【正文】 es. H e i s now i ntervi ewi ng Li Yan, a vol unteer for the 2020 Ol ym pics Gam es. P: My nam e 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 pic Gam es a l ong tim e ago. I’ ve e to your tim e to fi nd out about the presentday Ol ym pi c 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 O l ym pi cs? L: Good heavens! Have real y e from so l ong ago? But of course you can ask any questi ons you li ke. What woul d you li 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 Wi nter O l ym pi cs are usual l y hel d two years before the Summ er Gam es. O nl y athletes who have reached the agreed standard for thei r event wil l be adm i ted as peti tors. They m ay 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: O h no! There are no runni ng races or horse ri di ng events. Instead there are peti ti ons li ke ski ng and i ce skati ng whi ch need snow and i ce. That’s why they’re cal l ed the Wi nter Ol ym pi cs. It’s i n the Summ er Ol ym pics that you have the running races, together wi th swi mmi ng, sai li ng and al the team sports. P: I see. Earl ier you sai d that athl etes are i nvi ted from al over the worl d. Do you m ean the Greek world? O ur Greek ci ti es used to pete against 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 athletes are good enough. There are over 250 sports and each one has i ts own standard. Wom en are not onl y al l owed, but pl ay a very im portant rol e i n gym nasti cs, athl eti cs, team sports and … P: Pl ease wait a mi nute! Al l those events, al l those countri es and even wom en taki ng part! Where are al l the athl etes housed? L: For each O l ym pi cs, a speci al vi l age i s buil t for them to l i ve i n, a m ai n recepti on buil di ng, several stadi um 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 Ol ym pi c Gam es? L: As a m atter 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 O l ym pi cs as to wi n O l ym pi c m edal s. The 2020 O lym pi cs wil l be hel d i n Beiji ng. P: O h yes! You m ust be very proud. L: Certai nl y. And after that the 2020 O l ym pi cs wi l be hel d i n London. They have already started pl anni ng for i t. A new vi l age for the athl etes and al the stadi um s wil l be buil t to the east of London. N ew medal s wil l be desi gned 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 m oney too? L: No, we don’t. It’s sti l al about bei ng abl e to run faster, jum per hi gher and throw further. That’s the m otto of the Ol ympi cs, you know—― Swi fter, H i gher and Stronger.‖ P: Wel , that’s a good news. H ow i nteresti ng! Thank you so m uch for your tim e. The story of Atl anta Atl anta was a Greek pri ncess. She was very beauti ful and coul d run faster than any man i n Grece. But she was not al lowed to run and wi n glory for hersel f i n the O lym pi c Gam es. She was so angry that she sai d to her farther that she woul d not marry anyone who coul d not run faster than her. Her father said that she m ust marry, so Atl anta made a bargai n wi th him. She sai d to him, ― These are m y rul es. When a m an says he wants to m ary m e, I wil l run agai nst him. If he cannot run as fast as m e, he wi l be kil ed. No one wil l be pardoned. ‖ Many ki ngs and princes wanted to m ary Atl anta, but when they heard of her rules they knew it 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 l ed Hi ppom enes who was am azed when he heard of Atl anta’s rul es, ― Why are these men so fool ish?‖ hethought. ― Why wi l l they l et themsel ves be kil ed because they cannot run as fast as thi s pri ncess?‖ H owever, when he saw Atl anta e out of her house to run, Hi ppom enes changed his m ind. ― I wi l m arry Atl anta—or di e !― he sai d. The race started and although the m an ran very fast, Atlanta ran faster. As H i pomenes watched he thought, ― H ow can I run as fast as Atl anta?‖ H e went to ask the Greek Goddess of Love for hel p. She prom i sed to help hi m and gave him three gol den apl es. She sai d, ― Throw an apl e i n front of Atl anta when she i s running past. When she stops to pi ck i t up, you wil l be abl e to run past her and wi n. ‖ Hi ppom enes took the appl es and went to the Ki ng. H e sai d, ― I want to m arry Atlanta. ‖ The Ki ng was sad to see another m an di e, but H i pom enes sai d, ― I wil l m arry her – or di e!‖ So the race began. Three i nspiri ng stori es 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 Wi nter O l ym pi cs. In 2020 a Canadi an skier, Sara Renner, was taki ng part in the crosscountry fi nal when her l eft pole broke. Thi s was a seri ous probl em as she needed the pol e to hel p her travel qui ckl y through the deep snow. Im m edi atel y Bjornar H akensm oen , the coach of the N orwegi an team, gave her another pol e. So Renner was abl e to get a sil ver m edal. H akensmoen 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 eani ng of sport. 2. The Special Ol ym pi c athl ete For athl ete Eri c Wi l i am s gol d m edal s are ni ce, but good sportsm anshi p i s m ore i mportant. Eric h