写自己初中三年变化的英语作文【实用20篇】

As a student, it is my duty to go over my lesson after class, or I will

miss the important point. Many students choose to study in the classroom or go

to the library, as for me, I am in favor of the latter choice. I like to go to

the library. On the one hand, it is quiet. A lot of students just sit in their

places and wont make big noise, which provides an enjoyable environment for

students to study. On the other hand, I can consult many reference books if I

need. The library provides us all kinds of books. We can find help when we have

questions. I find much joy in the library.

China is a developing country. Many years ago, I remembered seeing a lot of

news about criticizing how Chinese people copied the advanced technology of

developed countries. Nowadays, things have changed. There are some technologies

that are created by Chinese people, which leads the new trend. Online payment is

the most famous change. Alipay and Wechat are the most popular ways to pay bills

and they can be used almost everywhere. When foreigners come to China, they are

surprised by the new trend and cant believe this country could take the lead in

online payment. We are so proud of this big country. Though it is still on the

process of developing, we believe it will become stronger.

The Dragon Boat Festival is a lunar (阴历)holiday, occurring (存正)on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month (农历史五月第五天)

The Chinese Dragon Boat Festival is a significant (有意义的)holiday celebrated (庆祝)in China, and the one with the longest history (历史最悠久). The Dragon Boat Festival is celebrated by boat races (龙舟赛) in the shape of dragons. Competing teams (竞争团队) row their boats forward to a drumbeat (击古)racing to reach the finish end first.

The boat races during the Dragon Boat Festival are traditional customs (传统习俗)to attempts to (试图)rescue (搭救) the patriotic poet (爱国诗人)Chu Yuan. Chu Yuan drowned (溺死) on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month in 277 B.C. Chinese citizens now throw bamboo leaves (竹叶) filled with cooked rice into the water. Therefore the fish could eat the rice rather than the hero poet. This later on turned into the custom of eating tzungtzu and rice dumplings(棕子).

The celebrations is a time for protection (防护) from evil (邪恶) and disease (疾病) for the rest of the year. It is done so by different practices such as hanging healthy herbs on the front door, drinking nutritious concoctions (营养品), and displaying (展示) portraits (画像) of evils nemesis(邪恶报应), Chung Kuei. If one manages to (成功做...) stand (直立)an egg on its end at exactly 12:00 noon, the following year will be a lucky one.

Watching anime is one of the favorite things I like to do. Some one may say watching anime is a waste of time and a kind of naive thing, but I dont think so. In fact, I can learn a lot from watching anime. For example , never give up , believe , confidence , intelligent and so on. I like the person in the anime too. Because they are usually stronger or cooler than the real people. They can make our dream come true. 看动漫是我最喜欢做的事之一。 也许有人会说，看动漫是浪费时间和幼稚的事情，但我不这样认为。事实上，我可以从看动漫中学到很多东西，比如说，从不言弃，信任，自信，智慧等等。 我也喜欢那些动漫里的人物，因为他们通常比真人更强壮或更帅气。他们可以去实现我们的梦想。

超越自我非常重要，一个人连自己都无法超越，他还想超越他人；一个人只有超越自己后才能超越他人！超越自我与生俱来的弱点，创造自己个人的风格，肯定自己是天地间不可或缺的存在。

超越自己，说起来容易做起来难。要超越自己需要十分打的毅力，十分大的努力，十分大的坚持不懈！“

逆水行舟，不进则退”一次次的考试下来，我的成绩不但没有更好或者保持好成绩，反而下降了！朋友们都一个个的超越我自己了。我如果在不加把劲，我真的要倒霉了！再加上老爸老妈的唠叨，我更是难过极了！但每次考试我都很认真，不敢有一丝怠慢。可是，成绩还是那么不理想，难道我的水平只是这样吗？不，不可能的，是哪里出了问题，是哪里不过好。

