1、Unit 11,Its Great to Be a Champion,Training Focus- Recognizing time and measurements- Identifying important facts- Making judgment Listening Skills Background Information Language Study Additional Material,Contents:Part I Warming upPart II The Womens World CupPart III Luck in the hat,Part I Warming
2、Up,A. You are going to hear some of track and field world records. Pay attention to the country and the record.,l. In track events, Maurice Greene is the fastest man in 100 meter dash. His record is 9.79 seconds. 2. F. Griffith-Joyner from the USA sets the record for the womens 100 meter dash in 10.
3、49 seconds. 3. The mens 1,500 meter race world record is set by Hicham El Guerrouj from Morocco, and his record is 3 minutes 26 seconds. 4. The fastest woman in the world in 1,500 meter race is Ou Yunxia from China. Her record is 3 minutes 50. 46 seconds. 5. The world record for mens 110 meter hurdl
4、e race is set by Colin Jackson from Britain. The record is 12.91 seconds. 6. The gold medal winner for the womens 100 meter hurdle race is Yordanka Donkova from Bulgaria, and her record is 12.21 seconds.,7. In 20km walk for men, Julio Martinez from Guatemala is the gold medal winner. His record is 1
5、 hour 17 minutes 46 seconds. 8. In 10km walk for women, the record is 41 minutes and 4 seconds, which is set by Yelena Nikolayeva from Russia. 9. Who is the world record holder for mens marathon? Its Khalid Khannouchi from Morocco, and his record is 2 hours 5 minutes 42 seconds.,10. For womens marat
6、hon, Tegla Loroupe from Kenya holds the record in 2 hours 20 minutes and 43 seconds.11. In field events, Javier Sotomayor from Cuba is the man who jumps highest in the world. His record is 2.45 meters.,12. S. Kostandinova from Bulgaria seizes the gold medal for womens high jump. Her record is 2.09 m
7、eters. 13. The world record for mens long jump owes to Mike Powell from the USA, whose record is 8.95 meters. 14. The world record for womens long jump owes to Oalina Chistyakova from the former Soviet Union, whose record is 7.52 meters.,15. In the mens javelin event, the world record holder is Jan
8、Zelezny from Czech Republic. His record is 98.48 meters.16. Petra Felke from Germany is the world record holder for the womens javelin event. Her record is 80 meters.,Part II The womens World Cup,FIFA stands for Federation Internationale de Football Association. The first competition of the FIFA Wom
9、ens World Cup was played in the Peoples Republic of China in November of 1991 and proved to be a resounding success. The United States captured the first title in 1991 in China, while Norway were the victors in 1995 in Sweden, beating Germany in a superbly played final. Womens players have proved at
10、 both competitions that they can lift the game to a remarkable level.The 1999 FIFA Womens World Cup is the first competition contested by 16 nations, increasing from 12 for the first two tournaments, once again signaling a growth for womens soccer throughout the world.,A. Listen to a passage about t
11、he FIFA Womens World Cup. Fill in the blanks with the words.,Column A Column B 1. + 18,000,000 a. number of games being played 2. 32 b. number of tickets sold for the contest 3. 460,000 c. number of people who play soccer inthe U.S 4. 16 d. number of people around the world watching the games on TV
12、5. 79,000 e. number of national teams taking partin the games 6. 1,000,000,000 f. number of people watching the opening game Keys: 1-c 2-a 3b 4-e 5-f 6-d,Americans are excited about an international sporting event now taking place in the United States. It is the biggest womens soccer event in the wo
13、rld, the World Cup. The game Americans call soccer is known around the world as football. And more and more Americans are learning to love it. The United States Soccer Federation is the major soccer organization in the country. It says more than 18 million people play soccer in the United States. Th
14、is means that more Americans play soccer than any other sport.Right now, more people in the United States are watching soccer, too. They are attending the 32 Womens World Cup games being played in several American cities. Four hundred and sixty thousand tickets have been sold for the three-week cont
15、est that will end July 10th.,Womens soccer teams from sixteen nations are taking part. Americans are closely following the progress of the United States womens World Cup team. And the team is already setting records. On June 19th, the American team defeated Denmark in the opening game. Almost 79,000
16、_ people watched the game at Giants Stadium near New York City. That is a world record-the most people who have ever watched a womens sporting event.One of the most popular players on the American team is twenty-seven-year-old Mia Hamm. She became well-known in 1996 when the United States women won
