我的表弟8岁的英文【热门20篇】

我有一个可爱的表弟。他顽皮可爱，我特别喜欢他。

我的表弟今年一岁半，他有一双又黑又亮的大眼睛，长的白白胖胖的，一笑起来就眯着眼睛，胖胖的小手捂住嘴巴，咯咯地笑个不停，特别可爱。

我的表弟很有趣，有一次，我去他家玩，他拿着姨的手机让我看他的照片，我故意逗他说，“这是谁呀！比丑小鸭还要丑一万倍，表弟好像听懂了我说的话，突然嚎啕大哭起来，就跑到我妈妈那里，告我的状，我一看这情形，感觉大事不妙，就快步走到表弟跟前说："这是谁呀？比美仙子还美！哈哈，话音刚落，只见表弟的小脸马上乌云转晴，高兴的手足舞蹈！

时有他对我的态度让我也哭笑不得，记得有一次和表弟一家去东北庄动物园玩，有一种动物叫羊驼，表弟由于年龄小，吐字不清，不会说羊驼，就说会洋洋驼，一下午一直在说驼洋洋，弄得我好无语！

我的表弟还是一个吃货，天天是吃不离手，吃起东西真是可以狼吞虎咽来形容，一碗面条十来分钟就下肚了。有时比我吃的还要多，让我佩服的五体投地。

这就是我既可爱又淘气的表弟！

我有一个表弟， 叫韬韬， 他调皮捣蛋， 时常让我哭笑不得， 就说今天吧！

上午， 我正在玩玩具， 突然门外传来了让我反感的声音：“大笨猫，快开门！” 尽管我不喜欢他的表现，谁叫他是我表弟呢！我还是给他开了门。

韬韬一见我就说：“怎么又是你呀！”

“不是我还是谁呀！”

突然他转过身去，屁股对着我， 扭了扭， 然后把头转过来， 吐了吐舌头、做了做鬼脸，一副得意洋洋的样子。冲着我说：“来打我呀！来打我呀！臭小子！”“谁是臭小子！”看来不给他点“教训”是不行的了。我用韬韬最害怕的必杀技——挠痒痒。我还没有挠，他就吓得屁滚尿流了，躺到地上连声呼救了。“姑姑，哥哥打我！” 我只好不跟他计较。

我以为事已经过去了，可过了一会儿，正当我欣赏我拼的小木屋时，韬韬飞来一脚，“轰！”房倒屋塌，韬韬小怪兽又拉了拉我的头发。我气极了，真想变成奥特曼——修理他一番，可理智告诉我：我是表哥，只好“大人不计小人过。” 不跟表弟一般见识了。

看这就是我的表弟。

Dear Mr. Wang,

Thank you for taking the time to write your wonderful letter in support of

MCEA (Maywood Chinese Education Association). Your letter clearly articulates

all the major reasons children in Maywood will benefit from studying the Chinese

language as part of their elementary school education. It provides invaluable

support that will help making bilingual Chinese education a reality in Maywood

public schools.

Although MCEA would like to see Palo Alto public schools implement the

first bilingual Chinese kindergarten class in September of 2006, we have learned

that the school district must take the time to understand how a new program will

affect existing educational offerings, and to validate community interest.

Nevertheless, MCEA, with more than 70 members, will continue to actively promote

bilingual Chinese education in the Palo Alto public schools and will keep you

apprised of the progress we make.

Thanks again for sending a letter in support of MCEA. We will continue to

do all we can to realize this program both for families of Chinese descent and

those with a general interest in participating in the growing economic power of

China.

Yours sincerely,

George Chen

(一)I think she is the most beautiful girl I have ever seen. She is exciting， amazing

and sexy. When we first met I felt her erotic emanation. Now I know that she is

extremely intelligent too.

