考研英语感谢信英语作文模板(精品20篇)

考研英语应用文写作范文之感谢信感谢信

结构要点感谢信是就某事向收信人表示感谢的信件，分为三个部分：

1． 指出对方帮助自己的事情，表示感谢；

2． 展开叙述这件事；

3． 再次感谢，并可表示希望回报对方。

Suppose your were recommended by Professor Sun to get further education in Yale University last June and now you have been admitted by that university. Write a letter to Professor Sun to express your gratitude in about 100 words. Do not sign your own name, using “Li Ming” instead.Dear Professor Sun,

I am writing to extend my gratitude to you—without your help I would not have been a postgraduate student of Applied Mechanics Department of Yale University.

Last June, you helped me with no reservation when I applied for Yale University. You wrote a recommendation letter for me to Professor W, the dean of the department. You gave me instructions on how to fill the application forms and write the application letters. Whats more, you also taught me how to take care of myself and get along with others, which I believe are lifes great lessons.

Your help enabled me to fulfill my dream to pursue my studies in a great university. In the following days I will remember what you have told me and work and study hard to be a capable, conscientious and responsible person.

Yours truly,

Li Ming

感谢信

语言注意点感谢信应充分表达自己的谢意，切不可给对方草率的印象。可借助谈对方的帮助来进一步表达感激之情。言辞应真挚、得体。

Suppose you were taken good care of by Aunt Sun when you pursued your studies in Los Angels where Sun lived. Write a letter in about 100 words to extend your appreciation. Do not

sign your own name, using “Li Ming” instead.Dear Aunt Sun,

It is a great pleasure to extend my sincere gratitude to you for your hospitality and consideration while I pursue my bachelors degree at University of California.

As soon as I arrived in Los Angeles, you found me an apartment near my university. When I met with difficulties you often sent your daughter to help me and when I felt homesick you often talked to me patiently. You told me how to improve my efficiency in both work and study and how to get on well with teachers and schoolmates. Furthermore, you invited me to dinner on nearly every weekend.

Without your help, I would not have graduated with honors and found a satisfactory job back here in China. I know I can never repay you for everything you have done for me in the past four years, but you can be sure that I

Best regards.

Yours faithfully,

Li Ming ll never forget it.

Hi! My name is JiZi containing.Today I let everybody know me.

Specialty:Love to sing.

Major accomplishment:

In October 2010 in the TV series "harem Zhen Huan" plays "WenYi princess"

corner,In January 2011 in the film" Wu Yunduo "as" small beans ".In April 2012,

starring in the movie" the direction of heart, "who" north north,And the TV

series" love bodyguard "shooting,That November in micro movie" wont be late "In

2013 in the film" witness "plays" kobayashi of MOE ".In January 2014 in the

film" little age 4 "as" xiao Lin xiao ,April in TV series" I love bromeo "as"

little yiyi, "In the TV series tiger mother cat dad, who plays rabbit girl" Luo

Qianqian. 外文名：Wendy . Birthplace: Beijing。 Alias: text, text baby. Nationality:

China .Constellation: libra.Date of birth: October 9, 2007 WendyFeel

shivering，Well, not much. Goodbye!Can contact me：2957358697.

Pandas like to eat bamboo, their colors are black and white. The panda is

very lovely, so its my favorite animal. But because humans destroyed the living

environment of giant pandas, they became scarce and protected animals at the

national level. I hope people can protect the environment and protect the

animals.

Dear Sophie,

My name is Yang Yang.I’m 10 years old this year. I have a hamster, It’s

called the Little Devil, I like him very much.

I have many hobbies, I like playing basketball and playing computer. I do

not like playing badminton, because I do not want to pick balls, but my sister

does. She always asks me to play with her at the weekend. But I think she is not

bad.

How about you? What do you do in your spare time?

Write soon,please.

Yang Yang

亲爱的苏菲，

我叫杨洋，今年10岁。我有一只仓鼠，它叫小恶魔，我很喜欢他。

我有很多爱好，我喜欢打篮球和打电脑。我不喜欢打羽毛球，因为我不想捡球，但我姐姐会。她总是让我周末和她一起玩。但我觉得她并不坏。

你呢?你在业余时间做什么?

