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WhenwerethefirstOlympics?

WecallthefirstOlympicGamesthe“ancient“Olympics.uancient,,meansvery,veryold.The

ancientOlympicGamesbeganinGreecein776BC.

WhendidthemodernOlympicsstart?

Wecalltoday'sOlympicGamesthe“modern“OlympicGames.Whatdoest€modern^^mean?

“Modern”,"now"and"today“meanthesamething.ThemodemOlympicsstartedinAthens,Greece

in1896.

AmazingOlympicathletes

Atthe1968OlympicsinMexicoCity,AmericanBobBeanmonwonthegoldmedalinthelongjump.

Hejumpedanamazing8.8metres.Nobodybrokehisrecordfortwenty-threeyear.

XuHaifengwonChina'sfirstOlympicmedal.Attheopeningeventofthe1984Olympics,hewona

goldmedalinshooting.

AttheOlympics,athletescomputeformedals.Ifyouarefirst,yougetagoldmedal.Ifyouare

second,yougetasilvermedal.Ifyouarethird,yougetabronzemedal.Ifyouaretwentieth,doyou

getamedal?No!

Passage!

Date:Septerber10

Weather:Windy

DearDiary

Wehadsuchaninterestingdayatschooltoday!Ineedtowriteaboutit.Ifdon't,Iwon'tbeable

tosleeptonight!

OurGymteacher,Mr.Brown,saidthatwehadaveryspecialguest.JeffJohnsonwasgoingto

talktoourclass.

JeffJohnsonisagreatbasketballplayer.ItoldeverybodythatheplayedbasketballforCanadain

thelastOlympics.IlovewatchingtheOlympics,andbasketballismyfavouritesport.Isawevery

game.Canadawonthebronzemedalinbasketball!

JeffJohnsoncameintoourGym.Weallsatonthefloorwhilehetoldus.

Attheend,weaskedquestions.ItoldhimthatIwantedtobeintheOlympicssomeday.Iasked

himwhatIshoulddo.

HesaidthatIshouldalwaystryhard,andnevergiveup.Hesaidthatthefirsttimewhenhe

playedbasketball,histeamcameintwentieth.Andtherewereonlytwentyteams!\

Whatdidhedo?Didhestoptrying?No!thenextmorning,hewenttothegymtopractice.

IwanttobejustlikeJeffJohnson.

Danny

Passage3

Inbasketball,theU.S.hasthe“DreamTeam”:theteamwiththebestathletes.ButChinahasthe

“DreamTeam^^indiving.

Chinahaswonmanygoldmedalsindivingsince1984.Atthe2000OlympicsinSydney,

China'sdivingteamwonfiveoftheeightdivingevents.

FuMingxiaisoneofChina'sbestdivers.AtAtlantain1996,shewongoldmedalsinthe

women's10-metreplatformandthe3-metrespringboardevents.Shewasthefirstwomanin36years

towinbothevens.Since1912,onlyfourwomenhavewonbothgoldmedalsindiving.

FuMingxiawonherfirstvictoryin1991.Shewasonlytwelve-theyoungestworldchampion

ever.Then,atthe1992BarcelonaOlympics,shebecametheyoungestOlympicchampionatage13.

Formanyyears,AmericandiverswonthemostgoldmedalsattheOlympics.Butnotanymore!

Today,China'sdivershavethemostvictories.Now,othercountrieswanttocatchupwithChina.

TheywantChinesedivingcoaches!ThesecountriesincludeCanadaandtheU.S.

Passage4

To:LiMing@From:jenny@compmail.ca

Subject:ClassroomOlympicsDate:15/094:18pm

Hello,LiMing!

Thisweekinschool,wehadaclassroomOlympics!Ourclassinventedfivedifferentevens.Then,

everyonecompetedineachevent,onebyone.

Theeventswerefun!Someofmyclassmateshadverygoodideas.Butmyfavouriteeventwas

Danny's.Hecalledit“JumpovertheDinosaur.^^

Danny'seventwasarace.Eachpersonwalkedonsomepaper“pizzas,“climbedthrougha

cardboard“donut”,andthenjumpedoveratoydinosaur.Weusedawatchtoseewhowasthe

fastest.

Whatwastheresult?Dannywontherace!Noneofuscaughtupwithhim.ButIwasclose.Iwas

twosecondsbehindDanny.Fewoftheotherstudentsweresofast.

Brianwassad,becausehelost.Hecameintwentieth.Hedidhisbest,buthekeptfallingoffthe

pizzas.

Jenny

Passages

To:ienny@comDmail.caFrom:Ming@

Subject:Re:ClassroomOlympicsDate:b16/094/:10

Hi,Jenny,

Thanksforyoure-mail.

IlaughedwhenIreadabout“JumpovertheDinosaur."OnlyDannywouldthinkofaneventlike

that!Pleasetellmeaboutsomeoftheothers.WasPing-ponganeventinyourclassroomOlympics?I

reallylikeping-pong.MaybeIwillplayping-pongintherealOlympicssomeday.Danny'svictoryin

hiseventdoesn'tsurpriseme.He'sagoodathlete.Howmanyothereventsdidhewin?

