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1、1Unit 3-Conversation 1Kate: Are you on your way to the boathouse? Janet: No. Whats happening? Kate: Theres a practice race to help choose who will row on the college team. Mark really wants a place on the team, so he has to row well today. And Im going to watch. Janet: Well, Id like to, but I have a
2、n essay to finish. Kate: Thats too bad! I know how you feel. Janet: Maybe I can come later? Kate: Sure. Im thinking of having lunch in the boathouse bar, and then watching the rowing all afternoon. Janet: How do I get to the boathouse? Kate: Its easy. Can you see where we are on the map? Here, look!
3、 Janet: OK, which way round are we standing? . Yes, got it! Kate: OK, go down Catte Street, and turn right into the High Street. Go along the High Street and turn left into St Aldates. Walk along St Aldates, past Christ Church College until you get to Folly Bridge. Janet: I see. Kate: Then when you
4、get to the bridge, cross over the river . turn left and walk along the river bank. Keep going along the river . And youre there! The boathouses are on the right, and the Hertford College Boathouse is the last one along. You cant miss it. Janet: Thanks. Im looking forward to seeing the rowing. Kate:
5、No problem. We shouldnt miss the rowing its a great university tradition! Janet: I know, Mark was telling me. Kate: Like the boat race between Oxford and Cambridge universities every year. Janet: Of course! The great rivals! Kate: The Boat Race has been going for years, maybe nearly 200 years. Janet
6、: And Oxford won it this year! Kate: Yes, but Cambridge was very close behind. Anyway see you later, down by the river. Janet: Bye.Unit 3-Conversation 2Kate: So the rules are . the boats follow each other and the one behind has to bump the one in front . just like that one has done. Janet: Is that M
7、arks boat? Kate: Yes! Look, his boat is about to bump the one in front! Well done! Mark: Hi you guys! Kate: Fantastic, Mark. You were amazing! Mark: Well,we won the practice race, but Im worried about getting a place on the team.The problem is that there are at least three other people on the team w
8、ho have rowed before.And I cant help thinking that they were better than me. Janet: Dont worry, Mark. Everything will be OK. Mark: And then I hurt my knee getting into the boat. Janet: Oh, Im so sorry! Kate: Too bad, but its only a scratch. Listen up, Janet is right. No need to get nervous, Mark. Yo
9、u were the strongest looking guy in the boat today. Chill out! Mark: Hey, theyre putting the team list on the door. Janet: Lets go over and see. Mark: No, you go! I cant bear to look! Kate: OK. Kate: Hey, Mark, great news! You got a place on the college team! Janet: Congratulations! Kate: Thats grea
10、t, Mark, you deserve it. You trained so hard. Mark: I cant believe it!Unit 3-Outside viewPart 1 Narrator: A historic moment, and yet he made it so easy. Usain Bolt became the first man to successfully defend both the 100- and 200-meter Olympic sprint titles, and he went on to anchor Jamaicas winning
11、 run in the four by 100 hundred meters relay in world record time. At the end of that race, Bolt gave a nod to another track star with a “Mobot” gesture, signature of Mo Farah, who became only the seventh person ever to win the 5000 and 10000 double, in front of an ecstatic home crowd. Mo Farah: Its
12、 not going to affect me, Im the same to old Mo, nothings going to change. It just means youve got two good medals andbut something youve worked so hard for, Im just going to enjoy it. Narrator: Also a legend in the making, Kenyan David Rudisha, who smashed the 800 meters record which had stood since
13、 1976.Swimmer Michael Phelps broke another long- standing record. He became the worlds most successful Olympian with 22 medals, 18 of them gold, breaking the record set in 1968. His last podium before retiring was an emotional moment. Phelps: Yeah, as soon as I stepped up, ah, onto the podium, II co
14、uld feel the tears starts coming. And, you know, I said to Nathan, I said, “Uh-oh, here they come. This could bethis could be pretty brutal up here.” And they just started coming. And I tried to fight it but then I justI just decided just to let it go.Part 2 Narrator: Tears too for cyclist Chris Hoy
15、, who became Britains most successful Olympian, with six golds. And then there were also moment of anguish and frustration. Chinas star hurdler Liu Xiang crash out of his second consecutive Olympics, and Brazils footballers once again failed to lift gold.2These games were also marked by women. Teena
16、gers Ye Shiwen, Katie Ledecky and Missy Franklin set record times in the pool. Saudi Arabia, Brunei and Qatar sent female athletes foe the first time. Womens boxing became an Olympic sport. And British poster girl Jessica Ennis gave the home nation a defining moment when she took heptathlon gold. She was at the forefront of th
