Once there lived a man in the state of Zheng in ancient China. He wanted to go to town to buy a new pair of shoes.

Before setting off to town, he measured (测量) the size of his feet with a piece of straw (稻草) and cut it to the right length (长度). As he left the house, the careless man left the straw on the table.

When the man arrived in town, he walked straight to the shoe shop and found a pair of shoes that he really liked. To make sure that the shoes would fit his feet, he reached into his pocket to find the straw—but found nothing.

The man rushed back home to collect the straw. However, when the man returned to town, the shoe shop was closed. The man couldn’t buy his shoes.

The man was very upset. When he told his neighbors, they said, “But you had your feet with you!” The man insisted (坚持), “I would rather trust the measurement (测量) than my feet.”

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The coming out of Kirin 9000S, a chip (芯片) designed by Huawei, greatly encourages all the Chinese people. It also reminds us of Huang Lingyi, a great woman recognized as the mother of Chinese chip.

In 1936, Huang Lingyi was born in Nanning, Guangxi. Then came the War Against Japan. That was when she made up her mind to fight for China.

In 1954, Huang entered Huazhong University of Science and Technology. Later on, she studied at Tsinghua University with excellent performances. After graduation, she started studying semiconductors (半导体) and built China’s first laboratory on it, although China was in a difficult time.

In 1973, Huang started developing chips, and she was one of the main leaders of the national project. After ten years of hard work, they made great progress, moving China a big step closer to the world’s highest level. Her great work not only won her praise around the world, but also protected China’s information safety. Many foreign companies offered Huang high salaries (工资) to work for them, but she turned down the invitation and continued working on chip study.

Following Huang, researchers developed chips. And this helped to break the control of American chips and put an end to a period of shameful history in China. Since 2018, her research has saved the country 2 trillion (万亿) yuan every year.

The woman who is referred to as the “chip witch (女巫)” by Western newspaper, she said, “My greatest wish in my life is to crawl (爬) on the ground and end the shame on my country.”

The Chinese saying “Treat others the way you’d want them to treat you” isn’t hard to understand. It     46     simple, but hard to do. If everyone follows this     47    , the world would be much better.

Do you know what ethics (道德规范) are? Of course you do. You make choices according to them. The word ethics comes from the Greek word “ethos”, which means “character” (品质). What kind of character do you have? Are you kind to your     48    ? Would you tell a “harmless” lie to make others feel good? Would you lie to someone to get out of trouble? These are all questions of ethics.

How can you     49     ethical behavior in a difficult situation? You can ask yourself     50     questions, but be honest. The first question is, “If I do it, will it hurt somebody?” If the answer is yes, then it’s a bad thing. The     51     question is, “If I do it, will I regret later?” If we do something wrong, we’ll feel sorry about it, even if we can find excuses for our actions. And a final but very     52     question is, “What’s my first feeling about it?” These all can help you tell     53     your behavior is ethical or not.

Doing things according to your ethics isn’t     54     the easiest thing, but it’s the right thing to do; So we should keep the ethics in mind, use the right behavior to influence the people around us and     55     a better society.