santos. He played almost 100 matches a year. It was very tiring and very hard on the body of a young player.
Then in the 1962 world cup in Chile, pele played in the first game, but he was injured in the second.
Now he was out of the tournament.
Pele watched sadly as brazil went on to win the cup without him. He wondered if he would ever play for brazil again.
Pele did recover, and he did play for brazil again in the world cup in England in 1966. But everything went wrong for brazil and for pele. He became injured again and was fouled time after time . Brazil lost-they were out. England won the final, but a sad pele was already back in brazil.
Chapter 7 goal 1000!
This time pele was so tired he said he would never play in another world cup. He knew he would always be a target for the hard men in other teams, and he didn‘t want to be badly hurt.
For a while, pele thought that football might have lost its magic…
But pele‘s love of the game was bound to return. He kept playing for Santos, and he kept scoring goals.
Then, in 1969, he hit the net for the 1000th time! Pele was 29, a married man with children, and now the most famous and important player on the earth. Another world cup was coming up in Mexico in 1970. Pele was asked to play, and he almost said no . then he changed his mind and said yes. He left he still had something to prove.
Lots of people said he couldn‘t play in a world cup without getting injured. Pele wanted to show that they were wrong. He knew it was going to be difficult.
There were several very strong teams in it. England were the world champions, and the Italian team looked very tough.
Chapter 8 pele comes back
The Brazilian team spent three months together in a training camp, and everybody worked hard.
Pele couldn‘t wait for the tournament to begin …
Brazil did well. They won against five countries, including England, now they were to play in the final _against Italy!
Over 107,000 people crammed into the Azteca stadium in Mexico city to watch the game _and 600 million people round the world watched it on television.
Brazil attacked from the kick-off, but the Italian team seemed very strong. Then pele hit a powerful header past the Italian keeper. Brazil were 1-0 up, and it seemed nothing could stop them from winning the cup now. But the Brazilian team gave away a stupid goal –the score was 1-1
Brazil soon came back, though. They scored a second goal, then pele set up
another goal for one of his team mates.
But the best goal was the last. Pele had the ball, and his captain, Carlos alberto, was steaming up on his right. Pele waited till the last moment, then made a brilliant pass to carlos alberto who blasted the ball into the back of the net. Brazil 4, Italy 1!
Pele never played in another world cup and retired as a player in 1977.
He is still involved in the sport and does lots of charity work around the world.
Chapter 9 the king of football!
But no one will never forget the day in mexico when brazil won the world cup for the third time _and showed that football could be a beautiful game.
And at the heart of the greatest team was the greatest player_pele_the man the Brazilians call o rei__the king of football!
16 第十六篇
Arctic Hero --- the Story of Matthew Henson
By Alison Hawes
Introduction
In 1909 a black American explorer called Matthew Henson helped to discover the North Pole.
This story tells you how Matthew became an explorer and the dangers he faced in the bitter cold of the Arctic. Chapter 1: Running Away
As a boy, Matthew always longed for adventure. When he was about 12 years old, he ran away to sea. He joined a ship as a cabin boy, peeling potatoes and cleaning the decks.
When he left, at the age of 18, he had already traveled the world. Chapter 2: Matthew Meets Robert Peary
A few years later Matthew was working in a shop when he met an explorer called Robert Peary.
Robert offered him a job, as his servant, working in the jungles of Central America. Matthew was keen to travel again, so he took the job.
While they were in the jungle, one of Robert‘s survey team fell into some quicksand. The man was so frightened, he left the expedition.
Matthew asked if he could take over the man‘s job, and he never worked as a servant again. After working in the sticky heat of the jungle, Robert‘s next trip was to the bitter cold of the Arctic. He asked Matthew to come with him as a member of his team.
He and Matthew then spent the next 18 years exploring the Arctic together.
Chapter 3: Matthew in Greenland
They began by making several trips to Greenland, where the Inuit people (因纽特人，过去称为爱斯基摩人，居住在北美北部严寒地区) helped them to learn the skills they needed to survive in the Arctic.
Matthew quickly learned to speak Inuit and became good friends with the people. They called him ―Matthew-the-kind-one‖(好人马修).