期待你不不久后的回信。

YangYang

kamenori foundation thank-you note dear kamenori,

im very grateful for giving me thisopportunity to kamenori foundation,

this is kamenori foundation to give me ascholarship, i can be a chinaand

japanexchange student. i am very happy, because my first visit to japan, this is

a exchange students i can furtherunderstand japan.perhaps, i still can become

friendly relations between china and japans representative. because japan is i

amlonging for the country.

now, i will go to japan. i heard that japan has a lotof food, such as

japanese ramen, sushi, great kanto cook, tuna and many otherfood. of course the

japanese kimono is also very beautiful, japanese cherryblossom and mount fuji,

this beautiful scenerylet us linger. this time i as an exchange student i can

not only learn aboutjapanese culture, school, living habits, i also want to know

that im moreinterested in japanese anime. i think the japanese anime is not

only shows thejapanese culture, but also shows that the japanese unique

imagination, such asa block, naruto etc excellent cartoon, not only in the world

popular, andjapanese culture of the world, this is very unique.

i hope i go to japan, i will have a very deep memory, there wasa lot of

friends, learn about japanese culture, become china and japanthe friendly

relations between the witnesses. then i get a scholarship, i ammore sure i will

be very good in japan, the japanese family getalong well.

so, iam very grateful to the kamenori foundation to give me a scholarship

andopportunity, so that i can be in japan to learn more, learn more,make more

friends, and at the same time, this to my future plan has a

betterfoundation.

congratulations

afs program students.

During the years of suffering, a super hero called Maze was facing the war

of the Americans. One day he was planning a vacation, that was going to be

amazing; when a big giant octopus attacked the whole city…

He had no choice but to stop his vacation, and to stop the octopus. He was

transforming into a big octopus, and ready to battle Maze. Maze was ready; he

got his sword and shield ready for battle. When he came, everybody cheered for

him; the octopus was not very happy…

He used his legs and arms and kicked Maze right up into the air. Maze said

to the people; “I have a plan, but I’ll need you guys to help me with it;”

everybody agreed to help Maze, and so they all gathered around to listen to

Maze’s plan. He said to the people, “I need a person, to help and pull a string;

that way, when the giant octopus reached me, you guys just pull the string, and

it will trip; then I will need a guy that is good at tying knots, that is when

the giant octopus trips, that guy will tie his up and give it to me; then rest

of the problems I will deal with it…”

Everybody agreed to his magnificent plan, and so they got to work. First

Maze went to get a very long string, and gave it to two people that were very

good at strength to pull it, instead of pulling it let us make it that Maze’s

plan was not at length that good, for the octopus knew all about his plan; and

so could very easily pass the test…

When they failed, Maze thought about this problem; they all knew that the

octopus it always listening to their plans. Now what? Well since Maze could tell

the other people his plan, he had decided to show them his plan. He drew it on a

piece of white paper, and showed it to the people, he made some moves of how it

was done; they all understood, but the giant octopus didn’t. His plan was the

same, but the giant octopus didn’t know it.

He decided to be careful, but he couldn’t, because the string was

invisible; instead of the string part, Maze changed it into plastic paper; that

way the giant octopus couldn’t see what they were up to; this plan was good, but

let us see how it ends.

Then two men were pulling the plastic, the plastic paper broke; and so

maybe Maze didn’t think it all the way through. He changed a magnificent plan:

First of all, some people distract the giant octopus; and then Maze tied his

legs and arms; and threw him into the ocean, where he was gone and 100 percent

drowned with his legs and arms tied behind his back.

And so Maze saved the day once again, and when his mom and dad returned

home; they were very proud of him. But maze was still sad, his mom and dad

asked; “What is the matter Maze?” “Well, I did save the day Hooray! But I still

didn’t get a chance of relaxing like little children, they were like holidays!”

then his mother and father decided to hold him a holiday celebration, and lived

happily ever after.

The octopus did return, and it was all to his mom the scientist. Maze did

defeat him again and again; until the octopus was tired, he knew that he was not

the guy to beat Maze, so he changed his mind and left the city and gave lived to

Maze’s fans in peace.

The end…

Spring is coming. Everything begin to come back to life, the long cold

winter is over. Birds are singing in the woods. Some girls are dancing under the

tree. Some boys are rolling on the grass and chasing the butterflies. They are

happy. I like running outside. When I feel a little bit tired, I will lie on the

grass and watch the sky. I look around and see a chipmunk looking for food under

the tree. Spring is warm and nice. I love spring.

