第一篇：我 英语初中作文

I

My name is Wen Ting.I am a fifteen-year-old girl.My hometown is Yi Li.There are three people in my family.My parents love me.I also love them.I am in Class3,Grade9.I am big eyes, long straight black hair and high nose.L am tall and thin.My favorite subject is math..I don’t like P.E.My hobby is listening to music.I like music that is quiet and gentle.I love singer who writes her own music.I used to be afraid of the dark., but now I have changed.On weekends, I always watch TV.I sometimes play computer and visit my grandparents.I also play sport.My dream is to be a soldier.So at present I must study hard.With smiling face facing every day!This is me.If you want to be my friend.Please call me at ***.

第二篇：英语作文初中

英语议论文的结构一般较为固定，通常包括以下三部分：

1.在导语部分提出需要议论的议题；

2.在正文部分对所提出的问题进行议论；

3.在结论部分对以上的讨论进行总结和归纳。

写议论文要考虑论点，考虑用什么作论据来证明，怎样来论证，然后得出结论。它可以是先提出一个总论点，然后分别进行论述，分析各个分论点，最后得出结论；或者先引述一个故事，一段对话，或描写一个场面，再一层一层地从事实中分析出道理，归纳引申出一个新的结论；也可以在文章开头先提出一个人们关心的问题，然后一一作答，逐层深入；还可以把两个不同事物以对立的方式提出来加以比较、对照，然后得出结论。

在具体写作中要注意下列几点：

1.议题的提出要开门见山，不要拖泥带水。

2.议论时可以采用不同的方法。如：可以摆出正反两方面观点，进行对比；也可引经据典论证作者自己观点的正确性，从而使读者接受自己的观点；亦可提出一种错误的观点然后论证其错误，最终提出正确的观点。正文部分是写作的重点，论证方法可用归纳法、推理法、比较法等。

3.在结论部分必须表明作者的观点，对讨论的问题做出总结。

4.注意连接词和过渡词等词语的使用，以增强文章的条理性和逻辑性。常用的过渡词和连接词包括：first, second, third, finally, in addition, furthermore, besides, what was worse, more importantly, in contrast, because, since, now that, therefore，consequently，in that case, as a result/consequence, in conclusion, to sum up等等。

请看下面的范文： Shall we send children to study abroad? With more and more people becoming rich in recent years, it is a new tendency for them to send their children to study abroad.But I don’t think it is a good idea.First of all, children are too young to look after themselves.Second, the language barrier is a serious problem.Many children are not proficient in the foreign language before going abroad.As a result, they have difficulty in understanding what the native speakers are talking about.Third, they may get into trouble when dealing with various situations for lack of knowledge of the customs in the strange land.Furthermore, the cost of living is much higher than that in our country, which might cause a heavy burden to the family.In conclusion, there are more disadvantages in sending children to study abroad.So, we’d better not do it.

第三篇：初中满分英语作文

中考英语满分作文范例一：：

不久前你在九洲体育馆认识了美国志愿者David并与他成了好朋友，回国后他十分牵挂你和你的同学，并写信询问你们的现状。请你用英文回信，介绍你们 目前的生活，学习情况。回信应包含以下内容：

生活

1.有安全地方住

2.有饭吃

3.有干净水喝

学习

1.都已回到学校学习

2.大多数在本地上帐篷学校（tent school）

3.有的去了外地上学

4.很多志愿者（volunteers）到校与我们一起唱歌，游泳，并教我们英语

注意：1.字数60-80；可适当增加细节，但不能漏掉以上内容 2.信的开头与结尾已经给出，不计入总词数

Dear David,I'm very glad to hear from you and thank you very much for your care.Now _______________________

___________________________________________________________________________________________

Best wishes!

Yours

Wang Nin

Dear David,I'm very glad to hear from you and thank you very much for your care.Now we all have safe places to live, enough to eat and clean water to drink.Don't worry about us.All of us have gone back to school.Most of us go to local tent schools.Some have gone to other parts of China to go to school.Many volunteers like you came to our schools to stay with us.We sing and play games together.They also teach us English.Best wishes!

