我的表弟8岁的英文实用20篇

English is one of my best subjects and I started learning English when I

was ten years old. But at the very beginning, listening seemed a little

difficult for me. So I have been doing a lot of listening practice, such as

listening to tapes, watching English TV programs. And I found it really helped a

lot. In fact, there are some more helpful ways to learn English well. For

example, I enjoy singing English songs and I want to join an English club or

find a pen pal from English-speaking countries. I believe that nothing is

impossible if you put your heart into it。

Travel is a very good means of broadening a person’s perspective. It makes you come into contact with different cultures meet people of different colors and go through peculiar rites and ceremonies. Travelling much you will not only enrich your knowledge and experiences but also be aware of the vastneof nature. Travel may also relieve person of boredom and gloom. Travel brings you enjoyment and attraction. It gives you a pleasant experience which will disperse your boredom and make you forget whatever annoys you. Travel broadens your mind and leaves you good memories. Later you may go over these memories and enjoy your past experiences thus keeping a fresh and sunny mind. The field’s his study nature was his book. Travelers can choose different modes of transportation which have advantages and disadvantages. Airplanes are the fastest but also the most expensive. Buses and trains are leexpensive but they soon make you feel cramped and uncomfortable. Ships provide you with comfort unleyou get seasick. Most people can afford traveling by bicycle which although slow can limber up your muscles and get you closer to nature.

我的表弟今年5岁了，他有一双大大的眼睛，长着一头爽朗的头发。他特别喜欢吃西瓜。

一天，妈妈从菜市场抱回来一个大西瓜。妈妈把西瓜放在冰箱里，表弟整天绕着冰箱转，大吵大闹着说要吃西瓜。一想到香甜的大西瓜，表弟就使劲地吞口水。妈妈看着表弟嘴馋的样子哈哈大笑，忍不住把大西瓜从冰箱里抱出来。妈妈把西瓜切成一块块的，盛在盘子里。妈妈正准备把西瓜递给我们时，表弟一个箭步跨上前，左手抓一块西瓜，右手抓一块西瓜。他使劲地把西瓜往嘴里塞，他胡乱地啃着，西瓜汁从他嘴角流下来。不一会儿，他的肚子鼓鼓的，胸前的衣服也被西瓜汁打湿了一大片。

看着表弟如此吃西瓜的模样，我们乐得哈哈大笑。这就是我的表弟，你喜欢他吗？

[小学作文我的表弟

Dear Mother,

Your hard work!

At the moment whether you are in the high temperature machine room in the

hands to mechanically operate the machine; At the moment, whether you have been

too busy to think about me in school; At this moment the midnight bell is about

to strike, whether you are still empty belly, endure the roar of machinery in

busy overtime, I clearly see your swarthy face has a trace of years, sweat beads

gathered into a stream winding down...

Mom, Im afraid Im going to lose sleep tonight because I made an

"unforgivable" mistake. I have slapped myself several times, but the thought of

your frail figure is too much for my conscience to bear. In order to make a

living, you and your father work away from home all the year round. This year,

you were going to accompany me to study. "Sophomore year, key!" I know this is a

decision you and Dad have made after much thought and consideration. Considering

the situation at home, I refused.

I bought you a ticket to go away with tears in my eyes, and very

reluctantly put you on the train, I can clearly see the tears twinkling in your

eyes. Mom, I dont envy others wearing brand clothes, wearing brand jewelry; I

dont envy them having their parents pick them up every day; I dont envy them

eating nutritious breakfast prepared by their parents every day.

Although I can only with boiled water, eating steamed buns, but I know that

my mother gave me love is not lost to anyone. Mother you have been told me to

pay attention to nutrition, improve food, but I learned from the mouth of your

fellow villagers that you drink porridge with pickles every day, today is the

weekend, a week of steamed bread I want to do a la carte; My shoes are broken,

my thumbs are "happy", I want to buy a pair of sneakers at a reduced price;

Mid-term exam is coming soon, I learn not solid enough, want to go to Xinhua

bookstore around. So, I chuang the only two hundred dollars, this is my hard

work, under the pillow has been pressed flat, I know three years when the money

is much, I dont want to old to you for money, and brother next year will rise

the third year.

