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IN SEARCH OF THE AMBER ROOM

Frederick

William

Ⅰ, the

King

of Prussia ,

could never

have imagined

that his greatest

gift

to

t

he

Russian

people

would have

such

an

amazing

history .

as

given

this

name

because

This gift

was

the

Amber Room , which w

it .

The amber which was s

several

tons of amber were used to make

elected

had

a

beautiful

yellow-brown


yle

popular

in

those

days .

country's






colour like

honey .

The

design

of

the

room

was in the

fancy

st

with gold


It

was

also

a treasure decorated


and

jewels

, which took


the



best

artists

about

ten

years

to

make .

In

fact , the room was not made

the next

to

be a

gift .

It

was

designed

for the

palace

of Frederick

Ⅰ .

However,

King

of Prussia

, Frederick

William

Ⅰ,to

whom

the

amber

room

belonged,

decide

sent him a troop of hi

d

not

to

keep

it. In

1716

he

gave

it

to

Peter

the Great. In return , the Czar

s

best

soldiers.

So

the Amber

Room

because

part

of

the Czar's

winter

palace in

St



ut

four

metres






long, the

room

served

as

a small reception

hall

for

important

visitors .



Later,Catherine

Ⅱ had the Amber

Room moved

to a palace

outside

St Petersburg

where

she

s

pent

her

summers.

She

told

her

artists to

add more

details

to

it .In

he

way

she wanted . Almost

ke

gold.

Sadly , although

now

missing .






1770

the room

was

completed

t

six

hundred

candles

lit

the room

,and

its

mirrors

and

pictures

shone

li

one

of

the

wonders

of

the

world

,

it is



the

Amber

Room was

considered


In

September

1941,

the

Nazi

army

was


near

St Petersburg .

Before

the

Nazis

could

get

to

This

was

a

time when

the

two

co

Russians

were

able

to

of

the Nazis

untries

were at

war .

remove

some

the summer

palace , the

furniture

and

small

art

objects

from

the

Amber

In

less

than


two

days

Room .

However , some

secretly

stole the room itself .

woooden

boxs .


There

100,000

pieces

were put inside twenty- seven

put

on a

train

for

Konigsberg,

which

wa

is no

doubt

that the

boxs

were

then

s at that

time a

German

city

on the Baltic

Sea .

After

that,

what

happened

to

the Amber

Room

re

mains

a

mystery .








1






Recently , the Russians and Germans have built a new


Amber Room at the summer palace .

By studying old photos of the former Amber Room , they have made the new one look like the old























one .In 2003 it was ready
of their city .

for the people of St Petersburg when they celebrated the 300th

birthday

A FACT OR AN OPINION?

What is a fact? Is it something that people believe? No. A fact is anything that can be proved.

T

For example, it can be proved that China has more people than any other country in the world.

his is a fact.

Then what is an opinion? An opinion is what someone believes is true but has not been prove

d.

So

an opinion is

not good

evidence

in a

trial.

For

example, it is an opinion

may

be

true,

but

it is

difficult to prove. Some people


if you say “ Cats are

may not agree with t

better

pets

than

dogs” .It

his

opinion

but

they

also

cannot

prove

that

they

are

right.





























In a trial, a judge must decide which eyewitnesses to believe and which not to believe. The jud

ge does not consider what each eyewitness looks like or where that person lives or works. Heshe

only cares about whether the eyewitness
n opinions. This kind of information
has given true information,
evidence.

which must be facts rather tha

is called

Unit 2

AN INTERVIEW

Pausanias, who was a Greek writer about 2,000 years ago, has come on a magical
March 18th 2007 to find out about the present-day
a volunteer for the 2008 Olympic Games.

journey on

Olympic Games. He is now interviewing Li Yan,

P: My name is Pausanias. I lived in what you call

“Ancient Greece” and

I used to write about

t

he Olympic Games a long time ago. I ’ vecome to your time to find out about the present -day Olym





pic Games because I know that in 2004 they were held in my homeland.
stions about the modern

Olympics?


2

May I ask you some

que







L: Good heavens! Have you really come from so long ago? But of course you can ask any qu

estions you like. What would you like to know?









P: How often do you hold your Games?