Yours,Wang Nin

中考英语满分作文范例二：

Ellen看到大家都对自己的未来充满期待，感到特别高兴。为了鼓励大家学好英语，他准备出一期英语学习经验交流专刊。请 根据以下问题和答案的提示并结合你的实际情况，以“My English Learning”为题写一篇80词左右的英文稿件，要求至少涉及其中的三个问题，并且不能出现你的真实姓名、校名和县名等。提示：

When did you start learning English?(in … /…years ago)

How do you learn English?(listen carefully, study with a group, read English every day…)What is difficult to learn?(listening, grammar…)

What other helpful ways do you know to learn English well?(watch English movies, sing English songs…)

English is one of my best subjects and I started learning English when I was ten years old.But at the very beginning, listening seemed a little difficult for me.So I have been doing a lot of listening practice, such as listening to tapes, watching English TV programs.And I found it really helped a lot.In fact, there are some more helpful ways to learn English well.For example, I enjoy singing English songs and I want to join an English club or find a pen pal from English-speaking countries.I believe that nothing is impossible if you put your heart into it.中考英语满分作文范例三：

以“My Chinese Teacher”为标题写一篇字数为80-100之间的英语短文。提示内容如下:

1、孙老师今年36岁,中等身材。

2、她关心。热爱学生,工作认真负责。

3、她语文课讲得生动。有趣。

參考范文：

My Chinese Teacher

Of all the subjects, I like Chinese best because I have a good Chinese teacher.Though she has been teaching us for only three years, I respect and love her very much.My Chinese teacher is thirty-six years old and she is neither tall nor short.Ms Sun works very hard.She is always the first to come and the last to leave her office.She tries to make her classes lively and interesting.And we enjoy her lessons very much.Ms Sun is very kind and friendly to us.And we＇re getting on well with each other.But she is very strict with us in our studies.Ms Sun teaches us so well that we all enjoy learning Chinese.All the students think she is one of the most popular teachers in our school.Tom去年来到大明所在的学校学习。在学习期间，他对学校提倡的“创建和谐校园”活动感触颇深。他发现该校的学生学习主动，兴 趣广泛，友爱互助，师生之间关系融洽，人与环境和谐相处（如：保持环境卫生，爱护花草树木，不随地乱扔废弃物等）。(15 分)

①请你以Tom 的名义，给远在美国的父母写一封信，介绍学校的现状并谈谈你的感受。

②文中不得出现真实的姓名，校名或地名。词数80左右。信的开头与结尾已给出，不记入总词数。

③以下词汇仅供参考：build up建立，创建a harmonious campus和谐校园 impress vt.给……留下印象

Dear Mum and Dad,Time flies!I've been here for nearly a year.I'm very pleased to find that our school is really a good one.The students in our school__________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________________________

Yours,Tom

中考英语满分作文：

Dear Mum and Dad,Time flies!I've been here for nearly a year.I'm very pleased to find that our school is really a good one.The students in our school work hard at their lessons.They take an active part in activities that help to improve their qualities and health.They are friendly to each other and always ready to help each other.The teachers here all enjoy their work and they love their students.They work hard and do what they can do to help their students.And the students respect their teachers.They get on well with each other.The students in our school try their best to kkp the school yard clean and tidy.They never throw waste about nor pick the flowers.In a word, I am deeply impressed by the harmonious atmosphere in this school.I love my new school.Yours,Tom

中学生学习时间长、压力大，专家建议学生每天课后应采取适当的方式放松自己。你代表班级在一次 “The Ways for Students to Relax”的学校座谈中与二(1)班的Terry讨论了这一话题，请根据他的观点和你自己的观点，用英语给你的外籍教师Mr.Griffin写一篇有关这次讨论的汇报材料。

His ideas Your ideas

1.Watching TV 1.…

2.Playing computer games 2.…

3.Hanging out with friends 3.…

注意：

1.开头和结尾已经写好;

2.可以适当增加谈论话题时经常用到的话语,使内容连贯

3.所写内容必须包括上面表格中他的观点和你自己至少三个观点

4.词数：70字左右。

Mr.Griffin,Recently I have had a discussion about The Ways for Students to Relax with Terry, a student from Class One Grade Two.__________________________________________________________