Walk in the street, those common sneakers also want 30, 50 yuan, later I

still wear old shoes into the Xinhua bookstore, come out, it is dusk, into the

vegetable market, I picked a jin of cabbage, a jin of carrots. This time, I

spent $2.70. But What I never expected, mother, was that when I took the money

that night, it was gone. Two hundred dollars just disappeared, And I broke down,

and it felt like the sky was falling down, and I went crazy and searched

everywhere I went today, but... Mom, Im sorry to you, and dad, when I was going

to tell you, but you called to tell me that you were injured, accidentally cut

by the machine on the hand, you let me how to open my mouth! I didnt have a

night class, I cried, and cried happily on the playground for a whole night.

The pressure on study, the loneliness in life, the condemnation in my

heart, the pain of missing my loved ones, mom, can you understand my mood now?

Mom, I miss you.

Your daughter

Dear Tom，

How is it going these days? I keep wondering how you feel about your school

life in Beijing. Have you got used to the life in China? Are you enjoying your

life? I hope you are.

Let me tell you a piece of good news: I’m going to take part in an English

speech contest of middle school students in July in the coming summer vacation.

So I’m busy preparing for it. But now I have some difficulty in collecting

useful information and using proper English word to express my thoughts.

Besides, I really want to improve my spoken English, especially the

pronunciation and intonation(语调). Of course, as a native English speaker, you

can give me some suggestions.

In addition, I’m going to visit you after the contest. I’m sure we will

have a wonderful time together in Beijing! I can hardly wait to see you! I am

looking forward to your early reply.

Yours,

Li Hua

在我们大家族中，有一位调皮蛋，他就是人见人“疼”的表弟。上上周他在外婆家，搞得外婆硬生生闪了腰，腰“疼”得不得了；前一周他去舅舅家，舅舅家的盘子被他砸得一干二净，好像刮过龙卷风似的，舅妈心“疼”得不得了……

这不，又到了周末，想着表弟的种种行径，我不禁头“疼”起来……这一周，表弟会不会来我家？

我正想着，只听见“叮咚”一声。糟啦！肯定是表弟上门了，爸妈也不在家，只剩我一个人，可怎么应付这个调皮蛋？“我不在家！我不在家！”我暗自嘀咕着，就是磨蹭着不去开门。谁知这门外的人似乎料定我在家，锲而不舍地按着门铃，“叮咚”、“叮咚”……我实在听不下去了，只好起来开门。我打开门一看，谁知门外空空如也，居然没有人。“奇怪了，那一定是我听错了！”我疑惑地挠挠脑袋，转身关上了门。

“嗨！”只听见身后大吼一声。“有鬼啊！”我吓得头皮发麻，紧捂住胸口，不敢回头看。

“姐！”耳边传来了熟悉的声音，我不禁松了口气，转头一看，果然是那位调皮蛋！只见他一骨碌跑到电视机前，打开电视，又迅速坐到正对电视的沙发前，笑嘻嘻地说：“原来这个你也怕呀？”“是又怎样？”我气呼呼地坐下，忙写作业，再也不去理睬这个令人头疼的调皮蛋。

表弟见我不睬他，就去看电视了。我开始安安心心写起作业来，可是没过多久，只听见“啪、啪、啪、啪”的声音，我抬头一看，表弟从我面前风一般地跑过，一口气冲进了厕所。我刚把头低下，表弟的声音又传进了我的耳朵“偶爸刚咚咚……”这是什么声音？我听了半天，终于分辨出来，原来，这就是红遍大江南北的《江南style》，听着表弟边上厕所，边哼着那跑了调的神曲，我忍不住捧腹大笑，笑得肚子都“疼”了。

等表弟从厕所出来，居然吵着要玩积木。我只好翻箱倒柜找出我儿时的积木给他。拿到积木的表弟终于安静下来，开始专心致志地搭积木。我又重新沉浸在解题的乐趣中。可是好景不长，“啪！”的一声巨响把我的字也吓歪了。我定睛一看，呀，积木倒了，表弟正笑嘻嘻地看着我。我叹了口气，只好认命地一个一个捡起来，帮他搭好。谁知表弟不领情，随手一推，积木再一次支离破碎。就这样捡了搭，搭了又倒，我再也受不了了，大声说；“你这调皮蛋，这次我不帮你，你自己搭！”话音刚落，表弟就使出了杀手锏，他脸一皱，嘴巴一瘪，居然哇哇哇地哭了起来。我忙说；“好啦好啦，姐姐帮你搭，姐姐帮你搭！”

