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Unit 3 Faster, higher, stronger
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Activity 1
后, 完成以下细节
填空练习。
Three Major World Sports Events
With an increasing number of people
taking part in sports today, more large sports
events are being held all around the world
than ever before. Here are three that bring the
greatest number of people together and offer
the most opportunities for 1.
and collaboration
(合作)
.
The Olympic Games
Records show that the ancient Olympic
Games were first held 2. in
Greece. The first modern Olympics were held
3. . Since then, they have taken
place every four years , except during the
4. years of 1916, 1940 and
1944. During the 20th century, the Winter
Olympic Games were introduced for sports on
snow and ice. Later, the Paralympics
(残疾人
奥运会)
were established for athletes with a
5. . Today, over 6.
athletes from almost every nation on Earth
compete in the Olympic Games. There are
more than 30 different sports represented in
almost 400 events. For the host country, it is a
chance to showcase
(展示)
the best it has to
offer. When China hosted the 2008 Olympics,
it built special venues
(体育赛事场馆 )
and
improved 7. and high鄄definition
(高清 )
8. . At the opening
ceremony, thousands of performers took to the
stadium in a spectacular
( 精 彩 绝 伦 的 )
display of 9. , a display that
10. audiences all over the world.
FIFA
At the first FIFA World Cup in 1930, on鄄
ly 11. teams took part. Since
then, it has grown to be the biggest 12.
tournament
(锦标赛)
in the world,
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Section Ⅰ Starting out
学习目标
1.
通过视频, 了解世界上三大体育赛事, 掌握提取主要信息的能力。
2.
复述三位运动员的生平事迹, 深度思考体育精神的本质。
必备
知识
单词
major feature inspire athlete compete strike incredible performance
短语
compete with/against sb. for sth. compete in sth.
关键能力 听、 说
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with 32 teams competing. The Cup has faced
many 13. over the years. It
14. during World War Ⅱ , and
FIFA lacked the 15. to hold
another tournament until 1950. Then in 1960,
a 9.5 magnitude
(震级)
earthquake struck the
host country, Chile. Although the tournament
16. while infrastructure
(基础
设施 )
was rebuilt, it eventually went ahead.
Over the decades, the FIFA World Cup has
become an iconic
(标志性的 )
sports event.
Incredibly, today it is watched by almost half
of the world蒺s population
—
that蒺s more than
17. people.
The Super Bowl
The Super Bowl is the ultimate
(终 极
的)
championship of American football. Held
every year since 18. , it is cur鄄
rently played on the last Sunday in January or
the first Sunday in February. One ticket to the
Super Bowl can cost thousands of dollars.
Most people, however, watch it at home, ga鄄
thering together to cheer on teams such as the
Philadelphia Eagles
(费城老鹰队 )
, the New
England Patriots
(新英格兰爱国者队 )
and
Pittsburgh Steelers
(匹兹堡钢人队)
. In fact,
it is the most widely watched 19.
of the year, with over 20. viewers.
重 点 知 识
1. compete vi.
(
1
) 意为 “竞争”, 短语
compete with/against
sb. for sth.
, 表示 “和某人为某事竞争”。
In the Olympic Games, we will compete
with the best players for the highest
honour.
在奥运会上, 我们将和最优秀的选手为
最高荣誉竞技比赛。
(
2
) 意为 “参加比赛”, 短语
compete in sth.
,
表示 “参加某项赛事”。
He is going to compete in the London
marathon.
他将参加伦敦马拉松比赛。
拓展:
competitive adj.
竞争的
competition n.
竞争
誅
牛刀小试
①We can not compete them on
price.
我们无法在价格上和他们竞争。
②Several companies are competing
the contract.
几家公司在为这个合同竞争。
2. major
(
1
)
adj.
意为 “主要的, 重要的”。
We have encountered major problems.
我们遇到了大问题。
(
2
)
v.
意为 “主修”, 常见短语 “
major in sth.
”
She majored in History at Stanford.
她在斯坦福主修历史。
(
3
)
n.
意为 “少校, 主修课程, 主修生”。
Her major is English literature.
她的专业课是英国文学。
拓展:
majority n.
