旅游与交通英语话题作文【合集20篇】

With the development of informatization, people have more and more chances to choose the commodities they like. But the more goods exist, the more confusion people feel in choosing one. Therefore, advertisement stands out to take the responsibility for people to choose the products they prefer. But advertising has advantages and disadvantages. Some people are in favor of it, while some are on the contrary. As for me, I’m in the neutral place.

On the one hand, advertisements help people have a better understanding about products. Advertisements always tell people the advantages and functions of the products. People can buy the things they want by reading advertisements. By the way, advertisements are free for consumers. Moreover, advertising is much more interesting than the instructions on the packaging box, because advertisements contain various factors, such as pictures, videos, voice plots and so on. Don’t you think it is a good way for choosing a product?

On the other hand, sometimes advertisements are tempting and deceptive. In order to attract the target customers, the advertiser will fill the content of decorating expressions, regardless of the filthy measures they have taken or the severe damages they may bring about. The advertisements always exaggerate the advantages and functions of the products. As a result, they mislead consumers to buy things that are not deserved.

On Sunday, my parents and I went to visit zhouzhuang and tongli town. Early in the morning, we arrived at the tianning temple near changzhou tourism hub, sit on the bus. A total of 45 visitors. We sat for two hours in the bus finally arrived in zhouzhuang. Inside, the guide took us through FuAnQiao and build, also visited the moon, shen hall hall and south lake park etc. Finally, the tour guide said: "free." We will fully dissolved. I went to a strange house, mom and dad took all sorts of strange pictures. Backwards, birdy, virtual space, turns into a hut, transverse gallery, dog house, long legs, and auditory hallucination vision. I like the illusory space, because of just and true. With a mouth like sitting in python, mother beside me, just want to save me. Free after finished, we are all set again.

The tour guide took us to eat lunch. After lunch, we returned to the tour bus, go to tongli town. In tongli town, we went to the back garden jiayin hall, etc. I went to my father and mother took the little boat. Sitting on a boat, a flash, like a cradle. I found that the ship to ship ahead of the tool invented ruban OARS plate. Sitting in the boat, I saw the cormorants, I also know that its another name is yu eagle. All of one day make me very happy. I feel these two ancient attractions many, many rivers and Bridges, old town house is very old. This is small Bridges, jiangnan water!

星期天，我和爸爸妈妈去游玩周庄和同里古镇。 一大早，我们就赶到天宁寺附近的常州旅游集散中心，坐上了旅游车。车上一共有45位游客。 我们在车上坐了两个小时终于到达了周庄。一进去，导游带我们走过了富安桥和双桥，还参观了张厅、沈厅和南湖秋月园等景点。最后，导游说：“自由活动。”我们就全解散了。我和爸爸妈妈去了怪楼，拍了各种各样奇怪的照片。有倒着的人、鸟人、虚幻空间、变身小屋、横廊、小人屋、长腿人和幻听视觉。其中我最喜欢虚幻空间，因为拍出来的照片就和真的一样。其中有一张就像坐在蟒蛇的嘴巴里，妈妈在边上拉着我，就想把我救出来一样。 自由活动完了后，我们大家又集合了。

导游带着我们去吃午饭。吃完午饭，我们又回到了旅游车上，前往同里古镇。 到了同里古镇，我们去了退思园、嘉荫堂等景点。我和爸爸妈妈还去坐了小游船。坐在游船上，一晃一晃的，好像摇篮。我发现，船上让船前进的工具是鲁班发明的橹板。坐在船上，我看到了鸬鹚，我还知道它的另外一个名字叫渔鹰。 一天的游玩让我非常开心。我感觉这两个古镇景点很多，河流和小桥也很多，古镇上的房子很古老。这就是小桥流水、江南水乡吧!

A wise man once said that the only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do not

A wise man once said that the only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing. So, as a police officer, I have some urgent things to say to good people.