IhopeBrianwasn'ttoosad.Ifhepracticeswalkingonpizzas,he'lldobetternexttime!

LiMing.

Passaged

Chinahasmanyworldrecordsforitsbuildingsandstructures.

World'shighesthotelSince1999,thehighesthotelintheworldistheGrandHyattShanghaiin

Pudong.Itislocatedonthetop35floorsofthe88-storeyJinMaoTower.Thistoweristhetallest

buildinginChinaandoneofthetallestintheworld.

World'slongeststructure.TheGreatWallofChinaismorethan7240kilometreslong.Itisthe

longeststructureintheworld.Insomeplaces,thewallis9.75metresthick.Thefirstpersonto

walkthewholelengthoftheGreatWallwasLiuYutian.Hewalkedfortwoyears.

World'sbiggestdam.Since1990,about250000workershaveworkedontheThreeGorgesDam.

Thedamwillcostabout205billionyuan.Chinahopestofinishthedamby2009.ThentheThree

GorgesDamwillsetanewworldrecord.Itwillbetheworld'sbiggestdam.TheThreeGorges

Damwillbeabout2.3kilometreslongandalmost185metrestall.

Passage7

To:LiMin-@From:danny@io：

Subject:ClassRecordsDate:12/103:46pm

DearLiMing,

Thisweekinschool,wemadealistofrecordsforclass.

Myfavouriterecordwas“bestpaperairplane."MineflewfartherthanJenny'sairplane.But

Brian'sflewthefarthest.Hewassoproud.

MyfriendSandrawontherecordforlargestbook.Howlargewasit?Itwas69centimetrestall,

40centimetreswideandalmost21centimetresthick.Itwasfullofherfamily'sphotographs.

Brianhasabookaboutworldrecords.Somerecordsareamazing.Onemanpulledatrainwith

histeeth.Onemanliftedabus.

Bytheway,it'syourbirthdaysoon,isn'tit?ShallImailyousomebirthdaycakeinenvelope?

Danny

Passage8

To:danny@From:LiMing@

Subject:Re:ClassRecordsDate:13/1010:02pm

Hi,Danny,

Itwassuchanicesurprisetoseeyoure-mail.Youhaven'tsentmeane-mailsincelastspring.

Youwanttomailmebirthdaycake?That'sverykindofyou,butyoucan'tmailcakeinan

envelope.Pleasesendmeabirthdaycard!

Ilikedreadingaboutyourclassrecords.Brian'sairplanewon!That'sgreat!

Iwassurprisedtoreadaboutthemanwhopulledthetrain.Thattrainmusthaveweighedmore

thanonethousandofkilos.

Well,it'stimeformetogotobed.Filbrushmyteethverywelltonight.Someday,Imighthave

topullatrainwiththem.

LiMing

Passage9

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What's"lingo"?Here'sanexample.Peopleinbusinesssometimessaythis:"He'safatcat.”

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Ifyoujoinourcourse,you911learnallthebusinesslingoyouneed.

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PassagelO

MynameisDavid.InFebruary,myclasssoldcookiesatschool.Mycookieslookedlikehearts.

Myaunthelpedmemakethem.

Myclassmadepostersaboutthecookiesale.Theposterstoldeveryonewhereandwhenthey

couldbuyourcookies.Atlunchtime,weputuptablesinthehallandsoldthecookies.Wealso

soldthemafterschool.

Thecookiescost25cents.Canyouguesshowmuchmoneywemade?Wemade$320!

Howdidwedealwiththemoney?Wehelpedanelementaryschoolinourcity.Theschool

needednewstorybooksforitsyoungstudents.

Ienjoyedthecookiesale.Itwasfuntosellthecookies.Ilikedeatingthem,too.

Passage11

11.HelenKeller,thewell-knownwriterandeducator,diedyesterdayattheageof88.Helen

Kellerwasaherotoblindanddeafpeoplearoundtheworld.

Helenwasbornin1880intheUnitedStates.Whenshewasnineteenmonthsold,Helenfellill.

Shehadahighfever.Itmadeherblindanddeaf.Beforeherillness,Helenhadbeenabrightand

happygirl.Whenshelosthersightandhearing,shebecamedifficultandwild.

Helenwantedtounderstandotherpeople.Sometimes,shestoodbetweenhermotherandfather.

Sheputherhandsontheirmouths.Shecouldfeelthemtalk.Shefeltonemouthmove,andthen

theothermouthmove.Whatweretheydoing?Helendidn'tknow.Sheshoutedandcried.

In1887,ayoungteacher,AnneSullivan,begantohelpHelen.ShespelledwordsonHelen's

handwithherfingers.Atfirst,thewordsdidn'tmeananythingtoHelen.Then,oneday,Helen

wasplayinginsomewater.AnneSullivanspelledW-A-T-E-RontoHelen'shand.Suddenly,

Helenunderstood.Thatday,shelearnedmanymorewords:mother,father,sister——andteacher.

