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Unit 13
The Kalenjin
Lesson25
单词默写 Lesson 24
1.交通堵塞 2.(一节)课 3.会议
4.医院 5.聚会
6.亲切的,乐于助人的 7.火车站 8.在午夜
New words
Challenge your eyes 挑战你的眼睛
(比比谁最快)
sea level
among
distance race
race track
winner
star
none
athlete
border
above
unusually
heart rate
honour
million
around
record
plateau
programme
reservoir
bloke of flats
Challenge your eyes
modern
platform
journey
real
以前
道路
passenger
route
司机
official
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在世界田径的历史上,一直都流传着这么一种说法,那就是如果要比拼短跑,就得看牙买加的,对于量产短跑名将的牙买加而言,曾先后诞生了许许多多的顶级短跑选手,最为著名的便是有着“闪电”之称的博尔特,而如果要说长跑,那么一定要非肯尼亚莫属,这个人口并不算多的小国家,却常年霸占着长跑项目,而如果再细致地分析肯尼亚的长跑运动员,可以发现这些运动员基本上都是属于肯尼亚南部的一个小部落:卡兰津
整个卡兰津部落,一共拥有大约五百万人,这些人的数量占到肯尼亚全国人口的大约11%,但是卡兰津人却拿到了肯尼亚大约70%以上的奥运会奖牌,可以说卡兰津人,也被誉为是“天生的跑者”
和非洲的许多国家一样,卡兰津地区的人,生活也一直十分的贫瘠,一直到上个世纪六十年代,他们才有机会获得和世界其他地区相近的营养物质,在1968年的墨西哥城奥运会上,卡兰津长跑运动员基普乔格·凯诺击败了世界纪录保持者吉姆·龙,从而让很多人首次关注到这个小部落,自此之后,卡兰津人也开启了自己对于长跑项目的一个垄断时代
从800米以上的大多数长跑项目,基本上都是由卡兰津人拿到冠军,在1980年以来,有40%的世界大赛长跑项目冠军,都是由卡兰津人获得,最夸张的是长跑名将亨利·罗诺,他在不到八十天的时间里,奇迹般的接连打破了300米到5000米的四项世界纪录,堪称当之无愧的长跑之王
事实上,卡兰津地区除了男性之外,女人的长跑天赋也是非常出众,但是由于性别歧视等原因,一直到2008年的北京奥运会上,女子800米奥运会冠军梅拉·耶利莫的出现,才掀开了卡兰津地区女性长跑的序幕
有科学家就对卡兰津地区的人们进行过研究,经过统计发现,卡兰津地区的人普遍腿骨更长,且脚踝更小,这也就意味着卡兰津地区的人,身材更适合长跑,因为在跑步过程中,下半身更瘦也就意味着消耗更小,更小的脚踝维度,有利于更好的节省体能
与此同时,卡兰津地区隶属于高原地区,在这里长期运动的人,来到低海拔地区必然体能会更为出色,因而这种基因优势叠加得天独厚的训练方式,最终使得卡兰津地区的人们,在长跑项目中取得了不错的成绩。
How many distance races are there now for women ?
Listen & answer the Q
Take a look at the records of international [ˌɪntəˈnæʃənl] running events[ɪˈvents] in the last fifty years.Before 1980, the winners of distance [ˈdɪstəns] races were usually from North [nɔːθ] America and Europe [ˈjʊərəp]. There were some winners from other countries,but there weren't very many of them. There were no African[ˈæfrɪkən] names among [əˈmʌŋ] the winners then,but things are very different now.
Today ,the stars of the race track [træk] are the Kalenjin. The Kalenjin are an African people from the borders[ˈbɔːdəz] of North West [west]Kenya[ˈknjə] 肯尼亚 and Ethiopia[ˌiːθɪˈəʊpɪə] 埃塞俄比亚 Their homeland[ˈhəʊmˌlænd] is a hot,dry plateau[ˈplætəʊ],about 2,500 metres above sea level[ˈlevl] . These people are natural[ˈnætʃrəl] athletes [ˈæθliːts] . They have long ,thin legs. Their heart rate [reɪt] is unusually slow. There are only three million [ˈmɪljən] of them.
Twelve of the world's top twenty marathon[ˈmærəθən] runners are now Kalenjin. Every year,they win 40 percent of the top honours[ɒ'nəz] in all international distance races. And it's not just the men.
A few years ago,there weren't any distance races for women. These days , there are lots of them. Kalenjin women win all their events as well.
Take a look at the records of international running events in the last fifty years.Before 1980, the winners of distance races were usually from North America and Europe. There were some winners from other countries,but there weren't very many of them. There were no African names among the winners then,but things are very different now.
usually 非确定频率副词,放在be动词和助动词后面
I don't usually ...
She's usually...
among,在...中间
那时
There be句型(There were/There was...)
Today ,the stars of the race track are the Kalenjin. The Kalenjin are an African people from the borders of North West Kenya and Ethiopia. Their homeland is a hot,dry plateau,about 2,500 metres above sea level. These people are natural athletes. They have long ,thin legs. Their heart rate is unusually slow. There are only three million of them.
跑道上的明星
来自
the borders of...边界 ,
three million具体的数目;five hundred ;two thousand 不能写成”five hundreds “
a hot,dry plateau:两个程度相当的形容词修饰名词,中间要加逗号“,”
Twelve of the world's top twenty marathon runners are now Kalenjin. Every year,they win 40 percent of the top honours in all international distance races. And it's not just the men.
A few years ago,there weren't any distance races for women. These days , there are lots of them. Kalenjin women win all their events as well.
表示部分的词,数词(部分)+of+短语(指整体)+动词are
也
Take a look at the records of international running events in the last fifty years. Before 1980, the winners of distance races were usually from North America and Europe. There were some winners from other countries,but there weren't very many of them. There were no African names among the winners then,but things are very different now.
Today ,the stars of the race track are the Kalenjin. The Kalenjin are an African people from the borders of North West Kenya and Ethiopia. Their homeland is a hot,dry plateau,about 2,500 metres above sea level. These people are natural athletes. They have long ,thin legs. Their heart rate is unusually slow. There are only three million of them.
Twelve of the world's top twenty marathon runners are now Kalenjin. Every year,they win 40 percent of the top honours in all international distance races. And it's not just the men.
A few years ago,there weren't any distance races for women. These days , there are lots of them. Kalenjin women win all their events as well.
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