Day after day my men and I struggle to hold back a tidal wave of crime. Something has gone terribly wrong with our once-proud American way of life. It has happened in the area of values. A key ingredient is disappearing, and I think I know what it is: accountability .

My job as a police pfficer is to impose accountability on people who refuse, or have never learned, to impose it on themselves. But as every policeman knows, external control on peoples behavior is far less effective than internal restraints such as guilt, shame and embarrassment.

Fortunately there are still communities smaller towns, usually where schools maintain discipline and where parents hold up standards that proclaim:

In this family certain things are not tolerated they simply are not done!

Yet more and more, especially in our large cities and suburbs, these inner restraints are loosening. Your typical robber has none. He considers your property his property; he takes what he wants, including your life if you enrage him.

The main cause of this break-down is a radical shift in attitudes. Thirty years ago, if a crime was committed, society was considered the victim. Now, in a shocking reversal, its the criminal who is considered victimized: by his underprivileged upbringing, by the school that didnt teach him to read, by the church that failed to reach him with moral guidance, by the parents who didnt provide a stable home.

[关于责任感accountability话题的英语作文

As we know, many great people could succeed just because they did everything big or small earnestly.

Preserving Natural Resources

However, natural resources are not inexhaustible. Some reserves are already on the brink of exhaustion and there is no hope of replacing them.

As you know,theres no enough clean water for people. So many of them lose their lives because of water. Its time that we must do something useful to protect our environment. We can plant trees and take good care of them.

We can save the water and ask our parents to do so. We cant throw any litter onto the ground and we should collect them for recycling.

If we take good care of our earth today,it will be more beautiful tomorrow.

学做好人好事

今年是学习雷锋五十周年纪念日，雷锋同志说过：“我要把有限的生命，投入到无限的为人民服务之中去。”

请写一篇意思连贯，符合逻辑，不少于80字的作文。

在作文中，简单表述你对雷锋的崇敬之情，为什么向雷锋叔叔学习以及你在日常生活中是如何帮助他人的。

★ 范文

Leifeng was known as a pattern that offered help to others selflessly. He

devoted all this life into his beloved career as well. I, myself, was totally

shocked by his character.

Such is human nature; people trace the good, water flows to low. Everyone

should copy his sprit as our daily life goes instead of uttering a meaningless

slogan “learn from Leifeng, our decent idol”, so that we could definitely see a

lot more smiling faces rather than conflict.

To help others is not a hard thing, however, what you need is to consist

doing it. Take myself as an example. I am the representative of Math, to collect

homework is my daily task, however, I would turn them to the right page for

shorten the time for teachers when correcting them.

I strongly propose that we shall see a better world if each of us treat

Leifeng as our model and copy his spirit.

“五一”节，我和爸爸妈妈游览扬州。一到了扬州我就被江南秀色迷住了。一进了瘦西湖大门，呵!风景太美了，远处的山是青青的，近处的水是绿绿的，湖的两岸杨柳弯弯，柳絮飘飘，小燕子在柳絮中穿来穿去，像捉迷藏一样，可把我看傻了。

The five one day, I and father and mother to visit Yangzhou. In Yangzhou I was spellbound by Jiangnan Xiuse. In the Slender West Lake gate! The scenery is so beautiful, distant mountains are green, near the water is green, willow catkins on both sides of the lake, the little swallow in the willow catkin fluttering, wear to wear, like hide and seek, can make me look silly.

当我走过五亭桥，来到了二十四桥景区，站在其中一座桥上，不由想起一首唐诗：“青山隐隐水迢迢，秋尽江南草未凋。二十四桥明月夜，玉人何处教吹箫。”

As I walked down the bridge, the bridge came to the scenic spot, standing on a bridge, do not think of a poem: "Castle faint water span, Jiangnan autumn do not withered grass. Bridge round moon night, energy-saving."

This summer vacation, I went to Beijing.

It was a very great city!

