Seventh grade topic composition 1
The world is a colorful rainbow, society is a colorful rainbow and life is a colorful rainbow. We sow colorful life and bathe in the rising sun of youth. Please bring the seeds of honesty.
What is honesty? Integrity is the stage of youth, integrity is the melody of youth, and integrity is the post of youth. Here we shed our confusion, heart-to-heart communication, the interaction between family and family, and the blending of meaning and meaning. Tradition: sincerity, faith, from words to sounds; Believe, be sincere, start with people. Let's take the seeds of honesty on the road and sow them on the colorful road of life.
Bring a seed of honesty: honesty is the steed of youth, honesty is the poem of youth, and honesty is the drum of youth. Horses gallop in the arena of life, poems nourish the colorful years of life, and drums sound the charge of life.
Bring a seed of honesty: honesty is the source of youth, honesty is the footnote of youth, and honesty is the beacon of youth. The source drips the joy of victory, the footnote accumulates the feeling of failure, and the lighthouse shows the value of life.
Bring a seed of integrity: integrity is the bamboo flute of youth, integrity is the pride of youth, and integrity is the oath of youth. Fold a bamboo flute to play the comfort of the soul, shout a song of lofty sentiments to show the grandeur of the soul, and let the oath of the soul explode in the sun.
Take a seed of honesty: shake the paddle of youth with the rhythm of youth, shout the song of youth, and hold the dream of youth. Sweat in the glory of youth and pursue progress in the garden of youth.
Bring a seed of honesty: honesty is the wind in spring, honesty is the sun in winter, and honesty is the star at night. The spring breeze melted the frozen ice, the warm sunshine melted the wet heart, and Xing Xing pointed out the way home. Honesty belongs to everyone's cabin, where you are full of energy, heroic and spirited, and dream of flying freely.
Arrange the stage of youth with tolerance and frankness, and write the script of youth with pride and hard work. Plant your seeds devoutly and you will win a golden harvest. Come on, my friend, let's go with the seeds of honesty!
Today is Saturday, and Saturday is my day of careful strategy, because today I'm going to travel to my hometown, about 60 kilometers back and forth. I ride my favorite bike. I didn't fall asleep on Friday night, because I was afraid of rain and couldn't go the next day. I turned off the light, tossed and turned in bed, got up and looked at my watch. 10: 50. Soon my worst fear finally happened. At first, the raindrops fell gently on the ground, getting bigger and bigger, and finally they didn't let me sleep soundly like beating gongs and drums. The next day, I felt lost, but I like cycling best. When I think about today's events, I immediately feel refreshed.
I ate two China steamed buns this morning. I'll leave when my parents leave. I pushed open the door and went to the yard to check the rain. It didn't rain much, but it rained in Mao Mao. They are working. I put on my clothes and headphones. I was about to leave, and I thought it would rain heavily, so I put the poncho in my schoolbag. I pushed out my beloved bike, locked the door and set off. After walking for four or five kilometers, it rained harder and harder. Raindrops wet my clothes, and the biting wind brushed my face. Finally, I persisted and turned a corner. I am wearing a poncho. Then move on, the road is difficult to ride, and there is strong wind. I'm so tired that my throat is smoking. During the ride, I stopped several times. Persevere in the arduous journey and finally reach the township. I'm going to sell the car and put something in it. Finally, I remembered to buy meat for my grandmother, and I went to Long Da to buy steamed stuffed bun meat. I set off again. I was very angry at my grandmother's house. I didn't want to ride it many times, but I persisted, because it was my own choice, and I don't blame others.
After travel-stained, I finally arrived at my grandfather's house. Finally, I summed up a truth: I am not afraid of traveling thousands of miles a day; Do it often, not afraid of a thousand things.
Seventh grade topic composition 3 "Happy New Year, Happy New Year, Happy New Year to all, let's sing and dance, Happy New Year to all …" With the warm and cheerful singing on TV, my father and I are ready to post Spring Festival couplets!
Dad put the Spring Festival couplets he bought flat on the TV cabinet. I took out the double-sided tape and stuck it on the four corners of the back of the Spring Festival couplets. Dad also put two pieces of double-sided tape on two long sides. The first step was successfully completed.