(二)She is 24 years old， and she has a 3-year-old son. So she is a mother. A sharp mother. She has a piercing in her tongue and two tattoos， one on her stomach (an Indian man’s face) and one on her back (it is non-figurative). I like them very

much. If you meet her， look at her face; it is so sweet. She has a birthmark on the tip of her nose.

(三)Sometimes I call her ”spotted nose.” It is so sweet. Really. Like a little cat. But her eyes. They are blue like the sky in spring or the ocean in a stormy night. They are so maddening. Well， let’s talk about her mouth. When she is smiling she has two little face-lines by the side of her lips. (dimples)

Dear Mr. Clark:

We are wondering if you and Mrs. Clark want to have supper with us on Friday, January 21st at seven oclock?

James and I are looking forward with great pleasure to seeing you and Mrs.Clark. We do hope you can come.

Sincerely yours,

Lucy Wheeler

大家小时候一定都看过《淘气包马小跳》吧，马小跳是一个特别淘气的孩子，而我舅舅家呢，也有一个"马小跳"，不过他叫童童。今天姨妈带着我和她的小宝宝去了舅舅家。刚到舅舅家一进门，我就看到了一个"小老肥"。没错，这个"小老肥"，就是我可爱又调皮的小表弟，我的小表弟童童长着一头乌黑的短发，一双炯炯有神的大眼睛，一闪一闪的，像两颗闪闪发光的小星星，他还有一个"将军肚"。小表弟的身体很结实，两条胖乎乎的小腿，像小棒槌似的。

他一看到我们来，别提多么兴奋了！舅妈说，他现在还不会说话，但是他已经会叫妈妈了，并且会说很多的一个字的字，比如"打，开，车，喝，宝，佩，大，抱"。听舅妈说，他除了睡觉和看电视的时候比较安静，其他时候都特闹腾。

别看童童年龄小，但是他却像个老婆婆一样的操心，为什么呢？因为他管的特别多，比如：姨妈刚把宝宝放进婴儿车里，准备坐着休息一下，他看到以后立刻屁颠屁颠地走过来把姨妈扯到宝宝旁边，指着宝宝说"抱，抱"。到了中午吃饭的时候，他看见我们在吃饭，总会走到我们旁边，然后指着自己的小嘴"啊啊啊"的，别提多可爱了。

太阳公公要下山了，我们马上就要回家了，收拾好东西准备离开时，我说："童童，拜拜！"结果，他走过来拉着我们，跟他的爸爸、妈妈，还有爷爷、奶奶再见，跟他们挥手。然后又拉着我们出门，准备跟我们一起走。顿时，大家都有些哭笑不得。

嗯，这就是我可爱又调皮的小表弟。

Tointroducemyself

Hello，everyone!

My name is azuowen.Im a 15 years old girl. I live in the beautiful city of Rizhao.

Im an active，lovely and clever girl.In the school，my favourite subject is maths.Perhaps someone thinks its difficult to study well.But I like it.I belive that if you try your best，everything can be done well.

I also like sports very much.Such as，azuoweng，volleyball and so on.

Im kind-hearted. If you need help，please come to me .

I hope we can be good friends!

OK.This is me .A sunny girl.

Dear Kate,

亲爱的凯特,

This term I moved to a new house and studied in a new school. But I always missed my friend. My old house was move comfortable than this new house. I wanted to go back to my old house.

这学期我搬到新房子,在一所新学校学习。但我总是想念我的朋友。我的老房子是比这舒适的新房子。我想回到我的老房子。

Everything was strange for me,so I couldnt study better. I felt nervous in the first test. And I got bad scores,I felt very sad. The teacher shouted at me. And then,I felt under too much pressure and very tired. My parents were also sad with me. When my classmates knew this thing,she helped me,and gave me some advice. Later,I thought I can be better next time.

