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1、 1 Greatest Olympians 杰出的奥林匹克运动员们杰出的奥林匹克运动员们 2 Greatest Olympians 杰出的奥林匹克运动员们杰出的奥林匹克运动员们 Whos the Best? 谁是最棒的？谁是最棒的？ Read the text below and do the activity that follows. 阅读下面的短文，然后完成练习：阅读下面的短文，然后完成练习： Beijing 2008 will prove a test for the cream of the words sporting talent but will any of the athl
2、etes be able to go beyond mere victory and attain greatness? Here are some Olympic legends that set the benchmark by which future Olympic hopefuls must be measured. Britains Sir Steve Redgrave is the only athlete to win a gold medal at five consecutive Olympic Games from Los Angeles in 1984 to Sydne
3、y in 2000. As a rower he pushed himself to his physical limits and even defied his doctors by continuing to compete at the highest level after being diagnosed with diabetes. In a TV interview immediately after finishing the race in which he won his last gold medal, an exhausted Redgrave memorably in
4、vited the public to “shoot him“ if they ever saw him in a rowing boat again. American Jesse Owens won four gold medals at the Berlin Olympics in 1936, setting a 20-year world record in the process. He also made a mockery of the distorted racial theories of the German Nazi party which was in power at
5、 the time by proving a black athlete could be as good as, or better than, a white one. But what of China? Who are their great Olympians? Probably the most recent contender for the position of Chinas greatest Olympic athlete is Liu Xiang, the 110m hurdler. Liu Xiang took gold at the 2004 Athens Olymp
6、ics, tying for a world record time of 12.91 seconds. It was Chinas first Olympic gold medal in track and field for a male athlete. Will Liu Xiang win a second gold medal? Will other Chinese athletes taste glory? The answers will be revealed in August in Beijing. 3 Glossary 词汇表词汇表 cream 精华，精髓精华，精髓 me
7、re victory 仅仅是胜利仅仅是胜利 attain greatness 达到最高境界达到最高境界 benchmark 水平点水平点, 基准基准 consecutive 连续性的连续性的 rower 赛艇运动员赛艇运动员 physical limits 生理局限生理局限 diagnosed 被诊断为被诊断为 diabetes 糖尿病糖尿病 exhausted 筋疲力尽筋疲力尽 shoot 开枪开枪 world record 世界纪录世界纪录 made a mockery 嘲弄，讽刺嘲弄，讽刺 distorted racial theories 扭曲的种扭曲的种 族理论族理论 Nazi 纳粹
8、，法西斯纳粹，法西斯 contender （有望获胜的）竞争者（有望获胜的）竞争者 hurdler 跨栏选手跨栏选手 tying 打平打平 track and field 田径田径 taste glory 取得成功，争得光荣取得成功，争得光荣 1. Reading Quiz 阅读测验阅读测验 Are these sentences true or false? Circle the correct answer. 以下句子哪句是真以下句子哪句是真?哪句是假？请圈出正确答案。哪句是假？请圈出正确答案。 1. Sir Steve Redgrave won five gold medals at t
9、he Sydney 2000 Olympic Games. True / False 2. He was advised by his doctors to give up competitive sport. True / False 3. The record set by Jesse Owens in 1936 lasted for two decades. True / False 4. Liu Xiang achieved a world record time in Athens 2004. True / False 5. It was Chinas first ever gold
10、 medal in an Olympic Games. True / False 4 2. Superlatives 最高形式最高形式 Write the superlative form of the adjectives below. An example has been done for you. 你能写出以下形容词的最高级形式吗？请看例题。你能写出以下形容词的最高级形式吗？请看例题。 Example: strong the strongest Adjective Superlative form good _ expensive _ great _ fast _ bad _ happ
11、y _ Now complete the sentences below using the superlative form of the adjectives above. 填空填空 - 请用以上形容词的最高形式来完成以下的句子。请用以上形容词的最高形式来完成以下的句子。 1. Jamaican Athlete Usain Bolt became _ man in the world by running 100 metres in 9.72 seconds, a new world record. 2. Many people think Jesse Owens is _ athlete
12、 of all time. 3. He was _ athlete in the games and came last in every race. 4. The USA had _ results in the Sydney 2000 Games, winning more gold medals than any other country. 5. With a possible cost of more than 8bn, the London 2012 Games could be _ sporting event ever. 6. “Winning the gold medal w
13、as _ day of my life,“ said the athlete. 5 3. Wordbuilding nouns and adjectives 组词组词 名词和形容词名词和形容词 Complete the table below by filling in the blanks. An example has been done for you. 组词填空，请看例题。组词填空，请看例题。 Noun Adjective safety safe greatness _ _ beautiful gratitude _ peace _ _ wonderful pride _ Now co
14、mplete these sentences by choosing the correct noun or adjective. 填空填空 请用以上的名词或相关的形容词来完成句子。请用以上的名词或相关的形容词来完成句子。 1. _ is in the eye of the beholder is an English expression. 2. I just want to say thank you and let you know how _ I am. 3. There is no _ and quiet in my house when the children return fr
15、om school. 4. I feel very _ of my country when we win a gold medal. 5. Im sure the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics will be a _ sight. 6. To be a _ athlete requires talent, training and perseverance. 6 4. Wordsearch 单词搜索单词搜索 Try to find the words associated with great athletes in the puzzle below. There are ten words to find. Words can be written horizontally (g), vertically (i) or diagonally (m) 请在下面的字谜游戏中，找出与杰出运动员有关的英语单词来。请在下面的字谜游戏中，找出与杰出运动员有关的英语单词来。 共有共有10个单词，其组成方式可能以水平的个单词，其组成方式可能以水平的 (g) 垂直的垂直的 (i) 或对角的或对角的 (m) 形式