We stood by the door, surveying the terrain. Dad took out the tape measure, measured the position of the Spring Festival couplets, outlined the edge with a pencil, and then took out the Spring Festival couplets. I tied the skin on the double-sided tape with compasses, my father took the top of the Spring Festival couplets to match the grid just drawn with a pencil, and I faced down. When the top and bottom are clear, press the doors together. "Three, two, one, press" and it will be posted! My father and I stepped back and appreciated it. Good, it landed! In this way, the bottom line will be posted soon.
It's time to hang the banner. I suddenly shouted, "Dad, wait a minute. I'll put this up." I am twelve years old this year. Although I am a little short, I "concentrate the essence", so I decided to post a horizontal batch separately.
I moved a stool, stood on it, took out a horizontal batch and tore off the skin of the double-sided tape. I secretly told myself that this is a facade, a peach charm, and must not be careless. I carefully put one end of the horizontal batch against my father's line, first control one corner, then hold down the lower corner, and then move to the other side bit by bit until the last two corners coincide with the original position. Ha, I posted it successfully!
Appreciating the fruits of one's labor, I couldn't help being poetic and angry, and casually sang:
The bell rang all over the world,
The footsteps of the new year come on time.
Firecrackers send away unforgettable years,
Spring Festival couplets usher in a new year.
Ah! A new year has begun, this is a new starting point, I want to do better!
The bright moonlight shone in the wide yard ... It was the Mid-Autumn Festival.
On the night of Mid-Autumn Festival, my friends and I came to the river to light a lamp, and everyone gathered by the river. Suddenly, the river was full of happy atmosphere, sweet childhood breath and happy laughter ... the lighting game began, and each of us had a lovely little lantern. We stuck lanterns in the soil.
We put lanterns in different places: some are inserted by the river, like a beautiful "fairy grass" dotted with the river; Some shine in the grass, like a shining "night pearl"; Some are inserted far from the grass by the bridge. When we looked there, they looked like "little fireflies", only emitting light ... We played for a long time before going home to eat moon cakes.
As soon as I got home, I heard a loud sound of reading: "Mid-Autumn Festival night, grandpa and grandson …" I was wondering: "Isn't this the grandpa and grandson in my sister's textbook? I didn't expect her to use words at this time. I never thought about it. " When I entered the room, I saw fresh fruit and my favorite moon cakes on the table. It's really "mouth watering!" !
I touched my hungry stomach and approached the "food". I was about to put a grape in my mouth when my mother patted my hand and said, "Why, you can't steal a step in running or eating, you know?" My mother gave me an angry look as soon as I pouted, so I had to be my mother's good girl.
After a while, my sister repeatedly said, "I wish you were the moon!" Will you? " "I do!" Grandpa answered naturally. After everyone listened, laughter filled the whole room ... The night of Mid-Autumn Festival was my happiest and most humorous childhood!
The moon in Mid-Autumn Festival is round, big and beautiful. The night of Mid-Autumn Festival is interesting, bitter and interesting-this is my Mid-Autumn Festival!
Seventh grade topic composition 5 dream, a word that people can't guess. Many people may ask, "What is a dream?"
Yes, is the dream a dream at night? Is it what people call "daydreaming"? Actually, it's not.
Dream is an endless ocean, an endless grassland and a cloudless sky in Wan Li ... It carries all dreams and makes our mood ups and downs. Unconsciously, it will make us "lost", but in an instant, it will let us see the "light of hope."
When I was a child, these childish dreams of "I want to be a doctor", "I want to be a policeman" and "I want to be a teacher" are the most childlike dreams and the most naive dreams. In contrast, people today are very different from those when we were children. Even the super monster in my dream is not as sinister and terrible as the human heart.
In short, the dream is beautiful in my heart.
Dreams are blue, white, purple, pink and colorful.
Blue dreams are naive and kind, which is the origin of all dreams, and all dreams people make start from it.
White dreams are pure and noble, paving the way for all dreams, and all dreams that people make are paved by them.
Purple dream is beautiful and dreamy, it is the leader of all dreams, and all dreams people make are led by it.
Pink dream is gentle and elegant, it is the messenger of all dreams, and all dreams people make are guarded by it.
Colorful dreams are the end of all dreams, which makes people move forward with fantasy all the time.
Dreams are always mysterious. It's like a bottomless pit, giving people endless motivation, exploring downwards until it reaches the bottom.
