He still went on to win two gold medals—winning each event he competed in except for one,the javelin(标枪). The javelin was the only event he didn't win,probably because he had never competed in that event before. It is interesting to note that Thorpe had tried to throw the javelin ...
your wish will fly away, never to be seen again. But which leads to the most important point of all. If youre wishing for something possible, then it may be possible for you to do whatever you need to make it come true. The ultimate magic is not wishing, but ...
I spend most of the day sitting on a couch in the living room reading and watching the Olympics, including (if I remember my chronology correctly) the rather improbable spectacle of two gymnasts (American and Chinese) with identical final scores being given different medals (American silver, Chi...
I don’t suggest open season — but if portions of the park were periodically opened to hunting for very short periods of time (so as to minimize disruption to the activities of other visitors), the deer would learn quickly enough how to behave in a way that minimizes dangerously close int...
We humans always seem bent on getting somewhere. Rush, rush, hurry, hurry, get to where you’re going—eyes on the prize. Sometimes we focus so much on the goal that we take the journey for granted, not realizing that the joy is in the journey. ...
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