(Zhang Di—Z; Tilly—T)

Z: Hi, Tilly. Where is your hometown?

T:

Z:

T: It's more than fifty thousand.

Z: Oh, it's larger than the population of my home town.

T:

Z: No, sometimes.

T:

Z: The streets are wider and the traffic is busier. 

T: What else?

Z: I think people will have a newer life in the future.

—Yes, he came first this time.

    It's a crazy dream! Riding from Shanghai to London! Starting on March 5, Zheng Sheng spent 136 days travelling eleven countries and finally arrived in London on July 18.

    Having studied maps for four months and borrowed（借） some money from friends, he left the company（公司） in Shanghai where he had worked for just a few months "I was very confident at the beginning, but after I left China, I felt a little worried that I might meet bad men," he said. Luckily, the trip was a safe one. Zheng believes that the safest place to sleep is somewhere people don't know about, so most of the time he slept in forests（森林）. He rode more than 100 km every day, but most of his food was just bread, as the food in Europe was too expensive. Later he learnt to add some cheese to the bread. Zheng didn't tell his parents about the trip before he left for London, as he didn't want them to worry. After he arrived home in Yunnan Province at the end of July, he finally told his mum about it.

    "I'm very confident for the future," he said, "because I know very well that everyone can do what they decide to do."

    There are many kinds of cars in this world. My grandfather thinks this is because cars are like their drivers. He says, “Rich people have expensive cars, big people have large cars, and old people drive old cars.” But I don't agree with him.

    My neighbour（邻居）, Mrs Hill, is 82 years old. She drives only on Tuesday, and then she drives only to the bank. She never drives more than 30 kilometres an hour. Do you think Mrs Hill has a very old and small car? No! Her car is new. It's very large, and it can go 200 kilometres an hour!

    My friend Mike is an artist. He paints beautiful pictures with lots of colours. But his car is black. Mrs Bates has a very, very old car. It often has some trouble. Does she drive that kind of car because she is poor? No, she has four restaurants and two million dollars in the bank. My uncle Joe has a very small car. Every Sunday, he drives to the country with his wife, his three children, his mother and his dog. Now, you have read about my friends and their cars. Do you agree with my grandfather? Maybe you have a car. Does it say something about you?