1.

　　Myfavouritechildhoodmemory

　　Igrewupinthebeautifulseasidecity.Icouldstillrememberthegoodolddays.TheseaIsawwaspure,cleanandblue,Wecouldhearthecriesofseagullsastheycircledoverthesea.Inmymemory,theseaandthebeachwerethemostimportantcharactersofmychildhood.

　　Insummer,theweatherwashot.Ilikedswimmingwithmyfatherinthesea.Itwassocomfortabletoswiminsuchahotweather.Weenjoyedourselves.Afterswimming,weliedonthebeachandbreathedthefreshseawind.

　　Inspring,theweatherwaswarm.Iremember,underthebluesky,mydadandIranhandinhandonthebeachandsangthesong“Twinkle,twinkle,littlestar.”whenwefelttired,wesatonthebeachandwatchingthesunset.

　　Inautumn,theweatherwascool,welikedplayinggameswiththesea.There’remanydifferentkindsofshellsonthebeach,theymadethebeachmorefascinating.Wewalkedalongthebeachcollectingsmallshrimpsandcrabsinabucket,Ileftmytinyfootprintsinthesand.

　　Inwinter,theweatherwascold,theseawascoveredinthickiceallwinter,Althoughwefeltcold,westillskatingonthesea.wemadesnowmenandhadasnowballfight.

　　Howtimesflies!Now,Iamgetolder.Lastyear,Iwentbacktotheseasidecity,Iwasdeeplyimpressedbythechangesofthecity.Thefactoryinsteadedofthebeach,theseawasdirtyandsmellybecauseoftheseriouspollution.Itwillnolongerbethatbeautiful.

　　Theblueseaandthefascinatingbeachweredisappear.butmygoldenchildhoodmemorywillneverbelost.

　　2.

　　Thereisonlyonewordwhichcandescribemychildhood.Thewordis“carefree①”thatsomanytoday'skids②donotunderstand,althoughtheyhavedeliciousfood,beautifulclothesandprettytoys.

　　Myparentsneverforcedmetodoanything.Irecitedalotofpoemsandfinearticles,butnotforperformingbeforetheirfriendsandourrelatives,justbecauseIenjoyedrhythms③andwords.SoIneverconsideredthemaburden④.Later,whenIwasintheprimaryschool,thehomeworkwasveryfewandeasytodo,andIwasneveraskedtobethetopstudents.

　　Nordidmyparentsstopmefromdoinganything.AfterIfinishedmyhomework,IcouldstayoutsideforawholeafternoontodowhateverIliked.Iusedtogoswimmingintheriverinsummer,skatingontheiceinwinter.SometimesIplayedbasketballorfootballwithmylittlefriends.Icouldreadanybook,andmyparentsneverexamineitbeforemyreading.

　　SometimesIthinkmychildhoodwasboring⑤andnotunforgettable,butIwasreallycarefreeandhappythen.Whatismoreimportantthantogiveachildahappychildhood?