Many people have their dreams at home and abroad. During the Ming Dynasty, there was a man Wan Hu whose dream in life was “flying to the moon”. One day, he tied himself to a chair with 47 self-made “rockets” and held a big kite in his hands. He lit the “rockets” and disappeared into the sky. Hundreds of years later, in 1969, American astronaut Neil Armstrong stepped down from Apollo 11 and walked on the moon. He was the first man to set foot on the moon. It was a great dream. (A) .

There are many people like Wan in the world. (B)他们从未停止实现他们的梦想.American civil rights leader Martin Luther King once said “I have a dream”. His dream helped American people of all races (种族) get the same right. Seeing hungry people, Yuan Longping invented the hybrid rice for his dream of “feeding everybody in China”.

Dreams are important because they give us directions for our lives. With dreams, we set goals and make plans to change our present situations. So we can always change the world for the better. Let’s work harder for our dreams.

Many people have dreams.

Wan Hu flying to the moon (C)________ helping American people of all races get the same right Yuan Longping (D)________

important, work harder

Sad but Beautiful

Last night one of my Chinese friends took me to a concert of Chinese folk music. The piece which was played on the erhu especially moved me. The music was strangely beautiful, but under the beauty I sensed a strong sadness and pain. The piece had a simple name, Erquan Yingyue (Moon Reflected on Second Spring), but it was one of the most moving pieces of music that I’ve ever heard. The erhu sounded so sad that I almost cried along with it as I listened. Later I looked up the history of Erquan Yingyue, and I began to understand the sadness in the music.

The music was written by Abing, a folk musician who was born in the city of Wuxi in 1893. His mother died when he was very young. Abing’s father taught him to play many musical instruments, such as the drums, dizi and erhu, and by age 17, Abing was known for his musical ability. However, after his father died, Abing’s life grew worse. He was very poor. Not only that, he developed a serious illness and became blind. For several years, he had no home. He lived on the streets and played music to make money. Even after Abing got married and had a home again, he continued to sing and play on the streets. He performed in this way for many years.

Abing’s amazing musical skills made him very popular during his lifetime. By the end of his life, he could play over 600 pieces of music. Many of these were written by Abing himself. It’s a pity that only six pieces of music in total were recorded for the future world to hear. But his popularity continues to this day. Today, Abing’s Erquan Yingyue is a piece which all the great erhu masters play and praise. It has become one of China’s national treasures. Its sad beauty not only paints a picture of Abing’s own life but also makes people recall their deepest wounds from their own sad or painful experiences.

Zhang Haidi (张海迪) was born in196 in Shandong. At the age of five, she became very ill and disabled. She couldn’t stand on her legs and had to sit on a wheelchair. So she couldn’t go to school. But Haidi learned to read and write at home. She learned many languages too. She knows English, French, German, and Chinese of course. And she learned Chinese medicine too. And she taught her these. She can write well, and she became a writer. She translated some English books into Chinese and wrote some books. She gave her books to the poor kids without money. She was a hero to many Chinese people.