就这样，我被他折腾了一天，累得腰酸背“疼”。等他回了家，我一屁股坐在沙发上，再也不想起来。

唉，这就是我们家的“调皮蛋”，一个人见人“疼”的调皮蛋，真希望他能快快懂事起来，做一个真正值得我们疼爱的小表弟。

我趴在桌子上，用钢笔胡乱地画着圆圈。今天，三叔一家从上海坐飞机来看望我们，我却一点也高兴不起来。

刚开始，我对他们的到来非常期待，毕竟家中很少有亲戚来拜访。而且，两个弟弟来我家就意味着我有一起玩耍的伙伴了，也会让家里变得更热闹些。然而，事情完全不是我想的那样。

两个弟弟淘气的程度我真的无法形容，这让我很是头疼。他们就像两颗子弹一样在屋里四处乱窜，随手把他们能拿到的东西统统扔到地上，接着发出胜利的大笑，飞快地冲向下一个目标。留下三叔一边把地上的东西放回原来的地方，一边无奈地向我们致歉。妈妈很通情达理地说没关系，孩子小的时候都这样。我可不这样认为，尤其是弟弟们还把我最喜欢的书扔到了地上，我真的十分愤怒。

我帮着妈妈和三叔一起收拾残局，忽然听见我的卧室传出巨大的响动。我立刻预感到大事不妙，用最快的速度冲进卧室，原来是大弟弟在翻箱倒柜：他把我所有的书都从柜子上拿下来，还拿出我的彩色笔，正在一本书的扉页上作画。

我立即大发雷霆，所有当姐姐应该谦让弟弟的原则都抛到了脑后，冲着他们大吼：“谁让你们进来的？出去！”两个弟弟知道闯了大祸，一阵风似的冲出门外逃跑了。我怒气冲冲地查看我的书，赫然发现书页中都涂满了斑斓的色彩，几乎看不清字迹。我气呼呼地关上门，真希望他们快点离开。

妈妈还总说姐姐要谦让弟弟，谦让？他们把我的书全部毁容了，我还要谦让他们？或者……或者……我是不是太小心眼了？为了一本书对弟弟发这么大的脾气值得吗？

“姐姐，我们能看看你的书吗？”我转过身，发现两个弟弟不知什么时候站在了我的身后，看起来很无辜的样子。我怀疑地盯着他们，“你们是想画画吧，我这里有白纸。”我拿出两张纸，递了过去。令我吃惊的是，两个弟弟居然拒绝了。“姐姐，我们想看书。”说着还用小手指了指书上的图画。我收起所有的彩笔，拿出自己小时候喜欢看的图画书。两个弟弟坐在床边饶有兴致地看了起来。我们并排坐在一起读书，房间里变得非常安静，只能偶尔听到翻书的声音。我不禁松了一口气。

慢慢地，我发现弟弟有的时候也很可爱，看着他们疯玩儿疯闹，我会忍不住笑出声来，而他俩呢，就会更得意忘形了。

很快，弟弟一家要回去了。我们互相告别，三叔邀请我放假去上海玩儿，我点点头，不禁还有些向往呢。也许，等我去玩儿的时候，弟弟们又长大了很多，不这么淘气了吧。

我有一个表弟，今年5岁了，特别着迷新鲜的东西。这不，我们家新买了一台电脑，就被他给盯上了。

电脑刚买回的第二天，一大早，表弟就到了我家。一进门，就直冲书房，妈妈拦住了他，他笑嘻嘻地说：“姑姑，我要玩电脑。”

“那可不行，你又不懂，等会给你弄坏了。”妈妈说。

“我懂，我懂，我不乱动，不会弄坏的。”表弟哀求着妈妈。

“不行、不行！我家的电脑刚买的，我爸爸都不让我没有玩。”我跑了过来，大声地说。

表弟一看我也来帮腔，就一屁股坐到了地上，哇哇大哭起来，“姑姑小气鬼，哥哥小气鬼。”

