介绍自己的特长英语作文初一【最新20篇】

My New Life

This summer, I move to a new city with my parents, and I transfer to a new school. I used to live in the countryside, so my new life is so different from before. The school is a little far from my home, so I go to school by bus. After school, I have many activities in school. Classmates are friendly to me. I learn English now. It’s so interesting that I like it very much. Besides, life in city is different. There are many interesting places to go. At weekends, my parents take me outside. We go to the park, the zoo or go shopping. But we are not so familiar with our neighbors. I think we should build good relationship with them.

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这个夏天，我和爸爸妈妈搬到了一个新的城市生活，我也转到了新的学校上学。以前，我住在乡下，所以我现在的生活和以前有很大不同。学校离我的家稍远，所以我要坐公交车去上学。课后，我在学校有很多活动。同学们对我也很有好。现在我开始学英语了，这门课程很有趣，我很喜欢。另外，在城市里的生活也很不一样，有很多好玩的地方可以去。周末，我的爸爸妈妈常常带我出去。我们去公园、动物园，或者去购物。但是我们和邻居们不是很熟悉，我觉得我们应该建立良好的关系。

My home is an old but comfortable house located in the suburbs of Wuhan.There are near it a few parks,a bus station and an elementary school.People in my neighborhood are friendly and cooperative.There is neither crime nor pollution there.Children are often found playing in the parks.A market,shops and a big department store are within walking distance.

There are around us some more expensive,bigger and more beautiful houses,but none is as warm as mine.

我的家是一个古老但很舒适的房子位于武汉的郊区。这几个公园,附近有一个公交车站和一个小学。我的邻居人友好合作。没有犯罪,也没有污染。孩子们经常在公园玩。一个市场,商店和一个大型百货商店在步行距离之内。

在我们周围有一些更贵,更大更漂亮的房子,但没有一个是我一样温暖。

[初一英语作文我的家

我叫杨洁，毕业于xx实验小学六年级一班。

我是班中的一名普普通通的女孩。我的脸型胖乎乎的，像是一个大苹果。我每天都想减肥，可是老妈总是阻止我。

我的爱好很单一，我就喜欢玩。我觉的玩是一件很开心的是，在你痛苦的时侯它可以让你快乐起来；在你无聊的时候，它可以让你热闹起来；在你兴奋的时候，它可以让你更快乐。所以我每天都很开心、热闹、快乐

我的特长也很单一，就是骗人。虽然我是一个女孩，但我的骗人技术那可是一流的。有一次，老妈让我去买醋，八角钱一袋。老妈给了我一元六角，让我买两袋。而我却只买了一袋，我就骗妈妈说只有一元一袋的了，自己贪污了八角钱。作文

我有很多的缺点。比如：张的太胖；头发太卷；眉毛太宽；眼睛太小；鼻子太扁；考试太粗心；学习太差；文艺太少；皮肤太黑；性格太内向这么多的“太”字，才突出了我是一个缺点极多的女孩。

不过我的优点也很多。比如：热心肠；帮助同学 ；偏爱数学但不如缺点多。作文

由于我体形较胖，同学们给我起了很多外号。有：“老猪洁”“杨猪洁”“洁蛋儿”总之数不胜数。

我上课很少发言，不，应该说跟本不发言，不过上课我专心听讲；作业认真，还连续几年被评为“三好学生”“思品优秀生”。

好了，介绍到这里，你认识我了吗？

攻克英语写作：滴水穿石，积累成章

考研作文作为考查考生语言表达等综合能力的题型，是考研英语的压轴戏。考生在日常复习中应更趋向于积累。考研作文的复习和提高是与一些科学的学习方法和有效的学习技巧分不开的，在此，万学海文考研英语辅导专家提供大家一些练习方法及技巧，希望对同学们有所帮助。

考研作文分为大、小两类。小作文多以应用文体裁为主，例如求职信、感谢信、辞职信，道歉信等，这类作文不需要复杂华丽的文采修饰，表意明确就可以了；大作文的题型多是通过图片或者提示文字，要求考生完成提示所透视出来的问题。命题范围，从近几年看，都比较倾向于当前社会热门话题或观念。