一切对我来说是陌生的,所以我不能更好的学习。在第一个测试中我感到紧张。我得到糟糕的成绩,我感到非常难过。老师对我大吼大叫。然后,我感到太多的压力和很累。我的父母和我也难过。当我的同学知道这件事,她帮助了我,给了我一些建议。之后,我想我可以更好的下一次。

I hope to get on well with everyone and get a good mark soon.

我希望和每个人都相处得很好,很快就取得好成绩。

This is a beautiful park. In the afternoon , many children are playing . They are very happy.

I can see some trees. They are big and tall. I can see some flowers . They are very beautiful . There are many butterflies on the flower . I can see some birds in the sky . They are flying happily. Under the tree , two girls are playing hopscotch. Some boys are playing with a skipping rope. The other two little girls are drawing a picture.

I m playing with the toy cars in front of the tree.

It s a beautiful afternoon.

In last years eleven holiday, our family went to Lanzhou and Xining to travel. That afternoon, Dad suddenly told us to travel, we promised.

Our first goal is Lanzhou, and we dont know the road at high speed. It was dark. We went all the way in the mountain road. Finally, we arrived in Lanzhou. After dinner, we began to find hotels, went to many hotels, but they were all overcrowded. We searched and searched, and finally found a guest house. The second day, we went to Wuquanshan, many people drove up to the door of my difficult to calm the mood. Bought a ticket in the first eye to is Huo statue around the past is a temple, called Confucian Temple.

Where we took a photo and went out to the mountain, we go on a mountain is wuquanshan. Because of the rain, many roads were mud, a lot of mud was stained on the shoes, and then I saw the attic. It seems the Huo, we went down the steps down the road I inadvertently looked down is a small squirrel on the tree to jump for a while and then disappeared. Down the hill, we did not stop at Xining again. In the evening, we came to Xining in Qinghai province. We found the hotel, lived and slept for a night to relieve the fatigue of the day. In the morning, we were ready to go to Qinghai, and we started out after breakfast. On the way we came to a place and had a strong wind. I came out and shook and went to sleep in the car. When I woke up to the edge of the lake in Qinghai, I stretched out, and I knew that the ticket for Qinghai Lake was 50 yuan.

I see mom and dads eyes know is not to buy a ticket, we had to walk along the road and found no fence, there is one family living they took us to the lake, took a photo, listen to them before the Qinghai Lake is great, but now more and more small, this is not the results of the protection ring. We went to a rape place, the smell of the faint fragrance, has gone down in the west of the west, will our hearts call back. Passing by, we found a bucket of honey and a sweet taste! We slept early in the evening, because we were going home tomorrow.

I dont want to go back! Ill come again if theres a chance!

People always say that spring is the most beautiful season. But I don’t

think so. I like summer, autumn even winter better than spring. Because the

weather in spring is changeable. Maybe it is warm today, it will be cold

tomorrow. I often catch a cold in spring. Besides this, it often rains in

spring. I can’t go out to play ball games. I have to stay at home to spend my

time. How boring it is! Some people think the flowers in spring are very

beautiful, but I think the flowers in winter are more beautiful, because they

live through the extremely cold weather and we should learn from them.

Dear Christmas father:

Christmas Day falls on the twenty-fifth of December.It is a very happy day

for many boys and girls .Before the term ends in some schools ,the children act

a nativity or “birth” play,showing how Jesus was born in a stable.

On the twenty-fourth of December,all children are very excited.Usually they

are sent to bed early so that their parents can get the presents ready.The

younger children think that Father Christmas will come down the chimney or

fireplace ,so they hang up a sock for him to put presents in.The greedy ones

even hang up a pillow-case or a sack to try to get more presents.Later that

night,Father or Mother will put presents in the sock,and leave others at the

side of the bed.

On Christmas morning,the children wake up very early.Some even turn on the

light at two oclock,and most of them are awake by six oclock although it is

not light in England for another hour or two at this time of the year.Children

look for their presents,and the young ones play while the dinner is prepared.At

about one oclock in the afternoon,the Christmas dinner is brought in.The turkey

or chicken is quickly eaten.Children search in their Christmas pudding for new

coins which are hidden in it.The rest of the day is full of games and eating

until the happiest of all Christmas hollidays comes to an end.

