1、New words and expressionsrek:d winwindistnsreistrkmsta:b:dhumlndwinwinner distance raceamongstarborderrecordhomelandtrackThey are winners.race trackstarMusic starrock starZhou jielun is a music star.China is our homeland/motherland.England is her homeland.North 北北South 南南West 西西East 东东north westnort
2、h 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natural ntrl 自然的自然的athlete li:tLiu Xiang is a good athlete.Guo Jingjing is an athlete,too.They
3、 are athletes.hundred hundreds of thousand thousands of million miljn millions of 300 three hundred 3,000 three thousand 3,000,000 three millionunit 13 -lesson25The KalenjinThe kalenjin让我了解让我了解 卡兰津人是来自肯尼亚西北部（North West Kenya）和埃塞俄比亚（Ethiopia）边境（border）的非洲民族（African people），他们的家乡是海拔大约2500米的干热的高原（hot d
4、ry plateau）。现今全球名列前名的长跑健将中，有人都是卡兰津人。卡兰津人是天生的运动员（natural athlete），心跳（heart rate）很慢，他们有像“鸟一样的又细又长（long and thin）的腿”，这令他们跑步有如弹跳。这个民族只有300万人（three million）。whereThe borders of North West Kenya and Ethiopia.How many distance races are there now for women? These days,there are lots of distance races for w
5、omen.Take a look at the record of international running events in the last fifty years.Take a look at take 祈使语气the record of international running events这里使用定冠词是因为records 受后面的 of 短语限制；running events：复合名词（第一个词告诉我们是哪一种赛事）in the last fifty yearsin 表示在一段时间内，the last fifty years即the fifty years up to pre
6、sent（最近的50年）Before 1980,the winner of distance races were usually from North America and Europe.There were some winner from other countries,but there werent very many of them.Before 1980时间短语，由介词时间短语，由介词+某一时间构成，用于主语之前或某一时间构成，用于主语之前或动词短语之后。动词短语之后。the winner of distance racesdistance races 复合名词复合名词 意为长
7、意为长跑，短跑为跑，短跑为sprint raceWere一般过去式一般过去式be动词复数形式。动词复数形式。There were表示表示有有或或存在存在。There werent不存不存在在 没有没有There were no African names among the winners then,but things are very different nowAmong the winnersamong（在中间）+复数名词，用于三者或三者以上的“在中间，”between用于二者之间的。Then=at that timeThings 零冠词，泛指 very different形容词作补语T
8、oday,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 hot,dry plateau,about 2,500 metres above sea level.These people are usually natural athletes.They have long,thin legs.Their heart rate is unusually
9、 slow.And its not just the men.A few years ago,there werent any distance races for women.A few 表示不定数量的量词，后跟复数可数名词意为少量的。eg:a few days a few years a few applesA few years ago 表示“not many years back from now”意为（几年前）UnderstandinglTake a look at the (记录）of international running events in the last fifty y
10、ears.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 them.lThere were no African names (在.之中)the winners then,but things are very different now.recordswinnersamongQuestion one:There were
11、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.starsrace 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）
12、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）slow.unusuallyThere are only three （百万）of them.millionQuestion three:The Kalenjin are from Kenya and Ethiopia,arent they?Question four:Th
13、eir 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 （荣誉）in all international distance races.honoursAnd its not just the men.GoodQuestion five:They win a lot of the top honoursin internati
14、onaldistance 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.Question six:A few years ago,there werent any distance races for women,were there?Summaryl There were no African names 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.