一、欲速则不达，步步行进

想要达到一定的程度，首先要向这个程度看齐。就写作来说，如果你想将自己的作文水平提高到一个质的飞跃，首先你要懂得去吸取别人文章中的精华。这个吸取精华的过程就是阅读。只有多阅读，才能够培养起良好的语感，才会知道如何去构思，如何去质疑别人的观点，表达清楚自己的意思。正所谓"读书破万卷，下笔如有神"。无论何时，大家都勿急躁，因为"跑"得好的前提是"走"，

作文这种慢火候才能提高的题更是如此，一步一个脚印才是写作稳步提高的策略。

近些年写作考题的内容和主题，基本都与当年的热点话题有一定的关系，所以平时多阅读英语报纸、杂志，能够帮助你掌握更多的话题资源。对于比较热点、比较重要的主题，可以有目的地进行搜集整理。阅读的过程也应该讲究方法，应该以泛读与精读结合的方式进行学习。一些好的文章建议你读过以后做英文阅读笔记（即观后感）。在读与写的过程中，你的写作水平自然会得到快速提高。

二、在研读中背记

除了读与写，还要进行适当的背。背诵是积极备战快速提高写作成绩的一条捷径。建议考生可以选择历年真题中的写作佳文，先是研究，思考人家是怎么构思，怎么写的，获得高分的闪光点在哪。再在理解的基础上记忆，更能够在无形中增强你的表达能力。同学们也可以拿一些英语原著名篇来读、背，这样可以加强自己的语感，使自己的表达更加地道。

三、每周一练，积累成章

表达能力需要考生平时多一点练习，给自己制定一个写作计划。一周至少练习一篇文章。在加强写作练习之后，你的文章才能够 "成章"。因此，实际动手的能力至关重要。平时训练的重点应该锁定在文章是否切题，行文是否表意明确、通顺，有无语法错误等。另外，一定要给每一次行文限定一个可行的时间。并且，按照这个时间严格要求自己完成。

如果你能够找到范文，然后在练习之后进行比较，效果会更加明显。假使没有范文作为标样，建议你可以找英语水平较好的同学看一看。也许评看你作文的这个考生英语水平不是很高，但个人看别人文章的缺点很容易看出来。如果条件允许，找老师请教一下最好。

掌握好的方法加之持之以恒，相信最后的成功一定属于你，继续坚定的考研信念，自信满满的走下去。

My hometown Nanchang, capital of Jiangxi Province, stands on the eastern bank of the Gan River. An ancient city, its origins lie in the Han Dynasty over 2,000 years ago. In the late 1920s Carl Crow described it as a conservative town, surrounded by a high wall which had remained impenetrable even the Taipings, protected by the city god---the Universal Lord of Happiness; although Crow’s book came out in a fifth and thoroughly revised edition in 1933 there is no reference to the uprising or the activities in the soviets.

Modern Nanchang is a pleasant and prosperous city with a growing industry, places for recreation, and many historical sites connected with the Nanchang Uprising. Historical sites include the Plum Fairy Temple, which dates bark to the western Han Dynasty, and the Hundred Flower Islet, which is in the Bayi Park and dates back to the Song Dynasty.

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我，今年9岁，不算高的个子，椭圆形的脸上长着一对弯而黑的眉毛，眉毛下长着一双毛茸茸的大眼睛，矮矮的小鼻子，比较能说的大嘴巴。

我刚配了眼镜没多久，还是羞于在众人面前戴那副深红色的眼镜，所以除了上课时间戴它，一般课间操、下课时我就把它留在教室里。至于头发，我酷爱在头顶上扎一条“朝天辫”，耳朵旁和脑后勺上均匀地留一层不薄不厚的头发。

我的兴趣爱好，那可就多喽！喜欢看书、跑步、画画、玩游戏……多得都数不清了。作文

我的优点呢，主要一条，就是学习好。在学校上课时是个“乖乖女”的形象，可你不知道啊，我在下课时可“野”呢！一收拾好下节课的东西，就忙着要去玩具场玩儿。这不，手上磨起了几个泡，有一个都破了。还有一些优点：画画画得好，被公认是“小画家”，喜爱跑步，作业整齐干净……