英文作文（一）

Good morning， ladies and gentlemen， boys and girls. Now ，It‘s my turn. My name is Edgar， a high school student. I am very honored to be here to give you a speech. Also it’s a good chance for me to improve my English. I hope I can make a good performance today. The topic of my speech is “After studying here”.

Before I came here，I can never imagine that I can learn so much knowledge about other countries， which can‘t be got from my books in school. Three months ago， I took my first class. Unfortunately， I felt so embarrassed， because I even can’t speak any words， though I know I really love English .

After that， I took some of my tutor‘s advice and previewed the lesson that I’ll learn. What‘s more， In every class， I JUST try my best to say as much as possible. Now，I can only remember It’s a really hard time. What‘s worse， I had to go to my high school and went there at the same time.

After several weeks， I began to get used to the atmosphere in web .At least I’m not afraid to speak in front of my tutor and  foreign teachers.

During web‘s period，I found I had improved a lot， both physically and mentally. For example， how to be a confident person， how to plan for my future. And the most important is that I have learnt how to communicate with others， which is a necessary skill. Nowadays studying is not the only thing that we high school students should do， there are some more important things we have ignored.

First， I am grateful for my parents. They have spent so much money for me， but never ask for anything in return. I really know how hard it is to work on such living conditions.

Now It’s time to introduce my tutor sally. It was she that led me to the right studying here. It was she that helped me deal with all kinds of annoying things. Also there are some other teachers that I appreciate， especially Laura and Anita. Of course， I like to take foreign teachers‘ classes. Anyway， thanks all of you！

I know I am young； there is a long way in my life. I have to face the difficulties and solve them by myself. But i know i must keep on my dream， I agree that If you put your mind to， you can accomplish anything.

I know i’m not the best ，but i‘m the most diligent one.I hope you can remember me ，an ordinary boy.

自我介绍英文作文（二）

Good morning. I am glad to be here for this interview. First let me introduce myself. My name is ***， 24. I come from ******， the capital of *******Province. I graduated from the ******* department of *****University in July， 2001. In the past two years I have been preparing for the postgraduate examination while I have been teaching *****in NO. ****middle School and I was a head-teacher of a class in junior grade two. Now all my hard work has got a result since I have a chance to be interviewed by you.

I am open-minded， quick in thought and very fond of history. In my spare time， I have broad interests like many other youngers.I like reading books， especially those about *******. Frequently I exchange with other people by making comments in the forum on line. In addition， during my college years， I was once a Net-bar technician. So， I have a comparative good command of network application. I am able to operate the computer well. I am skillful in searching for information on Internet. I am a football fan for years. Italian team is my favorite. Anyway， I feel great pity for our country’s team.

I always believe that one will easily lag behind unless he keeps on learning. Of course， if I am given a chance to study ****** in this famous University， I will spare no effort to master a good command of advance ******.

自我介绍英文作文（三）

Good morning，ladies and gentlemen.I am of great hornor to stand here and introduce myself to you .My chinese name is WangHao and my english name is…I‘m14 years old .I’m a student in a very beautiful school called ……（写你的学校的名字） middle school .Introduction（自我介绍）

Good morning，ladies and gentlemen.I am of great hornor to stand here and introduce myself to you .My chinese name is mengchuan and my english name is melvin.I‘m12 years old .I’m a student in a very beautiful school called pengcheng middle school My hometown sandu so a beautiful city.Iwas born in ……（写你出生的那年，如1994），自我介绍英文作文，作文网《自我介绍英文作文》。I‘m crazy about English .I have a family of four people.My father， mother ，brother and I.They love me，so do I .I’m very happy and I like to make friends with others. I also like singing but traveling is my favorite， I have been to many interesting places in China but I haven‘t been to other countries. What a pity！ .My favourrite song is Big big world.My geatest dream is to be an English

teacher.To come ture my dream，I must study harder from now on . Thank you for listening to my speech.That’s all，many thanks！

