THE NEW YORK MARATHON Every year since 1970, thousands of people
have entered the New York Marathon.
Some of them train very (1)
all
year for the race and they wait
(2)
for the race to begin.
Other people enter just for fun, or perhaps
to raise money for charity. They often wear
funny clothes to run the race.
The real runners (3)
beat them
in the race, of course, but they don't care!
They know they are doing it for a good
reason. They run (4)
, and they
are happy if they can finish the race
(5) -
without getting hurt. They
shout and cheer very (6) -
when
they get to the end. They know they've
raised lots of money!
Tim Berners-Lee is a world famous scientist and a great inventor. But do you know what he invented? Tim was born in London in 1955. His parents were both mathematicians and computer scientists. When he was a boy, his hobby was electronics. He liked playing with different gadgets. He went to Emanuel School and then studied physics at Oxford University from 1973 to 1976.Tim was working at a large scientific laboratory in Geneva, Switzerland, when he invented the World Wide Web. He built the first Web browser and server in 1990. In 1991, he created the first website. The first web page address was http://info.cern. ch/hypertext/WWW/TheProject.html, which had information about the WWW project.The World Wide Web didn’t make Tim rich. He gave his invention to the world so everyone can use it for free. He now works at Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the USA and at the University of Southampton in the UK. He and his family live in America. Tim has many awards and prizes for his work. In 1999, Time magazine included him in its list of the 100 most important people of the 20th century. Queen Elizabeth II gave him a knighthood in 1994, so he is now Sir Tim Berners-Lee. He came first in a list of the top living cleverest people in 2007. So next time you look at a website, remember to thank Tim Berners-Lee!
1. It's rude to eat with your mouth open.
2. Are you absolutely certain about doing it?
3. I am addicted to watching sports on TV, but I'm not really into playing!
4. Study immediately before going to sleep. You'll remember a lot more the next day.
5. We were unlucky to lose the game, we deserved to win.
6. I don't mind being alone, but it's better to be with other people.
7. What you don't want to remember, you forget (?)
8. Playing games is a fun way of improving your memory skills.
9. Experts say that it is pretty dangerous to do bungee jumping.
10. Most people are worried about losing their job, so they're trying best at working.
11. I was really so surprised to see you. I was happy to come.
12. It is impossible to succeed, if you are not ready to work hard.