缺点，说出来还真有点儿不好意思。悄悄地告诉你吧：我不爱吃茄子等一些蔬菜，具体地说是叫“挑食”。不过，我现在正在改正这个缺点。还有一个缺点：爱哭。我也不知道为什么，反正一受到什么委屈和打击，眼泪就忍不住要“啪嗒啪嗒”往下掉。我也是个容易受感动的人，如果看电视剧看到伤心处，我就会伤心、感动，眼泪就在眼眶里打转，不一会儿，已是“泪流满面”。作文

这下，了解我了吧？给个评价吧！

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从小到大，我们是从快乐与愉快中淌过来的，回忆中是欢笑与忙碌，缺少有点时间留给自己，既便有也早消失在五彩缤纷的生活中。

进入初中，课业的重担压在身上使我们喘不过气来。生活想搬家，早上起床搬到学校，下午再搬回来。生活已没有一丝空间。

唯一的安静之时，便是与爸爸在月光下散步。在月光下伴着清风，我多少次曾经与爸爸共同在小区旁的树林里散步。眼前只是一片幽绿，一片静谧，一片无声无息，忘记了早晨课业的繁重，身心的疲惫。走得久了，我们也难免会有些早已闷在胸中一路的话，便会找个木凳，衬着月色，敞开肺腑地侃侃而谈。这些话往往平淡却又有深意，这深意就隐藏在父亲给我讲的小故事中，不知不觉中，我深深地记住了它们，因为只有这时才叫心静如水，心如平镜。我总想让这难得的静如月光似的永远存在，可是它总是像月晕似的令人琢磨不透，转瞬即逝。

还有一次，我和奶奶刚看完一部外国大片，公交车上，我仍然沉浸其中，句句谈论的都是刚才的精彩画面。不知何时，口齿本不伶俐的奶奶说出了一个极好笑的词。我旁若无人地哈哈大笑，还傲慢地大声重复了一遍。奶奶眉头一皱，却也并未生气，只是说：“别学别人说话，人家在看着你呢。”我一转头，被一个尖锐的眼神瞬间击中，一切好像又恢复了平静。可是，尽管我并没看清他的表情，无论这眼神是什么样的，可是它在看着我。那个眼神刻在了我的脑海里，甚至浮现在我的眼前。我能想到那是一个多尖锐人的眼神，一个多么犀利的眼神，它直扎在我的心头，让我非常惭愧，无法面对周围的乘客。好吧，不再想它了，心平气和的想想我刚才都干了什么？心浮气躁，心情激动甚至口出狂言，完全忘了自己处在公共场合。在接下来的路途中，我默默地沉思着，也许那位乘客认为我是一个粗鲁而缺乏涵养的男孩吧。那个眼神让我安静下来，让我改变了许多。

如今我才发现，安静总是出现在喧闹与嘈杂之后，它像食物中的调味品，发动机中的润滑剂，夏天的一泓清泉。它在我们色彩斑斓的生活中必不可少却又弥足珍贵。小时候不知静为何物，老大才知静之珍贵，这未免有点可惜。

倒不如，珍惜现在的安静，留点安静给自己。

My name is ________. I am graduate from ________ seniorhigh school and major in ________. There are ________ people in my family. My father works in a computer company. And my mother is a housewife. I am the youngest one in my family.

In my spare time, I like to read novels. I think reading could enlargemy knowledge. As for novels, I could imagine whatever I like such as a well-known scientist or a kung-fu master. In addition to reading, I also like to play PC games. A lot of grownups think playing PC games hinders the students from learning. But I think PC games could motivate me to learn something such as English or Japanese.My favorite course is English because I think it is interesting to say one thing via different sounds. I wish my English could be improved in the next four years and be able to speak fluent English in the future.

我叫王亚婕，王是山大王的王，亚是亚洲的亚，至于婕嘛--可是中国汉代宫中女官名哦！

我这个人做事风风火火的，时常因为粗心大意而丢三落四，就那上次收作业来举个例子吧。

“语文作业没交的赶紧交了！没写的赶紧写！第二节下课还没交的直接算没写了！”嘹亮的声音响彻教室，我这个“催作业大使”又上线了。同学们哀嚎一片。对于这句话，我想我们班的同学怕是都倒背如流了吧？我脚下生风，飞快地在教室里和走廊上穿梭。一个个的，不都说了先交给第一桌嘛！零零散散的！我眉头紧锁，把“散装”的作业本分类，我一边分类，一边记录那一列谁没交，这时候，我恨不得自己能够拥有哪吒的三头六臂，这做事效率能提高多少倍啊！唉，想想就行了。我看了看名单，顿时无语，怎么又是他！一股怒火莫名升起。我飞快地走到走廊把他拽回来，“每次都是你，到底写了没有！”我急躁地问他。他弯下腰，把头埋在书桌里，翻来又翻去，拿出一本练习簿，骄傲地说“写了！”我瞥了他一眼，“下次拜托速度点。”呼——终于收齐了，我长呼一口气，把一大叠作业放到桌子上，找了个同学帮我一起搬到老师的办公室。

