With more and more farmers coming to work in cities, their children ________ them. However, problems appear. One of these problems is that it is ________ for these children to get education in cities.

________, there are some free schools for them, but they are not ________. Ten-year-old Li Xin is one of the lucky girls who ________ a chance to study in one of these schools. Although she has to spend about two hours and change buses twice, she is very ________. As a child from a migrant worker’s (外来务工人员的) family in the city, finally she was given the chance to study. For children ________ Li Xin who don’t have enough ________ for school, these free schools are their best choice because they can have free classes, textbooks, uniforms and meals in the school ________ two years.

But there is a ________ way to go. Because running(经营) a school is not easy and needs lots of money. A school officer said they needed at least one million yuan to run the school. “Luckily, some people and companies donate(捐赠) money, used books and a lot more ________ things to help us. Also some people work as ________ for free,” he added.

In a word, ________ the government and the people keep improving the whole country’s education either in the country ________ in the city. Don’t you think the children nowadays are luckier than their parents? Anyhow, we must try to give them an equal(平等的) chance to get better education ________ we can make our society a harmonious(和谐的) one.

Maybe you are a normal student. You probably think you will never be a top student. However, anyone can become a better student if he or she does his or her best. Here is some advice to help you.

My grandmother complains about how things have changed and she says that life used to be better.

Families aren’t families the way they used to be. If the husband and the wife have problems with their marriage, they don’t stay together any more. And mothers used to stay at home and take care of their children, but now many of them don’t do so any more. Almost everyone is working. Most mothers don’t have time for their children.

And the cars! Few people walk now. Everyone is trying to drive. We used to walk five miles to school every day, even in winter.

And in school, children don’t have to think any more. In a math class, they often use calculators(计算器).

Most families have computers now. In my days, we didn’t have computers. We didn’t even have electricity. My mother used to spend much time cooking in the kitchen. Now fewer people eat home-cooked food. They often go out to eat.

And many people don’t talk to each other any more. They are too busy to talk, too busy to eat, too busy to think.

Life used to be simple, but it isn’t any more.

Scientists will put some robot fish into the sea near Spain this year. These robot fish will help people find out the pollution in the water. If the robot fish are able to finish their work successfully, the scientists hope the fish will be used in rivers, lakes and seas around the world.

The robot fish are about 1.5 meters long. There is a detector(探测器) in their bodies. It can find the pollution in the water, and then the robot fish will eat part of it.

They can “swim” for eight hours in the sea freely and send back information to people on the beach. After they run down, they will go back to the beach by themselves.

There are five robot fish altogether. Each costs about 29, 000 dollars. They are part of a three-year project between engineering company BMT Group and Essex University in southeastern England.

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