Li Juntao, Class 12, Senior 1, Shenzhen Xin’an Middle School Instructed by Tang Ying The word “motherland” in Chinese consists of two aspects: country and home. That’s why people often say that if our country doesn’t exist, there will be no home for us. Therefore, we should always put our country’s interests before our own. In one’s life, there are two mothers: One is the mother of our own life and the other is our motherland. Loving our motherland should be like loving our mother. Today our country protects me, and tomorrow I should protect our country. Today I am proud of our motherland, and tomorrow our motherland will be proud of me. There is a popular saying: “Better be a vagrant than be a slave who has lost their country.” Such patriotism is something that everyone should have. Only in this way can we make our country strong. During the War against Japanese Aggression in 1937-1945, a large number of patriots appeared in our country. It was because of this that our country won the war. The patriots’ names will be remembered forever. For example, Lu Xun, in order to wake up Chinese people, gave up his job as a doctor and changed to be a writer. He replaced his operating knife with a pen and became a great revolutionist. We should learn from him. During the outbreak of the COVID-19 in Wuhan, we saw a lot of young medical workers who have volunteered to go to the front and rush to support. We had strong youth — countless young and strong construction workers who built the Huoshenshan Hospital in just 10 days! Strong youth make a strong country. Rich youth make a rich country. Patriotism is what everyone must possess. Only in this way can we make our motherland stronger and stronger, more and more prosperous. | 