Terry

中考英语满分作文

Mr.Griffin,Recently I have had a discussion about The Ways for Students to Relax with Terry, a student from Class One Grade Two.(As we study too long every day, every student should choose ways to relax.)In his opinion, the best ways are watching TV and playing computer games.He also believes that sometimes hanging out with friends isn't a bad way.However, I'm not quite agree with him.In my opinion, watching TV or playing computer games is not a good way to help us relax.I think listening to music and playing sports are good ways because they can help us keep healthy.I often play Pingpong after class and I find it really helpful to both my health and my study.Besides, I think chatting with our friends isn't a bad way.I think it can help me get on better with my friends.Terry

目前，学生考试作弊现象严重，请围绕以下要点谈谈其中原因以及个人建议。原因：1.考试太滥2.自身勤奋不够3.把大量时间用在上网和玩游戏上

4.为了骗取家长和老师高兴

看法与建议：

1、作弊有害；

2、要做人诚实，学习发奋；

3、学校应减少考试。要求：

1、字数80-100；

2、围绕要点可适当发挥；

3、文章开头已给出，不计入总字数。

At present, a number of middle school students have picked up a bad habit--cheating in examinations.参考作文：

At present, a number of middle school students have picked up a bad habit-cheating in examinations.There are three main reasons.First, schools have given students too many exams, some of which are too difficult.Second, some students are not hard-working and they don't work hard at their lessons.Third, they waste a lot of time playing games or surfing the Internet.So they haven't enough time to prepare for the exams.Finally, students have to do so to make their teachers and parents happy.In my opinion, cheating in exams does great harm to our study.We students should be honest and diligent, and only in this way can we improve our study and make progress.Besides, our teachers should offer us fewer exams and more time to study for ourselves.

第四篇：初中中考英语作文

适用于努力、困难、希望、幸福、成功、学习.......等等的褒义词的话题作文。开头自己先用两句话将话题引入，之后就是将背诵的句子全部默写，然后得出总结。

Two years ago , I was so weak in English that I almost wanted to give it up.But with the help of the teacher and classmates , I made up my mind to learn it well.I studied much harder than before.I made notes carefully and often read a passage by myself.When I couldn’t remember new words.I always wrote them down in a notebook and took it with me.In this way , I made great progress.From then on , I had more confidence learning English.Well goes an old saying : “Nothing is difficult in the world if you put your heart into it.”So never give up, and always believe in yourself.You will be successful one day.两年前，我英语很差，以至于都想放弃了。但是在老师和同学们 的帮助下，我下定决心要把它学好。相较之前，我学习更努力了，课上认真做笔记，并且独立阅读文章，当我不记得新单词时，我总是把他们记在作业本里，并且随身携带。

通过这样的学习，我取得了很大的进步，自此，我学英语的信心有了很大的提升，俗话说的好：“世上无难事，只怕有心人。”

所以，永远不要放弃，相信自己，总有一天你会成功的。

第五篇：英语初中作文

雪灾

As we know, our country suffered heavy snow last Spring Festival.Everything was covered with heavy snow.It made the buses, trains and planes stop.Millions of people couldn“t go home.Many people suffered trouble.There was no food, water or light in some places.Our government called on people to fight against heavy snow.As a student, I think we should learn from those heroes.We must study hard at school.We should learn all kinds of nowledge to make our motherland stronger, better and richer.甲型HINI流感

Dear Mike，From the TV I know many A/HINI I flu cases are reported recently in the United States and many schools are closed as a result.I’m so worried about you.Are you alright? Are there any A/HINI flu cases in your school? Do you still have to school everyday?

To stay away from the disease, you’d better stay at home as much as possible and not go to places where there are many people.Wash your hands more often to keep them clean;Open the window to have more fresh air in the room;And eat more fruit and vegetable to keep yourself fit and strong.So far the disease is not so deadly as it seems to be.Do be at ease!Take care and you’ll be OK.Yours truly，Li Hua

4、“5.12”汶川大地震后，某校将开展“人人为灾区孩子献爱心”的主题班会活动，现在请你以学生会的名义写一份倡议书

Dear students，After the terrible earthquake, there are lots of children out of school.Some of them are even homeless.Their schools and houses have destroyed.They can just live in the open air.They don’t have enough school things or clothes.As we all know, every kid has the right to go to school, but now they are in trouble.As a Chinese, we should help them as possible as we can.We can raise some money and things for them.And we can also write to them to encourage them.I hope they will return to school as soon as possible with our help.Students’ Union

2、卫生健康饮食:健康一直是人们关注的问题我校要举行以“关爱健康”为题的主题班会,请根据下表内容谈谈你的看法,写一篇80字左右的演讲槁。

范文1:

Dear boys and grils :

Here is my advice about how to keep health / fit.As a middle shool student , first you’d better do more exercise such as playing ball games running swimming and jumping rope(绳子).Then you should pay attention to your diet or meals.Don’t eat too much meat and suger but more vegetables and fruit.Third you need enough sleep or rest.Next keep yourself happy.As people often say smiling makes younger.Last you mustn’t drink wine or smoke.They are bad for your health.That is my advice.I hope you are healthy and enjoy your life.Thank you,bye!

