Unit 1 Live a Good Life

Marty's Story

Hello. My name is Marty Fielding. I think you might say that I am one in a million. In other words, people like me are rare in the world. You see, there is something wrong with my muscles, which makes my body very weak, so I can't run fast or climb the stairs like others. Besides, sometimes I am clumsy, accidentally drop things, or bump into furniture. Unfortunately, the doctors didn't know how to cure my illness, but I was cheerful and optimistic and learned to adapt to my physical disability. My motto is: live one day at a time.

before I was ten years old, I was the same as others. I often climb trees, swim and play football. To tell the truth, I used to dream that I would become a professional player and represent our country in the World Cup. Later, my body began to become weaker and weaker, so that I could only sit on a bench in the stadium and enjoy football. Finally, I went to the hospital for an examination and stayed in the hospital for almost three months. I think I've done at least a billion tests, including one, in which they cut a small piece of muscle from my leg and observed it under a microscope. Even after all these tests, no one can diagnose the disease. Therefore, it is difficult to know what the future will be like.

the problem is that I look like a normal person. Therefore, when I run a short distance, I will be out of breath, or I will have to stop to rest halfway up the stairs. Therefore, when I was in primary school, some children would laugh at me when they saw me. Sometimes I am too weak to go to school, so I miss a lot of homework. Every time I miss class, I feel stupid because I am behind others.

My life in middle school was much easier than that in primary school, because my classmates began to accept my situation. Some students can't see my inner world, but I'm not angry, just ignore them. All in all, I live a good life. I am glad that I can do many things, such as writing and computer programming. I am ambitious. When I grow up, I want to work in a company that develops computer software. I invented a computer football game last year, and a big company has decided to buy it from me. My life is so full that I have no time to sit around and feel sorry for myself. Besides going to the movies and football matches with my friends, I also spend a lot of time with my pets. I have two rabbits, a parrot, a goldfish and a turtle. I have to spend a lot of time taking care of these pets, but I think it's worth it. Besides, I still have a lot of homework, especially after I was ill for a while.

In many ways, my physical disability has made me stronger and more independent psychologically. I have to work hard to lead a normal life, but it's worth it. If I have a chance to say a word to healthy children, it is: physical disability does not mean that life is not happy. Therefore, don't feel sorry for the disabled, or make fun of them, and don't ignore them. Accept them and give them encouragement so that they can live a colorful and fulfilling life like you.

thank you for reading my story.

a letter from Marty

to the architect, Ms. Sandas

Alice. Major

Chief Architect No.64 Cambridge Street

Cinema Design Company Bankstown

No.44 Hill Street

Bankstown

2 (September 2,4,

Dear Ms. Sandars:

I learned from the newspaper today that you will be the architect of the new Bankstown cinema. I hope you don't mind my writing to ask if you have considered the needs of disabled customers. In particular, I wonder if you have considered the following points:

1. Provide full convenience for people in wheelchairs to enter the cinema. It will be convenient to install elevators in all parts of the cinema. The buttons of the elevator should be accessible to people in wheelchairs, and the elevator doors should be wide enough. In some cinemas, the elevator is located in a cold and inconspicuous place behind the cinema. Because disabled people have to use these elevators, it makes them feel inferior to other spectators.

2. provide headphones for people with hearing impairment. It will help to have headphones next to all the seats, not a few seats. In this way, the audience with hearing impairment can sit with friends with normal hearing, instead of sitting in a specific area.

3. Raise the seat. Short people often can't see the screen. So I'd like to suggest that the seats in the back row of the cinema should be arranged high in front, so that everyone can easily see the screen. Maybe we can leave a bright spot at the head of each row so that people in wheelchairs can sit next to their friends.

4. the toilet. Arranging toilets near the entrance to the cinema will make people with disabilities feel more convenient. Only arranging a toilet for the disabled in the basement far from the projection hall will bring them trouble. Disabled people will be very happy if the toilet door can be designed to open outwards.

5. Parking lot. Of course, parking lots have to be specially arranged for disabled drivers and elderly drivers. If these parking lots are close to the entrance and exit of the cinema, people with disabilities will get to the cinema easily.

thank you for reading my letter. I hope you can agree with my suggestion. Disabled people should have the same opportunities as able-bodied people to enjoy

movies, while maintaining their dignity. If the cinema you design can provide convenience for the disabled, then I believe many people will praise your cinema, and the owner of the cinema will be happy, because more people can go to the cinema and they can earn more money.

Unit 2 Robot

Bao Jun is satisfied

Larry Belmont works in a company that produces robots. Recently, the company will test a home robot. This experiment will be tried by Larry's wife Claire.

Claire doesn't want to leave the robot at home, especially when her husband is away from home for three weeks. But Claire was persuaded by Larry. He said that the robot won't hurt her and won't let others hurt her. . This will be an unexpected gain. However, when she first saw the robot, she felt a little surprised. The robot, whose name is Tony, looks more like a person than a machine. Although his facial expression has not changed, he is tall and handsome, with flat hair and a deep voice.

The next morning, Tony brought her breakfast in an apron, and then asked her if she needed help getting dressed. She felt a little embarrassed and quickly sent him away. Robots are so human, which makes her feel upset and scared.

One day, Claire said that she didn't think she was smart. Tony said that Claire must be very unhappy to say such a thing. Claire thinks it's ridiculous that robots will show sympathy to her. But she began to trust Tony. She told Tony that she was too fat, which made her very unhappy. And for someone like Larry who wants to improve her social status, her home is not elegant enough. Unlike gladys Clafin, gladys is a well-known rich and powerful woman.

