She began swimming at the age of eight became a national champion two years.

The basketball player from China is 2.29m .

— ________ not. I'm always the first one.

    The Olympic Games are world 1 meetings. Every four years, the greatest players from all 2 the world get together in one city for 3 the meetings. People carry the holy flame(圣火)from one place 4 the next. In 2008, the holy flame came to 5, the capital of China.

    In 1896, only 14 countries took part in the Olympics. China was one of them. Today 6 than 10,000 people from about 200 countries take part in the Olympics.

    When Beijing was chosen as the host city to hold the Olympic Games in 2008, all the Chinese people were very happy, excited and proud. Many people laughed, jumped and shouted 7 they heard the news.

    In Beijing we built a new Olympic village with hotels for players and stadiums of the games. The motto of the Olympics is "8, Higher, Stronger". The players from different countries may not be able to understand each other, but after a game, they become good friends. Some of them often call or send e-mails to each other.

    Ellie Simmonds is a swimmer who has achondroplasia (软骨发育不全). She was born in1994 in England. She started swimming when she was five years old.

    She gets up at 5:30 am and has a quick breakfast. She always has training between 6:00 am and 7:30 am. She has more training after school between 3:30 pm and 5:30 pm. After dinner, she does her homework and reads textbooks for the next day. Then she may talk with friends online and watch TV before going to bed at 9:30 pm.

    Ellie joined the 2008 Summer Paralympics(残奥会)as the youngest British athlete. She won two gold medals then. Ellie won two gold medals, one silver medal and one bronze medal at the 2012 London Paralympics. Her performances were excellent.

    Ellie said, "Other athletes and I hope people can be inspired(受到鼓舞)by us and get into sports."