回到教室时已经上课了，我找书时看到了一本笔记本……嘶，怎么还有一本落在这！诶？！竟然还有一叠笔记本！我怎么那么傻，竟然把那么多本子落在这。我拿着那一叠本子拍打了一下自己的脑门，对自己的粗心大意又气又恼。唉，没办法了，只能先好好听课，等下课了再送过去了！

这就是我，一个时常因为粗心大意而犯错误的我，也是一个独一无二的我。这样的我，你们会喜欢吗？

Good morning, everyone! My Name is Lu Xin. I am so happy to stand in front

of you to introduce myself. I am thirteen years old. I graduated from the No.1

Primary School of our city. I like reading books and playing badminton. I hope

we can take exercises after class. Besides, I like watching movies and listening

to pop music. I am sure there are some classmates have the common interests with

me. Therefore, we can communicate with each other. In primary school, I did well

in Chinese but math is not so good. I hope I can make progress in middle school.

I am very excited to be a classmate of you and I hope we can make progress and

have good days together.

hello， my mame is ada。 i am 11 years old。 i am a quiet girl。 i study in lin pu no。1 primary school。 my favourite food is ice cream。 it’s sour。 my favourite teacher is art teacher。 my favourite class is art class。 my favourite animal is squirrels。 my favourite drink is juice。 my favourite fruit is strawberries， because it’s sour。i am helpful at home。 i can sweep the floor， cook the meals， clean the bedroom， water the flowers， empty the trash， set the table， make the bed， do the dishes， wash the clothes and put away the clothes。

can you be my friend ?

大家好，我叫潘佳怡，今年10岁，是个文静可爱的小女孩，在一小上学。

我长着一头美丽的长发，散下来像一个瀑布。我的眼睛大大的，眼球黑黑的，像两颗宝石，看起来炯炯有神。

我爱好画画。有一次，我画了一幅画，画的名字叫《美丽的天使》，老师边看我的画边夸奖我，我心里开心极了！我的爱好不仅仅是画画，我还喜欢跳舞。去年，我和老师去上海比赛，我穿着美丽的舞蹈服，站在绚丽的舞台上。本来心里还很害怕，可是开始跳时，我心里就没有刚上台的时候那么害怕了，反而感到很开心。比赛结束了，我就和老师回去了。过了几天，比赛名次出来了，发奖时，我有点不开心。因为我只得了第二名，但是我告诉自己，不要泄气，明年一定会得第一名，加油！

这就是我，一个不会向困难低头的我，你们认识我了吗？

My hometown is in ZhenZhou city china,There are a lot of people live here,Its a famous city.The people are very friendly.The climate here is very pleasant.

My hometown has different seasons,spring.summer.autumn and winter.I like the spring ,because flowers are very beautiful,the weather is very sunny,what a lovely spring days!i hate cold weather,

so i dont like winter.we have a lot of rain in autumn,this is my favoures seasons,in this seasons,we can see many different colors,i love the colors of the trees-red,gold,yellow and brown .fairly cool for this time of years!summer is always hot,Its quit muggy in summer.

My hometown has different food,the food is excellent and quit cheap ,Its doesnt pollute.In the restaurant,you can enjoy good service and delicious food .

welcome you to my hometown travel!

