My father many programmes, but now he retires.

foreigners come to Shanghai for its beautiful night views.

    Mary likes to run. When she was in third grade, she began training to run long distances. When she was in eighth grade, her parents agreed to let her run in the Banana Classic. The Banana Classic is a ten-kilometre race. It takes place every year in Mattydale. The winners get a lifetime supply (提供) of peanuts and fruit juice.

    Mary practised by running ten kilometres, twice every day. On the average run, she would finish in thirty minutes. Last year's winner finished the race in twenty—six minutes and ten seconds!

    On the day of the race, Mary ran faster than she ever had in the past. As she came across the last kilometre, she was in the fourth place. She picked up the pace (步伐) and quickly reached the second place, just as she could see the finishing line. She ran as fast as she could in a mad dash (冲刺) to the finishing line, but she just wasn't fast enough to catch up with the first runner.

—If you want to be an astronaut, you have to ___________hard.

    The idea for the book Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone came to J. K. Rowling in 1990. She spent seven years finishing writing it. During those seven years she had a number of jobs, including one job as an English teacher. Rowling sent the book to four publishers before one of them bought it. She was very happy because it was her dream to be a published writer. Before she sold her book, she was living in a small flat with her daughter. She was so poor that she could not pay the heat in winter.

    Harry Potter became a great success with both children and adults in England. After her second and third books were published, the books were made into popular movies. Rowling's life had completely changed, in just three years.

    Harry Potter books have become one of the most popular books across the world. People translated them into more than 60 languages so far.

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