Hi!My name is Wang Ming．I’m fifteen years old, and I’m a Grade 3 student in Shanghai in the year 2053!

　　I expect you find that pretty hard to believe．Let me explain．This book is a journal I wrote last month for a very special competition．I won the first prize, which was that my book would become part of the first ever experiment in time travel．It would be put in a time capsule to be sent back almost fifty years into the past．So, if everything went according to the plan, you should be reading this in about the year 2005．

　　Do you know what time capsules are?They are usually containers made of some very strong material－so strong that it should last for hundreds or thousands of years without being destroyed．Inside these containers, you put things that are typical of the place in which you live．For example, in 2005 you might put a copy of a popular comic, a CD by a famous musician, videos of television programs－all sorts of things．The idea is that when people in another century open up the time capsule．They’ll be able to see what life was like in the past．

　　Until now, all time capsules have been left for people in the future to find．This one is the first that has been sent from the future to the past．I don’t understand how it’s going to be done, but I think it’s a really cool idea．If it works, my own grandparents will be able to read this when they were secondary school students!But if my grandparents did read this, why haven’t they ever mentioned it to me?

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　　In America, where labor(劳工)costs are so high, “do-it-yourself” is a way of life．Many people 　　1　　 their own cars, build their own garages; and even rebuild their own houses．Soon 　　2　　 of them will also write their own books．

　　In Hollywood there is a 　　3　　 that publishes(出版)children's books with the help of computers．　　4　　 other book companies also publish that way, this company is not like the others．It 　　5　　 the reader to become the main character(主角)with the help of computers．

　　Here is 　　6　　 they do it．Let us suppose a child is named Hody．The computer uses this information to make up a story 　　7　　 pictures．The story is then printed up．“This book is about me, ” a child who 　　8　　 such a book might say．So the company is called the “Me-Books Publishing Company”．

　　　　9　　 like me-books because they like to see in print their own names, their pictures, and the names of their friends and their pets．But more 　　10　　 , in this way, readers are much more interested in reading the stories．Me-books are helping children to learn how to read．

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