我和妈妈面面相觑，不知如何是好，他一见我们没反映，哭得更凶了，索性还在地上打起了滚。看到这个情形，妈妈实在没办法了，就说：“好啦，好啦。去玩吧，不过可别乱动啊。”表弟一听，马上从地上爬了起来，擦了眼泪，乐呵呵地冲进了书房。摸摸这，摸摸那，不知从那里学会的，几下子把电脑打开了，拿着鼠标有模有样地点这点那，这下可急坏了我和妈妈，生怕他乱弄，把爸爸的重要文件给弄没了。妈妈想了个办法，说：“来，我们出去切西瓜吃罗。”我马上应和：“好啊。好啊，出去吃西瓜罗。”谁知表弟一动不动，还说着：“我不吃，我玩电脑。”真是要把我们给气晕了。就这样表弟就一直玩了一天，吃饭也是在电脑面前吃的。

我啊，真是服了我这个表弟。你们觉得呢？

one possible version:

june 8, 20xx dear sir, im sorrto tell you that i cant go to school today, ive caught a cold because i swam in the schoolswimming pool yesterday. thimorning i had a headache. after taking mtemperature, mmother found that i had a high fever, immediatelshe took me to see a doctor, who advised me to stain bed for 2 days. now i am writing to you to ask for 2 days sick leave. with best wishes.

your student,

tom

我有一个可爱的小表弟，他是我舅舅的小孩。小表弟今年两岁了，名叫“小石头”。当初舅舅给他起这个名字，是希望他长大后像石头一样坚强。

“小石头”浑身胖乎乎的，大大的眼睛，高高的鼻梁，嘴唇红红的，就像涂了口红一样。

今年暑假，我和“小石头”一起去了上海，在那里度过了一个愉快的假期。有一天，吃过晚饭，舅妈看天色还早，就带我和小表弟一起去看广场舞。广场上真热闹啊！好多人在跳舞，有爷爷奶奶，还有叔叔阿姨。“小石头”可开心了，听着动感的音乐，他也开始跳起舞来。瞧！他不是点头、摆手、扭屁股，就是在那儿傻笑，嘴里还咿咿呀呀叫个不停，样子真逗啊！可跳了一会儿他就没兴趣了，又跑到卖玩具的那里，看看这个想要，看看那个也想要，最后舅妈只给他买了一个会发光的球，只要往地上一扔，就会发出耀眼的光。我觉得这个玩具很普通，可“小石头”却玩得很开心。小孩子真容易满足啊！

怎么样？我的小表弟很可爱吧！

Even Homer sometimes nods.

智者千虑，必有一失。

Everybodys business is nobodys business.

人人负责，等于没人负责。

Fact speak louder than words.

事实胜于雄辩。

God helps those who help themselves.

自助者天助。

Hear all parties.

兼听则明。

He who does not advance loses grou12

逆水行舟，不进则退。

It is hard to please all.

众口难调。

Justice has long arms.

天网恢恢，疏而不漏。

Measure for measure.

针锋相对。

No man is born wise or learned.

没有生而知之者。

Observation is the best teacher.

观察是最好的老师。

One swallow does not make a summer.

一燕不成夏。

Prevention is better than cure.

预防胜于治疗。

Talking mends no holes.

空谈无补。

Where there is smoke， there is fire.

每个人每年都有生日，在那天也是表弟最开心快乐的一天。 每年的2月8号，是我表弟的4生日，我的家人从前几天就倒数着日子，约好了那一天给我的表弟一个惊喜，还一大早就跟小伙伴们说马上就到他生日了，到时候一定来吃蛋糕，一定要带好礼物，不能空手而去。 终于到了我表弟的生日。我和小伙伴和一些大人们都来庆祝他的4生日。我们先吃完了晚饭，然后在表弟的指挥下，端来了一个两层的奶油大蛋糕出现在我们的眼前，看得我们口水直流三千尺。我们迫不及待地插好精美的蜡烛，点燃，让他把蜡烛吹灭，许一个美好的愿望，祝他身体健康，接着，我们边拍手边唱起了生日快乐歌，和他一起开心的玩耍，追逐打闹这是必然的一件事，因为我们今天非常的happy。他许完了心愿，便开始切蛋糕，给每个人都发了一个盘子和一个叉子，然后分发蛋糕。我们都抢着吃，不时的把蛋糕打翻在地上，有的腰吃水果，有的要吃奶油，有的要吃巧克力&&我们还把奶油涂在表弟的脸上，让它成为一个大花猫，脸上涂满奶油，还不可以擦掉，追来追去。 这是我的礼物我说后，表弟连忙跑了过来，随着发音不准的普通话，我也能听出他的高兴。我的朋友们赶紧望去，哇！外表是个十分精美的盒子，盒子里装着许许多多玩具，大人们也纷纷送礼物，但都是玩具，只有几个人送的是长大用的文具，周围的小伙伴们都十分羡慕，也想过生日。初一:徐华威