想了很久，很久。那些一定要好好学习的口头语根本不起作用。我要付出实际行动，做出完美的自己！路人们议论着什么？哦！他们说刘翔打破了纪录，他们说李娜获得了桂冠……是啊，他们，他们一个个地超越自己，不都是经过磨难的嘛！是的，宝剑锋从磨砺出，梅花香自苦寒来。没有辛苦，哪来的美好结果，哪来的成功呢？旁边的店里传出脍炙人口的音乐：“阳光总在风雨后，请相信有彩虹，风风雨雨都接受……”是啊！阳光总在风雨后，先要承受风雨再去享受阳光！

超越自己就是自己给自己画个圈，你在圈里苦恼怎么出来，当你跨出那个圈的范围便叫做超越。人最大的敌人不是被人，而是自己！

现在，我简直是个大忙人，语文、数学、电脑、游泳等补习班围着我转。每天做什么全被爸爸妈妈给我量身定做好。我成了被爸爸妈妈编好程序的“机器人”。

来看看爸爸妈妈给我编好的那繁忙的“程序”吧。每天早晨6：30之前，我就被爸爸妈妈从被窝里拉出，扯开嗓门读英语。吃了早饭冲向学校接受“全封闭”训练。下午放学直奔游泳池，接受挑战极限般的游泳训练。当我筋疲力尽的时候又被拖回家里闷头写起永无止境的作业。后面还有一个小时的电子琴练习向我“招手”呢！周六、周日作文、华数、英语、电脑等补习班“一一袭来”。我每天都在知识的海洋里颠簸，已被“颠”得麻木不仁。同龄人们个个都像我一样“幸福”。

我们对这些补习班不是都感兴趣，有许多是家长逼着学的。难道他们小时候曾是爷爷奶奶实验室里的小白鼠，也被强迫做他们不愿意做的事？上一辈自身没有实现的梦想非要在下一代身上实现吗？

家长和孩子都应该拥有自己独立的空间，请家长们请别让我们这些“小机器人”与你们联网。我们的“程序”自己编。

首先，我要开发一个攻无不克的“清洁工软件”，删除家长强行添加给我们的一套套繁忙的“程序”，改变他们的意念；然后运行我的“蜗牛壳保护程序”。这套程序硬硬的外壳，像一座坚固的堡垒。我可以在这里远离任何人的“侵扰”，任凭拍打，我都可以像小蜗牛一样躺在壳里安安静静的熟睡。我的“学习程式序”则由“大博士”——机器人教授担任。它可是满肚子学问，对任何学习上的问题都对答如流，脾气十分温和，总是不断地鼓励我，从不说我懒、说我笨。学习起来，我就像一叶顺流而下的小舟，一点都不吃力。我没有忘记有劳有逸，当我感到疲劳的时候，“魔笛程序”就发挥作用了。它像一支美丽的竹笛，会自动飞到空中，奏响美妙动听的乐曲，舒缓我的紧张情绪。此时家长都无影而飞了，我可以自由自在、无拘无束地玩耍。这套程序中，我只给家长开了一个小小的“窗口”。他们只能做一名旁观者，通过窗口来观看，再也不能做指挥员了。

老师，下堂课让家长来上课，我来介绍这个软件，讲这套程序，好吗？

本文构思巧妙。小作者以让自己编程，揭示了当前教育存在的现象——课业负担繁重，各种补习班“一一袭来”，使得孩子们在知识的海洋里被“颠”得麻木不仁。对强迫他们不愿做的事发出了呐喊。读了此文，不知当爸爸，妈妈的该怎样反思。不要让孩子成为家长的机器人，还给孩子快乐、自由、幸福吧！

作者运用比喻、拟人手法，使文章语言生动、形象。如：“硬硬的外壳像一座坚固的堡垒；我就像一叶顺流而下的小舟，“魔笛程序”像一支美丽的竹笛；我像小蜗牛一样躺在壳里”等句。这些写作手法值得学习。

