Step by Step 3000 第2册 Unit6:It's great to be a champion(1)

 　　Step by Step 3000. Book Two.

　　Unit 6. It's great to be a champion.

　　Part 1. Warming up.

　　A. Keywords. stand, raise, stretch, swing, touch, bend.

　　Vocabulary. stretch, sideways, rhythm¹.

　　You're going to hear some instructions on how to do keep-fit exercises.

　　Listen carefully, write down the important points in each step.

　　Right, everyone. Stand straight. Feet apart. Hands by your sides. Relax. Everybody ready?

　　Right. A nice deep breath. Now raise your arms to shoulder height and stretch them out sideways.

　　Good. Now swing you right arm down to touch your left toes.

　　Keep your left arm stretched out.

　　Don't bend your knees. Your legs should be straight. And up straight again.

　　Now your left hand down to touch your right toes. And up again.

　　Everybody happy? Now let's do this with a bit of rhythm.

　　Right down, touch your toes, and up. Left down, touch your toes, and up. And again.

　　Right down, touch your toes, and up. Left down, touch your toes, and up. Keep those knees straight.

　　Now keep going until I tell you to stop.

　　B. Keywords. dash, world record, hurdles³, gold medal, marathon, high jump, long jump, javelin⁴ throw.

　　Vocabulary. dash, hurdle², javelin.

　　Jamaica, Morocco, Bulgaria, Ethiopia,

　　Cuba, Soviet⁵ Union, Czech Republic.

　　You're going to hear some of track and field world records.

　　Complete the chart. Pay special attention to the nationality, the record and the date.

　　1. In track events, Usain Bolt⁶ from Jamaica is the fastest man in 100 meters dash.

　　His record is 9.69 seconds, and was set on August 16th, 2008.

　　2. Florence Griffith Joyner from the U.S.A set the record for the women's 100 meters dash in 10.49 seconds on July 16th, 1988.

　　3. The men's 1500 meters race world record was set by Hicham EI Guerrouj, from Morocco, on July 14th, 1998.

　　And his record is 3 minutes, 26 seconds.

　　4. The fastest woman in the world in 1500 meters race is Qu YunXia, from China.

　　Her record is 3 minutes, 50.46 seconds and she set the record on September 11th, 1993.

　　5. The world record for men's 110 meters hurdles was set by Dayron Robles, from Cuba, on June 13th, 2008.

　　The record is 12.87 seconds.

　　6. The gold medal winner for the women's 100 meters hurdles is Yordanka Donkova, from Bulgaria.

　　And her record is 12.21 seconds, that was set on August 20th, 1988.

　　7. In 20 kilometers race walk for men, Vladimir Kanaykin, from Russia is the gold medal winner.

　　His record is 1 hour, 17 minutes, 16 seconds.

　　It was set on September 29th, 2007.

　　8. In 20 kilometers race walk for women, the record is 1 hour, 25 minutes and 41 seconds, which was set by Olimpiada Ivanova, from Russia, on August 7th, 2005.

　　9. Who is the world record holder⁷ for men's marathon?

　　It's Haile Gebrselassie, from Ethiopia.

　　And his record is 2 hours, 4 minutes, 26 seconds.

　　He set the record on September 30th, 2007.

　　10. For women's marathon, Paula Radcliffe, from Great Britain, holds the record in 2 hours, 15 minutes and 25 seconds.

　　The record was set on April 13th, 2003.

　　11. In field events, Javier Sotomayor, from Cuba, is the man who jumps highest in the world.

　　His record is 2.45 meters.

　　It was set on July 27th, 1993.

　　12. Stefka Kostadinova, from Bulgaria, seized the gold medal for women's high jump on August 30th, 1987.

　　Her record is 2.09 meters.

　　13. The world record for men's long jump owes to Mike Powell, from the USA, whose record is 8.95 meters.

　　He set this record on August 30th, 1991.

　　14. The world record for women's long jump owes to Galina Chistyakova, from the former Soviet Union, whose record is 7.52 meters.

　　She set this record on June 11th, 1988.

　　15. In the men's javelin throw, the world record holder is Jan Zelezny, from Czech Republic.

　　His record is 98.48 meters, which was set on May 25th, 1996.

　　16. Osleidys Menendez, from Cuba, is the world record holder for the women's javelin throw.

　　Her record is 71.70 meters, which was set on August 14th, 2005.

　　C. Keywords. happy face, men's 110 meters hurdles, world record.

　　Vocabulary. countryman, spirit, Lausanne.

　　Listen to the following news item, and supply the missing⁸ information.

　　A very happy face on Liu Xiang of China.

　　He broke the men's 110 meter hurdles world record at the meet in Lausanne, Switzerland.

　　Liu crossed the finish line in a time of 12.88 seconds, breaking the old mark he shared with Britain's Colin Jackson by three one hundredth of a second.

　　American Dominique Arnold also broke the old record, but he took second place in 12.90 seconds.

　　His countryman Terrence Tranmell finished third, 13.02 seconds.

　　Jackson originally set the record in 1993, but the 22-year-old Liu tied it when he became China's first ever Olympic spirit gold medalist at the 2004 Athens Games.

1 rhythm   

n.韵律；节奏

参考例句：

• He has an ear for the rhythm of Irish speech.他对爱尔兰语的节奏很敏感。
• His poem has a pleasing rhythm.他的诗有和谐的韵律。

2 hurdle   

n.跳栏，栏架；障碍，困难；vi.进行跨栏赛

参考例句：

• The weather will be the biggest hurdle so I have to be ready.天气将会是最大的障碍，所以我必须要作好准备。
• She clocked 11.6 seconds for the 80 metre hurdle.八十米跳栏赛跑她跑了十一秒六。

3 hurdles   

n.障碍( hurdle的名词复数 )；跳栏；（供人或马跳跃的）栏架；跨栏赛

参考例句：

• In starting a new company, many hurdles must be crossed. 刚开办一个公司时，必须克服许多障碍。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• There are several hurdles to be got over in this project. 在这项工程中有一些困难要克服。 来自辞典例句

4 javelin   

n.标枪，投枪

参考例句：

• She achieved a throw of sixty metres in the javelin event.在掷标枪项目中，她掷了60米远。
• The coach taught us how to launch a javelin.教练教我们投标枪。

5 Soviet   

adj.苏联的，苏维埃的；n.苏维埃

参考例句：

• Zhukov was a marshal of the former Soviet Union.朱可夫是前苏联的一位元帅。
• Germany began to attack the Soviet Union in 1941.德国在1941年开始进攻苏联。

6 bolt   

n.螺栓；插销；vt.闩，栓住；vi.冲出去，逃跑

参考例句：

• It is a bad habit to bolt your food.狼吞虎咽地吃东西是个不良习惯。
• That door refuses to bolt.那扇门关不牢。

7 holder   

n.持有者，占有者；(台，架等)支持物

参考例句：

• The holder of the office of chairman is reponsible for arranging meetings.担任主席职位的人负责安排会议。
• That runner is the holder of the world record for the hundred-yard dash.那位运动员是一百码赛跑世界纪录的保持者。

8 missing   

adj.遗失的，缺少的，失踪的

参考例句：

• Check the tools and see if anything is missing.检点一下工具，看有无丢失。
• All the others are here;he's the only one missing.别人都来了，就短他一个。