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MOTHER OFTEN THOUSANDBABIESLife isprecious....To aperson nothingis1,precious thantheir life,and ifthey entrustme withthatlife,how couldI refusethat trust,saying Imcold,hungry,or tired”These wordsof Dr Lin Qiaozhigiveus alook into the heartof this amazing woman,and2carried herthrough alife ofhard choices.As afiveyearold girl,Lin Qiaozhiwas deeplyaffected byher mothersdeath.At age18,instead offollowingthe traditionalpath ofmarriage likethe majorityof girls,she choseto studymedicine.Whyshould girlslearn somuch Findinga goodhusband shouldbe theirfinal goal!”her brother3plain,thinking of the hightuition fees.She responded,Id ratherstay singleto studyall mylife!”Eight years later,Lin graduatedfrom PekingUnion MedicalCollege PUMCwith theWenhaiScholarship,the highestprize givento graduates.She4immediate became the firstwoman everto behiredas aresident physicianin theOBGYN departmentof the PUMC Hospital.Within sixmonths,shewas nameda chiefresident physician,a positionthat usuallytook fouryears to achieve.After workingfora fewyears,she wassent to study inEurope and then,in1939,in the US.She greatlyimpressed herAmericancolleagues,who invitedher tostay.Dr Lin,5,rejected theoffer.She wanted to servethewomen and children athome.In1941,Dr Linbecame the first Chinesewoman everto be appointed directorof theOBGYNdepartment of thePUMCHospital,but justa fewmonths later,the departmentwas closedbecause of thewar.Thinking of all thepeople stillin needof help,Dr Linopened6private clinic.She chargedvery lowfeesto treatpatients andoften reducedcosts forpoor patients.At timesshe waseven seenriding adonkeyto farawayvillages7provide medicalcare.The newPeoples Republicof Chinasaw DrLin Qiaozhiplaying a key role.In1954,she waselectedto thefirst NationalPeoples Congressand,over the next severaldecades,she heldmany importantpositions.Her heart,however,was elsewhere.She wasmore interestedin8tend patients,publishingmedical researchon carefor womenandchildren,and trainingthenextgeneration ofdoctors.TheOBGYN departmentcares fbrtwo livesJ Shetold newstaff inher department.As doctors,we shouldberesponsible9the patientsand treat them asoursisters.Though LinQiaozhi nevermarried,she wasknown asthe motherof tenthousand babies”,havingdelivered over50,000babies inher lifetime.DrLindid notretire untilthe dayshe died,22April

1983.Since she had nochildren ofher own,she lefther10saving to akindergarten anda fundfbr newdoctors.And evenas shelay dying,her finalthoughts werefbr others:Im readyto go,“she said.Dont try to rescueme any more.Dont wastethe medicineanymore.^^THE STONEIN THEROADOnce upona timethere was a kingwho oftenthought,Nothing goodcan eto anation whosepeopleplain andexpect others1solve theirproblems.One day,hehadan idea.Early onemorning,the king2disguise himselfand wenttoa local village.He placeda largestone inthe middle of the mainstreet andhid goldcoins underthe stone.Then hehid behinda hugemaple treeandwatched.The first person down the streetwas amilkman withhis cart.He crashedinto the stone,spilling themilkeverywhere.What foolput thisstone here^^he shouted.He pickedhimself upand3angry wentaway.After awhile,a groupof womencame along,each balancinga potof wateron herhead.One womantrippedover the stone andher waterpot wentcrashing to the ground.She pickedherself upand limpedawayin4tear.Neither shenor herfriends thoughtabout movingthe stoneout of the road.The kingwatched allday asmany peopleplained aboutthe stone,5he foundnobody making6attempt tomove it.The kingwas indespair.Is thereno onein thisvillage7feels anyresponsibility tokeeptheir neighboursfrom harm^^Just then,the kingsaw ayoung girling along.She wasthe daughterofalocal farmer.She hadbeenworking allday andwas verytired.But whenshe sawthestone,she saidto herself,This stoneis adangerto anyonewho esdownthe street afterdark.Til move it outoftheway.The girlpushed thestonewith allher might.After agreat dealof effort,she finallysucceeded in8moveittotheside ofthestreet.Imagine hersurprise whenshe sawthe goldcoins wherethestone hadbeen!Just then,the kingstepped outfrom behindthe tree.Oh sir,“the girlsaid,does thisgold belong9you Ifnot,we surelymust findthe owner,fbr hewill certainlymiss it.”The kingsaid,My dear,the goldis mine.I putit in the roadand movedthestoneover it.Now thegoldis yours,because youare theonly personwho10learn thelesson Iwantedtoteach mypeople.”Travel journalin San FranciscoToday wasmy firstday back in SanFrancisco aftercamping in the RedwoodForest andvisiting thewinecountry ofNapa Valley.I haveto admitthat itl definitefeels goodto bebackin the cityagain.And whata city—a citythat wasable torebuild itselfafter theearthquake thatoccurred in