今天去看她了，觉得她好可怜，但是真觉得她好坚强，她可以忍着痛，对我们说没事，如果我是她的话，可能疼的一直哭吧，其实我每次都克制自己不要哭，但是，我忍不住，每次丢了重要的东西都要默默哭上好一阵子，我同桌都说，丢了就丢了呗，干嘛那么介意呢，可是他并不知道，我可以把那些重要的东西看的比我自己都要重要，所以他不知道，或者想到了某些事，就会不自觉的流下那眼泪，还有老师批评我的时候，都会每次掉泪，但都是出办公室，有一次在被数学老师说完之后，班主任就有说我，那天竟然在她面前哭了，整整一个上午我都在哭，不知道怎么了，想到那天的事就难受，

我笑点低，哭点也低，遇到什么事的时候我都会想到一个地方可以让我的心放松下来操场，我不知道为什么，进到操场里，就觉得好亲切，就觉得一切的一切都过去了，什么事都没发生过，我每次想哭的时候就坐在那个角落里，一直待着，直到上课，也总是放学有心事的时候在那里跑上几圈，就觉得好像所有的气全撒完了，还有我的脾气特别不好，在我生气的时候就想自己静静的待在某一个地方，或者让我默默的哭一会，就好了，可我同桌每次都用开玩笑的形式更加激怒我，我每次都对他发火，

然而他不仅这样还(他，不想说了)有的时候，我还和老师犟过，他说什么我就不听，但是每次都告诉家长，(也有没告诉的)

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中国是“一年一个样，三年大变样”。瞧，我家用车也有一段喜人的发展史！

我家离学校较远，在姐姐读小学的时候，上学、放学都是老大难。爸爸和妈妈千辛万苦攒钱买了一辆自行车用来上下班和接送姐姐。要知道，那时拥有一辆自行车就等于现在有一辆轿车呀！爸妈每天早起上班和下班都是踩着自行车去的呀！

不过在我出生后不久，我们家就有了摩托车。摩托车红红的车身，两面镜子就像两块棒棒糖，可好看啦！妈妈说：“现在科技这么发达，以前根本没得比，要知道，我们那时的自行车如果质量差点儿，就会洋相百出。一会儿铃打不响了，一会儿车胎破了，一会儿又钢丝断了……你爸爸要花好几天时间来修理。”我听完后，马上就叫爸爸带我去外面兜兜风。爸爸答应了，我兴奋不已，一下子跳上了车，铁马般的摩托车飞也似地向前冲。把行人、自行车都远远地抛在后面，真是风驰电掣啊！

我四岁时的一天，爸爸、妈妈和姐姐笑容满面地推门进屋。“他们今天怎么这么开心？”我心里挺纳闷的。姐姐假装神秘地对我说：“咱们买了一辆小轿车，是大众迈腾汽车。”我马上“咚咚咚”地跑下楼，一看，果然一辆黑色的迈腾小轿车就在我眼前。四个轮子稳稳当当地托着流线型的车身，车子在阳光下耀眼夺目。真气派！之后，我们一家马上去兜风。啊！真舒服。

是啊，在这短短的几年里，爸爸的车也跟着时代前进的脚步在更新换代，我们也可以享受以车代步的舒适与方便了。

[写我家的变化的作文500字初中作文

算起来，自己也上了10几年的学了，和老师打的交道也不算少的。自打到了初三，我和老师的关系就越来越密切了，隔三差五的，我就要去和老师交流下感情，那个点击率啊，真是高啊。每天，必有一次谈心。我不知道为什么，我只知道，老师特别喜欢和我聊天。

第一次月考完了之后，我不小心，在全年级进步了70多名。我并没付出什么努力，该怎么玩还是怎么玩，可能就是老前辈们说的，雨花石偶尔反一下光。所以，我上课要打瞌睡的这个习惯还是没改。有一天，我和同桌闹了矛盾，她就不帮我看着老师了，任由我睡，她也不管了，正好，上课的时候是班主任的课。结果可想而知，我被老师抓住了。老师说：“刘柏森，下课来下办公室。”我站起来点点头，说：“我可以坐下了么？”“你给我站着。”“拜托，老师，昨晚上看历史书来着，没睡好，站着，我睡不着。”全班一阵安静。老师笑了(历史老师)：“什么？昨晚上看历史？嗯，不错，你坐下吧……”忽然反应过来，“你什么意思啊？看历史你就不站了啊？站着，没什么好说的！”下课后，我到了办公室里蹲下。老师回过头，看着成绩表说：“你是不是考得好嘛！看下你成绩嘛！比上次期末……”她拿着尺子从成绩表上划下来，划到我的名字上，愣了一下，清了清嗓子说：“我们先不说这个成绩的问题，我们先说一下你上课睡觉的问题……”我无语。

