【正文】 a different way — he fights hard to protect China’s past. His real name is Feng Jicai and he has writen many novels about l ife in China. Several years ago, however, he put down his pen for a whil e and began to protect the cl tural relics in Ti anjin, where he lives. Once someon asked hi m why he no longer wrote. He repl ied that at the moment he felt protecting cultural reli cs was more i mportant. Feng l oves his hometown. He believes that ol d thi ngs must be given a plave next to new thins, or people wi l soon fet ther great past. He does not m ake speeches to get others to help hi m in hi s projects. Instead he goes out and does what he can himesel f. If others fol ow hi m, so much the better. One of his biggest projects was to protect the oldest street in Tianji n. Along that street some shops had done busines for seven hundred years. Al thought the city government rebui lt this street, they did save i ts ol dest bui lding. Another project was more successful: he persuaded the ci ty government to buy some land in the centre of the ci ty so it coul d not be sold for busineses. This area i s very improtant for the history of Tianjin. It was here that the city was fi rst bui lt duri ng the Song Dynasty. Later many treasures were found here. To Feng, di ggi ng down in to the earth is li ke readi ng page after page of a book. Each dynasty found in the earth is li ke an i nteresting story. Not long ago he and other writers and artists took photos of the ol d parts of Tianji n. The photos were put i nto a book whi ch was very popular. The money from the book hel ps hi s prjects. Once, and ol d man asked Feng to si gn a book for him, sayi ng he would give it to his grandson who was not yet born. Feng was glad to do it he knows that he past i s not onl y for us to enjoy but also for the chi ldren of the future. Uni t 2 An i ntervi ew Pausani as, who was a Greek wri ter about 200 year ago, has e on a magical journey on March 18th ,20xx to fi nd out about the presentday Ol ympic Games. He i s now intervi ewi ng Li Yan, a vol unteer for the 20xx Olympics Games. P: My name is Pausani as. I li ved i n what you cal ― Anci ent Greece‖ and I used to write about the Ol ympi c Games a l ong time ago. I’ve e to your time to find out about the presentday Olympic Games because I know that in 20xx they were held i n my hom el and. May I ask you some questi ons about themodern Ol ympi cs? L: Good heavens! Have real lye from so l ong ago? But of course you can ask any questions you li ke. What would you li ke to know? P: How often do you hold your Games? L: Every four years. There are two main sets of Games—the Wi nter and the Summer Olympi cs, and both are held every four years on a regular basis. The Winter Ol ympics are usual ly held two years before the Summer Games. Only athl etes who have reached the agred standard for their event wil l be admitted as petitors. They may e from anywhere in the world. P: Winter Games? How can the runners enjoy peting in wi nter? And what about the horses? L: Oh no! There are no running races or horse riding events. Instead there are petitions li ke ski ng and ice skating which ned snow and i ce. That’s why they’re cal ed the Wi nter Olympics. It’s in the Summer Ol ympi cs that you have the runni ng races, together with swi mming, sail ng and al the team sports. P: I see. Earl ier you said that athl etes are i nvited from al over the worl d. Do you mean the Greek world? Our Grek cities used to pete against each other just for the honour of winning. No other countries coul d joi n in, nor could sl aves or women! L: Nowadays any country can take part if thei r athletes are good enough. There are over 250 sports and each one has its own standard. Women are not only al lowed, but pl ay a very important rol e in gymnasti cs, athletics, team sports and … P: Please wai t a minute! Al those events, al l those countri es and even women taking part! Where are al the athletes housed? L: For each Olympics, a speci al vil age i s bui lt for them to live i n, a main recepti on buil ding, several stadiums for petitions, and a gymnasi um as wel . P: That’s sounds very expansi ve. Does anyone want to host the Olympi c Games? L: As a matter of fact,every country wants the opportunity. It’s a great responsibil ity but also a great honour to be chosen. There’s as much petitions among countri es to host the Olympics as to win Olympi c medals. The 20xx Ol ympi cs wi l be held in Beijing. P: Oh yes! You must be very proud. L: Certainly. And after that the 20xx Ol ympics wil l be held in London. They have already started planing for it. A new vi lage for the athletes and al the stadiums wil l be buil t to the east of London. New medal s wil be desi gned of course and … P: Di d you say medals? So even the olive wreath has been replaced! Oh dear! Do you pete for prize money to? L: No, we don’t. It’s stil l al about being abl e to run faster, jumper hi gher and throw further. That’s the moto of the Ol ympics, you know—― Swifter, Higher and Stronger.‖ P: Wel, that’s a good news. How i nteresti ng! Thank you so much for your time. The story of Atl anta Atlanta was a Greek pri ncess. She was very beautiful and coul d run faster than any man in Greece. But she was not alowed to run and wi n glory for hersel f in the Olympic Games. She was so angry that she said to her farther that she would not mary anyone who coul d not run faster than her. Her father said that she must marry, so Atl anta made a bargain wi th hi m. She said to him, ― These are my rules. When a man says he wants to mary me, I wil run against him . If he cannot run as fast as me, he wil be kil led. No one wil l be pardoned.‖ Many kings and pri nces wanted to marry Atl anta, but when they heard of her rules they knew it was hopeless. So many of them sadly went home, but others stayed to run the race. There was a man caled Hi pomenes who was amazed when he