1906.Thereare so many beautifulold buildings-many sittingon topof bighills,offering greatviews ofthe city,theocean,andthe Golden Gate Bridge.My hotelis neardowntown,in the Mission District,one ofthe2old partsofthecity.Many ofthepeople livinghere arefrom Mexicoor CentralAmerica.This districtused tobeapoor areaof town,3isnow a centre fbr art,music,and food.In fact,an artmovement calledtheMissionSchool“started here.Its influencedby graffitiart andic art.I walkedaround lookingatthestreet artfbrafew hours.It wasquitemodem andlively.Afterwards,I atesome deliciousMexicanChinese noodlesfrom afood truck.Areal mixof cultureshere!In theafternoon,I headed4alocalmuseum thatshowed thehistorical changesin California.I learntthatAmerica gotCalifornia fromMexico in

1848.In thesame year,gold5discover nearSanFrancisco,6started agold rush.Over300,000people camefrom all over the world7seek theirfortune,and SanFranciscoquickly becamea bigcity.Many Chinesearrived duringthis period.To earn8living,someopened upshops and restaurants in Chinatown.Many othersfound jobson farms,joined thegold rush,orwent tobuild therailway thatjoined Californiatotheeastern regionofthecountry.The museumdid areallygood jobof showing9America wasbuilt byimmigrants fromdifferent countriesand cultures.When theseimmigrants lefttheir countries,they carrieda bitof homein theirhearts,and builta newhomehere.This evening,I wentto Chinatown.There weresomanygood cafesandrestaurantsto choosefrom.I10select aCantonese restaurantthat servedits foodon beautifulchina plates.What greatfood!Thafs enoughfbr today.Tomorrow evening,Im goingtoajazz barin theRichmond Distinct.Cant wait!WELE TOCHINATOWN!The Chinatownin SanFrancisco isthe biggestin America,and alsothe oldest.It isa verypopulartourist drawthat receivesmore visitorseach yearthan eventheGoldenGateBridge.The climateis mildallyear round,J meanit isalways agood timeto visit.Historically,Chinese immigrants2settle inthe areaduring therailroad constructionand goldrushperiod.What startedasaresidential areafbr Chinese3immigrant thenturned intoacentrefbr Chineseculture.The majorityof residentsinChinatownare stillethnic Chinese,many ofwhom donot speakEnglishfluently.This allowsvisitors to experience areal tasteof China.Most of Chinatown4destroyed inthe1906earthquake,but thecity andresidents rebuiltit,takingcare toinclude lots of Chinesearchitecture.5traditional,visitors enterChinatown throughthelegendary DragonGate,which wasbuilt usingmaterials6donate fromChina.Other famoussitesinclude theTin HowTemple andBank ofCanton,to namebut afew.Visitors canalso spendhours justexploringthe interestingsights,smells,and soundsofChina.Portsmouth Squareis alsoakeysite,beingthe centre7Chinatown.It hasa longand famoushistory,with theauthor RobertLouis Stevensonhavingspent muchtime writingthere.These days,the squareisagreat placeto seetraditional Chineseculture inreallife,such asgames ofChinese chess,and peoplepractising taichi.The storesintheChinatown offera uniquerange ofsouvenirs,goods,and clothing.All kindsoftraditional Chineseherbal medicinecan befound,too,and thereare Chinese tea stores,8visitors cantasteand buyvarieties ofChinesetea.But perhaps9many touristsand SanFranciscans treasuremost aboutChinatown isits food.There isChinesefood JOsuiteveryones taste,with traditionaldishes fromalloverChina.Chinatowns arean importantpart ofthe diverseculture ofthe USA.They allowvisitors whohavenever beento Chinatoexperiencetraditional Chineseculture firsthand.SPACE:THE FINALFRONTIER“Are wealone Whatsout there^^People havealways lookedup atthe starsand wonderedaboutspace.Today,scientists design_1vehicle tocarry astronautsinto spaceto makeimportant discoveries.Space explorationhas ea longway,and wenow hopeto discoverother planets that aresuitable enoughtosupport lifeBeforethemid20th century,most peoplefelt_2travel into space wasonly adream that could neveretrue.However,scientists weredetermined torealise thatdream.After manyexperiments,theysucceeded inmaking rocketsthatcouldescape Earthsgravity.On4October1957,the Sputnik1satellite3launch bythe USSRand successfullyorbited aroundEarth.Afterwards,the USSRfocused onsendingpeople intospace,and on12April1961,Yuri Gagarinbecamethefirstpersonintheworld toenter space.Over eightyearslater,on20July1969,American astronautNeil Armstrongstepped ontothe moon,famously saying,“Thats onesmall stepfbr[a]man,one giantleap fbrmankind.