【正文】 That’s why they’re cal ed the Wi nter Olym pi cs. It’s in the Summer Olym pics that you have the running races, together wi th swim ming, sail ing and al l the team sports. P: I see. Earli er you said that athl etes are invited from al over the world. Do you mean the Greek worl d? O ur Greek cities used to pete agai nst each other just for the honour of winning. No other countries could joi n i n, nor coul d slaves or wom en! L: N owadays any country can take part if thei r athletes are good enough. There are over 250 sports and each one has i ts own standard. Women are not onl y al owed, but play a very important rol e i n gymnasti cs, athl eti cs, team sports and … P: Please wai t a m inute! Al l those events, 房地產(chǎn)開發(fā)有限公司 部門職責(zé) hi s pany i nto two parts. They say that he is unfai r to other peopl e who want to sel l simi l ar software. Because hefi ts hi s new software free i n every new puter, the governm ent says he i s stoppi ng other pani es from sel li ng thei r program s. Thi s i s not fair. Everyone shoul d be abl e to do what they can to make thei r pany bi ger. Bil Gates has not onl y done what he can to stop other peti tors. H e is very ri ch, but he i s generous. H e has gi ven m il li ons of dol ars to hel p the educati on and the heal th of m any chil dren around the world. You coul d not meet a beter m an than Bil l Gates. A peti tors of Bil l Gates Bil l Gates has been very succesful and be e very ri ch. H e is very generous but how has he got hi s m oney? He has down this by maki ng sure that no one else wi l be abl e to pete with hi s software. Hi s software is not the best but it i s used most wi del y i n the world. When he sees what i s needed, he m akes a program and produces it qui cker than anybody el se. That way he gets a l arge part of the software m arket. Then he works on im provi ng the software l ater. H e tri es hard to stop others m aki ng better software. In 1995 the governm ent tri ed to m ake things fai rer for peopl e li ke m e. The governm ent wanted to m ake Mi crosoft i nto two pani es so that neither of them was so strong nor so rich. Thi s m eant that they coul d not stop somebody el se maki ng new software. I al ways wonder how he coul d get so ri ch so quickl y. H as he done i t by fair m eans? O r has he done it by bei ng a puter bul l y? 必修二 Uni t 1 In search of the am ber room Frederick Wil li am I, the ki ng of Prussi a, coul d never have im agi ned that hi s greatest gi ft to the Russi an peopl e woul d have such an am azi ng hi story. Thi s gi ft was the Am ber Room , whi ch was gi ven thi s nam e because several tons of am ber were used to m ake i t. The am ber whi ch was sel ected had a beauti ful yel lowbrown col our l i ke honey. The desi gn of the room was i n the fancy styl e popul ar i n those days. It was al so a treasure decorated wi th gol d and jewel s, whi ch took the country’s best artists about ten years to make. In fact, the room was not m ade to be a gi ft. It was desi gned for the pal ace of Fredri ck I. H owever, the next Ki ng of Prussi a, Fredri ck Wi l iam I, to whom the am ber room bel onged, deci ded not to keep i t. In 1716 he gave i t to Peter the Great. In return, the Czar sent hi m a troop of hi s best sol di ers. So the Amber Room becam e part of the Czar’s winter palace in St Petersburg. About four metres l ong, the rom served as a smal reception hal for important vi stors. Later, Catheri ne Ⅱ had the Am ber Room m oved to a pal ace outsi de St Petersburg where she spent her summ ers. She tol d her arti sts to add m ore detail s to i t. In 1770 the room was pleted the way she wanted. Al m ost si x hundred candl es li t the room, and i ts mi rrors and pi ctures shone li ke gol d. Sadl y, al though the Am ber Room was si dered one of the wonders of the worl d, i t i s now m issi ng. In Septem ber 1941, the Nazi arm y was near St Petersburg. Thi s was atim e when the two countri es were at war. Before the Nazi s coul d get to the summ er pal ace, the Russi ans were abl e to rem ove some furni tures and sm al l art objects from the Am ber Rom. H owever, som e of the N azis secretl y stol e the room i tsel f. In l ess than two days 100000 pi eces were put i nsi de twentyseven wooden boxes. There is no doubt that the boxes were then put on a trai n for Konigsberg, whi ch was at a tim e a Germ an ci ty on the Bal ti c Sea. After that, what happened to the Am ber Room remai ns a mystery. Recentl y, the Russi ans and Germ ans have buil t a new Am ber Room at the summ er pal ace. By studyi ng ol d photos of the form er Am ber room, they have m ade the new one l oke l i ke the ol d one. In 2020 i t was ready for the peopl e of St Petersburg when they cel ebrated the 300th bi thday of thei r ci ty. A fact of an opi ni on What i s a fact? Is i t som ethi ng that peopl e bel i eve? N o. A fact i s anythi ng that can be proved. For exam pl e, it can be proved that China has m ore peopl e than any other country i n the worl d. Thi s is a fact. Then what i s an opi nion? An opini on is what som eone beli eves i s true but has not been proved. So an opi noi on i s not good evi dence i n a trail . For exam pl e, i t i s an opinion if you say “Cats are better pets than dogs”. It may be true, but it is difficul t to prove. Some peopl e may not agree wi th this opi ni on but they al so cannot prove that they are ri ght. In a trail , a judge m ust deci de whi ch eyewi tneses to beli eve and whi ch not to bel ieve. The judge does not consi der what each eyewi tness l ooks l i ke or where that person l i ves or works. H e/She onl y cares about whether the eyewi tness has given true i nformati on, whi ch must be facts rather than opi ni ons. Thi s ki nd of i nform ati on is cal ed evi dence. Bi g Feng to the rescue H is friends and famil y cal him “Big Feng” because he is bery tal and p