1、外研版高中英语新教材(选择性必修第一册)课文及录音 Unit 3 faster, higher, stronger P32 Unit 3| Developing ideas: The Return of the Champions 冠军归来 1 “The atmosphere here at Rio de Janeiro is electric! If China wins this point, they will walk out of the stadium with an Olympic gold medal. Zhang Changning serves. Over the net,
2、 Popovic dives for the ball. She only just reaches it. and its sent straight back to her by the Chinese spiker Hui Ruoqi. Popovic cant get the ball back this time. and thats it! Its over! Its gold for China! Look how the crowd has gone wild. You can see the joy and pride on the faces of the Chinese
3、fans. And there we see the Chinese players embracing, with tears of happiness in their eyes. Its a dream come true for China! The Chinese womens volleyball team is Olympic champion once again!” “这里是里约热内卢，现场气氛紧张而热烈！如果中国队拿下这一分，她们将赢得这枚奥运 金牌。 张常宁发球。 球过网， 波波维奇倒地接球， 险险救起中国队主攻惠若琪将球扣回， 波波维奇这次没能接住得分！比赛结束！中国队
4、获得了金牌！看，观众沸腾了，中国球 迷的脸上洋溢着喜悦和骄傲。 我们看到中国队的队员们眼含幸福的热泪， 相拥在一起中 国人实现了梦想！中国女排重回奥运之巅！ ” 2 The Chinese womens volleyball team holds a very special place in the nations heart. In the 1980s, the team burst onto the international volleyball scene with several major world titles, and an amazing three-set victor
5、y over the United States in the final of the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics. They became national heroes overnight. There was gold once more at Athens in 2004. But winning gold in Rio paints the most vivid portrait of the teams competitive spirit. 中国女排在中国人心中的地位非比寻常。20 世纪 80 年代，中国女排赢得了多场世界大赛， 并在 1984 年洛杉矶
6、奥运会的决赛中以惊人的三连胜击败了美国队，在国际排坛大放异彩。 一夜之间，中国女排成为国民英雄。到了 2004 年雅典奥运会，女将们再一次斩获金牌。但 是，对于女排的拼搏精神最生动的写照，却是这次在里约的夺冠之路。 3 In Rio, the Chinese womens volleyball team needed all of its fighting spirit after it was assigned to the “group of death”, where it faced several strong opponents in the group stage matches
7、. Despite reaching the quarter-finals as the fourth team in the group, with just two wins in preliminary matches, they were not going to give up. Every single member of the team gave their all to the fight, including Hui Ruoqi who had had heart surgery less than five months previously. 在里约奥运会上，中国女排被
8、分配到了“死亡之组” ，因此她们必须拼尽全力，对抗小组赛 中遇到的强大对手。虽然预赛中仅赢了两场，到四分之一决赛时还是小组第四，但她们从未 想过放弃。 每一个队员都全力以赴投入比赛， 包括赛前不到五个月刚做完心脏手术的惠若琪。 4 Their perseverance paid off with an epic comeback against the defending champion Brazil in the quarter-finals. Next, the Chinese team defeated the Netherlands in the semi-final matches
9、, having lost to them in the preliminaries. At last, showing a strong will and the steeliest nerves, they played a close match against Serbia to seize gold in the final. 在四分之一决赛对抗卫冕冠军巴西队时， 中国队的顽强毅力得到了回报， 她们惊人地赢得了 东山再起的机会。接着，中国队在半决赛中战胜了在预赛中曾惜败过的荷兰队。决赛时，虽 然与塞尔维亚队比分胶着，但凭借着强大的决心和钢铁般的意志力，中国队最终勇夺桂冠。 5 But
10、 fighting spirit alone was not enough to guarantee victory. Strong team spirit also contributed greatly to their success. Cooperation between team members is essential. If each individual does her job and works well with others, then the end goal can be achieved. In fact, strong team spirit is more
11、important than the skills of individual players. Zhu Ting, named Most Valuable Player at the Rio Olympics, also identified this as the special ingredient in the teams success: “Teamwork is the key to Chinas victory. Thanks to my teammates hard efforts, I had the opportunity to show my spiking skill.
12、” 但是仅凭拼搏精神远不足以锁定胜局。 强大的团队精神也是中国女排成功的一大因素。 团队 成员之间的合作至关重要。只有每一名队员都能完成各自的任务，并与队友合作无间，才能 实现最终目标。其实，强大的团队精神比队员的个人能力更重要。里约奥运会“最有价值球 员”奖项得主朱婷，也认为这是团队获胜的诀窍： “团队合作是中国队获胜的关键。多亏了 队友们的努力拼搏，才给了我展现扣球技术的机会。 ” 6 Together, the Chinese womens volleyball team has fought their way through ups and downs. Led by well-kn
13、own Chinese volleyball player and coach Lang Ping, they have continued to aim high. Lang is only too aware that as soon as a team steps off the victory podium, they need to start from zero to prepare for new challenges ahead. In this way, the team begins its journey to the next Olympics. 在这条曲折起伏的道路上， 中国女排共同奋力前行。 在知名的前中国女排运动员和现任中国 女排总教练郎平的带领下，队员们不断力争上游。郎平很清楚，只要走下了领奖台，她们这 支队伍就得重新出发， 严阵以待， 迎接新的挑战。 中国女排的下一段奥运旅程就这样开始了。
