[00:06.40]Listen to the following sports reports and fill in the missing information below.
[00:14.26]Report 1
[00:17.21]Let's see what happened in sports today.
[00:21.47]How about taking a look at the NBA.In today's basketball action.
[00:28.24]The Los Angeles Lakers won against the Miami heat.
[00:33.41]The Lakers scored 20 points in the last quarter,beating the Heat 101 to 96.
[00:41.46]Los Angeles have now won the last 5 games.
[00:46.60]Maybe on the way to this year's play office.
[00:51.33]Report 2
[00:54.39]And here is the result from today's soccer games.
[00:59.56]Manchester United came back from one goal behind
[01:04.84]to tied leeds 22 when Wednesday's game.
[01:09.56]leeds scored their first goal after only 10 minutes.
[01:14.71]It looks like Leeds would win when they took 2:1 second half.
[01:21.48]But Manchester scored their second goal with 5 minutes left.
[01:27.35]Manchester is now 2 wins away from their third title.
[01:33.10]Report 3
[01:36.03]The masters of the game once again showed that they can not be stopped.
[01:41.90]China once again to Russia Saturday's table tennis match.
[01:47.55]The Chinese team won the two first singles matches 3:1 and 3:0.
[01:54.21]while the Russians won the doubles match.
[01:58.36]China didn't not give up but won the singles match.
[02:03.22]They win in the last singles match gave them a final win of 3:1.
[02:09.18]China has not last any matches this year
[02:14.14]and doesn't look like any team can beat them.
[02:19.10]READING THE OLYMPIC GAMES
[02:26.76]Every four years athletes from all over the world take part in the Olympic Games.
[02:35.43]Both the Summer and Winter Olympic Games are held every four years.
[02:42.80]The Winter Olympic Games are usually held two years before the Summer Olympic Games.
[02:51.44]The ancient Olympic Games began around the year 776BC in Greece.
[02:59.91]Many of the sports were the same as they are now.
[03:05.18]Some of the games in which the young men competed were:
[03:10.46]running,jumping and wrestling.
[03:15.32]Women were not allowed to take part in the games.
[03:20.57]After about the year 393AD the Olympic Games stopped.
[03:28.22]For centuries there were no Olympic Games.But they were not forgotten.
[03:35.67]The first Olympic Games in modern times happened in 1896.
[03:42.80]They were held in Greece the country in which the Games were born.
[03:49.46]In the Games there were 311 competitors from just 13 countries.
[03:57.43]After that more and more countries joined in the Games.
[04:03.67]In 2000,over 10,000 athletes from 227 countries went to Sydney,Australia,
[04:14.43]for the 27th Olympic Games!There are 300 different events in the Games.
[04:23.08]Horse-riding,hammer throw and shooting are some of the more unusual events.
[04:30.94]The Olympic motto is "Faster,Higher,Stronger".
[04:37.92]It means that every athlete should try to run faster,jump higher and throw further.
[04:47.06]They do their best to win medals.
[04:51.32]In the 1984 Olympic Games,
[04:55.68]Carl Lewis from the USA won four gold medals in track and field
[05:03.05]and became one of the best sportsmen in the 20th century.
[05:08.90]In Sydney the Chinese team got 28 gold medals,
[05:15.27]ranking third of all the competing countries.
[05:20.42]Many of the Chinese medals were won in diving and gymnastics
[05:26.79]and also in events such as weightlifting and shooting.
[05:32.43]Following the history-making success in the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games,
[05:39.10]China won another great competition in 2001 which was not for a medal.
[05:46.96]It was the competition between countries to host the Olympic Games.
[05:52.91]In 2008, the 29th Olympic Games will be held in Beijing.
[06:00.49]To make it the best ever Games, the capital city will make several big changes.
[06:08.54]New buildings and sports venues will be built.
[06:13.68]More trees will be planted and new roads will be built.
[06:19.85]The people of Beijing, and of the whole country,
[06:24.81]will be preparing to light the Olympic torch to welcome athletes and sports fans
[06:31.76]from all over the world.
[06:35.52]INTEGRATING SKILLS
[06:42.05]Reading and writing
[06:45.29]YAO MING
[06:47.85]Born:Sept. 12, 1980 in shanghai,China
[06:54.01]Height: 2.26m(7.5 feet)
[07:00.57]Weight:134kg
[07:06.14]Position:Centre
[07:09.79]Club: the Houston Rockets
[07:14.55]In his last season with the Shanghai Sharks,
[07:19.30]Chinese superstar basketball player Yao Ming scored 32.4 points per games.
[07:27.16]Now the big man from China is helping the Houston Rockets in the NBA.
[07:33.93]Yao Ming has more than just size:
[07:38.19]he also has great skill and speed and his a team player.
[07:44.67]Yao Ming is the son of two great baskerball players
[07:49.71]and learnt how to play one of the world's most popular games when he was young.
[07:55.87]Now,as one of the stars in the NBA,Yao Ming is working hard to live his dream
[08:04.21]and show the world that Chinese basketball players love this game too
[08:10.66]Words and expressions
[08:17.03]UNIT 8
[08:19.98]BC (=before Christ) Athens stand for continent
[08:24.31]公元前 n.雅典(希腊首都) 代表;象征;支持 n.大陆；陆地
[08:28.63]because of well-known athlete gold
[08:32.76]因为；由于 adj.清楚明白的 n.运动员；运动选手 n.黄金；金币
[08:36.88]medal torch Los Angeles badminton
[08:40.86]n.奖章；纪念章 n.火炬 洛杉矶(美国城市) n.羽毛球(运动)
[08:44.83]speed skating track and field Los Angeles Lakers Miami Heat
[08:49.85]速滑 田径 洛杉矶湖人队 (NBA球队)
[08:54.88]Manchester United tie leeds final
[08:58.91]迈阿密热火队 vt.与...打成平局 利兹联队 adj.最终的；最后的
[09:02.93]dive shooting weightlifting would rather
[09:06.95]vi.潜水 n.射击 n.举重 宁愿；宁可
[09:10.97]take part Greece wrestling AD
[09:15.01]参加 n.希腊 n.摔跤 公元
[09:19.05]competitor motto further Carl Lewis
[09:23.02]n.竞争者;比赛者 n.座右铭;题词 距离更大地，更远地 卡尔.刘易斯
[09:26.99]rank gymnastic venue prepare
[09:30.87]vi.分等级；排名 n.体操 n.比赛地点 vt.准备；预备
[09:34.75]preparation in preparation for effect flame
[09:38.82]n.准备；预备 为...准备 n.结果；后果 n.火焰
[09:42.90]compete flag profile weight
[09:46.42]vt.竞争；比赛 n.旗；标记 n.简介；简要描述 n.重力；重量
[09:49.95]position Houston Rockets superstar point
[09:53.97]n.位置；职位 休斯顿火箭队 n.超级明星 n.得分；点；尖端
[09:58.00]skill weigh professional title
[10:01.38]n.技能；熟练；巧妙 vt.称(...重量) adj.专业的；职业的 n.题目;头衔
[10:04.76]gesture facial
[10:06.79]n.手势；姿态 adj.面部的 |