必修二课文及翻译
高中英语必修二课文及其翻译
Unit1 IN SEARCH OF THE AMBER ROOMFrederick William I, the King of Prussia, could never have imagined that his greatest gift to the Russian people would have such an amazing history. This gift was the Amber Room, which was given this name because several tons of amber were used to make it. The amber which was selected had a beautiful yellow-brown colour like honey. The design of the room was in the fancy style popular in those days. It was also a treasure decorated with gold and jewels, which took the country's best artists about ten years to make.In fact, the room was not made to be a gift. It was designed for the palace of Frederick I. However, the next King of Prussia, Frederick William I, to whom the amber room belonged, decided not to keep it. In 1716 he gave it to Peter the Great. In return, the Czar sent him a troop of his best soldiers. So the Amber Room became part of the Czar's winter palace in St Petersburg. About 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 spent her summers. She told her artists to add more details to it. In 1770 the room was completed the way she wanted. Almost six hundred candles lit the room, and its mirrors and pictures shone like gold. Sadly, although the Amber Room was considered one of the wonders of the world, it is now missing.In September 1941, the Nazi army was near St Petersburg. This was a time when the two countries were at war. Before the Nazis could get to the summer palace, the Russians were able to remove some furniture and small art objects from the Amber Room. However, some of the Nazis secretly stole the room itself. In less than two days 100,000 pieces were put inside twenty-seven wooden boxes. There 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 Sea. After that, what happened to the Amber Room remains a mystery.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 for the people of St Petersburg when they celebrated the 300th birthday of their city.Unit3 WHO AM I?Over time I have been changed quite a lot. I began as a calculating machine in France in 1642. Although I was young I could simplify difficult sums. I developed very slowly and it took nearly two hundred years before I was built as an analytical machine by Charles Babbage. After I was programmed by an operator who used cards with holes, I could "think" logically and produce an answer quicker than any person. At that time it was considered a technological revolution and the start of my "artificial intelligence". In 1936 my real father, Alan Turing, wrote a book about how I could be made to work as a "universal machine" to solve any difficult mathematical problem. From then on, I grew rapidly both in size and in brainpower. By the 1940s I had grown as large as a room, and I wondered if I would grow any larger. However, this reality also worried my designers. As time went by, I was made smaller. First as a PC (personal computer and then as a laptop, I have been used in offices and homes since the 1970s.These changes only became possible as my memory improved. First it was stored in tubes, then on transistors and later on very small chips. As a result I totally changed my shape. As I have grown older I have also grown smaller. Over time my memory has developed so much that, like an elephant, I never forget anything I have been told! And my memory became so large that even I couldn't believe it! But I was always so lonely standing there by myself, until in the early 1960s they gave me a family connected by a network. I was able to share my knowledge with others through the World Wide Web.Since the 1970s many new applications have been found for me. I have become very important in communication, finance and trade. I have also been put into