Step by Step 3000 第1册 Unit6:The Glory of Sport(1)

 　　Unit 6. For the Glory of Sport.

　　Part 1. Warming up.

　　A. Keywords. the "firsts", Olympic.

　　Vocabulary. hemisphere¹, Melbourne, Munich.

　　You are going to hear some "firsts" in Olympic history.

　　In column A, you have some years and places names in which the Olympic games were held.

　　In column B are some of the key words of the "firsts".

　　Supply the missing years or place names, then match column A with column B.

　　Women competed in Olympic events for the first time in Paris in 1900.

　　In 1924, the first winter Olympic games were held in Chamonix.

　　In 1932, the first Olympic village was built to accommodate² athletes in Los Angles.

　　In 1936 in Berlin, TV cameras broadcast Olympic events for the first time.

　　The 1956 Olympics in Melbourne were the first Olympic games to be held in southern hemisphere.

　　Tokyo hosted the first Asian Olympics in 1964.

　　In 1972 for the first time, over 1 billion TV viewers watched the Munich Olympic opening ceremony.

　　B. Keywords. the most popular sport, different meanings, measure, the number of people.

　　Vocabulary. measure.

　　Do you have any idea what is the most popular sport in the United States?

　　Listen to the following material and try to find the answer.

　　Fill in the chart below with the missing information.

　　What is the most popular sport in the United States?

　　That may be an impossible question to answer.

　　There are different meanings of the words "most popular".

　　One way to measure the popularity³ of a sport is by the number of people who pay to watch it played by professional teams.

　　Experts say the most popular American sport by that measure is baseball.

　　Each professional baseball team plays 162 games every season.

　　Or the popularity of a sport can be measured by the number of people who watch games on television or listen on the radio.

　　Then the answer might be American football.

　　And the popularity of a sport could be measured by the number of people who play the sport instead of just watch it.

　　The answer in this case is the game people in the United States call soccer.

　　It says more than 18 million people play soccer in the United States.

　　C. Keywords. bend, up, down, raise, pull, push, stretch, warmed up.

　　Vocabulary. elbow, squeeze, fist, hip⁴, rotate⁵, clasp⁶.

　　You are going to hear the teacher of an exercise class giving instructions to participants while they do the warm-up exercises.

　　Each step of the exercises is illustrated⁷ below.

　　Listen carefully and arrange the pictures in chronological⁸ order.

　　Right, everybody. Stand up straight.

　　Now bend forward and down to touch your toes.

　　And up, and down, and up.

　　Arms by your sides, raise you right knee as high as you can.

　　Hold your legs with both hands, and pull your knee back against your body.

　　Keep you back straight.

　　Now lower your leg and do the same with your left knee.

　　Up, pull towards you, and down.

　　Move your feet further apart.

　　Bend your elbows, and raise your arms to shoulder level.

　　Squeeze your fists tightly⁹ in front of your chest.

　　Now push your elbows back, keep your hand up, and relax.

　　Feet together, and put your hands on your hips¹⁰.

　　Now bend your knees and stretch your arms out in front of you.

　　Hold that position. Now up.

　　Stretch your arms out to the sides at shoulder height, palms up.

　　Rotate your arms in small circles, that's right. and now the other way.

　　Now stand with your hands clasped¹¹ behind your neck, and your legs apart,

　　Bend over to the left slowly, but as far as you can.

　　And slowly up. And down to the right. And up.

　　OK, if we are all warmed up now, Let's begin.

1 hemisphere   

n.半球，半球地图

参考例句：

• This animal is to be found only in the Southern Hemisphere.这种动物只有在南半球才能找到。
• In most people,the left hemisphere is bigger than the right.多数人的左脑比右脑大。

2 accommodate   

vt.容纳，向...提供住处，使适应，顺应

参考例句：

• You should soon accommodate yourself to the new circumstance.你应尽快适应新环境。
• Are there enough shelves to accommodate all our books?有足够的书架容纳我们所有的书吗？

3 popularity   

n.普及，流行，名望，受欢迎

参考例句：

• The story had an extensive popularity among American readers.这本小说在美国读者中赢得广泛的声望。
• Our product enjoys popularity throughout the world.我们的产品饮誉全球。

4 hip   

n.臀部，髋；屋脊

参考例句：

• The thigh bone is connected to the hip bone.股骨连着髋骨。
• The new coats blouse gracefully above the hip line.新外套在臀围线上优美地打着褶皱。

5 rotate   

v.（使）旋转，转动；使轮流

参考例句：

• The doctor asked the patient to rotate his eyes.医生叫病人转动一下眼球。
• You can rotate the wheel with your hand.你可以用手转动轮子。

6 clasp   

n.扣子，钩子，握手；v.扣住，钩住，紧握，紧抱

参考例句：

• The clasp on his belt had broken.他的皮带上的钩子已经坏了。
• My button hook won't clasp.我的钮扣钩怎么也扣不上。

7 illustrated   

adj. 有插图的，列举的 动词illustrate的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• His lecture was illustrated with slides taken during the expedition. 他在讲演中使用了探险时拍摄到的幻灯片。
• The manufacturing Methods: Will be illustrated in the next chapter. 制作方法将在下一章说明。

8 chronological   

adj.按年月顺序排列的，年代学的

参考例句：

• The paintings are exhibited in chronological sequence.这些画是按创作的时间顺序展出的。
• Give me the dates in chronological order.把日期按年月顺序给我。

9 tightly   

adv.紧紧地，坚固地，牢固地

参考例句：

• My child holds onto my hand tightly while we cross the street.横穿马路时，孩子紧拉着我的手不放。
• The crowd pressed together so tightly that we could hardly breathe.人群挤在一起，我们几乎喘不过气来。

10 hips   

abbr.high impact polystyrene 高冲击强度聚苯乙烯，耐冲性聚苯乙烯n.臀部( hip的名词复数 )；[建筑学]屋脊；臀围（尺寸）；臀部…的

参考例句：

• She stood with her hands on her hips. 她双手叉腰站着。
• They wiggled their hips to the sound of pop music. 他们随着流行音乐的声音摇晃着臀部。 来自《简明英汉词典》

11 clasped   

抱紧( clasp的过去式和过去分词 )； 紧紧拥抱； 握紧； 攥紧

参考例句：

• He leaned forward, his hands clasped tightly together. 他俯身向前，双手十字交错地紧握着。
• The child clasped the doll tightly. 小孩紧抱着洋娃娃。