AsHelengrewolder,shelearnedtoread.Shehadspecialbookswithlettersshecouldtouch.She

alsolearnedtowriteandevenspeak.WhenHelenstudiedatuniversity,AnneSullivansatbeside

her.

Shelistenedto;theprofessors9words,andthenspelledtheirwordsontoHelen'shand.

AfterHelenfinisheduniversity,shevisitedmanycountries.Shespokeaboutherlife.Shewas

veryfamousforhercourageandhardwork.Shedidherbesttohelpotherpeoplewhoweredeaf

orblind.

Shewillbegreatlymissed.

Passagel2

AuniverseofThoughts

AlbertEinsteinhadoneofthegreatmindsoflastcentury.Duringhislifetime,Einsteinthought

abouttheuniverseandsolvedmanyproblemsinphysics.EinsteinismostfamousforhisTheory

ofRelativity.

Heoncesaid,6tIthinkandthinkformonthsandyears.Ninety-ninetimes,theconclusionisfalse.

ThehundredthtimeIamright.^^

Einstein'schildhoodandearlyyears

Einsteinwasbornin1879inGermany.Afterhehadfinishedschool,hestudiedphysicsin

Switzerland.In1905,Einsteinbegantowritearticlesaboutphysics.Foroneofthosearticles,he

receivedtheNobelPrize,butnotuntil1921.

Einstein,theteacher

“Theimportantthing,“Einsteinsaid,“isnottostopquestioning.^^Healsosaid,64Anyonewho

hasnevermadeamistakehasnevertriedanythingnew”.

EinsteintaughtatuniversitiesinSwitzerlandandGermany.HeleftGermanyin1933andwentto

teachatPrincetonUniversityintheUnitedStates.

Einsteindiedin1955.Oneweekbeforehisdeath,hesignedhislastletter.Theletteraskedpeople

togiveupnuclearweapons.

Passage13.

China'smostfamous“Farmer^^

Everyscientisthasachildhooddream.AscientistinChinaoncehadadream.Hewishedtogrow

anewtypeofrice.Thegrainofthisnewtypeofricewouldbeasbigasapeanutsothatfarmers

couldrestinthecoolshadowsofbigriceplants.ThispersonisYuanLongping--"Father”of

HybridRice.\

Earlyyears

YuanLongpingwasbornin1930.HegraduatedfromtheSouthwestAgriculturalUniversityin

1953.

Hiswork

Hecameupwithanideaforahybridriceinthe1960s.sincethen,hehasdevotedhimselfto

researchandtothedevelopmentofnewvarieties.

In1973,togetherwithotherpeop?le,hesucceededinthedevelopmentofhybridrice.Thismade

Chinaaworldwideleaderinriceproduction.Forthis,hewashonoredwiththename“Father"of

HybridRice.In1980,thetechnologyforhybridricewasintroducedtotheUnitedStates.

BecauseofProfessorYuan'shardwork,Chinanowproducesenoughricetofeedherpeople

everyyear.Besides,manyothercountriesincludingtheU.S.,havebenefittedfromhiswork.

Whatdoeshedoinhissparetime?

Inhissparetime,helovesplayingtheviolinandlisteningtomusic.Everynighthereadsforhalf

anhourbeforehegoestosleep.Helikesswimming,too.

ItissaidthatProfessorYuanisoneoftherichestpeopleinChina.Buthecaresaboutnothingbut

hisresearch.

Whatishegoingnow?nowProfessorYuanisworkingondevelopingsuperhybridrice.Hegoes

tothefieldstwiceaday.

Passagel4

Thisweekinclass,wetalkedaboutsuccess.Westudiedfamouspeopleandtalkedaboutour

favouriteheroes.

Earlierthisyear,IhadtoldMs.LiuthatIwouldliketohelpherteachourEnglishclass.On

Monday,sheaskedmetomakeanexampleofcrosswordpuzzle.IthoughtitwouldbefunsinceI

haddonealotofcrosswordpuzzleswhenIwasinCanada.

Butwhomwouldmypuzzlebeabout?Dayafterday,Iaskedmyselfthatquestion.Ithought

aboutitasIwalkedtoschool.IthoughtaboutitlaterasIwalkedhome.

ThenIhadagoodidea.Mypuzzlewouldn'tbeaboutsomebodyfamous.Butitwouldbeabout

somebodywhowantstobefamous.

Fmsendingyouthepuzzlesoyoucantrytoguesswhoitis.

LiMing.

Passagel5.

Tuesday,November20

Hi,LiMing,

Ilovedyourpuzzle.Youchoseaverygoodhero.Ihopehewillbefamoussomeday.

IshowedthepuzzletoJennyandBrianasweateourlunchtoday.1toldthemthatthepuzzlewas

aboutaverygreatperson.Isaidthatthispersonwasborninthesameyearastheywere.

Thecouldn'tguess,soIhelpedthem.Isaidthattheperson'sfavouritefoodwasadonut.Five

minuteslater,theyhadfinishedthewholepuzzle.Itoldthemthatyouhadmadeitforme.

Thanks,LiMing.Yourpuzzlewasfun!

Danny

Passagel6.

YouknowSantaClaus,don'tyou?He'sthatmaninredclothes