【正文】 o do thi s better than Charl i e Chapl i n. H e brightened the li ves of Am eri cans and Bri ti sh through two worl d wars and the hard years i n between. H e made peopl e l augh at a tim e when they fel t depressed, so they coul d feel m ore content wi th thei r li ves. Not that Charl ie’s own l ife was easy! H e was born i n a por fami l y i n 1889. Hi s parents were both poor m usi c hal l perform ers. You m ay fi nd i t astoni shi ng that Charli e was taught to si ng as soon as he coul d speak and dance as soon as he coul d wal k. Such trai ni ng was m on i n acti ng fam il i es at that ti m e, especi al y when the fami l y i n e was often uncertain. Unfortunately hi s father di ed, l eavi ng the fam il y even worse off, so Charli e spent hi s chi l dhood l ooking after hi s si ck m other and hi s brother. By his tens, Charl i e had, through hi s hum our, be e one of the m ost popul ar chi l d actors i n England. H e coul d mim e and act the fool doi ng ordi nary everyday tasks. N o one was ever bored watchi ng hi mhi s subtl e acti ng m ade everythi ng entertai ni ng. As tim e went by, he began m aki ng fi lm s. H e grew m ore and m ore popul ar as hi s charm i ng character, the l ittle tram p, becam e known throughout the worl d. The tram p, a por, hom el ess m an wi th a m oustache, wore l arge trousers, wornout shoes and a smal round bl ack hat. H e wal ked around sti ffl y carryi ng a wal ki ng sti ck. Thi s character was a soci al fail ure but was l oved for hi s optim i sm and determ i nati on to overe al l diffi cul ti es. H e was the underdog who was ki nd even when others were unki nd to hi m. H ow di d the li ttl e tram p m ake a sad si tuati on entertai ni ng? H ere i s an exam pl e from one of hi s m ost fam ous fil m s, The Gold Rush. It i s the mi dni eenth century and gol d has just been discovered in Cal i fornia. Li ke so many others, the l i tl e tram p and hi s fri end have rushed there i n search of gol d, but wi thout success. Instead they are hi di ng i n a smal hut on the edge of a m ountai n during a snowstorm with nothi ng to eat. They are so hungry that they try boi li ng a pai r of l eather shoes for their di nner. Charli e fi rst pi cks out the l aces and eats them as i f they were spagheti. Then he cuts off the l eather top of the shoes as if i t were the fi nest steak. Fi nal ly he tri es cutti ng and chewi ng the bottom of the shoe. H e eats each m outhful wi th great enjoyment. The acti ng i s so convinci ng that i t m akes you bel i eve that i t i s one of the best m eal s he has ever tasted! Charl i e Chapl i n wrote, di rected and produced the fil m s the starred i n. In 1972 he was gi ven a special Oscar for his outstanding work i n fi lms. He li ved in England and the USA but spend his l ast years in Swi tzerland, where he was buri ed i n 1977. He i s l oved and remembered as a great actor who coul d i nspi re peopl e wi th great confi dence. AN APRIL FOOL’ S JOKE: THE NOODLE HARVEST April Fol ’s day, or April 1st, is known in many countri es as a day for pl aying jokes on others. It i s usual y a tim e when chi ldren m ake fun of each other, but som eti mes other people can get caught i n the fun too. One of the most famous jokes in England took pl ace on British tel evision in 1957. It was a Monday ni ght when there were al ways many serious program mes on the tel evi sion. One of them was cal led Panorama, thi s show expl ored probl ems and progress al over the world, so nobody was surprised when i ti ncrease ri ce harvests wi thout expandi ng the area of the fi el ds. In 1950, Chi nese farm ers coul d produce onl y fi fty m il i on tons of ri ce. In a recent harvest, however, nearl y two hundred mi l i on tons of ri ce was produced. These i ncreased harvests m ean that 22% of thwart worl d’s peopl e are fed from just 7% of the farm land i n Chi na. Dr Yuan is now circul ating hi s knowl edge i n Indi a, Vi etnam and m any other l ess devel oped countri es to increase thei r ri ce harvests. Thanks to hi s research, farm ers are produci ng harvests twi ce as l arge as before. Dr Yuan is qui te sati sfi ed wi th hi s l i fe. H owever, he doesn39。全縣總?cè)丝? 萬人，總面積 4948 平方公里，其中耕地面積 34310公頃。 2020年 安化縣 小型農(nóng)田水利工程 建設(shè) 確定 廖家坪灌區(qū)未級渠系改造為建設(shè) 項(xiàng)目。 屬于我縣的主要農(nóng)田保護(hù) 區(qū)。支渠上已建成建筑物 71 處，其中隧洞 21 處 ，渡槽23 處 370m，倒虹吸管 27 處 。 灌區(qū)轄仙溪鎮(zhèn)、長塘鎮(zhèn)、清塘鎮(zhèn)、梅城鎮(zhèn)和樂安鎮(zhèn) 5個鄉(xiāng)鎮(zhèn)， 113個行政村。 灌區(qū)建成 30 多年來，為安化縣國民經(jīng)濟(jì)發(fā)展做出了巨大貢獻(xiàn)。t care about being fam ous. He feel s i t gi ves him l ess fredom to do hi s research. H e woul d rather keep ti me for hi s hobbi es. H e enjoys l isteni ng to voli n m usi c, pl ayi ng m ahjong, swim mi ng and reading. Spendi ng m oney on him sel f or l eadi ng a fortabl e l ife al so means very li ttl e to him . Indeed, he beli eves that a person with to m uch m oney has m ore rather than fewer troubls. H e therefore gives mi l i ons of Yuan to equi p others for their research i n agri cul ture. Just dream i ng for thi ngs, however, costs nothi ng. Long ago Dr Yuan had a dream about ri ce pl ants as tal as shum. Each ear of ri ce was as bi g as an ear of corn and each grain of ri ce was as huge as a peanut. Dr Yuan awoke from hi s dream wi th the hope of produci ng a ki nd of ri ce that coul d feed m ore peopl e. N ow, m any years later, Dr Yuan has another dream: to export hi s ri ce so that it can be grown around the gl boe. One dream is not al ways enough, especial y for a person who loves and cares for hi s peopl e. Chemi cal or ani c farm ing? O ver the past half century, usi ng chem i cal ferti li zers has ve e very mon i n farm i ng. Many farm ers wel ed them as great way to stop crop di sease and i ncrease producti on. Recentl y, however, sci enti sts have been fi ndi ng that l ongterm use of these fertil i zers can cause dam age to the l and and, even m ore dangerous, to peopl e’s heal th. What are som e of the probl em s caused by chemi cal ferti li zers? First, they dam ag