的?”爷爷说：“端午节是为了纪念我国古代的爱国人士屈原而来的。当时屈原还是楚国的朝廷命官，但是小人当道，朝廷昏庸。屈原不愿亲眼见着国家的覆没，就怀抱石头，投进了汨罗江。楚国的百姓闻讯后，纷纷划船营救。从此，便有了端午节的说法。

Today is the fifth day of May -- the Dragon Boat Festival, it is often said

that the weight of five. I asked grandpa: "the Dragon Boat Festival is how

come?" Grandpa said: "the Dragon Boat Festival is in memory of the ancient

Chinese patriot Qu Yuan. When Qu Yuan was in court officials, but the villains

in power, and the court. Qu Yuan did not want to see a country annihilated, arms

stone, cast into the Miluo river. The people in the state after hearing the

news, their boat rescue. From then on, there will be the festival of the Dragon

Boat Festival.

“世杰，过来。”这时，妈妈下令了。我走进厨房问：“妈妈，干什么?”“包粽子啊!”妈妈说。“这活儿，我哪行啊?”我难为情的说。妈妈说：“让你包，你就包，有妈妈这个老师在呢!”我答应着：“好吧!”我拿起竹叶，学着妈妈的样子，把竹叶卷成筒状，再用小勺挖米装进筒里，用竹叶把馅儿包好，用彩线捆起来。我和妈妈合伙把粽子包完了，然后就上锅蒸。不久粽子出锅了，吃着自己亲手包的粽子，心里比吃了蜜还甜。

"Shijie,." At this time, the mother ordered. I went to the kitchen and

asked, "Mom, what do you do?" "wrap the rice dumplings!" mom said.. "This work,

which I do?" I said. Mother said: let your bag, you pack, mother the teacher in!

"I promised:" OK! "I pick up the bamboo leaves, study like a mother, bamboo

rolled into a cylindrical shape, and then a small spoon dig meters installed in

the cylinder, wrap the dumplings with bamboo, tied with colored thread. My

mother and I have a partnership to wrap up the rice dumplings, and then we have

to steam it.. Soon the rice dumplings out of the pot, eating the dumplings

wrapped in their own hands, heart than eating honey sweet.

我喜欢过端午节，更喜欢包粽子、吃粽子。

I like the Dragon Boat Festival, but also like to wrap the rice dumplings,

eat rice dumplings.

Ji Anlived at the time of Emperor Wudi of the Western Han Dynasty (206 B.C.-A.D.24). He was respected for being upright and just and for daring to speak the truth. He did not bother about amall matters in personal behaviour and in being an official. He was particular about actual effects and ,although he did not cause a stir ,he could keep the prefecture he governed in perfect order. Because of this. the imperial court transferred him to the central government from being the perfect of the Donghai Prefecture to being a commander in charge of the appointment and dismissal of the local officals.

Once,Emperor Wudi said that he would implement the policy of benevolence and justice of Confucianism and would do good turns to the people.Emperor Wudi Had hardly finished his remards when Ji An said that there was no need for the emperor to say so.Why should the emperor bother,Ji An said, about pretending to implement the policy of benevolence and justice since he was so greedy and avaricious within himself? This choked the emperor off. The emperor suddenly Changed his countenance and declared the meeting over. All the civilian and military officers at court were breathless with anxiety for fear that Ji An might bring disaster upon himself because of this. After returning, Emperor Wudi said to the people around him that Ji An was a little too rude and too straightforward.

For this reason ,Ji An was never promoted again. When he was the commander in charge of the appointment and dismissal of the local officials, both Gongsun Hong and Zhang Tang were low -ranking lfficials of little importance. Later ,they were promoted continuously. Gongsun Hong became the prime minister and Zhang Tang became the imperial censor. However, JiAns post remained thesame. One day, Ji An said to Emperor Wudi that the way the emperor used his ministers was just like piling up firewood, which meant that the latecomers surpassed the old-timers. Of course, Emperor Wudi could see that Ji An was complaining. So,turning to his ministers, Emperor Wudi said, "It is true that no one can stop learning.You see, Ji An is making more and more indiscreet remarks."

This story comes from The Historical Records. Later generations use the set phrase "the latecomers surpass the old-timers " to indicate that successors can cxcel the predecessors, which is quite different from the original idea when Ji An said that the latecomers surpassed the old-timers.

汲黯是西汉武帝时代人，以刚直正义、敢讲真话而受人尊重。他为人和做官都不拘小节，讲求实效。虽然表面上不那么轰轰烈烈，却能把一个郡治理得井井有条，因此，朝廷把他从东海太守调到朝廷当主爵都尉——一种主管地方吏任免的官职。

有一次，汉武帝说要实行儒家的仁义之政，为老百姓办好事了。没等皇帝把话说完，汲黯就说：“陛下内心里那么贪婪多欲，表面上却要装得实行仁政，这是何苦呢？”一句话把皇帝噎了回去。汉武帝登时脸色大变，宣布罢朝，满朝文武都为汲黯捏着一把汗，担心他会因此招来大祸。武帝回到宫里以后，对身边的人说，汲黯这个人也未免太粗太直了。

从此以后，汲黯的官职再也没有提升。他当主爵都尉的时候，公孙弘、张汤都还是不起眼的小官，后来，他们一个劲儿住上升，公孙弘当上了丞相，张汤做上了御史大夫，可他汲黯还蹲在原地没动窝。有一天，汲黯对武帝说，陛下使用群臣，跟码劈柴一样，是“后来者居上”啊！汉武帝当然听得出这是发牢骚。于是，转脸对臣下们说：“人真是不能不学习啊！你们听汲黯说话，越来越离谱了！”

故事出自《史记汲郑列传》。成语“后来居上”，往往指后起的可以胜过先前的。和汲黯说这话的原意，大不相同。