Class9 grade7. My hometown sandu so a beautiful city.Iwas born in 1996.I‘m crazy about English .I have a family of four people.My father， mother ，brother and I.They love me，so do I .I’m very happy and I like to make friends with others. I also like singing but traveling is my favorite， I have been to many interesting places in China but I haven‘t been to other countries. What a pity！ .My favourrite song is Big big world.My geatest dream is to be an English

teacher.To come ture my dream，I must study harder from now on . .That’s all，many thanks！

The Spring Festival， Chinese New Year， the most important festival for all of us. All family members get together on New YearEve to have a big meal.At the same time， everyone celebrates to each other.At about 12 oclock，some parents and children light crackers.The whole sky  lighted brightly. We may watch the fireworks excitedly.How busy it !

On the first early moring of one year， many senior citizen get up early and they stick the reversed Fu or hang some couplets on the front door. Some houses windows are sticked on red paper cutlings.

The Chinese New Year lasts fifteen days. So during the fifteen days， we always vit our relatives from door to door. At that time， children are the happiest because they can get many red packets form their parents，grandparents， uncles， aunts and so on. The last day of the Chinese New Year  another festival.

When it comes to the Lantern Festival, it means the end of the Spring Festival.

放暑假了，我来到合肥小姨家，小姨家有我的小表弟。我的小表弟长了一双肥厚的手，像一块面包，他的眼睛大大的，不过眼泡有点肿，总像哭过一样。

我刚来合肥小姨家时，小姨出差不在家，小表弟跟我玩得很好，一会儿玩羽毛球，一会儿玩皮球，高兴得很，连小姨请的保姆都不用带他了。在外面玩得时候，他只要看不到我，就大叫：“哥哥，哥哥，我要哥哥。”可是第三天小姨出差回来了，小表弟似乎觉得有人给他撑腰了，开始到处乱打人，连他最喜欢的奶奶也打。于是，妈妈说了他一顿，结果他嚎啕大哭起来。后来我们去超市，没想到又出事了，因为他把裤子尿湿了，小姨把他的裤子和鞋子都脱掉了，不知他怎么想的，（可能是怕丑），他哭个不停，非要把鞋子穿上。出了超市，小姨去上了一下厕所，他又在大声痛哭，声音震天动地，嘴里还不停地喊着：“要妈妈，要妈妈。”等到小姨回来，才得以平缓。

由此，我看出来小姨比较娇惯表弟，所以小姨在家的时候，表弟表现得很差。我也知道了妈妈从小对我严格要求是对的。

蛋蛋是我的表弟，今年1岁半。他长有一个圆圆的脸蛋，光光的脑袋，小眼睛下面长着一口“唔里哇啦”会说话的小嘴，胖乎乎的很可爱，所以我们家人都叫他蛋蛋。

上个星期我和妈妈去姥姥家见到了他，我正在看电视节目，只见视线里探出了个圆圆的脑袋，笑眯眯的眼睛，哦，原来是表弟蛋蛋来啦！他拉拉我的手，用手指了指，我明白了，他要和我玩捉迷藏，我说："闭上眼睛"，在他不注意的时候我藏了起来，他找呀找，当他快走到我的藏身之处时，我猛地跳了出来，这时他笑的前仰后合，不理他我去玩电脑了，可这个淘气的家伙又来啦！一只手拿笔，一只手拿纸，活像真的一样，："姐姐1.姐姐1.画小鸭子，于是我接过纸和笔很快给他画了一只小鸭子，他看着画好的画，满嘴："呀呀呀的"不知在说什么，高兴地手舞足蹈，拿着画去找小姨了。

