新标准初中英语九年级(上):UNIT1 Abraham Lincoln

[00:00.00]2 Tan¹ Mei's project is about Lance Armstrong.
[00:05.33]He is a famous American cyclist².
[00:08.11]He has won many international bike races.
[00:11.43]He won his first one in 1999.
[00:14.64]Every years since then ,
[00:16.14]he has won important races.
[00:18.74]What's amazing is that he had cancer
[00:21.54]and he was very sick
[00:23.11]but he worked hard to fight the illness.
[00:27.93]3 David is doing his project on Robert Wadlow.
[00:33.22]He was the world's tallest man.
[00:36.00]Robert Wadlow grew to an amazing eight feet
[00:39.18]and eleven inches³.
[00:42.04]4 Hu Shan is doing his project on Ernest Euston
[00:46.52]who was the oldest man to receive a degree
[00:49.48]from a university.
[00:51.37]He received his Doctor of Philosophy⁴ degree
[00:54.29]when he was 87 years old.
[00:58.26]5 Li Qing's project is about Michael Kearney.
[01:02.70]At six years old, Michael was the youngest
[01:05.86]person ever to finish high school in America.
[01:09.22]In fact, he started and finished high school
[01:12.83]in just one year!
[01:15.46]6 Susan is doing a project on Benoit Lecomte,
[01:19.96]who was the first person to swim
[01:22.04]around the world.
[01:23.72]In 1998, he became the first person to swim
[01:27.52]across the Atlantic⁵ Ocean.
[01:29.62]he was just 31 years old at the time.
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1 tan   

n.鞣制革，黄褐色；adj.黄褐色的，鞣皮的；vt.晒黑，鞣(革)，鞭打；vi.晒成棕褐色

参考例句：

• She had gotten a good tan after the holiday at the sea.在海边度假之后，她的皮肤晒得黑黑的。
• His arms and legs had a dark tan.他的手臂和腿晒得黑黑的。

2 cyclist   

n.骑自行车（脚踏车）的人

参考例句：

• The cyclist rang his bell loudly.骑自行车的人使劲地按着车铃。
• There are many cyclist hurrying on the way in the morning.早上有很多赶路骑自行车的人。

3 inches   

n.英寸（相当于 2。54 厘米，一英尺有 12 英寸）( inch的名词复数 )；少量；[复数]身材；（数量、距离、程度等）少许

参考例句：

• The water is only a few inches deep. 这水只有几英寸深。
• 1.14 inches of rain fell last night. 昨晚的降雨量为1.14英寸。

4 philosophy   

n.哲学，人生观，原理

参考例句：

• He believed in the philosophy of Russell.他信奉罗素的哲学。
• I can't sum up his whole philosophy in one sentence.我无法用一句话来概括他的全部人生观。

5 Atlantic   

adj.大西洋的；n.大西洋

参考例句：

• Who was the first person to fly the Atlantic?谁是飞越大西洋的第一人？
• The ship sailed across the Atlantic.这艘船曾横渡大西洋。