Torch relay back on track today

By Wang Shanshan (China Daily)

                                      Updated: 2008-05-22 07:26

NINGBO, Zhejiang - The Olympic torch relay resumes today in this ancient port city after a three-day pause out of respect for victims of the earthquake.

Since the nationwide mourning began on Monday, the Olympic flame has been kept at Daxie Island off the coast of Ningbo.

The relay will begin this morning and will go on to Jiaxing in the afternoon. A total of 208 torchbearers will take part in the two events.

The relay will then cross the 36-km-long Hangzhou Bay Bridge, the longest sea bridge in the world.

A total of 56 torchbearers will take part, each covering a distance of 5.6 km.

At the end of the bridge lies the 1,800-year-old city of Jiaxing.

The relay will pass along the Grand Canal linking Beijing and Hangzhou, which was built in 604 AD, and the Nanhu Lake where the Communist Party of China had its first national congress in July 1921.

根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，簡(jiǎn)要回答下面的問(wèn)題。

1. When did the relay stop? _______________________

2. Which place will the torch be passed to in the afternoon? _______________________

3. Is Hangzhou Bay Bridge the longest sea bridge in the world? _______________________

4. What does “Grand Canal” mean in Chinese? _______________________

5. Where did the Communist Party of China had its first national congress? _______________________

1. On May, 19th.

　　 2. Jiaxing.

　　 3. Yes, it is.

　　 4. 大運(yùn)河。

　　 5. The Nanhu Lake.

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