The best players from all over the world will take part in the Olympic Games.

世界各地的优秀运动员将参加奥运会。

Practice

1. He played a leading part in the movement.

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2. He often acts the part of Sun Wukong in the play.

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3. How many countries will be take part in the world cup?

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Key for reference

1. 他在那次运动中担任领导的任务。

2. 在剧中他经常演孙悟空。

3. 有多少国家要参加世界杯赛？

II. Background

　　The first newspaper was written by hand and put up on walls in public palaces . The earliest daily newspaper was started in Rome in 59B.C. In the 700's the world's first printed newspaper was published. Europe didn't have a regularly published newspaper until 1609,when one was started in Germany.

The first regularly published newspaper in England was printed in Amsterdam in 1620. In 1621, an English newspaper was started in London and was published once a week. The first daily English newspaper was the Daily Courtant, which came out in March 1702.

In 1690, Beijamin Harris printed the first American newspaper in Boston. But not long after it was first published, the government stopped the paper. In 1704, John Campbell started the Boston newspaper ,the first newspaper published daily the American Colonies（1）. By 1760, the colonies had more than thirty daily newspapers. There are now about 1800 daily papers in the United States.

Today, as a group, English language newspapers have the largest circulation（2）in the world. But the largest circulation for a newspaper is that of the Japanese newspaper Asahi Shimbun. It sells more than eleven million copies every year.

注解：

（1）Colonies: 殖民地 （2）circulation： 发行量

Language Study

1. The Beijing Space Control Centre said the flight was a "complete success"

　　== The Beijing Space Control Centre said the flight was a completely successful flight.

北京航天控制中心说这次飞行完全成功。

success

(1) n. [U] the fact that you have achieved sth that you want and have been trying to do or get 成功；胜利 success in (doing) sth. 在（做）某事上取得成功

e.g.

He didn't have much success in finding a job.他找工作没有什么结果。

What's the secret of your success? 你成功的秘诀是什么？

（2）n．[C] a person or thing that has achieved a good result and been successful 成功的人或事

e.g.

The party was a big success.聚会非常成功。