内容正文:
Can you swim?
(When did you begin to swim?)
What are the benefits of swimming?
Lesson 94
Future champions
Vocabulary
instruct v. 指导,传授
instruct sb. to do sth. 指导某人做某事
我的老板指导我成功。
My boss instructed me to become successful.
扩展:instructions [ɪn'strʌkʃənz] n. 说明
reluctant adj. 勉强的,不愿意的
be reluctant to do sth. = be unwilling to do sth.
勉强去做某事, 不情愿做某事
她不愿意请求帮助。
She was reluctant to ask for help.
weight n. 重物;重量,分量
lose weight 减肥
gain weight=put on weight 增肥
I'm lucky really as I never put on weight.
我真的很幸运,体重从未增加过。
compete v. 比赛,对抗
A compete against / with B (for sth.) 为……与某人竞争
我和他在这个演讲比赛争夺冠军。
I competed with him in the speech contest
for the championship.
派生:
competition n. 竞赛,比赛
competitor n. 竞争者
根据括号中所给的汉语提示写出相应的英语单词,并注意运用其正确形式。
1. My job is to ___________(指导) her in English.
2. She was ________________(不愿意的) to give her money away.
3. Companies must be able to ___________________(比赛) in the marketplace.
根据括号中所给的汉语提示写出相应的英语单词,并注意运用其正确形式。
4. This machine has been specially designed for _______________(水下的) use.
5. One __________________(码) is nearly a meter in length.
6. You shouldn’t lift heavy ___________________(重物) after an operation.
Listening
What kind of race do the children compete in?
An underwater tricycle race.
Reading
1. One of these statements is true. Which one?
(a) Children can learn to swim much earlier than is commonly supposed.
(b) Babies are unwilling to enter the water.
(c) All Los Angeles children learn to swim when they are very young.
(d) Children can only learn to swim after they have
learnt to walk.
2. One of these statements is true. Which one?
(a) None of the children can cover the length of the pool without coming up for air.
(b) Not all the children ride their tricycles during the underwater race.
(c)The children don't like picking up weights.
(d) These children will certainly become Olympic champions one day.
Experiments have proved that
children can be instructed in swimming at a very early age.
At a special