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China’s tennis player Li Na made history at the French Open on Jun. 4, 2011. She earned the women’s championship and became the first Chinese player to win a Grand Slam singles title.
More than 116 million viewers in China witnessed the match. Li Na is already a national hero, she’s just going to go to rock-star status. Look at Yao Ming, she’s going to be there.
—Stacey Allaster, the WTA chief said.
Li Na is an exponentially better exemplar of Chinese soft power. Her individualistic persona—tattoo and all—and sense of humor win over international audiences.
—The Atlantic Magazine considered that Li Na was a new face of Chinese soft power.
I didn’t use to understand tennis all that much but because of Li Na I have fallen in love with it now. I hope that my child will grow up with a love for tennis.
—A young father said. After Li Na’s victory, the enthusiasm for tennis is running high in China.
French Open 法国网球公开赛
Grand Slam 大满贯
singles 单打比赛
status 地位
WTA女子网球协会
（Women’s Tennis Association的简称）
exponentially 迅猛发展地
exemplar 典范
individualistic个性化的
persona 人格
tattoo 纹身
FIRST HABITABLE PLANET DISCOVERED
20 light years away from our solar system, there is a planet called“Gliese 581d” which has conditions that could support Earth-like life, including possible oceans and rainfall. On May.19, 2011, the planet has been the first to be officially declared habitable by French scientists.
Glises 581d is truly different from the Earth. The sky is likely to be red, not blue, the gravity is twice as what is on Earth, and the weight of anyone standing on the surface is doubled. In addition, the level of carbon dioxide on this planet is too high for human beings to breath. So, it was ruled out as a habitable planet candidate before.
However, the scientists used a new computer model, which uses methods similar to those used to measure Earth’s own climate, to simulate the surroundings of 581d. The report confirmed that Gliese 581d is really a habitable planet.
Dr Robin Wordsworth, a member of the French scientist team, said: “This discovery is important because it’s the first time climate modelers have proved that the planet is potentially habitable, and all observers agree that the planet exists, though there are still some contradictions. The fact that a planet so unlike the Earth could be habitable gives us a bright future of the search for life in general.”
Maybe our dreams of living in other planets have been in sight.
habitable 适合居住的
light year 光年
solar system 太阳系
rainfall 降雨
gravity 引力
carbon dioxide 二氧化碳
rule out 排除
candidate 候选者
simulate 模仿
contradiction 不同意见
THE BRIDGE KEEPER
There was once a bridge which spanned a large river. During most of the day the bridge sat with its length running up and down the river paralleledwith the banks, allowing ships to pass through freely on both sides of the bridge. But at certain times each day, a train would come along and the bridge would be turned sideways across the river, allowing the train to cross it. A switchman sat in a small shackon one side of the river where he operated a controlto turn the bridge and lock it into place as the train crossed.
One evening as the switchman was waiting for the last train of the day to come, he looked off into the distance through the dimming twilightand caught sight of the trainlights. He stepped to the control and waited until the train was within a prescribeddistance when he was to turn the bridge. He turned the bridge into position, but, suddenly, he found the locking control did not work. If the bridge was not securelyin position it would wobbleback and forth, causing the train to jump the track and go crashing into the river. This would be a passenger train with many people aboard.
The man hurried across the bridge, on the other side of the river there was a lever switch that he could hold to operate the lock manually. He could hear the rumble of the train now, and he took hold of the lever and leaned backward to apply his weight to it, locking the bridge. He kept applying the pressure to keep the mechanism locked. Many lives depended on this man’s strength.
Then, coming across the bridge from the direction of his control shack, he heard a sound that made his blood run cold.
“Daddy, where are you?” His four-year-old son was crossing the bridge to look for him. His first impulse was to cry out to the child, “Run! Run!” But the train was too close; the little boy would never across the bridge in time. The man almost left his lever to run and snatch up his son and carry him to safety. But he realized that he could not get back to the lever if he saved his son. Either the people on the train or his little son must die. He took but a moment to make his decision.
The train sped safely and swiftly on its way, and no one aboard was even aware of the tiny broken body thrown mercilessly into the river by the onrushing train. Nor were they aware of the pitiful figure of the sobbing man, still clinging tightly to the locking lever long after the train had passed. They did not see him walking home more slowly than he had ever walked: to tell his wife how their son had brutally died.
span跨越
parallel平行
shack棚屋
control 操纵装置
dimming模糊的
twilight暮色
prescribed规定的
securely 稳固地
wobble摇晃
lever 控制杆
manually用手（操作）
rumble隆隆声
mechanism装置
impulse冲动
snatch一把抓住
swiftly 快速地
mercilessly 残忍地
sobbing啜泣的
cling (to)紧紧抱住
brutally残酷地
1. The underlined phrase “the pitiful figure”（in Paragraph 6） refers to .
A. the onrushing train B. the locking lever
C. the sobbing man D. the broken body
2. What choice did the bridge keeper make that evening?
（Find the KEY in this issue）
（本期由吕吉尔、杨彦、Asuka供稿）
China’s tennis player Li Na made history at the French Open on Jun. 4, 2011. She earned the women’s championship and became the first Chinese player to win a Grand Slam singles title.
