i remember my brother as a sweet baby, bringing much fun and delight to the family with his pleasant gabbles of nonsense. he was a very likable chubby little thing, always on his feet climbing up and down, chasing after insects, birds, and me.

　　i do not recall him ever having any white clothes since he started school. he was extremely untidy, he used to come home with a face of smudges, an inkspattered shirt, a pair of dirt-bedraggled pants.

　　he did not care much for ready-made toys, and was very anxious to break them into bits, to satisfy his childish curiosity. but he treasured his sell-made toys, such as the slingshots which he used to break the glasses on the windows, and had receivedpunishments time and time again.

　　译文：

　　我记得我的弟弟还是一个可爱的小孩时，就以他那讨人喜欢的无意识的胡谈，给家人带来许多乐趣。他是个胖乎乎的逗人喜欢的小家伙，他的脚不停地爬上爬下，追逐昆虫、鸟和我。

　　我不记得自他入学校后，有哪件衣服是干净的。他非常地不整洁。回家时，他常常是脸上满是污点，衬衣上沾满墨水渍，裤子上全是尘土。

　　他不太喜爱现成的玩具，而是急于将它们一片片拆开，来满足他童稚的好奇心。不过，他很珍爱他自己制造的玩具，如他常常用来射击窗门上玻璃的弹弓，为此他曾受到过多次责罚。

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作文地带知识拓展:

• 英语（English）属于印欧语系日耳曼语族西日耳曼语支，最早被中世纪的英国使用，并因其广阔的殖民地而成为世界使用面积最广的语言。英国人的祖先盎格鲁部落是后来迁移到大不列颠岛地区的日耳曼部落之一，称为英格兰。这两个名字都来自波罗地海半岛的Anglia。该语言与弗里斯兰语和下撒克森语密切相关，其词汇受到其他日耳曼语族语言的影响，尤其是北欧语（北日耳曼语），并在很大程度上由拉丁文和法文撰写。

  英语的英文释义：

  English 名词 uk  /ˈɪŋ.ɡlɪʃ/ us  /ˈɪŋ.ɡlɪʃ/

  the language that is spoken in the UK, the US, and in many other countries

  英语

  American/British English

  美式／英式英语

  Do you speak English?

  你会说英语吗？

  English   形容词 adjective   uk  /ˈɪŋ.ɡlɪʃ/ us  /ˈɪŋ.ɡlɪʃ/

  in or relating to the English language

  英语的

  an English teacher

  英语老师

  relating to or from England

  英格兰的;英国的

  English films/food/people

  英国电影／食品／人

  English law

  英格兰法律