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    Gold fever In 1848,when gold was discovered in California,John Sutter was already one of the wealthiest people in America. 36 Sutter built a fort(要塞) there,and soon he had 12 ,000 head of cattle (牛) and hundreds of workers.

    By the mid-1840s,more and more Americans were coming to California. 37 He saw them as part of his new Aiwgdom (王国) .However,he had no idea that this would destroy his dream some day.

     At the beginning of 1848,Sutter sent James Marshall and about twenty men to the American River to build a sawmill. 38 Later he wrote, “I reached my hand down and picked it up; it made my heart beat fast,for I was certain it was gold."

    39 Hundreds of thousands of people,almost all of them men,began to prepare for the journey west. They said their goodbyes and tried to take a chance on gold: a year of pain in return for a lifetime of riches. They were called “Forty-Niners” because they left home in 1849.

40 Sutter did not have gold fever. He wanted an agricultural kingdom and refused to give up his dream. In the new California,he was simply in the way. The Forty-Niners destroyed his crops and pulled down his fort for the building materials. In the end,he was very sad and left California.

   A. Sutter welcomed the newcomers.

   B. A few films were made about the story of John Sutter.

   C. He was a European and moved to California in 1839.

   D. However,few people believed the discovery was a fact.

   E. The news soon spread to every village and town.

   F. By the end of 1850,Sutter's kingdom completely broke down.

   G. It was nearly complete when something unusual caught Marshall's eyes.

                                Yash Gupta 

       Yash Gupta has worn glasses for many years. When they broke one day and he was not able to wear them to school,he had a big problem. 36 At the end of the day,he realized that he had learned nothing that day!

Yash quickly got his glasses fixed,but his experience changed his life. He realized that there were probably many kids around the world that did not have proper glasses to help them learn in school. 37 He found out that 13 million children around the world don't have proper glasses to help them see in class. Instead of just shaking his head at this problem,he decided to do something about it. 38 Its goal is to help find glasses for other kids and teens that need them.

     He created Sight Learning in 2011 and since then he has changed the lives of thousands of young students around the world!The organization has tried to provide eyeglasses to students who need them but cannot afford them. It has collected and given away、over $1,000,000 worth of eyeglasses. 39

     As Dr. Seuss,a famous writer,once said, "Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot,nothing is going to get better. It's not." 40 He has taken action to not only improve his own life,but those of others.

   A. Yash is stich a teenager.

   B. So,he did some research.

   C. Yash started a small organization,Sight Learning.

   D. Here is an easy way to help Yash and Sight Learning.

   E. He could not see much of what was going on in his classroom.

   F. He learned that not having glasses can cause a 20% loss in learning!

   G. This has helped over 20 ,000 young people in 5 countries to see better!

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