Step by Step 3000 第2册 Unit12:Dictation Item(6)
时间:2015-05-18 02:46:47
搜索关注在线英语听力室公众号:tingroom,领取免费英语资料大礼包。
(单词翻译)
Item Six.
Vocabulary. diagnose, testicular cancer, chemotherapy,
bout1,
beacon2, Lance Armstrong, Tour de France.
Lance Armstrong was born on September 18th, 1971.
Athletic3 from the start, Lance became a professional athlete by the age of 16.
Lance entered his first Tour de France in 1995.
Unfortunately in October of 1996, everything changed.
Lance was diagnosed with testicular cancer.
With chances of recovery less than 50%, Lance began a course of treatment that would include two surgeries and chemotherapy.
Remarkably4, though just five months after his initial diagnoses, Lance was back on a bike, rebuilding the strength he had lost.
Lance went on to
fully5 recover, and amazingly win the Tour de France a record seven times since his bout with cancer.
He is a beacon of hope and a source of inspiration.
分享到: