【正文】 uch the better. One of hi s bi ggest projects was to protect the ol dest street i n Ti anji n. Al ong that street som e shops had done busi nes for seven hundred years. Al thought the ci ty governm ent rebui lt thi s street, they di d save its ol dest bui l di ng. Another project was m ore successful: he persuaded the ci ty governm ent to buy som e l and i n the centre of the city so i t coul d not be sol d for busi nesses. Thi s area i s very i m protant for the history of Ti anji n. It was here that the city was fi rst buil t duri ng the Song Dynasty. Later m any treasures were found here. To Feng, di ggi ng down i n to the earth i s l i ke readi ng page after page of a book. Each dynasty found in the earth i s l ike an interesti ng story. Not l ong ago he and other wri ters and arti sts took photos of the ol d parts of Ti anji n. The photos were put i nto a book whi ch was very popul ar. The m oney from the book hel ps hi s prjects. O nce, and ol d man asked Feng to si gn a book for him, sayi ng he woul d give i t to hi s grandson who was not yet born. Feng was gl ad to do i t he knows that he past i s not onl y for us to enjoy but al so for the chil dren of the future. Unit 2 An i ntervi ew Pausani as, who was a Greek writer about 2020 year ago, has e on a m agi cal journey on March 18th , 2020 to fi nd out about the presentday Ol ympi c Games. H e i s now intervi ewi ng Li Yan, a vol unteer for the 2020 Ol ym pi cs Gam es. P: My name i s Pausani as. I li ved i n what you cal “ Anci ent Greece” and I used to wri te about the Ol ym pi c Gam es a l ong tim e ago. I’ ve e to your ti me to fi nd out about the presentday O lym pi c Gam es because I know that in 2020 they were hel d i n m y hom eland. May I ask you som e questi ons about them odern O l ym pi cs? L: Good heavens! H ave real 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: H ow often do you hol d your Gam es? L: Every four years. There are two m ai n sets of Gam es—the Wi nter and the Summ er O l ym pi cs, and both are hel d every four years on a regul ar basi s. The Winter Ol ym pi cs are usual y hel d two years before the Summ er Gam es. O nly athl etes who have reached the agreed standard for their event wi l be adm itted as peti tors. They may e from anywhere i n the worl d. P: Wi nter Gam es? H ow can the runners enjoy peti ng i n wi nter? And what about the horses? L: Oh no! There are no runi ng races or horse ri ding events. Instead there are peti tions l ike ski ng and i ce skati ng whi ch need snow and i ce. That’s why they’re cal ed the Wi nter Ol ym pics. It’s i n the Summ er O l ym pi cs that you have the runni ng races, together wi th swimm ing, sai li ng and al the team sports. P: I see. Earl i er you sai d that athl etes are i nvi ted from al over the worl d. Do you m ean the Greek world? Our Greek ci ti es used to pete against each other just for the honour of wi nni ng. No other countri es coul d join in, nor could sl aves or women! L: Nowadays any country can take part i f their athl etes are good enough. There are over 250 sports and each one has its own standard. Wom en are not only al lowed, but pl ay a very i mportant role in gym nastics, athletics, team sports and … P: Pl ease wait a mi nute! Al l those events, hi s pany i nto two parts. They say that he is unfai r to other peopl e who want to sel l simi l ar software. Because hefi ts hi s new software free i n every new puter, the government says he i s stoppi ng other pani es from sel li ng thei r program s. Thi s i s not fair. Everyone shoul d be abl e to do what they can to m ake thei r pany bi gger. Bil l Gates has not onl y done what he can to stop other petitors. H e i s very ri ch, but he i s generous. H e has gi ven mi l ions of dol lars to hel p the educati on and the heal th of m any chi l dren around the worl d. You coul d not m eet a better m an than Bil l Gates. A petitors of Bi l Gates Bi l Gates has been very successful and be e very ri ch. H e i s very generous but how has he got hi s m oney? H e has down thi s by m aki ng sure that no one el se wil l be abl e to pete wi th hi s software. H i s software i s not the best but i t i s used most wi del y i n the worl d. When he sees what i s needed, he makes a program and produces i t qui cker than anybody el se. That way he gets a l arge part of the software m arket. Then he works on im provi ng the software l ater. H e tri es hard to stop others m aki ng beter software. In 1995 the government tri ed to m ake thi ngs fai rer for peopl e li ke m e. The governm ent wanted to m ake Mi crosoft i nto two pani es so that nei ther of them was so strong nor so ri ch. Thi s m eant that they coul d not stop som ebody el se m aki ng new software. I al ways wonder how he coul d get so ri ch so qui ckl y. H as he done i t by fai r m eans? O r has he done i t by bei ng a puter bul y? 必修二 Uni t 1 In search of the am ber room Frederi ck Wi l i am I, the ki ng of Prussi a, coul d never have i magi ned that hi s greatest gi ft to the Russian peopl e would have such an am azing hi story. Thi s gi ft was the Am ber Rom, whi ch was gi ven thi s nam e because several tons of am ber were used to m ake it. The am ber which was sel ected had a beauti ful yel owbrown col our li ke honey. The desi gn of the rom was i n the fancy styl e popular i n those days. It was al so a treasure decorated with gol d and jewel s, which took the country’s best artists about ten years to m ake. In fact, the room was not m ade to be a gi ft. It was desi gned for the palace of Fredri ck I. H owever, the next Ki ng of Prussi a, Fredri ck Wil li am I, to whom the am ber rom belonged, deci ded not to keep i t. In 1716 he gave i t to Peter the Great. In return, the Czar sent him a troop of his best sol diers. So the Amber Room became part of the Czar’s winter pal ace in St Petersburg