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INSEARCHOFTHEAMBERROOM

FrederickWilliamⅠ,theKingofPrussia,couldneverhaveimaginedthathisgreatest

ftwasthe

AmberRoom,whichwasgiventhisnamebecauveraltonsofamberwereudto

erwhichwaslectedhadabeautifulyellow-browncolourlikehoney.

lsoa

treasuredecoratedwithgoldandjewels,whichtookthecountry'sbestartistsaboutten

yearstomake.

Infact,esignedforthepalaceofFrederick

Ⅰ.However,thenextKingofPrussia,FrederickWilliamⅠ,towhomtheamberroom

belonged,rn,the

mberRoombecaupartoftheCzar's

ourmetreslong,theroomrvedasasmall

receptionhallforimportantvisitors.

Later,CatherineⅡhadtheAmberRoommovedtoapalaceoutsideStPetersburgwhere

1770theroom

sixhundredcandleslittheroom,andits

,althoughtheAmberRoomwasconsidered

oneofthewondersoftheworld,itisnowmissing.

InSeptember1941,satimewhenthetwo

theNaziscouldgettothesummerpalace,theRussians

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wereabletoremovesomefurnitureandsmallartobjectsfromtheAmberRoom.

However,thantwodays100,000

snodoubtthattheboxs

werethenputonatrainforKonigsberg,whichwasatthattimeaGermancityonthe

hat,whathappenedtotheAmberRoomremainsamystery.

Recently,theRussiansandGermanshavebuiltanewAmberRoomatthesummer

yingoldphotosoftheformerAmberRoom,theyhavemadethenew

2003itwasreadyforthepeopleofStPetersburgwhenthey

celebratedthe300thbirthdayoftheircity.

AFACTORANOPINION?

Whatisafact?Isitsomethingthatpeoplebelieve?sanythingthatcanbe

mple,itcanbeprovedthatChinahasmorepeoplethananyother

afact.

Thenwhatisanopinion?Anopinioniswhatsomeonebelievesistruebuthasnotbeen

mple,itisanopinionifyou

say"Catsarebetterpetsthandogs".Itmaybetrue,

peoplemaynotagreewiththisopinionbuttheyalsocannotprovethattheyareright.

Inatrial,ajudgemustdecidewhicheyewitnesstobelieveandwhichnottobelieve.

Thejudgedoesnotconsiderwhateacheyewitnesslookslikeorwherethatpersonlives

/sheonlycaresaboutwhethertheeyewitnesshasgiventrueinformation,

ndofinformationiscalledevidence.

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ANINTERVIEW

Pausanias,whowasaGreekwriterabout2,000yearsago,hascomeonamagical

nowinterviewingLiYan,avolunteerforthe2008OlympicGames.

P:inwhatyoucall"AncientGreece"andIudtowrite

abouttheOlympicGamesalongtimeago.I’vecometoyourtimetofindoutaboutthe

prent-dayOlympicGamesbecauIknowthatin2004theywereheldinmy

kyousomequestionsaboutthemodernOlympics?

L:Goodheavens!Haveyoureallycomefromsolongago?Butofcouryoucanaskany

uldyouliketoknow?

P:HowoftendoyouholdyourGames?

L:retwomaintsofGames-theWinterandSummerOlympics,

terOlympicsareusually

hleteswhohavereachedtheagreed

ycomefromanywhere

intheworld.

P:WinterGames?Howcantherunnernjoycompetinginwinter?Andwhataboutthe

hors?

L:Ohno!dthereare

’swhythey’re

’sintheSummerOlympicsthatyouhavetherunningraces,

togetherwithswimming,sailingandalltheteamsports.

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P:ean

theGreekworld?OurGreekcitiesudtocompeteagainsteachotherjustforthe

rcountriescouldjoinin,norcouldslavesorwomen!

L:reover

renotonlyallowed,butplaya

veryimportantroleingymnastics,athletics,teamsportsand…

P:Pleawaitaminute!Allthoevents,allthocountriesandevenwomentakingpart!

Wherearealltheathleteshoud?

L:ForeachOlympics,aspecialvillageisbuiltforthemtolivein,amainreception

building,veralstadiumsforcompetitions,andagymnasiumaswell.

P:yonewanttohosttheOlympicGames?

L:Asamatteroffact,’sagreatresponsibilitybut

’sasmuchcompetitionamongcountriestohost

2008OlympicswillbeheldinBeijing,China.

Didyouknowthat?

P:Ohyes!Youmustbeveryproud.

L:vealready

llagefortheathletesandallthestadiumswillbebuiltto

alswillbedesignedofcourand…

P:Didyousaymedals?Soeventheolivewreathhasbeenreplaced!Ohdear!Doyou

competeforprizemoneytoo?

