关于中秋节的英语作文汇总20篇

一年一度的中秋佳节终于到了。我很高兴，就连太阳公公也格外的高兴，拼命地发出热和光芒，让我们只能呆在家里，商量好晚上才出去玩。

傍晚，我们早早吃过晚饭，就准备好了月饼和一些碎了的面条。我们去到文化广场的人工湖一看，哇!喂鱼的人好多啊!我们赶紧找个地方坐下来，拿出东西喂鱼。

好多鱼啊!它们都争先恐后地来抢食月饼，鱼儿们好像也知道今天是中秋节要吃月饼似的。观看的人看到此景都欢呼起来，高兴极了。

等到我们把手中的食物喂完，就去儿童乐园玩了一会儿。回家的路上，爸爸说：“今晚月亮太高兴了，好象喝了点酒，所以现在给人晕晕的感觉。”“哈哈哈”，爸爸说得太好笑了。

今年的中秋节，我过得真开心!

When it comes to success, different people have different opinions about

what makes it come true. Some people regard hard-working as an essential quality

to success while others believe being clever would lead to success. From my

point of view, I think perseverance and hard-working are indispensable for those

who want to make an achievement.

Firstly, perseverance let people step closely towards success. Most people

want to make a big difference to prove their value. People who set their goal

and keep moving would make their dream come true. However, there are some people

who set their goal but they stop at the difficulty would fail in the end. I

think the difference between success and failure is perseverance. If we have

perseverance, even if we are not clever, we will make a great difference, but if

we not, we are doomed to lose. As we all know, Edison is a great inventor in the

world. However, before he invented the bulb, he kept trying for tens of

thousands of times to find a suitable wire. Let us imagine, if he gave up at the

999th, then how he couldn’t become so successful. So, I strongly believe that

perseverance produces success.

Secondly, there is also a kind of people who are born with cleverness, I

think they are lucky. Nevertheless, if they don’t make a hard work on their way

to their goal, they, absolutely, will become loser. Whether we are gifted for

intelligent, we must be hard-working so as to success. I regard hard-working as

an efficient approach to be successful because I believe ‘pains and gains’. As

for those who do not make great efforts on work, failure follows. In old times,

there is a clever boy who can make excellent poem when he can talk. When his

father found the little child’s cleverness, he just let the child make poems to

show around while never let the boy learned anything. When the boy grew up,

people forgot him because he lost the ability to compose poems and became

ordinary as others. From this matter, we can see that only by hard-working can

we get knowledge and make a good future.

Anyway, I think perseverance and hard-working are both important in our way

to success for they enhance us and produce success.

With the spread of the consciousness of environmental protection, the word

“low-carbon” has been very popular in life. We can find it in many aspects, such

as low-carbon products, low-carbon consumption, and low-carbon travel and so on.

Generally speaking, more and more people are advocating “low-carbon”

lifestyle.

As implied in the name, “low-carbon” lifestyle is a kind of new pattern of

lifestyle which aims to lowering the carbon dioxide emission in living as much

as possible. For example, some office workers are not proud of driving private

cars from work to home any more but pride themselves on riding or taking public

transportation. In addition, they advocate recycling water and saving energy as

much as they can.

As college students, we also make some contribution in our daily life to

reduce the emission of the carbon dioxide. For example, switch off the light

when leaving and save water. In addition, we should use our knowledge and action

to arouse others’ concern about the importance of lowering emission of carbon

dioxide and lead them to lead a “low-carbon” life.

今天，阳光明媚，大雁已经离开了自己的家乡。今天是什么节日呢?哦，原来是一年一度的中秋节，这时，我真高兴得不得了。到了中午，我怀着喜悦的心情和爸爸去超市买月饼，我选了西瓜味的，梨子味的，草莓味的……吃中饭的时候，我家来了许多客人，爸爸给客人摆上了一桌丰盛的菜。我洗手的时候就闻到了一阵阵菜香，我已饿得饥肠辘辘，我赶紧拿起筷子高高兴兴地吃起来。

吃完饭后，我们就去走亲戚了。。到了晚上，我们全家已累得汗流浃背。接着我们就开始拿出月饼赏月。吃着那香喷喷的月饼，看着那明亮又皎洁的月亮，看着月亮就好像是一个又大又圆的超大月饼。突然有一堆人围在一起，我还以为打架了，连忙去看，原来他们是在跳月饼舞：八月十五月儿圆…