In a word, this question is very difficult. I stared at the sky and pondered for a long time, but I couldn't think of a satisfactory answer. I always feel that it is so far away from me, hiding at the endless end and not letting me see it. Dreams may lead everyone in this world to imagine, or they may make people in this world unpredictable. But all I know is that we all have dreams. Dreams fill our hearts with childlike innocence, put wings on them, and let us fly freely and carefree in the dream world.
Seventh grade topic composition 6 I am a dust in the desert; I am an insignificant little star on the horizon; I am also a child in the eyes of adults and an adult in the eyes of children. I am the ego.
I am lively, cheerful and timid by nature, so my mother always says that I am like a small plane and will never grow up. I remember one summer, when my parents were not at home, my brother and I were left with nothing to do at home. So, we ran outside and squatted on the ground to play with mud. I pinched a fat pig first, and was about to pinch the next one when my mother came back and saw my brother and I playing with mud again. He shook his head at me helplessly and said, "You are nothing like my sister!" " "
I am also very timid. Whenever I see a caterpillar in a tree, I always "stay three feet away from it". Because of this, my wicked brother always makes a bug with a whoosh inadvertently, which makes me feel in a trance all day.
I am good at observing. I once squatted for more than an hour to watch the chicken being born, but that year left a deep impression on me. I was less than nine years old. I couldn't help laughing when I heard my mother say that my hen was going to hatch chicks. I rushed to the front of the henhouse with lightning speed and stared at the eggs. I'm glad that the chicken is finally hatching. At this time, the hen is hiding to sleep, because she is too tired these days and doesn't want to hatch eggs. I think those chickens are too hard. I'll work hard and help them out of their shells. After I skinned some chickens, the hen woke up and saw that I was "hurting" her children. She came and pecked at me, and I was scared away by it. A few days later, the chickens I shelled died heroically for their families. I feel so sad that good people have done bad things instead.
It's ridiculous to think about these things now. I feel really grown up. From today, no, from now on, I will cherish time, steer my own boat and break out of my own world. Because "the sea is wide and the fish jumps, and the sky is high and the birds fly"!
Seventh grade topic composition 7 What is courage? What is the meaning of courage? Different people have many explanations: courage is to dare to fight on the battlefield! Courage is not afraid of danger! Courage is bungee jumping ... but after reading a story, I understand the true meaning of courage:
The German officer called a sailor, told him to climb to the top of a flagpole 100 meters high, saluted once, then jumped to one side of the tower and finally jumped down. German sailors accomplished their tasks brilliantly, and German officers were also complacent. American officers also called the sailors and said to them, "I want you to climb that 200-meter-high flagpole, salute it twice, and then jump into the sea and swim back!" " "American sailors immediately carried out the task and did it well. American generals proudly ignored German officers.
Admiral China said nothing. At this time, he called a navy. Say to him: "Hello, I want you to climb the 300-meter-high flagpole at once, salute it three times, and then hang it down along the flag-raising steel wire to show these two gentlemen!" " "China sailor didn't perform, but angrily asked the admiral," what! Let me do it, sir. You must have a fever! " This stunned the other two generals. Admiral China proudly said to the other two generals, "Look, gentlemen, this is real courage! "
From this, I understand that courage is a kind of strength, and true courage is not blind action, let alone a person's courage to show strength at one time. A truly brave person will not listen to the authority without principles and thoughts. Unprincipled "courage" is just a kind of recklessness and recklessness. Courage is only the driving force for us to realize our wishes, and it is the power to realize our wishes, but it is not reckless. We should practice life with real courage.
Some people say that life is too dull, but happiness is far away. In fact, in your life, happy bits and pieces can be seen everywhere. For example: a sincere praise in class, a photo of a family gathering on the mobile phone, and a warm meal on the dining table; Walking with my family in Chun Xue, intoxicating reading, cheering after success and so on. Next, I want to write about the food my family and I ate at the dinner table.