L:No,wedon’’sstillallaboutbeingabletorunfaster,jumphigherandthrowfurther.

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That’sthemottooftheOlympics,youknow-"Swifter,HigherandStronger."

P:Well,that’eresting!Thankyousomuchforyourtime.

THESTORYOFATLANTA

verybeautifulandcouldrunfasterthananyman

wasnotallowedtorunandwingloryforherlfintheOlympicGames.

Shewassoangrythatshesaidtoherfatherthatshewouldnotmarryanyonewhocould

hersaidthatshemustmarry,soAtlantamadeabargain

dtohim,"ansayshewantstomarryme,

nnotrunasfastasme,illbe

pardoned."

ManykingsandprinceswantedtomarryAtlanta,butwhentheyheardofrulesthey

ofthemsadlywenthome,butothersstayedtorunthe

asamancalledHippomeneswhowasamazedwhenheheardofAtlanta's

rules,"Whyarethemensofoolish?"hethought."Whywilltheyletthemlvesbekilled

becautheycannotrunasfastasthisprincess?"However,whenshesawAtlantacome

outofherhoutorun,Hippomeneschangedhismind."IwillmarryAtlanta--ordie!"he

said.

Theracestartedandalthoughthemanranveryfast,omenes

watchedhethought,"HowcanIrunasfastasAtlanta?"HewenttoasktheGreek

midtohelphimandgavehimthreegoldenapples.

Shesaid,"estops

topickitup,youwillbeabletorunpastherandwin."

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,"IwanttomarryAtlanta."

TheKingwassadtoeanothermandie,butHippomenessaid,"Iwillmarryher------or

die!"Sotheracebegan.

Unit3

WHOAMI?

asacalculatingmachineinFrancein

opedveryslowlyand

ittooknearlytwohundredyearsbeforeIwasbuiltasananalyticalmachinebyCharles

wasprogrammedbyanoperatorwhoudcardswithholes,Icould

"think"timeitwas

consideredatechnologicalrevolutionandthestartofmy"artificialintelligence".In1936

myrealfather,AlanTuring,wroteabookabouthowIcouldbemadetoworkasa

"universalmachine"enon,Igrew

1949sIhadgrownaslargeasaroom,and

r,

timewentby,saPCandthenasa

laptop,Ihavebeenudinofficesandhomessincethe1970s.

twasstoredin

tubes,ultItotallychangedmy

memymemoryhas

developedsomuchthat,likeanelephant,IneverforgetanythingIhavebeentold!And

mymemorybecamesolargethatevenIcouldn’tbelieveit!ButIwasalwayssolonely

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standingtherebymylf,untilinearly1960stheygavemeafamilyconnectedbya

letosharemyknowledgewithothersthroughtheWorldWideWeb.

ecomevery

importantincommunication,lsobeenputintorobotsand

venbeen

,mygoalisto

trulyfilledwithhappinessthatIam

adevotedfriendandhelperofthehumanrace!

ANDY–THEANDROID

I’nceayearweareallowedtogettogether

toplayagameoffootball.I’,

footballteamI’utershipshelp

mple,Ihavelearnedtosignaltomy

teammatesincomputerlanguagetogivemetheballwhenIamopenandhaveagood

foragoal.

MyfirstfootballcompetitionwasinNagoya,arourteam

wenttoSeattle,ally,Ithinkthe

ddevelopedanewtypeofprogramjust

edtoencourageourprogrammertoimproveour

our

gramsuswithallthepossiblemovesshehasen

epreparesreliablemovestouifanewsituation

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wayIcanmakeupnewmovesusingmy"artificialintelligence".Icouldlike

toplayagainstahumanteam,

all,withthehelpofmyelectronicbrainwhichneverforgetsanything,usingmy

intelligenceiswhatI’mallabout!

Unit4

HOWDAISYLEARNEDTOHELPWILDLIFE

shewokeup

andfoundaflyingcarpetbyherbed."Wheredoyouwanttogo?"

respondedimmediately."I’dliketoesomeendangeredwildlife,"shesaid."Pleatake

metoadistantlandwhereIcanfindtheanimalthatgavefurtomakethissweater."At

aisysawandantelopelooking

,"We’isbeingud

ult,wearenowanendangeredspecies."

AtthatDaisycried,"I’msorryIdidn’rwhatisbeingdonetohelpyou.

