【文章內(nèi)容簡(jiǎn)介】 m e, I wil l run agai nst him. If he cannot run as fast as m e, he wi l be ki l ed. N o one wi l be pardoned. ‖ Many ki ngs and princes wanted to mary Atlanta, but when they heard of her rul es they knew i t was hopel ess. So m any of them sadl y went hom e, but others stayed to run the race. There was a m an cal ed Hi ppomenes who was am azed when he heard of Atl anta’s rul es, ― Why are these m en so foli sh?‖ hethought. ― Why wil l they let them sel ves be kil ed because they cannot run as fast as thi s princes?‖ H owever, when he saw Atl anta e out of her house to run, Hi ppom enes changed hi s m ind. ― I wi l m ary Atl anta—or di e !― he sai d. The race started and al though the man ran very fast, Atl anta ran faster. As Hi pom enes watched he thought, ― H ow can I run as fast as Atl anta?‖ He went to ask the Grek Goddess of Love for hel p. She promi sed to hel p him and gave him three gol den apl es. She sai d, ― Throw an appl e in front of Atl anta when she is runing past. When she stops to pi ck i t up, you wil l be able to run past her and wi n. ‖ H ippomenes took the appl es and went to the Ki ng. H e sai d, ― I want to m ary Atl anta. ‖ The Ki ng was sad to see another m an di e, but H ippom enes sai d, ― I wil marry her – or di e!‖ So the race began. Three i nspiri ng stories about the Ol ym pi c Gam es 1. The ki nd N orwegi an There i s a crosscountry ski ng race whi ch is part of the Winter Ol ym pi cs. In 20xx a Canadi an ski er, Sara Rener, was taki ng part in the croscountry fi nal when her left pole broke. Thi s was a seri ous probl em as she neded the pol e to hel p her travel qui ckl y through the deep snow. Immediatel y Bjornar H akensmoen , the coach of the Norwegian team , gave her another pol e. So Rener was abl e to get a sil ver m edal. Hakensmoen said that he had onl y behaved as any good sportsm an shoul d, but Sara sai d that Hakensm oen had shown everybody the true m eani ng of sport. 2. The Special O lym pi c athl ete For athl ete Eric Wil iam s gol d medal s are nice, but god sportsmanshi p i s m ore im portant. Eri c has a l ow mental abil ity but this does not stop him from taki ng apart in the O lympics. In 20xx Eri c peted i n runni ng races and the l ong jum p. H e sai d, ― I’ve been peting in the Special O lym pi cs ever si nce I was at hi gh school . It’s real y a good experience. You get to m eet different athl etes and vol unters and make al l ki nds of fri ends. ― John Corbett, an ani zer of the Speci al Ol ym pi cs said, ― H e al ways does hi s best and has a wonderful tim e i n the progres. H e truly appreci ates al l the peopl e around him who are trying to hel p, and he m akes that appreci ation known. ― Let’s hope Eri c wins m ore medals i n the next Speci al Ol ym pi cs! 3. The stubborn Afri can In 1968 a Kenyan athl ete Kip Keino peted i n the 1500 m etres runni ng race. At that tim e he was very i l and i n great pai n. Although he had reached the standard for the final of the race he decided at fi rst not to take part. H owever, just before the race was going to start he changed hi s m ind. He ran from his room and arri ved at the race track a few m i nutes before the race was about to begin. Surpri si ngl y, he won the race, fi ni shing wel ahead of everyone el se and showi ng what true courage and perseverance can achi eve. It was no wonder that Ki p Kei no becam e the only Kenyan sportsm an ever to appear on the cover of the worl d fam ous sports magazi ne Sports il ustrated. Unit 3 WHO AM I? Over tim e I have changed quite a l began as a cal cul ating m achi ne i n France i n 1642. Al though I was young I could sim pli fy di ffi cult sums. I devel oped very sl owly and it tok nearly two hundred years before I was bui lt as an analyti cal machine by Charles Bagage. After I was programmed by an operator who used cards with hol es,I could ―thing‖logical y and produce an answer quicker than any that time it was considered a technol ogical revol ution and the start of my ―artifical intel igence‖. In 1936 my real father,Al an Turing,wrote a bok about how I could be made to work as a ―universal machine‖to solve any difficult mathematical then on,I grew rapidly both i n size and i n the 1940s I hd grownas large as a room , and I wonderes if I woul d grow XXXX有限公司 大型鑄鍛件生產(chǎn)線 移址節(jié)能減排 技改 項(xiàng)目 合理用能報(bào)告 XXXX有限公司 二○○八 年 八 月journey on March 18th , 20xx to fi nd out about the presentday Ol ym pi c Gam es. H e i s now intervi ewi ng Li Yan, a vol unteer for the 20xx Ol ympics Gam es. P: My nam e is Pausani as. I li ved i n what you cal ― Anci ent Greece‖ and I used to write about the Ol ym pi c Gam es a l ong time ago. I’ ve e to your time to find out about the presentday O lym pi c Gam es because I know that i n 20xx they were held i n m y hom el and. May I ask you som e questi ons about themodern Ol ympics? L: Good heavens! H ave real y e from so l ong ago? But of course you can ask any questi ons you l ike. What woul d you l i ke to know? P: H ow often do you hol d your Gam es? L: Every four years. There are two m ain sets of Gam es—the Wi nter and the Summer Ol ympics, and both are hel d every four years on a regul ar basi s. The Wi nter O lym pi cs are usual y hel d two years before the Summ er Gam es. Onl y athletes who have reached the agred standard for thei r event wil be adm itted as peti tors. They m ay e from anywhere in the worl d. P: Winter Gam es? How can the runers enjoy peting 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 petitions l i ke ski ing and i ce skati ng whi ch need snow and ice. That’s why they’re cal l ed the Wi nter Ol ym pi cs. It’s i n the Summer O l ympics that you have the runing races, together wi th swimmi ng, sail ing and al l the team sports. P: I se. Earli er you sai d that athletes are invi te