—Yes. Now I know it's famous for its natural beauty.

    Curt Von Badinski is an engineer of a company in San Francisco. {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (然而)，his home is in Los Angeles, which is 770 {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (英里)away from his workplace, so he has to take a plane work and back.

    Every workday morning, von Badinski gets up at 5 a.m. for the 15-minute drive to the airport. After{#blank#}3{#/blank#}(停放)his car, he goes straight to take the plane. After a 90-minute flight, he {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(着陆)at Oakland Airport and drives to his company. The {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (整个的)trip takes him about 3 hours.

    Von Badinski pays the airline 2,300 dollars monthly so that he can fly{#blank#}6{#/blank#} (自由地)at any time to and from San Francisco.

    Flying to work every day is not {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (容易的)for von Badinski because he can only sleep five hours every night, but he believes{#blank#}8{#/blank#} (没有什么)could be more important to him than his family. He had thought about several ways to solve the problem，{#blank#}9{#/blank#} (包括)moving his family to San Francisco, but none of them worked.

    "The six-hour round trip shows that I have the{#blank#}10{#/blank#} (能力)to have all the things I want." he explains. "I am always excited to start a new day"

    More people like living in a city now, especially young people who like new and modern things. Most people think it is much {#blank#}1{#/blank#}（容易）to find work in a city. They think there are a lot of {#blank#}2{#/blank#}（有乐趣的）things to do and places to see in the city. There are also many {#blank#}3{#/blank#}（选择）of public transport. When they feel tired, they can eat in good restaurants, visit museums, go to cinemas and go to{#blank#}4{#/blank#}（自然）parks .

    {#blank#}5{#/blank#}（然而）, in my opinion, living in the city will cost more. What's more, The {#blank#}6{#/blank#}（人口）of the city is getting bigger and bigger. So it's a  {#blank#}7{#/blank#}（遗憾）that the city is always{#blank#}8{#/blank#}（拥挤的）, noisy and dirty. And it is very difficult to find a good place where people can enjoy {#blank#}9{#/blank#}（和平）and fresh air. So we should try hard  {#blank#}10{#/blank#}（改善）the serious situation.