More than 116 million viewers in China witnessed the match. Li Na is already a national hero, she’s just going to go to rock-star status. Look at Yao Ming, she’s going to be there.
—Stacey Allaster, the WTA chief said.
Li Na is an exponentially better exemplar of Chinese soft power. Her individualistic persona—tattoo and all—and sense of humor win over international audiences.
—The Atlantic Magazine considered that Li Na was a new face of Chinese soft power.
I didn’t use to understand tennis all that much but because of Li Na I have fallen in love with it now. I hope that my child will grow up with a love for tennis.
—A young father said. After Li Na’s victory, the enthusiasm for tennis is running high in China.
French Open 法国网球公开赛
Grand Slam 大满贯
singles 单打比赛
status 地位
WTA女子网球协会
（Women’s Tennis Association的简称）
exponentially 迅猛发展地
exemplar 典范
individualistic个性化的
persona 人格
tattoo 纹身
FIRST HABITABLE PLANET DISCOVERED
20 light years away from our solar system, there is a planet called“Gliese 581d” which has conditions that could support Earth-like life, including possible oceans and rainfall. On May.19, 2011, the planet has been the first to be officially declared habitable by French scientists.
Glises 581d is truly different from the Earth. The sky is likely to be red, not blue, the gravity is twice as what is on Earth, and the weight of anyone standing on the surface is doubled. In addition, the level of carbon dioxide on this planet is too high for human beings to breath. So, it was ruled out as a habitable planet candidate before.
However, the scientists used a new computer model, which uses methods similar to those used to measure Earth’s own climate, to simulate the surroundings of 581d. The report confirmed that Gliese 581d is really a habitable planet.
Dr Robin Wordsworth, a member of the French scientist team, said: “This discovery is important because it’s the first time climate modelers have proved that the planet is potentially habitable, and all observers agree that the planet exists, though there are still some contradictions. The fact that a planet so unlike the Earth could be habitable gives us a bright future of the search for life in general.”
Maybe our dreams of living in other planets have been in sight.
habitable 适合居住的
light year 光年
solar system 太阳系
rainfall 降雨
gravity 引力
carbon dioxide 二氧化碳
rule out 排除
candidate 候选者
simulate 模仿
contradiction 不同意见
THE BRIDGE KEEPER
There was once a bridge which spanned a large river. During most of the day the bridge sat with its length running up and down the river paralleledwith the banks, allowing ships to pass through freely on both sides of the bridge. But at certain times each day, a train would come along and the bridge would be turned sideways across the river, allowing the train to cross it. A switchman sat in a small shackon one side of the river where he operated a controlto turn the bridge and lock it into place as the train crossed.
One evening as the switchman was waiting for the last train of the day to come, he looked off into the distance through the dimming twilightand caught sight of the trainlights. He stepped to the control and waited until the train was within a prescribeddistance when he was to turn the bridge. He turned the bridge into position, but, suddenly, he found the locking control did not work. If the bridge was not securelyin position it would wobbleback and forth, causing the train to jump the track and go crashing into the river. This would be a passenger train with many people aboard.
The man hurried across the bridge, on the other side of the river there was a lever switch that he could hold to operate the lock manually. He could hear the rumble of the train now, and he took hold of the lever and leaned backward to apply his weight to it, locking the bridge. He kept applying the pressure to keep the mechanism locked. Many lives depended on this man’s strength.
Then, coming across the bridge from the direction of his control shack, he heard a sound that made his blood run cold.
“Daddy, where are you?” His four-year-old son was crossing the bridge to look for him. His first impulse was to cry out to the child, “Run! Run!” But the train was too close; the little boy would never across the bridge in time. The man almost left his lever to run and snatch up his son and carry him to safety. But he realized that he could not get back to the lever if he saved his son. Either the people on the train or his little son must die. He took but a moment to make his decision.
The train sped safely and swiftly on its way, and no one aboard was even aware of the tiny broken body thrown mercilessly into the river by the onrushing train. Nor were they aware of the pitiful figure of the sobbing man, still clinging tightly to the locking lever long after the train had passed. They did not see him walking home more slowly than he had ever walked: to tell his wife how their son had brutally died.
span跨越
parallel平行
shack棚屋
control 操纵装置
dimming模糊的
twilight暮色
prescribed规定的
securely 稳固地
wobble摇晃
lever 控制杆
manually用手（操作）
rumble隆隆声
mechanism装置
impulse冲动
snatch一把抓住
swiftly 快速地
mercilessly 残忍地
sobbing啜泣的
cling (to)紧紧抱住
brutally残酷地
1. The underlined phrase “the pitiful figure”（in Paragraph 6） refers to .
A. the onrushing train B. the locking lever
C. the sobbing man D. the broken body
2. What choice did the bridge keeper make that evening?
（Find the KEY in this issue）
（本期由吕吉尔、杨彦、Asuka供稿）