【正文】 Li Yan, a volunteer for the 2008 Olympic : My name is lived in what you call “Ancient Greece” and I used to write about the Olympic Games a long time ’ve e to your time to find out about the presentday Olympic Games because I know that in 2004 they were held in my I ask you some questions about the modern Olympics? L: Good heavens!Have you really e from so long ago? But of course you can ask any questions you would you like to know? P: How often do you hold your Games? L: Every four are two main sets of Gamesthe Winter and Summer Olympics, and both are held every four years on a regular Winter Olympics are usually held two years before the Summer athletes who have reached the agreed standard for their event will be admitted as may e from anywhere in the : Winter Games? How can the runners enjoy peting in winter? And what about the horses? L: Oh no!There are no running races or horse riding there are petitions like skiing and ice skating which need snow and ’s why they’re called the Winter ’s in the Summer Olympics that you have the running races, together with swimming, sailing and all the team : I you said that athletes are invited from all over the you mean the Greek world? Our Greek cities used to pete against each other just for the honour of other countries could join in, nor could slaves or women!L: Nowadays any country can take part if their athletes are good are over 250 sports and each on has its own are not only allowed, but play a very important role in gymnastics, athletics, team sports and …P: Please wait a minute!All those events, all those countries and even women taking part!Where are all the athletes housed? L: For each Olympics, a special village is built for them to live in, a main reception building, several stadiums for petitions, and a gymnasium as : That sounds very anyone want to host the Olympic Games? L: As a matter of fact, every country wants the ’s a great responsibility but also a great honour to be ’s as much petition among countries to host the Olympics as to win Olympic 2008 Olympics will be held in Beijing, you know that? P: Oh yes!You must be very : after that the 2012 Olympics will be held in have already started planning for new village for the athletes and all the stadiums will be built to the east of medals will be designed of course and …P: Did you say medals? So even the olive wreath has been replaced!Oh dear!Do you pete for prize money too? L: No, we don’’s still all about being able to run faster, jump higher and throw ’s the motto of the Olympics, you know“Swifter, Higher and Stronger.”P: Well, that’s good interesting!Thank you so much for your 奧林匹克運動會 閱讀一 一個采訪大約2000年前的一個希臘作者帕薩尼亞斯(P)，在2007年3月18日踏上了一段魔幻的旅程去查明關于現(xiàn)代的奧林匹克運動會。他/她 只關心目擊者是否會提供真是的信息，信息一定是事實而不是觀點。在一場審批中，一個審判官一定要去決定相信哪個目擊者哪個目擊者不應該相信。這可能是真的，不過很難去證明。所以一個觀點在一個審判中不是一個好的證據(jù)。這是一個事實。閱讀二一個事實還是一個觀點神馬是事實？是一些人們相信的東西嗎？不！事實是可以被證明的任何事。通過研究之前的琥珀屋的照片，他們制造了一座新的琥珀屋像舊的那座一樣。之后，琥珀屋發(fā)生了神馬仍然是個迷。至少兩天內(nèi)100000多片琥珀被放進27個木箱里。在納粹去到避暑地方之前，俄國人民能夠從琥珀屋里搬走一些家具和小的藝術品。在1941年9月，納粹軍隊在圣彼得堡附近。接近600只蠟燭在屋內(nèi)燃燒著，把鏡子和圖畫都照得像金子一樣。她讓她的藝術家加了跟多的細節(jié)在里面。琥珀屋作為一個大概四米長的只為重要訪客的小接待處。作為報答，沙皇給了腓特烈一隊他最好的士兵。然而，普魯士下一任國王同樣是琥珀屋的擁有者，腓特烈威廉一世決定不保留琥珀屋。事實上，這間屋不是制來當禮物的。這間屋的設計是當時最流行的奇特的風 格。這個禮物是因為由幾噸琥珀制成而命名的琥珀屋。s winter palace in St four metres long, the room served as a small reception hall for important , Catherine II had the Amber Room moved to a palace outside St Petersburg where she spent her told her artists to add more details to 1770 the room was pleted the way she six hundred candles lit the room, and its mirrors and pictures shone like , although the Amber Room was considered one of the wonders of the world, it is now September 1941, the Nazi army was near St was a time when the two countries were at the Nazis could get to the summer palace, the Russians were able to remove some furniture and small art objects from the Amber , some of the Nazis secretly stole the room less than two days 100,000 pieces were put inside twentyseven wooden is no doubt that the boxes were then put on a train for Konigsberg, which was at that time a German city on the Baltic that, what happened to the Amber Room remains a , the Russians and Germans have built a new Amber Room at the summer studying old photos of the former Amber Room, they have made the new one look like the old 2003 it was ready for the people of St Petersburg when they celebrated the 300th birthday of their FACT OR AN OPINION? What is a fact? Is it something that people believe? fact is anything that can be example, it can be proved that China has more people than any other country in the is a what is an opinion? An opinion is what someone believes is true but has not been an opinion is not good evidence in a example, it is an opinion if you say “Cats are better pets than dogs”.It may be true, but it is difficult to people may not agree with this opinion but they also cannot prove that they are a trial, a judge must decide which eyewitnesses to believe and which not to judge does not consider what each eyewitness looks like or where that person lives or , which must be facts rather than kind of information is called 文化遺產(chǎn) 閱讀一 尋找琥珀普魯士國王腓特烈第一篇：高中英語必修2課文及原文高中英語必修2（人教版）Unit1 Cultural relics IN SEARCH OF THE AMBER ROOM Frederick William I, the King of Prussia, could never have imagined that his greatest gift to the Russian people would have such an amazing gift was the Amber Room, which was given this name because several tons of amber were used to make amber which was selected had a beautiful yellowbrown colour like design of the room was in the fancy style popular in those was also a treasure decorated with gold and jewels, which took the country39。s best artists about ten years to fact, the room was not made to be a was designed for the palace of Frederick , the next King of Prussia, Frederick William I, to whom the amber room belonged, decided not to keep 1716 he gave it to Peter the return, the Czar sent him a troop of his best the Amber Room