Chapter 38 ride a pony

Dear Xiaowen: The kind of horse you ride in New York is called Shetland Pony. Shetland is the general name of more than 100 small islands in the northernmost part of the United Kingdom. This kind of pony is the smallest of all horses. It grows strong and eats little. It is most suitable for children to ride. There are too many stories and idioms related to horses in both Chinese and English. Dad wrote some interesting ones for you: 1. Flattering English is lick anothers spittle (lick the saliva, lick means lick) bootlick (lick people's boots). Two, sycophant lickspittle or bootlicker or apple-polisher.

3. Conspiracy or lies revealed. 4. The street is as dangerous as a tiger. 5. Heavy traffic on the street. 6. The bull-headed horse-faced ghosts in hell are exclusively for the king of Hades to catch people. 7. A blind man rides a blind horse, and it is dangerous to approach a deep pool in the middle of the night. 8. Belated efforts in hindsight, superfluous actions in the future. Nine, Ride the high horse (riding the high horse) to be arrogant. 10. Ride ones horse to death (riding the horse to death) It is annoying to talk too much about the proud things. 11. Pay for a dead horse (spend money on a dead horse) spend money wrongly.

But in ancient China, a king asked someone to buy a thousand-mile horse, but the horse died, but the man spent a lot of money to buy the horse's bones and returned. The king asked the man what he meant?The man said, when the news spread, people heard that your king loved horses so much that he wanted to buy horse bones, so he bought all the best horses in the world for you. Among the best horses, there must be a thousand-mile horse.It can be seen that spending money on dead horses is sometimes not wronged. Twelve, Flog a dead horse (whip dead horse) in vain. Thirteen, Put the cart before the horse.

14. A good horse has no need of the spur. A spur is a spur on a boot. 15. From the horses mouth (coming out of the horse's mouth) means a reliable and credible source. I have it straight from the horses mouth. I have it straight from the horses mouth, which means infallible. dad August 4, 1974 back to Taiwan Dear Xiaowen: Grandma’s letter on July 12, your photo card on May 29, and your letter on June 18, all three were received on July 24.I also received the letters from my mother to my father (June 24 and July 10) sent by my eighth uncle.Since you were already on your way back to Taiwan last week, you didn't write a letter.

Looking at the photos of you and your classmates, you have gradually become a beautiful big girl. My mother also praised you for being sensible in letters, and my father is very happy.As you get older, you will slowly discover that every place has its special benefits.There are many benefits in the United States that are not available in Taiwan, and there are many benefits in Taiwan that are not available in the United States. Therefore, people should "live with the situation" and use its special benefits to enrich themselves wherever they are.You are in Taiwan, there are many, many ways of life, some of which can be specifically pointed out, such as:

1. You study in a Taiwanese school and play with your children during class and after school, just like in the United States. 2. You can ask the teacher to teach the piano, and make up some English after class, so that you can learn English better than your classmates. 3. Write letters to American mothers, cousins, and classmates every week, and practice writing. It is best to ask the teacher to correct the letters you write, so that you can improve faster. 4. Chinese can be learned naturally, even grandma and eighth uncle can teach you.Writing a letter to Dad every week is also a kind of practice.

5. In addition to the books I own and the books borrowed from the library, I have to buy some books by myself every month, and I want to set up a private library. 6. After grandma's health checkup, the doctor ordered her health care methods or medicines, and you are responsible for supervising her every day. 7. Go to grandparents' house at least once a month, and bring gifts every time. Eight, you can write a diary. Nine, you can take more photos. Ten, can raise a pair of puppies.Dogs are the best animals. The older you get in the future, the more you will find that the more people you know, the more you like dogs.

11. Respect grandma and uncle. 12. You have to learn how to send a letter. When necessary, you can write a letter to your father directly and put it into the letter box by yourself. dad August 4, 1974 There are many children's books at home, you and grandma can find them out and put them in your own library.