某天，英语老师上课的时候，写了个句子出来全班狂笑，我也跟着笑。老师问：“这个句子错在哪里？刘柏森，你来说下。”我笑不出来了。别说，我还真没看出来哪是错的，我站起来，盯着那个句子半天说：“不知道。”老师提醒道：“几个动词了都？”我数了数：“好象多了点，3个。”老师说：“这什么句子都不是，是按照主语从句搞出来的，主语从句我都多少年没用过了，我都是二昏二昏的，你们还敢用？”我又笑起来。老师白了我一眼：“还笑，就是你写的！”我一愣，我写的？老师又接着说：“这就是你写的，还高手呢，写的都是什么啊？”我看了看我的作文本，我写的是“。”于是我说：“那个不是我写的。”“反正也是半斤八两。”我再看了看：“没错，格式是正确的。”从此，就没人再把我当成英语高手了。

摸底考试完了之后，我下降了很多，原因我就不说了，班主任大人一看成绩，顿时火冒三丈，把我叫到办公室说：“怎么回事你？是不是想其他去了？手伸出来，我要好好教训你。”说罢，拿起那把教棍，对着我的手一通乱打，然后问：“记住好好学习没有？”“记住了。”“好了，你走吧。”我抬起头，刚要走出去，老师又把我叫住：“回来！”我问：“还有什么事？”老师说：“你还有什么没说的？”我想了想，没想出来，旁边一个蹲在地上的哥们说：“一看就是不怎么进办公室的，你忘了说‘谢谢老师’了。”我一听，赶紧说：“谢谢老师。”老师点点头：“嗯，去吧。”我的那个汗啊……

我现在正在期待究竟在初三下期还会有什么样的事情发生……

Whenever I remember my grade school days, I tend to be wistful over. Though no more are those days, I will never forget now wonderful they were. I was efree in my school days and all the year round I lived happily. I was not a hardworking pupil. Every day I directed my attention not to study but to how to out to how to cut classes and class leader as I was. I did not act like one; instead, I even encouraged others to cut classes, too. of course. I was caught out and severely punished. Often in preparing for a test we pupils would work together to devise ways of cheating in the test room. Though I was poor at cheating in any test. I never gave up but would again and again, hoping t way I would get high marks. With the passage of time I have gradually cast off those bad habits I once had always feel embarrassed each time I think of my foolish behavior in 1the past, I owe what I am to all my teachers. Conscientious instruction. Had it not been for them, I would not be a useful member of society as I am today, My grade school days not only added to my experience as a boy but give me now something lasting to remember by. How I wish the past days could come back, for in retrospect they were so wonderful.

Dear Mr.Brown:

As I have not heard of you for long, I feel anxious.How are you doing in this winter vocation.Some of my classmates intend to travel,because they think it can relax themself.There has some students plans to read more books at home,in order to make a preparation for the learning of future.Other schoolmates prepare to take part in physical exercise,just for keep their health.By the way, my plan of winter vocation is doing more houseworks for my mother,because she is very hard to do that.I want to relieve her burden.

Let me hear if you receive the letter safely.