L: Every four years. There are

both are held every four years on

before the Summer Games.

ll be admitted as competitors.







two main sets of

a regular

basis.

Games-the

Winter and

Summer

Olympics,

and

The Winter

Olympics

are

usually

held two

years

Only

athletes who have reached

the

agreed

standard for their event wi

anywhere

in

the world.


They

may come

from

P: Winter Games? How can the runners enjoy competing in winter? And what about the horse

s?






L: Oh

no! There are

no

running

races

or

horse riding events. Instead there

are competitions

lik

I

e

skiing and ice

skating

which need

snow

and

ice. Th at ’ whys

they ’ recalled

the

Winter Olympics.

together with


t ’ sin

the

Summer

Olympics

that you

have

the

running races,

l

the

team

sports.








swimming, sailing and

al


P: I see. Earlier you said that athletes are invited from all over the world. Do you mean the Gr

eek world? Our Greek cities used to compete against each other just for the honour of winning.

No

















other countries could join in, nor could slaves or women!

L: Nowadays any country can take part if their athletes are good enough. There are over 250 s

rol

ports and each on has its own standard. Women are not only allowed, but play a very important
e in gymnastics, athletics, team sports and ⋯

P: Please wait a minute! All those events, all those countries and even women taking part! Wh

ere are all the athletes








housed?

L: For each Olympics, a special village is built for them
and a gymnasium as well.

to live in, a main reception building, se

veral stadiums for competitions,
3























P: That sounds very expensive. Does anyone want to host the Olympic Games?

L: As a matter of fact, every country wants the opportunity. It ’as great responsibility but also

a

great honour to be chosen. There ’ sas much competition among countries to host the Olympics as

to win Olympic medals. The 2008 Olympics will be held in Beijing, China. Did you know

that?

P: Oh yes! You must be very proud.

L: Certainly. And after that the 2012 Olympics will be held in London.
village for the athletes and all the stadiums
of course and



They have already starte

d planning for it. A new








will be built to the east of Lon

don. New medals will be designed
P: Did you say medals? So even the olive wreath has been replaced! Oh dear! Do you compet

e for prize money

too?







L: No, we don’t. it ’still all about being able to run faster, jump higher and throw further. That ’

and Stronger.



s the motto of the Olympics,




you know- “ Swifter, Higher








P: Well, that ’goods news. How interesting! Thank you so much for your time.
THE STORY OF ATLANTA
Atlanta was a Greek

princess.

She was very

beautiful

and

could

run

faster

than any

man in

Gr

eece.

But she was not allowed

to

run

and win glory for herself

in

the

Olympic

Games.

She

was

so

who

could

not

run

faster

than

angry

that

she said to

her

father

that

she would

not marry

anyone

her. Her father said that

she

must

marry, so Atlanta made a

bargain

with

him.

She

said

to him,

him. If

he

cannot

ru


ese

are

my

rules.

When

a man

says

he wants

to

marry

me,

I

will

run against

n as

fast as

me,

he will

be

killed.

No

one will

be

pardoned.









Many kings and princes wanted to marry Atlanta, but when they heard of rules they knew it wa

There was a ma

s hopeless. So many of them sadly went home, but others stayed to run the race.




4





n called Hippomenes who was amazed when he heard of Atlanta's rules,are these men so fo













olish?he thought. will they let themselves be killed because they cannot run as fast as this

changed

his

princess?However, when she saw Atlanta come out of her house to run, Hippomenes
marry Atlanta--or die!he said.

The race started and although the man ran very fast, Atlanta ran faster. As Hippomenes
as Atlanta?He went to ask the Greek
watche

d he thought, can I run as fast












Godness of Love for

help. She promised to help him and gave him three golden apples. She said,Throw an apple in fr

past. When she stops to pick it up, you will be able to run

past

ont of Atlanta when she is running
her and win.

Hippomenes took the apples and went to the King. He said,I want to marry Atlanta .
said,I will marry
The Kin

g was sad to see another man die, but Hippomenes






her ------or die!So the race

began

Unit 3





WHO AM I?


Over

time

I have been

changed

quite

a lot. I began

as

a

calculating

machine

in

France

in 164

t

2.

