Now in Tanzania there is not enough rain to help crops(莊稼) grow or to keep animals healthy and there is not enough food to eat．The International Red Cross hopes more and more countries will help the poor people in this country．

Xinhua News．tourists will spend 48 hours from Beijing to Lhasa from July1，2006．The most important part of the line，the Qinghai-Tibet Railway has been completed．It is the highest railway in the world．The Beijing—Lhasa train will run at the highest speed of 160 km an hour on the plain(平原)，but it will run at 120 km an hour when it reaches the Qinghai—Tibet area.

    Yesterday，for the first time，Shanghai won the bidding(申辦)for the World Expo(世博會(huì))2010 after bearing the rivals(對(duì)手)from Russia，Mexico，Poland and South Korea．

    The World Expo 2010 and the 2008 Beijing Olympics will become the two shining stars of China’s development over the next few years．The World Expo，Olympics and World Cup are considered the three top international events in the world．The Expo was first held in London in 1851．In its history，China is the first developing country to win the bid．

     Ba Jin．one of China’s greatest writers，died in Shanghai on October l 7,2005．He was 101．He wrote lots of books with six million words in total(總共)，including Family，spring，Autumn，and Autumn in Spring．The four books are regarded as Landmarks (里程碑)of modern Chinese culture．In 2003，Ba Jin was called“People’s Writers”．