tallandplayedbasketballasayoungman.Butheisalsobiginadifferentway—hefightshardtoprotectChina’spast.HisrealnameisFengJicaiandhehaswrittenmanynovelsaboutlifeinChina.Severalyearsago,however,heputdownhispenforawhileandbegantoprotecttheclturalrelicsinTianjin,wherehelives.Oncesomeonaskedhimwhyhenolongerwrote.Herepliedthatatthemomenthefeltprotectingculturalrelicswasmoreimportant.Fengloveshishometown.Hebelievesthatoldthingsmustbegivenaplavenexttonewthins,orpeoplewillsoonforgetthergreatpast.Hedoesnotmakespeechestogetotherstohelphiminhisprojects.Insteadhegoesoutanddoeswhathecanhimeself.Ifothersfollowhim,somuchthebetter.OneofhisbiggestprojectswastoprotecttheoldeststreetinTianjin.Alongthatstreetsomeshopshaddonebusinessforsevenhundredyears.Althoughtthecitygovernmentrebuiltthisstreet,theydidsaveitsoldestbuilding.Anotherprojectwasmoresuccessful:hepersuadedthecitygovernmenttobuysomelandinthecentreofthecitysoitcouldnotbesoldforbusinesses.ThisareaisveryimprotantforthehistoryofTianjin.ItwasherethatthecitywasfirstbuiltduringtheSongDynasty.Latermanytreasureswerefoundhere.ToFeng,diggingdownintotheearthislikereadingpageafterpageofabook.Eachdynastyfoundintheearthislikeaninterestingstory.NotlongagoheandotherwritersandartiststookphotosoftheoldpartsofTianjin.Thephotoswereputintoabookwhichwasverypopular.Themoneyfromthebookhelpshisprjects.Once,andoldmanaskedFengtosignabookforhim,sayinghewouldgiveittohisgrandsonwhowasnotyetborn.Fengwasgladtodoit-heknowsthathepastisnotonlyforustoenjoybutalsoforthechildrenofthefuture.Unit2AninterviewPausanias,whowasaGreekwriterabout2000yearago,hascomeonamagicaljourneyonMarch18th,2007tofindoutaboutthepresent-dayOlympicGames.HeisnowinterviewingLiYan,avolunteerforthe2008OlympicsGames.P:MynameisPausanias.Ilivedinwhatyoucall“AncientGreece”andIusedtowriteabouttheOlympicGamesalongtimeago.I’vecometoyourtimetofindoutaboutthepresent-dayOlympicGamesbecauseIknowthatin2004theywereheldinmyhomeland.MayIaskyousomequestionsaboutthemodernOlympics?L:Goodheavens!Havereallycomefromsolo