[00:04.41]LISTENING
[00:07.05]Listen to the following sports reports and fill in the missing information below.
[00:14.81]Report 1
[00:17.16]Let's see what happened in sports today.
[00:21.52]How about taking a look at the NBA.In today's basketball action.
[00:26.57]The Los Angeles Lakers won against the Miami heat.
[00:31.74]The Lakers scored 20 points in the last quarter,beating the Heat 101 to 96.
[00:39.47]Los Angeles have now won the last 5 games.
[00:44.75]Maybe on the way to this year's play office.
[00:49.42]Report 2
[00:52.48]And here is the result from today's soccer games.
[00:57.63]Manchester United came back from one goal behind
[01:02.90]to tied leeds 22 when Wednesday's game.
[01:07.58]leeds scored their first goal after only 10 minutes.
[01:12.72]It looks like Leeds would win when they took 2:1 second half.
[01:19.57]But Manchester scored their second goal with 5 minutes left.
[01:25.42]Manchester is now 2 wins away from their third title.
[01:31.06]Report 3
[01:34.09]The masters of the game once again showed that they can not be stopped.
[01:39.84]China once again to Russia Saturday's table tennis match.
[01:45.48]The Chinese team won the two first singles matches 3:1 and 3:0.
[01:52.14]while the Russians won the doubles match.
[01:56.30]China didn't not give up but won the singles match.
[02:01.16]They win in the last singles match gave them a final win of 3:1.
[02:07.03]China has not last any matches this year
[02:12.08]and doesn't look like any team can beat them.
[02:16.65]READING
[02:21.79]THE OLYMPIC GAMES
[02:25.55]Every four years athletes from all over the world take part in the Olympic Games.
[02:34.10]Both the Summer and Winter Olympic Games are held every four years.
[02:41.54]The Winter Olympic Games are usually held
[02:46.50]two years before the Summer Olympic Games.
[02:51.86]The ancient Olympic Games began around the year 776BC in Greece.
[02:59.51]Many of the sports were the same as they are now.
[03:04.66]Some of the games in which the young men competed were:
[03:09.94]running,jumping and wrestling.
[03:14.80]Women were not allowed to take part in the games.
[03:20.12]After about the year 393AD the Olympic Games stopped.
[03:27.78]For centuries there were no Olympic Games.
[03:33.05]But they were not forgotten.
[03:36.82]The first Olympic Games in modern times happened in 1896.
[03:43.97]They were held in Greece--the country in which the Games were born.
[03:50.53]In the Games there were 311 competitors from just 13 countries.
[03:58.39]After that more and more countries joined in the Games.
[04:04.56]In 2000,over 10,000 athletes from 227 countries went to Sydney,Australia,
[04:14.90]for the 27th Olympic Games!There are 300 different events in the Games.
[04:23.55]Horse-riding,hammer throw and shooting are some of the more unusual events.
[04:31.41]The Olympic motto is "Faster,Higher,Stronger".
[04:38.28]It means that every athlete should try to run faster,jump higher and throw further.
[04:47.43]They do their best to win medals.
[04:51.68]In the 1984 Olympic Games,
[04:56.12]Carl Lewis from the USA won four gold medals in track and field
[05:03.49]and became one of the best sportsmen in the 20th century.
[05:09.37]In Sydney the Chinese team got 28 gold medals,
[05:15.72]ranking third of all the competing countries.
[05:20.86]Many of the Chinese medals were won in diving and gymnastics
[05:27.21]and also in events such as weightlifting and shooting.
[05:32.85]Following the history-making success in the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games,
[05:39.62]China won another great competition in 2001 which was not for a medal.
[05:47.06]It was the competition between countries to host the Olympic Games.
[05:53.12]In 2008, the 29th Olympic Games will be held in Beijing.
[06:00.59]To make it the best ever Games, the capital city will make several big changes.
[06:08.64]New buildings and sports venues will be built.
[06:13.79]More trees will be planted and new roads will be built.
[06:19.95]The people of Beijing, and of the whole country
[06:24.91]will be preparing to light the Olympic torch to welcome athletes and sports fans
[06:31.76]from all over the world.
[06:35.60]INTEGRATING SKILLS
[06:40.64]Reading and writing
[06:43.80]YAO MING
[06:46.44]Born:Sept. 12, 1980 in shanghai,China
[06:52.60]Height: 2.26m(7.5 feet)
[06:59.13]Weight:134kg
[07:04.70]Position:Centre
[07:08.23]Club: the Houston Rockets In his last season with the Shanghai Sharks,
[07:17.08]Chinese superstar basketball player Yao Ming scored 32.4 points per games.
