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　　The willful blindness in hockey toward concussions(头部撞击)has dropped．Hockey Canada has followed the lead of USA Hockey in preventing bodychecking(身体拦截)below age 13．A bad head injury of Sidney Crosby, the hockey's greatest star, opened the eyes of hockey people everywhere．This country's children have been facing similar danger at early ages, and Hockey Canada had to deal with a deep worry in the minds of Canadians to make the rule change．The liking for bodychecking from an early age is part of what makes Canadian hockey what it is．

　　The change in rules should be taken as a chance to draw special attention to skill development in an environment free of danger．It may also control the loss of thousands of young players who don't enjoy that environment．

　　For years, many Canadian hockey parents and coaches have insisted that bodychecking at early ages is necessary to ensure that players can do it safely at older ages．True or not, there may be a safer way to teach hitting than to make younger players pay a price for it in head injuries．When USA Hockey changed its rules for the 2011-2012 season, it also created bodychecking-education programs that will be mandatory(强制的)for all coaches, including those teaching players in the pre-checking ages．And it began to encourage more "touch"-without real bodychecking-from 9 t0 12．It also made the rules for 13 and up stricter．The USA is trying to show that it's possible to teach hockey protective skills without putting11 and 12-year-olds in greater danger．It's worth the try．

　　Hockey Canada has taken serious steps to do away with hits on the head．However, it's hard to change a sports culture so connected with who we are as a country．Too often, bodychecking has been used to try to separate a player from his head rather than from the ball．Children were paying a price for this country's love of the game．

　　There are always changes in Canada's game, and the change in the bodychecking age sends the clearest message yet to coaches and parents that player safety is paramount(至上的)in the game．

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　　The first Starbucks(星巴克)coffee shop opened in 1971 in Seattle, Washington, in the United States．It was a small coffee shop and it made its own coffee beans．The coffee shop’s business did well．By 1981 there were three more Starbucks stores in Seattle．

　　Things really began to change for the company in 1981．That year, Howard Schultz met three men．They are the owners of Starbucks．At that time, Schultz worked in New York for a company that makes kitchen things．He noticed that Starbucks ordered some special coffee makers, so he wanted to know something about the company．Schultz went to Seattle to have a look, and he liked what he saw．He wanted to become part of the company．In 1982, the Starbucks owners hired Schultz as the company’s manger．

　　In 1983, Schultz traveled to Italy．The special atmosphere(气氛)of the coffee bars there caught his eyes．To Schultz it seemed that Italians spent their daily lives in three places：home, work, and coffee bars．His experience in Italy gave Schultz a new idea for Starbucks back in Seattle．

　　Schultz created an atmosphere for Starbucks coffee shop that was comfortable and casual(随意的), and customers everywhere seemed to like it．Between 1987 and 1992, Starbucks opened 150 new stores - and that was only the beginning．By the year 2000, three new Starbucks stores opened somewhere around the world every day!

　　Today, Starbucks has thousands of stores, including stores in twenty-six countries．Do you know why Starbucks succeed in cities outside the United States?One way is that Starbucks works with local(当地的)stores and restaurants．By working together with a store already in the city, Starbucks has a good understanding of customers in the city．This understanding helps Starbucks open stores in the right places for their customers．

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