大部分, 大多数
誅
牛刀小试
①Luckily, he got hired in a major internation鄄
al company.
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②She is a French major.
③My father is happy that I chose laws instead
of majoring in music in college.
④The majority was in favour of banning smo鄄
king.
文 化 趣 谈
超级碗 (
Super Bowl
) 是美国职业橄榄
球大联盟
NFL
的年度冠军赛。 这里的
bowl
虽然被翻译成碗, 但是这个单词在这里可能
指的是另外两个意思:
1. bowl
在美式英语
中意为举办体育赛事或者音乐表演的大型会
场;
2. bowl
也可意为美式橄榄球常规赛后
的季后赛。
同样是广受欢迎的美国职业篮球联盟
(
NBA
), 他们将
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支球队分为东部赛区
(
Eastern Conference
) 和西部赛区 (
Western
Conference
)
,
每年十月份左右开赛, 在总计
82
场的常规赛季 (
regular season
) 之后, 进
入季后赛 (
playoff
)。
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Section Ⅰ Starting out
精听练习
1. competition 2. in 776 B.C. 3. in 1896 4. wartime
5. disability 6. 10,000 7. transport links 8. broad鄄
casting systems 9. Chinese art and culture 10. delighted
11. 13 12. international football 13. challenges 14.
was cancelled 15. resources 16. was delayed 17. 3 bil鄄
lion 18. 1967 19. American TV broadcast 20. 100
million
重点知识
1. ①with ②for
2. ①
幸运的是, 他被一家跨国大公司录用。
②
她
是一个主修法语的学生。
③
我父亲很高兴我在大学选
择法律而不是音乐。
④
大多数人都同意禁烟。
Section Ⅱ Understanding
ideas
文脉梳理
1. a piece of plastic 2. a telephone pole 3. adjust
his own playing style 4. shoot with great accuracy 5.
creative 6. flexible 7. short 8. thin 9. weak 10. cre鄄
ativity 11. perseverance 12. accurate shooting 13. con鄄
tinuous efforts 14. time 15. work 16. self鄄belief 17.
hard work 18. perseverance 19. some help 20. any鄄
thing is possible
品鉴语言
1. A far cry from the bright lights and shiny courts
2. attaching a piece of plastic to a telephone pole 3. on
this muddy basketball court 4. creative and flexible 5.
with every shot 6. gave way 7. The bumps and rocks
8. bounce in all directions 9. adjust his own playing style
10. Shooting with great accuracy 11. Only shots per鄄
fectly aimed at its centre 12. practising day in and day
out 13. sharpen his skills 14. to follow in his father蒺s
footsteps 15. carried on 16. finally ended up playing
college ball 17. creativity and perseverance 18. beyond
everyone蒺s expectations 19. accurate shooting and contin鄄
uous efforts 20. for two years in a row 21. set out to
change the game 22. value the skill of it 23. value the
fact that you can work every single day to get better 24.
Inspiring others to believe in themselves 25. living proof
26. what other people think of you 27. what you be鄄
come 28. anything is possible
重点知识
1. ①planting ②to
2. ①It was this girl who surprised the world with her
excellent skills in 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games.
② It was with her excellent skills that this girl sur鄄
prised the world in 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games.
③It was in 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games that this girl
surprised the world with her excellent skills.
Section Ⅲ Using language
重点语法
①Winning ②fighting ③working
话题词块
Do: yoga, aerobics, sports, weightlifting, judo, gym鄄
nastics
Play: table tennis, badminton, golf, tennis, computer
games, rugby, hockey
Go: bowling, roller skating, rock climbing, swim鄄
ming, jogging, ice鄄skating
重点知识
1. ①
提到
②
参考, 查阅
③
指的是
2. ①with; on ②with
精听练习
1. Sportsman of the year 2. tennis player 3. three
times 4. Lightning 5. 4×100 metres 6. your choice 7.
two Olympic singles titles 8. equality 9. their number of
fans 10. biggest names 11. 2016 12. team leader
Section Ⅳ Developing ideas
文脉梳理
1. The crowd has gone wild. You can see the joy and
pride on the faces of the Chinese fans.
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