1、 Writing Lead inWords and ExpressionsRead and answer questions 练练吧练练吧Language pointsReading1.What kind of magazine do you think the text is from?2.How many profiles are there?3.How many men and women are profiled?4.What sports do they do?5.What are their names?6.Where are they from?Glance through th
2、e pictures and the text and then answer the questions.集中精力于集中精力于 focus on创纪录创纪录 set a record以以平均速度平均速度 an average speed of在某人十几岁时在某人十几岁时 in ones teens专心于专心于 concentrate on在接下来的几年在接下来的几年 in the following few years返回到返回到 return to实现某人的目标实现某人的目标 achieve ones goal 教师资格教师资格 teaching qualification世界锦标世界锦标
3、 the world championships从那以后从那以后 since then从从退休退休 retire from培训培训,把把培养成培养成 be trained as对对有强烈的爱有强烈的爱 have a passion for破纪录破纪录 beat a record1 Who:_ When:_ Where:_ What:_ _ _fastest average speed,Tour de France(five times)France1999,2003Lance Armstrong1.Read the profiles from a sports magazine and com
4、plete the summary of each sportspersons(Guinness)record(s).2 Who:_ When:_ Where:_ What:_ _Michellie Jones1992,1993(not stated)International Triathlon Union World Champion3 Who:_ When:_ Where:_ _ What:_ _ _ _ _ _youngest female to win the womens world title for platform diving;youngest Olympic diving
5、 champion of all time;first woman in Olympic diving history to win four gold medalsAustralia,Barcelona,Atlanta,Sydney1991,1992,1996,2000Fu Mimgxia 4 Who:_ When:_ Where:_ _ _ _ _Martin Strel2000,2001,2002,2003,2004the Danube River in Europe;the Mississippi River in USA;the Parana River in South Ameri
6、ca;the Changjiang River in China What:_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _first person to swim the entire length of the Danube River;longest time for nonstop swimming;swimming the greatest distance;first man to swim the length of the Parana River;swimming the length of the dangerous Changjiang River 1)Who is the younges
7、t athlete?2)Who retired from their sport and then made a comeback?2.Read the profiles and answer the questions below.Fu Mingxia.Lance Armstrong,Fu Mingxia.3)Who has trained in another profession?Lance Armstrong,Michellie Jones,Martin Strel.4)Who do you think is the most courageous of the four sports
8、people?Give reasons.Lance Armstrong,because he overcame cancer and then had the courage to return to racing.5)What qualities do you think these sportspeople need to be successful?Courage,determination,ambition,vision,passion,focus,concentration,belief in himself/herself,perseverance,etc.3.Which quot
9、e below do you think belongs to which sportsperson?1.I am swimming for peace,friendship and clean waters._Martin Strel2.Id like to think that I was a role model,that people see my sport and say“Wow,Id like to try that.”_Michellie Jones3.I used to ride my bike to make a living.Now I just want to live
10、 so that I can ride._Lauce Armstrong4.I call it a one-second art.It requires you to fully display the beauty of the sport in only a second._Fu Mingxia4.Read the passage and decide the following statements are true(T)or false(F).1.Lance Armstrong has become a professional cyclist since 1992.2.Fu Ming
11、xia won a Guinness Record at 9.3.Fu Mingxia won three gold medals at the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games.4.Martin Strel was trained as a swimmer since childhood.TFFF1.Lance Armstrongs Guinness record for the fastest average speed at the Tour de France was set in 1999 with an average speed of 40.27 km/hr.
12、average作形容词，意为作形容词，意为“平均的平均的”；average还可作名词，意为还可作名词，意为“平均数平均数”。Last year the number of students who graduated with a driving license reached 200,000,a(n)_ of 40,000 per year.A.average B.number C.amount D.quantityan average of.的平均数；的平均数；a number of 许多，大量；许多，大量；an amount of 许多，大许多，大量，后一般跟不可数名词；量，后一般跟不可
13、数名词；a quantity of 许多，大量，既可跟可数名词也可跟不许多，大量，既可跟可数名词也可跟不可数名词。可数名词。A2.In 2000,he was the first person ever to swim the entire length of the Danube River in Europe.the first/next/last/形容词最高级形容词最高级+sb./sth.+to do sth.表示表示“第一第一个个/下一下一个个/最后一个最后一个/最最的人或的人或物物”。The last _ pays the meal.Agreed!A.arrived B.arrive
14、s C.to arrive D.arriving句意为句意为:最后到达的付饭钱。最后到达的付饭钱。the last 后接不定式作定语。后接不定式作定语。根据下列各句句意及所给单词的首字母根据下列各句句意及所给单词的首字母或汉语提示或汉语提示,写出该单词的正确形式。写出该单词的正确形式。1.After ten years of hard work,he a_ his goal and ran his own company.2.It is said that some fish in the river can grow to a l_ of four feet.attainedlength3.
15、My father is now the manager assistant and is offered a s_ of 60,000 yuan a year.4.Whats your job?I am an a_ because I like numbers.salaryaccountant5.It is essential for directors of the companies to have a good knowledge of _(经济学经济学).6.He lost the last election but hoped to make a(n)_(东山再起东山再起)next
16、 time.7.I hoped to get the house but a rich man was _(出价出价)against me.economicscomebackbidding8.He wants to be a statesman instead of a(n)_(政客政客)when he grows up.9.Whats the _(平均的平均的)temperature in August in this city?10.The job is very interesting but it doesnt pay a living w_.wagepoliticianaverageWrite a profile for a magazine about a person who has broken a record.Use the guide below and the profiles on pages 7 and 8 as models.Name:Date of birth:Country:Achievements:Finish the writing.