robots and usedto make mobile phones as well as help with medical operations. I have even been put into space rockets and sent to explore the Moon and Mars. Anyhow, my goal is to provide humans with a life of high quality. I am now truly filled with happiness that I am a devoted friend and helper of the human race!Unit4 HOW DAISY LEARNED TO HELP WLDLIFEDaisy had always longed to help endangered species of wildlife. One day she woke up and found a flying carpet by her bed. "Where do you want to go?" it asked. Daisy responded immediately. "I'd like to see some endangered wildlife," she said. "Please take me to a distant land where I can find the animal that gave fur to make this sweater." At once the carpet flew away and took her to Tibet. There Daisy saw an antelope looking sad. It said, "We're being killed for the wool beneath our stomachs. Our fur is being used to make sweaters for people like you. As a result, we are now an endangered species." At that Daisy cried, "I'm sorry I didn't know that. I wonder what is being done to help you. Flying carpet, please show me a place where there's some wildlife protection."The flying carpet travelled so fast that next minute they were in Zimbabwe. Daisy turned around and found that she was being watched by an elephant. "Have you come to take my photo?" it asked.In relief Daisy burst into laughter. "Don't laugh,"said the elephant, "We used to be an endangered species. Farmers hunted us without mercy. They said we destroyed their farms, and money from tourists only went to the large tour companies.So the government decided to help. They allowed tourists to hunt only a certain number of animals if they paid the farmers. Now the farmers are happy and our numbers are increasing. So good things are being done here to save local wildlife."Daisy smiled. "That's good news. It shows the importance of wildlife protection, but I'd like to help as the WWF suggests." The carpet rose again and almost at once they were in a thick rainforest. A monkey watched them as it rubbed itself. "What are you doing?" a sked Daisy. ” I’m protecting myself from mosquitoes," it replied. "When I finda millipede insect, I rub it over my body. It contains a powerful drug which affects mosquitoes. You should pay more attention to the rainforest where I live and appreciate how the animals live together. No rainforest, no animals, no drugs."Daisy was amazed. "Flying carpet, 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 home. As they landed, things began to disappear. Two minutes later everything had gone - the monkey, 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 ...THE BAND THAT WASN'THave you ever wanted to be part of a band as a famous singer or musician? Have you ever dreamed of playing in front of thousands of people at a concert, at which everyone is clapping and appreciating your music? Do you sing karaoke and pretend you are a famous singer like Song Zuying or Liu Huan? To be honest, a lot of people attach great importance to becoming rich and famous. But just how do people form a band?Many musicians meet and form a band because they like to write and play their own music. They may start as a group of high-school students, for whom practicing their music in someone's house is the first step to fame. Sometimes they may play to passers-by in the street or subway so that they can earn some extra money for themselves or to pay for their instruments. Later they may give performances in pubs or clubs, for which they are paid in cash. Of course they hope to make records in a studio and sell millions of copies to become millionaires!However, there was one band that started in a different way. It was called the Monkees and began as a TV show. The musicians were to