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【正文】 ore than 200 m etres deep. In winter the surface freezes over. It takes about an hour to cl im b from the end of the road to the top of the m ountai n. When you arrive you are rewarded not onl y wi th the sight of i ts cl ear waters, but al so by the vi ew of the other si xteen m ountai n peaks that suround Ti anchi . There are many stori es tol d about Tianchi. The m ost wel known concerns three young wom en from heaven. They were bathi ng i n Ti anchi when a bi rd flew above them and dropped a sm al l frui t onto the dress of the youngest gi rl . When she pi cked up the frui t to sm el i t, it fl ew i nto her mouth. H avi ng swal owed the frui t, the gi rl becam e pregnant and l ater gave bi rth to a handsom e boy. It i s sai d that thi s boy, who had a great gi ft for l anguages and persuasi on, is the father of the Manchu peopl e. If you are l ucky enough to vi sit the Lake of Heaven wi th your loved one, don’t fet to drop a coi n i nto the cl ear bl ue water to guarantee your l ove wil l be as deep and lasti ng as the l ake i tsel f. 選修七 Uni t 1 MARTY’S STORY Hi, m y nam e i s Marty Fi el di ng and I guess you coul d say that I am “one i n a mi l i on”. In other words, there are not m any peopl e li ke m e. You see, I have a m uscl e di sease whi ch m akes m e very weak, so I can’t run or cl im b stai rs as qui ckl y as other peopl e. In additi on, som etim es I am very cl um sy and drop thi ngs or bum p i nto furni ture. Unfortunatel y, the doctors don’t know how to m ake me beter, but I am very outgoi ng and have learned to adapt to m y di sabil ity. My m otto i s: li ve one day at a ti me. Until I was ten years ol d I was the same as everyone el se. I used to cl im b trees, swim and pl ay footbal l. In fact, I used to dream about pl ayi ng profesi onal footbal l and possi bl y representi ng m y country i n the Worl d Cup. Then I started to get weaker and weaker, until I coul d onl y enjoy footbal l from a bench at the stadi um . In the end I went i nto hospi tal for m edi cal tests. I stayed there for nearl y three months. I thi nk I had at l east a bil li on tests, i ncl udi ng one i n whi ch they cut out a pi ece of m uscl e from m y l eg and l oked at i t under a m icroscope. Even after al that, no one coul d gi ve my di sease a name and it i s di ffi cul t to know what the future hol ds. One probl em i s that I don’t l ook any di fferent from other peopl e. So som etim es som e chi l dren i n m y prim ary school would l augh, when I got out of breath after runni ng a short way or had to stop and rest hal fway up the stai rs. Som eti m es, too, I was too weak to go to school so m y educati on suffered. Every tim e I returned after an absence, I fel t stupi d because I was behi nd the others. My l ife i s a l ot easi er at high school because m y fel ow students have accepted m e. The few who canot see the real person insi de m y body do not make m e annoyed, and I just i gnore them. Al i n al I have a good li fe. I am happy to have found m any thi ngs I can do, l i ke writi ng and puter program mi ng, My am bi tion i s to work for a firm that devel ops puter software when I grow up. Last year I i nvented a puter footbal l gam e and a bi g pany has deci ded to buy i t from m e. I have a very busy l ife wi th no tim e to si t around feel i ng sory for m ysel f. As wel as goi ng to the m ovi es and footbal l m atches wi th m y fri ends, I spend a l ot of tim e wi th m y pets. I have two rabbi ts, a parot, a tank ful of fi sh and a tortoi se. To l ook after m y pets properl y takes a l ot of ti m e but I fi nd i t worthwhi le. I al so have to do a lot of work, especi al y i f I have been away for a whi le. In m any ways m y di sabi li ty has hel ped m e grow stronger psychol ogi cal y and be e m ore i ndependent. I have to work hard to li ve a norm al l ife but i t has been worth i t. If I had a chance to say one things to heal thy chi l dren, i t woul d be thi s: havi ng a di sabi li ty does not m ean your l i fe i s not sati sfyi ng. So don’t feel sorry for the di sabl ed or m ake fun of them , and don’t i gnore them ei ther. Just accept them for who they are, and gi ve them encouragement to l ive as ri ch and ful a li fe as you do. Thank you for readi ng m y story. A LETTER TO AN ARCH ITECT Ms L Sanders Ali ce Major Chi ef archi tect 64 Cambri dge Street Ci nem a Desi gns Bankstown 44 H il l Street Bankstown 24 Septem ber, 200— Dear Ms Sanders, I read i n the newspaper today that you are to be the archi tect for the new Bankstown ci nem a. I hope you wi l not m ind m e wri ti ng to ask i f you have thought about the needs of di sabl ed custom ers. In parti cular I wonder i f you have consi dered the fol l owi ng thi ngs: 1 Adequate access for wheel chai rs. It woul d be handy to have l i fts to al l parts of the ci nem a. The butons i n the li fts shoul d be easy for a person in a wheel chai r to reach, and the doors be wi de enough to enter. In som e ci nemas, the li fts are at the back of the ci nem a i n col d, unattractive pl aces. As di sabled peopl e have to use the l i fts, thi s m akes them feel they are not as im portant as other custom ers. 2 Earphones for people who have troubl e heari ng. It woul d hel p to fit sets of earphones to al seats, not just to some of them . This woul d al low heari ngim pai red custom ers to enjoy the pany of their heari ng fri ends rather than havi ng to sit i n a speci al area. 3 Rai sed seati ng. Peopl e who are short cannot al ways see the screen. So I’d l i ke to sugest that the seats at the back be pl aced hi gher than those at the front so that everyone can see the screen easil y. Perhaps there coul d be a space at the end of each row for peopl e i n wheel chai rs to si t next to their fri end