【文章內(nèi)容簡介】 s may e from anywhere in the : Winter Games? How can the runners enjoy peting in winter? And what about the horses? L: Oh no!There are no running races or horse riding there are petitions like skiing and ice skating which need snow and ’s why they’re called the Winter ’s in the Summer Olympics that you have the running races, together with swimming, sailing and all the team : I you said that athletes are invited from all over the you mean the Greek world? Our Greek cities used to pete against each other just for the honour of other countries could join in, nor could slaves or women!L: Nowadays any country can take part if their athletes are good are over 250 sports and each on has its own are not only allowed, but play a very important role in gymnastics, athletics, team sports and …P: Please wait a minute!All those events, all those countries and even women taking part!Where are all the athletes housed? L: For each Olympics, a special village is built for them to live in, a main reception building, several stadiums for petitions, and a gymnasium as : That sounds very anyone want to host the Olympic Games? L: As a matter of fact, every country wants the ’s a great responsibility but also a great honour to be ’s as much petition among countries to host the Olympics as to win Olympic 2008 Olympics will be held in Beijing, you know that? P: Oh yes!You must be very : after that the 2012 Olympics will be held in have already started planning for new village for the athletes and all the stadiums will be built to the east of medals will be designed of course and …P: Did you say medals? So even the olive wreath has been replaced!Oh dear!Do you pete for prize money too? L: No, we don’’s still all about being able to run faster, jump higher and throw ’s the motto of the Olympics, you know“Swifter, Higher and Stronger.”P: Well, that’s good interesting!Thank you so much for your 奧林匹克運動會 閱讀一 一個采訪大約2000年前的一個希臘作者帕薩尼亞斯(P)，在2007年3月18日踏上了一段魔幻的旅程去查明關(guān)于現(xiàn)代的奧林匹克運動會。他正在采訪一個2008年奧林匹克運動會志愿者李巖(L)。P:我是帕薩尼亞斯。我住在你們所說的“古希臘”而且在很久之前我常常寫以一些關(guān)于奧林匹克運動會的事情。我來到你的時代是為了解關(guān)于現(xiàn)代奧林匹克運動會因為我知道2004年奧林匹克運動會會在我家鄉(xiāng)舉辦。我可以問你一些關(guān)于現(xiàn)代奧林匹克運動會的問題么？ L:真是極為愉快的事!你真的來自那么久遠的時代么？不過當然你可以問你想問的問題。你想知道神馬？P:你們多久會舉辦一次運動會？L:四年一次。有兩種主要的運動會形式冬季和夏季奧運會，并且在一個有規(guī)律的基礎(chǔ)上他們都是四年舉辦一次的。冬季奧運會一般會在夏季奧運會前兩年舉辦。只有達到該項目既定的標準的運動員才會被容許成為競爭者。他們可以來自世界各地。P:冬季奧運會？田徑運動員如何在冬季享受比賽？還有馬術(shù)又怎樣？L:哦不!冬季奧運會沒有賽跑和騎馬的項目。反而會有一些像滑雪和溜冰這些需要雪和冰的項目。這就是為神馬他成為冬季奧運會。只有在夏季奧運會會有你說賽跑，同時還有游泳，帆船運動和所有團隊運動。P:我懂了。之前你說那些運動員都被邀請來自世界各地。你了解希臘世界么？我們希臘城過去互相競賽只為勝利的榮譽。沒有其他的地區(qū)可以參加，奴隸和婦女也不可以。L:現(xiàn)在只要他們的運動員夠好的話任何國家都可以參加。有超過250種項目并且每一種都有它自己的標準。婦女不僅允許參加比賽，并且她們在體操比賽，競技比賽，團隊比賽和其他各種比賽中都扮演著重要的角色。P:麻煩稍等一下！所有的這些項目，所有的國民甚至婦女都可以參加！那么這些運動員們居住在哪里？L:在每一場奧運會前，一座特別的村莊會被建來給他們居住，還有一座主要的接待建筑，幾個用來比賽的體育場和一座體育館等P:那聽起來很貴。有哪個國家會想要舉辦奧運會么？L:事實上，每個國家都想要這個機會。這是一個很大的責任同樣是一個很大的榮譽如果被挑選到。在國家之間有很多競爭去為舉辦奧運會就像去贏得奧林匹克獎牌一樣。2008年的奧運會將會在北京舉行。這你知道么？ P:哦是的！你一定非常自豪。L:當然。之后的2012年奧運會將在倫敦舉行。他們早就開始為這個做準備了。一座讓運動員居住的村莊和所有的運動場將會被建在東倫敦。當然新的獎牌會被設計......P:你是說獎牌么？