我看着表弟的身影活像水灵灵的大罗卜，笑着摇了摇头，我打心眼里喜欢他。

My hometown is beautiful place It stands near a wide river at the foot of

low green hills. It has many tall buildings and wide streets. There are trees

and flowers everywhere.But it has not always been like that. In the old days, it was a sad dirty

little town. Landlords and merchants lived in the few good houses.For the working people there were only dark, unhealthy rooms in old

buildings and huts in narrow muddy streets. Nearly everyone was poor and many

had no work.Everything has changed since liberation. The people, led by the Party, have

got rid of the mud and dirt. They have put up schools, theaters, shops and

flats. They have an assembly hall and a hospital.Along the river they have built offices, hotels and parks. A lot of

factories have sprung up. On the river, streamers and boats come and go busily,

day and night. They carry the products of our industries to all parts of the

country.I love my hometown, and I love its people. They also have changed. Healthy

and happy, they are going all out to build socialism.

表弟白白胖胖的，犹如一个大皮球。一双骨碌碌的小眼睛，一张幽默能说会道的嘴巴，外加一对大大的招风耳，看起来虎头虎脑，很是可爱。

不过，表弟爱流口水！接下来我们来看一看吧！

有一次，表弟来我家，进我房间玩。（每次表弟都来我房间玩）我很不乐意表弟来我房间，因为他每次都爬到我床上，跳来蹦去，把床弄得乱七八糟，像是把我的床当成了小小的蹦床。而且表弟嬉皮笑脸的，不管怎么哄他都不听，我都得整理半个小时才能整理好呢！果不其然，表弟又爬上了“蹦床”，东跳西跳，我的床都成鸡窝了。我打算去买一些零食，让表弟在家乖乖的。过了几分钟，我回来了，一打开门就说：“亲爱的表弟！哥哥回来了！”可是房间里鸦雀无声，我到房间里看看，发现表弟不见了。我连忙在房间里找，东找找，西找找，连表弟的影子都没看见，最后在被子里找到了表弟，并且发现我的枕头湿露露的。我把表弟推醒了，表弟睡眼朦胧地说：“干嘛呀！”“你的口水把我的枕头弄湿了。”表弟听都没听又睡着了。真是无语啊！

表弟不仅爱流口水，而且贪吃。

有一次，表弟一家和我们一家去酒店里吃酒。我们等了很久，菜都没有上，于是我和表弟玩起了游戏，表弟仿佛忘了还要吃饭呢！好像游戏就是食物，感觉他已经吃了一样，而且很饱呢！不一会儿，菜就上齐了，表弟飞快地狼吞虎咽地吃起来。有白白的白菜，大大的鸡腿，香香的香芋饼，红红的牛排，金黄金黄的烤全鸡。他不管什么菜，只顾着往嘴巴里塞，把嘴巴都塞得鼓鼓的，像个气球。不一会儿，菜都吃完了，我真惊叹他的食量，比我大了不知多少倍。

表弟很爱流口水，也爱贪吃，但是我还是很喜欢他。

Happiness is important in our life. In fact, happiness is always around you if you put your heart into it.

I will never forget one thing. Once, I had a bad mark at a math test. I was shy and afraid to meet my parents. But when I got back home late, my parents knew what happened, they said to me: “It doesn’t matter, my child. Remember we’ll be always beside you when you need help. We believe you can be better next time. Never give up!” I was moved and made up my mind to work harder and harder.

I feel very happy. Whenever I am in trouble, I can feel my parents’ love. I want to be a good child for my parents.

