IAmChinese

　　IamChinese.IamproudofbeingaChinesewithfivethousandyearsofcivilizationbehind.I'velearnedaboutthefourgreatinventionsmadebyourforefathers.I'velearnedabouttheGreatWallandtheYangtzeRiver.I'velearnedaboutZhangHeng(张衡)andI'velearnedaboutZhengHe(郑和)．WhosaystheYellowRiverCivilizationhasvanished(消失)?Iknowthatmyancestorshavemademiracles(奇迹)onthisfertilelandandwe'restillmakingmiracles.Whocanignorethefactthatwehaveestablishedourselvesasagreatstateintheworld,thatwehavedevisedourownnuclearweapons,thatwehavesuccessfullysentoursatellitesintospace,andthatourGNPranksNo.7intheworld?Wehaveexperiencedtheplunders(掠夺)byothernations,andwehaveexperiencedthewar.Yet,basedonsuchruins,therestillstandsournation----China,unyieldingandunconquerable!

　　IoncecameacrossanAmericantourist.Shesaid,“Chinahasahistoryoffivethousandyears,buttheUSonlyhasahistoryof200years.Fivethousandyearsago,Chinatooktheleadintheworld,andnowitistheUSthatisleading.”Myheartwasdeeplytouchedbythesewords.Itistruethatwe'restilladevelopingnation,butitdoesn'tmeanthatwecandespise(鄙视)ourselves.Wehavesuchalong-standinghistory,wehavesuchabundantresources,wehavesuchintelligentanddiligentpeople,andwehaveenoughtobeproudof.Wehavereasonstosayproudly：wearesuretotaketheleadintheworldinthefutureagain,forourproblemsarebig,butourambition(雄心)isevenbigger,ourchallenges(挑战)aregreat,butourwillisevengreater.

　　IamChinese.Ihaveinherited(继承)blackhairandblackeyes.Ihaveinheritedthevirtuesofmyancestors.Ihavealsotakenoverresponsibility.Iamsure,thatwhereverIgo,whateverIdo,IshallneverforgetthatIamChinese!