Yours

[寒假的计划初中英语作文

“其实地上本没有路，走的人多了，也便成了路。”

合上书坐在那儿静静地思考，心中太烦闷，太疑惑，周围的空气像被压缩了似的，是那样的压抑，叫人喘不过气，心里面有好多话想说，却又找不到知己诉说。只得一人独坐窗前，被烦恼左右。

窗外的阳光像冬夜里寒冷的围脖，那样温暖地洒在书房里的每一个角落，也温暖着房里那人受伤孤独的心，“真想出去走走啊！”心里默默地念想着，可一想到那些令自己烦心的事，身子就变得很懒只想静静地呆在那儿，像个死人一样。这样就不用去理会那些烦人刺耳的话语，不用再去想那些尖酸刻薄的，令人心寒的嘲笑，至少在这一刻，是安静的，是无人打搅的。

可是还想出去，想看看外面最自然的风景，享受那属于自然的最真挚的气息；去体验秋风扑面时夹杂着的桂花香；想听听孩子们最动听的笑声还想捡起一片被秋色浸染的落叶，细细端详。

于是，我随着心灵的呼唤，开始了我心灵的独特旅程。

眼前的景，耳边的音，扑面的气息，这一切都不似想象中的美好，但他的独特，却又是自己不曾想到的。遍地都是焦黄的银杏叶，阳光为他们镀上了绚丽的金，像童话世界里王子和公主相遇的地方，是那样的令人向往。秋风拂面，树叶“簌簌”响起，我情愿这一刻我是幻听，我仿佛听见清脆的银铃声，像是那树与树之间的轻呢，是什么秘密呢？无从知晓。桂花沁人的香也藏匿不见了，扑面而来的却是别样的清新，那是一种从未感受过的神清气爽。

仿佛在这一刻，我明白了什么可是说不上来我究竟明白了什么，好似一场梦，只有仔细回忆，才能想起。

好吧，那就继续向前走吧！孩子们尽情地嬉戏着，那动听，惹人喜爱的笑声叫声，打闹声回响在耳畔，看着他们，我忘记了心里的不悦，继而渐渐明白了，明白了：

每个人都会有梦想，或许没有梦，却有真切的想，可是，也许你想得很美好，但真相也许却与你背道而驰，就像我心里的秋景与真实的秋景还是有区别的，所以，别太在意别人冷漠的话语，也不要循规蹈矩，随着你的心，走你自己的路编好。

就如鲁迅先生所说：“其实地上本没有路，走的人多了也便成了路。”这就像那铺满落叶的道路，你不知道它通向哪里，只要你敢走，勇敢的走，便会到达你的梦想。

My grandparents came to visit me in the weekend. I was so happy because I

hadnt seen them for a long time. I missed my grandmas delicious food, because

she always knew what my stomach liked. My job was to take them to hang around

the city. I took them to the famous sites, where were so leisure and full of

local features. Walking on the old street with historical materials, they had so

much feelings, and thought about the old times and taught me to cherish the

things I had. I kept their words in mind. At night, I helped my grandma to cook

dinner. All the people sat in the table and had a nice talk.

初中英语作文:我的朋友-My friend

I have many friends. One of them is my classmate Ma Hua.He is a League member and one of the best students in my class.He is fond of English and good at it. He often practises reading aloud. So he has a good pronunciation.He is always ready to help others. With his help I have made GREat proGREss. I have made up my mind to catch up with him and to join the League in the near future.

Xiamen is a major city on the southeast coast of the Peoples Republic of

China.It is administered as a sub-provincial city of Fujian province .

The local vernacular is Amoy,a dialect of Southern Min,also called

Hokkien.Amoy is widely used and understood across the southern region of Fujian

province as well as overseas.While it is widely spoken in and around Xiamen,the

Amoy dialect has no official status,and the official language of all government

business is Mandarin.

Xiamen and its surrounding countryside is known for its scenery and

tree-lined beaches.Gulangyu,also known as Piano Island,is a popular weekend

getaway with views of the city and features many Victorian-era style European

edifices.Xiamens Botanical Garden is a nature lovers paradise.The Buddhist

Nanputuo Temple,dating back to the Tang Dynasty,is a national treasure.Xiamen is

also famous for its history as a frontline in the Chinese Civil War with Taiwan

over Jinmen (also known as Jinmen or Quemoy) 50 years ago.One attraction for

tourists is to view Kinmen,a group of islands a few kilometres away and under

Taiwanese control,from Xiamen island.

