In the eighteen century, cities became larger and larger. People move from the country and small towns to cities, because there were more work for them to do in cities. In Sundays, people liked to go to the country to have good time there. But not every family had a horse and carriage(马车). Inventor(发明家)tried to meet the need. The first bicycle, that was very simple, appeared in 1790.People called them "the horse on the wheels ". Then in 1861 with much improvements, bicycles became a practical form of transportation (交通). People liked bikes because of they were less expensive than horses.

Miss Yang is one of my neighbor. As a young child he never got any pocket money from her parents, but she could earn a little by do small jobs around the neighborhood. Like most young people she dreamt being rich and famous, but she made her dream to come true. She’s now very rich, but she remembered where she came from. She has given away the lot of money over the years to setting up schools and to help poor families. She says, “For me it’s just a little money, but for much of these people it’s the difference between life or death.”