17、the soccer gold medal at the Olympic Games. She has scored more goals than any man or woman ever to play international soccer. Mia Hamm is a hero to many young American girls.Television broadcasters say 1,000 million people around the world are watching the games on television.,Part III Luck in the
18、hat,Listen to some statements about the London Marathon. Pay special attention to the number.,1. The first London Marathon was held on March 29, 1981, Some 20,000 people wanted to run; 7,747 were accepted. There were 6,255 finishers. 2. Since then the event has continued to grow in size, stature and
19、 popularity. 3. Since the first race in 1981 over 413,481 people have completed the London Marathon. 4. There were a record of 30,809 finishers in the 1999 Flora London Marathon. 5. Another aspect of the London Marathon which has developed over the years is its success as a charity fund-raising even
20、t. It is estimated that over 80 million pounds has been raised for numerous charities over the years.,B. Listen to an interview with John Goodman, a runner in the London Marathon. Supply the missing information with key words.,(F) 1. John Goodman never did keep fit exercises because he thought they
21、were not good at all. (T) 2. John Goodman was hoping to run each mile in round about seven minutes although the first mile markershowed that he had taken nine and half minutes to run. (F) 3. John felt in pain during the race because of the injured ankle. (F) 4, John has missed the qualifying date so
22、 he wont be able to take part in the next year Marathon.,C. Now listen again. Decide whether the statements are true or false.,J-John R-Ruth J: I did the Marathon, thats the London Marathon, last year and this year, those are the only Marathons Ive done. R: So youve done it twice? J: (Ive) done the
23、London Marathon twice - thats right! R. Wow - how far is it? J: Its 26 miles and a little bit more-I dont know exactly how many extra yards and by that stage Im not counting. R. Well, wh-what do you do to prepare for it? J: Ah. in my case, I did a little bit more running than I normally do . R. And
24、what do you normally do? J: Well, I go out running about once a week, for about an hour, and I only did a little bit more for the London Marathon than I would normally do, so I was running a maximum of about 20 miles a week. I never did any more than that. R: And do you do keep fit exercises and thi
25、ngs, or is it just running? J: When I go out running I tend to get home and within a couple of minutes of getting home, Im out there - on the streets - with no warming up exercises or anything. But its best to do warming up exercises beforehand. I never seem to get round to doing them.,R: Ha! Why no
26、t? J: Laziness, I think! R: How did you feel at the start of the race? J: I was still very worried about an injury to my, to my foot R: To your foot? J: Well, actually to my ankle. R: From running? J: I hurt my ankle playing football about three days before. R: So you were quite nervous. J: I was qu
27、ite nervous. So I was nervous about my ankle and I was very concerned about making sure I kept up with the time that I hoped to run each mile in during the race. And I was hoping to run each mile in round about seven minutes. Because the whole field moved very slowly at the start the first mile mark
28、er went by and Id taken nine and a half minutes to nm. R: So you were going too slowly. J: So I was going too slowly. And I remembered the same thing happened last year when I did the Marathon. R: What was your, can you remember your worst moment in the race? J: I didnt really feel in pain or worrie
29、d until right at the end when I realized that I was unable to complete the last three miles of the race as fast as Id done the previous 23.,R: So what was your final time? J: My time was 2 hours and 47 minutes. R ?Thats pretty good, isnt it? Thats quite fast! J: It was certainly half an hour faster
30、than the time I put up last year anyway! R: Thats wonderful! Are you going to do it next year? J: I tried to do it next year, but Ive missed the qualifying date. R: So you havent got a place. J: I havent got a place, but theres a running club I belong to, and they get one spare place. So all the run
31、ners who havent got in, their names go into the hat and with any luck my name will be the lucky one. And in fact thats how I got into the London Marathon in the first place, it was really just a lucky chance last year. R. Oh I see, well, good luck with it then. J ?Thank you very much, Ruth.,listenin
32、g skills:,Identifying numbers with four to eight digitsFor easy reading and writing, numbers of more than four digits are separated by commas into groups of three digits each, for example, 1,784.Numbers play a very important, if not the most important, part in some news stories. In actual listening