幸福

幸福在我们的生活中很重要。实际上，如果你用心去做，幸福就一直在你身边。

我永远不会忘记一件事。有一次，我在数学考试中得了一个不好的分数。我很羞愧，不敢见我的父母。但当我回家晚了，我的父母就知道发生了什么事，他们对我说:“没关系，我的孩子。记住，当你需要帮助时，我们总在你身边。我们相信你下次能做得更好。永不放弃!”我被感动了，下定决心要更加努力学习。”

我感到很幸福。每当我遇到麻烦，我都能感受到父母的爱。我想成为我父母的好孩子。

[以幸福为题的英文作文

我有一个表弟名字叫周鑫，她有一头乌黑发亮的头发，有一双九九有神的眼睛，有一个樱桃大小的小嘴巴白白的皮肤粗糙的双手非常淘气，善良。

一次我买了几条小鱼，放在大鱼缸，我表弟趁我不在家的时候用一个捕鱼网在那里捞鱼一下子就把这些鱼捞死了，我回来了去看我的鱼啊，我的鱼哪里去了？被谁弄死了？我要找他算账表弟听见了就立马躲了起来，我找了我家没有发现有人在我家，我想了一下，有可能是我表弟。下了楼就看见我表弟了，我就跑过去说是不是你把我的鱼弄死了？表弟出了身冷汗，我就举起拳头向他打去忽然妈妈拦住了，不然真的打表弟一顿。

有一次是我表弟去顶楼，发现了一条黄色毛茸茸的狗，他就总是拿着它的尾巴提上来，又放下去狗就逃跑了，狗有时候被表弟踢都不接近他了。

还有一次去碧州公园玩，走着走着看见了一位白发苍苍的老人摔累教表弟看见了飞快的跑了过去，用双手抬起这位老人。老人说：“谢谢了，谢谢了”

这是我淘气，又善良的表弟。

My father, Winston Churchill, began his love affair with painting in his 40s, amid disastrous circumstances. As First Lord of the Admiralty in 1915, he was deeply involved in a campaign in the Dardanelles that could have shortened the course of a bloody world war. But when the mission failed, with great loss of life, Churchill paid the price, both publicly and privately. He was removed from the admiralty and effectively sidelined.

Overwhelmed by the catastrophe — “I thought he would die of grief,” said his wife, Clementine —he retired with his family to Hoe Farm, a country retreat in Surrey. There, as Churchill later recalled, “The muse of painting came to my rescue!”

Wandering in the garden one day, he chanced upon his sister-in-law sketching with watercolors. He watched her for a few minutes, then borrowed her brush and tried his hand. The muse had cast her spell!

Churchill soon decided to experiment with oils. Delighted with this distraction from his dark broodings, Clementine rushed off to buy whatever paints she could find.

For Churchill, however, the next step seemed difficult as he contemplated with unaccustomed nervousness the blameless whiteness of a new canvas. He started with the sky and later described how “very gingerly I mixed a little blue paint on the palette, and then with infinite precaution made a mark about as big as a bean upon the affronted snow-white shield. At that moment the sound of a motor car was heard in the drive. From this chariot stepped the gifted wife of Sir John Lavery .”

“ ‘Painting!’ she declared. ‘But what are you hesitating about? Let me have the brush — the big one.’ Splash into the turpentine, wallop into the blue and the white, frantic flourish on the palette, and then several fierce strokes and slashes of blue on the absolutely cowering canvas.”

At that time, John Lavery— a Churchill neighbor and celebrated painter— was tutoring Churchill in his art. Later, Lavery said of his unusual pupil: “Had he chosen painting instead of statesmanship, I believe he would have been a great master with the brush.”

In painting, Churchill had discovered a companion with whom he was to walk for the greater part of the years that remained to him. After the war, painting would offer deep solace when, in 1921, the death of the mother was followed two months later by the loss of his and Clementine’s beloved three-year-old daughter, Marigold. Battered by grief, Winston took refuge at the home of friends in Scotland, finding comfort in his painting. He wrote to Clementine: “I went out and painted a beautiful river in the afternoon light with crimson and golden hills in the background. Alas I keep feeling the hurt of the Duckadilly (Marigold’s pet name).”

