推荐阅读：??allthecelebrationswelcomingthenewcenturywereholdintheyear2000,??becauselifewithoutagreetingisliketheskywithoutthesun.greetingsareveryimportantforthewholeworld,inmyopinion.￡?￡?????butidon'tknowwhethergreetingsareenoughforus.especiallywhe
??allthecelebrationswelcomingthenewcenturywereholdintheyear2000,??becauselifewithoutagreetingisliketheskywithoutthesun.greetingsareveryimportantforthewholeworld,inmyopinion.￡?￡?????butidon'tknowwhethergreetingsareenoughforus.especiallywhenwemeetwithfailures.irememberquiteclearlythatwheniwasachild,ififalldownandwasonthebrinkofcrying,myfatheralwaystoldme"pleasestandupfromwhereyoufalldown!"￡?￡?????yes,wemuststandupfromwherewefalldown.￡?￡?????thatwasaspecialmidnightin1993.expectationsfilledourhearts.￡?￡?????westaredatthetv,hopingexcitedlyasthevoicewouldflytoourears.￡?￡?????butatlast,eachchinesewholovesourmotherlandwasdistressedtoknowtheresult:beijing,losttosydenybyamarginoftwovotesintheolympichostingcompetition.￡?￡?????eightyearshavepast,butthefrustrationhasnothealedwithtimeatall.￡?￡?????now,atthebeginingofthenewmillennium,alloftheprideanddisappointmentofthe20thcenturyhadgonewiththewind.the21stcentury,whichisfullofhope,longingzndthoughthascome.someonesaid,wewouldstartfromzeroon.￡?￡?????shouldireallystartfromzeroon?￡?￡?????no!iholdthatweshouldgoonwithoureffertsandambitionsstayedbylastcentury,andmakeourlifebetter.￡?￡?????"newbeijing,greatolympics!"thevoicecriesthisoutaroundchina'scaptital,a3,000-year-oldcitythesedays.￡?￡?????beijing,alongwithparis,istanbul,osakeandtoronto,hasbeenshortlistedbytheinternationalolympiccommitteeasanofficialcandidatecityforthe2008olympicgames.￡?￡?????thisisbeijing'ssecondattempttohostthegames.￡?￡?????everyonefullysupportsbeijing'sbidforit.￡?￡?????maybe,wecanpaintfencesalongthemainroadsofbeijing.￡?￡?????maybe,wecanmakemuchofyhecitycleanedup.￡?￡?????maybe,wecanlearnandspeakbasicenglishidiomsandexpressionsfordailycommunication.￡?￡?????but,butaretheyjustenough?￡?￡?????facingthenewcentury,mankindisdrivenbytherevolutionofscienceandtechnoiogy,worldeconomyisundergoingbroudandprofoundchanges.butnobodycandenythefactthatcomparedwithdevelopednations,developingcountriesareconfrontedwithmorepressureandchallenges.inordertobecomefamousintheworld,wemustspeedupourinternationaleconomicrestructuringtocatchupwithindustrializednations.￡?￡?????supportingbeijing'sbidisasystematicprojectthatcansupportchina'sdevelopmentefforts.￡?￡?????ibelieverecycledpaper,cleanfuel,sortedrubbish,water-savingandenery-efficientfacilitieswillbecomerealityinthecomingyearsforchina.
