【正文】 like to help as the WWF suggests.”The carpet Rose against and alm ost at once they were i n a thick rai nforest. A m onkey Watched them as it rubbed itself. “What are you doing?”asked Daisy. “I’m protecting myself from mosquitoes,”it replied. “When I find a m il i pede i nsect, I rub i t over m y body. It contai ns a powerful drug whi ch affect m osqui toes. You shoul d pay m ore atenti on to the rai nforest where I l i ve and appreci ate how the animals live rainforest,no animals,no drugs. ” Daisy was amazed. “Flying carpet, pl ease take m e hom e so I can tel WWF and we can begin producing this new drug. Monkey,please e and help,”The m onkey agreed. The carpet fl ew home. As they l anded, thi ngs begi n to di sappear. Two mi nutes l ater everythi ng had gone the m onkey,too. So Daisy was not able to make her new drug. But what an experience!She had learned so much!And there was always WWF …… (2)Anim al exti ncti on Many anim al s have di sappeared duri ng the long hi story of the earth. The m ost famous of these anim als are di nosaurs. They li ved on the earth tens mil li on of years ago,l ong before hum ans cam e i nto being and thei r future seem ed secure at that ti me. There were many di fferent ki nds of di nosaur and a num ber of them used to li ve i n chi na. The eggs of twentyfive speci es have been found in Xi xi a County, Nanyang,H enan provi nce. N ot l ong ago a rare new speci es of bi rdli ke di nosaur was di scovered i n Country, l i aoni ng Provi nce. When sci enti sts inspected the bones, they were surprised to fi nd that these dinosaurs coul d not onl y run li ke the others but also clim b trees. They l earned thi s from the way the bones were joined together. Di nosaurs di ed out suddenl y about 65mi l ion years e scientists think it came after an unexpected i nci dent when a huge rock from space hit the earth and put too much dust i nto the thers thi nk the earth got too hot for the di nosaurs to l ive on any knows for sure why and how dinosaur disappeared from the earth in such a short ti me. We know many other wi ld plants, animal s,insects and bi rds 1 any l owever, thi s real i ty al so worried m y desi gners. As tim e went by, I was made sm al l er . Fi rst as a PC(personal puter)and then as a l aptop, I have been used i n offi ces and hom es si nce the 1970s. These changes onl y becam e possi bl e as m y m em ory im proved. Fi rst it was stored i n tubes, then on transi stors and l ater on very sm al chi ps. As a resultI total l y changed m y shape . As I have grown ol der I have al so grown sm al er .O ver tim e m y m em oryhas developed so m uch that ,l ike an el ephant,I never frt anything I have been told !And my memory became so large that even I couldn’t believe it!But I was always so l onely standi ng there by m ysel f, until i n the 1960s they gave m e a fam il y connected by a work . Iwas abl e to share m y knowl edge wi th others through the Worl d Wi de Web. Si nce the 1970s m any new appli cati ons have been found for m e . I have bee very i mportant i n m uni cati on,fi nance and trade I have al so been put i nto robots and used to m ake m obi l e phones as wel l as hel p wi th m edi cal operati ons. I have even been put i nto space rockets and sent to expl ore the Moon and Mars . A nyhow, m y goal i s to provi de hum ans with a li fe of hi gh qual i ty. I am now trul y fil l ed with hapi ness that I am a devoted fri end and helper of the hum an race ! AN DY—TH E AN DRO ID I’m part of an an android football team . About once a year we are allowed to get together to play a game of footbal. I’m as big as a human . In fact ,I look like one the footballteam I’m a striker so I have to be able to run very fast . My puter chi ps help m e to m ova and thi nk l ike a hum an . For exam pl e , I have l earned to si gnal to m y team m ates i n puter languages to give m e the bal when I am open and have a good shot for a goal. My fi rat footbal petiti on was i n Nagoya , Japan several years ago . Last year our team went to Seattl e , Washi ngton i n the won tsecong pl ace . Personal y , I thi nk the team that won fi rsy pl ace cheated . They had devel oped a new type of program just before the peti tion. So we ned to encourage our program er to i m prove our i ntel i gence are determi ned to create an even better system .In a way our programm et i s l i ke our coach. She programs us with moves to use if a new sitation arises. In this way I can make up new moves using my “artifical inteligence “. I would realy like to play against a human team,for I have been programmed to act just like them. After al,with the help of my electronic brain which never fets anything ,using my intelligence is what I’m all about! TH E SPO RTIN G RO BO T My nam e i s H ua Fei and I am a sporting robot of the 23rd century. I am an expert at hi gh fl yi ng exerci ses. I jum p from spaceship and as I fal I turn, di ve, ci rcl e and dance until I softl y land as cl ose as I can to the fi ni shi ng li ne. Robot peti ti ons in the 23rd century are trul y a popul ar sport. Fans from al over Chi na watch their handhel d TVs when a petiti on es tim e I l ook part i n the 78th Ol ym pi c on a fl yi ng i sl and above Brussel s i n the sky. I won the siver m edal for m y perform ance . Thi s year I had the honour to be chosen agai n . I wanted to mm et robots from other countyi es and explore i des about our ower ,m y programm er fel il l the wek before we were goi ng to l eave . It was very painful for her and I fel t very fri ghtened. I no l onger fel t so confi dent that I woul d wi n. The day of the peti tion was rather coul d for my l egs and m y speci al oi l began to fteeze. I paused before I j umped from the starti ng pl ace on a li ttl e spaceshi p but then I began m y perform ance. At the correct m om ent I tri ed to open m y parachute but there was a probl em . It onl y opened a l i tl e . In stead of f