【導(dǎo)讀】L:Goodheavens!Haverealyefromsolongago?Butofcourseyoucanaskanyquestionsyoulike.Whatwouldyouliketoknow?Andwhataboutthehorses?L:Ohno!Therearenorunningracesorhorseridingevents.Insteadtherearepetitionslikeskiingandiceskatingwhichneedsnowandice.That’swhythey’recalledtheWinterOlympics.It’sintheSummerOlympicsthatyouhavetheruningraces,togetherwithswimming,sailingandalltheteamsports.P:Ise.Earlieryousaidthatathletesareinvitedfromallovertheworld.DoyoumeantheGrekworld?OurGreekcitiesusedtopeteagainsteachotherjustforthehonourofwining.Noothercountriescouldjoinin,norcouldslavesorwomen!L:Nowadaysanycountrycantakepartiftheirathletesaregodenough.Thereareover250sportsandeachonehasitsownstandard.Womenarenotonlyallowed,butplayaveryimportantroleingymnastics,athletics,teamsportsand…P:Pleasewaitaminute!Althoseevents,althosecountriesandevenwomentakingpart!Wherearealltheathleteshoused?L:ForeachOlympics,aspecialvillageisbuiltforthemtolivein,amainreceptionbuilding,severalstadiumsforpetitions,andagymnasiumaswel.P:That’ssoundsveryexpansive.DoesanyonewanttohosttheOlympicGames?P:Didyousaymedals?Soeventheolivewreathhasbeenreplaced!Ohdear!Doyoupeteforprizemoneytoo?

　　

【正文】 ums. 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 in size and in the 1940s I hd grownas large as a room , and I wonderes if I woul d grow 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 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 wi ning. N o other countri es coul d joi n in, nor coul d sl aves or women! 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. Women are not onl y al lowed, but pl ay a very im portant rol e in gym nasti cs, athleti cs, team sports and … P: Please wait a mi nute! Al those events, al those countries and even wom en taki ng part! Where are al l the athl etes housed? L: For each Ol ym pi cs, a speci al vil lage i s bui lt for them to li ve i n, a m ai n recepti on buil ding, several stadium s for petitions, and a gymnasi um as wel . P: That’s sounds very expansi ve. Does anyone want to host the Ol ym pi c Games? L: As a m atter of fact, every country wants the opportunity. It’s a great responsi bi li ty but al so a great honour to be chosen. There’s as m uch peti ti ons among countri es to host the Ol ympics as to wi n O lym pic medal s. The 20xx Ol ym pi cs wi l be hel d in Beijing. P: O h yes! You m ust be very proud. L: Certainly. And after that the 20xx Ol ympi cs wil l be hel d i n London. They have al ready started pl aning for i t. A new vil lage for the athletes and al l the stadium s wil l be buil t to the east of London. N ew m edals wi l be designed of course and … P: Di d you say m edals? So even the oli ve wreath has been repl aced! O h dear! Do you pete for pri ze money too? L: No, we don’t. It’s sti l al l about bei ng able to run faster, jum per hi gher and throw further. That’s the motto of the Ol ym pi cs, you know—― Swi fter, Hi gher and Stronger.‖ P: Wel, that’s a good news. How i nteresti ng! Thank you so much for your tim e. The story of Atlanta Atl anta was a Greek princess. She was very beauti ful and coul d run faster than any m an i n Greece. But she was not al owed to run and wi n glory for hersel f in the O lym pic Gam es. She was so angry that she said to her farther that she would not m arry anyone who coul d not run faster than her. H er father sai d that she m ust marry, so Atlanta made a bargai n with him. She sai d to him, ― These are my rul es. When a man says he wants to m arry 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