【正文】 ore the Summ er Gam es. O nl y athl etes who have reached the agreed standard for their event wil be adm itted as peti tors. They m ay e from anywhere in the worl d. P: Wi nter Gam es? How can the runers enjoy peti ng in wi nter? And what about the horses? L: O h no! There are no runni ng races or horse ri di ng events. Instead there are peti ti ons li ke ski ng and i ce skati ng whi ch need snow and i ce. That’s why they’re cal ed the Wi nter Ol ympics. It’s i n the Summer Ol ympics that you have the runi ng races, together wi th swimmi ng, sail ing and al l the team sports. P: I se. Ear li er you sai d that athletes are invi ted from al l over the worl d. Do you m ean the Grek worl d? O ur Greek ci ti es used to pete agai nst each other just for the honour of winning. No other countri es coul d joi n in, nor coul d sl aves or women! L: N owadays any country can take part i f thei r athletes are god enough. There are over 250 sports and each one has its own standard. Wom en are not only al owed, but play a very im portant rol e i n gym nasti cs, athl eti cs, team sports and … P: Please wait a mi nute! Al those events, al those countries and even women taki ng part! Where are al l the athl etes housed? L: For each Ol ym pi cs, a speci al vil lage is bui lt for them to li ve i n, a m ai n reception bui lding, several stadi ums for peti ti ons, and a gym nasi um as wel . P: That’s sounds very expansi ve. Does anyone want to host the Ol ym pi c Gam es? L: As a matter of fact,every country wants the oportuni ty. It’s a great responsi bil ity but also a great honour to be chosen. There’s as much petitions among countri es to host the Olympics as to win Olympi c medals. The 20xx Ol ympi cs wi l be hel d in Beijing. P: Oh yes! You must be very proud. L: Certainly. And after that the 20xx Ol ympi cs wi l be held in London. They have already started plani ng for it. A new vi lage for the athletes and al the stadiums wil l be buil t to the east of London. New medal s wil be desi gned of course and … P: Did you say medal s? So even the oli ve wreath has been replaced! Oh dear! Do you pete for prize money too? L: No, fancy styl e popul ar in those days. It was al so a treasure decorated with gold and jewels, which took the country’s best artists about ten years to make. In fact, the room was not m ade to be a gift. It was designed for the palace of Fredrick I. H owever, the next Ki ng of Prussi a, Fredrick Wi li am I, to whom the amber rom belonged, decided not to kep i t. In 1716 he gave it to Peter the Great. In return, the Czar sent him a troop of his best soldiers. So the Amber Room became part of the Czar’s winter pal ace in St Petersburg. About four metres l ong, the rom served as a smal recepti on hal for im portant vi stors. Later, Catherine Ⅱ had the Am ber Room moved to a pal ace outsi de St Petersburg where she spent her summ ers. She told her artists to add m ore detail s to it. In 1770 the room was pl eted the way she wanted. Almost si x hundred candl es li t the room, and its m irrors and pi ctures shone li ke gol d. Sadl y, although the Amber Rom was si dered one of the wonders of the worl d, i t i s now m issi ng. In September 1941, the N azi army was near St Petersburg. Thi s was atime when the two countries were at war. Before the N azis coul d get to the summ er pal ace, the Russians were abl e to rem ove som e furni tures and sm al l art objects from the Amber Rom . H owever, some of the N azi s secretl y stol e the room i tself. In l es than two days 10000 pi eces were put i nsi de twentyseven wooden boxes. There i s no doubt that the boxes were then put on a trai n for Koni gsberg, whi ch was at a ti me a Germ an city on the Baltic Sea. After that, what happened to the Am ber Room rem ai ns a mystery. Recentl y, the Russi ans and Germans have bui lt a new Am ber Room at the summ er palace. By studyi ng ol d photos of the form er Am ber room, they have m ade the new one looke l ike the ol d one. In 20xx it was ready for the people of St Petersburg when they cel ebrated the 300th bi thday of their city. A fact of an opinion What i s a fact? Is it something that peopl e beli eve? No. A fact is anything that can be proved. For example, it can be proved that Chi na has m ore peopl e than any other country i n the worl d. Thi s i s a fact. Then what i s an opinion? An opi ni on i s what som eone bel ieves i s true but has not been proved. So an opinoi on is not good evi dence in a trail . For exampl e, it is an opinion if you say “Cats are better pets than dogs”. It may be true, but it i s di ffi cult to prove. Som e people m ay not agree wi th this opinion but they al so cannot prove that they are ri ght. In a trail , a judge m ust deci de whi ch eyewi tnesses to beli eve and which not to bel i eve. The judge does not consi der what each eyewitness looks l ike or where that person l ives or works. H e/She onl y cares about whether the eyewitness has gi ven true i nformati on, which m ust be facts rather than opi ni ons. This ki nd of i nformati on i s cal led evi dence. Big Feng to the rescue H is fri ends and famil y cal him “Big Feng” because he is bery tal and pl ayed basketbal l as a young man. But he is also big in a different way — he fights hard to protect China’s past. H is real name is Feng Jicai and he has writen many novel s about l ife i n Chi na. Several years ago, however, he put down his pen for a whil e and began to protect the cl tural rel ics i n Ti anjin, where he l ives. Once som eon asked him why he no l onger wrote. He repli ed that at the mom ent he felt protecting cul tural rel ics was m ore im portant. Feng l oves hi s hometown. H e beli eves that ol d things m ust be given a pl ave next to new thi ns, or peopl e wil soon fet ther great past. He does not m ake speeches to get others to hel p him i n his projects. Instead he goes out and does what he can him eself. If othe