I can eat delicious food every day, but I can't seem to eat my mother's cooking every day, because I live in a trusteeship and can't go home for two weeks. It's not easy. Every time I go home, it's night. After supper, my mother asked me to do my homework. When I am tired of writing, my mother will remind me to do exercise. Sometimes when we eat, we will talk while eating; Eat while listening to music. Sometimes my father will come back very late. When I come back, I'll serve rice, my mother will heat dishes, and my sister will get chopsticks and spoons. After we sat down, dad put our favorite tomatoes and eggs in front of us, and then took out the roast duck we bought tonight, as well as green onions, steamed bread and onions. I can eat whatever I want. I feel that this dinner is very rich. After dinner, my sensible sister and I packed the dishes. Mother said happily, "Is the food delicious today?" We said with one voice, "Delicious!" I like such a warm and harmonious family very much.
Once, my father didn't come back at night and worked there all night, which made me feel very empty. Without such a humorous father, I am so lonely and bored. Our food smells bad.
Happiness is far away, so cherish your happiness at this moment! Otherwise, I will gradually leave you, or fly away. I must seize this little happiness at the moment.
Life is dull. Is happiness hard to find? No, it's not. Happiness is at hand. As long as you look, listen and experience with your heart, you will easily find and feel that happiness is around you.
7 th grade topic composition 9 frustration is a partner that a person can't refuse all his life. Although it often gives people all kinds of pain, it can make people feel the joy after the pain. Although I have just started my life, setbacks have accompanied me through spring, summer, autumn and winter, and I have tasted all the joys, big and small. Take a small setback I experienced. It was in a spring, and the scene of a plant teacher making an "ecological ball" was "churning" in my mind. For a whole week, I have been looking forward to making an "ecological ball" by myself. This week passed very slowly, and finally it was Saturday! I found an empty Pepsi bottle. I went to the river to find some aquatic plants and fine sand and put them in the bottle. The bottle was full of clear river water. I also caught some beautiful small fish and put them in. I capped the bottle and stood by admiring my "masterpiece". A transparent "ecological ball" has been made! How beautiful! Small fish are swimming around in it. I am happy to put this "ecological ball" on the windowsill and let the sun shine on it.
As soon as I got up the next morning, I hurried to the windowsill to see it. Ah! All the fish are dead. What's going on here? I feel bad in my heart This is the result of my hard work all day! Is it just lost? How can fish die? I came to the school and asked the teacher. The teacher looked at the "ecological ball" I made and smiled and said to me, "Don't cover the bottle cap, the water is too full." It suddenly dawned on me that plants live in water and fish need oxygen to breathe in it. I tightly closed the bottle cap. Where does the oxygen come from? So I made an "ecological ball" to make it contact with the air well. This time, the fish not only didn't die, but also swam freely in the water. The aquatic plants were fresh and tender, which made people feel very comfortable. I finally won after setbacks.
This little setback made me understand a truth: when encountering setbacks, we should try our best to find out the reasons for the failure, and make unremitting efforts to win in the end. Every setback brings people not only pain, but also the joy of success after setbacks.
Seventh grade topic composition 10 sunshine, like a bright light in the dark, gives us the motivation to move forward. Like a warm current in the cold, it warms our hearts.
Sunlight is as important as water. Water is the need for the growth of all things and people. But don't forget, everything can't grow without sunshine, and people can't grow without sunshine. So the importance of sunlight is also something that we can't ignore.
The sun is far from us, but its light is always around us, around us. Makes us feel warm around. The air smells of sunshine.
It is because of the sunshine that we can see the trees that are constantly growing sturdily, and our health is covered with a protective film, which makes it difficult for germs to invade. Only in this way can the world be more vibrant, less turbid, more enthusiastic and less cold. In summer, the sun shines and the earth is full of vitality. In winter, with sunshine, we can feel the enthusiasm in the cold.
Similarly, sunshine is a kind of care, a kind of care and a kind of protection. Mom is like sunshine, always so kind. Mom is in my heart. It's an angel sent by heaven, guarding me. Her smile, like sunshine, can easily remove the troubles and worries in my heart. When I was a child, my mother always touched my face with her rough hands when I was sleeping, for fear of waking me up. I like my mother's hands, which make me feel as warm as sunshine.
Every time I hold my mother's hand to go shopping, I always have a strange feeling when I touch her hand. I can't say why. My mother always brings me selfless care. As the sun gives, it is selfless dedication. Mommy's love is unique, unique.
"The sunshine is always after the storm, please believe that there is a rainbow." Like philosophy, this lyric is worth thinking about. Don't be afraid of failure and frustration. Maybe success comes after failure. We must never give up.