Although

I

was

young

I

could

simplify


difficult

sums.

I

developed

wo

hundred

years

before

I was

built

as

an analytical

grammed

r quicker




















very

slowly and

it

took

nearly

machine

by

Charles

Babbage.

After

I

was pro

and produce

an answe

by

an operator

who

used

cards

with

holes,

I

could

“ think logically”

a

technological

than

any

person.


At

that time

it

was considered

revolution

and

the

start

of

my “ artificial intelligence

”In . 1936

my real father, Alan Turing, wrote a book about how I could be

any difficult mathematical problem. From then on, I

made to work as a “ universal machine ” to solve
grew rapidly both in size and in brainpower. By the 1949s I had grown as large as a room, and I

As time went

wondered if I would grow any larger. However, this reality also worried my designers.
by, as was make smaller. First as a PC(personal computer) and then as a laptop, I have been us

ed in offices and homes since the

1970s.

5






These


changes

only

became

possible as

my

memory

improved.

First

it

was

stored

in

tubes, the

n on transistors

and

later

on

very

small

chips.

As

a

result

I

totally

changed

my

shape.

As

I

have

gr

also

grown

smaller.

Over

time my

memory

has developed

forget

anything I

have been told! And my

so

lonely

memory

became

so

much

that,

like an

e

so large that even I cou

they

gave

own

older

I

have

lephant, I

never

ldn ’believet

me

a family

it! But I was always

standing

ther e

by

myself, until

in

early 1960s

connected

by a

network.

I

was

able

to

share

my knowledge


with others

through

the

W


orld

Wide

Web.





















Since the 1970s many new applications have been found for my. I have become very important

in communication,

finance and trade. I have also been put into robots and used to make mobile

p

hones as well as help with medical operations. I have even been put into space rockets and sent

t

o explore the Moon and Mars. Anyhow, my goal is to provide
am now truly filled with happiness that I am a devoted
humans with a life of high quality.

I

race!

friend and helper of the human

ANDY

– THE

ANDROID


I ’mpart of an

android

football

team.

About

once

a year we

are allowed

to

get together

big

as a

human.

It fact,

I

look

like one too. On

to play

a

game

of

football.

I ’mas

triker

so

I have to

the

football

team

I ’ ma s

be

able

to

run

very

fast.

My

computer

ships

help me to

move and think like a h

in computer

language


uman.

For

example,

I have

learned


to

signal

to

my

teammates

e

ball

when

I am open





to give

me th


and have

a

good

for

a

goal.



My first football

competition

was

in

Nagoya,

Japan

several

years

ago. Last year our


team

went

to

Seattle,

Washington


in

the

USA.

We

won

second

place. Personally,

I think

the

team

that

won

firs

t place

cheated.

They

had

developed

a

new

type

of

program

just before

the

competition.


So

we

ne

ed

to

encourage

our

programmer

to

improve

our

intelligence

too. We

are

determined

is

like

our

to

create

an e

ven better

system.

In

a

way our

programmer

coach.

She programs

us

with

all

the


possib

reliable

moves

to

use

if


le

moves

she has

seen

while

watching

human

games.

Then

she prepares

a

new

situation



arises.

In

this

way I can make

up new

moves

using

my

“ artificial intelligence

”Icou.

6





ld like to play against a human team, for I have








been programmed to act just like them. After

all,

is what I ’ m

with the help of my electronic
all about!

brain which never forgets anything, using my intelligence
Unit 4







HOW DAISY LEARNED TO HELP

WILDLIFE

Daisy had always longed to help endangered species of wildlife. One day she woke up and fou

to go?” it asked. Daisy responded

immediately.

land where I can

nd a flying carpet by her bed. “ Where do you want








“ I ’liked

to see some endangered wildlife, she” said.

“ Please take me to a distant

find the animal that gave fur to make this sweater. ”At once






the carpet flew away and took her to

o

Tibet. There daisy saw and antelope looking sad. It said,

ur stomachs. Our fur is being

“ We’ rebeing

killed for the wool beneath

used to make sweaters for

people like you. As a result, we are now

cried,

“ I ’sorrym

I didn ’knowt that. I wonder what is being

d

wildlife protection.



an endangered






species.

