You might think that Olympic athletes are the healthiest people in the world. It's true that many are. However, it's also true that many Olympic athletes had to overcome (克服) illness early in their lives.

    One excellent example is Wilma Rudolph. She competed in track-and-field (田径) events in the 1960s Olympics. She didn't win just one gold medal (奖章).She won three. At the time, people called her ”the fastest woman in the world”.

    Actually, as a young child, Wilma could not take part in sports. She had serious illnesses, and then, at the age of 4, she got polio (小儿麻痹症).She lost the function of her left leg, and the doctor said she could never walk again.

Wilma's family did everything they could to help her walk again. Wilma and her mother used to travel 100 miles to get treatments for her leg. Her brothers and sisters took turns to give her leg a daily massage (按摩).Four times a day, they helped her do special exercises for her leg. Amazingly, by the time Wilma was 9 years old, she was able to walk again. Before long, she started playing basketball and running. In high school, she was a track star and then she went to the Olympics.

    Wilma stopped being a runner when she was 22 years old. She then became a teacher and a track coach. Her story encouraged many people to work hard and to overcome difficulties.

      December 21^st is Becky's fourteenth birthday. When she gets home after school, she sees her parents in the living room. They both say to her, “Happy birthday, dear! We have a present for you. Go and look for it in your bedroom. ”

Becky runs to her bedroom. There is a red box on her desk. There is a card in it. The girl takes it out and reads，“Dear Becky, I'm your present. My first three letters are in the word（单词）‘come'. My last two letters are in the word ‘water'. My middle（中间的） three letters are in the word ‘put'. What am I?”

      Becky thinks hard and then says,“Thank Dad and Mom. I know what it is, but where is it?”

      Her father and mother tell her to go to her study. There, on the desk she finds her new present.

    31-year-old Michael Phelps has become a phenomenon(神话) in swimming.

    Phelps won four golds and one silver at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games. He ended his journey to the next Olympic Games and magic performance successfully. Within 12 years, from Athens to Rio, Phelps won 22 gold medals. He was one of the greatest athletes in the history of the Olympic Games.

    At the 2008 Summer Olympic Games, he won eight gold medals. That was more than the whole Australian team could put together. He beat(打败) Mark Spitz's 1972 record of seven wins in the pool at one Olympics. Phelps has put his name next to seven world records.

    Michael Phelps started to swim at the age of 5. Guess which stroke(动作) he first tried, the backstroke. It's because he didn't want to put his face in the water. By the age of 7, he had taken part in a lot of swimming competitions. At 11, he met Bob Bowman who saw the kid's great talent.

    How did Phelps become so good? He was born with the body of a swimmer. He stands 1.87 meters high and has a wide wingspan(臂展). He knows how to use his body to full advantage. His hands and feet are like paddles(踏板) in the water and he has a strong kick. But that's not all; he also has the heart and will to win. He thinks that anything is possible as long as you keep practicing.

    Swimming is Phelps' life. Every day he spends five hours in the water, swimming about 11 kilometers. He never takes a day off. This is a young man who knows what he wants. "If I didn't swim my best, I'd think about it at school, at dinner, and with my friends. It would drive me crazy," he said.

    "There are no limits(限制). The more you dream, the further you will get."

There's an elephant living in a forest. He's very beautiful and clever. He usually helps people who get lost in the forest, so people in the countryside all like him very much.

One day, a young man came to the countryside. He knew the elephant from the farmers and he wanted to catch him. Then he went to the forest and looked for the elephant. After two days, he saw the elephant and ran after him. But the elephant ran so fast. The young man couldn't catch him. The elephant ran from morning to night. He was very tired, so he hid (躲藏) behind the trees. The young man couldn't see him.

After some time, the young man got lost in the forest and fell into a pool. No one could help him out. The elephant saw that and saved him. The young man thanked the elephant and said, "I'm sorry for what I do at first. Please tell me what you want me to do for you." The elephant said, "I only want to stop catching animals and save them."

A relaxing walk along the Beijing Central Axis （中轴线），from the Drum Tower to the Palace Museum ﹣this was Zhao Xianghan's first citywalk in 2022. Since then，Zhao has been crazy about the citywalk and believes it is the best way to lear about a city. 

"I visited Beijing before the start of my college life here，but I went there with a guide group. Taking photos of places of interest was a big thing. The crowded places made me think that Beijing was noisy，" said Zhao. "Yet now a citywalk allows me to see a whole different side of Beijing，"Zhao added. 

Zhao travelled in Wuhan and Hangzhou last month through citywalk tours. "Citywalk is all about doing whatever you want in your own traveling. And I enjoyed it so much，" said Zhao. 

People like Zhao also share their citywalk experience on the Internet. On the video﹣sharing app Douyin，a video about citywalk route （路线） by Chen Dong in Guangzhou got more than 171

Zhang Xinyu，a 19﹣year﹣old girl from Beijing University，shared a citywalk route from Wukang Road to Fuxing Park in Shanghni. "I like the route because I can know more about the culture and beauty of Shanghai

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