这时的月亮就像一个善良的姑娘，把清爽和宁静撒给大地。

一年中有好多好多的节日。在那热闹的春节，有肃穆的清明节，有那感慨万千的端午节，有那欢快的儿童节，也有欢庆鼓舞的国庆节……而我最爱那象征全家团圆的中秋节，那就是农历八月十五日的这一天。

在家乡，中秋节这天还要赏月呢！早早吃完晚饭，我们一家便出来赏月了。月亮就像登台表演的小姑娘一样慢慢升起，害羞胆怯，洁白如玉。月亮上的图画像小孩子信笔涂鸦，又像大师的奇书异画，让人捕捉不透。你看，这个角度看上去很想山丘，可是换个角度在看，又像一片茂密的小树林。皎洁的月亮洒落在大地上，一切都是那么平静。

看到此情此景，我不禁想起并吟诵了《水调歌头》中的名句“明月几时，有把酒问青天。不知天上宫阙，今夕是何年。”

在这迷人的月色下，如果可以一边赏月，一边吃月饼那是再好不过的了。

妈妈告诉我，月饼是圆的，所以吃月饼就是团团圆圆的意思，看着那桌子上的那各式各样的月饼，我点了点头。妈妈的这番话，让我明白了月饼的含义和中秋的含义。

希望今年的中秋提前到来，希望今年的中秋月更圆、更明，更祈望我的亲人们愈加健康，我的家乡更加美丽、富饶、也从内心期望祖国更加繁荣，昌盛。

Spring Festival evening party last night,I go to the village school

volunteer,start time is 5:00,end is at 7:30.In the process,I first task was to

check standing in the first stage,help the teacher is writing on the card

1,2,3,4...Such as Numbers,to the guests when lottery drawing;The second task is

at the end of the party,help push door,convenient for people to leave.

Dennis school the teacher told us that the volunteers are very hard,because

they only work,but cant see,my brothers and sisters and volunteers I insist in

the end,although there is a little lazy,but warned by the teacher once,I havent

made a mistake.

Finally,the teachers give us volunteers score,my score is 9 points,10

points,10 points,although the score is high,but I also want to continue to work

hard!

昨天晚上，我到小区学校的春节晚会当志愿者，开始的时间是5：00，结束是7：30。在过程中，我第一个任务是先站在签到台，帮老师在卡片上写1、2、3、4……等数字，交给来宾们当抽奖券;第二个任务是晚会结束时，帮助推门，方便人们离开。

学校小丹老师告诉我们志愿者是很辛苦的，因为他们只能工作，而不能看节目，我和志愿者哥哥姐姐们一直坚持到最后，虽然中间有一点小偷懒，但被老师提醒一次后，我就没有犯过错。

最后，老师们给我们志愿者评分，我得到的分数是9分、10分、10分，虽然分数很高，但我也要继续努力!

啊，时间过得真，转眼之间一年一度的中秋佳节又来到了。

今年中秋节我们约好要去好朋友一希家博饼。一希妈妈打电话过来说：“要开饭了，赶快过来吧。”我和妈妈收拾一下，就兴冲冲地来到一希家。哦!好丰盛的晚餐啊!有螃蟹、大虾、羊肉串……还有我最喜欢的炸鸡块。小朋友那桌已经开动了，我赶紧加入他们的队伍。我们五个小朋友有说有笑吃得津津有味。不知不觉的我们已经吃得饱饱的了,我今晚吃得比平常都多呢!可是大人们才忙完刚刚开始吃呢，于是大人们对我们说：“你们先到外面玩吧，等我们吃完，再来博饼。

于是我们五个小朋友就跑到屋外玩捉迷藏的游戏，我们玩得兴高采烈。也不知过了多久，听到大人们在叫我们回去博饼。我们飞快地冲进屋里。哇!好多的礼品啊，不知道我能博到什么呢，心里好激动啊!博饼终于开始了，我们围着桌子开始开始博饼了。在一阵阵欢呼声中，堆在地上的礼品越来越少了，可是我们面前的礼品越来越多了，今天晚上我的运气真是不错，第一个博到状元。可是好景不长，不一会儿有人博出比我大的状元，真可惜呀!

这真是一个另人愉快的中秋之夜啊!

