1、 1 Crossing the Channel 勇渡英吉利海峡 2 Crossing the Channel 勇渡英吉利海峡 Limbless man swims from England to France 四肢截肢男子从英国横渡英吉利海峡到法国 Read the text below and do the activity that follows. 阅读下面的短文，然后完成练习： To cross the English Channel the stretch of water between England and France - is no mean feat. At its na
2、rrowest point, it is 34 km wide - a big challenge for a good swimmer, let alone for one with neither legs nor arms. But being a quadruple amputee did not prevent 42-year-old Philippe Croizon from doing exactly that. Against all odds, the Frenchman, who had his limbs amputated after he suffered an el
3、ectric shock 16 years ago, completed the crossing in less than 14 hours. He used prosthetic flippers to propel himself forward and the stumps that were left of his arms to stabilise himself on the water. The crossing was hard but Croizon never gave up. He said: “My back hurt, my chest hurt, my shoul
4、ders hurt, but at no point was I going to abandon this swim.“ “Ive done this for myself, for my family, and for all my fellows in misfortune who have lost their taste for life,“ the swimmer added. It is not the first time Croizon has made headlines. He became famous in 2007 for parachuting from an a
5、eroplane and wrote a book about his experiences. It took him two years of preparation to cross the Channel. He trained for 35 hours a week. This will to overcome adversity also motivated many of the athletes seen at the Paralympic Games in Beijing in 2008. Specially-adapted wheelchairs, blades to be
6、 used instead of legs and other equipment can help their performances but tenacity is their main tool. The South African disabled swimmer Natalie du Toit is missing part of her left leg but she keeps her focus. “The tragedy of life does not lie in not reaching your goals; the tragedy of life lies in
7、 not having goals to reach for,“ she says. The first ever monitored swim across the Channel was by Englishman Matthew Webb in 1875 and took almost 22 hours. The record for crossing the channel is 7 hours and 3 minutes, set by the German swimmer Christof Wandratsch in 2005. 3 Glossary 词汇表 no mean fea
8、t 绝非易事 let alone 更何况 quadruple amputee 四肢瘫痪者 against all odds 尽管困难重重 amputated 截肢 prosthetic 义肢的、假体的 flippers 游泳脚蹼 propel forward 推动向前 stumps 残肢 to stabilise 使固定 gave up 放弃 fellows in misfortune 相同遭遇的朋友 has made headlines 成为头条新闻 parachuting 跳伞 will 意志 to overcome adversity 克服困境 wheelchairs 轮椅 blades
9、 弹性刀片义肢 tenacity 坚韧 monitored 监控的、跟踪的 1. Reading Quiz 阅读测验 Are these sentences true or false? Circle the correct answer. 以下句子哪句是真?哪句是假？请圈出正确答案。 1. The Frenchman had his arms and legs cut off after a parachuting accident. True / False 2. The crossing was so difficult that Croizon thought of not doing
10、 it. True / False 3. The name of Philippe Croizon appeared in newspapers in 2007. True / False 4. According to Natalie du Toit, disabled athletes need determination to succeed in sports. True/ False 5. Matthew Webb crossed the English Channel in 7 hours and 3 minutes. True / False 4 2. Collocation 词
11、语搭配 Match the words without looking at the original text. 在不看原文的情况下，把下面词语的正确搭配进行连线。 1. to overcome a. a goal 2. to suffer b. a swim 3. to reach c. adversity 4. to go for d. disabled 5. to become e. an electric shock Fill in the blanks using the expressions above. You might have to adapt the words to
12、 the grammar of the sentences. 请从上面词语中选出合适的词语并用其正确形式填空。 1. Children are not supposed to play near high-voltage cables. They might _. 2. There are sharks in some beaches in Australia. People shouldnt _ without seeking information in advance. 3. If you want to become a doctor you have to study hard _.
13、 4. Marys family was very poor. She had to _ to succeed. 5. Jonathan _ after a car accident. 5 3. Swimming Vocabulary 游泳词汇 Label each picture with a word from the box below. 把方框内的词汇填入相应图片的下方。 1. _ 2. _ 3._ 4. _ 5. _ 6._ 7. _ 8._ 9. _ diving suit front crawl goggles snorkel equipment dive butterfly s
14、troke rubber ring floating water polo 6 4. Wordsearch 单词搜索 Try to find the words associated with this weeks article 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，找出与本期文章有关的英语单词来。 共有10个单词，其组成方式可能以水平的 (g) 垂直的 (i) 或对
15、角的 (m) 形式出现。 a z b d q f e r d d l k b y c e u g f q s e a l n t e n a c i t y p m a h b l a d e s o m r p d i e k x r f t v l o u v k e a p i q u e r s t e u f t d p g m r h t a r o s h r l i p c q h t s j d k l e i s o n e e i o p d q g o n m g t d t a k e s i z o e u i p y q l i m b l e s s c f n
16、 stumps limbless blades tenacity headlines amputated prosthetic adversity overcome odds 7 Answers 答案 1. Reading Quiz 阅读测验 1. The Frenchman had his arms and legs cut off after a parachuting accident. False 2. The crossing was so difficult that Croizon thought of not doing it. False 3. The name of Phi
17、lippe Croizon appeared in newspapers in 2007. True 4. According to Natalie du Toit, disabled athletes need determination to succeed in sports. True 5. Matthew Webb crossed the English Channel in 7 hours and 3 minutes. False 2. Collocation 词语搭配 1. c 2. e 3. a 4. b 5. d 1. Children are not supposed to
18、 play near high-voltage cables. They might suffer an electric shock. 2. There are sharks in some beaches in Australia. People shouldnt go for a swim without seeking information in advance. 3. If you want to become a doctor you have to study hard to reach your goal. 4. Marys family was very poor. She
19、 had to overcome adversity to succeed. 5. Jonathan became disabled after a car accident. 3. Swimming Vocabulary 游泳词汇 1. front crawl 2. snorkel equipment 3. dive 4. butterfly stroke 5. rubber ring 6. diving suit 7. goggles 8. water polo 9. floating 4. Wordsearch 单词搜索 a t e n a c i t y p m a h b l a d e s o r p d e t v o u v a u e s t e d m r t a r o l p c h t s d i s o e e i d n m t d t s e i y l i m b l e s s c