play jokes on each other as well as play music, most of which was based loosely on the Beatles. The TV organizers had planned to find four musicians who could act as well as sing. They put anadvertisement in a newspaper looking for rock musicians, but they could only find one who was good enough. They had to use actors for the other three members of the band.As some of these actors could not sing well enough, they had to rely on other musicians to help them. So during the broadcasts they just pretended to sing. Anyhow their performances were humorous enough to be copied by other groups. They were so popular that their fans formed clubs in order to get more familiar with them. Each week on TV, the Monkees would play and sing songs written by other musicians. However, after a year or so in which they became more serious about their work, the Monkees started to play and sing their own songs like a real band. Then they produced their own records and started touring and playing their own music. In the USA they became even more popular than the Beatles and sold even more records. The band broke up about 1970, but happily they reunited in the mid-1980s. They produced a new record in 1996, with which they celebrated their former time as a real band.寻找琥珀厅弗雷德里克〃威廉〃我,普鲁士国王,从未想像过这恩赐与俄罗斯人会令人惊喜的历史。
人教版高中【必修二】英语课文原文和翻译
Book2 Unit1 Cultural relicsIN SEARCH OF THE AMBER ROOM寻找琥珀屋Frederick William I, the King of Prussia, could never have imagined that his greatest gift to the Russian people would have such an amazing history. This gift was the Amber Room, which wasgiven this name because several tons of amber were used to make it. The amber which was selected had a beautiful yellow-brown colour like honey. The design of the room was in the fancy style popular in those days. It was also a treasure decorated with gold and jewels, which took the country's best artists about ten years to make.普鲁士国王腓特烈·威廉一世绝不可能想到他送给俄罗斯人民的厚礼会有一段令人惊讶的历史。
这件礼物就是琥珀屋 ,它之所以有这个名字 ,是因为造这间房子用了近几吨琥珀 ,被选择的琥珀色彩艳丽 ,呈黄褐色 ,像蜜一样。
屋子的设计当时流行的极富艺术表现力的建筑风格。
琥珀屋这件珍品还镶嵌著黄金和珠宝 ,全国最优秀的艺术家用了是年的时间才完成它。
In fact, the room was not made to be a gift. It was designed for the palace of Frederick I. However, the next King of Prussia, Frederick William I, to whom the amber room belonged, decided not to keep it. In 1716 he gave it to Peter the Great. In return, the Czar sent him a troop of his best soldiers. So the Amber Room became part of the Czar's winter palace in St Petersburg. Aboutfour metres long, the room served as a small reception hall for important visitors.事实上 ,琥珀屋并不是作为礼物而建造的。
高中英语必修2全部单元课文逐句翻译(外研版)
1.必修二Module 1 Zhou Kai (1) 周凯（1）When Zhou Kai’s mother saw him heading towards the front door without a jacket on, she eyed him anxiously. 周凯的妈妈看到他没有穿夹克衫就往前门走去时，她担心地盯着周凯，问道“Zhou Kai, where are you going?” she asked. "周凯，上哪儿去呀?"“To the park. I’m going to play football,” said Zhou Kai"去公园踢球，"周凯说。
“But it’s raining! You’ll catch a bad cold,” said his mother. "下着雨呢!会得重感冒的，"妈妈说。
“No I won’t. I’ll be fine,” said Zhou Kai, as he opened the door. "不会的，没事，"周凯边说边开门。
“Zhou Kai, you’ll get ill. You know you will. You can at least go and get your jacket.” "周凯，你会生病的，肯定会的。
你至少可以去拿上你的夹克衫。
“OK, OK.” Zhou Kai went as he was told. "好吧，好吧，"周凯听话地带了件夹克，走了出去。
Zhou Kai (2)周凯（2）My mother has always made sure we eat very healthily, and fresh fruit and vegetables are a very important part of our diet. 我妈妈总是想方设法让我们吃得健康，新鲜水果和蔬菜是我们食谱中很重要的一部分。
外研社 英语 必修2课文翻译
必修2课文翻译module 1a周凯(1)周凯的妈妈看到他没有穿夹克衫就往前门走去时，她担心地盯着周凯。
她问道：“周凯，你要上哪儿去呀?”“去公园踢足球，”周凯说。
“下着雨呢!你会得重感冒的，”妈妈说。
“不会的，没事，”周凯边说边开门。
“周凯，你会生病的，肯定会的。
你至少可以去拿上你的夹克衫。
”“好吧，好吧，”周凯听话地带了件夹克，走了出去。
周凯(2)我妈妈总是想方设法让我们吃得健康，新鲜水果和蔬菜是我们食谱中很重要的一部分。
我们家靠近大海，一周大约吃四次鱼。
脂肪和糖分的摄取不是很多。
学校里很多同学每天都吃甜食，我很幸运我不爱吃甜食——我宁愿吃一块／一片美味的水果。
我不是很胖，所以我不必节食，也不必做其他类似的事情。
我很健康。