Today is as normal as usual, but I am very happy today. I help an old granny. When I took bus to school this morning, an old granny sat next to me. She was so gracious that looked like my own grandmother. She talked to me. Suddenly, she had a cough and then she seemed can’t breathe. I told the driver stop the bus immediately and then dialed 120 to call an ambulance. The ambulance arrived quickly. I went to the hospital with her. I help her called her son. After checking, the old granny relapsed but not very serious. When her son came, he thanked for me to call the ambulance. Seeing the old granny is fine, I leave and go to school. I was late for school, but I explained everything to my school. My teacher praised me. I am happy I could help others.

my dear teachers,my dear professors.i am very glad to be here for your interview.my name is song yonghao,i am 22 years old .i come from luoyang,a very beautiful aicent city.my undergratuade period will be accomplished in changan university in july ,2004;and now,i am trying my best for obtaining a key to tongji university.

generally speaking ,i am a hard working student especially do the thing i am interested in. i will try my best to finish it no matter how difficult it is. when i was sophomore, i found web design very interesting, so i learned it very hard . to weaver a homepage for myself, i stayed with my pesonel computer for half a month.,and i am the first one in my class who own his homepage. forthermore,i am a person with great perserverence. during the days preparing for the first examination,i insist on running every day, no matter what the weather was like.and just owning to this,i could concentrate on my study and succeeded in the end.

well ,in my spare time ,i like basketball, tennis and chinese chess. also english is my favorate.i often go to english corner to practise my oral english on every thursday,and write compositions to improve my witten ability .but i know my english is not good enough ,i will continue studying.

ok, that is all,thank you for your attention

高高的个子，圆圆的脸，浓浓的眉毛，下面一双核桃眼，圆圆的脑袋像一个光滑的小圆球。

我的名字叫郑曾晋，我最喜欢的体育科目是大乒乓球、打篮球。就说打乒乓球吧。第一次，我只会发球，不会接球。然后我就一直练习，可是一次又一次失败了，但我依然相信失败是成功之母。然后我就一直练习，有一次，我终于学会了接球，于是，我和同学打起了乒乓球。可是我仍然接不到同学的球。然后我时间就和哥哥打乒乓球，我虽然打不过哥哥，但是我终于学会了接球。

现在我来说说打篮球吧。第一次，我是用扔的方法，但是没有投进去。第二次，我是用一跳再一扔的方法，有几次投进去了，还有几次没投进去。后来，只要有时间就经常练习，在体育课上向老师请教了很多方法，通过长时间的练习，我打篮球的技术慢慢提高了很多。

我最喜欢的科目是语文，因为可以学到很多知识，让我学到以前我不知道的东西，并且可以学习我感兴趣的东西。

我最想去的地方是山西，因为那里有我的爸爸妈妈，只有去到了那里，才可以和爸爸妈妈团聚。这样的我，大家喜欢吗？

My name is Wang and Wei Wei. I am studying in class six (seven) of twenty-three schools in Datong city of Shanxi province. My black hair, a pair of big eyes and bright, pretty nose and small. This is quite satisfactory, but I seem to lack a mans masculinity, wood has become a boat, you have to do.

I love reading, who makes the book the grain and pillar of the human spirit? It is still the ladder of human progress. I often swim in the sea of books, they are like a magical elf, quietly impart knowledge to me. I learn a lot of things in a middle school, it can be said that this is the love of reading the gain! I remember one time, I started reading from the morning, and when I slowed my book from the book, I had five p.m. and I thought I had just seen it for a while.

My study is also the top class in my class. The three giants of Chinese, math and English often give me a light green light. Of course, there is also a time of red light, even when there are Ever-victorious general, failed to do!

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Every man has his faults. After all, I still have a shortcoming.

I often absent-minded, not forget this, is to forget that. In grade four or five, it is common to forget to bring back the homework book at night. Oh! This is a difficult problem. Yesterday, I was reminding myself that I didnt need to make up lessons tomorrow morning, but I just forgot that when I walked half way, I could hardly remember it. What else could I do to go home?

The second disadvantage is that I do not like to clean up my room. My books can be seen everywhere: on the study table, on the bed, in the bookcase... Well, its everywhere, anyway. If you want to find something smaller here, it will take at least ten minutes.

The third disadvantage is that there is some carelessness in learning, often not to forget the decimal point, that is, to forget the name of the unit. This is my natural enemy, too.