”At that Daisy

one to help you. Flying carpet, please show me a place where there ’ some

The

flying

carpet

traveled

so

fast

that

next

minute

they were in

and found that she was being watched

by and


Zimbabwe.

Daisy

turned

around

take

my photo? ”it

as

elephant.

“ Have you come to

ked. In relief Daisy burst into laughter.

“ Don’laugh,t ”said

the elephant,

“ Weus ed

to

be

an

endang

fro

ered

species.

Farmers

hunted

us

without

mercy.


They

said we

destroyed

m tourists

only

went

to

the large

tour

companies.

So

the

government

their

farms,

and

money

decided

to

help.

They

Now

the farmers

allowed

are

ha



tourists

to

hunt only

a

certain

number

of

animals if they

ppy

and

our

numbers

are increasing.







paid

the farmers.

So

good

things

are

being

done

here

to

save

local

wildlife.

Daisy smiled,

“That ’goods

news. It shows the importance of wildlife protection, but I ’dlike to h

elp as the WWF suggests.

”The carpet







rose again and almost at once they were in a thick rainfore

Daisy.

“ I ’protectingm

my body. It contains

where

I

st. A monkey watched them as it rubbed itself.



What are

you doing? ”asked





myself from mosquitoes,

”it replied.

When I find

a millipede insect, I rub it over
a powerful drug which affects mosquitoes.

You

should pay more attention to the rainforest
live the appreciate


how the animals live together. No rainforest, no animals, no drugs. ”

7























Daisy was amazed.

“Flying carpe t, please

take me home so I can tell WWF and we can begin

producing this new drug. Monkey, please come and help. ”The monkey agreed. The carpet flew ho

monkey,

me. As they landed, things began to disappear. Two minutes later everything had gone-the
too. So Daisy was not able to make her new drug. But what an experience! She had learned so

much! And there was always

WWF⋯

ANIMAL EXTINCTION

Many animals have disappeared during the long history of the most famous of these

animals are








lived on the earth tens of millions of years ago, long before humans ca

me into being and their future seemed secure at that time.

There were many different kinds of dinosaur and a number of them used to live in

Henan long

ago

County,Liaoning



e

ggs of twenty-five species have been found in Xixia,County,Nanyang,













a rare new species of bird-like dinosaur was discovered
n scientists inspeacted the bones,they
in Chaoyang
were surprised to find that these dinosaurs could not only run

like the others but also climb learned this from the way the bones were joined

together.

Dinosaurs died out suddenly about 65 million years ago. Some scientists think it came after an

dust into the air.

unexpected incident when a huge rock from space hit the earth and put too much












Others think the earth got too hot for the dinosaurs

to live on any knows for sure why and how dinosaurs disappeared from the earth

in such a short time.


We

know many other wild plants,

UN report,some

animals,insects

and birds have

died

out

more i

dodo

i

to a

st


ng

to

a

844

animals

and

plants

have

disappeared in

the

last

500

and was a very friendly


s one

of



lived

on

the

Island

of

Mauritius

ory

of

the dodo

and

how

it disappeared





listen


frome

the earth

Unit 5


8

THE BAND THAT WASN’T







Have you ever wanted to be part of a band as a famous singer or musician? Have you ever

d

and a

reamed of playing in front of thousands of people at a concert, at which everyone is clapping










ppreciating your music? Do you sing karaoke and pretend you are a famous
g or Lin Huan? To be honest, a lot of people
singer like Song Zuyin

attach great importance to becoming rich and famous.

But just how do people form a band?

Many musicians

ey may start as

meet

and form

a

band

because

they

like to write

and

play

their

own

music.

Th

a group

of high- school

students,

for

whom

practicing


their

music

in someone’ s hour

fame. Sometimes

they

may

play

to passers-by

in

the

street

or subway

so that

Later

they

may

giv

make

rec


s is the first step to

they can earn some

e performances

ords in a studio





extra

money

for

themselves

or to pay

for their

instruments.

in pubs or clubs,

for

which

they

are paid in cash. Of

millionaires!


course they hope to


and

sell

millions

of

copies

to become


However,

there

was

one band

hat

started

in a different

way. It

was

called

the Monkees

and

be

o

gan

as

a TV

show.

