People have always wanted to know what our future will look like. Go on reading this text, and you will know what will happen in the next fifty years.

    How can we know what the future will look like? To be able to understand the future, you have to know the past, what has taken us to where we are today and what has changed along the way? The world has changed a lot in the last 150 years, but people are driven by the same basic needs as they were 150 years ago. Will this change in the next 150 years? No.

    What inventions have really made a different in the last 150 years? In the past years, the inventions that have changed most people's everyday life are telephone, radio, television, computer, the car and the internet. Then we of course have a lot of inventions that have made life easier, like new medicine, faster cars, trains, etc. In general, people have been working hard in the last 150 years to make inventions that will make the world a better place. Since there is still much to do in the area, this will be important for at least the next 150 years.

    Why do we need to guess the future? Guessing the future is important for two reasons: First, we need to start to think about what kind of future we would like for ourselves and our children. And then we need to know what decisions we need to make today that will give us the best future.

    Sudha Chandran, a classical dancer from India, had to have herright leg cut after an accident. She was also cut off on her career (事业) road.

    Though the accident brought her bright career to a stop, shedidn't1. In the painful months, Sudha met a doctorwho had a(n)2 onher leg. So eagerly she wanted to go back to dancing after she had been fitted witha man-made leg. Sudha believed in herself and thought she could realize her dream,so she3 onher brave journey back to the world of dancing.

    After every public performance, she might ask her dad aboutit. "You still have a long way to go!" That was the4 she used to get from her father. In January 1984,Sudha made a historic comeback5giving a public performance in Bombay. Sheperformed in such a great manner that it moved6 to tears (眼泪) and this performance pushed her to number oneposition again. That evening when she asked her dad the same question, he didn't7 anything. He just touched herfeet as a praise.

    Sudha's comeback was so8 that a film producer decided to make the storyinto a hit film. It has moved more and more people.

    People wondered9 Sudhacould manage to dance again. When she was asked the question, she would just answerquite10 ,"YOUDON'T NEED FEET TO DANCE." Where there is a will, there is a way.

内容包括：

1、你和你家人都有哪些新年计划？

2、你们会如何实现这些计划？

作文要求：

1、不能照抄原文：不得在作文中出现学校的真实名称和学生的真实姓名。

2、语句连贯，词数80个左右。

Our New Year's Resolutions

参考词语: football(足球)

My room

This is my room.

I love my room.

Charles Lyell is a Scottish geologist. He was born into a wealthy family on 14 November 1797. His father, who was a scientist, kept the study well filled with books on every subject, including geology. Lyell was not a hard- working student at school, and he much preferred to have a walk in the New Forest. His first scientific hobby was collecting butterflies and insects, which he continued doing for many years. His observations(观察力) went far beyond those of other boys, and later this talent for collecting led to many important discoveries.

At the age of 19. Lyell entered Exeter College Oxford, where his interest in math and geology was developed. His interest in geology was encouraged by the wonderful lectures of William Buckland who was widely known for his effort to prove Noah's Flood by the studies of fossils. Lyell spent his long vacations travelling and making geological studies.

In 1827, Lyell started a full- time job in geology and began to plan a book which included natural explanations for geological things. He explored in Italy. Poor roads and hotels made his travel very difficult, but in the area around Mount Etna he finally confirmed his guess and got the answer he wanted.

Returning to London, he set to work immediately on his book, Principles of Geology, the first volume of which was published in July 1830. Charles Darwin once mentioned the book and said," Historians in the future will realize that the book has caused a revolution(革命) in the natural science." The book also had some influence on Charles Darwin's Theory of Evolution.

In 1848, Lyell was knighted for his scientific achievements. Lyell became more and more famous and he received many awards in his lifetime.

 What sports do you like doing? Are you in any of your school's teams? If yes, how did you make it?

I did not pass the boys' basketball tryouts (预选赛) in seventh grade. Making the team was very important to me, but my name was not on the list. On the way home, I was both angry and sad."I can't believe I didn't make the team,"I said loudly." How did Alex make the team? He can't catch up with a tortoise(乌龟)! Why is Jimmy a better choice than me? He just stands around moving his arms!"" Adam!" my mom said, cutting me off." Why don't you just stop and think? Maybe you need a little more practice."

 Suddenly(突然地),I knew she was right. It was nobody's fault(错误) but my own. I decided to work hard for the team over the next year. I practiced hard every day and had lessons every week. When summer came, I joined lots of basketball camps. Through camp after camp, my abilities(能力) grew, and I knew I was ready for tryouts in the fall.

 The day finally came. As everyone crowded around the lists, I played it cool and waited for my chance to read the names. I slowly looked down the list. Not only did I make it on the list, but my name was the very first!