Focus on…

Ex. 3

1. Martin Strel

2. Michellie Jones

3. Lance Armstrong

4. Fu Mingxia

Glance through the text and do ex.3

Exercise2

1. Fu Mingxia

2. Lance Armstrong; Fu Mingxia

3. Lance Armstrong; Michellie Jones; Martin Strel

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

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

Read the profiles and complete the summary of each sportsperson’s records.

Who: _________________________________

When: ________________________________

Where: ________________________________

What: _________________________________

Lance Armstrong

1999, 2003

France

fastest average speed, Tour de France

Who: ______________________

When: _____________________

Where: ____________________

What: _____________________________

Michellie Jones

1992, 1993

(not stated)

International Triathlon Union World Champion

Who: ______________________

When: _____________________

Where: ________________

_______________________

What: _____________________________

___________________________________

___________________________________

___________________________________

Fu Mingxia

1991, 1992, 1996, 2000

Australia, Barcelona,

Atlanta, Sydney

Youngest female to win the women’s world

title for platform diving; youngest Olympic

diving champion of all time; first woman in

Olympic diving to win three gold medals.

Who: ______________________

When: _____________________

Where: ____________________

__________________________________

What: _____________________________

___________________________________

___________________________________

___________________________________

Martin Strel

2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004

The Danube River in Europe;

the Mississippi River in USA; the Parana River in

South America; the Changjiang River in China

First person to swim the entire length of the Dan

ube river; longest time for non-stop swimming; swimmin

g the greatest distance; first man to swim the length of P

arana River; swimming the length of the dangerous Cha

ngjiang River.

1. 创造纪录

2. 环法自行车赛

3. 以…的平均速度

4. 在少年时期

5. 集中精力于

6. 业余车手

7 成为专业的（车手）

8 在随后的几年里

9. 赢得许多称号

10 完成…目标

set a record

Tour de France

at/with an average speed of…

in one’s teens

concentrate on

an amateur cyclist

turn professional

in the following few years

win numerous titles

achieve one’s goal of …

1. 多项运动比赛—

三项全能

2. 取得教师资格证

3. 得第三名

4. 在世界锦标赛上

6. 银牌

7. 入选国家队

multi-sport event, the triathlon

complete the teaching qualification

finish third/come third /win third place

at/in the World Championships

silver medal/ gold medal/ bronze medal

be selected as part of the national team

1. 10 米跳台

2.夺得金牌

3.有史以来

4.三米跳板

5.退役

6.复出， 重返

7.在大学

8.参加奥运会

the 10-metre diving platform

take the gold medal

of all time

the three-metre springboard

retire from diving

make a comeback

at university

compete in/at Olympic Games

1. guitarist

2. have a passion for

3.entire length

4.attain/win the first entry

5.beat/break the record

6. a total of

吉他手

酷爱

全程

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