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　　In 1896, the first modern Olympic Games were held in Athens, Greece．Since then many countries have successfully held the Olympics, such as England, France, Germany, Canada, the USA, Spain, and Australia．After more than a century the Games returned to its hometown．

　　When people hold the Olympic Games, they always make an emblem(会徽)．The emblem of the Athens Olympic Games was a white circle of olive branches in the sky．

　　Now Athens is developing a spirit of peace．An officer said, “While in Athens, the world should be at peace．We hope the peace is not just for a short time．We would like the message from the Athens Game to help countries come together and solve their problems．”

　　Several years later, the Olympic Games will be held in China．And China already made a seal as the emblem of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games．The emblem has a single Chinese Character on a red seal and means “Chinese seal－dancing Beijing．” Below it, there are the words “Beijing 2008”．The character in the emblem “jing” means “capital” of China, and it is also like a runner or a dancer．The running figure (人形)of the emblem shows the spirit of the Olympics——faster, higher and stronger．

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　　In the United States, headmasters and teachers discipline(惩罚)students in several ways．The teacher often writes to or calls the students’ parents．Sometimes students have to stay at school for one hour．If a student behaves(表现)very badly, the headmaster can stop the student having classes．The student can’t come to school for one, two or three days．Mr．Lazares, the headmaster of a middle school in Ohio, did not like to do so．When he didn’t let the students come to school, they were happy．“A three-day holiday!”they thought．

　　One day, a boy was in Mr．Lazares’s office．The boy was not behaving well in class．Mr．Lazares telephoned the boy’s parents．“If you come to school with your son, I won’t stop him having classes,”he said．The boy’s father came to school and went with his son to every class．Other students looked at the boy and his father．The boy was embarrassed．After that he behaved better．And, of course, other students behaved better, too．

　　Now headmasters all over the USA are trying Mr．Lazares’s idea．They, too, think that students behave better when parents come to school．

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　　There would be a school party on Friday evening．The girls were talking about what they were going to wear．

　　“I’m going to wear a black dress, so everybody will notice(注意)me,”said Emily,“How about you, Linda?”

　　“I’m not sure．Maybe jeans, an old shirt, and a hat．People will notice me more than you!”Linda said．

　　“What are we going to do about the boys?”asked Jane,“Do you remember the last school party last year?They just stood there, and we girls had to dance by ourselves!”

　　“I hear that some of the boys learned how to dance this summer．Maybe it’ll be better this time．”said Mary．

　　The party was held on Friday evening．Groups of students arrived．The music began．The girls stood in a line on one side, and the boys on another side．Mr．Green, their teacher, tried to get them together, but failed．After a while, Tim said,“I don’t want to stand here the whole time．The party is only for two hours．It’ll be over soon．”He started to dance．All the others watched him．Then David asked Emily if she wanted to dance．Then Jack and Linda．Then all began to dance．Soon there were more dancers than watchers．

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　　Project Hope(希望工程)，a national charity(慈善机构)that helps young children who have left school in poor areas(地区)return to school, is now changing its focus(中心，工作重心)from villages to cities．Because more children of laid-off workers(下岗职工)have had to give up their studies．

　　Anshan city in northeast China’s Liaoning Province has successfully started the project．They helped the children of local(地方的)laid-off workers．

　　Project Hope in Anshan has built 73 primary schools and 50 libraries and has helped over 6,500 children return to school with donation(捐赠)of more focus on school-age children(学龄儿童)of laid-off workers．Those children are forced(被迫)to leave school because their parents have not enough money．The project will help the children return to school and let their parents pay full attention to(全身心的)finding new jobs．

　　Project Hope was stated in 1990 by the China Youth Development Fund(中国青少年发展基金会)．It has received over 1.78 billion yuan(about ＄214 million)in donations and sent 2.29 million children back to school more than the past ten years．

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　　Daniel wakes up in the morning and collects his post．There’s a letter for him with a picture of a sick horse．It’s from a charity(慈善机构，慈善)，asking him to give money to help save the animals．The doorbell rings and there is an old woman on Daniel’s doorstep．She is asking for money to help old people．When he turns on the TV, he hears sad music and sees a picture of a weak child who is dying of hunger in Africa(非洲)．He knows those poor children need money．He is always ready to help those in trouble．

　　In May, 2003, Yao Ming, a basketball star, held a TV show in Shanghai and he collected ＄300,000 to help scientists with the medical research(医学研究)．“We must do something to help our country at this difficult time．”He said．

　　People such as Daniel and Yao Ming feel good about helping with money．

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Einstein Was Waiting for His Friend

　　Once Einstein was waiting for one of his friends on a bridge．He was thinking a oblem．While he was waiting, it began to rain．The rain kept on for some time．When Einstein took out a piece of paper from his pocket to write something down, the paper was wet and then he knew that it was raining．His clothes had become wet．But after he put the paper into his pocket, he forgot he was standing in the rain again．

　　Many scientists are not careful with their lives．This is because they are too careful with their studies．

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