We went to the Great Wall first.Like its name,it was very great.We can see many mountians around.

Then we went to visit Tianan Men Square.It was also fantastic.

We lived in a small house in a Beijing Hutung, it was a traditional Beijing building called four-section compound.

I enjoyed myself a lot.

I love Beijing!

这个暑假,我去了北京。

这是一个非常伟大的城市!

首先我们去长城。就像它的名字一样,这是非常伟大的。我们可以看到许多的关口。

然后我们去参观天安门广场。也是美妙的。

我们住在一个小房子在一个北京胡同,它是北京传统的建筑称为“四合院”。

我喜欢我自己。

我爱北京!

健康的生活习惯对于成长中的我们是非常重要的。你认为健康的生活习惯应当是怎样的呢？请根据下面的信息提示，写一篇短文，首句已给出。

信息提示：健康饮食；早睡早起，不熬夜；参加运动，强身健体。

要求：根据信息提示，把握要点，适当发挥，不逐字翻译。字数在80词左右。

★范文

I think healthy habits are very important for us.All of us want to be healthy. First, we should get enough sleep during the night. We can go to bed early and get up early. Staying up late is bad for our health. Second, we must have the right kinds of food. We should eat more fruit and vegetables and less meat. We should drink a lot of water. We should have healthy eating habits. Third, we should do more exercise to build up our bodies.Finally, we should wash hands before meals and brush our teeth twice a day. If we don’t feel well, we should go to see the doctor at once.

[热点话题健康的生活习惯英语作文欣赏

旅游介绍

介绍首都北京

请你阅读你的加拿大网友Tommy的e-mail，根据e-mail的内容，给他写一封回信.

Dear Li Lei,

I havent heard from you for a long time. Im glad to tell you that Ill

visit Beijing this summer vacation. It is said that Beijing is a great city with

a long history and more changes have taken place since the 2008 Olympic Games. I

would like to know something about Beijing, such as places of interest, the

environment, traffic and people there.

Im looking forward to hearing from you soon.

Yours,

Tommy

★ 范文

Dear Tommy,

Im glad to know you will come to Beijing.

Beijing, the capital of China, is one of the largest cities in the world.

There are many places of interest, such as the Summer Palace, the Forbidden City

and the Great Wall. All of them are beautiful and well-known to the world. Great

changes have taken place in Beijing since we successfully held the 2008 0lympic

Games.

Now, people pay more attention to the environment. More trees and flowers

have been planted. For the traffic, it is very convenient for people to travel

around Beijing, because several new subway lines have been built. If you come to

Beijing, you will find people here are very friendly and helpful. Whats more, a

lot of people can speak English. Beijing is really an attractive city with a

long history.

Im looking forward to hearing from you soon.

Yours,

Li Lei

For most western countries, Christmas Day is the biggest festival, and all the people will have the long vacation, just as Spring Festival in China. With the development of globalization, Christmas Day is celebrated by people around the world. When the day comes, Christmas trees can be seen in many shops and some products have the great discounts.

One of the main reasons for people to love Christmas is that they can get the great discounts from some products, which saves them a lot of money. For American people, Christmas Day is the great moment for the families to get together and enjoy the family hour, while for some people they just treat it as the shopping day.

对大多数西方国家来说，圣诞节是最大的节日，所有的人都会有一个长假，就像中国的春节一样。随着全球化的发展，世界各地的人们都在庆祝圣诞节。当这一天到来的时候可以在许多商店看到圣诞树，有些商品还会打上很大的折扣。

人们喜欢圣诞节的一个主要原因是他们可以从一些产品中获得很大的折扣，为他们节省很多钱。对美国人来说，圣诞节是全家人聚在一起享受家庭时光的美好时刻，而对于一些人来说，圣诞节就是购物日。

One night Mr Lee was driving his wife home from work. She was a nurse in a

hospital. It was almost midnight and she was quite tired out. She soon fell

asleep. Mr Lee looked at her and smiled.