Dear Mr. Cousins,

Since you are a well-known musician, I’m writing this e-mail to ask you for

some advice on how to form a band. I, together with two boys and two girls in

different classes in our school, want to form a band. We are all fond of pop

music and modern dance.

I’d like to know whether we should play one kind of music or different

styles to start with. And is it enough to practise only at weekends? How can we

get more chances to perform? We’d appreciate it if you would come up with a name

for our band. Looking forward to your reply.

Best wishes!

Yours sincerely,

Li Hua

dear honey,

you are 18 years old today. dont to be naughty and dont cry anymore from

the time you see this.

you are no longer a little girl.

How i hope I can feel your velvet hair, look into your big eyes. but things

always go contrary to my wishes

I will spend next 5 years working hard to make my dream come true, which is

watch the beautiful scenery from sun raise to sun set(from sun to sun)with

you.

promise for the beautiful future time.

Success always come after the feeling of fail. no matter how many times I

failed, I know once I succeed that will be enough.

baby! working hard for ourselves from now on! Today, I give all my wishes

to you.

Give you freedom,as you fly,wherever and whenever you feel tired or vexed,

come to me, always to be the sentence that I always behind you. we can solve any

problems together.

this what I send you as 18-year-old present. never be overdue.

love you,

xin~

Notes:

1. Genghis Khan‘s Mausoleum 成吉思汗陵

2. Caspian Sea 里海

3. West Xia Kingdom 西夏王国

成吉思汗

Genghis Khan, "Khan of Khans", was the great leader of Mongolians. At the

end of 12th century, he united Mongolian tribes and challenged other powers to

expand his huge Mongolian empire, which extended from South China to the Caspian

Sea.

In 1277, Khan attacked the West Xia Kingdom (presently Ningxia) and

encountered strong resistance. He died of disease and age. The great emperor was

later buried secretly according to Mongolian custom. It says that after the

burial 2,000 men were slaughtered by some 800 soldiers who were in turn executed

so that the location of the real tomb remains a secret.

There are four sacrifice ceremonies held annually to commemorate the great

hero and leader of the Mongolian people. The ceremony, held on March 21st on

lunar calendar, is the grandest. After the ceremony, horse racing, archery and

wrestling are held as entertainment.

My father is a Chinese teacher.He is very active and he is very smart!

But,he is very kind.

My father has many hobbies. He likes playing basketball and football. He

likes ranning and swimming.He is good at swimming.

Hes favorite food is beef. He thinks beef is tasty.He likes vegetables,but

he doesnt likes cabbage.My father likes apples and oranges,but he doesnt likes

bananas,he thinks bananas isnt tasty!

This is my father !

Lou Gehrig: Farewell to Baseball AddressFans, for the past two weeks you

have been reading about the bad break I got.

Yet today I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of the earth.I

have been in ballparks for seventeen years and have never received anything but

kindness and encouragement from you fans.

Look at these grand men.

Which of you wouldn’t consider it the highlight of his career just to

associate with them for even one day?Sure I’m lucky.Who wouldn’t consider it an

honor to have known Jacob Ruppert? Also, the builder of baseball’s greatest

empire, Ed Barrow? To have spent six years with that wonderful little fellow,

Miller Huggins? Then to have spent the next nine years with that outstanding

leader, that smart student of psychology, the best manager in baseball today,

Joe McCarthy?Sure I’m lucky.When the New York Giants, a team you would give your

right arm to beat, and vice versa, sends you a gift - that’s something.

When everybody down to the groundskeepers and those boys in white coats

remember you with trophies -- that’s something.

