【文章內(nèi)容簡(jiǎn)介】 apart i n the Ol ympics. In 20xx Eri c peted in running races and the l ong jump. H e said, ― I’ve been peting in the Special Olympics ever since I was at high school . It’s real ly a good experience. You get to meet diferent athletes and vol unteers and make al l kinds of friends. ― John Corbett, an anizer of the Special Olympics said, ― H e al ways does his best and has a wonderful tim e in the progress. H e trul y appreciates al the peopl e around him who are trying to hel p, and he makes that appreciation known. ― Let’s hope Eric wins more medals in the next Special Ol ympics! 3. The stubborn Afri can In 1968 a Kenyan athl ete Ki p Kei no peted in the 1500 metres runni ng race. At that tim e he was very il l and i n great pain. Al though 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. H e ran from hi s room and arri ved at the race track a few mi nutes before the race was about to begi n. Surprisingl y, he won the race, finishi ng wel l ahead of everyone else and showing 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 world fam ous sports m agazi ne Sports il lustrated. Unit 3 WHO AM I? O ver ti me I have changed qui te a l ot. I began as a calcul ati ng m achi ne in France in 1642. Although I was young I coul d simpli fy di ficult sum s. I devel oped very slowly and it took nearl y two hundred years before I was bui lt as an analyti cal m achi ne by Charl es Baggage. After I was programmed by an operator who used cards with hol es,I coul d ―thing‖l ogical y and produce an answer qui cker than any person. At that time i t was consi dered a technological revoluti on 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 i nt o the middl e of t he r ing. The crowd began to shout , but the dr unk was xxx 農(nóng)產(chǎn)品物流 中心一期建設(shè)項(xiàng)目 資金申請(qǐng)報(bào)告 編制單位： 建設(shè)單位： xxx農(nóng)產(chǎn)品物流中心 二 O 一一年二月 m ay e from anywhere i n the world. P: Wi nter Gam es? How can the runers enjoy peti ng i n wi nter? And what about the horses? L: O h no! There are no runi 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 ice. That’s why they’re cal ed the Winter Ol ympics. It’s in the Summer Ol ympics that you have the running races, together wi th swimm ing, sai li ng and al the team sports. P: I see. Earli er you sai d that athl etes are i nvited from al over the worl d. Do you m ean the Greek world? O ur Greek ci ti es used to pete agai nst each other just for the honour of wi nni ng. N o other countri es could joi n i n, nor coul d sl aves or wom en! L: Nowadays any country can take part if thei r athletes are god enough. There are over 250 sports and each one has its own standard. Wom en are not onl y al owed, but pl ay a very im portant rol e in gym nasti cs, athleti cs, team sports and … P: Pl ease wait a mi nute! Al those events, al l those countries and even women taki ng part! Where are al l the athl etes housed? L: For each Ol ym pi cs, a special vil lage is buil t for them to li ve in, a m ai n reception bui l di ng, several stadi ums for peti ti ons, and a gym nasi um as wel l. P: That’s sounds very expansive. Does anyone want to host the Ol ympic Games? L: As a mater of fact,every country wants the opportunity. It’s a great responsibility but al so a great honour to be chosen. There’s as much petitions among countries to host the Ol ympics as to win Ol ympic medal s. The 20xx Olympics wil be hel d i n Bei ji ng. P: Oh yes! You m ust be very proud. L: Certai nl y. And after that the 20xx O lym pi cs wi l be hel d i n London. They have al ready started pl anni ng for i t. A new vil age for the athl etes and al the stadi um s wi l be bui lt to the east of London. New medals wil l be designed of course and … P: Di d you say m edals? So even the oli ve wreath has ben repl aced! Oh dear! Do you pete for prize m oney too? L: No, we don’t. It’s stil l al about being abl e to run faster, jumper higher and throw further. That’s the motto of the Ol ympics, you know—― Swifter, Higher and Stronger. ‖ P: Wel , that’s a god news. H ow interesting! Thank you so m uch for your tim e. The story of Atl anta Atl anta was a Greek pri nces. She was very beautiful and could run faster than any m an i n Greece. But she was not al owed to run and win gl ory for herself i n the Ol ympic Gam es. She was so angry that she sai d to her farther that she woul d not m ary anyone who coul d not run faster than her. Her father said that she m ust marry, so Atl anta made a bargain with him. She said to him, ― These are my rul es. When a man says he wants to marry me, I wil run against him . If he canot run as fast as me, he wil be kil ed. No one wil be pardoned.‖ Many ki ngs and pri nces wanted to marry 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 man cal ed H ippomenes who was amazed when he heard of Atl anta’s rul es, ― Why are these men so foolish?‖ hethought. ― Why wil l they let themsel ves be kil ed because they cannot run as fast as this princes?‖ H owever, when he saw Atl anta e out of her house to run, Hippomenes changed his mind. ― I wil mary Atl anta—or die !― he said. The race started and al though the man ran very fast, Atl anta ran faster. As Hipomenes watched he thought, ―H ow can I run as fast as Atl anta?‖ H e went to ask the Grek Goddess of Love for hel p. She promised to hel p him and gave him three gol