There is always a brilliant image living in my heart. That is my dear father. Seen through the eyes of many other people, father seems to be a very ordinary person. But he is quite extraordinary in my eyes, I have never lost my wonder at his good-personalities such as diligence, devotion, care, optimism ever since my childhood.

　　Being a farmer, father works very hard in the fields all the year round. He works from dawn till dusk every day and even till midnight when it is the harvest season. He seldom enjoys leisure with other farmers even if the farm work is not much. He chooses to live a busy life with reluctance to stop for a while.

　　Father devotes all himself to our family. As we are poor, he always tries his best to support our family and afford the tuitions for my brother and me. For the whole family, for brother and me, he never stops working laboriously in the fields throughout the year. Now he has got a wrinkled face and white hair because of excessive hard work, looking much older and weaker than any other person of his age. In spite of all this, father never complains to us. It is his full devotion that we‘re living a better life now. It is his full devotion that both my brother and I are able to study at college.

　　Father shows much care to us children and my mother as well. Whenever there is any delicious food on the table, he just leaves it to us while he takes the simple one himself. If my brother and I fall ill, he will not hesitate a moment to get some medicine for us or take us to see the doctor. My mother suffers a bad disease. Father looks after her very carefully. He never lets mother do any heavy work both at home and in the field. Mother appreciates him m much that she often praises him as a model husband before others.

　　Father is a person full of optimism. He never complains about our poor life. He is never frustrated by trouble. He often tells us that everything will be all right if we have enough confidence in life. Due to his optimism, we are all confident to face our life and work.

　　We all think that father is not in the least an ordinary man. He plays an extraordinary role in my family. We can‘t have anything without him. Now I‘m pursuing further studies at college far away from father. I miss him very much. And I often see him in my dreams. His great image is deeply carved in my mind.

　　点评：

　　本文写的语句简短，但饱含感情。文章采取总分总的写法，不管是总体描述父亲还是分段详细述说父亲的爱心和任劳任怨，语句都简短不拖沓。第一段描述父亲的性格时，用到了“diligence, devotion, care, optimism”这些词，然后从第二段开始，分段举例描述了父亲的这些性格特点。整篇文章看下来，多而不乱，感情真挚。考生在写作文时，可以借鉴这种写作的方式，有内容可写，内容也不杂乱。

　　本文一些用词和语句很棒。比如最后一句“His great image is deeply carved in my mind.”中“carved”一词的运用就很形象，考生平时就要多注重这些词汇的积累，不能只记住一个词的含义。