To make Claire happy, Tony promised to help her make her beautiful and her home elegant and generous. So Claire borrowed a bunch of books from the library for Tony to read or browse. She watched in surprise as his fingers turned the page and couldn't help reaching out and touching his fingers. His fingernails and his soft and warm skin surprised her greatly. How ridiculous it is, she thought. He is just a machine!

Tony changed Claire's hairstyle and makeup style. Tony was not allowed to accompany Claire to the store, so Tony wrote her a shopping list. Claire went to town to buy curtains, cushions, carpets and bedding. Then she went to a jewelry store to buy a necklace. The salesgirl at the counter was rude to her, so she called Tony and asked the salesgirl to talk to Tony. The salesman changed his attitude at once. Claire thanked Tony and said he was a "lovely person". As soon as she turned around, she saw gladys Clafin standing there. Claire thought, how embarrassing it is to be discovered by gladys! From the funny and surprised look on gladys's face, Claire knew that gladys thought she was having an affair: after all, gladys knew that her husband was Larry, not Tony.

Claire came home and sat in an armchair, crying with anger. Claire tried to imitate gladys's every move. Tony told Claire that you can be like gladys, and suggested that Claire invite gladys and her friends to come home to play, the night before Tony left and Larry came home. Tony wants to remodel the house before this.

Tony is methodically decorating. Claire once tried to help, but she was so clumsy that she fell off the ladder. Although Tony was in the next room, he came in time to catch her. He held her tightly in his arms, and she felt the warmth on him. She screamed, pushed him away and ran back to her room, and she never came out that day.

the night of the party came. The clock strikes eight and the guests will be here soon. Claire told Tony to go to the other room. At that moment, Tony bent his arm around her and bent down to put his face close to hers. She shouted "Tony" and then heard Tony solemnly say that he didn't want to leave her tomorrow, and he wasn't satisfied with just making her happy. Just then, the doorbell at the front door rang. Tony released her and disappeared without a trace. It was then that Claire realized that Tony had already opened the curtains in the front window. Her guests saw all this clearly.

Claire and her house and delicious food left a deep impression on the ladies. Just before they left, Claire heard gladys whisper to another woman that she had never seen such a handsome man as Tony. What a sweet victory to be jealous of those ladies! Claire may not be as beautiful as they are, but none of them has such a handsome lover.

at this moment, she remembered that Tony was just a machine. She shouted, "Leave me alone for a while!" I ran to bed and cried all night. A car drove up the next morning and picked Tony up.

The company is very satisfied with the experimental report that Tony spent three weeks with Claire. Tony protected a person from harm. He kept Claire from hurting herself because of her sense of failure. That night, he opened the curtains and let other women see him with Claire. He knew that doing so would not harm Claire's marriage. However, although Tony is clever, he still has to make some changes-he can't make women and machines fall in love.

Biography of isaac asimov

isaac asimov is an American scientist and writer. He has written about 48 books, including grotesque novels, science and history, and even books about the Bible and Shakespeare. However, his most famous work is his science fiction. Asimov not only has extraordinary imagination, which enables him to explore the future world, but also has amazing intelligence, which enables him to explain all kinds of things in the present and the past.

Asimov's life began in Russia, and he was born on January 2, 192. Asimov's life ended in new york, and he died on April 6th, 1992. He died of HIV infection in a blood transfusion nine years ago.

Asimov moved to new york with his parents and his one-year-old sister when he was three years old. There, his parents bought a candy store and have been operating it for about 4 years. When Asimov was nine years old, his mother was pregnant with his third child, and he began to work part-time in a candy store. He worked in a candy store during his middle school and college years. He didn't stop working in a candy store until 1942, one year after he got his master's degree in chemistry. In 1942, he worked as a junior chemist in Philadelphia Naval Shipyard for three years. He received a doctorate in chemistry in 1948. In the second year, he worked as a biochemistry teacher in the medical school of Boston University. In 1958, he gave up teaching and became a full-time writer.

As early as when Asimov was 11 years old, his writing talent had been revealed. He read two chapters from his novel to a friend, who thought he was retelling a story from a book. This surprised Asimov. Since then, he has been seriously engaged in writing. Asimov began to publish stories in science fiction magazines in 1939, his first novel in 195 and his first science book in 1953.

Asimov has won many prizes in his life, both for science fiction and science books. Among his most famous science fiction novels, there is an award-winning book called "The Base Trilogy" (1951-1953) with three short stories about the demise and revival of a great empire in the future galaxy. The basic material is taken from the decline of the Roman Empire, but it is about the future. These books are famous because Asimov created a theoretical shelf to explain how ideas might develop in the future. His collection of short stories I, Robot (195) is also famous. In this book, he put forward three "principles" of robots. For example, the first principle stipulates that robots must not harm humans, and they must not allow humans to be harmed. His ideas about robots later influenced other authors and even those scientists engaged in artificial intelligence research.

Asimov was married twice. He married his first wife in 1942 and had a boy and a girl. The marriage lasted for 31 years. Shortly after the divorce in 1973, Asimov got married again, but he had no children with his second wife.

Unit 3 Killer Whale Old Tom

In June 192, when I was only 16 years old, I started working in a whaling station. I've heard of killer whales before. They help whalers catch whales every year. At that time, I thought it was just a story, but I saw it with my own eyes and saw it many times.

I came to the fishing station one afternoon.