In my family, there are only three people, my parents and I. because of my

parents’ work, they could only have one child at that time, so I don’t have any

siblings. I felt so lonely when my parents went out for their work. Now the

government changed their policy, people can have the second child. But some

people refuse because they think they can’t afford it. Despite the expense,

there are many advantages to have the second child. For one thing, the only

child can have someone company, so they won’t feel lonely on the process of

growing up. For another thing, two kids will help each other, they can share

things together. Learning to share things is a very important lesson for

children. In Chinese tradition, more kids, more better, but I think two are

perfect for the family.

Mid Autumn Festival is a traditional festival of China。 It used to be as important as Spring Festival 。It is usually celebrated in September or October。 This festival is to celebrate the harvest and to enjoy the beautiful moon light。 To some extent， it is like Thanks Giving day in western countries。 On this day， people usually get together with their families and have a nice meal。 After that， people always eat delicious moon cakes， and watch the moon。 The moon is always very round on that day， and makes people think of their relatives and friends。 It is a day of pleasure and happiness。 Hope you have a wonderful Mid Autumn festival!

我们提着甜蜜的月饼和漂亮的灯笼在街上走来走去。当我们玩累了，我们来到我家烧烤。我们首先准备了叉子和煤，当煤着火时，我们立即拿起食物开始烧烤。

夜幕渐渐降临，我们的笑声打破了夜晚的寂静。月亮看起来像一个巨大的月饼!中秋节的夜晚多美啊!我在童年时代留下了深刻的印象。中秋节是一个家庭团聚的日子，但我不知道什么样的火要来了。爸爸今年不会回来了。看着别人的家庭团聚，一种嫉妒的感觉油然而生。一年级的中秋节快乐现在已成记忆。妈妈说：“别担心，爸爸会在国庆节回来的。”爸爸，我期待着你回来的那一天!然而，尽管我父亲不在家，我还是很开心。因为我中午去了外婆家，回来时吃了一顿大餐，妈妈还奖励了我一个大月饼。你快乐吗?我很开心!有个父亲在家更快乐!今天是中秋节。在公共汽车上，我和妈妈是我姑姑家的客人。公共汽车上有这么多人!每个人你挤压我，我得到你。不一会儿，一个小站到了，许多人下了车。我和妈妈找到座位坐下。不知不觉中，阿姨的家到了。我和妈妈下了车，向阿姨家走去。我和妈妈一到阿姨家，阿姨就拿出各种各样的月饼给我们吃。我抓起一个月饼塞到嘴里，引起大家哄堂大笑。中午，饭菜端上来了，我阿姨端来了美味的食物，包括鱼、虾、螃蟹。。。所有这些我都喜欢吃!我抓起筷子就吃了。吃完饭，我和姐姐一起下棋。结果，我赢了。我不知道我有多开心。

时间过得太快了，我们应该回家了。我告别了我的姑姑和姐姐，乘公共汽车回家了。在公共汽车上，我不禁想：我们什么时候能再来姨妈家过中秋节?

Dear Mr. Smith,

As a graduate student of Zhejiang university, I already studied four years in this university, including four years studying Chemistry Department. I also worked six months in Lafarge Roofing Systems China as a project assistant. The CEO appreciated my analytic and synthesis skills. He gave me his confidence to represent Lafarge and prospect the Zhejiang Development Zones to find the best location to build a new factory.

I have an intermediate level in English (speaking and writing).I am gaining proficiency as a good negotiator in my daily and working life.Now that all my classes are finished, I am back in China in order to stay here at least a few years.

I am available as soon as required, and I will be glad to give you more details about my experiences, my motivation, and my skills. I thank you in advance for your interest.

Yours faithfully,

Lihua

小时不识月，呼作白玉盘;又疑瑶台镜，飞在青云端。”一到中秋节，就让我想起李白这首脍炙人口的千古名句，也勾起了大家返家团圆的心情。

一大早，我和家人一同到在家附近的土地公庙拜拜，狭窄的庙里涌进了一大堆的香客。有的满心诚意的献上了细致、新鲜的水果祭品祈求财运滚滚;有的尊敬的拿着香说出心中的愿望，祈求年年有余、平安快乐，拥挤的人潮简直要把整座土地公庙掀翻了!好不容易费了九牛二虎之力才勉强突围而出。我们走在路上，鞭炮声此起彼落;嘻笑声不绝于耳;街道上的车子也把整条道路塞得水泄不通，可见大家想返家团圆的心是多么强烈!

