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Walk in the space

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Last night, China's third manned spacecraft lifted off at 9:10 pm to fulfill its most ambitious and risky mission: spacewalk. After I got off work last night, nearly 8:50pm, I went to the Century Plaza, near where we are living, and I found there were a lot of people sitting in the front of the big led screen, which was showing the Shenzhou 7 Launching, everybody was cheering at the time of firing, they are pround of the flying development of our science and technology. Shenzhou VII, carrying astronauts Zhai Zhigang, Liu Boming and Jing Haipeng, blasted off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Gansu province, into a clear sky. The astronauts will orbit the Earth for three days, 68 hours, to be precise, and one of them will walk in space about 343 km above the Earth on Saturday. That will make China the third country after Soviet Union and the US. / Wow, it is amazing and exciting, people can walk in the space, it is never thought before, but now we make it come true. / I re...

A growing apple tree

There is an apple tree, he is small, but eventually apples grow on this tree. In the first year, there are ten apples grow, but nine is taken away only one is left to him, he is very angry and doesn't want to grow up. However, five apples grow in the second year, and four is taken away, only one is left again. But he is very happy this time, as he thinks he gets 20%, but only 10% last year. He is still growing up day by day, maybe he will grow 100 apples, 90 will be taken away or even 99, but what's the matter it is? he cann't stop growing, it is possible for him to grow 1000 apples in the coming year and more apples will be taken away. Actually, it's nothing for the tree to get how many apples, the most important is he is growing up. Nothing can prevent him growing, when he grows to a big tree, he will be fruitful with the apples. We are the apple tree, don't mind how much we have got right now, we need the nutrition to grow up, everything is worthy as long as it m...

Worry!

I am worry about my wife, she is ill!