1、unit 13 -lesson25The KalenjinNew words and expressionsrek:d winwindistnsreistrkmsta:b:dhumlndwinwinner distance raceamongstarborderrecordhomelandtrackThey are winners.race trackstarMusic starrock starJay Chou is a music star.China is our homeland/motherland.England is her homeland.northsouthwesteast
2、north westnorth eastsouth eastsouth westQinghai-Tibetplateau pltumetre/meter mi:t eg:This ruler is 2 metres.This road is about 500 metres.above bv 在在.之上之上,超出超出 eg:Todays temperature is above zero.sea level si:levl 海平面海平面nature neit 自然自然natural ntrl 自然的自然的athlete li:tLiuxiang is a good athlete.Guojin
3、gjing is an athlete,too.They are athletes.hundred hundreds of thousand thousands of million miljn millions of 300 three hundred 3,000 three thousand 3,000,000 three million Modelsl The Kalenjin can break the record.They are winners.They are the stars of the race track.They are natural athletes.l The
4、y love their homeland.It is a hot,dry plateau.UnderstandinglTake a look at the (记录）of international running events in the last fifty years.lBefore 1980,the (获胜者）of distance races were usually from North American and Europe.lThere were some winners frome other countries,but there werent very many of
5、them.lThere were no African names (在.之中)the winners then,but things are very different now.recordswinnersamongQuestion one:There were some winners from othercountries,werent there?Question two:But there were no African names among the winners,were there?Today,the (明星）of the （跑道）are the Kalenjin.star
6、srace track The Kalenjin are an African people from the （边界）of (西北部）Kenya and Ethiopia.bordersNorth WestTheir （祖国，家乡）is a hot,dry （高原）about 2,500 （米，公尺）（在.之上）sea level.homelandplateaumetersaboveThese people are （自然的，天生的）（运动员）.naturalathletesThey have long,thin legs.Their heart rate is （不寻常的，不一样的）slo
7、w.unusuallyThere are only three （百万）of them.millionQuestion three:The Kalenjin are from Kenya and Ethiopia,arent they?Question four:Their homelandis about 2,500 meers above sea level,isnt it?Twelve of the worlds top twenty marathon runners are now Kalenjin.Every year,they win 40 percent of the top （
8、荣誉）in all international distance races.honoursAnd its not just the men.GoodQuestion five:They win a lot of the top honoursin internationaldistance races,dont they?A few years ago,there werent any distance races for women.These days,there are lots of them.Kalenjin women win all their events as well.Q
9、uestion six:A few years ago,there werent any distance races for women,were there?a few 少数，几个（修饰可数名词）少数，几个（修饰可数名词）eg:a few days a few years a few applesa lot of=lots of许多，大量（修饰可数名词、许多，大量（修饰可数名词、不可数名词）不可数名词）eg:a lot of apples a lot of coffee a lot of rice a lot of pensSummaryl There were no African na
10、mes before 1980.l But today,the stars of the race track are the Kalenjin.l The Kalenjin are an African people.l They have long,thin legs.l Their heart rate is unusually slow.l Twelve of the worlds top twenty marathon runners are now Kalenjin.lNowadays,there are many Kalenjin women in the race.snow /snu/ice /ais/hill /hil/lake /leik/sheep /i:p/none /nn/没有任何东西，没有人eg:Were there students in the classroom?There were none.Was there any snow on the hill?There was none.reservoir/rezvwa:/水库programme/program /prugrm/节目block of flats 一栋公寓26 以上有不当之处，请大家给与批评指正，以上有不当之处，请大家给与批评指正，谢谢大家！谢谢大家！