The

musicians

were to play jokes on each other as

beatles.

The

TV organizers

put

an

advertisement in

well as play music, most

f which

was based loosely on the

ho

could

act as well as sing. They

had

planned to

find

four musicians

w

looking

for

rock musicians,

a

newspaper

but they could only find one who

was

good enough. They

embers

of the

band.






had to

use

actors

for

the

other

three

m



As

some

of

these

actors

could

not

sing

well enough,

they had to rely on other musicians

to

hel

hum

p them.

So during

the

broadcasts

they

just

pretended

to

sing. Anyhow

their

performances

were

in order

to

get

more

familiar with them. Each week

orous

enough

to

be copied

by clubs

on TV,

the

Mondees

would

play and sing songs written

ich

by

other musicians. However,

after

a year

or

so

in

wh

so

they

became

more

serious

about

their

work,

the

Monkees

started

to play and

sing

their

own

ngs like a real band. Then

they

produced

their

own

records

and started touring and play

Beatles

and sold

even more


their

own

records.

a new

rec


music.


In

the

USA

they

became

even

more

popular

than

the

The

band broke

up

about

1970,

but

happily

the

reunited

in the mid-1980s.

their

former

time

as

a real band.

they

produced


ord

in

1996,

with

which

they

celebrated


9









FREDDY THE FROG(II)


Not long

after

Freddy

and

the

band became

famous,they

visited

Britain

on a brief

was

now quite

sho

confi

wed

their

devotion

by

waiting

for

hours

to

get

tichkets

dent when he went into a

concert



enjoyed

for

their



singing

and

all

the

congratulations

afterwards!His

Pops.

had to go to L

as

so

most

exciting

invitation

was to

ondon,wear

an expensive

perform

on

a

programme

called



of

the

to a

TV

felt

suit

and

give

a

performance


which

very

on

as

the

programme

was

over,the

telephones

were

in the same room started

o


dy

was

asking

when

they

could





see Freddy

and

his

band

again.

They

were

truly stars.


Then

things

went




and

his

band

could

not

or

beards

people

go

out

anywhere without

being followed.

Even

when they

wore

sunglasses

hey


went

into

the tried

ne

was always


there!Their

recognized

them. Fans

found

them

even

when t

to

hide in

the

reading

rooms

of

libraries,but

it

was



personal


life

was

regularly

discussed

by

people

who

did not

know

them

and

his ban


but

talked

as

if

they were close friends. At

d to

which

they

were

never

to return,and





















last

feeling

very

upset

and sensitive,Freddy


went

back

to

the

lake

必修 3 unit1

Festivals and celebrations

Festivals and celebrations of all kinds have been held everywhere since ancient anci

in spring and harvest in

ent festivals would celebrate the end of cold weather,planting

imes celebratewould be held after hunters had caught that time people would starve if fo






od was difficult to find,especially

some religious,some










during the cold winter ’ s festivals have many origins

,

seasonal,

and some for special people or events.


Festivals of the Dead

Some festivals are held to honour the dead or to satisfy the ancestors,who
the Japanese ,people

might return either

t

o help or to do

10

should go to clean graves and light

inc





ense in memory of

their



also

light

lamps

and

play

music

because

they

think

that

thi

the

Dead

in early

Nov

s will

lead

the

ancestors

back

to


Mexico,people

celebrate

the

Day of



this

impoutant

feast

day,people


eat food

in

the shape



offer

food,flowers

of skulls

and

cakes

with ” bones” ont

and gifts

to

the



Western

holiday

Halloween

also

had

its origin

the

in old

beliefs

about

the

return

of the

spirits

of dead

people.