When you have a wonderful mother-in-law who takes sides with you in

squabbles with her own daughter -- that’s something.When you have a father and a

mother who work all their lives so you can have an education and build your body

-- it’s a blessing.When you have a wife who has been a tower of strength and

shown more courage than you dreamed existed -- that’s the finest I know.So, I

close in saying that I might have been given a bad break, but Ive got an awful

lot to live for.

child will be the national future host, therefore, how to provide the child

a good family, the society perhaps the learning environment, is goal which

various countries will devote. in August, 1925 convened in the Swiss Geneva

about in child welfares international conference, proposed “the International

Childrens Day” for the first time concept. this congress has 54 national loving

care child representatives, gathers holds “the child happy international

congress” in the Swiss Geneva, "Safeguards Child Manifesto through Geneva". In

the manifesto, proper enjoys, deprived childs relief, the child danger work

regarding the child spirit to avoid, the child making a living opportunity

acquisition, as well as how to rescue raises questions and so on child, has the

warm discussion.after will be inferior from now on the congress, so as to the

one hand the inspiration child, lets the child feel happiness, joyful, on the

other hand also to cause the society to take seriously with to cherish, various

countries government successively schedules “the childrens day”。

Since I was very small, my parents would read me some stories before I

slept. I like to hear the stories that describe a girl’s growing up. These girls

are so brave and become heroines at last. I want to be one of them, so I tell

myself to be independent, helping my mom with her house work. She is very happy

to see it.

One of the most popular sentences online states that “remember...always act

like you ‘re wearing an invisible crown.”What the saying indicates is the

importance of confidence,an attitude that we should take toward our life.

It’s generally accepted that confidence plays a very vital role in one’s

life. But do you really know what dose self-confidence mean? Well, it means that

you have strong belief that you can do things and you will succeed in the end.

If you want to do something well, you must have faith in yourself. Just like the

old saying goes, confidence in yourself is the first step on the road to

success. Otherwise, you may hardly to do anything right. Some people love to

complain how incapable they are or how difficult their tasks are, they never

think about the problem in themselves, which is lack of confidence. If they

fail, they will refuse to have another try. Then they will never ever have the

chance to overcome difficulties.

May be destined to a persons character, it is not easy to change. But if

everyone into confident on their own elements, their life will become more

colorful, more open. You may ask why you are confident? I think: confidence +

opportunity = success. So self-confidence is indispensable azuowenry conditions.

Everyone thinks oneself from birth, fate dominate everything, all want to follow

the path of destiny. If you have such idea, may be you are wrong. Destiny is

master in your hand, opportunity is in your side. The you find place, it did not

work. Dont let the chance to run out in front of you, the first to catch the

opportunities, of course. However, get the opportunities, of course, is a good

thing. But people have the opportunity to dont you will achieve success. Some

people often suffer from failure tripping, overwhelm be heavy setbacks, let

these people thought he was a mediocre person, chance on them. Success will

become very slim. So have the opportunity is important, the most important thing

is that you have confidence. Even if you get upset about my setbacks, as long as

you have a good mood, have full confidence in myself. Believe that failure and

frustration on you again, can also be solved. So self-confidence is very

important for a person, even if you dont have too much talent, have the

confidence you have into a big step away from success than others. Albert

Einstein said, confidence is to take the first step to success. So people should

have confidence, also need confidence in life.

In a word, as a saying says,” Make the most of yourself, for that is all

there is of you. "Confidence for us is an indispensable part of our life.

My school is very beautiful. It is in Guicheng, near the Qiandeng Lake. Do

you know it? It is Nanhai Experimental Primary School. I like my school very

much.

There is a big playground in my school. We have P.E. class on the

playground and we often play sports on it , too. Our teaching building has five

floors. My classroom is on the fifth floor. It is big and clean. The computer

rooms are on the third floor. There is a library on the second floor. There are

many books in the library. I often read books here. There are some music rooms

and art rooms in the teaching building, too.

The teachers in my school are very kind . The students are very polite and

smart. I am happy in my school.

Dear teachers

hello everyone!

Novel coronavirus our wills unite like a fortress. The Spring Festival

holiday in 2020 has been a long time for us. Facing the sudden outbreak of the

new coronavirus, the people of the whole country are united in their efforts to

fight the epidemic. In this battlefield without gunpowder smoke, as a member of

the real primary school kindergarten, we should always put "the life safety and

health of teachers and students first", respond to the epidemic situation with a

positive attitude, and do our best with a high sense of social responsibility!

To this end, the following initiatives are issued to all teachers:

1、 Be the forerunner of scientific epidemic prevention

Teachers should follow the novel coronavirus pneumonia prevention

guidelines and other epidemic prevention regulations, do not gather, do not

gather, do not gather at the gathering place, eliminate contact with the

relevant personnel in key areas of epidemic prevention and control, wear masks

outside, wash hands frequently, return to good hygiene habits, do well in their

own and family health management, and actively cooperate with the community

(Village) group control. Work, strengthen physical exercise, improve physical

quality, fully show the good image of peoples teachers.

