【正文】 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, 年產(chǎn) 6000噸 PVCU 大口徑管材項目 可行性研究報告 市塑料有限公司 二 〇一〇 年一月 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 wi th 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 hi s best sol di ers. So the Am ber Room became part of the Czar’s winter pal ace in St Petersburg. About four metres l ong, the room served as a smal l reception hal l for im portant vistors. Later, Catheri ne Ⅱ had the Am ber Room m oved to a palace outside St Petersburg where she spent her summ ers. She tol d her artists to add m ore detai l s to i t. In 1770 the room was pl eted the way she wanted. Alm ost si x hundred candl es li t the room , and i ts m i rors and pi ctures shone li ke gol d. Sadl y, al though the Am ber Room was si dered one of the wonders of the worl d, it i s now m i si ng. In Septem ber 1941, the N azi army was near St Petersburg. This was ati m e when the two countri es were at war. Before the N azi s coul d get to the summ er pal ace, the Russians were abl e to rem ove som e furni tures and sm al art objects from the Am ber Room . H owever, som e of the N azi s secretl y stol e the room itsel f. In l ess than two days 100000 pi eces were put i nsi de twentyseven wooden boxes. There i s no doubt that the boxes were then put on a trai n for Konigsberg, whi ch was at a tim e a Germ an ci ty on the Bal tic Sea. After that, what happened to the Am ber Room rem ai ns a m ystery. Recentl y, the Rusi ans and Germ ans have buil t a new Am ber Room at the summ er pal ace. By studyi ng ol d photos of the form er Am ber rom, they have m ade the new one looke l ike the ol d one. In 2020 it was ready for the peopl e of St Petersburg when they cel ebrated the 300th bi thday of thei r ci ty. A fact of an opi ni on What i s a fact? Is i t som ethi ng that peopl e bel i eve? N o. A fact i s anythi ng that can be proved. For exam pl e, it can be proved that Chi na has m ore peopl e than any other country i n the worl d. Thi s is a fact. Then what is an opi ni on? An opi ni on i s what som eone bel i eves i s true but has not ben proved. So an opi noi on i s not good evi dence i n a trail . For exam pl e, i t i s an opi ni on i f you say “Cats are better pets than dogs”. It may be true, but it is dificul t to prove. Some people may not agree wi th thi s opi ni on but they al so cannot prove that they are ri ght. In a trail , a judge m ust deci de whi ch eyewi tnesses to bel i eve and whi ch not to beli eve. The judge does not consi der what each eyewitness l ooks l i ke or where that person l i ves or works. H e/She onl y cares about whether the eyewitness has gi ven true i nform ati on, whi ch m ust be facts rather than opi ni ons. Thi s ki nd of i nform ation i s cal ed evi dence. Bi g Feng to the rescue Hi