【正文】 nishi 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 quicker 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 growm 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 ice skating which 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 runni ng 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 world. Do you mean the Greek world? O ur Greek ci ti es used to pete agai nst each other just for the honour of wi ni 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 i n 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 O lympic Gam es? 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 O lym pi cs wi l 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 already 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 edal s? 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 much for your time. 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 glory for hersel f i n the Ol ympic Gam es. She was so angry that she sai d to her farther that she would 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 will 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 fooli sh?‖ 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 den appl es. She said, ― Throw an aple in front of Atlanta when she is running past. When she stops to pick it up, you wil l be able to run past her and win.‖ H i pom enes took the appl es and went to the King. H e said, ―I want to mary Atlanta.‖ The King was sad to see another man die, but Hi pomenes said, ― I wil marry her – or die!‖ So the race began. Three inspi ri ng stori es about the Olym pi c Gam es 1. The ki nd N orwegi an There is a crosscountry ski ing race which i s part of the Wi nter Ol ym pi cs. In 206 a Canadian ski er, Sara Renner, was taking part i n the crosscountry fi nal when her l eft pol e broke. This was a serious probl em as she needed the pole to hel p her travel quickly through the deep snow. Imm edi atel y Bjornar Hakensm oen , the coach of the N orwegi an team, gave her another pol e. So Renner was abl e to get a si lver m edal. H akensmoen sai d that he had onl y behaved as any god sportsm an shoul d, but Sara sai d that Hakensm oen had shown everybody the true meani ng of sport. 2. The Speci al Ol ym pi c athlete For athl ete Eri c Wi li am s gol d m edals are ni ce, but good sportsm anshi p i s m ore im portant. Eric has a low mental abil ity but this does not stop him from taki ng