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Millionaire Peter became blind because of an illness. The doctor told him that only by having a cornea transplant surgery (眼角膜移植手术) could he1his sight. Peter offered a large amount of money for the cornea, but he didn't get any 2.
Because Peter was too proud of his 3 and had done many unkind things, he had a bad reputation. So as soon as donors (捐赠者) heard his name, all of them4.
At first Peter got 5easily because of his wealth, but later, he had nothing to do but wait quietly.
One day, Peter6 his way to the little square before the hospital. He raised his head to enjoy the sunshine. However, he saw nothing but darkness. Just then, someone 7 him all of a sudden. Peter became annoyed, so he cried, "Don't you have 8? Don't you see who you hit? I'm millionaire Peter!"
The answer was from a9, "Sorry, sir. Please forgive me!" Peter then said. "I can forgive you but you must chat with me!" The boy said yes. Peter nodded happily and his face10 with a smile. Peter asked, "Is the scene here beautiful?" The boy began describing it, "How beautiful! The green grass, the blue sky, and the beautiful flowers everywhere…"
Peter began to11that boy as he was listening. 12 he became impatient, shouting toward the sky. "Oh, my God, the little boy is so poor, he has nothing but a pair of eyes! Why do you give him light？"
At this moment, a lady 13 Peter, "You are wrong! My son is too poor to have eyes. What he just said is what I told him!"14, Peter sat on the square, tears running down his face.
Since then, the city charity would 15 a large amount of money every year. The donor was the very millionaire named Peter.
It's 2035. You have a job, a family and you're about 40 years old! Welcome to your future life.
Getting ready for work, you pause in front of the mirror. "Turn red，" you say. Your shirt changes from sky blue to deep red. Tiny preprogrammed electronics (电子器件) are rearranged in your shirt to change its color. Looking into the mirror, you find it hard to believe you're 40. You look much younger. With amazing advances in medicine, people in your generation may live to be 150 years old. You're not even middleaged!
As you go into the kitchen and prepare to pour your breakfast cereal into a bowl, you hear, "To lose weight, you shouldn't eat that，" from your shoes. They read the tiny electronic code (电子源码) on the cereal box to find out the nutrition details. You decide to listen to your shoes. "Kitchen, what can I have for breakfast？" A list of possible foods appears on the counter as the kitchen checks its food supplies.
"Ready for your trip to space？" you ask your son and daughter. In 2005 only specially trained astronauts went into space—and very few of them. Today anyone can go to space for day trips or longer vacations. Your best friend even works in space. Handing your children three strawberries each, you add, "The doctor said you need these for space travel. " Thanks to medical advances, vaccination shots (防疫针) are a thing of the past. Ordinary foods contain specific vaccines. With the berries in their mouths, the kids head for the front door.
It's time for you to go to work. Your car checks your fingerprints and unlocks the doors. "My office. Autopilot，" you command. Your car drives itself down the road and moves smoothly into traffic on the highway. You sit back and unroll your enewspaper. The latest news downloads and fills the viewer. Looking through the pages, you watch the news as video film rather than read it.
No one can believe that the over 6, 300kilometer Great Wall might disappear some day. Believe it or not, the Great Wall is being destroyed by people. Less than 20 percent of the Great Wall built in the Ming Dynasty, is still perfect, but about 80 percent is in danger. The Great Wall can be called "great" mostly because of its amazing length. But we should realize that the length was made up of one brick at a time. If we do nothing to save the Great Wall, it will become a series of separate wasteland rather than a historic site.
The Great Wall is actually a series of walls built and rebuilt by different dynasties over the past 2, 000 years. It began in the rule of China's first emperor, Qin Shihuang of the Qin Dynasty (221BC—206BC), and lasted into the Ming Dynasty. The parts built before the Ming Dynasty have nearly disappeared. People are familiar with sections such as Badaling in Beijing and Jiayuguan Pass in Gansu, because they have been open to tourists for many years. But those sections far away from the public eyes have been almost forgotten.
Few local people knew the 3meterhigh walls made of earth and stones beside them are parts of the Great Wall. The lack of knowledge is considered as one of the main reasons behind human.
The bricks on the Great Wall are carried off by countryside people to build their houses, sheep corrals and pigsties. Some were taken away to build roads. Bricks carved with people's names are put away as remembrances. The rubbish is spread over the battlements. The brick can be sold 15 yuan per tractor load. Those who destroyed and are destroying the Wall know its name, but are not clear about its cultural meaning. It will take a long time to let them know this. The local farmers not only carried off the body of the Wall but also dug out the entire base.
It is necessary to protect the Great Wall. First of all, the officials should be aware of the importance of the Great Wall. Young Chinese should know more about the nation's great civilization and learn to love it.