2、 To be a caretaker of students

At this special moment, every teacher should pay more attention to and care

for children. Through wechat group, QQ group and other ways, we should further

strengthen the scientific prevention guidance for children and parents, do a

good job in the touch and arrangement of each child, understand the daily

movement and health situation of children, and summarize them according to the

times of the school. Guide parents to take good care and supervision, remind

parents to pay close attention to childrens physical and mental health,

appropriate exercise, reasonable diet, to ensure childrens physical and mental

health.

3、 Be the practitioner of online service

As the saying goes, "spring is at the end of a year". According to the

guiding opinions on primary and secondary schools and kindergartens during the

delayed start of epidemic prevention and control in Chongqing city "issued by

the Municipal Academy of education and science, Shixiao kindergarten has decided

to guide children to" suspend classes and never stop school, Da Ai Yong online

"during the period of school extension

1. According to the needs of epidemic prevention and control, the school

will be postponed. Teachers scientifically arrange their own work and life at

home, and take grade group as the unit, formulate online learning activities

(including one week activity plan, work and rest schedule, activity content,

childrens learning feedback and other requirements).

2. Through the class wechat group (or QQ group) upload activity

arrangement, effectively carry out the class self-help learning guidance work

(childrens learning feedback).

3. Adhere to professional reading, read "learning with children" carefully,

and think about the kindergarten based curriculum of "etiquette education"

combined with class examples.

In this special holiday, lets always pay attention to the growth of

children and use professional strength to convey warmth and love! Home hand in

hand, accompany children to spend special holidays!

Dadukou Experimental Primary School Kindergarten

★英语话题作文10篇★

★英语书信格式及范文★

★给英语老师的信带翻译★

★给某人写信英文范文★

We know different places has different things in the world. In our town has

the best surpermarket,it has the cheapest things and the servy is the best.Many

people always go to there,this helps surpermarket to gets better and better.And

there is the best clothes and store——Wan jia fu,it has the most beautiful

clothes and shoes,i think the boss are very good,and how about you?

It is nighttime. The sky is black. There are tiny lights in the sky. They

are stars. There are many stars. She looks all over the sky. She sees stars

everywhere. A few stars are big. Most stars are small. She counts the stars. She

counts 86 stars. She tells her mom.

Dear Miss Wang,

People say: the teacher is a lamp in the maze, illuminate the road of our

life; A teacher is a key that opens the door to our knowledge; The teacher is

the most dazzling star in the dark night, let us on the right path... And you

are the one who let me walk into the hall of mathematics.

I still remember that when I was in grade two, I often thought about some

uninhibited things in my mind. On A Christmas day, I unexpectedly received a

gift from "Santa Claus". The whole class doesnt believe in Santa Claus. I do.

The next day, I went to school early with my gift. At that time, I was too naive

to believe in the existence of Santa Claus, and believe in it. I show the gift

to you, also proudly said: "Teacher, I received a Santa Claus gift last night!"

You startled for a moment, but immediately with a kind of kindly tone said:

"This Santa Claus really exists!" Later, I just know, you in order not to let me

down, to help me continue this wonderful fantasy.

Teacher, do you still remember? In an exam, I didnt play well and only got

84 points. When I got this paper, I cried sadly. At this time, you called me to

your desk and encouraged me by saying, "Tingting, although you didnt do well in

this exam, it doesnt mean that you wont do well in the next exam. ! The

teacher believes you these questions you can do, is just a little careless, you

want to hurry to say goodbye to the paste oh..." Listening to the teachers

funny words, I immediately turned sad and happy, smile through tears. Teacher,

these words you may have forgotten, but I can forget, I forget you to my good,

you care about me, you to my every encouragement. They have been hidden in my

memory and will never be forgotten.

Teacher, when your every move, every word, I remember. Teacher, I will

graduate from primary school soon, but in those days your figure I how also

cant forget. Ah! Dear teacher, my first enlightenment teacher, how can I repay

you?

