北师大初中英语九年级（全一册）--Unit 6-23

[00:00.76]Unit 6 The Spirit¹ of Sports
[00:04.95]Lesson 23
[00:09.60]Exercise 1.2
[00:12.36]Two years ago,there was a serious earthquake²
[00:15.03]in my country.
[00:16.52]Many people lost their homes.
[00:18.66]In my school, we decided³ to organize a 5--
[00:21.85]kilometer run to collect money for the people
[00:24.15]who were injured⁴ in the earthquake.
[00:26.56]Students singed⁵ up for the run
[00:28.30]and asked their relatives⁶,friends,and neighbors
[00:30.70]to support them.
[00:32.48]These people agreed to give
[00:33.79]some money-50 cents or a dollar,
[00:36.63]for example,
[00:37.50]for every kilometerthat the students completed.
[00:40.42]Joe Johnson was my classmate.
[00:42.93]He was the heaviest student in my class
[00:45.11]because he seldom did any exercise
[00:47.13]and he ate plenty of junk⁷ food.
[00:49.54]He never walked to school.
[00:51.43]He always took the bus.
[00:53.23]When our teacher asked him
[00:54.59]if he was going to take part in the run,
[00:56.97]he said he would think about it.
[00:58.88]A few students laughed
[01:00.60]and I think Joe felt embarrassed⁸.
[01:02.88]I felt a bit sorry for him.
[01:05.43]The next day, as I was cycling to school,
[01:07.83]I saw Joe walking in the street.
[01:09.97]I stopped and asked him why he was walking.
[01:13.47]He said he was training.
[01:15.25]He said he was going
[01:16.32]take part in the 5--kilometer run.
[01:18.85]"Good for you, Joe!" I said.
[01:21.25]Later, I told my friends about Joe.
[01:23.62]Most of them just laughed and said that
[01:25.72]they didn't think he would complete the run.
[01:28.68]I wasn't sure,
[01:29.66]but I decided that I would help Joe.
[01:32.22]So, for the two weeks before the run,
[01:34.68]I was his trainer⁹.
[01:36.09]He walked to school for a few days.
[01:38.24]Then he started to jog--slowly!
[01:41.26]Joe got a lot of support from his friends
[01:43.25]and relatives.
[01:44.53]People didn't know if he was going to
[01:46.06]complete the run,
[01:47.41]but they wanted to encourage him,I guess.
[01:50.70]On the day of the run,
[01:52.11]Joe lined up with the other students.
[01:54.93]The race began.
[01:57.19]The other students ran off
[01:58.60]and soon left Joe behind.
[02:01.26]Well, it took him hours to finish
[02:03.66]and he didn't expect to catch up
[02:05.34]with the other students,
[02:06.81]but he tried to do his best.
[02:08.79]And finally he completed the 5-kilo-meter run.
[02:11.90]Everyone was very happy
[02:13.33]and said."Well done,Joe!"
[02:15.11]What is more, Joe collected more money
[02:16.96]than any other student!
[02:17.76]

1 spirit   

n.烈酒（常用复数）；精神；情绪

参考例句：

• You're feeling her spirit.你感受着她的精神。
• His selfless spirit is worth praising.他的无私精神值得赞扬。

2 earthquake   

n.地震

参考例句：

• The earthquake is a disaster!地震是一种灾难！
• After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。

3 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

4 injured   

adj.受伤的

参考例句：

• Our best defender is injured and won't be able to play today.我们最佳的防守员受伤了，今天不能参加比赛。
• The injured men have been dug out of the snow.受伤人员从雪中被挖了出来。

5 singed   

v.浅表烧焦( singe的过去式和过去分词 )；（毛发）燎，烧焦尖端[边儿]

参考例句：

• He singed his hair as he tried to light his cigarette. 他点烟时把头发给燎了。
• The cook singed the chicken to remove the fine hairs. 厨师把鸡燎一下，以便去掉细毛。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

6 relatives   

n.亲属( relative的名词复数 )；相关物；亲缘植物（或动物）；[语法学]关系词

参考例句：

• She went to visit relatives in Wales. 她去威尔士看望亲戚了。
• They're always farming out their children on their relatives. 他们总是把孩子寄养在亲戚家。 来自《简明英汉词典》

7 junk   

n.废弃的旧物；破烂物

参考例句：

• I bought this old table in a junk shop.我在旧货店里买了这张旧桌子。
• They cleared out the junk room to make a tiny beds.他们将废品间清理用作小卧室。

8 embarrassed   

adj.尴尬的，不好意思的

参考例句：

• He was very embarrassed to hear people speak so highly of him.他听见别人这样夸他,感到很难为情。
• He is somewhat embarrassed.他稍微有点窘迫。

9 trainer   

n.训练者，驯服者，驯马师，软运动鞋

参考例句：

• The trainer is walking his dogs.那位驯兽人正在遛他的狗。
• She's been working as a personal trainer for two years.她做私人教练有两年了。