太阳西下，路被夕阳染成了橘红色，路灯也亮了起来。道路上、大树下、公园旁，到处弥漫着烤肉香，整个城市像浸泡在肉香里，久久不散。天上的明月，正静静的散发着银白色的月光，像一张白色的网，轻轻的盖上这个城市;也像一为含羞带怯的村姑，拂去层层的黑纱，从云海中探出头来，对着我展露笑靥。一盘盘的烤肉放在桌上，我们有如蝗虫过境一般，以迅雷不及掩耳的速度，马上杯盘狼藉、盘底朝天了。当妈妈拿出令人垂涎三尺的柚子时，堂弟立刻瞪着他那如铜铃般的大眼睛，彷彿贪心的母狮，恨不得将猎物全部占为己有;堂妹也不甘示弱，和堂弟争得面红耳赤，一点都不肯罢休。这时，我们则悄悄的把全部的柚子吃得精光!

不远处，五彩缤纷的烟火，有时像万箭齐发似的，在空中四窜;有时像火树银花;有时像珠光宝气的礼服和倒吊的花篮;有时则像天空仙子洒下花瓣，总让我看的瞠目结舌、眼花缭乱。我们点燃金光闪闪的仙女棒，耀眼的光芒往四面八方射去，为热闹的气氛在增添一点喜气与快乐。

中秋节像一篇浪漫的散文，令人再三回味，经过这次的烤肉，我才知道在这个温馨、交杂着一些些悲哀的节日中能享受天伦之乐，真是幸福呀!

The human race has entered a completely new stage in its history,along with

the advance of the society and the increaceingly rapid economic globalization

and urbanization, which resulted in the phenomenon that we are accustomed to

living a very fast rhythm lifestyle,ignoring the Chinese traditional

culture.

It is universally acknowledged that Chinese culture has a history of more

than two thousand years, which once had great influence on the world, such as

Japan, South Korea and other Asian and European countries. As one of the four

ancient civilizations,China creates many splendid cultures,such as the four

ancient Chinese inventions,which benefited human society in the history.

Although China risks copying the Western lifestyle’s worst aspects,

especially of unhealthy eating and drinking,Which once gave rise to many

problems.Fortunately,Chinese begin to realize the importance of Chinese

traditional culture.Such examples might be given easily,Chinese traditional

culture was added into our CET4 and CET6 ,which help us get hold of it

better.

暮云收尽溢清寒，银汉无声转玉盘，此生此夜不长好，明月明年何处看”。

中秋之夜无疑是一个令人高兴的日子，有多少在外漂泊的游子在这一天都敛起心神，就算他们不能回家也会凝望月光以寄哀思，的确，月亮就像黑夜的太阳为迷惘的心灵照亮回家的路。是他，用他的魔法唤醒了沉迷于尘世的一颗颗的心，唤醒了对‘儿行千里母担忧’的愧疚，唤醒了人们出生般的单纯无暇;是他，用他无私的爱洗涤了这被杂欲所覆盖的世界，用他的银色光束为游子与家人搭起了相思的鹊桥。

圆圆的月亮，单纯的颜色，在这漆黑的天空纵然没有星星的陪伴也不会孤单，因为有一颗颗游子的`心再陪他在这浩瀚的宇宙穿梭着，然而，调皮的小星星也不会抛弃他独自过这个佳节，他们调皮的在他的周围跳动着就连小孩也以为这是他们在眨眼睛，小星星的举动其实是怕他孤单罢了，谁都只欣赏月圆但月圆的时候怕是很少，谁又会静下心来看一看残月，悲伤的思绪在脑海徘徊，苦笑一声谁会在你失败时在你身边，不计利益的在你身边安慰你，鼓励你，怕是只有与你血脉相连的父母，然而，你在父母身边的时候寥寥无几，你在求学的路上埋葬了青春，在职场上埋葬了单纯，在自己的固执上埋葬了本该属于父母的温顺。蓦然回首，你看见了“母仪垂则辉彤管，婺宿沉芒寂夜台”的付出，你看见了本该不属于父母的那一头白发，丝丝白发似皎洁的月光将你的心狠狠的凌迟着，中秋之夜，月亮他给了你一个救赎的机会。用心回报，用心体味这得来不易的团圆。

