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Lesson 1   Modern Heroes

Nations Hero 

China’s first manned spaceship lifted off at 9 a.m. on Wednesday, October 15th , 2003 in Jiuquan, Gansu Province. The spaceship, called Shenzhou V, was carrying China’s first astronaut, Yang LiWei. Yang, who was a pilot in the army, was chosen from 1,500 other army pilots and stared training for his space flight in 1998. 

The launch was very successful. “When the spaceship was lifting off. I could really feel the high gravity”, said Yang LiWei. When the spaceship separated from the rocket, I suddenly got a feeling of soaring into the sky because of the zero gravity”. 

During the 21 – hour space flight, the Shenzhou V circled the earth 14 times. While the spaceship was circling the earth for the sixth time, Yang LiWei spoke with ground control in Gansu. He was also able to speak with his wife and 8-year-old son. Yang LiWei had several tasks to complete during the flight and only slept in the spaceship for about 3 hours. While he was sleeping, the spaceship circled the earth twice. 

When the spaceship was doing its seventh circle, Yang LiWei showed the flags of China and the United Nations, expressing the wishes of the Chinese people to explore and use space peacefully. 

At 6:23 a.m. on October 16th, Yang LiWei landed in Inner Mongolia safely. He told reporters later. “The surface of the spaceship was glowing red when it came back into the earth’s atmosphere. When Shenzhou V let out its parachute, I felt the ship was shaking,” As Yang LiWei returned into the earth’s atmosphere, helicopters were flying to where he would land, ready to collect him.

Millions of people all over China were watching TV when the spaceship landed safely. When Yang LiWei climbed out of the spaceship, he smiled and waved to the crowds waiting for him. Yang LiWei was happy to be home but he said, “I though 21 hours was too short to stay in space.”

Lesson 3    Sports Stars 

VENUS AND SERENA WILLIAMS are sisters. They are also both tennis champions who often have to play each other! Venus is now eleventh in the world, and her younger sister Serena has moved up to third. 

The two sister were born in a poor and dangerous area of California. It was full of drugs and violence. In a recent interview, Venus spoke about the time when she and Serena were practising tennis and they had to run and hide as bullets started flying through the air. Finally, in 1991, the sister then they have never looked back. 

The sisters’ father, Richard, started to train Venus and Serena when they were young children. He has always been very strict with his daughters, training them hard to compete against each they completed their high school while developing their tennis careers. Today, both sisters are studying design at college. They have already expressed a keen interest in working in design after their tennis careers come to an end.

The sisters’ road to success has been amazing. The first time Venus played in a big event was in 1996. Since then, she has won Wimbledon and the US open make fantastic progress. In 1999 and 2002 and 2003, she was the woman’s singles champion at Wimbledon. Has tennis ever caused problems between the sisters? Fortunately, no. “We’ve played each other before and it hadn’t worried us yet!” says Venus. “If she wins,” Serena jokes, “Mama says she has to do the dishes!”

Lesson 4     Superhero 

Christopher Reeve was born in September, 1952. He was in his first school play when he was eight and he stared to act in TV shows and films while he was still in college. He made many successful films and TV shows but he is most famous for his Superman films.

Unfortunately, disaster came in 1995 when he fell from his horse and broke him to live. However, he made amazing progress. At first, he couldn’t breathe without a machine, but he learnt to breathe on his own. He would never walk again but he stared a new life with great courage.

The second year after hid accident, Christopher returned to film making. He also raised a lot of money to promote medical research into back injuries. He made speeches all over the USA about his experiences. This not only draw public attention to research into back injuries but also encouraged a lot of people living with all kinds of problems.

From their home, Christopher and his wife Dana spoke about their life after the accident.

Have you though of giving up after the accident?

“No. Four days after the injury, I came to understand my situation. My wife Dana and I were in the hospital. The doctor said I was not going to pull through, Dana said: ‘But you’re still you, and I love you.’ And that saved my life. Since that moment I have never thought of giving up. Of course, I’ve had moments of felling sorry for committing suicide.”

Did you think that your marriage was so strong?

“Yes, because Dana’s so wonderful. We have always got on really well. Our relationship has always been fantastic.”

How did your parents react to the accident?

“They divorced when I was four. They’ve got closer since the accident.”

How did you get involved with charity work?

“I know a lot of disabled people need my help. This is how I got involved with my charity work to improve the quality of life for all disabled people.”

“With the progress of new medical research, I’m confident that people like me would be able to walk again one day. So you can see. I’m far too busy with living to think of giving up!”

Christopher Reeve died on October 10, 2004. But people all over the world will always remember him as a superhero.

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