Running with Fire

¹ Could you run a long way carrying fire? That is what the Torch Relay runners do. On November 27, 2005, the Olympic torch was lit. The fire was made by using the sun and a mirror. The torch is made of wood and metal. Runners will carry the lit torch all over the world. They will start in Greece. That is where the first Olympics were held.

² The first person to carry the torch was Costas Filippidis. He is a pole vaulter from Greece. He is only 19 years old. By the time the relay is done, .....
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	challenging words:		fire, could, flame, metal, world, person, begin, people, pole, held, time, wood, athlete, last, mirror, only
	content words:		Torch Relay, On November, Costas Filippidis, Olympic Winter Games

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