When I was a child, I was a tomboy(假小子). I had a cowboy hat and cowboy boots. My brothers were two and four years older than I. We often played games together.

    Once, my brothers and I fell in love with playing a game called "stealing horses". Then my parents decided to buy my brothers guns. These were not "real" guns. Because I was a girl, I didn't get a gun. They shot and shot at everything with their new guns. I tried to "fight" them with my bow and arrows (弓和箭). But I was still in the poor position without a gun.

    One day while I was hiding behind a wall, looking out toward the fields, I felt a terrible blow to my right eye. I looked up just in time to see my brother lower his gun. Both brothers rushed to my side. My eye felt great pain and I covered it with my hand. "If you tell that to Mummy," they said, "We will get a whipping(鞭打) from Daddy. You don't want that to happen, do you?" I did not. "Here is a piece of wire(电线)," said the older brother, picking it up from the floor, "Say you stepped on one end of it and the other flew up and hit you." "Yes," I said. To be honest, I didn't want them to be punished. So I did as my brothers told me to do.

    A week after the "accident" my parents took me to see a doctor. Finally I knew my brothers were worried about my eye, so they told our parents what had happened and asked them to take me to see a doctor.

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Marshall was a promising young artist. He painted with great feeling. His paintings were all characterized by a strong love and sympathy for people. His high school art teacher felt he had a special talent. 

Marshall's father didn't want him to be a painter, however. Mr. Donaldson wanted his son to be a stockbroker(股票经纪人). He wanted Marshall to continue the dynasty started by his great-great grandfather in 1820. The family business, Donaldson and Donaldson Inc. , was now a large, successful investment firm. 

Mr. Donaldson felt Marshall was much too individualistic. "Listen, " he told his son, "I had no say in choosing my career. I just did what my dad told me. "

"But you are good at business, " Marshall replied. "I'm not. I'm sure I would just cause trouble for you and problems for the company. " Marshall felt there was no way he could ever fill his father's shoes. And, although he was no stranger to high society, he didn't feel comfortable among the wealthy. He preferred the ordinary, working-class people of the city. His paintings told of their struggles and their hopes. 

Sometimes after school Marshall would hang around outside a factory gate. He would draw the workers as they came out at the end of their shift. Marshall wondered how they could keep doing that hard, boring work year after year. Then he realized most of them would be doing something different if they could. But their great obstacle in life was lack of education. 

When Marshall got home, he would take out his paintings. The paintings expressed his sympathy and respect for those hard-working people. 

Well, Marshall never did enter the family business. This angered his father. But as Marshall got older, his career as an artist began to take off. He became quite famous, and people paid large amounts for his "plain people" paintings. 

In time, this success won Marshall's dad over. Mr. Donaldson could see his son was born to paint. Marshall was glad his father finally came around. And happily, the two began to work together after all. Twice each year they held a benefit art show. 

Marshall donated a number of his paintings to be sold at each show. The persuasive Mr. Donaldson got his wealthy friends and clients(客户) to attend—and to spend. The money from the art sales was used to help factory workers improve their education. 

The documentary (纪录片), Jane, tells the life story of Jane Goodall, a zoologist from the UK. Goodall was born in England in 1934. When Goodall was a kid, she 1 living among wild animals, talking with them and learning about them one day. That 2 came when Goodall was 26 years old. She was asked to 3 chimpanzees (黑猩猩) living in Tanzania, an African country.

For 25 years, Goodall 4 with the primates (灵长类) in the wild. She found that chimpanzees make and use 5 . This was an important discovery because at that time, it was thought only humans made tools. Later in her life, Goodall 6 working to protect not only chimpanzees, but all animals. However, there are so many animals in danger. Luckily, Goodall met many 7 people during her trips. They gave her 8 that they could make a difference.

"There are a lot of young people going out and wanting to save animals." she said, "And they are so often told, '9 . It's hopeless.'" And if we think in that way, then soon there will be nothing left."

Now, she is 90 years old, but she still travels around the world and 10 people to do what they can to create a better world.

Miss Wang is having a class meeting. The students are talking about life in the future. Everyone has his or her own opinions.

Zhang Li says, "In 2050, our life will be much 1 than it is now. The sky is bluer and water is clearer. We can breathe (呼吸) the 2 air every day. We will live a happier life. We humans will share the world 3 animals and plants peacefully."

Sally thinks that it is not a dream to travel to the moon for a 4 . We can eat healthy food every day. At that time, everyone will enjoy a 5 life.

Lisa believes that people will have more free time to enjoy 6 because robots (机器人) will be very popular and will do many things for people. And we will build new homes and schools on 7 planets (星球). Maybe we can chat with each other in our new homes.

Michael thinks that no animals will 8 because of the technology of cloning (克隆技术). There will 9 no pollution (污染). The whole world will be one big family. As time goes by, we will live a much easier and happier life.

Miss Wang tells them to work hard for their dreams and future. "Nothing is impossible. And if everyone 10 his best, the world will become better and better." says Miss Wang.