Lesson 27
Can you read and write
The Opening Ceremony of the Olympics is aninternational eventand the whole world watches it.The event is held in a stadium.
The stadium can hold tens of thousands of people.The athletes enter the stadium in a certain order.
The atheletes from Greece enter first in honor of the original Olympics in Greece.Then, the other athletes enter in aplhabetical orderof the host country's language.The host country's athletes come last.For example, in 2008,the athletes from China entered the stadium last.
奥运会开幕式是一场国际性盛会 ，举世瞩目。开幕式在体育场举行体育场能够容纳数以千记的人。运动员入场是有一定顺序的，来自希腊的运动员最先入场 ，是为了纪念首届希腊奥运会。然后， 剩余的运动员就会根据举办国国家的语言字母顺序依次入场。举办国的运动员最后一个入场。例如2008年奥运会，来自中国的运动员是最后一个入场的。
The host country's head of state declares the Gamesopen,followed by the raising of the Olympic flag,and then comes the music,and the fireworks.
The Olympic flame comes from Greece to the hostcountry.Thousands of runners take part in the torch relay.The most exciting moment of the openingceremony is lighting the Olympic flame.The flame goes on burning until the end of theGames.
举办国会宣布奥运会开幕，接下来会升起奥运会会旗，奏响音乐，鸣礼炮，奥运会火种是从希腊接来的 要传递到举办国。数千名火炬手会加入到火炬传递接力中来，最激动人心的时刻就是开幕式点燃奥运圣火的那一刻了，奥运圣火点燃之后将一直燃烧直至奥运会结束。
Lesson 28
Can you read and write
How did the animals decide who should start the cycle of the twelve years?Here is just one of the stories.
The animals were having an argument.Each one wanted to be the first.So the Jade Emperor said that the animals should race across the river.The winner would start the cycle of the years.
The cat and the rat were good friends at that time.They asked the ox to carry them across the river.On the day of the race,they climbed onto the back of the ox and started early that morning.The cat became sleepy because she got up too early.She fell asleep as soon as she got on top of the ox's back.The rat was so eager to win first place.When the ox was a few seconds away from the other side of the river,the rat pushed the cat into the water and went into one of the ox's ears.
动物们到底是怎样决定农历年的顺序的呢，下面是其中的一个故事。
动物们在争论，他们都想成为农历年的第一个，于是玉皇大帝就说道 ，动物们都应该比赛， 看谁能先跨国那条河，谁胜谁就能成为农历年的头一个。
那时候猫和老鼠是很好的朋友，他们请老牛载着他们过河，在比赛的当天，他们爬上了牛背， 比赛在那天清晨很早时候就开始了，猫很快就困了， 因为她很早就起来了。所以一上牛背就睡着了，老鼠非常想赢得第一名。在老牛离河岸只有几秒钟路程的时候，老鼠把猫踢进了水里 自己跑进了老牛的耳朵里。
The rat jumped out of the ox's ear and ran to thefinish line to win first place.The ox ws very angry at the rat.
When the race was over,the Jade Emperor decided the order of the twelveanimals.Then the cat came out of the river,wet all over.She was very angry at the rat.She hit the rat hard.Today when the rat sees the cat,he quickly runs away.Even in the daytime he hides in a hole,not daring to come out.
老鼠从老牛耳朵里跑了出来， 冲过了终点线 赢得了第一名。老牛很生老鼠的气。
在比赛结束之后，玉皇大帝决定12生肖的顺序，猫从河里走了出来，全身湿哒哒的，她也很生老鼠的气，用力地打了老鼠，现在当老鼠见到猫的时候，老鼠会飞快地逃走，即使是在白天， 他也会躲在洞里，不敢出来。