A letter to myself in the future

Do you still remember writing this letter? It was 2023 and you were only 13 years old then. When you open and _______ this letter, perhaps it’s already 2035. As your younger self, I am curious as to what job you are doing.

When you were 13 years old, you were changing your dream job almost every week. Just last week, you dreamed of _______ a live streamer(在线主播). You wanted to make _______ while playing computer games. But this week, you changed your _______. You developed a crush(迷恋) on football. You said you wanted to become a _______. Many of your friends said you really had a gift for playing football. You were also very interested _______ astronomy(天文学) at that time. Your dad supported you to be an astronomer. Your mom, however, said the dream was unrealistic(不切实际的). I don’t know who’s right. Perhaps you know the answer.

I am now working very hard at school, so I believe you should have found a good job by now. Maybe in the future, _______ will not be so important because Elon Musk, the world-famous engineer, said he had already invented a chip that is able to input knowledge directly into _______ brains. For the time being, however, I believe learning is still important. If you are now enjoying lots of success, you should _______ thank me for having worked so hard to get you there!

Has anybody invented a time machine yet? If so, I hope you will travel back and chat with me face-to-face. I want to know if there __________ any more disasters in the future. If there are, I could prepare myself for them and also warn everybody around me.

Best wishes.                                                                                                                        

Wang Mei

Once upon a time, a wealthy old man lived alone in a big house. He was growing weaker day by day and was unable to ________ himself, so he decided to hire(雇佣) a nurse to help with housework and look after him.

One day, the old man ________ two nurses — Anthony and Peter. Anthony happened to be a(n) ________ young man, while Peter looked quite ordinary(普通的). The old man asked Anthony to make ________ for him. After Anthony left, the old man said to Peter, “Anthony has given me a very bad opinion of you. He said you are impolite and untrustworthy(不可信赖的). Is this correct?”

Peter thought for a minute and said, “If Anthony has a bad opinion of ________, there must be something wrong with me. I should take some time to ________ these things.”

The old man was very moved by Peter’s ________. Meanwhile, Anthony returned with a cup of tea for the old man. The old man sent Peter to make breakfast for him. He then turned to Anthony and told him, “Peter spoke very ________ of you while you were gone. What do you ________ this?” After hearing this, Anthony became angry and started saying bad language.

________, the old man hired Peter. Although Peter looked quite ordinary, he had impressive inner(内在的) beauty.