Mr Lee was a careful and experienced driver. He knew it was safer to drive

slowly on a dark night. After some time he noticed a car following him. It was

travelling very fast. Suddenly it overtook his car.

The driver of the car was in a hurry. He did not see the approaching lorry.

To avoid hitting it, he suddenly tuned his car. It skidded off the road and hit

a big tree. The driver and his passenger were injured.They were badly cut by

glass from the broken windscreen.Mr Lee quickly stopped his car by the side of

the road. His wife got out of the car to help the injured. The lorry driver also

stopped to help. Mr Lee drove off to telephone the police . About twenty-five

minutes later, a police car and an ambulance arrived. The injured were carried

into the ambulance and taken to hospital.

The policemen took down details of the accident. Mr Lee and the lorry

driver told them all they could remember. The policemen thanked them for their

help. Mr and Mrs Lee got into their car and continued their journey home.

Today, our teacher told us a story on the newspaper. She told us that there was a famous university student whose family is very poor and faraway, but he studied very hard and then went to the big city for study. One day, his mother brought some homemade food to him. But he thought his mother will let him lose face, so he pretended he didnt know his mother. I felt ashamed for him and felt ridiculous about the face problem. Its meaningless. People should lay down their face, live the way they are, dont live in others eyes. Just be yourself, you will be happier.

今天，我们老师给我们讲了一个报纸上的故事。她告诉我们，有一个名牌大学的学生的家庭很穷，也很偏远，但他学习很努力，之后他就去了大城市学习。有一天，他的母亲给他带来一些自己家做的食物。他却认为他的母亲会让他丢脸，所以他假装不认识他的母亲。我为他感到很羞愧，也觉得这面子问题真的很可笑。毫无意义!人们应该放下面子，活出自我，不要活在别人的眼里。做你自己，你会更快乐的。

导语：现如今很多学生有很多的学习压力，下面是yuwenmi小编为大家整理的优秀英语作文，欢迎阅读与借鉴，谢谢!

生活中的烦恼都会使人产生压力,为了更好地发现及解决同学们中存在的心理压力问题,你们班特意开展了一次以"Less Pressure, Better Life"为主题的英语演讲比赛,请你准备发言稿,谈谈你的一些缓解压力的好办法,与同学分享,内容包括:

(1) 同学们中普遍存在的压力是什么; (2) 我的压力是什么;(3) 我是如何成功

缓解我的压力的。 注意:文中不得出现真实的姓名和校名。词数80~100。

★ 范文Less Pressure, Better Life

Hello, boys and girls!

Pressure is a serious problem in today’s world. Students in our class are under too much pressure. Some students can’t get on well with their classmates, while others may worry about their exams.

I’m always under pressure, too. My parents want me to be the top student in class. So they send me to all kinds of after-classes at weekends.

Last Monday evening, I had a talk with my mother. I told her I was not lazy. I really felt tired. I needed time to relax. My mother agreed with me at last. So I think a conversation with parents is necessary to solve the problem.

That’s all. Thank you!

【参考译文】

你好，男孩和女孩!

压力是当今世界的严重问题。我们班的学生压力太大。有些学生不能和同学相处得很好，而另一些学生则担心考试。

我也总在压力下，我父母想让我成为班上最好的学生。所以他们周末送我去各种各样的课后补习班。

上星期一晚上，我和妈妈谈了一次。我告诉她我不懒。我真的感到累了。我需要时间放松。我母亲终于同意了我的意见。因此，我认为与父母的谈话是必要的，以解决这个问题。

就是这些。谢谢您!

Two years ago, I like to eat instant noodles very much, the instant noodles smell so delicious, because there are tasty flavor in it. When my mother was not at home, I would buy the instant noodles, as the time went by, I found my skin became bad and I would not like to eat rice. I felt so bad, my mother told me that I should not eat so much instant noodles, they contained no vitamins and also frustrated my appetite. I realized my problem and started to stay away from instant noodles, then my appetite became good and I wanted to eat rice again. Instant noodles are junk food, wed better eat it less.

