My family will always be very important in my life. I'm raised in a loving family.

My father is an engineer. Whenever I think of him, I'm al-ways full of respect. My mother is a good mother of the Chinese type. She treats my grandmother as if she were her own mother, so my grandmother is very fond of her.

It was a pity my father and my mother didn't go to universi-ty in their youth because of the "Cultural Revolution¹". But they never lost their heart. My father masterd the skills of electricity by self-study. Now he is a leader of a factory. He manages the factory heart and soul, and he is always the last one to come off duty and often does extra work. I often see him working late into the night. In addition, he often goes to other cities on business and seldom stays at home. Sometimes,! speak to him in fun, "You re-gard the family as a hotel". Because of his hard work, he gets a lot of honour.

My mother is thirty-five years old. She studied by herself and got a graduation certificate² from Hunan university. She was very excited when she graduated, since her dream came true at last. During the past thirty years, my mother has experienced³ many trials⁴ of hardships⁵. She has been to the countryside and the factory. However, just because of these experiences, my mother has become more determined⁶ and intelligent. She cooks well and often gets up early in order to prepare some delicious food for us. But my mother used to say she has stomachache. She couldn't eat when we ate good food. When I was young,! was surprised in that what she couldn't eat was exactly what I liked to eat. Now I understand how great my mother's love is !

My parents are open-minded and warm-hearted. They are willing⁷ to help others, because of their kindness, our neighbors like to come to our house for talking and playing. My father, my mother and I spend our spare time in many ways. We all like na-ture and the outdoors. We are fond of walking, swimming and singing. Sometimes,! play the piano for my parents, and they en-joy it very much.

I have a happy family. We all live in peace and harmony⁸. My parents love me, but not excessively⁹. They hope me to be self-re-specting, self-reliant, and also self-supporting, so, I'm always re-minded to go on and never give up.

指导教师：刘思一