BÀI LUẬN TIẾNG ANH HAY a grouchy or grumpy person

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BÀI LUẬN TIẾNG ANH HAY
A grouchy or grumpy person

My granduncle is the grouchiest person I have ever met. I have never seen him in a happy mood
or heard him speak in a gentle voice. It is always a scowling face and a harsh grating voice. I
usually keep my distance with him and avoid contact as much as possible, although sometimes it
is not possible.
He is my grandmother's younger brother on my mother's side. My mother used to tell me that he
has had a hard life. He became the breadwinner of the family when he was in his teens after his
father died. He worked all his life in the construction business as a bricklayer and mason. It was
probably through his hard toils and labor that he developed his very grouchy personality. He is
in his sixties now but still goes out to work wherever he finds it.
He is not tall but his limbs are exceptionally long and his hands and feet are exceptionally large.
I suppose it is this combination that gives him exceptional strength for I have seen him carry two
bags of cement, one in each hand, with apparent ease. A normal man would be struggling with
just one bag. Often his workers would reap his wrath when they are unable to keep up with his
work, or his strength. Four-letter words and the worst profanities under the sun would come out
in torrents. The workers just keep quiet for none of them would dare to stand up to him.
How his wife and children tolerate him is a mystery to me. He and his wife lives together in the
same house with his son and family. There are altogether six people in their three-room house
that is just opposite mine. Frequently his harsh voice would come across as he chastises a family
member, or the family dog. No one argues back. They know it is futile.
Most mornings I see this grouchy man get into his beat-up old car on his way to work just as I go
to school. Wishing him good morning is a waste of breath for he never answers. So I have given
that up. It is better to leave him alone to scowl as much as he wants. Perhaps one day he will stop
his grouchy ways, who knows.



grouchy

easy annoyed and complaining



profanity

an offensive or obscene word or phrase



chastise

to criticize someone severely