Elder person
老人
The person I ' d like to talk about is my grandfather, who is just a common farmer. He possesses the characters of most common people in China: hard-working, sincere and devoted to the kids. My grandfather didn' t earn much,but he managed to put my father through university. He lived in a small village in Hebei Province. After I was born, he came into the city to look after me. I'll never forget the efforts he made to help me read. I was five years old and I haven't learned to read yet. My grandfather spent so many hours helping me because my father was very busy. He would force me to come to his room and he tutored me very strictly because he was determined that I would get a head start on the other students. As a result, I could read before I entered school,and that helped me gain an advantage in school.
我要講的是我的爺爺,他只是一個普通的農民,同時也有著中國人最常見的性格特征,那就是勤勞、真誠而且對小孩照顧有加。雖然我的爺爺那時家境不是很好,但他還是讓我爸爸念大學。他原本住在河北省的一個小鄉村里,在我出生后,他就來省城照顧我。我絕不會忘記他那時幫助我讀書識字時所付出的努力。我五歲了還不會讀書認字,因為我爸爸很忙,于是爺爺就花很大工夫來教我讀書識字。他強迫我進他房間然后嚴格指導我,因為他決定讓我比其他孩子有一個更好的起跑點。后來,在我沒上學的時候,我就會讀書認字了,這使我在學校更有優勢。
Besides reading and writing,my grandfather also taught me the value and importance of kindness to others. He told me that we don ' t do kindness just to gain favor,but because that' s what our true nature expects us to do. As well,he taught me that kindness isn't all smiles and praise; sometimes it involves strict and harsh words for the right reasons.
除了讀書寫字以外,我的爺爺還教會我友好待人的重要性。他告訴我不要奢求付出就要回報,而是要發自內心的去幫助其他人。此外,他還說友好有時并不意味著微笑和贊美,而是為堅持真理提出更嚴格和尖銳的話語。
I love my grandfather very much. Now I ' ve grown up and grandfather is becoming old. I hope he is happy in his old age.
我非常愛我的爺爺,我現在已經長大了而我的爺爺卻漸漸老去,我希望他能有個幸福的晚年。