外国语学院2001英语教育  钟毓欣

Scientists predicted that on the night of this Mid-autumn Day, we would be able to see a moon so bright that we would not have a chance to appreciate one for the past few years. Yet prediction is not always true. That night we saw no such bright moon, not because of the cloudiness, but because of the much brighter city light.

Not only the night sky has been brightened by the sleepless city light, but the modern city itself is blazing into one without darkness. The light shines above the city as a friend for those who sit up for study into the dead of the night; as a guide, for those who are still on the way during their long journey; and, as a companion, for those who feel lonely and miserable during these tedious hours. Light brings them warmth, hope and love.

For most people, however, living under the tireless city light has never been something pleasant. The antennae of this intense light reach every corner of the world, exposing everything, good or evil, to every one of them. There seems to be no way to escape. People no longer have secrets to themselves, privacy becoming something luxurious. Being fed up with all these, they begin to cherish all the memory of the life without city light. As a result, wall after wall have been lined up; people tend to wear various masks as if the light is penetrating their faces and revealing what they have been deliberately concealing from others.

This is what we have been long living with---city light, splendid and sleepless, yet glaring and piercing. (272 words)