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　　Catherine Destivelle is rock star．She loves rock, but she can’t sing or play the guitar!She is a rock climber and a big star in France and Italy．She is the most famous woman climber in the world because she climbs without ropes．She climbs in many countries but most often in the French Alps near Chamonix, where she lives．She started climbing near her home in Paris when she was five．Then, at fourteen, she joined the French Alpine Club to learn more, but immediately she climbed better and more quickly than the older members of the club．She won her first competition in Italy in 1995．

　　Three years ago she found a new route up the Dru Moun-tain near Chamonix．The climb took eleven days and for four days the snow was so heavry that she could not move．Last year other climbers tried to follow the new Destivelle Route, but they failed．They are going to try again this year．

　　People always ask her about her climbing．She says,“I climb because I’m in love with mountains．I like touching the rock and reading the face of the rock．I like it a lot．I felt at home on the side of a mountain．I prepare well before I go, so I’m never worried．”

　　Catherine chooses new mountain from books-like buying from a shopping catalogue(目录)!“I see a nice mountains and I go to climb it!”Her next mountain is in Pakistan．She is going there next mounth：“It’s much bigger than the Dru, so it’s going to take longer to climb．An American climber, Jeff Lowe, is coming with me to help．”

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　　The early 1900s were very different from today．Toys, though they have evolved in many ways, were still the delight of children everywhere．

　　Theodore Roosevelt's Presidency marks the beginning of the “Teddy Bear”．In the year 1902, toy bears were named “Teddy” after the president's nickname．The Teddy Bear became known worldwide, and is still known and loved today．It was only a few years later that the Teddy Bears were mass produced．

　　In 1913, an item called the Erector Set was invented．It was a steel, motorized toy that children could use to build models of anything．Its creator was A．C．Gilbert, a medical doctor．

　　Charles Pajeau created a similar wooden set called Tinker Toys in the year 1914．Tinker Toys were made for younger children．

　　Raggedy Ann dolls first came on the scene after newspaper cartoonist Johnny Gruelle reproduced the doll he made for his daughter．That was in 1915．

　　The following year, an architect's son named John Lloyd Wright, invented Lincoln Logs, which were interlocked to make structures．

　　Two years after Mickey Mouse was created, stuffed(填塞)Mickey Mouse dolls were made by Charlotte Clark．This was the start of Disney merchandise．

　　The yo-yo became popular in the United States after Donald Duncan bought a yo-yo company in 1929．

　　The View-Master, a three dimensional viewer, was developed by a camera enthusiast named William Gruber．The toy became popular when Gruber licensed Disney characters to make still, 3-D images from Disney movies and television programs．

　　Finally, in 1940, model airplanes were mass produced．They started out as a way for manufacturers to sell planes to the military, but later caught on as a toy．

　　The toys that we know and love today have had their roots from these ancient times．Isn't it interesting to know that if it hadn't been for all these creative people, most of the games you know today would never have been?

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