This is the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games emblem(徽章)——“Chinese Seal(印章)，Dancing Beijing”．The color“red”in the emblem is a favorite of Chinese people．It carries Chinese people’s longing(期盼)for happiness．

    The Chinese character(汉字)“京”is just like a dancing man．It shows the beauty of life．Its curves(曲线)are like the body of a dragon，and they are also like rivers．

      Beijing is looking forward to the Games in 2008 and the Olympics wait for all the people from the world to dance together．

请根据短文内容，回答下列问题。

1．Why is the color“red”a favorite of Chinese people?

2．What is the Chinese character“京”like?

3．What does“京”shows?

4．Which word in the short passage has the same meaning(意思)as“look forward to”?

5．Do you think the Chinese people are friendly?

1、1．Because it carries Chinese people’s longing for happiness．

2．It is just like a dancing man．    3．It shows the beauty of life．

4．Long(for)．                  5．Yes，I think so．