Unit 11 It’s Great to Be a Champion

Unit 11 It’s Great to Be a Champion

Part I • Warming—up • Training focus: identifying some numbers • Words and Expressions • dash: • a sudden quick run

hurdle: a frame for jumping over in a race

Marathon: a 26-mile running race • 全长42.195公里

High jumplong jumpjavelin

Morocco摩洛哥， • 肯尼亚

保加利亚 捷克共和国

古巴 Guatemala • 危地马拉

You are going to hear some track and field world record. Listen carefully and pay attention to the country and the record. Complete the chart with the information you hear on the tape.

Key • 1. 9.79s • 2. USA / 10.49s. • 3. 3min.26s. • 4. China/3min.50.46s. • 5. Britain/12.91s. • 6. 12.21s. • 7. 1h.17min.46s.

8. Russia/41min.4s • 9. Morocco/2h.5min.42s. • 10. 2h.20min.43s. • 11. 2.45m. • 12. Bulgaria/2.09m. • 13. USA/8.95m. • 14. 7.52m. • 15. 98.48m. • 16. Germany/80m.

Part II The Women’s World Cup

victor • a winner in a battle, race, game or other kind of struggle • soccer • British football • contest • a competition

setting records • break records • scored goals • to gain goals in a competition • resounding • very great • The plan was a resounding success/failure

tournament • a number of competitions between players, played until the most skillful wins • 锦标赛;联赛 • Our team won the championship in the basketball tournament. • 我们队在篮球联赛中赢得冠军。

挪威瑞典丹麦

Task A:Listen to a passage about the FIFA Women’s World Cup and fill in the missing words. • November of 1991 • success • The United States • 1991 • Norway • 1995 • Germany • final • a remarkable level

first • 12 • 2 tournaments • women’s soccer

1—c 2—a 3—b 4—e 5—f 6—d Task B Listen to a passage about women’s soccer and the World Cup. Match Column A, the numbers, with column

Part III Luck in the hat • Task A: Training focus: Numbers • Statements about the London Marathon. Pay attention to numbers.

London Marathon:

fund-raising • the action of collecting money • stature • the good reputation • an artist of great stature • charity • a society or organization that gives help to the poor

get round to • to find time, or have the time, for 抽出时间来做(或考虑) • I hope to get round to answering your request next week. • 我希望下星期能抽出空来答复你的要求

1. March 29, 1981 20,000 7,747 6,255 2. grow in size 3.over 413,481 4. 30,809 5. A charity fund-raising event, over 80million ponds Key:

Task B Listen to an interview with John Goodman, a runner in the LM. Supply the missing information with key words • Interviewer John Goodman • No. of parti.in the M. twice • Distance of the LM 26 miles & a bit • more • Preparation for the M running a • maximum of • about 20 miles a week

feel at the start of the race worried, nervous about • the injury to the ankle • worst moment in the race when realizing that he • was unable to • complete the last 3 • miles as fast as the • revious 23 • final time 2 hours 47 minutes

Task C Listen again and decide whether the following statements are true or false • 1. F • 2. T • 3. F • 4. F

My Father’s Tears • Texas • Mining engineer

There are seven children in my family, and we all loved to hear stories when we were young. My mother and father would take turns telling us stories. My father’s

Favorite story is one which he told us many times. My father was a mining engineer who worked in many different countries. Every year, it seemed,

He went to a different place to work. About 40 years ago, when my older brother and I were babies, my father was working in Texas.

Unit 11 It’s Great to Be a Champion