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2 . Not every kid can be a professional athlete, but they can learn the great life lessons from the following storybooks about sports.
Soccer Star
Age:4-8
Young Paulo Marcelo Feliciano dreams of becoming a super soccer player, but his little sister, to whom he teaches soccer moves every day, shines after a key player’s injury. Soccer Star teaches acceptance and celebrates Brazil’s diverse culture and the hope of the poor for a better future.
Tillie the Terrible Swede
Age:5-8
Tillie Anderson tore up her fancy lady’s dress and sewed herself a cycling outfit that had both good form and function. The tight-fitting get up allowed her to become a world champion racer when most women were admired for their graceful dancing, and proved long before Lance Armstrong that you didn’t need to be male to rule the cycling world.
Jim Thorpe’s Bright Path
Age:6-9
Jim Thorpe was a native American who overcame discrimination to become one of America’s best athletes winning gold medals at the 1912 Olympics. He was also all-American and professional football player, and played professional baseball and basketball. So, he deserves to be your kid’s first sport hero.
America’s Champion Swimmer: Gertrude Ederle
Age:4-7
Not only did Trudy Ederle win 3 Olympic medals at age 17, she was also the first woman to swim across the 20-mile English Channel. And she did it in world-record time, challenging 1920s conventions that expected women to stay at home. The next time your kid says that some classmates of theirs shouldn’t be allowed on their team, tell them to talk to Trudy.
1. Which book is related to Brazilian culture?A.Soccer Star. |
B.Tillie the Terrible Swede. |
C.Jim Thorpe’s Bright Path. |
D.America’s Champion Swimmer: Gertrude Ederle. |
A.The sister of a super player. |
B.The life of an American dancer. |
C.The swimmer’s challenging experiences, |
D.The story of a woman cyclist’s struggle. |
A.They are aimed to help the poor. |
B.They are about Olympic champions. |
C.They are about world-record players. |
D.They are intended for children under ten. |
3 . Ali, the boxing legend, died on Friday night at 74,after a Long battle with Parkinson's disease.
Cassius Clay (Ali) was just 12 years old in 1954 when he got ready to beat the boy who stole his bicycle in his hometown of Louisville, Ky. But a local policeman warned him that he'd need to learn to box first. At just 89 pounds, Clay had his first fight and his first win just weeks later, according to Bleacher Report. By 1964, he was the heavyweight champion of the world, alter upsetting Sonny Liston.
In 1969, he was forbidden to do boxing over his refusal to join the army and go to Vietnam. Ali was reportedly drowning in debt and still appealing his conviction(上诉).He made pocket change by touring colleges to discuss the war, and, as Playbill points out, he starred in the Broadway musical, Buck White.
Ali sang nearly every song in the musical, playing a black lecturer addressing a meeting organized by a black political group. But he would never return to the stage after his conviction was cancelled.
In November 1990, Ali met with Iraq president Saddam Hussein in Baghdad on a "good-will tour" in an attempt to negotiate the release of 15 Americans held hostage(人质)in and Kuwait. Ali was criticized by then-President George H. W, Bush and The New York Times, both of whom expressed concerns that he was fueling propaganda (宣传) machine.
Despite running out of medicine for his disease and waiting more than a week to talk to Hus-rein, Ali was able to bring all 15 of a group of American war prisoners home.
1. When did Ali start to learn boxing?A.In 1969. | B.In 1964. |
C.In 1952 | D.In 1954 |
A.He became the heavyweight champion of the world. |
B.He refused to become soldier to fight in Vietnam. |
C.He suffered from a disease. |
D.He got drowning in debt. |
A.A peace lover. |
B.An artist. |
C.The best boxer ever. |
D.friend of President George H. W. Bush. |
A.A1i. the boxing legend, died |
B.A1i was the heavyweight champion of the world |
C.Ali managed to return to the stage |
D.A1i fueled a propaganda machine |