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　　Michael McCarthy climbed to the top of the Willis Tower not long ago．The Tower stands 1451 feet(442 meters)tall, the highest building in the US．

　　As he got to the last step, McCarthy almost fell down, but that didn't stop him．The 14-year-old boy finally finished climbing the 2,109 steps and arrived at the top, where he enjoyed the cheers from the crowd．

　　“I just want to show people that if a kid with no legs can do it, anyone can do it, ”McCarthy said．

　　McCarthy, who was born without legs, has to wear prosthetic legs(假肢)and use a set of crutches(拐杖)to walk．But McCarthy has a strong heart．He believes nothing can stop him from achieving his success．

　　He has been in a karate(空手道)school since he was four years old．When he decided to climb the Willis Tower, his karate teacher, Jeff Kohn, was moved and offered to help train him．They spent more than 10 hours practicing climbing stairs and keeping balance with the prostheses and crutches on the steps every day．“It seems that he never knows what tiredness is．Sometimes, I was so tired that I asked him to call it a day, ”said Kohn．“But he said he was still full of energy and wanted more exercise．”

　　Kohn was with McCarthy for the climb．“I saw the last 10 floors-he went faster, ” said Kohn．“He's the most hard-working athlete I've ever trained．”

　　McCarthy said he was proud of himself and that the Tower now holds special meaning．“When I'm older, I'll point to the building and say ‘Look at this building I climbed’．”he said．

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　　Ever thought of moving to a new country? How about starting a new country? Patri Friedman is planning to do just that．He left Google years ago to set up the Seasteading Institute．And his dream is to build seasteads－floating micro-nations in the middle of the ocean．

　　So, what will life on a seastead be like? Probably a bit like life on a cruise liner(游轮), but much larger, with shops , gyms , swimming pools, schools and other areas．In fact , the early seasteads may actually be specially-rebuilt cruise liners．But as science advances, Friedman believes they'll become more like floating cities, with several hundred people．

　　Seasteading raises a lot of questions．First of all , how will the new countries make money? The Seasteading Institute has suggested several money-making ideas, including ocean-based theme parks, casinos(赌场)and fish farming．There's also the questions of safety．With storms, typhoons and pirates(海盗), the high seas are a dangerous place．However, the Institute says that it can stand bad weather and prevent crimes with its well-designed systems．

　　So, is this just a day dream? Well, maybe not．One of the people behind the project is Peter Thiel．He founded PayPal and was one of the first investors(投资者)in Facebook．So far , he's donated ＄ 500,000 to the project．

　　And Friedman isn't wasting any time．He recently announced the creation of the Poseidon Award．This will be given to the first seastead with fifty people．Friedman is hoping to hand out the award in 2015．

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　　Li Dong is a farmer．He has a very big 　　1　　．On the farm, he grows oranges, grapes and bananas．Many people come to 　　2　　 his farm．He is a successful young man and becomes very famous．

　　In 2003, he went back to his hometown 　　3　　 he finished middle school．“What work can I do?” he said to himself．Then he had an idea．“I’m interested 　　4　　 farming．I can grow fruit!” He began to watch many 　　5　　 on TV about growing fruit．He also read a lot of books about it．Then he went to 　　6　　 on Mr Wang’s farm for two years．He learned a lot there．

　　In 2005, he started his own fruit farm．　　7　　, Li Dong’s farm was small．But now, his farm is much 　　8　　．His fruits are very good．He sends them to many big 　　9　　 in China, such as Shanghai, Beijing and Guangzhou．He also grows vegetables and raises chickens on his farm．His family eats very 　　10　　 food．He has a very happy family．

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