It is indeed difficult to live without a mobile phone as it helps us in day

to day activities. I cannot live without a mobile phone. Todays generation uses

mobile phones for chatting, surfing and playing games. They dont use the mobile

phone for the real purpose. I admit that living wothout a mobile phone is

extremely difficult but I can live without addicting apps like Facebook, Twitter

etc. The iPhone is a gadget that is encouraging to use social apps and addicting

games. These gadgets though facilitate our work but are making us their slaves.

For example, if a persons iPhone is not working properly, he will be filled

with anger. As new technology is creating new gadgets, so are people raising new

demands. They also hamper academics. Buy a mobile phone but use it for something

productive.

一双又细又长的小眼睛，高高的鼻梁下，长着一张不大不小的嘴，厚厚的嘴唇微微翘起，皮肤嫩嫩的、白白的，用手轻轻一捏，立刻留下一圈圆圆的红晕……你一定以为这是位可爱的小女生吧？哈哈，你猜错了。他可是个“纯爷们”——我的小表弟。

表弟外貌上有两个显著的特征：一是皮肤白，晒不黑；二是他头顶有两个旋儿，左右对称，令我羡慕。

表弟性格内向。他从小就不爱说话，尤其不敢跟陌生人说话，有时候被家人逼得没有办法，不得不说的时候，声音也是柔柔的、弱弱的，脸蛋红得像秋天的大苹果。暑假，他来我们家做客，经常会碰到邻居的叔叔、阿姨们，我赶紧问好，他则躲在一旁，一句话也不说，人家故意逗他，他就低下头去，脸又红了，活像一个害羞的小姑娘！你说他温柔不温柔？

可说他温柔吧，他并不缺乏个性。

表弟是个电脑迷，一般事情他都会让着我，但玩电脑却绝不含糊，哪怕就是耽误他一分钟也不行。记得一次玩赛尔号，我们说好轮流玩的，可是因为我贪心，多玩了5分钟。表弟生气了，他一整天都不理我，任凭我说了多少好话也无济于事，最后只好把多玩的时间还给他了，他才肯善罢甘休。做任何事情都有自己的原则，也许这就是他的另一个特点。

怎么样？我的小表弟是不是给你们留下了很深的印象呢？

What is the taste of home? Before I lodge in school dormitory, I never think of this question. But, now I know what the taste of home is as I have lived in school for a month. I miss the delicious food cooked by my mother and her endless chatter. My father sits in the middle of the hall watching TV. The fight between my two younger brothers and the ice cream in the refrigerator make me feel warm. All these make a house a family. And it is the taste of home in my mind.

什么是家的味道?在我住校前，我从来没有想过这个问题。但是，如今在我已经住校一个月后我知道什么是家的味道了。我想念我妈妈做的美味食物了，还有她喋喋不休的唠叨声。爸爸坐在客厅中间看电视。两个弟弟的打闹声还有冰箱里的冰淇淋都让我觉得很温暖。所有这些都使得一个房子成为一个家。这些就是我心目中家的味道。

Yesterday was Sunday ,the weather was sunny.And my friends asked me to go to the park with them.We went to the park by bike,and brought some foods and fruits with us .

The park was very quiet ,and we saw many old persons sang songs or dance in it.We looked for a long time .Then we went to see the beautiful flowers and also took some photoes .

At last ,we sat down on the glasses and had a picnic.

We all had a good time yesterday.

Hello！Everybody First please allow me to introduce myself。My name is***，a 16—year—old student from class ***。This is my first time to speak English in front of you。I have the honor to stand here to share everything about English。I do hope that you can like me ，remember me and support me ，wont you？ English is my favourit subject，which I have spent several years in studying。I keep pratising it everyday，including speaking，listening and writing。Meanwhile I go to English corner，where I can have more time to pratise my English，especilly oral English。 Although my English is not good today，I am confident of improving it in days to come！I do believe "Nothing is difficult if you put your heart in it"！I am sure I can！ Thanks a lot。

Dear Santa:

Ive been a very good boy this year. I study hard and am nice to my

friends. I helped Mom and Dad decorate the Xmas tree. And I didnt fight with my

baby sis. So please put me on your list.

