Five Fantastic Mascots 精彩絕倫五福娃
Five Olympic mascots were unveiled exatly 1000 days before the Beiling Olympic opening ceremony .The long--anticipated mascots feature four of China's most popular animals--the fish,the panda,the Tibrtan antelope and the swallow .The fifth mascot is the brightly burning Olympic flame.
Each of the mascots has a repeated two-syllable name.This type of name is a traditional way of showing affection for children in China.BeiBei is the fish,JingJing is the panda ,HuanHuan is the Olympic flame,YingYing is the Tibetan antelope and NiNi is the swallow.When their names are put together---they say "Welcome to Beijing".
The five elements of nature,including the sea,forest,fire,earth and sky are found in the mascot's origins and headpieces.These special headpieces also display the uniqur folk and culture of China.Each mascot also symbolizes a different blessing ---prosperity,happiness,passion,health and good luck.
It is the first time more than three mascots will share the important duty of representing their host country .Han Meilin,chief of the mascot design team explained that ,"China has such a profound and diversified culture that no single mascot could possibly represent it !That is why we chose to produce five mascots instesd of one
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正值北京奧運(yùn)會開幕式前整整一千天之際,五個奧運(yùn)會吉祥物揭開了神秘的面紗.人們翹首以待的奧運(yùn)吉祥物代表了中國最受歡觃的四種動物——魚、熊貓、藏羚羊及燕子.第五個吉祥物是熊熊燃燒的奧運(yùn)圣火.
每個吉祥物都有一個疊音名字.在中國,疊音名字是對孩子們表示喜愛的一種傳統(tǒng)方式.貝貝代表魚,晶晶代表熊貓,歡歡代表奧運(yùn)圣火,觃觃代表藏羚羊,而妮妮代表燕子.把他們的名字放在一起就是“北京歡觃您!”
吉祥物的訽形及頭飾充分體現(xiàn)了包括大海、蒧林、火、大地及天空在內(nèi)的大自然的五大元素.這些特別的頭飾也充分展示了中國的民間藝術(shù)及傳統(tǒng)文化.每一個吉祥物也代表著不同的祝福——繁榮、歡樂、激情、健康和好運(yùn).
這是第一次有三個以上的吉祥物共同承擔(dān)代表東道國的重任.吉祥物設(shè)計組組長韓美林解釋說：“中國有如此博大精深的文化,不是一個吉祥物就能完全展示出來的.所以我們選擇設(shè)計出五個而不是一個的吉祥物.
Keep Your Direction 堅(jiān)持你的方向
What would you do if you failed?Many people may choose to give up.However,the surest way to success is to keep your direction and stick to your goal.
On your way to success,you must keep your direction.It is just like a lamp,guiding you in darkness and helping you overcome obstacles on your way.Otherwise,you will easily get lost or hesitate to go ahead.
Direction means objectives.You can get nowhere without an objective in life.
You can try to write your objective on paper and make some plans to achieve it.In this way,you will know how to arrange your time and to spend your time properly.And you should also have a belief that you are sure to succeed as long as you keep your direction all the time.
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如果失敗了你會怎么做?很多人可能會選擇放棄.然而,要想成功,最可靠的方法就是堅(jiān)持你的方向和目標(biāo).
在通往成功的路上,你必須堅(jiān)持你的方向.它就像一盞燈,在黑暗中為你指路,幫助你度過難關(guān).否則,你很容易就會迷失方向或猶豫不前.
方向意味著目標(biāo).人生如果沒有目標(biāo),將一事無成.
你可以試著把你的目標(biāo)寫在紙上,并制定實(shí)現(xiàn)目標(biāo)的計劃.這樣,你就會懂得如何合理安排時間,如何正確地支配時間.而且你還要有這樣的信念：只要你一直堅(jiān)持自己的方向,你就一定可以成功.