做回我自己，做真实的自己，不要做那依附别人的影子。

人，难免会有缺点，但是也拥有优点。

曾有歌声优美的快女—— 王贝，因容貌不出众，便去整容，因此，失去了生命。

这是为何呢?因为她不曾正视自己，发现别人的优点，却忽略了自己。

相比王贝，韩红就幸运了，体形与艺人格格不入，但她坚信自己，凭着这份执着与自信，她成功了。

或许你会觉得惊讶，但事实却是如此。王贝为了别人的优点丧失了生命，而韩红坚信自己，做真实的自己，却能成功。

回想一下，诸如此类又何其之多。

葛优虽没有周杰伦帅，但仍能凭自己的实力登上影帝的宝座。

爱合森，没有看轻自己，以真实的自己赢得了观众的认可，成为一代喜剧大师。

我们无须自卑，应有项羽“破釜沉舟”的胆略，勾践“三千越甲可吞吴”的豪迈，正视自己，把握自己。

是呀!“天生我才必有用”。

“自信是成功的秘诀。”我们无须像孔雀般无视自身优点，一心只想他人优点。

做回自己，做个真实的自己，有着自己特色的自己，信自己，创造一个专属自己的角色。

[坐会我自己初中生作文600字

Youth is not just a stage of life, but it is also a state of mind. Being

young is so great and also the most cherrish moment in a life, as young men have

more energy and power to move forwards. Once we grow up more, we might lose

enthusiasm to propell our expectation. Nowadays, young men are looking for a job

to work. Work provides money to support our living and meaning of a life.

However, There are some young men who do not work, but the world is not proud of

them. Those who prefer not to work and would rather spend money from inherited

can be seen wandering on the street, speeding on the highway, or gathering as

gangsters. Many of them tend to become drog addicted after they got broke. They

expect good fortune surrounding forever. They don‘t know it is hard to sustain

money for a generation. Fortunately, our education system has influenced on the

majority of young people that we all recognive the importance of having a job.It

is believed that the more we work, and the more opportunitis and treasures will

arrive. Thus, The society will become harmony and peaceful.

我想大家都希望生活在一个美丽的环境中吧？答案是肯定的。于是人们口里都说要爱护环境，保护环境，可是就在说的同时还在乱丢垃圾，肆意破坏环境。这样下去，我们的家园就会出现许多像黄河上游那片茂密的森林类似的悲剧。

在黄河上游曾经有一片茂密的森林，那里风景秀丽，空气清新；那里河水清澈、碧波粼粼；那里野草肥美，鲜花盛开……各种动物和睦相处，常常有阳光照射。春风和煦时，动物们聚在一起举行盛大的集会，它们自由，他们欢快！

那里无比美丽：春阿姨伴着欢快的舞蹈给我们送来阵阵春风；夏伯伯迎着蓝天白云为我们带来一池池碧水清泉；秋叔叔随着萧瑟的凉风为我们奉上一串串金灿灿、黄澄澄的果实；冬爷爷披上洁白的冬装为我们报告着来年的希望。

时光如水一般一去不复返，随着我们人类领域的不断扩大，森林也不断遭到我们人类的破坏。

几年后，眼前的景象令我十分诧异：

春日光临，小草从土里钻出来，不再是那么青翠欲滴，野草张开了笑脸，可是笑脸上蒙上了一丝丝忧郁；大河脱下了厚厚的冰衣，身子变得越来越瘦小；大树的病情日益严重，刚抽出的几颗新芽，是那么缺乏生机。

啊，动物们失去了一个美丽迷人的家园。成片的树木被砍光，只留下了一排排可伶的树桩孤零零的蹲在那；小草也面色枯黄；野草耷拉着脑袋；河水快断流了。一幢幢高楼拔地而起，一座座烟囱吞吐浓烟。环境遭到破坏、蓝天不再蓝了、河水不再涌了。