It

is

now

a

children

’festival,when

y can

dress up

and

to to

their

neighbours

’ homesto ask

sweets,the

children

might

play

a trick

on

them.


for




neighbours


do

not

give

any










Festivals to Honour People

Festivals

can

also

be held

to honour

famous

s the

famous

ancient

poet,Qu

the

opher

Columbus

in New



people .The

Dragon

Boat

Festival

in China

honour

of the

arrival of

Christ

USA

Columbus

Day

is in memory

has

a

national

festival

on

October

2 to

honour

Mohandas

Gand

from Britain.


hi,the

leader

who

helped

gain

India

’independences









Harvest

Festivals


Harvest

and

Thanksgiving

festivals

can

be very happy



are

grateful

because their f

will usu

ood

is gathered

for

the

winter

and the

agricultural

work is



European

countries,people

ally

decorate

churches

and

town halls

with

flowers

and

fruit,and will get together

e

people might

e



joy

mooncakes.









to

have



win

awards

for

their farm produce,like

and

Japan

have mid-autumn


the

biggest

watermelon

or

the

most

handsom

people

admire

the moon


festivals,when


and

in

China,en


Spring

Festivals

The most energetic

and to the

and important

festivals are

the ones

that look

forward to

the

end

of winter

eat

dumplings,fish

and

meat and

families

ce

take

coming

of



the

Spring

Festival

in China,people

may

give

children

lucky

money

in

red



lebrate

the

Lunar

New

Year



are dragon dances and carnivals,and

Western

countries

have

very exciting

carnivals,which

11



















place forty days before Easter,usually
the streets day and night,loud
in carnivals might include parades,dancing

is an important

in

music and colourful clothing of all
religio

us and social festival for Christians aroud the celebrates the return of Jesus from the

dead

Blossom Festival happens a little co

with pink

snow.

and the coming of spring and new pan’ sCherry
untry, covered with cherry tree flowers, looks as thought it is covered
People love to get together to eat , drink and have fun with each als let us enjoy lif

e,be proud of our customs and forget our work for a little while









A SAD LOVE STORY


Li Fang was heart-

was Valentine

’sDay

after

work.

But

she

didn ’turn

and

Hu

Jin

had

said

she would meet him at t

be

with

her

friends right

n ow

laughing

she

would keep her word. He

he

coffee shop

at

up. She could

said

she

would

be

there

at

seven

o’ clock, and

he

thought

had

looked

forward

to

meeting

her

all

day, and now

ike

a

fool. Well,

he

was

not going

ess







he

was

alone

with his roses and chocolates, l

for her

to


to hold his

breath


apologize.

He would

drown

his sadn


in coffee.


It was obvious that the manager of the coffee shop was waiting for Li Fang to leave-he wiped

t

story

abo

he tables, then sat down and turned on the TV-just






what Li Fang needed! A sad Chinese
ut lost love.


The granddaughter

of

the Goddess

of Heaven


visted

the

earth.

Her

name

was Zhin ü,the

weavin

they

fell in

love.(

“ Justlike

me an

g

girl.

While

d

she was

on

earth

she

met

the

herd

boy

Niulang

and

Hu Jin, ” thoughtLi Fang.)They

got

married

secretly,

and

they were

very happy.(

“ Wecould


be

like t

the

Goddess

of

Heaven

knew

that

her

granddaughter

was married

to g

to a

hat, ” thoughtLi Fang.)When

human,

she

became

very

angry

and

made

the

weaving

girl return

Milly Way,

stopped

tried

to follow

her

grand


her, but the river of stars,the

mother

finally

bridge



12

g

that

Zhin ü was heart-broken,

decided

to let

the

couple

cross the Milky Way to meet once a year. Magpies

make a

of their wings

so

the

couple

can cross

the

river

to

meet on

the

seventh

day

of the

seventh













lunar month. People in China hope that the weather will be fine on that
to meet.

day, because if it is rainin

g, it means that Zhin ü is weeping and the couple won’ t be able
The announcer said, ”Thisis the story
Valentine



of Qiqiao foreigners hear about the story,

t

you can all meet the one yo

hey call it a Chinese ’a sfine day

today, so I hope



u love. ”





As Li Fang set off for home, he thought, ”Iguess Hu Jin doesn’t love me .I ’lljust throw

owers

and choco lates away. I don’ twant them to remind me of her. ”So he did.





As he sadly passed the tea shop on the corner on his way home, he heard a voice

There was Hu Jin waving at him and calling , “ why are you so late?I

’ vebeen

waiting
a




long time!And I have a gift for you! ”





What would he do? He had thrown away her Valentine gifts!She would never forgive

would Valentine

’Day!s


not be a happy

























































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these fl

calling

him.
for you for
him.

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