In any case, the sun will always be with us, both materially and spiritually. Invariably, the sun is always around us and is the source of our life.
Seventh grade topic composition 1 1 I am a girl with many dreams. Sometimes I want to be a teacher and cultivate the future flowers of the motherland; Sometimes I want to be an inventor and invent many things that are beneficial to human beings. Sometimes I want to be a policeman and make my country peaceful and stable. ...
One summer night, the wind was blowing quietly. I have a teddy bear in my hand, let the wind take my dream and send me into a sweet dream country.
Ah! Where am I? I saw a beautifully dressed girl walking slowly onto the stage of the gorgeous hall with a music score. Ah! This is me! It turns out that this is my concert, and I will play piano music for the audience soon. I played German pianist Beethoven's Dedicated to Alice and Symphony of Destiny. I began to play, and the sound of the piano was sometimes magnificent and powerful, and sometimes beautiful as a song. The audience, the staff, including myself, were intoxicated by the sound of the piano. After the performance, there was prolonged applause in the hall, and joy stirred in my heart.
The next night, I sat at my desk and wrote a new tune. At first, I wrote very successfully and fluently. We are about to enter the middle section. Look up at the clock that just rang. It's already 1 1 point. It's getting late, but my heart has not wavered. I still write and write. The alarm clock on the wall rang again. Oh, it's 12 o'clock. My parents kept telling me to go to bed early, so I pretended not to hear and continued to write this song. In this way, I stayed up until the afternoon of the third day, which was almost over, but there was something wrong. I immediately called a friend of mine who knows the piano, and she came right away. But she read my question and made a mistake: it's not easy to do. Suddenly, we remembered a bar of a famous piece of music together. "We can borrow it, too!" So, I filled in here and finished the last part. Finally, 25 articles of Happy Castle, which included three days and three nights of hard work, were finally completed.
"Get up! Get up! " I opened my eyes. Oh, it was a dream. I think this dream will come true as long as I study hard.
Seventh grade topic composition 12 When you tell someone your sadness, you lose a sadness; When you tell one person happiness, you will get two happiness. This is like a story I heard: an American farmer won the grand prize in the pumpkin variety competition. When he returned, he distributed all the winning seeds to the villagers. In this way, the villagers improved the pumpkin varieties, and he was not afraid to pass on the inferior varieties nearby to himself. His action is a wise move to kill two birds with one stone, because he knows how to share, make everyone happy and make himself happy.
People who know how to share with others are noble people. Only those who share happiness with kind people will win friendship and friends. This can not only make others feel happy, but also help others and make themselves feel happy.
This kind of behavior seems simple, but few people can really do it. In reality, many people do not hesitate to hurt others in order to take care of their own interests; There are also some selfish people who refuse to help others and do not share their happiness with others, so there will be no good end. These examples deeply warn us that only by sharing with * * * can we live a happy and harmonious life.
There is a story that a rich man built a big house. He built a high wall to prevent the children in the town from making trouble in his manor. It is this wall that separates the rich from the children. Later, he woke up, knocked down the fence and played with the children. The town was particularly harmonious. He pushed open the wall in his heart, which not only made the children happy, but also made himself happy and stopped doubting others.
Leave fragrance for roses. Yes, sharing is a bridge connecting us with others; This is a ship to the Happy Kingdom. It makes us sincere to each other and feel the beauty of life. So let's treat each other sincerely and feel the beauty of life. So, let's join hands with people around us, learn to share and help each other, and create a harmonious environment full of love!
In life, many people will complain like this: "Why is my world so boring? Why can I only stay in a corner and enjoy myself? " I want to tell you, my friend, if you don't care about other people's concerns and enjoy other people's happiness, you will never taste the ups and downs of life.
What is sharing? In Du Fu's famous poem "The guest has arrived", "Do you want to call my old neighbor up, too? I almost took more cups through the fence" well expressed this point. The poet feels lonely at home alone, but when the guests are crowded, the poet pours out his joy and shares it with each other without reservation. Therefore, sharing is a pleasure.
Sharing is another comfort. In the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games, the "sonorous rose" China women's football team did not play well, and finally even the group failed to qualify. The American women's football team feels sorry for this, and they feel sorry for losing such a strong opponent. So the American women's football team took the initiative to send the China women's football team home at the airport. They took the initiative to share the sadness of China women's football team, and some even wept bitterly.