Flyingcarpet,pleashowmeaplacewherethere’ssomewildlifeprotection."

urned

aroundandfoundthatshewasbeingwatchedbyandelephant."Haveyoucometotake

myphoto?"efDaisyburstintolaughter."Don’tlaugh,"saidtheelephant,

"idwe

destroyedtheirfarms,andmoneyfromtouristsonlywenttothelargetourcompanies.

lowedtouriststohuntonlyacertainnumber

farmersarehappyandournumbersare

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thingsarebeingdoneheretosavelocalwildlife."

Daisysmiled,"That’stheimportanceofwildlifeprotection,butI’d

liketohelpastheWWFsuggests."Thecarpetroagainandalmostatoncetheywere

ywatchedthemasitrubbeditlf."Whatareyoudoing?"

askedDaisy."I’mprotectingmylffrommosquitoes,"indamillipede

inct,

shouldpaymoreattentiontotherainforestwhereIlivetheappreciatehowtheanimals

forest,noanimals,nodrugs."

Daisywasamazed."Flyingcarpet,pleatakemehomesoIcantellWWFandwecan

,pleacomeandhelp."Themonkeyagreed.

landed,uteslater

everythinghadgone-themonkey,

whatanexperience!Shehadlearnedsomuch!AndtherewasalwaysWWF…

ANIMALEXTINCTION

tfamousof

vedontheearthtensofmillionsofyearsago,long

beforehumanscameintobeingandtheirfutureemedcureatthattime.

Thereweremanydifferentkindsofdinosaurandanumberofthemudtolivein

softwenty-fivespecieshavebeenfoundinXixia,County,Nanyang,Henan

gagoararenewspeciesofbird-likedinosaurwasdiscoveredin

ChaoyangCounty,ientistsinspeactedthebones,theywere

surpridtofindthatthedinosaurscouldnotonlyrunliketheothersbutalsoclimb

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arnedthisfromthewaytheboneswerejoinedtogether.

ientiststhinkitcame

afteranunexpectedincidentwhenahugerockfromspacehittheearthandputtoo

thinktheearthgottoohotforthedinosaurs

knowsforsurewhyandhowdinosaursdisappearedfrom

theearthinsuchashorttime.

Weknowmanyotherwildplants,animals,inctsandbirdshavediedoutmore

ingtoaUNreport,some844animalsandplantshavedisappearedinthe

dontheIslandofMauritiusandwasavery

listentoastoryofthedodoandhowitdisappearedfromethe

earth.

Unit5

THEBANDTHATWASN’T

Haveyoueverwantedtobepartofabandasafamoussingerormusician?Haveyou

everdreamedofplayinginfrontofthousandsofpeopleataconcert,atwhicheveryone

isclappingandappreciatingyourmusic?Doyousingkaraokeandpretendyouarea

famoussingerlikeSongZuyingorLinHuan?Tobehonest,alotofpeopleattachgreat

thowdopeopleformaband?

Manymusiciansmeetandformabandbecautheyliketowriteandplaytheirown

ystartasagroupofhigh-schoolstudents,forwhompracticingtheir

musicinsomeone’mestheymayplayto

pasrs-byinthestreetorsubwaysothattheycanearnsomeextramoneyfor

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heymaygiveperformancesinpubsor

clubs,theyhopetomakerecordsinastudio

andllmillionsofcopiestobecomemillionaires!

However,alledtheMonkees

iciansweretoplayjokesoneachotheraswellasplay

music,rganizershadplanned

tanadvertimentina

newspaperlookingforrockmusicians,buttheycouldonlyfindonewhowasgood

dtouactorsfortheotherthreemembersoftheband.

Assomeoftheactorscouldnotsingwellenough,theyhadtorelyonothermusicians

their

performanceswerehumorounoughtobecopiedbyclubsinordertogetmore

ekonTV,theMondeeswouldplayandsingsongswrittenby

r,afterayearorsoinwhichtheybecamemoreriousabout

theirwork,

t

U

bandbrokeupabout1970,oduceda

newrecordin1996,withwhichtheycelebratedtheirformertimeasarealband.

FREDDYTHEFROG

NotlongafterFreddyandthebandbecamefamous,theyvisitedBritainonabrief

owedtheirdevotionbywaitingforhourstogettichketsfortheir

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yed

singingandallthecongratulationsafterwards!Hismostexcitinginvitationwasto

performonaprogrammecalled"TopofthePops."HehadtogotoLondon,wearan

oonas

theprogrammewasover,thetelephoneswhichwereinthesameroomstarted

weretrulystars.

andhisbandcouldnotgooutanywherewithoutbeing

iedtohideinthereadingrooms

oflibraries,ewasalwaysthere!Theirpersonallifewasregularly

disc

lastfeelingveryuptandnsitive,Freddyandhisbandtowhichtheywereneverto

return,andwentbacktothelake.