You are much older now, and hopefully wiser, although sometimes that’s not the case. You have probably forgotten about me.
I’m 12-year-old you struggling with anxiety, hating online learning, in this terrible Coronavirus(冠状病毒).
I’m writing a letter to you that I hope you read every year on New Year’s Day, or New Year’s Eve.
I’ve come from 2020 to remind you not to forget. I am sitting on my bed right now, tears still on my face from a fight with my mom (I love her more than anything or anyone, but we’ve spent too much time together), and looking at the light blue masks hanging on the hooks next to the door in my kitchen. In a way, it still feels like March, when this whole crazy thing started. I’m sick of it.
I am begging you to remember. I didn’t get to spend Thanksgiving with my beloved grandparents, when I’d been waiting so long to act normally with them. Now, it looks like I won’t be spending Christmas with them normally either. In America (where I live), the Coronavirus numbers are higher than they’ve ever been. I am hoping and am going to pray for a Christmas miracle, but I have my doubts because I hoped for an Easter miracle and that didn’t happen.
I am struggling and would do anything to get out of 2020 and this Coronavirus, to see my friends and family normally. You are able to do that. You have what I want so badly. So please, I urge you to enjoy your life, your friends, your family, your experiences.
Remember — everything is replaceable and unimportant, but people are the only true thing that matters in this modern-day world.
Love your life, and be filled with joy this year.
Sincerely,
You, aged 12, Audrey in 2020, the Pandemic Year.
1. Which of the following is NOT the reason that the writer hates the Coronavirus?A.She couldn’t go to school. |
B.She doesn’t love her mom. |
C.She has to stay at home with her mom. |
D.She couldn’t spend Thanksgiving with her grandparents. |
A.Meeting people normally. |
B.Praying for a Christmas miracle. |
C.Going to the future. |
D.Continuing online learning. |
A.To remind her future self to treasure the people and enjoy life. |
B.To complain that her present life is terrible. |
C.To tell her future self that she is sick of the Coronavirus. |
D.To persuade her future self to remember the Coronavirus. |
Cards and digital(数字的) technologies
Cash is no longer king. Over recent years fewer and fewer transactions have been made with cash. The most recent figures show coins and notes are used just 34% of
Instead we’re paying with cards and digital technologies. Some of this is down to user choice, with contactless cards and smartphones making spending
But it’s also being forced upon us. Some retailers are refusing physical money as they can avoid the high bank charges levied(征收) at them for
This could be bad news if you still primarily use cash,
As a result this move towards cashless society makes many uneasy.
3 . People have always wanted to know what the future will look like. Then, how can we?
But why do we need to predict the future? Predicting the future is important for two reasons: First, we need to start to think about what kind of future we would like for ourselves and to pass on to the next generation.
How about the virtual worlds? It might be in the future to experience the sand between your toes, and hear the waves, just lying in your bed at home.
A.So what will the future look like then? |
B.Will this change in the next 150 years? |
C.Predicting the future can help us in many ways. |
D.However, you’ll never get the feeling of being there. |
E.Well, to understand the future, you must know the past. |
F.However, no matter how real the experience will feel, it doesn’t happen for real. |
G.Then we need to know what decisions we need to make today that will give the best result in the future. |