15.States at war with each other would end hostilities for the duration of the Games.
16.The Olympic motto is universally accepted as “Swifter, Higher, Stronger.”
17.One athlete from the games host country takes an oath at the Opening Ceremony
18.on behalf of all the competing athletes:
19.\these Olympic games,
20.respecting and abiding by the rules which govern them,
21.in the true spirit of sportsmanship, for the glory of sport and the honor of our teams.” 22.In ancient times,
23.winners were crowned with wreaths of the sacred olive. 24.Their names were proclaimed throughout the Greek city-states. 25.Things have not changed much in this regard. 26.Today, first place winners are awarded gold medals, 27.second place winners, silver, and third place gets the bronze. 28.And, as in ancient times, Olympic stars become internationally famous.
29.Let us hope that this living experience of peace and friendship between all the peoples of the world
30.that began in Olympia, in ancient Greece, will continue for many centuries to come.
Passage 5 All Ever Really Needed to Know I Learned in Kindergarten…
2.Most of what I really need to know about how to live and what to do and how to be,
3.I learned in kindergarten.
4.Wisdom was not at the top of the graduate mountain, 5.but there in the sandbox at nursery school. 6.These are the things I learned:
7.Share everything. Play fair. Don’t hit people. 8.Put things back where you found them. 9.Clean up your own mess.
10.Don’t take things that aren’t yours. 11.Say you’re sorry when you hurt somebody. 12.Wash your hands before you eat.
13.Warm cookies and cold milk are good for you. 14.Live a balanced life.
15.Learn some and think some and draw and paint and sing and dance and play and work every day some. 16.Take a nap every afternoon.
17.When you go out into the world, watch for traffic, hold hands and stick together. 18.Be aware of wonder.
19.Remember the little seed in the plastic cup?
20.The roots go down and the plant goes up and nobody really knows how or why,
21.but we are all like that.
22.Goldfish and hamsters and white mice and even the little seed in the plastic cup —
23.they all die. So do we.
24.And then remember the book about Dick and Jane and the first word you learned, the biggest word of all:
25.Look. Everything you need to know is in there somewhere. 26.The Golden Rule and love and basic sanitation. Ecology and politics and sane living.
27.Think of what a better world it would be if we all —
28.the whole world — had cookies and milk about 3 o’clock every afternoon
29.and then lay down with our blankets for a nap. 30.Or if we had a basic policy in our nations
31.to always put things back where we found them and cleaned up our own messes.
32.And it is still true, no matter how old you are,
33.when you go out into the world, it is better to hold hands and stick together.
Passage 6 Come as You Are
2.Come as you are; do not loiter over your toilet. 3.If your braided hair has loosened, 4.if the parting of your hair be not straight, 5.if the ribbons be not fastened, do not mind. 6.Come as you are; do not loiter over your toilet. 7.Come, with quick steps over the grass.
8.If the red come from your feet because of the dew, 9.if the rings of bells upon your feet slacken, 10.if pearls drop out of your chain, do not mind. 11.Come, with quick steps over the grass. 12.Do you see the clouds wrapping the sky? 13.Flocks of cranes fly up from the further riverbank. 14.The anxious cattle run to their stalls in the village. 15.Do you see the clouds wrapping the sky? 16.Come as you are; do not loiter over your toilet. 17.Let your work be. Listen, the guest has come.
18.Do you hear, he is gently shaking the chain which fastens the door? 19.See that your anklets make no loud noise,
20.and that your step is not over-hurried at meeting him. 21.Let your work be, the guest has come in the evening. 22.It is the full moon on a night of April; 23.shadows are pale in the court yard; 24.the sky overhead is bright.
25.Draw your veil over your face if you must, 26.carry the lamp in the door if you fear.
27.Have no word with him if you are shy; stand aside by the door when you meet him.
28.If he asks you questions, and if you wish to, you can lower your eyes in silence.
29.Do not let your bracelets jingle when, lamp in hand, you lead him in. 30.Have you not finished your work yet? Listen, the guest has come.
Passage 7 An Irish Wedding
2.Have you ever been to an Irish wedding? 3.I have just returned from one. 4.It is a quarter to five in the morning;
5.the sun has already climbed above the horizon;
6.the birds are busy celebrating the new day and have eagerly been in search of food.
7.But some of the guests have not yet left. 8.They are still prolonging the night:
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