两年以前，我很喜欢吃泡面，泡面闻起来很香，因为有美味的调料在里面。当我妈妈不在家的时候，我会买泡面吃，随着时间的流逝，我发现我的皮肤变得不好，我也不怎么喜欢吃米饭。我感到糟糕极了，我的妈妈告诉我我不应该吃那么多的泡面，这些没有营养，也让我胃口不好。我意识到了我的问题，开始不吃泡面，我的胃口变好了，也有食欲吃米饭。泡面是垃圾食品，我们最好少吃。

朋友，生命诚可贵，对每个人来说，生命也只有一次，所以人们都百倍的爱惜生命，然而生命是茫茫人海中的个体，要使之生存，就要与周围发生关系，有所依存。 Friends, life is valuable. For everyone, life is only once, so people love life a hundred times, but life is an individual in the vast sea of people.To survive, it is necessary to have a relationship with the surroundings and dependence.

“衣”、“食”、“住”、“行”，是人们生活中的四件大事，是生命得以存在的前提。“行”就是交通。随着社会的高速发展，时代的进步，交通与我们的生活已越来越密切了。不可否认，交通给我们带来了极大的方便，但也给我们带来很大的不幸，而这不幸是不自觉遵守交通规则，交通安全知识的贫乏，交通安全意识的淡薄惹的祸。

交通安全知识的贫乏，交通安全意识的淡薄总是能让我们看到听到一幕幕血的教训：有的因开快车，而失去了宝贵的生命，有的因车祸而至伤至残，这悲剧既给他人带来不幸，也给自己，家人带来极大的痛苦。上学期，我校就因有的同学不注意安全，在上学路上发生交通事故。其后果小到影响了学习，大到送进了医院。据公安交通管理部门提供的调查统计资料表明，进入九十年代以来，全国每天至少有10多名学生在车轮下丧生，30多名学生因交通事故受重伤致残，相当每天伤亡一个班的学生。

中小学生交通事故增多，一方面事因为车辆骤增、道路狭窄、交通环境复杂等诸多不利因素。另一方面，则是一部分学生交通安全意识不强，甚至缺少起码的交通安全意识，其交通行为既不愿，也不懂得受交通法规的约束，结果违章肇事。交通法规是人们行车、走路应共同遵守的法律规范。中小学生从小就应该学习和掌握交通安全常识，养成遵守交通法规的良好习惯，自觉培养对自己生命安全、家庭幸福的责任心。

朋友们!一桩桩车祸不仅给国家和集体造成了损失，给个人带来了灾难，而且给家庭带来了痛苦。“前车之鉴，后事之师”，我们应该自觉遵守交通规则，按规定的路线方向行驶，不闯红灯，不超速，不随便横穿马路，让我们养成文明骑车、文明乘车、文明走路，的良好习惯吧，这样才能确保我们生命的安全。

人是离不开交通的，人一离开交通，就会寸步难行。交通安全牵连着千家万户的幸福和欢乐，关系到每一位公民的健康，关系到我们每一位同学的生命。生命是宝贵的。我们是祖国的希望，祖国的未来。为了祖国的明天，我们每一个人都要增强交通安全意识，自觉遵守交通规则，珍惜和爱护我们的生命，让我们这个世界少一点哭声，多一些笑声。

老师们、同学们，早上好!

目前，交通事故正在夺去很多人的生命，为唤起人们关注这一事实，我国把每年的4月30日定为全国交通安全反思日。把这一天设为交通安全反思日，意在提醒更多的人来关注交通安全，反思以往的行路或驾车的陋习，认真审视并改正不文明的交通习惯，把宝贵的生命从无情的车祸中解救出来，尊重人的生存价值和生存权利!

