At the modern Olympic Games, the first, second and third - placed athletes are rewarded, respectively, by gold, silver and bronze medals. At the

      Beijing finally unveils its Olympic mascots - five Fuwa
After years of fierce lobbying and months of secrecy, Beijing finally announced its mascots for the 2008 Olympics - five Fuwas based on giant panda, Tibetan

Aquatics（水上运动）
Swimming 游泳
freestyle 自由泳
backstroke 仰泳
breaststroke 蛙泳
butterfly 蝶泳
individual medley 个人混合泳
freestyle relay 自由泳接力
medley relay 混合泳接力
Water polo 水球
Diving 跳水
10m platform event  十米跳台
3m springboard event 三米跳板
synchronised diving from 10 m platform 双人十米跳台
synchronised

　　北京申奥标志是一幅中国传统手工艺品图案，即“同心结”或“中国结”，它采用的是奥林匹克五环标志的典型颜色。图案表现了一个人打太极拳的动感姿态，其简洁的动作线条蕴涵着优美、和谐及力量，寓意世界各国人民之间的团结、合作和交流。
　　The candidature logo features a stylized traditional Chinese handicraft pattern known as the "knot of one heart" or "Chinese folk knot', using the typical colors of the five Olympic r

　　Dancers pose with a beach volleyball during a practice session at the Beach Volleyball Centre ahead of the Olympic Games in Athens.(AFP/Philippe Desmazes)
词汇：
pose vi.摆姿势
beach n.海滩
volleyball n.排球
practice n.练习，实习
Athensn. 雅典（希腊首都）

　　Thousands of athletes gather on the pitch as fireworks light the sky for the opening ceremony of the 2004 Olympic Games at the Olympic stadium in Athens. The opening ceremony for the Athens Olympics got underway here marking the start of a 16-day sporting extravaganza that will see around 10,000 athletes from 202 countries take part(AFP/Jean-P

　　The Olympic flame burns from the cauldron just before being extinguished during the closing ceremony of the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Sunday, Aug. 29, 2004. (AP Photo/Mark Terrill)
词汇：
flame n.火焰，光辉
cauldron n. 大锅，大汽锅
extinguish vt.熄灭，消灭
ceremony n.典礼，仪式

　　国家奥运金牌精英抵港，所到之处皆引起一阵旋风，其中跳水金牌得主田亮、郭晶晶以及蛙泳金牌得主罗雪娟，昨日甫抵港便忙里偷闲到中环一家珠宝金行购物，不过行程始终让神通广大的传媒得悉，以致三人最终不能像一般游客一样，尽情享受在港的购物乐趣。
They may be Olympic gold medalists, but like thousands of mainland tourists they went shopping for gold jewelry in Hong Kong on Monday.
In the end, however, they left empty-handed, a media frenzy hampering their efforts t

        美国年纪最大的奥运冠军詹姆斯·斯蒂尔曼·洛克菲勒本周二在格林威治的家中与世长辞，享年102岁。他在1924年的巴黎奥运会上为美国队获得了一枚赛艇金牌。
James Stillman Rockefeller, the oldest-known U.S. Olympic medal winner and the former head of the bank that became Citigroup, died Tuesday. He was 102.
Rockefeller suffered a stroke on Thursday, said his grandson, Stillma

11 November 2005 - The Organising Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad – Beijing 2008 (BOCOG) has launched the five official mascots for the Beijing Games at a gala show,

奥运会将在北京举行.为了更好的迎接它的到来,北京政府在今后的几年中修建马路,体育场.游泳池.作为一名中学生,我们该怎么做呢?
In three years later,Beijing will hold the 28th Olympic Game.The goverment has decided to b

I want to be a volunteer of beijing olympic games. I realized the time flies.I must study english very hard. Because English is very useful and it is very important. And to be a volunteer of the olympic games is good for myself too.I can make some friends from different countries a

小明做了一个梦。他梦见自己为北京奥运会做一名志愿者：他努力帮助来自世界各国的外国朋友……在交谈中，小明让外国朋友更多地了解北京。外国朋友感谢小明，并认为小明的英语非常好。小明很高兴，他甜蜜地笑了……
请你根据设定的梦境并加以想象，写一段 80 词左右的短文。开始语和结束语均已给出（不计入总词数）。
　　内容要求：
　　（ 1 ）帮助外国朋友；（ 2 ）与外国朋友交谈；（ 3 ）感谢小明；（ 4 ）小明很高兴。
　　词汇参考： try （ do ） one's best ， find （ that ）， heavy （ lost ）， carry （ show ， take ）， taxi （ car ， bike

我非常喜欢体育运动，我还是学校的体育健将呢。我尤其擅长跑步。听说2008年奥运会将在北京举办，我的欣喜之情简直无法用言语表达。我想为奥运会做点什么，于是我开始将自己的所有零花钱攒起来。我决定将这些钱捐献给北京奥委会。虽然这些钱微不足道，但我相信它还是有用的。而且会有越来越多像我一样想着为奥运会表心意的人。
I love sports very much. I am the master-sportsman in my school. I am good at running especially. Having heard that the 2008 Olympics will be held in Beijing, I can't describe my

the mascots — cartoon renditions of a panda, fish, Tibetan antelope,
swallow and the Olympic flame, each one the color of one of the Olympic rings.
　　福娃是五个可爱的亲密小伙伴，