^^Following this,therewere many_4important spaceachievements.For example,on5September1977,Americas NASAspaceagency launchedVoyager1to studydeep space,and itstill transmitsdata tothis day.And theInternationalSpace Station1998has provideda continuoushuman presencein space,with astronautsfrommany differentcountries onboard.Although scientiststryto make surenothing goeswrong,accidents canstill happen.For example,allthe astronautson theSoyuz11,Challenger,and Columbiaspacecrafts diedduring theirmissions._5,while suchdisasters broughtmuch sadnessand_6disappoint,the desireto explorethe universedid notdie.This isbecause peoplebelieve inthe importanceof carryingon space exploration despitethe hugerisks.Chinas spaceprogramme startedlater thanthose ofRussia andtheUS,but ithas madegreat progressin a shorttime.China becamethe thirdcountry intheworldto7independent sendhumans intospace in2003,when YangLiwei successfullyorbited EarthintheShenzhou5spacecraft.Then Shenzhou6and7pleted asecond mannedorbit andthefirstChinese spacewalk,followed bythe vehicleJade Rabbitbeingsent tothe moontostudyits surface.On23July2020,China sentTian wen1to explorethe surfaceofMars.It arrivedin February2021and thensent_8lots ofvaluable information.And from2021to2022,China pleteda numberof rocketmissions toestablish itsown spacestation.In2022,the launchof theMengtianmodule_9signal thebasic pletionoftheTiangong SpaceStation.This modemspace stationwillallow astronautsto conductmany importantexperiments,greatly furtheringour understandingof theuniverse.The futureof space exploration_10remain bright.Many countrieshave plansto furtherstudyplanets likeMars andJupiter.Despite thedifficulties,scientists hopetomakemore valuablediscoveriesthat willenable thehuman raceto survivewell intothe future.IS EXPLORINGSPACE AWASTE OFTIME ANDMONEYCountries around the globeare spendingbillions ofdollars andlotsoftime onvarious spacemissions,whether toMars orother planetsmuch furtheraway.Some peopleargue thatwe shouldstop wastingtimeand moneyexploring space.Instead,we shouldfeed the worlds poorand findimmediate solutionstoother problems,such aspollution andfatal diseases.However,others feelthis isa shallowview lfails torealisehow exploring space helpsus.Firstly,exploring spacehas alreadymade2difference inthe fightagainst worldhunger.It hasdirectlyresulted inthe manysatellites thatnow orbitEarth.A numberofthesatellites recorddata onlandand weatherpatterns.Then thedata is3transmit toscientists onEarth.After carefulanalysis,thescientists canprovide usefulremendations andadvice forfarmers.As aresult,spacebased sciencehashelped farmingin itsefforts togrow enoughfood tofeed Earthsincreasing population.Secondly,spaceexplorationhas alreadypromoted technologicalimprovements thatbenefit usall.Highend productsaroundtheworld aremade toa higherstandard nowbecause of4advance technologywhichwas firstcreated tomeet therequirements forspaceexploration.For example,space technologies5help theresearch anddevelopment ofdifferent typesof newmaterial.They havealso helpedpartiesmake betterheart monitorsand othermachines thatdoctors regularlyuse.Today,space technologiesarewidely used6all kindsof industries,and everydayproducts,such asGPS,memory foampillows andsmartphonecameras,are changingour lives.Finally,sending astronautsintospacehas helpedpeople tothink abouttheworldsproblems andevento findways tosolve them.7see picturesof ourplanet asan islandinablack seamade peoplerealisethat ourplanets8resource arelimited.In orderto providefor sucha rapidlyincreasing population,scientists aretrying tofind otherplanetsthatcould oneday beour newhome.The9great attentionatpresent ison Mars10it iscloser toEarth.In thefuture,humans maylive onboth planets.In closing,exploringspaceprovides theworld withmany differentbenefits.Therefore,it shouldcontinueso asto providenew andbetter solutionsto peoplesshortterm andlongterm problems.。