内容正文:
Unit 3 Sports and Fitness
Reading and Thinking
Translation(II)
Do you like playing basketball?
Lead-in
Who is your favorite basketball player?
Learning aims:
1)Learn translation skills from this part.
2)Enable to analyse the complex sentences in part 2.
Study & think indenpendently(3')
1) To translate the part 2 in page 38;
2) To answer the question 3 & 4 in exercise 2(skimming reading);
3) To find the knowledge points;
4) To find the key and difficult points;
5) To find the points that you don't understand.
The player who became known as “Air Jordan” changed basketball with his graceful moves and jumps. Jordan’s skills were impressive, but the mental strength that he showed made him unique. In the final seconds of a game, Jordan always seemed to find a way to win. Jordan says that the secret to his success is learning from his failures. “I can accept failure; everyone fails at something. But I can’t accept not trying.” Losing games taught him to practise harder and never give up. In life, Jordan has learnt to share his success with others. The Boys and Girls Club which he started in Chicago has been helping young people since 1996.迈克尔·乔丹双脚离地的那一瞬间时,时间似乎都凝固了。这位被称为“飞人乔丹”的运动员用他那优雅的动作和跳跃改变了篮球运动。乔丹的球技令人赞叹,然而他所展示出来的精神力量使他脱颖而出。在比赛的最后几秒钟,乔丹似乎总能找到办法获胜。乔丹说,他成功的秘诀在于从失败中学习。“我可以接受失败,每个人都会遭遇失败;但我决不能接受不去尝试。” 赛场上失利教会他更努力地训练和永不放弃。在生活中,乔丹学会了与他人分享自己的成功。他在芝加哥创建的“男孩女孩俱乐部”从1996年至今一直在帮助年轻人。Send your suggestions for ““Living Legends of Sports” to LLS@sport.net.请将你推荐的“体育界的活传奇”发送至LLS@sport.net。
stand still 站着不动
graceful 优美的,优雅的
grace [U] 优美,优雅,文雅
strength n.力量,体力
strengthen v. 加强,增强,巩固
failure n. 失败,失败的人/事
give up 放弃,投降
share sth with sb 与某人分享某事
3. What does the first sentence in paragraph introducing Michale Jordan mean?
It means when Michael Jordan jumped in the air, it felt like time had slowed down, because his amazing skills we