They learned how to fish for charr（嘉鱼） and hunt for seals. They learned to build igloos（雪屋）and make clothes and boots from animal skins. They also learned to build sledges（雪橇）and drive teams of husky dogs. In fact, Matthew soon became an expert（专家）sledge driver.
Matthew and Robert traveled across the unexplored ice fields in the north of Greenland. They made maps and helped to show that Greenland is an island. They also found three enormous（巨大的）meteorites（陨石）.
But even with help from the Inuit, the Arctic was a dangerous place for Robert and Matthew to be（生存）. Once they were out hunting when a musk ox suddenly charged at（向…冲去）Robert. Just in time, Matthew saved Robert‘s life. He shot the ox with his last bullet.
Another time they were hundreds of miles from camp when they ran out of food. They were cold and weak, and a man traveling with them was dangerously ill. In the end they had to eat their dogs or（否则）starve to death. Chapter 4: To the North Pole
Despite（尽管 =in spite of）the dangers, Robert and Matthew bravely went back to the Arctic again. This time they wanted to do something no one had ever done before. They wanted to try to reach the North Pole. But on their first
attempt Robert‘s feet became badly frostbitten（严重冻伤）.
Robert was in such pain that he couldn‘t walk or even stand. As soon as they could travel, Matthew strapped（捆绑） Robert to a sledge and rushed 250 miles to base camp（大本营）, where there was a doctor. The doctor had to take off eight of Robert‘s toes.
But still Robert and Matthew would not give up. Three more times they tried to reach the Pole. Each time they got closer than before. But each time they were beaten back by blizzards（暴雪） or melting ice. Chapter 5: One Last Chance
In 1908 Robert and Matthew sailed from New York to make their fifth attempt to reach the Pole. But they agreed（达成共识）, because of their age, that they would make this their last trip to the Arctic. This would be their last chance to reach the North Pole!
On their way north, they stopped in Greenland to buy the huskies, furs and equipment（设备）that they needed. They also visited several villages to hire Inuit men and women to come with them and help them on their last journey.
As their ship sailed further north, the sea began to freeze over. At first the ship was able to cut through the ice, but as the ice got thicker they sometimes had to use dynamite（炸药）to help them break through.
In the end the sea ice was just too thick and they could go no further. So they set up their base camp on an island off the coast of Canada（靠近加拿大海岸线的）. They spent the winter getting ready for their last attempt to reach the Pole.
In the spring they were ready to set out. Robert put the men into teams and they began setting up a line of camps across the sea ice. At each camp they left food, equipment and igloos for Robert and Matthew to use on their way back from the Pole.
But this was not easy. Time and time again they were held up by the ice and the bad weather. At times the ice was so jagged it broke their sledges.
Other times it was so high that they had to drag their heavy sledges over it by hand.
The ice creaked and moaned and cracked open without warning. Once Robert was going to sleep when he heard a noise. Looking outside, he saw a crack open up around one of the other igloos! He and Matthew shouted to the men who just had time to leap to safety（差点来不及跳到安全的地方）.
When they were 130 miles from the Pole, they set up their last camp. Robert sent the last support team back to base camp, as they were no longer needed.
Then, with Matthew and four Inuit men, he set off on the last leg of their journey to（踏上他们去往…的最后一段路程）the Pole itself. For once the ice was smooth and the weather good, and for the next few days the six men made good speed. But, just a few miles from（就在离…几英里的地方）the Pole, Matthew suddenly fell through the ice. Luckily one of the men was close by and pulled him out before he drowned. Later that day the six men reached the Pole. It was 6th April 1909.
After years of hard work, disappointments and danger, Robert and Matthew had done it（成功了）at last. They were the first people ever to stand at the North Pole!
Chapter 6: Back Home
Matthew and Robert arrived back in New York months later, expecting to be treated as heroes. But this was not to be. While they were away, a man called Frederick Cook had claimed to have reached the North Pole before them!
In the end, Cook‘s claim was shown to be a hoax. Robert, being the leader of the expedition, was rewarded with the fame and medals he deserved（配得到，应得的）.
But sadly in America at that time, black people were given little respect.