范文2:

Dear boys and girls:

I’m talking about how to keep health/fit.Today many teenagers are unhealthy because they do less exercise, eat more junk food, and they usually do not have enough time to sleep.If we wish to keep fit, my advices are as follow:

Firstly, we must keep taking exercises every day , and eat lots of fruit and vegetables.Secondly, try to sleep for about 8 hours a night, and remember to “early to bed early to rise”.Finally, stay away from cigarettes / smoking / drugs毒品.Besides(除此之外), don’t forget to breathe(呼吸)the fresh air in the open air.Keep happy every day.That is my advice.I hope you are healthy and enjoy your life.3、有写学生不爱吃学校的午饭，常到校外去吃他们所喜欢吃的食物。但有些食物并不利于他们的身体健康。“英语角”打算针对这个问题展开讨论。请你准备一篇讨论稿，谈谈你的看法和建议。

范文：

We know that some of our students do not like eating lunch at school because the food isn’t delicious.So they often go out of school to buy something which they like to eat.But I’m afraid that it’s bad for their health to eat lunch outside the school, because some of the food they buy isn’t healthy enough.In my opinion, if our schools want more students to be back and enjoy lunch inside, they should make the food more delicious, and also they should offer our students a larger choice of food as well.1、假如你是新华中学的学生，名叫MIKE。去年6月1日我国已经禁止使用塑料袋，你对此有何看法和什么好的建议?

参考答案:

I’m Mike.I am a student in Huaxing Middle School.Do you know the plastic bags? Do you often use the plastic bags? I don’t like them.I think they use the wasting valuable oil their production.And they can’t decompose(分解)in a short time.The plastic bags will make our world worse.I agree with the rule, which people can’t get the free plastic bags in the shops, supermarkets.It encourages people to use their cloth bags and baskets.It’s good for our environment.So I hope all the students in our class stop to use the plastic bags, and use our own cloth bags.I hope we can take care of our environment.Let’s make our world more and more beautiful.、6月5日(June 5)是世界环境保护日，我们周围的环境变得越来越糟糕，污染越来越严重……。假如你是学生Jone.，你校要进行“如何保护我们的环境?”专题演讲比赛。

Dear headmasters,teachers,classmates and friends:

I’m very proud that I have chosen to speak to you all today, I’m a bit(=a little)nervous as I’ve never made a speech before to so many people ,so please forgive me if it shows.As we all know, the environmemt around us is getting worse and worse.In some places we can’t see fish swimming in the river or trees on the hills.Some people even have no clean water to drink.So I think we must do something to protect the environment..But what can we do? How to protect our environmemt ?For example ,we can go to school on foot or by bike.we can use shopping basskets not plastic bags when we go shopping and we can use both sides of the paper when we write.In a word ,if everyone pays more attention to our environment , there will be less pollution and our lives will be better.“There is only one earth”,I hope everyone will protect our environment well.Thanks!

3、(江苏南通)目前南通市正在积极创建全国文明城市，中学生也在为之努力。假如你是你是某中学的一名学生张通，请根据下列图表所示内容，给笔友John写一封电子邮件，介绍有关情况。

Dear John，I’m glad to hear from you.Now let me tell you something about our city.Nantong is trying to set up a national civilized city.We middle school students are also doing some things for it.We are all polite to our teachers.(In class, we listen carefully to them./ When we meet them, we always say hello to them./…)We also respect the old.For example, we help them cross the streets.We are always ready to help each other.(When one has difficulty with his studies, others will help him at once./...)We often show our love to those in trouble.Last month, the students of my class donated money to the earthquake-hit areas.Besides, we plant trees to protect the environment and make our city more beautiful.Nantong is my hometown.I will do my best to turn Nantong into a civilized city.Zhang Tong