随着济的快速增长，汽车数量也相应地剧增，在石家庄，我们更能感受到这种车辆的增长速度，于是交通事故频发也成为社会的主要公害。中国每年因交通事故死亡人数大约是10万人，也就是说，每天有两百多人死于车祸。其中，未成年人占了很大的比例，这些血淋淋的数字，无不告诉我们交通事故猛于虎。

现在让我们想一想，当你走在马路上的时候，是否有下列的陋习呢?随意穿越马路，不走人行道，对车鸣声充耳不闻、依旧在马路上高谈阔论或者追逐打闹，闯红灯，未满12周岁而骑自行车上马路。

同学们，当我们违反交通规则的时候，是否考虑到有可能产生严重的不可挽回的后果呢?生命是宝贵的，对每个人来说，生命只有一次，而你们正处于成长阶段，天真活泼，好奇心强，敢动敢玩，但自控能力和应变能力较差，遇到紧急情况难于应付，因而发生交通事故的可能性较大，往往要高于成人好几倍。在马路上行走时，要有安全意识，时时防范意外，这就要求我们不但要重视交通安全，更要自觉遵守交通规则。

在此，我向同学们发出以下倡议：

1、积极学习交通安全知识，时刻注意交通安全，自觉遵守交通规则;

2、走人行道，不在公路上嬉戏、打闹，不使用滑板、旱冰鞋等滑行工具上街，不要在车前车后乱跑;

3、过马路要看红绿灯，红灯停，绿灯行;如果没有红绿灯，要先往左看，再往右看，注意来往车辆;

4、过马路时，不贪图方便去翻越交通隔离护栏;

5、未满12周岁的同学不准骑车上公路;

6、乘坐汽车时，不要把头和胳膊伸出窗外;

7、从自己身边做起，劝告自己的家人、亲戚要珍爱生命，严格遵守交通规则，安全乘车、安全走路。

同学们，“红灯短暂，生命无限”，“不怕百步远，只怕一步险”。为了我们的生命之花永远绽放，为了让所有的家庭幸福美满，让我们把“交通安全”这四个字永记心间吧!

How to Solve the Problem of Heavy Traffic

Nowadays, people in many big cities are complaining about the heavy traffic. It has seriously influenced peoples daily life and economic development. To solve the problem, some pieces of advice are put forward. Some people suggest that more streets and roads should be built. In this way,

the traffic density can be redncedi hence speeding up the flow of buses and cars.But the new roads and streets will be filled with many cars and buses soon.

Some people advise to limit the number of bikes and cars. This can decrease the traffic flow. But on the other haad, this will affect the consumption and make buses more crowded.

In my opinion, the number of private cars should be put under control. And at the same time, buses should have their own special routes which cannot be used by other vehicles. Besides, underground train and city train should be developed quickly.

The above table clearly mirrors an upward trend in the number of people who prefer to travel abroad over the last decade. In 1995, there are only ten thousand tourists going overseas to take a trip. In 2000, the figure climbs to approximately 40 thousand, and peaks at 120 thousand in 2005.

There are a huge number of reasons behind this phenomenon, of which the most important one is --China‘s booming economy.

Thanks to the deepening of reform and opening-up, citizens of the Middle Kingdom enjoy a sharp improvement in their living standards. They have enormous consuming power to pursue higher level of living quality. Perhaps getting tired of visiting scenic spots at home, an increasing number of them choose foreign countries as their tour destinations.

When it comes to what impacts it would bring, in my eyes, it would give a huge boost to tour industry both at home and abroad. And it would give Chinese deeper insights into foreign cultures. Of course, the dark side of this phenomenon also exists. For instance, the uncivilized behavior of some Chinese tourists may have a negative impact on China‘s image. Anyway, overseas travel is beneficial. What really needs to occur is consumer education.