所以甚至是橄欖花圈也已經(jīng)被取代了！哦親愛的！你們比賽也為了獎金么？L:不我們不。現(xiàn)在仍然想要跑得更快跳的更高扔得更遠。正如你知道的奧運會的格言“更快更高更強”。P:好吧，那是個好消息。多么有趣?。〉R你的時間，謝謝了。THE STORY OF ATLANTA Atlanta was a Greek was very beautiful and could run faster than any man in she was not allowed to run and win glory for herself in the Olympic was so angry that she said to her father that she would not marry anyone who could not run faster than father said that she must marry, so Atlanta made a bargain with said to him, “These are my a man says he wants to marry me, I will run against he cannot run as fast as me, he will be one will be pardoned.” Many kings and princes wanted to marry Atlanta, but when they heard of her rules they knew it was many of them sadly went home, but others stayed to run the was a man called Hippomenes who was amazed when he heard of Atlanta39。s rules, “Why are these men so foolish?” he thought.“Why will they let themselves be killed because they cannot run as fast as this princess?” However, when he saw Atlanta e out of her house to run, Hippomenes changed his mind.“I will marry Atlantaor die!” So the race 亞特蘭大的故事亞特蘭大是一個希臘公主。她很漂亮并且可以跑得比希臘的任何一個男人都快。不過她不被允許在奧運會上跑步去為她自己贏得榮譽。她很生氣因此她跟她父親說她不會嫁任何跑不過她的男人。她父親說她必須要嫁，所以亞特蘭大與她父親定下一個條件。她對她父親說，“這是我的原則。如果有男人說想要嫁我，我會跟她賽跑。如果他跑不贏我，他會被殺。沒有人能被例外?！焙芏鄧鹾屯踝酉胍喬靥m大，不過當他們聽到這個規(guī)定的時候他們就知道自己沒希望了。所以他們當中的很多人都傷心地回家了，不過其他的人都留著去賽跑。一個叫做希波墨涅斯的男人聽到亞特蘭大的消息后感到非常驚奇，他想“為神馬這些男的都這么愚蠢呢？”“為神馬他們會因為跑不過這個公主而讓自己被殺呢？”然而，當他看到亞特蘭大從她的房子出來跑步的時候，希波墨涅斯改變了他的心意。他說，“我會娶亞特蘭大或者死！” 賽跑開始的時候雖然男人們都跑得很快，但是亞特蘭大總是會更快。希波墨涅斯邊看邊想，“我要怎樣才能贏過亞特蘭大呢？”他去向希臘的愛神求助。愛神答應幫他并給了他三個金蘋果。她說，“在亞特蘭大跑過你的時候扔一個在亞特蘭大面前。當亞特蘭大停下來去撿蘋果的時候，你就可以跑過她并贏得比賽?！毕２鼓弥O果并跑去找國王。他說，“我想娶亞特蘭大。”國王傷心地看著又一個男人要死，不過希波墨涅斯說，“我會娶她或者死！”然后賽跑開始了。Unit 3 ComputersWHO AM I? Over time I have been changed quite a began as a calculating machine in France in I was young I could simplify difficult developed very slowly and it took nearly two hundred years before I was built as an analytical machine by Charles I was programmed by an operator who used cards with holes, I could “think” logically and produce an answer quicker than any that time it was considered a technological revolution and the start of my “artificial intelligence”.In 1936 my real father, Alan Turing, wrote a book about how I could be made to work as a “universal machine” to solve any difficult mathematical then on, I grew rapidly both in size and in the 1940s I had grown as large as a room, and I wondered if I would grow any , this reality also worried my time went by, I was made as a PC(personal puter)and then as a laptop, I have been used in offices and homes since the changes only became possible as my memory it was stored in tubes, then on transistors and later on very small a result I totally changed my I have grown older I have also grown time my memory has developed so much that, like an elephant, I never forget anything I have been told!And my memory became so large that even I couldn39。t believe it!But I was always so lonely standing there by myself, until in the early 1960s they gave me a