There1many islands in the sea. In its warm waters there are some little2. We call them "coral Islands（珊瑚岛）".
A coral island looks3a ring of land (一圈陆地) with trees, grass, and flowers on it. One part of the ring is open to the water. There is4little round lake inside the island.
5you look into this lake, you will see beautiful coral. You may think they are flowers. If you look at a piece of coral, you will see many little holes in it. In each of these holes a very small sea animal has lived. These sea animals6the coral.
They began to build under the water. Year after7, the coral grew higher and higher. At last it grew out of the water.
Then the sea brought it small trees and something8. After some years, these things changed into earth. Sometimes the wind brought seeds (种子) to this earth. Sometimes birds flew over it and brought9to the island.
The little seeds grew. In a few years there were plants all over the island. In a few more years there were trees growing there.
So you see, these islands were built little by little. The workers were very small. Do they not teach us a lesson? Can you think10the lesson is?
On 26 February, I got an email from my friend David, asking me to go to Tanzania to train their software engineers. The company is located in Dares Salam, a beautiful coastal city to the west of the Indian Ocean. I stayed for about two weeks in that city last time I was there. During my stay there, David took me to the nearby beach and we had a wonderful walk along the coast which had left a deep impression on me. I was impressed by the ocean water and the deep blue sky.
After more than 19 hours of air travel, I was finally here at Dares Salaam Airport. The temperature here was high as usual- over 30 degrees. I felt short of breath because of the unbearable heat in this tiny hall. When I finally got my turn, I handed my passport to the officer in front of me, He had a close look at my passport. Then he asked the purpose of my stay, I told him I just wanted to travel here.
"Where do you want to visit?" he asked again.
"Dares Salsam."
"What's your job?" he asked.
"I'm a software engineer.
I will never forget this experience that I had. I still love this country.