很少感冒。
不过很少见的是上周我得了重感冒还有点儿发烧。
但那是因为我真是够蠢的，居然在雨中踢足球。
我也不常染上流感。
去年冬天全班同学几乎都得了流感——我却没有。
我认为我不会得这些病，因为我经常锻炼，很健康。
两年前我在踢足球时胳膊骨折了。
伤口疼得厉害，胳膊一个月不能动，太讨厌了。
从我上面的话你可以看出，我是个普通的人。
不过有一件事我非常喜爱——我对足球太着迷了。
我在学校是班级足球队的队长，也是高中球队的球员。
正因为如此，我确保自己的合理膳食，我早就说过，这没问题，因为妈妈照顾我们吃得真是太好了。
module 1b一个国家的医疗保障体制是很重要的，而且不同的国家对于这一体制的支付方式也是不同的。
英国是世界上第一个由政府来支付医疗保障体制的国家。
对于任何一个居住在英国的人来说，医疗费用都是免费的。
大多数医生和护士都为政府工作，而且大多数医院也归政府所有。
直到最近，这种体制一直是很成功的，但是近来出现了一些问题，这是由于政府没有在健康服务方面投入足够的资金。
因此，更多的人在使用私人健康保险。
他们看私人医生，并通过健康保险公司向医生付款。
而在美国，这一体制非常不同。
大多数人拥有私人健康保险。
高中英语必修2全部单元课文翻译
必修二Module 1 Zhou Kai (1) 周凯（1）周凯的妈妈看到他没有穿夹克衫就往前门走去时，她担心地盯着周凯，问道"周凯，上哪儿去呀""去公园踢球，"周凯说。
"下着雨呢!会得重感冒的，"妈妈说。
"不会的，没事，"周凯边说边开门。
"周凯，你会生病的，肯定会的。
你至少可以去拿上你的夹克衫。
"好吧，好吧，"周凯听话地带了件夹克，走了出去。
Zhou Kai (2) 周凯（2）我妈妈总是想方设法让我们吃得健康，新鲜水果和蔬菜是我们食谱中很重要的一部分。
我们家靠近大海，一周吃四次鱼。
脂肪和糖分的摄取不是很多。
学校里很多同学每天都吃:甜食，我很幸运我不喜好甜食,我宁愿吃一块(一片)美味的水果。
我不是很胖，所以;我不必节食，也不必做其他类似的事情。
我很健康。
很少感冒。
不过很少见的是上周得了重感冒还有点发烧。
但那是因为我真是够蠢的，居然在雨中踢足球。
我也不常染上流感。
去年冬天全班同学儿乎都得了流感---我却幸免了。
我认为我不会得这些病，因为我经常锻炼，很健康。
两年前我在踢球时胳膊骨折了。
伤口疼得厉害，胳膊一个月不能动，太讨厌了。
从我上面的话你可以看出，我是个普通的人。
不过有一件事我非常喜爱-----我对足球太着迷了。
我是班上足球队的队长，也是高中球队的球员。
正因为如此，我确保自己的合理膳食，我早就说过，这没问题，妈妈照顾我们吃得真是太好了。
必修二Module 2Article 1文章一我叫亚当?鲁斯，19岁。
我曾经是个瘾君子，15岁时我开始尝试毒品。
我从街上一个男人手中购买大麻，大约有六个月我一直从这个人手里买大麻。
一天他给了我一些纯可卡因。
Article 2文章二可卡因是一种极容易使人上瘾的毒品。
有些毒品使用者注射可卡因，有些则吸人体内。
两种途径都很危险。
如果那些注射毒品的人和其他吸毒者共用针头的话，他们会面临更多危险。
(完整版)高中英语必修2课文逐句翻译(人教新课标)
1.必修二Unit1 IN SEARCH OF THE AMBER ROOM寻找琥珀屋Frederick William Ⅰ，the King of Prussia , could never have imagined that his greatest gift to the Russian people would have such an amazing history . 普鲁士国王腓特烈·威廉一世绝不可能想到他送给俄罗斯人民的厚礼会有这样一段令人惊讶的历史。
This gift was the Amber Room , which was given this name because several tons of amber were used to make it . 这件礼物就是琥珀屋，它之所以有这个名字，是因为造这间房子用了好几吨的琥珀。
The amber which was selected had a beautiful yellow-brown colour like honey . 选出来的琥珀色彩艳丽，呈现蜂蜜一样的黄褐色。
The design of the room was in the fancy style popular in those days . 琥珀屋的设计采用了当时流行的别致的建筑式样。
It was also a treasure decorated with gold and jewels , which took the country's best artists about ten years to make . 它也是用金银珠宝装饰起来的珍品。
一批国家最优秀的艺术家用了大约十年的时间才把它完成。
In fact , the room was not made to be a gift . 事实上，这个琥珀屋并不是作为礼物来建造的。
高一英语必修2 课文及翻译
必修2unit1IN SEARCH OF THE AMBER ROOMFrederick William Ⅰ，the King of Prussia , could never have imagined that his greatest gift to the Russian people would have such an amazing history . This gift was the Amber Room , which was given this name because several tons of amber were used to make it . The amber which was selected had a beautiful yellow-brown colour like honey . The design of the room was in the fancy style popular in those days . It was also a treasure decorated with gold and jewels , which took the country's best artists about ten years to make .第一单元文化遗产普鲁士国王腓特烈·威廉一世从未想过他送个普鲁士人民伟大的礼物会有一点如此惊奇的历史。
这个礼物是因为由几吨琥珀制成而命名的琥珀屋。
这些被挑选的琥珀都有着像蜂蜜一样漂亮的黄棕色。
这间屋的设计是当时最流行的奇特的风格。
这同样是一件花了当时最好的艺术家大约十年用黄金和珠宝修饰制成的宝物。
In fact , the room was not made to be a gift . It was designed for the palace of Frederick Ⅰ. However, the next King of Prussia , Frederick William Ⅰ,to whom the amber room belonged, decided not to keep it. In 1716 he gave it to Peter the Great. In return , the Czar sent him a troop of his best soldiers. So the Amber Room because part of the Czar's winterpalace in St Petersburg.About four metres long, the room served as a small reception hall for important visitors .事实上，这间屋不是制来当礼物的。
高中英语必修二课文翻译(外研版新教材)中英Word
Unit 1 Food for thoughtUnderstanding IdeasA child of Two Cuisines享受跨国美食的孩子1 Growing up in England with a British father and a Chinese mother, I’ve enjoyed food from both countries ever since I was able to hold a knife and fork—and chopsticks!我在英国长大，我爸爸是英国人，妈妈是中国人。
