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1、Unit 2 Sporting events Section Welcome to the unit & Reading-Pre-reading As the second oldest toy in the world (dolls are first), the yoyo has a long history. Early yoyos were made of wood, metal or even terracotta (赤陶土) and decorated withpaints. It ismade up oftwo disks connected by a small rod
2、 (杆子) between the disks. A piece of string was tied to this rod and the other end was tied to a finger. The disks were rolled up on this string and when released the disk ranup and downthis piece of string! The yoyo has enjoyed many periods of popularity throughout history. The modern history of the
3、 yoyo started witha young man from the Philippines named Pedro Flores. In the 1920s, he moved to the USA and worked at a hotel in California and spent many lunch breaks playing with his toy. He soon drew a crowd with his tricks. He started a company to make the toy, calling it theFlores YoYo Company
4、. This was the first appearance of the name “yoyo”， which means “comecome” in the native Filipino language.During a business trip to California, Donald FDuncan, an entrepreneur, saw Flores play yoyo and found that people watching it liked it very much. A year later he returned and bought the company
5、 from Flores, gaining not only a unique (独一无二的) toy, but alsothe magic name “yoyo”. Duncan made an improvement to the yoyo. With this improvement, the yoyo could do a trick called “sleep” for the first time.By 1962, Duncans company alone sold about 45 million yoyos in a country with only 40 million
6、kids. In 1946, Duncan moved to Luck, Wisconsin. Luck came to be known as the “yoyo capital of the world” Financial losses and a costly lawsuit (诉讼) to protect the yoyo trademark from competitors forced the Duncan family out of businessin the late 60s. Flambeau Products, which made Duncans plastic mo
7、dels, bought the company and still owns it today.Section_Welcome to the unit & Reading Prereading,The Olympic GamesGood afternoon, students and teachers. As a member of the International Olympic Committee， I am delighted to have been invited to your school to talk to you about the history and signif
8、icance of the Olympic Games. Ill share some interesting facts and stories with you, and then well have time for questions.Do you know when the ancient Olympic Games began? It was in the year 776 BC. They were held at Olympia in Greece every four years， for almost 12 centuries, until AD mittee/kmItI/
9、n.委员会the International Olympic Committee 国际奥林匹克委员会(简称国际奥委会)delighted/dIlaItId/adj.愉快的，高兴的be delighted to do 因做而高兴significance/sInIfIkns/n.重要性，意义(be) of significance 重要的Olympia/lImpI/n.奥林匹亚(希腊古城)Greece/ris/n.希腊every four years 表示“每四年(一次)”，相当于 every fourth year。奥林匹克运动会第12段译文同学们、老师们，下午好。作为国际奥委会的一名成员，我非
10、常高兴应邀前来贵校，跟大家谈谈奥运会的历史和重要性。我将跟大家分享一下有关奥运会的一些有趣的史实和故事，然后我们会有时间来讨论一些问题。大家知道古代奥林匹克运动会是何时开始的吗？是在公元前776年。直到公元394年，奥运会一直在希腊的奥林匹亚举行，每四年一次，这样持续了将近12个世纪。Some of the sports from the ancient Olympics are still seen today, such as the long jump, wrestling and running. At the ancient Olympics, bytradition the ath
11、letes were all men and they had to compete wearing no clothes . Single women were allowed to take part in their own competition, at a separate festivalin honour of Hera, the wife of the Greek god Zeus. Today, both male and female athletes from around the world can take part, no matter whatnation the
12、y come from.The contemporary Olympics were first held in 1896, in Athens. It was a Frenchman, Pierre de Coubertin, who brought the Olympics back to life. He dreamt that the Olympics would make it possible for people of all countries to live side by side in peace. Now people all over the world are he
13、lping to realize this dream. Among them are many wellknown athletes.wrestling/reslI/n.摔跤运动tradition/trdIn/n.传统；风俗by tradition 根据传统compete/kmpit/vi.比赛；竞争compete with/against 与竞争wearing no clothes为现在分词短语作方式状语。honour/n(r)/n.尊敬；荣幸；节操；荣誉 vt.尊敬，尊重(某人)in honour of 为向表示敬意male/meIl/n.&adj.男性(的)no matter what
14、 引导一个让步状语从句。nation/neIn/n.国家，民族；全体国民contemporary/kntemprrI/adj.现代的，当代的；同一时代的It was . who . 是强调句型，强调 a Frenchman, Pierre de Coubertin。bring . back to life 使恢复生机make it possible .是“make宾语宾补”结构。 it 是形式宾语，真正的宾语是 to live side by side in peace。wellknown/welnn/adj.著名的Among them are many wellknown athletes.
15、 是倒装句。第34段译文古代奥林匹克运动会中的有些运动项目今天仍能见到，如跳远、摔跤、赛跑。从传统上来讲，古代奥运会的运动员都是男性，而且他们必须裸体竞技。未婚女性可以参加她们自己的竞技比赛，比赛在一个专门纪念赫拉(希腊神话中众神之王宙斯的妻子)的节日举行。如今，世界各地的男女运动员都能参加竞赛，不管他们来自哪个国家。,现代奥运会于1896年在雅典首次举行。让奥运会得以重生的是法国人皮埃尔德顾拜旦。他梦想奥运会能促成所有国家的人民和平相处。如今，世界各地的人们都在帮助实现这个梦想，其中就有很多著名的运动员。Did you know that perhaps the most famous boxer of all time first came to public attention during the 1960 Rome Olympics? He won the gold medal for the USA, under his birth name Cassius Clay. Afterwards, this young man went on to win the World HeavyweightBoxingChampionship in 1964 and later changed his name to the o
