UNIT 3 Period One　Listening and Speaking & Listening and Talking

SPORTS AND FITNESS UNIT 3 One’s health and wellness are dependent not only on diet，but also on sport and exercise. —Cai Yuanpei 一个人的健康不仅取决于饮食，还取决于运动和锻炼。——蔡元培 人与自我——积极锻炼 增强体质 单元主题语境 The Final Sprint It was the final sprint of the Santa Barbara XV Grand Prix cyclo-cross race in Spain.Fans lined the road to the finishing line1，cheering on2 the competitors. 类文赏读　话题导入 Ismael Esteban，in third place，was just ahead of his competitor，Agustin Navarro，with only 300 metres to the finishing line.Esteban had been cycling as hard as he could for hours and with the finishing line in sight all the cyclists began to speed up to cross it.Then，suddenly Esteban got a puncture.What should he do? Give up or continue? Esteban threw his bike over his shoulders and raced towards the finishing line. Just a few seconds later，fourth-placed Navarro caught up with him.Surely，he could simply overtake3 Esteban and come third.But Navarro slowed down and let Esteban run ahead of him.The two cyclists reached the finishing line with Esteban ahead on foot，Navarro just behind him.Navarro had let Esteban finish in third place，while he came fourth4.The audience was amazed at his show of sportsmanship5 and cheered and clapped for the cyclists.After the race，Navarro said，“I didn’t want to win that way.”Later，Esteban，who won the bronze medal，tried to give his medal to Navarro.However，Navarro refused，and his response6 was：“Offering me the prize was worth more than what I did for him.” The two cyclists made amazing sporting gestures7—Navarro for refusing to take advantage of8 Esteban’s troubles，and Esteban for offering Navarro his medal.This was sportsmanship at its very best.(选自北师大版新教材必修第一册 Unit 2) 1.the finishing line终点线 2.cheer sb. on为……加油 3.overtake/ˌəʊvə'teɪk/ vt.赶上，超过 4.come fourth 取得第四名 5.sportsmanship/'spɔːːtsmənʃɪp/ n.体育精神 6.response/rɪ'spɒns/ n.回答，答复 7.gesture/'dʒestʃə/ n.手势；姿势；姿态 8.take advantage of利用 词汇积累 1.Esteban had been cycling as hard as he could for hours and wit