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\nPHOTOGRAPHY CREDITS:Cover Getty Images.1 Getty Images.2(1)Getty Images.()AFP/Getty Images.3 OAlan ScheinPhotography/CORBIS.4 Mitch Aunger/Shutterstock.5 Martin Puddy/Getty Images.6◎Neal Preston/CORBIS.7 ◎ NealPreston/CORBIS.8 ◎Neal Preston/CORBIS.9 Getty Images.10◎Wally McNamee/CORBIS.  \n家y  \nCopyright oby Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company  \nAll rights reserved.No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means,electronic ormechanical,including photocopying or recording,or by any information storage and retrieval system,without the priorwritten permission of the copyright owner unless such copying is expressly permitted by federal copyright law.Requestsfor permission to make copies of any part of the work should be addressed to Houghton Miffin Harcourt School Publishers,Attn:Permissions,6277 Sea Harbor Drive,Orlando,Florida 32887-6777.  \nPrinted in China  \nISBN-13:978-0-547-02051-8  \nISBN-10:0-547-02051-1  \n23456780940181716151413121110  \n\n| If you have received these materials as examination copies free of charge,Houghton Mifflin Harcourt School Publishers  \u003Cbr>retains title to the materials and they may not be resold.Resale of examination copies is strictly prohibited.   |\n| --- |\n\n\n| Possession of this publication in print format does not entitle users to convert this publication,or any portion of it,into  \u003Cbr>electronic format.   |\n| --- |\n\n# Michelle's Olympic Dream\n\nWhen Michelle Kwan was sevenyears old,she watched the 1988 WinterOlympics on TV.She saw Brian Boitanowin the men's figure skating contest.  \nFrom that moment on,Michelleknew that she wanted to skate in theOlympics,too.  \nBrian Boitano won the Olympic gold medalin 1988.  \nMichelle fell in love with skating while watchingice hockey.  \nMichelle had already been skating fora couple of years.When she was five,she started watching her older brotherplay hockey at an ice skating rink neartheir home.She fell in love with skating.  \nFamily Support  \nAt first,Michelle's parents thoughtshe was too young to learn to skate.But Michelle kept asking to learn untilthey finally agreed.  \nMichelle was a quick learner andhard worker.Before long she waslearning how to jump and spin.  \nA very young skater learns to skate likeMichelle did.  \nFigure skaters skate in an indoor skating rink.  \nMichelle's parents had to workhard so Michelle could skate.Theyhad moved to the United States fromChina a few years before.They didn'thave a lot of money.Ice skating lessonswere expensive,and you have to payto skate at indoor skating rinks insouthern California.  \n# Preparing to Compete\n\nMichelle began skating almost everyday.She worked hard,and it showed.As soon as she learned how to do onething,she was ready to learn another.She was an amazing athlete.  \nMichelle worked hard to learn how toskate well.  \nMichelle's first teacher was Frank Carroll.  \nMichelle's teacher taught Michelleeverything he 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