33、to broadcast English, listeners are required to get the numbers immediately after they hear them. The failure to get correct numbers, sometimes a mere mistake in digit, can seriously affect the understanding of the whole story. The words like million, billion, and hundred must be paid special attent
34、ion to since big numbers are often rounded off to make the comprehension easier.,Background Information: (1),History of Athens Marathon DID YOU KNOW ? The modern Athens Marathon commemorates the run of the soldier Pheidippides from a battlefield at the site of the town of Marathon, Greece, to Athens
35、 in 490 B.C. Legend has it that Pheidippides delivered the momentous message “Niki!“ (“victory“), then collapsed and died. The Athens Marathon is recognized as the original marathon course and its the same course used in the 2004 Olympics held in Athens. The first modern Olympic games were held in 1
36、896 in Greece. The legend of Pheidippides was honored by a 24.85 mile (40,000 meters) run from Marathon Bridge to Olympic stadium in Athens. Athens Stadium, the finish line for the Athens Marathon stands on the site of a stadium used in classical times. Spiridon Louis, a Greek postal worker, won the
37、 first modern Marathon with a time of 2 hours, 58 minutes, 50 seconds, an average pace of 7:11 minutes per mile. At the 1908 Olympic Games in London, the marathon distance was changed to 26.2 miles to cover the ground from Windsor Castle to White City Stadium, with the 2.2 miles added on so the race
38、 could finish in front of royal familys viewing box. This added two miles to the course, and is the origin of the Marathon tradition of shouting “God save the Queen!“ (or other words relating to the Queen) as mile post 24 is passed.,Background Information: (2),History of FIFA FIFA (Fdration Internat
39、ionale de Football Association) is the international governing body of association football. It is one of the worlds oldest and largest NGOs, being founded on May 21, 1904. It has since expanded to include 208 member associations. The first official match between representatives of two nations was b
40、etween England and Scotland in 1872 at Hamilton Park, Partick, Glasgow 1, finishing in a 0-0 draw. The following year at the Oval when England enjoyed a 4-2 victory over the travelling Scots. This was followed by the creation of the worlds second national football association, the Scottish Football
41、Association in 1873. Previously the Football Association had been the worlds only governing body, though codified football was being played only in the United Kingdom at this stage. With the number of inter-nation matches increasing as football spread, the need for a global governing body emerged. I
42、nitially, it was intended to reflect the forming of role of the British in footballs history, but the football associations of the Home Nations unanimously rejected such a body. This was led by rejection from Football Association president Lord Kinnaird. Thus the nations of continental Europe decide
43、d to go it alone and FIFA was born in Paris, uniting the Football Associations of France, Belgium, Denmark, Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, and Switzerland.,Language Study:,1. the fastest man (woman) in Maurice Greene is the fastest man in 100 meter dash. The fastest woman in the world in 1,500 meter ra
44、ce is Qu Yunxia. 2. to set the record for / is set by F. Griffith-Joyner from the USA sets the record for the womens 100 meter dash in 10.49 seconds. The mens 1,500 meter race world record is set by Hicham El Guerrouj from Morocco. In 10km walk for women, the record is 41 minutes and 4 seconds, whic
45、h is set by Yelena Nikolayeva from Russia. 3. to seize the gold medal for / the gold medal winner (for ) S. Kostandinova from Bulgaria seizes the gold medal for womens high jump. The gold medal winner for the womens 100 meter hurdle race is Yordanka Donkova from Bulgaria. In 20km walk for men, Julio
46、 Martinez from Guatemala is the gold medal winner.,to hold the record / the world record holder For womens marathon, Tegla Loroupe from Kenya holds the record in 2 hours 20 minutes and 43 seconds. In the mens javelin event, the world record holder is Jan Zelezny from Czech Republic. the world record
47、 for owes to The world record for mens long jump owes to Mike Powell from the USA, whose record is 8.95 meters. to grow in size, stature and popularity Since then the event has continued to grow in size, stature and popularity. to capture a title / in a superbly played final The United States captur
48、ed the first title in 1991 in China, while Norway were the victors in 1995 in Sweden, beating Germany in a superbly played final. to lift to a remarkable level Womens players have proved at both competitions that they can lift the game to a remarkable level.,Additional Materials:,1. Huangma( CNN: Report )2. (Miscellaneous Mews 2)(VOA Special English: Short News),