动物朋友对我说：亲爱的朋友——人类，我们渴望一片蓝天碧水，我们祈求一个安宁的家园。我们希望你们不要再乱丢垃圾，乱砍滥伐了，不要再乱抽滥排了，谢谢。

[大自然的变化的初中作文

As a middle school student, I learn many subjects, I study so hard every day. When I get home, I will do my homework and then go over the book. But when holiday comes, I feel a little confused, because I don’t want to study and do something new. Then I don’t know what to do, my mind get blank. I decide to develop my interest. Some day, I happened to see a tennis match and I couldn’t stop watching, then I fell in love with tennis. So I started to learn playing tennis, I felt so happy. Now tennis is my favorite sport, I find a way to relax myself.

作为一个中学生,我学许多科目,我每天那么努力学习。当我回家时,我会做作业,然后复习书本。但当假期来临的时候,我感到有点困惑,因为我不想学习，想做一些新的事情。我就不知道要做什么,我的头脑一片空白。我决定培养我的兴趣。有一天,我碰巧看到一场网球比赛,我无法停止下来看,然后我爱上了网球。因此我开始学习打网球,我感到很高兴。现在网球是我最喜欢的运动,我找到一个方法来放松自己。

When memory began for me, my grandfather was past sixty-a great tall man

with thick hair becoming gray. He had black eyes and a straight nose which ended

in a slightly flattened tip. Once he explained seriously to me that he got that

flattened tip as a small child when he fell down and stepped on his nose.

The little marks of laughter at the corners of his eyes were the prodnct of

a kindly and humorous nature. The years of work which had bent his shoulders had

never dulled his humour nor his love of a joke.

Everywhere he went, "Gramp" made friends easily. At the end of half an hour

you felt you had known him all your life. I soon learned that he hated to give

orders , but that when he had to, he tried to make his orders sound like

suggestions.

One July morning, as he was leaving to go to the cornfield, he said :

"Edwin, you can pick up the potatoes in the field today if you want to do that.

" Then he drove away with his horses.

The day passed, and I did not have any desire to pick up potatoes. Evening

came and the potatoes were still in the field. Gramp, dusty and tired, led the

horses to get their drink.

"How many bags of potatoes were there?" Gramp inquired. "I dont know.

"

"How many potatoes did you pick up?"

"I didnt pick any. " "Not any! Why not?"

"You said I could pick, them up if I wanted to. You didnt say I had to.

"

In the next few minutes I learned a lesson I would not forget: when Gramp

said I could if I wanted to, he meant that I should want to.

Gram hated cruelty and injustice. The injustices of history, even those of

a thousand years before, angered her as much as the injustices of her own

day.

She also had a deep love of beauty. When she was almost seventy-five, and

had gone to live with one of her daughters, she spent a delightful morning

washing dishes because, as she said, the beautiful patterns on the dishes gave

her pleasure. The bird, the flowers, the clouds-all that was beautiful around

her- pleased her. She was like the father of the French painter, Millet, who

used to gather grass and show it to his son , saying , "See how beautif ul this

is ! "

In a pioneer society it is the harder qualities of mind and character that

are of value. The softer virtues are considered unnecessary. Men and women

struggling daily to earn a living are unable, even for a moment, to forget the

business of preserving their lives. Only unusual people, like my grandparents,

manage to keep the softer qualities in a world of daily struggle.

Such were the two people with whom I spent the months from June to

September in the wonderful days of summer and youth.

this year‘s summer vacation was most enjoyable. i spent fifteen days helping my grandparents doing farm work in the countryside， where i saw mountains fields covered with green plants. sometimes i went swimming in the river to the west of the village， the water in which was quite clear.

i kept a diary every day. besides doing farm work， i help the children in the neighborhood with their lessons. all of them showed interest in english. they could read write wellthey could hardly understand simple english. so every day in the morning i spent about two hours helping them improve their listening spoken english. they all made great progress. their parents all thought highly of me. i now realize that knowledge is very needed in the countryside.

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