UNIT 2 Section Ⅰ TOPIC TALK & LESSON 1 THE UNDERDOG-【高考领航】2023-2024学年高中英语必修第一册同步核心辅导与测评（北师大版）

单元话题 单元核心素养 　　“体育和健康”是课程标准中“人与自我”的主题语境。体育运动是学生的必修课程，当然也是每天必须参与的活动，它是身体健康的保证。体育运动历史悠久，内容丰富。学生通过学习本单元的相关内容去了解运动文化，体会运动与健康的关系。 思维品质：锻炼学生的总结概括能力。 学习能力：运用总结主题句的方法提炼归纳文章主旨大意。 文化意识：了解运动历史，理解运动的意义。 语言能力：掌握本单元字、词、句和定语从句以及不定代词的用法。 随着时间的推移和奥林匹克运动的发展变化，对奥林匹克标志的阐释也出现了变化。奥林匹克旗和五环的含义，不仅象征五大洲的团结，而且强调所有参赛运动员应以公正、坦诚的运动员精神在比赛场上相见！ The Olympic Flag On the Olympic flag，the rings appear on a white background (背景)． Pierre de Coubertin，the father of the modern Olympic Games，explains the meaning of the flag： “The Olympic flag has a white background，with five interlaced rings in the center：blue，yellow，black，green and red.This design is symbolic；it represents the five continents of the world，united by Olympism，while the six colors are those that appear on all the national flags of the world at the present time.” Combined in this way，the six colors of the flag，(including the white of the background)represent all nations. It is wrong，therefore，to believe that each of the colors corresponds (与……相符) to a certain continent! At the Olympic Games，the flag is brought into the Stadium during the opening ceremony(开幕式)．After its arrival，the flag is lifted up the flagpole.It must fly in the stadium during the whole of the Games.When the flag is lowered at the closing ceremony，it means the end of the Games. The mayor of the host city of the Games passes the Olympic flag to the mayor of the next host city of the Games. Even though Pierre de Coubertin intended (想要) the Olympic Games to be an international event from 1896 in Athens (Greece)，it was only at the 1912 Games in Stockholm (Sweden) that，for the first time，the participants (参加者) came from all five continents.One year later，in 1913，the five rings appeared at the top of a letter written by Pierre de Coubertin.He drew the rings and colored them by hand.He then described this symbol in the Olympic Review of August 1913. It was also Coubertin who had the idea for the Olympic flag.He presented the rings and flag in June 1914 in Paris at the Olympic