The meaning of sharing is not only to share happiness and sadness, but also to share it with anyone-with relatives, friends and even opponents like the American women's football team. Its significance is infinite.
Since you want to share, you need a good friend who is connected with your heart. If I am happy, you will be happy. If I am sad, you will be sad. My achievement is your achievement. With sharing, spring blossoms; In summer, rainbows are essential after rain; In autumn, golden joy is indispensable; There is no shortage of warmth in winter. The magic of sharing is self-evident.
I am also a person who likes to share. The poem "It is better to have fun with others than to have fun with one person" has always been on my lips. Share happiness and sadness with others, and your pain will be halved, while your happiness will be doubled. Sharing is really a fortune in life.
Seventh grade topic composition 14 life is a book full of philosophy; Life is a bowl of soup, and people who drink it will understand it very well. Life is a catchy poem; Life will also be a bowl of tea, which will be bitter at first, but it will have a different taste when carefully tasted.
What I want to say is that life needs music. When you are tired, play a cheerful music and listen to the cheerful and active rhythm, and your mood will relax. The haze that has been floating in your heart for several days has been dispersed by the rhythm. Sunshine passes through dark clouds, and music is like the sun. When you feel tired and weak, you might as well turn on your mobile phone, turn on the music software and play a light music without any lyrics. With a brisk rhythm and beautiful melody, as fast as drums and as slow as beautiful piano music, black and white keys played unique and wonderful music.
For a time, I often suffered from insomnia, and I couldn't sleep after tossing and turning in bed for a long time, which led to my continuous decline, lack of concentration in class, inability to recite texts, and even weariness of learning. This makes my mother see it in her eyes and worry in her heart. The first day is a year of laying the foundation. What should I do? Fortunately, there are always more ways than problems. My mother looked it up online: the way to relieve stress and improve sleep, among which listening to light music made my mother feel feasible. So, my mother specially downloaded a light music song list on her mobile phone. The first few songs are cheerful and fast-paced, and the last few songs are feminine. My mother will play it to me when I recite the text, and also let me play a piece of music before going to bed to improve my sleep. With the low and slow rhythm, I lay in bed and gradually fell asleep. ...
Later, my sleep was successfully adjusted into a regular and healthy habit, and my state became much more energetic than before. I also fell in love with light music, and began to appreciate guzheng music, piano music, violin music and electronic music, which I seldom listened to before, and developed into my hobby. In order to support my hobby, my mother bought a guitar and enrolled me in a guitar interest class. I can practice my guitar well every weekend.
Music came into my life like this, and a ray of sunshine shone in my heart.
The seventh grade topic composition 15 is often read during the day, probably because the memory is strong during the day, and the memory when reading at night is similar, but reading in that quiet environment is the best.
Although the environment for reading at night is good, what books to read and what to study for are the most important. Some people read Chinese books at night and dictate the next day; Some people read extracurricular books at night for this week's reading notes; Some people read ancient poems at night for the teacher's "surprise inspection" the next day ... If reading at night is only for these reasons, I think it is equivalent to reading in vain.
In my eyes, reading that emotional poem at night is the most meaningful.
Bing Xin's Stars is the most artistic book to read at night. I can't help looking up at the beautiful starry sky, because the first poem at the beginning of Poems of the Stars-
The stars shine,
Have you heard their conversation in deep blue space?
In the silence, in the twilight,
They praised each other deeply.
"They" in this poem refers to lovers walking under the night sky, right?
In this collection of poems, when I read "where will you go is a hazy day; Death is a gaunt fallen flower. "At this time, I looked at the sky and there was no starlight. The round moon is blurred, but with it gone, the full moon the next day may not be so blurred.
Reading at night, in addition to reading, you can also look at the boundless "heavenly book".
Looking at this "gobbledygook", one scene after another comes to mind. I seem to enjoy the moon with the poet Li Bai, discuss heroes with Cao Cao and enjoy the bamboo forest with Wang Wei. The twinkling "morning star" seems to inspire me. When I close my eyes, I seem to see a heavenly palace held up by seven-color auspicious clouds and shrouded in auspicious light. I see Chang 'e and Jade Rabbit on the Guanghan Palace. ...
Reading at night, not only the real poetry, but also the starry sky, a book that can never be read and can't be read thoroughly. ...