6、为了保护地球有限的资源，我们应该采取什么措施呢?请根据下面提示写一篇约80词的短文，短文开头已经给出。

参考作文：

Although the world develops much faster and better, the resources on the earth get fewer and fewer.In order to protect them,something must be done.Save water.Water is the source of life.(水是生命之源)No water, no life.(没有水，就没有生命)So it’s very important for us to do so.Not only should we(我们不仅应该…)protect drinking-water(饮用水)and stop polluting it, but also make full use of(充分利用)it.Save electricity.It is crucial(关键的，至关重要的).We can’t imagine what the life will be like without it.Everyone should do his best to save electricity.Don’t forget to turn off lights or other electric machines(电器)when we finish working.Save forests.They are useful.Please stop cutting them down and use recycled paper instead.Make our world a green one to live in.Recycle useful rubbish.Plenty of rubbish can be recycled like cans, paper, bottles, and so on.We can save resources in this way.Ellen看到大家都对自己的未来充满期待，感到特别高兴。为了鼓励大家学好英语，他准备出一期英语学习经验交流专刊。请根据以下问题和答案的提示并结合你的实际情况，以“My English Learning”为题写一篇80词左右的英文稿件，要求至少涉及其中的三个问题，并且不能出现你的真实姓名、校名和县名等。

English is one of my best subjects and I started learning English when I was ten years old.But at the very beginning(在最开始的时候), listening seemed a little difficult for me.So I have been doing a lot of listening practice, such as listening to tapes, watching English TV programs.And I found it really helped a lot.In fact, there are some more helpful ways to learn English well.For example, I enjoy singing English songs and I want to join an English club or find a pen pal from English-speaking countries.I believe that nothing is impossible if you put your heart into it(有志者事竟成).2、假设你叫李华，你的英国笔友Linda为了来中国参观奥运会而报名参加了汉语培训班学习汉语。她最近写信向你询问学习外语的建议。请根据下列提示和你学习英语的体会给Linda写一封回信。

Dear Linda，I’m very glad that you’ll come to China to watch the Olympic Games.I know it isn’t easy to learn a foreign language, but I have some ideas that may help.Firstly, it’s very important to listen to the teacher carefully in class and make some notes so that you can go over your lessons later.Secondly, try to catch every chance to practice speaking, both in and out of class.Don’t be afraid of making mistakes.Then try to listen and read more in Chinese.What’s more, you’d better plan your time well and study it regularly every day.Above all, you should be confident in yourself(有自信)and don’t give up(放弃)whenever you meet with difficulty(遇到困难).I’m sure you will succeed through(通过…而成功)your hard work.Best wishes and looking forward to meeting you in China.Yours，Li Hua

1、介绍你的兴趣爱好

My Hobby

I am a 15-year-old student in junior Grade 3.Though I am occupied with my study(被…占满了时间，…很忙), I would like to spend time on my hobbies, such as playing the piano, surfing the Internet.One of my favourite hobby is reading.Reading has been in my life for many years, since I began to learn characters.It can not only kill the time(打发时间), but also, more importantly, help improve my comprehension ability.When reading, I can learn a lot.Reading Shakespear’s works, I know how Hamlet looks like.Reading Socrates, I can see how great ancient Greek philosophers are.Reading Lu Xu, I come back to the old time of China.Reading really affect my life.2、Different people, different hobbies.What hobbies do you have?

My hobby is singing.It’s a great hobby!It’s fun and it makes me feel proud.Singing can be used to relieve(解除)my fatigues(疲劳), and can help me improve my accent(腔调).Singing makes me happy when I”m sad.Singing songs can make you clever.I am always singing at home to share each other’s joys and sorrow(悲痛)in our life and to learn many songs.I really enjoy singing.It goes without saying that(毫无疑问)there are many different kinds of hobbies and they can not only(不仅)broaden(拓宽)our minds(智力)but also(而且)add more fun to our life.3、我的爱好(My hobby)

Choose one of your hobbies and write an article for the school magazine about it.Tell the magazine readers.•What exactly your hobby is;

•When and how you became interested in this hobby;

•Why you enjoy your hobby;