I wish you a

In good health, always smile

Your student: Li

亲爱的王老师：

人们都说：老师是迷蒙中的一盏灯，照亮我们人生的道路;老师是一把钥匙，开启我们知识的大门;老师是黑夜中最耀眼的星星，让我们走上正确的道路……而您，就是让我走进数学殿堂里的一位指路人。

还记得，二年级时的我，脑子里常想着一些天马行空的事情。在一次圣诞节，我意外的收到了“圣诞老人”给我送来的礼物。全班同学都不相信真的有圣诞老人，唯独有我，我相信。第二天，我便早早的来到学校，还带着我的礼物。那时的我，实在是太天真了，竟然相信圣诞老人真的存在，并且深信不疑。我把礼物拿给您看，还得意扬扬的说：“老师，我昨天晚上收到圣诞老人的礼物了!”您当时怔了一下，但马上用一种慈祥的口气说：“这圣诞老人还真的存在呢!”后来，我才知道，您为了不让我失望，就帮我延续了这个美好的幻想。

老师您还记得吗?在一次考试中，我发挥失常，只考了84

分，当拿到这张试卷时，我伤心的哭了。这时，您把我叫到讲桌前，鼓励我说：“婷婷，这次考试你虽然没有考好，可是也不代表下一次考试也考不好啊?!老师相信你这些题你都会做，只是有些粗心，你要赶紧跟马糊说拜拜哦……”听着老师有趣的话语，我立刻转悲为喜，破涕为笑。老师，这些话您也许都已经忘了，但我可忘不了，我忘不了您对我的好，您对我的关心，您对我的每一次鼓励。它们已经藏在我的记忆深处，永不忘记。

老师，当年您的一举一动，一言一语，我都记着呢。老师，马上我就要小学毕业了，可当年您的身影我却怎么也忘不了。啊!亲爱的老师，我的第一位启蒙老师，我该怎样回报您呢?

祝您

身体健康，笑口常开

您的学生：李

My Darling McGeorge

You said that things seemed clearer when they were written down. Well, here

with a very boring letter in which I will try to put everything down so that you

may read and re-read it at a horror at your folly in getting involved with

me.

Deep breath. To begin with ,I love you. With a depth and passion and I have

felt for no one else in this life. And if it is astonishes you, it astonished me

as well. Not, I hasten to say, because you are not worth loving. Far from it.

Its just that, first of all,I swore I would not get involved with another

woman. Secondly, I have never had such a feeling before and it is almost

frightening. Thirdly, I would never have thought it possible that another human

being could occupy my waking and sleeping thoughts to the exclusion of almost

everything else. Fourthly, I never thought that even if one was in love one

could get so completely besotted with another person so that a minute away from

them felt like a thousand years. Fifthly, I never hoped,aspired, dreamed that

one can find everything one wanted in one person.

I was not such an idiot as to believe this was possible. Yet in you I have

found everything I want: youre beautiful, gay, giving, gentle, idiotically and

deliciously feminine, sexy, wonderfully intelligent and wonderfully silly as

well. I want nothing else in this life than to be with you, to listen and watch

you, your beautiful voice, your beauty, to argue with you, to laugh with you, to

show you things, to share things with you, to explore your magnificent mind, to

explore your wonderful body, to help you, protect you, serve you ,and...bash you

on the head when I think you are wrong...

Not to put too fine a point on it, I consider that I am the only man

outside mythology to have found crock of gold at the rainbows end. But, having

said all that, let us consider things in details. Dont let this become public,

but, well...I have one or two faults. Minor ones,I hasten to say. For example I

am inclined to be overbearing. I do it for the best possible motives, all

tyrants say that, but I do tend, without thinking, to treat people underfoot.

You must tell me when Im doing it to you, my sweet, because it can be a very

bad thing in a marriage.

Right, the second blemish. This actually is not so much a blemish of

character as a blemish of circumstance. Darling, I want you to be you on your

own right, and I will do everything I can to help you in this. But you must take

into consideration that I am also me in my own right. And that I have a head

start on you. What Im trying to say is that you must not feel offended if you

are sometimes treated simply as my wife. Always remember that what you lose on

the swings you gain on the roundabouts. But i am an established ‘creature’ in

the world, and so on occasions you will have to live in my shadow. Nothing gives

me less pressure than this. But it is a fact of life that has to be faced.

