1、必修二必修二Unit1InsearchoftheamberroomFrederickWilliamIthekingofPrussiacouldneverhaveimaginedthathisgreatestgifttotheRussianpeoplewouldhavesuchanamazinghisty.ThisgiftwastheAmberRoomwhichwasgiventhisnamebecauseseveraltonsofamb

2、erwereusedtomakeit.Theamberwhichwasedhadabeautifulyellowbrowncollikehoney.Thedesignoftheroomwasinthefancystylepopularinthosedays.Itwasalsoatreasuredecatedwithgoldjewelswhichtookthecountry’sbestartistsabouttenyearstomake.

3、Infacttheroomwasnotmadetobeagift.ItwasdesignedfthepalaceofFredrickI.HoweverthenextKingofPrussiaFredrickWilliamItowhomtheamberroombelongeddecidednottokeepit.In1716hegaveittoPetertheGreat.InreturntheCzarsenthimatroopofhisb

4、estsoldiers.SotheAmberRoombecamepartoftheCzar’swinterpalaceinStPetersburg.Aboutfourmeterslongtheroomservedasasmallreceptionhallfimptantvisits.LaterCatherineⅡhadtheAmberRoommovedtoapalaceoutsideStPetersburgwhereshespenthe

5、rsummers.Shetoldherartiststoaddmedetailstoit.In1770theroomwascompletedthewayshewanted.Almostsixhundredcleslittheroomitsmirrspicturesshonelikegold.SadlyalthoughtheAmberRoomwasconsideredoneofthewondersofthewlditisnowmissin

6、g.InSeptember1941theNaziarmywasnearStPetersburg.Thiswasatimewhenthetwocountrieswereatwar.BefetheNaziscouldgettothesummerpalacetheRussianswereabletoremovesomefurnituresmallartobjectsfromtheAmberRoom.HoweversomeoftheNaziss

7、ecretlystoletheroomitself.Inlessthantwodays100000pieceswereputinsidetwentysevenwoodenboxes.ThereisnodoubtthattheboxeswerethenputonatrainfKonigsbergwhichwasatatimeaGermancityontheBalticSea.AfterthatwhathappenedtotheAmberR

8、oomremainsamystery.RecentlytheRussiansGermanshavebuiltanewAmberRoomatthesummerpalace.BystudyingoldphotosofthefmerAmberroomtheyhavemadethenewonelookliketheoldone.In2003itwasreadyfthepeopleofStPetersburgwhentheycelebratedt

9、he300thbirthdayoftheircity.尋找琥珀屋尋找琥珀屋普魯士國(guó)王腓特烈威廉一世絕不可能想到他送給俄羅斯人民的厚禮會(huì)有一段令人驚訝的歷史。這件禮物就是琥珀屋它之所以叫這個(gè)名字是因?yàn)榻ㄔ爝@間房子用了好幾噸琥珀被選擇的琥珀色彩艷麗呈黃褐色像蜜一樣。屋子的設(shè)計(jì)采用當(dāng)時(shí)流行的奇特風(fēng)格。琥珀屋也是用金銀珠寶裝飾的珍品，這花費(fèi)了全國(guó)最優(yōu)秀的藝術(shù)家大約十年的時(shí)間才完成。事實(shí)上琥珀屋并不是作為禮物而建造的。它是為腓烈特一世的宮殿而建造

10、。然而下一位普魯士國(guó)王腓烈特威廉一世這個(gè)琥珀屋的主人卻決定不再保留它了。1716年他把它送給了彼得大帝。作為回饋沙皇則送給他一隊(duì)自己最好的士兵。所以琥珀屋就成了沙皇在圣彼得堡東宮的一部分。琥珀屋長(zhǎng)約4米被用作接待重要來賓的小型會(huì)客室。后來、葉卡捷琳娜二世派人把琥珀屋搬到了圣彼得堡郊外避暑的宮殿中。她讓藝術(shù)家們給它增添了更多的裝飾。1770年這間琥珀屋按她要求的方式完工了。將近600支蠟燭照亮了這個(gè)房間里面的鏡子和圖畫就像金子一樣閃閃發(fā)光

