Unit 3 Faster, Higher, Stronger Starting out and Understanding ideas - 高二英语同步精品课堂（外研版2019选择性必修第一册）

Period 1 Starting Out and Understanding Ideas 1 The main topic of this unit The True Spirit of Sport 2 1. Starting out 2. The analysis of the reading passage 3. Intensive reading of the passage 3 Xu Haifeng Chinese former shooter born in 1957 First athlete to win an Olympic gold medal for China Coach of two Chinese Olympic gold medals 4 Wayne Gretzky Wayne Gretzky Canadian former ice hocky player born in 1961 One of the greatest players in the history of the National Hockey League (NHL) in Canada Over 100 official and unofficial records 5 Yelena Isinbayeva 伊莲娜·伊辛巴耶娃 Russian former pole-vaulter born in 1982 Two-time Olympic gold medals First women to jump over five meters She has been selected as the best female athlete of IAAF for two consecutive years and won Lawrence Best Athlete Award. She is the first female athlete to break the record of 5 meters in pole vault. She has set new indoor and outdoor world records 28 times in her career, and is called "bubka in Skirt". 她曾连续两年被评选为国际田联最佳女运动员，获得劳伦斯最佳运动员奖。她是第一个撑杆跳打破5米纪录的女性运动员。在职业生涯曾28次刷新室内、室外世界纪录，被称为“穿裙子的布勃卡” (荷兰撑高跳男运动员，史上首位跳过6米10的运动员)。 6 The motto of Olympics is “faster, higher, stronger”, which is also the ultimate pursuit of athletes worldwide. Do you know other sportspeople of great achievements? Who inspires you most and why? 7 Understanding Ideas Background information NBA（National Basketball Association）是北美的男子职业篮球组织，是美国四大职业体育联盟之一。其拥有30支球队分为东部联盟和西部联盟，每个联盟又被划分为3个赛区，各赛区由5支球队组成。其赛事美国职业篮球联赛（或称美国篮球联赛，简称美国职篮）也被直接称为NBA，是全世界水准最高的职业篮球赛事。 NBA正式赛季于每年10月中开始，分为常规赛、季后赛两大部分。常规赛结束后，东部和西部联盟分别由前八名进入季后赛，决出东西部冠军，晋级NBA总决赛，后由两个联盟的冠军争夺NBA的最高荣誉─总冠军。 2020年10月12日，湖人在2019-20赛季NBA总决赛中总比分4-2击败热火，时隔10年再夺总冠军，也是队史第17冠。 8 Background information 现 有 球 队 9 现 有 球 队 队 徽 10 A B C D E 控球后卫 中锋 大前锋 小前锋 得分后卫 1. usually the best ball handler and or best passer" 2. usually the main shooter playing on the wing 3. usually th