Third, a very important and nasty, blemish. Jealousy. I dont think you

know what jealousy is, thank god, in the real sense of the word. I know that you

have felt jealousy over Lincolns wife and child, but this is what I call normal

jealousy, and this to my regret, is not what Ive got. What I have got is a

black monster and any goodness that I have in my make-up. It is really a Jekyll

and Hyde situation... my Hyde is stronger than my good sense and defeats me,

hard though I try. As I told you, I have always known that this lurks within me,

but I could control it, and my monster slumbered and nothing happened to awake

it. Then I met you and I felt my monster stir and become half-awake when you

told me of Lincoln and others you have known, would you like to end with your

letter my monster came out of its lair, black, irrational, bigoted, stupid,

evil, malevolent. You never know how terribly corrosive jealousy is; It is a

physical pain as though you have swallowed acid or red hot coals. It is the most

terrible of feelings. But you cant help it at least I cant and god knows Ive

tried. I dont want any ex-boyfriends sitting in church when I marry you. On our

wedding day I want nothing but happiness both for you and me, but I know I wont

be happy if there is a church full of your ex-conquests. When I marry you I will

have no past, only a future. I dont want to drag my past into our future and I

dont want you to do it, either. Remember I am jealous of you because I love

you. You are never jealous of something you dont care about.

Okay enough about jealousy. Now let me tell you something. I have seen a

thousand sunsets and sunrises, in a thousand sunsets and sunrises on land where

it floods forest mountains with honey-coloured light, at sea where it rises and

sets like a blood orange in a multi-coloured nest of cloud, slipping in and out

of the vast ocean. I have seen thousand moons. Harvest moon is like gold coins,

winter moons as white as ice chips, new moons like baby swans feathers. I have

seen seas as smooth as if painted, coloured like shot silk or blues as a

kingfisher or transparent as glass or black and crumpled with foam, moving

ponderously and murderously. I have felt winds straight from the south pole,

bleak and wailing like a lost child; Winds as tender and warm as a lovers

breath; Winds that carried the astringent smell of salt and the death of

seaweeds; Winds during the moist rich smell of a forest floor, the smell of a

million flowers. Fierce winds that churned and moved the sea like yeast, or

winds that made the waters lap at the shore like a kitten. Ive known silence:

the cold, earthy silence at the bottom of a newly dug well; The implacable stony

silence of a deep cave; The hot, drugged midday silence when everything is

everything is hypnotized and still moved into silence by the eye of the sun. The

silence when great music ends. Ive heard that summer cicadas cry so that the

sound seems stitched into your bones. Ive heard a tree frogs in an

orchestration as complicated as Bach singing in a forest lit by a million

emerald fireflies. Ive heard the Keas calling over the grey glaciers that

groaned to themselves like old people as they inched. Their way to the sea. Ive

heard the hoarse street vendor cries of the mating Fur seals as they sang to

their sleek golden wives, the crisp staccato admonishment of the rattlesnake,

make the cobweb squeak of the Bat and the belling roar of the red deer knee-deep

in purple heather. Ive heard wolves baying at a winters moon, read howlers

making the forest vibrate with their roaring cries. Ive heard the squeak, purr

and grunt of a hundred multi-coloured reef fishes. I’ve seen hamming birds

flashing like opals round a tree of scarlets blooms, humming like a top. I have

seen flying fish skittering like quicksilver across the blue waves, drawing

silver lines on the surface with their tails. Ive seen Spoonbills flying home

to roost like a scarlet banner crossed the sky. Ive seen Whales, black as tar,

cushioned on a cornflower blue sea,creating a Versailles of fountain with their

breath. I have watched butterflies emerge and sit, trembling, while the sun

irons their wings smooth. I watch tigers, like flames, mating in the long grass.

I have been dive -bombed by an angry Raven, black and glossy as the Devils

hoof. Ive lain in water warm as milk, soft as silk, while around me played a

host of Dolphins. I have met a thousand animals and see a thousand wonderful

things.

All this I did without you. This was my loss. All this I want to do with

you. This will be my gain. All this I would gladly have forgone for the sake of

one minute of your company, for your love, your voice, your eyes, hair, lips,

body, and above all for your sweet, ever surprising mind which is an enchanting

quarry, in which it is my privilege to delve.

Gerald Durrell