11、。不幸的是雖然琥珀屋被認(rèn)為是世界奇跡之一可是現(xiàn)在它卻消失了。heldtwoyearsbefetheSummerGames.Onlyathleteswhohavereachedtheagreedstardftheireventwillbeadmittedascompetits.Theymaycomefromanywhereinthewld.P:WinterGamesHowcantherunnersenjoycompetinginwinte

12、rwhataboutthehsesL:Ohno!Therearenorunningraceshseridingevents.Insteadtherearecompetitionslikeskiingiceskatingwhichneedsnowice.That’swhythey’recalledtheWinterOlympics.It’sintheSummerOlympicsthatyouhavetherunningracestoget

13、herwithswimmingsailingalltheteamspts.P:Isee.Earlieryousaidthatathletesareinvitedfromalloverthewld.DoyoumeantheGreekwldOurGreekcitiesusedtocompeteagainsteachotherjustfthehonofwinning.Noothercountriescouldjoininncouldslave

14、swomen!L:Nowadaysanycountrycantakepartiftheirathletesaregoodenough.Thereareover250sptseachonehasitsownstard.Womenarenotonlyallowedbutplayaveryimptantroleingymnasticsathleticsteamspts…P:Pleasewaitaminute!Allthoseeventsall

15、thosecountriesevenwomentakingpart!WherearealltheathleteshousedL:FeachOlympicsaspecialvillageisbuiltfthemtoliveinamainreceptionbuildingseveralstadiumsfcompetitionsagymnasiumaswell.P:That’ssoundsveryexpansive.Doesanyonewan

16、ttohosttheOlympicGamesL:Asamatteroffacteverycountrywantstheopptunity.It’sagreatresponsibilitybutalsoagreathontobechosen.There’sasmuchcompetitionsamongcountriestohosttheOlympicsastowinOlympicmedals.The2008Olympicswillbehe

17、ldinBeijing.P:Ohyes!Youmustbeveryproud.L:Certainly.afterthatthe2012OlympicswillbeheldinLondon.Theyhavealreadystartedplanningfit.AnewvillageftheathletesallthestadiumswillbebuilttotheeastofLondon.Newmedalswillbedesignedofc

18、ourse…P:DidyousaymedalsSoeventheolivewreathhasbeenreplaced!Ohdear!DoyoucompetefprizemoneytooL:Nowedon’t.It’sstillallaboutbeingabletorunfasterjumperhigherthrowfurther.That’sthemottooftheOlympicsyouknow—“SwifterHigherStron

19、ger.”P:Wellthat’sagoodnews.Howinteresting!Thankyousomuchfyourtime.一個(gè)采訪一個(gè)采訪大約2000年前的一個(gè)希臘作者帕薩尼亞斯(P)，在2007年3月18日踏上了一段魔幻的旅程去查明關(guān)于現(xiàn)代的奧林匹克運(yùn)動(dòng)會(huì)。他正在采訪一個(gè)2008年奧林匹克運(yùn)動(dòng)會(huì)志愿者李巖(L)。P:我是帕薩尼亞斯。我住在你們所說的“古希臘”而且在很久之前我常常寫一些關(guān)于奧林匹克運(yùn)動(dòng)會(huì)的事情。我來到你的時(shí)代是

20、為了解關(guān)于現(xiàn)代奧林匹克運(yùn)動(dòng)會(huì)，因?yàn)槲抑?004年奧林匹克運(yùn)動(dòng)會(huì)會(huì)在我家鄉(xiāng)舉辦。我可以問你一些關(guān)于現(xiàn)代奧林匹克運(yùn)動(dòng)會(huì)的問題么？L:真是極為愉快的事!你真的來自那么久遠(yuǎn)的時(shí)代么？不過當(dāng)然你可以問你想問的問題。你想知道什么？P:你們多久會(huì)舉辦一次運(yùn)動(dòng)會(huì)？L:四年一次。有兩種主要的運(yùn)動(dòng)會(huì)形式冬季和夏季奧運(yùn)會(huì)，并且在一個(gè)有規(guī)律的基礎(chǔ)上他們都是四年舉辦一次的。冬季奧運(yùn)會(huì)一般會(huì)在夏季奧運(yùn)會(huì)前兩年舉辦。只有達(dá)到該項(xiàng)目既定的標(biāo)準(zhǔn)的運(yùn)動(dòng)員才會(huì)被容許成為競(jìng)