从能拿刀叉——还有筷子——开始，我就一直享受这两国的食物！2 Mum has sweet memories of the food from her home town in Sichuan, and often cooks spicy dishes. Thanks to this, Dad has come to love hot pot! But there are still some dishes that Dad dare not try even after many years of marriage to my mother. He once told me he was surprised by what he saw on the table when he first visited my mother’s parents in China. He was even shocked at their wedding when he saw how the Chinese ate almost every part of an animal. Even today, he still does not easily take to eating things like chicken feet.妈妈对四川家乡的食物有着美好的回忆，她经常会做一些辣菜。
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必修二Unit 1In search of the amber roomFrederick William I, the king of Prussia, could never have imagined that his greatest gift to the Russian people would have such an amazing history. This gift was the Amber Room, which was given this name because several tons of amber were used to make it. The amber which was selected had a beautiful yellow-brown color like honey. The design of the room was in the fancy style popular in those days. It was also a treasure decorated with gold and jewels, which took the c ountry’s best artists about ten years to make.In fact, the room was not made to be a gift. It was designed for the palace of Fredrick I. However, the next King of Prussia, Fredrick William I, to whom the amber room belonged, decided not to keep it. In 1716 he gave it to Peter the Great. In return, the Czar sent him a troop of his best soldiers. So the Amber Room became part of the Czar’s winter palace in St Petersburg. About four meters 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 spent her summers. She told her artists to add more details to it. In 1770 the room was completed the way she wanted. Almost six hundred candles lit the room, and its mirrors and pictures shone like gold. Sadly, although the Amber Room was considered one of the wonders of the world, it is now missing.In September 1941, the Nazi army was near St Petersburg. This was a time when the two countries were at war. Before the Nazis could get to the summer palace, the Russians were able to remove some furniture and small art objects from the Amber Room. However, some of the Nazis secretly stole the room itself. In less than two days 100000 pieces were put inside twenty-seven wooden boxes. There is no doubt that the boxes were then put on a train for Konigsberg, which was at a time a German city on the Baltic Sea. After that, what happened to the Amber Room remains a mystery.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 for the people of St Petersburg when they celebrated the 300th birthday of their city.寻找琥珀屋普鲁士国王腓特烈·威廉一世绝不可能想到他送给俄罗斯人民的厚礼会有一段令人惊讶的历史。
这件礼物就是琥珀屋, 它之所以叫这个名字,是因为建造这间房子用了好几吨琥珀,被选择的琥珀色彩艳丽, 呈黄褐色像蜜一样。
屋子的设计采用当时流行的奇特风格。
琥珀屋也是用金银珠宝装饰的珍品，这花费了全国最优秀的艺术家大约十年的时间才完成。
事实上, 琥珀屋并不是作为礼物而建造的。
它是为腓烈特一世的宫殿而建造。
然而,下一位普鲁士国王,腓烈特·威廉一世, 这个琥珀屋的主人却决定不再保留它了。
1716年, 他把它送给了彼得大帝。
作为回馈, 沙皇则送给他一队自己最好的士兵。
所以, 琥珀屋就成了沙皇在圣彼得堡东宫的一部分。
琥珀屋长约4米, 被用作接待重要来宾的小型会客室。
后来、叶卡捷琳娜二世派人把琥珀屋搬到了圣彼得堡郊外避暑的宫殿中。
她让艺术家们给它增添了更多的装饰。
1770年,这间琥珀屋按她要求的方式完工了。
将近600支蜡烛照亮了这个房间,里面的镜子和图画就像金子一样闪闪发光。
不幸的是,虽然琥珀屋被认为是世界奇迹之一,可是现在它却消失了。
1941年9月, 纳粹德国的军队逼近圣彼得堡，这是两国交战的时期。
在纳粹分子能够到达夏宫之前,俄国人只来得及把琥珀屋里的一些家具和小件艺术饰品搬走。
可是琥珀屋本身却被一些纳粹分子秘密地运走了。
在不到两天的时间里, 琥珀屋被拆成10万块装进了27个木箱里。
毫无疑问, 这些箱子后来被装上火车运往哥尼斯堡, 哥尼斯堡当时是波罗的海的海边的一个城市。
从那以后, 琥珀屋怎么样便成了一个谜。
最近俄国人和德国人已经在夏宫建立起了一个新的琥珀屋,通过研究以前琥珀屋的老照片, 他们使得新的琥珀屋的样子与原来的非常相像。
2003年,在圣彼得堡人民用它来庆祝他们的城市建立300周年。
