Unit 2 Sports culture 譯林牛津2020版選擇性必修二閱讀與單詞

1、X2U2-Sports Culture The Olympic GamesEvery four years, thousands of highly trained and talented athletes gather together in the spirit of friendship, solidarity and fair play, ready to test their abilities against each other in the hope of being recognized as the best of the best. This is the Olympi

2、csan extraordinary sporting event that was first celebrated about 3,000 years ago. Subheading 1 _ The ancient Olympic Games began in the year 776 BCE. During the early Games, only Greek men were allowed to participate. They competed in such events as boxing, running and the long jump. The ancient Ol

3、ympic Games were held at Olympia in Greece every four years for almost 12 centuries, until they eventually died out around the year 393. More than 1,500 years later, however, the Games rose again. The modern Olympics were first held in 1896, in Athens. It was a Frenchman, Pierre de Coubertin, who br

4、ought the Olympics back to life. His dream was that the Olympics would help people of different racial origins and from different cultures live side by side in peace. For over a century, people from diverse backgrounds have made joint efforts to help realize Coubertins dream. Subheading 2 _ Motivate

5、d by the Olympic motto “Faster, Higher, Stronger”, many well-known athletes, both male and female, have devoted themselves to achieving sporting excellence and pushing the boundaries of human achievement. One such Olympian was the boxer Cassius Clay. He came to public attention during the 1960 Rome

6、Olympics, when he won the light-heavyweight gold medal for the USA, demonstrating great talent and personality in the process. Afterwards, this young man proceeded to become the world heavyweight champion in 1964, and later changed his name to the one we all knowMuhammad Ali. He returned to the 1996

7、 Atlanta Olympic Games to light the Olympic flame at the opening ceremony. By the time he died in 2016, Ali had been recognized as one of the greatest boxers of all time. Another sportsperson that should be applauded is Jessica Ennis-Hill. Her story is a remarkable example of how hard work and devot

8、ion can lead to sporting excellence. A former track and field athlete from the UK, she won an Olympic gold medal in her home country in 2012. As if that were not enough, she returned to the Olympics and won a silver medal in 2016, just two years after giving birth to her first child. In an interview

9、 she revealed that the secret of her consistent good performance was the training that she never missed. Subheading 3 _ The 2008 Beijing Olympics called on the whole world to join in the Olympic spirit and build a better future for humanity with the slogan “One World, One Dream”. In addition to host

10、ing the Olympics for the first time, China also ranked first in the medal table. This success is truly remarkable if you consider that just 24 years before, at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, Xu Haifeng won our countrys first-ever gold medal. Since then the upward trend for Chinese sport has been uns

11、toppable. At the 2004 Athens Olympic Games, Liu Xiang became the first Asian to win the gold medal in the mens 110-metre hurdles, while at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games, the Chinese womens volleyball team won a hard-fought victory in the final. The year 2022 will be another historic moment for China, a

12、s Beijing won the election to host the Winter Olympics. The Olympic Games bring joy and excitement to people across the world. As Coubertin believed, “With the Olympic Games, each generation celebrates its advent, its joy of living, its faith in the future, its ambition and its will to ascend.”英文詞性中

13、文solidarityn.團(tuán)結(jié)，齊心協(xié)力BCEabbr.公元前participatev.參加，參與competev.參加比賽；競(jìng)爭(zhēng)racialadj.種族的；種族間的diverseadj.多種多樣的，不同的jointadj.聯(lián)合的，共同的n.關(guān)節(jié)；結(jié)合處motivatev.激勵(lì)，激發(fā)；成為.的動(dòng)機(jī)，是.的原因motton.格言，座右銘boundaryn.邊界，分界線demonstratevt.表現(xiàn)，表露；證實(shí)，證明；示范，演示vi.游行示威afterwardsadv.以后，后來proceedv.接著做，繼而做；繼續(xù)從事(或進(jìn)行)；行進(jìn)，前進(jìn)flamen.火焰，火舌applaudv.稱贊，贊許；

14、鼓掌track and field田徑運(yùn)動(dòng)consistentadj.一致的，始終如一的；連續(xù)的call on sb. to do sth.正式邀請(qǐng)某人做某事；請(qǐng)求某人做某事humanityn.(統(tǒng)稱)人，人類，人性；人道，仁慈rankv.屬于某等級(jí)，把.分等級(jí)；排列，使排成行n.地位，級(jí)別；等級(jí)；排，列；軍銜trendn.趨勢(shì)，趨向hurdlen.跨欄賽；欄架；障礙electionn.選舉，推選；當(dāng)選adventn.(重要事件、人物等的)到來，出現(xiàn)faithn.信心；宗教信仰ambitionn.追求的目標(biāo)，夙愿；野心，胸心，壯志ascendv. 上升，升高，登高identicaladj.完全

15、同樣的fellowadj.同伴的，同情況的，同類的n.同輩，同類；男人，家伙relayn.接力賽v.轉(zhuǎn)發(fā)(信息，消息等)；播放，轉(zhuǎn)播chestn.胸部；大箱子cheekn.面頰，臉頰half-marathonn.半程馬拉松賽跑amateurn.業(yè)余運(yùn)動(dòng)員，業(yè)余愛好者；生手，外行adj.業(yè)余的anklen.踝，踝關(guān)節(jié)graduallyadv.逐漸地，逐步地sessionn.一段時(shí)間，一場(chǎng)；會(huì)議，開庭；學(xué)年limitn.限度，限制；極限，限量；界限v.限制，限定；限量，減量marathonn.馬拉松賽跑；馬拉松式的活動(dòng)(或工作)chairmann.(委員會(huì)的)委員長(zhǎng)，主席；(會(huì)議的)主席，主持人c

16、onstitutionn. 體質(zhì)，身體素質(zhì)；憲法，章程pourv.倒，斟；傾倒，倒出；涌流，傾瀉；下大雨walk on air歡天喜地，得意揚(yáng)揚(yáng)keep sth. in perspective正確客觀地看待celebrityn.名人；名望opponentn.對(duì)手，競(jìng)爭(zhēng)者；反對(duì)者h(yuǎn)umilityn.謙遜，謙虛gracen.高雅，文雅；優(yōu)美；風(fēng)度；體面dignityn.尊嚴(yán)；自尊；高貴bobsleighn.大雪橇(供兩人或兩人以上比賽用)unselfishadj.無私的，忘我的idiomn.習(xí)語，成語find ones way into偶然來到，無意中處于leaguen.聯(lián)賽；等級(jí)，級(jí)別oppos

17、ingadj.對(duì)抗的；相反的netn.球網(wǎng)；網(wǎng)，網(wǎng)狀物move the goalposts改變條件(或規(guī)則)insurancen.保險(xiǎn)業(yè)；保險(xiǎn)；保險(xiǎn)費(fèi)salesmann.售貨員，推銷員complainv.抱怨，投訴score an own goal進(jìn)烏龍球；無意中做對(duì)自己不利的事unintentionallyadv.無意地，非故意地counciln.政務(wù)委員會(huì)，地方議會(huì)；市政服務(wù)機(jī)構(gòu)；委員會(huì)backfirev.產(chǎn)生事與愿違的不良(或危險(xiǎn))后果ballparkn.棒球場(chǎng)；變動(dòng)范圍in the ballpark差不多a ballpark estimate大致的估計(jì)venuen. 活動(dòng)場(chǎng)地curveb