[国外旅游(Overseas traveling）英语作文

The Impact of the Internet on the Way People Communicate

Due to the wide use of computers and the development of Internet, more and more people like to chat on the Internet. We tend to pay more attention to electronic communication than to face-to-face contact.

As electronic communication is not limited by space, we can chat with others where there is Internet with our tools such as computers, mobile phones and pads. However, when we chat with others online, we cannot express our feelings fully. Just as the picture shows, the parents cannot touch or hug their child. We know that body language plays an important role in our

communication, but the electronic communication cannot do this. For example, when we are sad, we need more love and warmth, a real hug from our parents or friends can mean much more to us than just words through electronic communication.

Therefore, though electronic communication brings convenience to our life, I still don?t think the electronic communication can replace face-to-face contact.

Currently, some cities are considering a food ban on subways, which has sparked heated discussion. Some people say food should be banned because of the trash and rats they attract. And, garbage from discarded food can cause track fires. Beyond sanitary and mechanical concerns, food can also cause fights, as was discovered last week by one passenger who criticized a woman eating steamed stuffed bun on the subway.

However, some others are opposed to the idea. They argue that people like eating in the train in the morning because they dont have enough time to eat at their houses or restaurants. Sometimes that may be the only time or meal a transit rider may be able to eat especially when traveling long distances. Besides, there are people, for example diabetics, who do require food at various times to maintain blood-sugar levels.

Personally, Im against the ban because of the huge inconvenience it would cause to commuters, and the expense involved in enforcing it. Still, I believe we should have a little common courtesy. I think we all have responsibility to try to treat our subway system and fellow riders with respect, and that extends to food as well.

Years ago, when I started looking for my first job, wise advisers urged, "Barbara, be enthusiastic! Enthusiasm will take you further than any amount of experience." How right they were. Enthusiastic people can turn a boring drive into an adventure, extra work into opportunity and strangers into friends."Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm," wrote Ralph Waldo Emerson. It is the paste that helps you hang in there when the going gets tough. It is the inner voice that whispers, "I can do it!" when others shout, "No, you can’t."

It took years and years for the early work of Barbara McClintock, a geneticist who won the 1983 Nobel Prize in medicine, to be generally accepted. Yet she didn’t let up on her experiments. Work was such a deep pleasure for her that she never thought of stopping.We are all born with wide-eyed, enthusiastic wonder as anyone knows who has ever seen an infant’s delight at the jingle of keys or the scurrying of a beetle.

It is this childlike wonder that gives enthusiastic people such a youthful air, whatever their age.At 90, cellist Pablo Casals would start his day by playing Bach. As the music flowed through his fingers, his stooped shoulders would straighten and joy would reappear in his eyes. Music, for Casals, was an elixir that made life a never ending adventure. As author and poet Samuel Ullman once wrote, "Years wrinkle the skin, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul."

How do you rediscover the enthusiasm of your childhood? The answer, I believe, lies in the word itself. "Enthusiasm" comes from the Greek and means "God within." And what is God within is but an abiding sense of love — proper love of self (self-acceptance) and, from that, love of others.Enthusiastic people also love what they do, regardless of money or title or power. If we cannot do what we love as a full-time career, we can as a part-time avocation, like the head of state who paints, the nun who runs marathons, the executive who handcrafts furniture. Elizabeth Layton of Wellsville, Kan, was 68 before she began to draw. This activity ended bouts of depression that had plagued her for at least 30 years, and the quality of her work led one critic to say, "I am tempted to call Layton a genius." Elizabeth has rediscovered her enthusiasm.We can’t afford to waste tears on "might-have-beens." We need to turn the tears into sweat as we go after "what-can-be." We need to live each moment wholeheartedly, with all our senses — finding pleasure in the fragrance of a back-yard garden, the crayoned picture of a six-year-old, the enchanting beauty of a rainbow. It is such enthusiastic love of life that puts a sparkle in our eyes, a lilt in our steps and smooths the wrinkles from our souls.