A fact or an opinionWhat is a fact? Is it something that people believe? No. A fact is anything that can be proved. For example, it can be proved that China has more people than any other country in the world. This is a fact.Then what is an opinion? An opinion is what someone believes is true but has not been proved. So an opinion is not good evidence in a trail. For example, it is an opinion if you say “Cats are better pets than dogs”. It may be true, but it is difficult to prove. Some people may not agree with this opinion but they also cannot prove that they are right.In a trail, a judge must decide which eyewitnesses to believe and which not to believe. The judge does not consider what each eyewitness looks like or where that person lives or works. He/She only cares about whether the eyewitness has given true information, which must be facts rather than opinions. This kind of information is called evidence.一个事实还是一个观点什么是事实？是一些人们相信的东西吗？不！事实是可以被证明的任何事。
例如，可以证明中国人口比世界上任何其他国家的人口都要多。
这是一个事实。
那么什么是一个观点呢？一个观点是人们相信那是真的但还没有被证明的。
所以一个观点在一个审判中不是一个很好的证据。
例如，如果你说“猫是比狗好的宠物”这会是一个观点。
这可能是真的，不过很难去证明。
一些人可能不同意这个观点，不过他们也无法证明他们是对的。
在一场审判中，一个法官一定要去决定相信还是不相信哪个目击者。
这个法官不会去考虑每个目击者的长相或人们在哪里居住或工作。
他/她只关心目击者是否会提供真实的信息，这一定是事实而不是观点。
这种信息被称之为证据。
Unit 2An interviewPausanias, who was a Greek writer about 2000 year ago, has come on a magical journey on March 18th ,2007 to find out about the present-day Olympic Games. He is now interviewing Li Yan, a volunteer for the 2008 Olympics Games.P: My name is Pausanias. I lived in what you call “ Ancient Greece” and I used to write about the Olympic Games a long time ago. I’ve come to your time to find out about the present-day Olympic Games because I know that in 2004 they were held in my homeland. May I ask you some questions about the modern Olympics?L: Good heavens! Have really come from so long ago? But of course you can ask any questions you like. What would you like to know?P: How often do you hold your Games?L: Every four years. There are two main sets of Games—the Winter and the Summer Olympics, and both are held every four years on a regular basis. The Winter Olympics are usuallyheld two years before the Summer Games. Only athletes who have reached the agreed standard for their event will be admitted as competitors. They may come from anywhere in the world.P: Winter Games? How can the runners enjoy competing in winter? And what about the horses?L: Oh no! There are no running races or horse riding events. Instead there are competitions like skiing and ice skating which need snow and ice. That’s why they’re called the Winter Olympics. It’s in the Summer Olympics that you have the running races, together with swimming, sailing and all the team sports.P: I see. Earlier you said that athletes are invited from all over the world. Do you mean the Greek world? Our Greek cities used to compete against each other just for the honor 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 sports and each one has its own standard. Women 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 competitions, and a gymnasium as well.P: That’s sounds very expansive. Does anyone want to host the Olympic Games?L: As a matter of fact,e very country wants the opportunity. It’s a great responsibility but also a great honor to be chosen. There’s as much competitions among countries to host the Olympics as to win Olympic medals. The 2008 Olympics will be held in Beijing.P: Oh yes! You must be very proud.L: Certainly. And after that the 2012 Olympics will be held in London. They have already started planning for it. A new village for the athletes and all the stadiums will be built to the east of London. New medals will be designed of course and …P: Did you say medals? So even the olive wreath has been replaced! Oh dear! Do you compete for prize money too?L: No, we don’t. It’s still all about being able to run faster, jumper higher and throw further. That’s the motto of the Olympics, you kn ow—“ Swifter, Higher and Stronger.”P: Well, that’s a good news. How interesting! Thank you so much for your time.一个采访大约2000年前的一个希腊作者帕萨尼亚斯(P)，在2007年3月18日踏上了一段魔幻的旅程去查明关于现代的奥林匹克运动会。