Demonstrators from all over Italy gathered in a Rome square Saturday for the Family Day rally. They listened to songs like this one whose words evoked the need for children to have both a mother and a father. Married couples with their children raised their voices to protest a proposed law that would give greater rights to unmarried couples, including gays and lesbians. This woman says the family is important because society is based on the ～family and it is a value for everyone, not just Christians. Lay Catholic groups and family associations organized the rally. They stressed the importance of policies that will favor the traditional family unit and family values based on marriage between a man and a woman. Thousands of supporters of the controversial bill organized a counter-rally in Rome’s famed Piazza Navona square. They said Italy would be a more civilized country if it gave rights to unmarried and gay couples. The draft legislation still requires parliamentary approv
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B. Demonstrators.
C. Children.
D. Family associations.
All mammals, except man and the monkey, swim naturally from birth. For man, like the monkey, it is not instinctive to float. Deaths by drowning are common everywhere. In the United States alone, about 7,000 children under four drown each year.
Everything possible is done to prevent such tragedies. One solution is particularly effective teaching children to swim while they are still babies. Most large towns in Florida and California already run lessons for babies and infants. The idea has spread to Europe where, in several countries, special courses are now arranged for children from seven to twenty-four months.
The first step is to eradicate the child’ s fear of the water. Next, he is taught to float. Once he can do this naturally and without fear, the teacher can move on the breathing, and arm and leg movements. Before long, the child grasps the technique and can propel himself through the water.
During the Olympic Games, people from all over the world come together in peace and friendship. The first Olympic Games that we have (21) of were in Greece in 776 B.C. The games lasted one day. The only (22) in the first thirteen Olympic Games was a race. Men ran the length of the stadium. In 1896 the games were (23) again in Athens, Greece. The Greeks (24) a new stadium for the competition. 311 (25) from thirteen countries (26) in many events. The (27) became national heroes. After 1896, the games were held every four years during the summer in different cities around the (28) . In 1908, in London, England, the first gold (29) were given to winning athletes. The Olympic Winter Games (30) in 1924 in Chamonix, France. Athletes competed in (31) events such as skiing, ice skating and ice hockey. Today the Winter Games take place (32) four years. Until recently, Olympic competit
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