【正文】 wegi an team , gave her another pol e. So Renner was abl e to get a si l ver m edal . Hakensm oen sai d that he had onl y behaved as any good sportsm an shoul d, but Sara sai d that H akensm oen had shown everybody the true m eaning of sport. 2. The Speci al O lym pi c athlete For athl ete Eri c Wil li am s gol d m edal s are ni ce, but good sportsm anshi p i s m ore im portant. Eri c has a l ow m ental abi li ty but thi s does not stop him from taki ng apart i n the O lym pi cs. In 2020 Eri c peted i n runni ng races and the l ong jum p. H e sai d, ― I’ ve been peti ng i n the Speci al O lym pi cs ever since I was at hi gh school . It’s real y a god experi ence. You get to m eet di fferent athl etes and vol unteers and m ake al l ki nds of fri ends. ― John Corbett, an ani zer of the Speci al Ol ym pi cs sai d, ― H e al ways does hi s best and has a wonderful ti m e in the progress. H e trul y apreci ates al the peopl e around hi m who are trying to hel p, and he m akes that appreciati on known. ― Let’s hope Eri c wi ns m ore m edal s i n the next Speci al O l ym pi cs! 3. The stubborn Afri can In 1968 a Kenyan athl ete Kip Kei no peted i n the 1500 m etres runni ng race. At that tim e he was very il l and i n great pai n. Although he had reached the standard for the fi nal of the race he deci ded at fi rst not to take part. H owever, just before the race was going to start he changed hi s mi nd. H e ran from his rom and arri ved at the race track a few mi nutes before the race was about to begi n. Surpri si ngl y, he won the race, fi ni shing wel l 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 onl y Kenyan sportsm an ever to appear on the cover of the worl d famous sports m agazi ne Sports i l ustrated. Unit 3 WHO AM I? Over ti me I have changed qui te a l began as a calculating machine i n France in though I was young I coul d sim pl ify difficult sum s. I developed very sl owly and it took nearly two hundred years before I was buil t as an anal yti cal m achi ne by Charl es I was program med by an operator who used cards with hol es,I could ―thing‖l ogical ly and produce an answer quicker than any person. At that time it was considered a technol ogical revol ution and the start of my ―artifical intel ligence‖.In 1936 my real father,Alan Turing,wrote a book about how I could be made to work as a ―universal machine‖to sol ve any difficult mathematical problem. From then on,I grew rapidl y both i n size and in brai npower. By the 1940s I hd grownas large as a rom , and I wonderes i f I would grow journey on March 18th , 2020 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 2020 O lym pi cs Gam es. P: My nam e i s Pausani as. I l ived i n what you cal l ― Anci ent Greece‖ and I used to wri te about the O l ym pi c Gam es a l ong ti m e ago. I’ve e to your tim e to fi nd out about the presentday Ol ym pic Gam es because I know that i n 2020 they were hel d i n m y hom el and. May I ask you som e questi ons about them odern Ol ym pics? L: Good heavens! H ave real l y e from so l ong ago? But of course you can ask any questi ons you li ke. What woul d you l i ke to know? P: How 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 Sum m er O l ym pi cs, and both are hel d every four years on a regul ar basi s. The Wi nter Ol ym pi cs are usual ly hel d two years before the Summ er Gam es. O nl y athl etes who have reached the agreed standard for thei r event wi l be adm itted as peti tors. They m ay e from anywhere i n the worl d. P: Wi nter Gam es? H ow 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 ding events. Instead there are petiti ons l i ke ski i ng and ice skati ng which need snow and i ce. That’s why they’re cal ed the Wi nter O l ym pi cs. It’s in the Sum m er O l ym pi cs that you have the runni ng races, together wi th swimm i ng, sail ng and al l the team sports. P: I se. Earli er you sai d that athl etes are i nvited from al l over the worl d. Do you mean the Greek worl d? O ur Greek citi es used to pete agai nst each other just for the honour of wi ni ng. N o other countri es coul d joi n i n, nor coul d sl aves or wom en! L: N owadays any country can take part i f thei r athl etes 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 role i n gym nasti cs, athl etics, team sports and … P: Pl ease wai t a m i nute! Al those events, al those countri es 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 vi l age i s buil t for them to li ve i n, a m ai n recepti on bui ldi ng, several stadium s for peti ti ons, and a gym nasi um as wel . P: That’s sounds very expansi ve. Does anyone want to host the O l ym pi c Gam es? L: As a m ater of fact, every country wants the opportuni ty. It’s a great responsi bi li ty but al so a great honour to be chosen. There’s as m uch petiti ons am ong countri es to host the Ol ym pics as to wi n O l ym pi c m edal s. The 2020 O l ym pi cs wi l be hel d i n Bei ji ng. P: O h yes! You must be very proud. L: Certai nl y. And after that the 2020 Ol ym pi cs wil l be hel d i n London. They have al ready started pl ani ng for it. A new vil l age for the athl etes and al the stadiums wil l be buil t to the east of London. New m edals wil be designed of course and … P: Di d you say m edal s? So even the ol i ve wreath has been repl aced! O h dear! Do you pete for pri ze money too? L: N o, we don’t. It’s sti