每个人在这个世界上都是独一无二的，都是不可取代的。一个人有许多优点，也有许多缺点，我们要善于发现自己的优点和缺点，这样才能使自己变得更完美。

有一次，在放学回家的路上我遇到了一位老爷爷。老爷爷是一位盲人，当时天气很冷，老爷爷穿的很单薄，在风中冻得直发抖，看起来很可怜。经过我的询问才知道，老爷爷与家人走散了，现在找不到家人了。我立即对老爷爷说“老爷爷，您不用担心，我会帮助你的”于是，我立刻带着老爷爷来到了警察局，并把情况详细的告诉了警察叔叔。有了警察叔叔的帮助，很快就找到了老爷爷的家人。老爷爷临走时夸我是一位好女孩，我听的心里美滋滋的，同时，也在心里暗暗地为自己点了个赞。

还有一次我和爸爸妈妈一起坐公交车去郊外游完，午后车里的人都开始犯困，我也不例外，于是我也睡觉了，不知何时，我醒过来，发现有个人正在偷一位乘客的钱包，但那位乘客并没有发现。于是，我立刻叫醒了爸爸妈妈，问他们该怎么办。爸爸妈妈没有说话，示意叫我自己做决定。我脑子一转，突然想出了一个办法。我大声地喊“叔叔阿姨们，快要到站了，大家赶紧起来吧”。经过我这么一喊，车里的人全醒了，小偷吓得立刻把手伸了回来。到最后小偷也没有偷到钱，最后气呼呼的下车了。我心里高兴极了，同时也为自己点了个赞。

其实，我们身上有很多个优点，我们不要只看到了自己的缺点，忽略了自己的优点，每个人都应该为自己点个赞。

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During May day,I went to Shanghai with my family.We all fell in love with it at the moment we saw it.

Shanghai is really a beautiful city!There are many tall buildings and trees!There are also many flowers,it makes Shanghai look like a nice garden!If I have oppotunities to visit Shanghai again,I will be very happy! i go to beijing yestoday.i see great wall and so on .

im very happy because i see a old red man. he is 95 years old.i like him because he tel our many story.

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五一期间,我和我的家人去了上海。我们都爱上了它目前我们看到它。

上海真是一个美丽的城市!有很多高楼和树木!上海也有很多鲜花,看起来像一个漂亮的花园!如果我有机会再次访问上海,我将会非常快乐!我昨天去北京了。我看到长城等等。

我很高兴,因为我看到一个红色的老人。他已经95岁了。我喜欢他因为他电话我们的许多故事。

Hello, everybody

My name is Justin ZHAO. Its said that a persons name may reflect or determines his destiny or fate in a way.

My first name in Chinese means surpass. Life is a long and tough run to go. I must learn how to survive in this fast moving society and try to thrive.

I’m open minded, easy-going, warm hearted with a sunshine smile. I have superb and god features such as honesty and sweet temper. Also, I much enjoy making friends from all walks of life. My favorite fun is travelling around the world.

I was borned on Feb. 2, 1976. I had an elder sister two and half years older than I. Frankly speaking, I should say I had a good and memorable childhood in my life. I was not a leading student in my elementary school but in junior middle School. I scored good marks and ranked high both in my class and in the grade. Thats the honorable and shining time. Things began to change from the date I stepped into the No.28 senior high school in Shenyang. I always chose the wrong school to go to. Therefore, I learned and cherished the most remarkable experiences in my schoolings. I made a very good and dependable friend and related to him till now. I cherished it deep in my heart so much.

This is me, a man who never stops going forward!

Thank you!

Hello everyone！ My name is Amy, this year twelve years old, I am from Xiaoshan District of Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province, the first primary school, is the sixth grade students.

You see, I am slim, so I round face, the nose is not high but it is the most important, because I protect their eyes, so my face is not a small pair of glasses.

I am warm and generous hospitality and a love of helping others, remember that in an emergency evacuation drill, we are reading poetry, suddenly broadcast rang, the students rush out of the classroom, in the course of my run, the students saw his feet twisted, he left behind. The other students, have run to the playground, to see this scene, I quickly ran back to the past, to help him up, I helped him, we went to the playground, and afterwards, the teacher praised me for the disciplinary board, not only that, but also let the students to learn from me do you know? At that time my heart.

I am good at skateboarding, write a soft brush, and speak English, my English is not good, in an English exam I ranked second last time, I felt very unhappy, I encourage myself to Study hard to win glory for the class, then, although I did not get the first, but I am not discouraged, I have tried my best.

I also have a very great dream. When a pilot is flying, he can fly his own airplane one day and fly freely in the blue sky. What an exciting and happy thing it is!