I want to have a mountain bicycle as my Xmas gift and a lot of love for my

dear Mommy and Daddy. This Xmas will sure be a special one. Mommy plans to cook

a Xmas feast and invite some friends over on Xmas Eve.

I want to wish all my family and friends merry Xmas!

Sincerely yours,

Jonh

亲爱的圣诞老公公：

我今年一直都有做个乖小孩。我有用功读书，而且对我的朋友也很好。我帮妈妈跟爸爸布置圣诞树，而且我也没有跟我妹妹打架，所以请你把我放到你的礼物单上面。

我想要有一辆越野车当作我的圣诞礼物，然后给我亲爱的爸爸妈妈很多很多的爱。今年的圣诞节一定会很特别，妈咪圣诞夜打算要作一顿圣诞大餐，还会邀请一些朋友来家里。我要祝我的家人跟朋友圣诞快乐!

你诚挚的，

乔

During last summer vacation I paid a visit to my uncle’s. It was the first time I had seen the sea. Tow years ago my uncle a closed friend of my father transferred from Shanxi to Yantai a beautiful port city; and then my aunt joined him a couple months later. And a year later I became their guest and was going to stay with them for a week. I was fascinated by the vastness of the sea the clean and soft sand on the beach the seagulls flying in the sky and the beauty of the golden sunset clouds over the dark blue water. But I missed the sunrise each day for I couldn’t get up early enough.

On the fifth day the alarm clock woke me up when it was still dark outside I hurried to the beach and stood in the cool breeze there the sky was turning grey little by little the sea was calm and all was so quiet that I felt I was surrounded by mysteries then suddenly in the faraway horizon golden beans of light were shooting up into the sky. A moment later a corner of the sun appeared. The sun was rising very slowly and reluctantly as if it was unwilling to leave the sea. At last the entire sun lay on the horizon so big and so red it looked like a huge ripe orange or a tender half-boiled yolk. It hesitated and shivered a moment then said goodbye to the sea and rose into the air. The scene was very beautiful touching and magnificent which I’ll never forget.

无论英文求职信还是中文求职信，都有其正规的写法.任何国内，外大公司，大企业都喜欢看到正规严肃的，代表你尊重对方，一份正规的英文求职信，其目的也在于获得面谈的机会。

格式与态度： 写英文求职信时,开头写每段第一句话时, 要顶格写, 一定不要空两格. 这点很重要, 请你注意; 不要用开玩笑的口吻与对方套近乎, 要严肃, 认真地写.这能使对方感觉你很重视这件事情; 简短介绍自己的专业与才能. 重点写清楚你的能力可以满足对方公司的需要.

各人资料: 写英文求职信时，写信人应述明自己的年龄或出生年月，教育背景，尤其是和应征的职位有关的训练或教育科目、工作经验或特殊的技能；如无实际经验,告知对方你正在学习经验!

推荐：写英文求职信时,需重点注意约定面试时间.一定要写清楚:我知道您很忙, 我很感谢您能在百忙之中抽几分钟时间跟我见面并谈话. 请放心,这几分钟您一定不会浪费的!因为我确定我的能力一定使贵公司达到目的.要自信!但不要过份夸大自己的能力或表现过份信心，尤其不要说出与事实不符的能力或特性来.

结尾与联系方式: 写英文求职信结尾时,需重点注意:不要等对方先打电话联系你, 你应该在英文求职信中明确写出, 你会在此期间打电话约对方见面, 并告对方知具体联系时间;还要写明, 在见面之前, 若对方有什么问题需要了解的, 可发Email或打电话联系你. 并写清楚你的联系方式. 最后, 再一次写明感谢他们抽时间看你的个人简历, 求职信. 并感谢他们考虑你的应聘.

写:：

篇幅不易过长, 简短为好;态度诚恳, 不需华丽词汇;；让对方感觉亲切，自信,，实在即可；不要误看其他错误的写作方法， 以免耽误了你的求职机会。

纸张的选用: 建议你用灰色,黄褐色或米色纸作最终打印信纸. 要配合信封的颜色。

书写：字体要写得整洁可辩，使用打字机把信打出来，具有专业感。

附邮票：英语求职信内需附加邮票或回址信封。

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