Elder person
老人
The person I ' d like to talk about is my grandfather, who is just a common farmer. He possesses the characters of most common people in China： hard-working, sincere and devoted to the kids. My grandfather didn' t earn much,but he managed to put my father through university. He lived in a small village in Hebei Province. After I was born, he came into the city to look after me. I'll never forget the efforts he made to help me read. I was five years old and I haven't learned to read yet. My grandfather spent so many hours helping me because my father was very busy. He would force me to come to his room and he tutored me very strictly because he was determined that I would get a head start on the other students. As a result, I could read before I entered school,and that helped me gain an advantage in school.
我要讲的是我的爷爷，他只是一个普通的农民，同时也有着中国人最常见的性格特征，那就是勤劳、真诚而且对小孩照顾有加。虽然我的爷爷那时家境不是很好，但他还是让我爸爸念大学。他原本住在河北省的一个小乡村里，在我出生后，他就来省城照顾我。我绝不会忘记他那时帮助我读书识字时所付出的努力。我五岁了还不会读书认字，因为我爸爸很忙，于是爷爷就花很大工夫来教我读书识字。他强迫我进他房间然后严格指导我，因为他决定让我比其他孩子有一个更好的起跑点。后来，在我没上学的时候，我就会读书认字了，这使我在学校更有优势。
Besides reading and writing,my grandfather also taught me the value and importance of kindness to others. He told me that we don ' t do kindness just to gain favor,but because that' s what our true nature expects us to do. As well,he taught me that kindness isn't all smiles and praise； sometimes it involves strict and harsh words for the right reasons.
除了读书写字以外，我的爷爷还教会我友好待人的重要性。他告诉我不要奢求付出就要回报，而是要发自内心的去帮助其他人。此外，他还说友好有时并不意味着微笑和赞美，而是为坚持真理提出更严格和尖锐的话语。
I love my grandfather very much. Now I ' ve grown up and grandfather is becoming old. I hope he is happy in his old age.
我非常爱我的爷爷，我现在已经长大了而我的爷爷却渐渐老去，我希望他能有个幸福的晚年。