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　　TV commentary(实况报道，现场解说), Today our program is about the 2008 Olympic mascots(吉祥物)－Beibei, Jingjing, Huan-huan, Yingying, and Nini．If you put their names together, they say "Beijing welcomes you!" in Chinese, They are symbols for the Games．They carry within themselves Chinese People's best wishes for the success of the Games．Here, let's learn about them one by one．

　　HUANHUAN The child of fire stands for(代表)the red Olympic ring(环)．He is in the centre, the big brother of the five．He carries the Olympic spirit(精神)．He is the most warm-hearted and outgoing of the five．He can do well in all ball games．

　　YINGYING The antelope(藏羚)stands for the yellow Olympic ring．Yingying is smart and moves quickly．Like all antelopes, he is strong in track and field events(田径比赛)．The antelope is one of the first animals put under protection(保护)in China．Choosing the antelope shows(表明)that China wants a Green Olympics．

　　Do you want to know more about the other three mascots?Please come back after the four short advertisements．

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TV commentary(实况报道)

　　Today our program is about the 2008 Olympic mascots．(吉祥物)－Beibei, Jingjing, Huanhuan, Yingying, and Nini．If you put their names together, they say“Beijing welcome you!”in Chinese．They are symbols for the Games．They carry within themselves Chinese people's best wishes for the success of the Games．Here, let's learn about them one by one．

　　HUANHUAN The child of fire stands for the red Olympic ring．He is in the centre, the big brother of the five．He carries the Olympic spirit．He is the most warm-hearted and outgoing of the five．He can do well in all ball games．

　　YINGYING The antelope(藏羚羊)stands for the yellow Olympic ring．Yingying is smart and moves quickly．Like all antelopes, he is strong in track and field events(田径比赛)．The antelope is one of the first animals put protection in China．Choosing the antelope shows that China wants a Green Olympics．

　　Do you want to know more about the other three mascots? Please come back after the four short advertisements．

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　　John Brown, an office worker, lives in Washington．He inherited(继承)＄1,000,000 when he was 23．He didn’t feel 　　1　　 at all．His college friends were looking for their first jobs, but he didn’t have to．John decided to 　　2　　 living a simple life like everyone else．He didn’t tell any of his friends and gave his ＄100,000 of his money to a 　　3　　 that helped poor children to live better lives．Today he is 36, he 　　4　　 wears cheap shoes and owns a small car only, but he is much happier．

　　Once, John went to meet a little girl in Africa．He said the meeting was very 　　5　　．“ When I met her, I felt very, very happy,” he said．“ I saw that the money 　　6　　 for a very good plan．It brought me 　　7　　 to the child in a way that giving money 　　8　　 cannot．” “ I want to do everything I can,” he added．

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　　Once a king was walking around a pool with his ministers(大臣)．Suddenly, he came up with(想出)an idea．He asked,“How many baskets of 　　1　　 are there in the pool?”The ministers couldn’t give an answer．The king was angry,“You 　　2　　 answer my questions in three days!”

　　Three days passed, but 　　3　　 of the ministers had the answer．Just then, a child said that he knew it．The king told the ministers 　　4　　 the child to the pool．To his surprise, the child 　　5　　 and said with a smile,“It is 　　6　　．No need to go to the pool．”This made the king pleased．“All right．Let us know 　　7　　．”The child said,“If you know the 　　8　　 of the basket, the answer is known．　　9　　 it is as big as the pool, there is one basket of water; half as big, two baskets…”“Stop!That’s it．You have got the answer．They were thinking of things 　　10　　 a wrong way．”

　　Sometimes to get out of the difficulty, one must change one’s way of thinking．

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　　"Do you like my dress?" she asked a stranger．"My mum made it just for me," she said with tears in her eyes．

　　"Well, I think it's very pretty, so tell me, little girl, why are you crying?"

　　The little girl answered in a low voice, "After mum made me this dress, she went away．My dad says that she's up in heaven(天堂)now with Grandfather．"

　　Finally the woman realized why she was crying．She felt very sorry for the little girl and gently held the child in her arms．

　　Then suddenly the little girl did something a bit strange．She stopped crying, walked back from the woman and began to sing．She sang softly．It was the sweetest sound the woman had ever heard, almost like the song of a very small bird．

　　After the child stopped singing, she said to the lady, "My mum often sang that song to me before she went away, and she asked me to sing it whenever I started crying and it would make me stop．"

　　"See," she said loudly, "it did, and now my eyes are dry!"

　　Just before the lady wanted to go, the girl showed her a spot(印迹)on her dress, and said, "Right here is where my mum kissed(吻)my dress, and here," pointing to another spot, "and here is another kiss, and here, and here．Mum said that she put all those kisses on my dress so that I would forget my sadness．"

　　Then the lady realized that she wasn't just looking at a dress, no, she was looking at a mother．The mother knew that she was going away and would not be there to kiss away her daughter's hurts any longer．

　　So the mother gave all her love to her beautiful daughter and put it into this dress．Now her child was wearing it so proudly．

　　The lady no longer saw a little girl wearing a simple dress．She saw a child wrapped(包)in her mother's love．

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