Mother I am Tired

Mother， I am now very tired. I want to play， and to have some time to enjoy myself. I got too much work to do every day. I have too much homework to do! In my mind I am stuffed1 with a lot of things. Some are on mathematics， others on language——English or Chinese. I got too many things to learn.

I have no free time. I must work hard to make preparation forthe coming exam. I have nothing to consider my like and dislike2， and no time to develop my hobby3. My ears are full of advices， on how to pass exam， on how to memorize words etc. My head feels like burning. I am fed up with4 this or that persuasion. I feel that I am no longer myself. I have no choice. All I have to do is to obey， and go on with hard work.

I feel that I do not have time for the thing I really like. No time is left for me to pick up the books I like to read. I feel that I am restricted5 in my thinking. I want to have freedom， and to have chance to look at what the world is about. I like to have a weekend that belongs to me. I am not bad at study. I am not slow， but I am tired with the demand that I should score high in all the quizs or exams.

How I like to go outside to enjoy myself. The little time I am permitted to go is not enough. I like more time for myself. I like to play on playground， and I like to play football with my classmates. It is my delight to be out there. Give me some time.

Forgive me——your son after all. I know that you mean good to me， and teachers mean good to me. You must push me or I will drop behind. I cannot help it. I cannot stop the desire for more time and more freedom.

注釋

1. stuff vt. 塞滿

2. like and dislike n. phr. 好惡

3. hobby n. 業(yè)余愛好

4. be fed up with v. phr. 厭惡

5. restrict vt. 受限制

The Memory1 of Childhood

Before I came to live here， I lived in a small county2 where there are not so many people and much less polluting cars. People lived happily and without so much pressure as in big city.

There I spent my childhood. I passed my time merrily and fed ducks and chickens. In summer I drove those duckling3 to the river close by. There they swam happily. When they had eaten their full， we came home. It was full of enjoyment and happiness. After school hour， along with4 my little playmates I would come to the riverside to play. The sky was high and clean. One seldom heard the car pass by. I am lucky to have passed my childhood in such a place.

It's sad that I never have chance to go back. How I miss the place!

1. memory n. 記憶

2. county n. 縣城

3. duckling n. 小鴨子

4. along with prep. 和

……一起

I am in an Awkward' Sitvatian

Now I find it hard to get along with my classmates. All the time I have been straight and direct in speaking. This directness sometimes puts me in an awkward situation.

Some days ago， a classmate of mine asked me to lend her one of my books. I was reading the book just at that time. I couldn't lend her at that time， so I refused to lend her. She begged it time and again2. This made me unhappy. You know， the book I was reading interested me very much. I couldn't give it up without finishing it. I didn't explain the situation to her clearly. Instead， the last time when she came again for the book， I was annoyed3. I turned my face and said a few cold words to her. This time she blushed，4 and after a while I saw her eyes were red. I felt a bit uneasy. But still I thought this was nothing. She would get over it in no time.

I was wrong. I found afterward she wouldn't talk to me. This made me feel sorry. I realized that I hurt her feeling. So I approached5 her and apologized for my impoliteness. Several days have passed I find that she is cold with me. I am very embarrassed. What should I do?

1. awkward adj. 難以應(yīng)付的

2. time and again phr. 反復(fù)的

3. annoy vt. 苦惱

4. blush vi. 羞愧

5. approach vt. 接近