（一）

Youthful Times

Time flies when we are having fun is an old expression. We know， as we reminisce of our past， time flies regardless. As we grow beyond our teenage. We remember the times of fun we had when we were young， when we were in primary school. We had little concern， little responsibilities. We all remember chasing our friends in catch， sneaking around in hide-and-seek and the fun in the playground. As we grow with time， our lives become filled with stress and worries. It is in these times we remember what we had， what we took for granted. As we do so， we look forward to what we can achieve and what we will see of ourselves years down the tracks.

（二）

I， Too， Have Some Genius

Everyone has some genius. Some like music， others are good at maths or enjoy physics. I too have some genius. I like singing best.

I sing when I am free， especially when I am alone. That way my voice becomes beautiful little by little. During the holidays， the villagers often ask me to sing for them. They enjoy my songs very much. I am very happy because I can do something for others. We are ordinary men， but we have genius more or less， We must use it to do something for the people. If everyone can use his genius to do something for others， I believe that the world will be more beautiful.

（三）

On computers

Dear Editor，

I’m writing to tell you how we use computers in our daily lives. Most of us use computers to search for more information about the interesting problems on the textbooks， about Iraqi wars and about Oscar. Some of us use computers to do some drawings， to make up interesting flashes. And some of us use them to play games. If we are tired and want to take a short rest， playing games for a while is OK. But it’s forbidden that we spend hours and hours on the games. There is also someone using computers to talk with people in the Internet and even falling in love with him or her. The Internet is not a real world and we can’t tell lies from truths. So falling in love with somebody on the Internet is not safe and is bad for our study. We should keep ourselves out of it. That’s all I know. Good luck！

Yours truly， Li Hua

（四）

I Love My kind Mother

My mother is a kind and gentle woman. She takes good care of her children and keeps them at school. I have a sister. My mother gives us every comfort. We love her and she also loves us.

My mother has too much to do in bringing us up. She gets up very early and sleeps very late every day. She works hard， yet without complaining. She is also a thrifty and hard-working woman. She saves every penny that she can and keeps everything in order. As she has been busy ever since she was young， she looks older than she really is. Her face is wrinkled， her hair becomes  silver white， and some of her teeth become movable. But she works as hard as ever.

Often she says to us， “Work while you work， play while you play， If you do not work， you will become lazy and of no use to society.” What a piece of good advice this is！ We must live up to it and always keep it in our mind.

（五）

My Second-grade Teacher

My second-grade French teacher ruined my first experience learning a new language. At first we were only expected to master simple phrases such as “Hello！”，“How are you？” and “What is your name？”. But soon after we had to memorize poems and songs. This may sound like fun and games， but our teacher was like a drill sergeant.

As the term went on， her expectations grew more and more unreasonable. Each afternoon she lined us up at the top of the staircase to say“aurevoir”. The three-o’clock bell rang and we still stood there. We had to perfect our accents and strain our little voices to please her. One of us usually burst into tears out of fear or frustration at her criticisms.

Because of these horrible experiences， I forget my early French. However， I will never forgive or forget my second-grade teacher.

（六）

Asking for Trouble

This is what happened to John outside his house last night. It was midnight（about one 0’clock in the morning）when John returned home. He felt about his pockets but failed to find his key. He had left it in his office. He knocked at his front door trying to wake up his wife， but she was sound sleep. Suddenly an idea occurred to John that a ladder， would be of great help to him. He went and got a ladder from his garden， put it against the wall， and began climbing towards the bedroom window.He was almost up to the window when a policeman appeared below. He ahouted at John and began to pull him down the ladder because he thought John was a thief. Fortunately， the shouting woke up John’s wife. She opened the window instantly and explained who he was and apologized to the policeman. The policeman then said to John with a smile，“Now that you are able to get in， you hve to make sure this doesn’t happen again.”