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Ào yùn  huì
运 
Gōng yuán qián liù nián bàn de shǒu jiè
ào lín yùn dòng huì , jīn jīng yǒu qiān
duō nián de shǐ le . Xiàn dài ào lín yùn dòng
huì shǐ jiǔ liù nián , měi nián bàn
.
duō guó  jiā jìn men zuì de zhēng bàn ào
 家
yùn huì . Měi guó jiā zài yùn dòng huì zhōng dōu zhēng
gèng duō de jiǎng pái . Èr líng líng líng nián ,
bàn le èr shí jiè ào yùn huì , quán shì jiè
bǎi duō guó jiā cān jiā le zhè shèng huì .
nián zhōng guó huò le èr shí méi jīn pái . Zhōng guó
zuò wéi guó , jiāng èr líng líng
nián bàn èr shí jiǔ jiè ào yùn huì . háng
de rén men zhèng zài wèi ào yùn huì zuò zhe xiàng zhǔn
bèi ,
Ào yùn huì de huì shàng yǒu huán . huán bèi
rèn wéi xiàng zhēng zhe zhōu : ōu zhōu , zhōu ,
fēi zhō, yáng  zhōu měi zhōu . Ào yùn huì de kǒu hào
shì : gèng gāo , gèng kuài , gèng  qiáng . Ào yùn huì néng
gòu jìn mín guó jiā zhī jiān de
jiě yǒu .
Èr líng líng nián ào yùn shèng huǒ zài ào lín
chéng   gōng diǎn rán . Huǒ cóng sān yuè sān shí kāi shǐ jìn
 成  功
xíng wéi bǎi sān shí tiān , cháng shí sān wàn
qiān gōng de xíng . Huǒ chuán cóng ào lín
kāi shǐ , zuì zhōng běn jiè xià ào yùn huì
de bàn chéng shì běi jīng .
Shù wàn de shèng huǒ chuán zhě , zhōng zhōng guó
huǒ shǒu wàn jiǔ qiān bǎi míng , zài
zhōu de èr shí zuò chéng shì chuán huǒ jù,
rán hòu chuān yuè zhōng guo , wàn rén mín zài
穿 亿
liè huān yíng shèng huǒ de dào  lái . Huǒ jiāng yuè
liù běi jīng , rán hòu huán chéng chuán , zhí
dào yuè jìn guó jiā guǎn "niǎo cháo"
xíng ào yùn huì kāi shì .

The Olympic Games

Ancient Greek Olympic Games, first held in 776 BC, has a history of more than one thousand years. First modern Olympic Games began in 1896 and is held every four years.

Many countries try their best to bid for hosting the Olympic Games. And every country does its best to get more medals in the Games. In 2000, the city of Sidney held the 27th Olympic Games. Over one hundred countries all over the world took part in it. China won 28 gold medals that year. As a major sport country, China will hold the 29th Olympic Games in 2008. People from all walks of life are participating in various activities and making good preparations for it.

There are five rings on the Olympic flag, which are considered to symbolize the five continents: Europe, Asia, Africa, Oceania and America. The Olympic motto is: "Swifter, higher, stronger." The Games can promote the understanding and friendship among different peoples and different nations.

The torch for the 2008 Olympic Games has been lit successfully in ancient Olympia, Greece. The torch will have a 130-day, 137,000-km journey starting on March 31. That will take it from the site of Olympia to Beijing, where the Summer Games is scheduled for August.

Tens of thousands of torch-bearers, including 19,400 in Chinese mainland, will carry the flame on foot through 21 cities on five continents and then throughout China, where tens of millions of ordinary people have been aspiring to see the arrival of the torch. The flame is set to arrive in Beijing on August 6, where it will be paraded around the city until entering the National Stadium "Bird's Nest" for the Olympics opening ceremony on August 8.

(China.org.cn July 2, 2008)

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