Historians have called the decade after 1929, when the Conservative government fell and Winston was out of office, his wilderness years. Politically he may have been wandering in barren places, a lonely fighter trying to awaken Britain to the menace of Hitler, but artistically that wilderness bore abundant fruit. During these years he often painted in the South of France. Of the 500-odd canvases extant, roughly 250 date from 1930 to 1939.

Painting remained a joy to Churchill to the end of his life. “Happy are the painters,” he had written in his book Painting as a Pastime, “ for they shall not be lonely. Light and color, peace and hope, will keep them company to the end of the day.” And so it was for my father.

我的父亲，温斯顿·丘吉尔，在他四十多岁时开始迷恋上绘画，当时环境异常恶劣。那是在1915年，任海军大臣的他，积极投身于在达达尼尔海峡的一场战役中，这场战役本可以缩短那段血雨腥风的世界大战。但由于遭受失败，伤亡惨重，丘吉尔于公于私都付出了代价。他被从海军部调离且实则坐起了冷板凳。

在灾难的折磨下——他的妻子克莱门廷说：“我想他会痛苦而死，”——他携家带口来到萨利郡的一处乡间静居霍·华姆。在那儿，丘吉尔后来回忆道，“是绘画中的冥思拯救了我！”

一天他在花园散步时，偶然看到他的弟媳在用水彩作画。他观察了几分钟，然后向她借了画笔并一试身手。他的专注仿佛给他施了魔法！

丘吉尔很快就决定试试去画油画。看到他从阴暗的忧郁思中解脱出来，克莱门廷非常开心，她赶忙去买所有能买到的颜料。

然而，迈出下一步似乎有些困难，因为丘吉尔看到一块新画布的洁白无暇时感到无所适从和为难。他先从天空画起，后来他描述如何“非常谨慎地在调色板上加入一点儿蓝色调，然后以万分的小心，在这块被蓄意冒犯的雪白的防护板上点上豌豆大的一笔。这时，传来一阵驾驶机动车的马达声。约翰·拉威利先生才华出众的太太从这辆车中姗然而下。

“‘在画画呀！’她高声说着。‘可你还在犹豫什么呢？给我那支笔——那支头号的。’只见松油飞溅，她在蓝白颜料间挥毫泼墨，在调色板上龙飞凤舞，接着在吓得发皱的油画布上用力东戳西捣几下蓝色。”

那时，约翰·拉威利——丘吉尔的邻居，也是一位有名的画家—正教丘吉尔学画。后来提及他的这位特殊的学生，拉威利说：“倘若他选择绘画而不是从政，我相信他会是位绘画大师的。”

在绘画中，丘吉尔找到了能陪他度过余生大部分时光的知已。战后，在1921年，母亲刚去世两个月，他和克莱门廷就失去了他们深爱着的三岁女儿玛丽戈尔德，这时作画给了他一些安慰。在痛苦的打击下，温斯顿来到苏格兰朋友们的家中以求得安慰，用绘画来解脱自己。他在给克莱门廷的信中说：“我出外画了一条夕阳下美丽的溪流，背后映衬着晚霞的群山。唉，达克迪莉（玛丽戈尔德的昵称）使我的苦痛总是挥之不去。

史学家把1929年后的十年，也就是保守党政府垮台而温斯顿下台的时间，称为他的荒凉岁月。政治上，他一直在举步维艰的处境中徘徊，是一个孤独的勇士在努力唤起受到希特勒威胁的国人，但在艺术上他在那荒凉岁月却硕果累累。这些年他经常在法国南部作画。在现存的500多张油画中，大约250张是1930至1939年间的作品。

绘画给丘吉尔带来了乐趣直到他的人生尽头。在他所著的《画中的消遣》里说：“画家其乐融融，因为他们不会孤独。光与色，和平与希望，会始终伴随他们。”我父亲就是这样一个人。

[温斯顿·丘吉尔:生活侧记-名人传记英文故事