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Beijing"s battle to correct English-language signs before the 2008 Olympics has started.
By the end of the year, all public "WC" in the city will be called "toilets". In Western countries people
don"t use "WC", because it is quite rude in English.
Road signs are also on the list. These signs will be changed into real English words. For example,
"Dong Chang" an Jie" will become "East Chang"an Avenue".
But there is still a question. What to do about menus? Thousands of tourists, athletes and reporters
will visit the city, and most of them can"t speak Chinese or understand Chinese characters.
Now linguists (语言学家) are trying hard to translate popular Chinese dishes like "ants climbing the
tree" into good English.
Chinese children will be able to get a taste of adult working life in the Kids City. It will allow children
aged 5 to 10 to try out different jobs after it opens.
The world"s first Kids City was opened in Mexico City in 1999. In 2006, Kids City opened its Tokyo
Park in Japan. It became an attraction to kids. Now it will begin in China. It will offer more than 50 jobs,
including pilots, doctors, police officers and lawyers. Inside the city, every kid would get a bank
account (账户) holding special money. And they can only spend the money in the park. They could
earn more money by working in different places. (written in 2007)
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| 根据短文内容，判断正（T）、误（F）。 | ||||||
| Sports change with the season. People do not often play the same games in winter as in summer. Sailing is fun in warm weather, but when it gets cold, it"s time to change to other sports. People talk about sports seasons. Baseball is only played for a few months of the year. This is called "baseball season". Games and sports often grow out of the working people. In Portugal (葡萄牙) many people work to catch fish. They fish from boats. Sometimes they use their boats for racing. Arabians (阿拉伯人) are famous for their horses. They use horses to travel over huge plains (平原). Horseback riding is a very exciting sport in countries like Morocco (摩洛哥). When men ride horses at greet speeds, they often stand up. ( )1. People play the same games in winter as in summer. ( )2. Games and sports are often created (创造) by the working people. ( )3. Arabians are famous for racing boats. ( )4. People in Morocco like riding horses. ( )5. Sports change with the season. | ||||||
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| London is such a wonderful city. It is very large. The Thames River runs 1 the city from west to east. So the city has 2 parts: the South and the North. In the North, there are important buildings, shops, big parks and interesting places. The weather in London is good. In winter it is not very cold and in summer it is not very hot 3 the city is near the sea. People say 4 London is a foggy city and it often rains. It is true. Last year, when I 5 in London I met one of the 6 fogs in years. You could hardly see your hand in front of your face. Cars and buses moved along with their lights on. When evening fell, the weather 7 even worse. The fog was as thick as milk. 8 the buses and cars stopped. I happened 9 an important meeting on the other side of the town, but it was impossible to find a car. I had to get there 10 . | ||||||
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