中秋之夜，一家人坐在一起，无外乎嘘寒问暖显然这对于我们会感到反感，但仔细想想这些话又会有那些人对我们说呢?仔细听，关怀之情尽在字里行间流露，回首已走过了十几个春夏秋冬，成长的道路上当然少不了坎坷，但有了家人的安慰和帮助，就都就变成了浮云，就如鲁迅所说“世间本没有路，走的人多了便成了路”这世间的爱也是用心体会才会有的。

曾经会问自己为什莫父母不能伴自己终身，伴自己一起走本该属于家人的‘和谐路’，为什莫不能和自己执手到最后，最后才发现这是不可能，才发现唯有心伤在怎摸掩饰也会在不知不觉中浮出脑海，也许陪家人在一起的日子会越来越少但心却是在不知不觉间紧紧相依。

中秋之夜虽短，但却无法割断心心相连;中秋之夜虽长，但却浓不过心中的爱;中秋之夜，用心相拥…

The Mid-Autumn Festival is a very important Chinese festival。 It’s on the fifth of August。 We can hang lanterns in the house。 In the evening， we have a big dinner。 Look， there is lots of food on the table。 They are chicken， fish， crabs and so on。 They’re very delicious。 We can drink a glass of juice。 We stand beside the table and we say， “Cheers， cheers， happy Mid-Autumn Festival!” We make a wish to each other。 At night， the moon is usually round and bright。 It looks like a ball。 We can enjoy the moon。 Moon cakes are the special food for this festival。 We can eat moon cakes， too。 In the Mid-Autumn Festival， my parents and I are all very happy and excited。

China is the home of tea, is the birthplace of tea culture. The discovery

and utilization of tea in China, has a history of four thousand or five thousand

years, and long fill do not decline, spread throughout the world. Tea is one of

the worlds most popular, the most popular, beneficial to the physical and

mental healthy green drinks. Tea into the world in one, advocate tea, a

world.Tea culture including tea tasting techniques, art appreciation, operation

means of tea a better environment for the taste of the tea of my mood. The

process of form and spirit of unity, is the process of the formation of the tea

culture phenomenon. It originated long ago, has a long history, profound

culture, and religious activity. The whole world has more than 100 countries and

area residents are fond of tea. Some places tea tea as a kind of enjoyment of

the arts to promote. The tea is identical, each has its own merits. The Chinese

people have always had a guest to tea custom, which fully reflects the Chinese

national civilization and politeness.

我母亲的家乡是一个小村庄，也不过是十几户人家。母亲常带我去玩，所以这也是我的第二个家乡。也许是因为人数不多，村庄里的--多都认识彼此，所以在这村庄里，许多过节日的方式都不一样。

最特别的应是中秋节了，说是中秋节，还不如说是一场聚会——我们并不会像其他人那样，一家几口地呆在家里，围着饭桌吃一顿团圆饭，而是会整个村庄的人都聚在祠堂吃上一顿，在席间谈天说地，老的谈谈当年的社会，年轻的就说说现在的经济，年幼的就在一起打闹。那桌吃上一口，那桌也吃上一口，开心极了。我还记得有一次黄奶奶在酒席上笑哈哈地说着自己儿子——李叔叔第一次受到--写的情书时害羞得样子，惹得大家哄堂大笑，谁知李叔叔听到后就叫了起来：“可恶，妈，你怎么连这个也要说啊!”令大家笑得更开怀了……

吃过饭，大家都会从屋子里搬出凳子到村里的球场上坐，开始村里每年中秋的例行表演会。只见村长穿得不太正式地站到了中间，拿着用纸卷成的“麦克风”，笑得有点傻，他这样子又引出了一阵笑声……“各位听我说，今年那个‘谁谁谁’偏要说要特别一点，所以我就决定用抽签的形式让人出来表演。刚才大家都把名字写好放在纸箱了吧?我现在要开始抽啦!”只见村长把手伸进小箱子，然后一抓，就拿出了一张小纸条，一看，说：“哎呀，我抽到我们村的老寿星。”话声刚落，李奶奶就站了起来，她今年已是90高龄，但走路还很稳，她站好了，大声说：“我给大家唱只歌吧。”奶奶唱得可真是中气十足!后来又抽了五六位，大家都兴奋极了。终于到了最后一位了，村长拿出纸条一看，说：“呵，我抽到了城市来的小伙子啦!”“哥，你的小提琴我拿来了。‘可爱的表妹笑着说。哥哥看着周遭的人，发现已无退路，只好硬着头皮上，匆匆地拉了一曲就走了，也许村里人没听过提琴演奏，所以听得特别认真。哥直说倒霉，其实是我和姐多写了几个哥的名字，不抽中才怪呢……