•About your hopes and plans for the future.My hobby is reading books.When I was seven years old, I became interested in reading books.I like reading books because there are a lot of useful things in books.I can learn a lot of knowledge from books.Books can also teach me how to be a good person.Books even can solve many problems for me.I will read more good books to improve myself.1、网上购物

Doing Shopping Online

With the help of the Internet, shopping is not a difficult job.Just click your mouse to choose the article you like, and the shopping is finished.You needn’t step out of the room.It seems easy and quick.But there’s always a trap(陷阱)online.If you are careless, it will bring you some trouble.You may find the color of the article is different from what you want, or the size is either too small or too big.If you want to be different, you“d better not buy clothes online.Once you put on the clothes you bought online and go out, you will find many people wear the same clothes in the street.2、关于中学生使用手机

Dear Editor，Nowadays mobile phones are becoming more and more popular among the middle school students.In my opinion, we can bring mobile phones to school.As we know, the 21st century is a modern age and full of information.A mobile phone is one of the quickest tools for us to exchange information.The mobile phone is a fashionable and useful invention, so we ought to(应该)make the best use of it.Suppose(试设想)there’s a sudden accident, it is more convenient for us to dial for help immediately.There’re also some games in the mobile phone.We can relax ourselves by playing them when we’re tired of our studies.In my opinion, it’s not wrong to follow the fashion, but the most important thing is how to use the mobile phone in a right way.Yours truly，Wang Lin 假如你叫李平。最近，你就使用电子词典的问题调查了各方面的意见(见下表)。现在，请你根据表格中的信息用英语给某报社编辑写一封信。

Dear Editor，Recently(最近)I made a survey(做调查)about the use of the electronic dictionary.My classmates think that the electronic dictionary is useful，convenient and it can help to save time looking up the words.The parents also think the electronic dictionary is easy to carry and most families can afford it.But my English teacher doesn’t think we should use it，because she/he thinks its explanations for the words are too simple.I suppose the electronic dictionary will make us lazy and we shouldn’t use it.Yours，Li Ping 1.我的梦想是当一名医生(my dream is doctor)

I am an ordinary person, I have an ordinary dream: to be a doctor.Because doctor may let these experience personally the human which the indisposition suffers to get rid of the pain.May let the human change the health.At the same time, I believed that, will help others, own also to be able to obtain joyfully.Therefore, I hoped future I might be a doctor.2.以后十年内我的生活(MY LIFE IN TEN YEARS)

In ten years,I think I ”ll be a reporter.I wiil live in an apartement with my sister.Because I don“t like living alone.And I can play with her inth aparement.So in ten years,I willba a good reporter.I will meet a lot of interesting and faous people and I willgo to another places on business.In ten years,i will have many different pets.Maybe I will keep a pet turtle.I think I will go shopping with my sister as long as I have time.And I will go to london on my vacation.So,my life in ten years will be better and better!

3.新学期的打算(The plan for the new term)

Another new term comes again,so i should have a study plan to promot myself.Firstly, I descide to finish my homework more carefully than before.And pay more attention to the knowledge which i didn”t know it clearly.Secondly,I will do a lot of reading to widen the range of my knowledge, and try to combine thoery to practice.Finally,I will learn to adjust to be more positive and more helpful.That“s what I plant to do in a new term.(陕西省卷)假如你是Han Mei, 下面是一封你的笔友Alice 给你发来的e-mail,请你根据e-mail 的内容给她写一封回信，与她交流看法，并帮她排忧解难。提示词语：listen to, mother”s love, care about, communicate with, get along with, smile 写作要求：1.语句通顺，书写工整;2.可用所给提示词语，也可以适当发挥;3.词数在60-80左右

Dear Han Mei，I“m afraid I”ve got a big problem recently.My mother talks too much to me.She always tells me, “Be careful while crossing the street.” “Put on more clothes.” “Did you do a good job at school?” and so on.I“m annoyed(烦恼)。What shall I do?

Alice

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Dear Alice，As a teenager, I met the same problem as you.But now I can get along better with my mother.Here are some ideas/advices for you.Your mother talks much, because she cares about you.Maybe it’s not a good way, but it shows your mother’s love.So I think you should listen to her.If your opinions are different from your mother”s, you can communicate with her, and tell her what you are thinking about.If your mother doesn’t take your advice, just keep silent and give her a smile.I hope what I say here can help you a lot.