【正文】 ave been tol d !And my memory became so l arge that even I coul dn’t bel ieve it!But I was al ways so l onel y standi ng there by m ysel f, unti l i n the 1960s they gave m e a fami l y connected by a work . Iwas abl e to share m y knowl edge with others through the Worl d Wi de Web. Si nce the 1970s m any new appl i cati ons have ben found for m e . I have be e very im portant i n m unication, fi nance and trade I have also been put i nto robots and used to m ake m obi l e phones as wel l as hel p wi th m edical operati ons. I have even been put i nto space rockets and sent to expl ore the Moon and Mars . A nyhow, my goal i s to provi de humans wi th a l ife of hi gh quali ty. I am now trul y fi l ed wi th happi ness that I am a devoted fri end and hel per of the hum an race ! AN DY—TH E AN DROID I’m part of an an android footbal l team . About once a year we are al l owed to get together to pl ay a game of footbal . I’m as bi g as a human . In fact ,I l ook like one too. On the footbal team I’m a striker so I have to be abl e to run very fast . My puter chi ps hel p m e to m ova and think l i ke a hum an . For exam pl e , I have l earned to si gnal to m y teamm ates i n puter l anguages to gi ve m e the bal l when I am open and have a good shot for a goal. My fi rat footbal l peti ti on was i n N agoya , Japan several years ago . Last year our team went to Seattle , Washi ngton in the USA. We won tsecong pl ace . Personal l y , I thi nk the team that won firsy pl ace cheated . They had devel oped a new type of program just before the petiti on. So we need to encourage our program er to im prove our i ntel i gence are determ i ned to create an even better system . In a way our programm et i s li ke our coach. She program s us with moves to use if a new sitation arises. In this way I can make up new moves using my ―artifical intel ligence ―. I woul d real y li ke to pl ay agai nst a hum an team, for I have been program m ed to act just l i ke them. After al , wi th the hel p of m y el ectroni c brain which never fets anything ,using my intel ligence is what I’m al l about! TH E SPO RTING ROBO T My name is H ua Fei and I am a sporti ng robot of the 23rd am an expert at hi gh fl yi ng jump from spaceship and as I fal l I turn, dive, ci rcle and dance unti l I softl y l and as close as I can to the fi ni shing l ine. Robot peti ti ons in the 23rd century are trul y a popular from al l over China watch thei r handhel d TVs when a peti ti on es on. Last al l those countri es and even wom en taking 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 bui l t for them to l ive i n, a m ai n recepti on buil di ng, several stadi um s for petiti ons, and a gym nasi um as wel l. P: That’s sounds very expansi ve. Does anyone want to host the O l ym pi c Gam es? L: As a m ater of fact, every country wants the opportuni ty. It’s a great responsi bil i ty but also a great honour to be chosen. There’s as m uch peti ti ons among countri es to host the Ol ympi cs as to wi n Ol ym pic m edal s. The 2021 O l ym pi cs wi l be hel d i n Bei ji ng. P: O h yes! You m ust be very proud. L: Certainl y. And after that the 2021 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 vil l age for the athl etes and al the stadium s wil l be buil t to the east of London. N ew m edal s wi l be desi gned of course and … P: Di d you say m edal s? So even the oli ve wreath has been replaced! O h dear! Do you pete for pri ze m oney too? L: No, we don’t. It’s stil 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 ym pi cs, you know—― Swifter, H igher and Stronger. ‖ P: Wel l, 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 Greece. 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. H er father sai d that she m ust m arry, so Atl anta m ade a bargai n wi th him. She sai d to hi m, ― These are m y rul es. When a m an says he wants to m arry m e, I wil l run agai nst him. If he cannot run as fast as m e, he wi l be ki l ed. N o one wil be pardoned. ‖ Many ki ngs and pri nces wanted to m arry Atl anta, but when they heard of her rul es they knew i t was hopel es. So m any of them sadl y went home, but others stayed to run the race. There was a m an cal ed H i pomenes who was am azed when he heard of Atl anta’s rul es, ― Why are these m en so fooli sh?‖ hethought. ― Why wil l they l et themsel ves be kil led because they cannot run as fast as this pri ncess?‖ However, when he saw Atl anta e out of her house to run, Hi ppom enes changed his m i nd. ― I wil m arry Atlanta—or di e !― he sai d. The race started and although the m an ran very fast, Atl anta ran faster. As H i pom enes 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 promi sed to hel p hi m and gave him three gol den appl es. She sai d, ― Throw an appl e i n front of Atlanta when she i s runni ng 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 ppom enes sai d, ― I wil l m arry her – or die!‖ So the race began. Three i nspi ri ng stori es about the Ol ym pi c Gam es 1. The kind N orwegi an There i s a crosscountry ski i ng race which i s part of the Wi nter O l ym pi cs. In 2021 a Canadi an ski er, Sara Renner, was taki ng part i n the crosscountry final when her l eft pole broke. Thi s was a seri ous probl em as she needed