虽然现在已经很少机会在家乡过中秋节了，但那时欢乐的笑声我应该一辈子也忘不了。

中秋节是中华民族族的传统节日，我喜欢美味的月饼，但我更喜欢那挂在天上的圆月亮。

中秋节到了，我们一家人吃完晚饭，拿着月饼，来到楼下的空地里一边赏月，一边吃月饼。

我拿起水果刀，把月饼切成8小块，爸爸先拿起一块动起手来。我看着这块月饼中的蛋黄，多么像天上那一个皎洁的月亮。我抬头望着月亮，那月亮时而躲在云朵后面，时而又站在我们面前，月亮，多么像一个淘气的小孩子呀!没一会儿，月亮不再淘气了。月亮，好似又变成了一位魔术师，而天空变成了一个大舞台，月亮一挥手，天上的星星全都在眨眼睛，月亮再一挥手，天上的星星便不眨眼睛了……我如痴如醉地望着月亮，我好似看到了月亮上的嫦娥姐姐正和航天员叔叔做游戏，玉兔整和天上的卫星聊天;月亮上的灯笼数不胜数，各种各样的物品也应有尽有……这时，我情不自禁地想起诗人苏轼写的《水调歌头》：人有悲欢离合，月有阴晴圆缺，此事古难全。

虽然中秋节已我们而去，但我一到那皎洁的月亮，便会想起这美好的回忆。

Every year in October, our school will have the tradition to hold a sports

meeting. It is the biggest event of the year, so all the students will practise

very hard to win the biggest honor. Relay race is the most important match,

because it involves so many students to take part in, showing the unity of a

team. Last year, our class won the second place. We lagged behind the champion

just a little distance, so we hoped to defeated them this time and won the first

prize. We have practised very hard, and every student in the team wanted to make

the breakthrough. When the match finally began, we ran very fast and kept our

space. Even though other team tried to disturbed us, we focused our attention.

The moment when our team first crossed the line, we cheer and cried. We made

it.

今天是中秋节，是一个万家团圆的日子。那是何等浪漫而让人期盼的节日啊!

夜幕终于降临了，一吃完晚饭，我和姥爷等一家人便迫不急待地来到了汉江边赏月。“出来了，出来了”我兴奋地叫起来。月亮从云层中露出头半张脸，害羞得像个小姑娘。慢慢地，圆圆的月亮升起来了，像一个大玉盘，月亮犹如一个穿着白色纱裙的仙女，将皎洁的月光洒向大地，把大地照得如同白昼。

明月嵌在天幕上，从月光中我仿佛看见了嫦娥姐姐在孤单地哭泣，她双手抱着玉免想念着自己的亲人。这时，姥爷叫住了我，“快看那里，好美呀!”原来月亮的影子倒映在水中，形成了一个水中月，江水倒映着周围的灯光，再衬托着美丽的圆月，真像置身于一幅美丽的画卷中。看到此景，我忍不住作诗一首：中秋赏月月儿圆，湖水映色月极鲜。悠悠长河似画卷，我们一家共婵娟。众人一听，连夸我说“不错嘛，兴致蛮高，还能作诗了。”我得意地笑了……多么难忘的中秋夜啊!

中秋之夜，团聚中享受幸福又让人遐想的夜晚……

My father used to be a heavy somker.He smoked more than 20 cigarets each

day;therefore,he was the polluter wherever he went.My mother and I tried to

persuade him to give it up.He gave it up many times but each time only for a few

days or only for a few hours.

Once he declared that he would stop smoking right away under the pressure

of my mother,and he threw his cigarets into the dustbin.The effect of his

declaration lasted only for two days.Then I found him smoking again when he

thought that he was alone and no one saw him.On the fifth day of his

declaration,he smoked openly.

Last winter he got pneumonia.When he was well again,the doctor ordered him

to give up smoking.To our delight,this time he really got rid of the habit.It

seems that the doctors order is more effective than mothers scolding,my

suggestion and his own declaration.