[07:23.85]Now the big man from China is helping the Houston Rockets in the NBA.
[07:30.61]Yao Ming has more than just size:
[07:34.87]he also has great skill and speed and his a team player.
[07:40.54]Yao Ming is the son of two great baskerball players
[07:45.68]and learnt how to play one of the world's most popular games when he was young.
[07:51.85]Now,as one of the stars in the NBA,
[07:56.92]Yao Ming is working hard to live his dream
[08:01.78]and show the world that Chinese basketball players love this game too
[08:08.23]Words and expressions UNIT 8
[08:15.88]BC
[08:17.36](=before Christ)公元前
[08:18.83]Athens
[08:20.26]n.雅典(希腊首都)
[08:21.68]stand for
[08:23.20]代表;代替;象征;支持
[08:24.71]continent
[08:26.14]n.大陆；陆地
[08:27.56]because of
[08:29.03]因为；由于
[08:30.51]well-known
[08:31.95]adj.众所周知；有名的；清楚明白的
[08:33.38]athlete
[08:34.76]n.运动员；运动选手
[08:36.13]gold
[08:37.51]adj.金的；金制的n.黄金；金币
[08:38.90]medal
[08:40.22]n.奖章；勋章；纪念章
[08:41.53]torch
[08:42.85]n.火炬
[08:44.17]Los Angeles
[08:45.70]洛杉矶(美国城市)
[08:47.23]badminton
[08:48.71]n.羽毛球(运动)
[08:50.18]speed skating
[08:51.71]速滑
[08:53.24]track and field
[08:54.77]田径
[08:56.29]Los Angeles Lakers
[08:58.12]洛杉矶湖人队(NBA球队)
[08:59.95]Miami Heat
[09:01.53](NBA球队)
[09:03.11]Manchester United
[09:04.89]迈阿密热火队(NBA球队)
[09:06.66]tie
[09:07.94]vt.与...打成平局；系；扎
[09:09.22]leeds
[09:10.61]利兹(英国城市);利兹联队
[09:11.99]final
[09:13.31]adj.最终的；最后的
[09:14.63]dive
[09:16.02]vi.潜水
[09:17.40]shooting
[09:18.77]n.射击
[09:20.14]weightlifting
[09:21.67]n.举重
[09:23.20]would rather
[09:24.68]宁愿；宁可
[09:26.15]take part
[09:27.59]参加
[09:29.03]Greece
[09:30.45]n.希腊
[09:31.87]wrestling
[09:33.20]n.摔跤
[09:34.54]AD
[09:35.96](=Anno Donini)公元
[09:37.38]competitor
[09:38.82]n.竞争者;对手;比赛者
[09:40.26]motto
[09:41.63]n.座右铭；格言；题词
[09:43.00]further
[09:44.37]adv.(在时间或空间上)距离更大地，更远地
[09:45.74]Carl Lewis
[09:47.36]卡尔.刘易斯(美国运动员
[09:48.98]rank
[09:50.37]vi.分等级；排名
[09:51.75]gymnastic
[09:53.48]n.体操
[09:55.20]venue
[09:56.57]n.比赛地点;体育比赛场馆
[09:57.94]prepare
[09:59.38]vt.准备；预备
[10:00.82]preparation
[10:02.28]n.准备；预备
[10:03.74]in preparation for
[10:05.62]为...准备
[10:07.50]effect
[10:08.93]n.结果；后果
[10:10.35]flame
[10:11.74]n.火焰
[10:13.12]compete
[10:14.60]vt.竞争；比赛
[10:16.07]flag
[10:17.50]n.旗；标记
[10:18.92]profile
[10:20.40]n.简介；(个性及后平的)简要描述
[10:21.87]weight
[10:23.20]n.重力；重量
[10:24.54]position
[10:26.00]n.位置；职位
[10:27.46]Houston Rockets
[10:29.15]休斯顿火箭队(NBA球队)
[10:30.83]superstar
[10:32.41]n.超级明星
[10:33.99]point
[10:35.31]n.得分；点；尖端
[10:36.63]skill
[10:38.01]n.技能；技巧；熟练；巧妙
[10:39.40]weigh
[10:40.72]vi.重(若干)vt.称(...重量)
[10:42.04]professional
[10:43.47]adj.专业的；职业的
[10:44.91]title
[10:46.19]n.题目;标题;称号;头衔
[10:47.47]gesture
[10:48.86]n.手势；姿态
[10:50.24]facial
[10:54.11]adj.面部的 |