Unit 1

Focus On…

Unit 1

Focus On…

1.What kind of magazine do you think the text is from?2.How many profiles are there?3.How many men and women are profiled?4.What sports do they do?5.What are their names?6.Where are they from?

Glance through the pictures and the text and then answer the questions.

Fastest average speed, Tour de France

France

1999, 2003

Lance Armstrong

1. Read the profiles from a sports magazine and complete the summary of each sportsperson’s (Guinness) record(s).

what

where

when

who

who Michellie Jones

when 1992 ， 1993

where （ not stated ）

what International Triathlon

Union World Champion

who

when

wher

e

what

Yongest female to win the women’s world title for

platform diving champion

of all time; first

Australia, Barcelona,

Atlanta, Sydney

1991, 1992, 1996, 2000

Fu Mimgxia

who

when

Where

Martin Strel

2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004

The Danube River in Europe;

the Mississippi River in USA;

the Parana River in South A

merica; the Changjiang River

in China

What First person to swim the entire length of the Danube River; longest time for nonstop swimming; swimming the greatest distance; first man to swim the length of the Parana River; swimming the length of the dangerous Changjiang River

1.Who is the youngest athlete?

2. Who retired from their sport and the

n made a comeback?

3. Who has trained in another professi

on?

1.Who is the youngest athlete?

2. Who retired from their sport and the

n made a comeback?

3. Who has trained in another professi

on?

2. Read the profiles and answer the questions below:

Fu Mingxia.

Lance Armstrong, FuMingxia

Lance Armstrong, Michellie Jones, Marrtin Strel.

4. Who do you think is the most

courageous of the four sportspeople?

Give reasons.

4. Who do you think is the most

courageous of the four sportspeople?

Give reasons.

Lance Armstrong, because he overcame cancer and then had the courage to return to racing.

5. What qualities do you think these sp

ortspeople need to be successful?

5. What qualities do you think these sp

ortspeople need to be successful?

Courage, determination, ambition, vision, passion, focus, concentration, belief in himself/herself, perseverance, etc.

3. Which quote do you think belongs to which sportsperson?

1. I am swimming for peace, friendship

and clean water.Martin Strel

2. I’d like to think that I was a role

model, that people see my sport and

say”Wow,I’d like to try that.”

Michellie Jones

I used to ride my bike to make a living.

Now I just want to live so that I can ride

.

I used to ride my bike to make a living.

Now I just want to live so that I can ride

. Lance Armstrong

I call it a one-second art. It requires you

to fully display the beauty of the sport in

only a second. Fu Mingxia

集中精力于 focus on创纪录 set a record以…平均速度 an average speed of在某人十几岁时 in one’s teens专心于 concentrate on在接下来的几年 in the following few years返回到 return to实现某人的目标 achieve one’s goal

Words and Expressions for Reading II

教师资格 teaching qualification世界锦标 the world championships从那以后 since then从…退休 retire from培训，把…培养成 be trained as对…有强烈的爱 have a passion for破纪录 beat a record

Homework Homeworkwrite a profile for a magazine about a

person who has broken a record. Use the

guide below and the profiles on pages

7and 8 as models.Name:

Date of birth:

Country:

Achievements: