[ti:UNIT 1 The Olympics Lesson 1 Higher, Faster, Stronger]
[0:01.349]UNIT 1 第一单元
[0:02.884]The Olympics 奥运会
[0:05.879]Lesson 1: 第一课:
[0:07.300]Higher, Faster, Stronger 更高,更快,更强
[0:10.902]THINK ABOUT IT!
[0:13.465]Have you ever watched the Olympics on TV?
[0:18.274]What's your favourite Olympic sport?
[0:21.967]Do you think the Olympics are important?
[0:25.802]Why or why not?
[0:28.618]When were the first Olympics? 第一届奥运会是在什么时候?
[0:31.122]We call the first Olympic Games the "ancient" Olympics. 我们把第一届奥运会称为“古代”奥运会。
[0:35.311]"Ancient" means very, very old. “古代”意味着非常非常久远。
[0:38.381]The ancient Olympic Games began in Greece in 776 BC. 古奥运会始于公元前776年的希腊。
[0:45.131]When did the modern Olympics start? 现代奥运会是什么时候开始的?
[0:47.649]We call today's Olympic Games the "modern" Olympics. 我们把如今的奥运会称为“现代”奥运会。
[0:51.611]What does "modern" mean? “现代”是什么意思?
[0:53.550]"Modern", "now" and "today" mean the same thing. “现代”、“如今”、和“当今”是一回事。
[0:57.951]The modern Olympics started in Athens, Greece in 1896. 现代奥运会始于1896年
的希腊雅典。
[1:04.304]Quick Quiz! 小测验!
[1:06.016]Did women compete in the ancient Olympics? 在古奥运会中女子参加竞赛吗?
[1:09.285]No, women did not compete. 不,女子不参加竞赛。
[1:12.468]At the first ancient Olympics, there was only one sport. 在首届古奥运会时,只有一项运动。
[1:16.190]What was it? 是什么?
[1:17.718]The sprint. 短跑。
[1:20.265]How many countries sent athletes to the 2004 Athens Olympics? 2004年的雅典奥运会有多少个国家参加?
[1:25.670]Two hundred and two countries sent athletes to the 2004 Olympics. 2004年的奥运会,202个国家派运动员参加。
[1:31.910]How many athletes competed at the 2004 Olympics? 2004年奥运会有多少名运动员参赛?
[1:35.858]More than eleven thousand athletes competed. 超过一万一千名运动员参赛。
[1:39.410]How many sports did the 2004 Olympics have? 2004年奥运会有多少项运动?
[1:42.707]It had twenty-eight different sports. 有28种不同的运动。
[1:45.848]Amazing Olympic athletes 令人吃惊的奥运健儿
[1:48.409]At the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City, 在1968年的墨西哥奥运会中,
[1:52.602]American Bob Beamon won the gold medal in the long jump. 美国人鲍勃·比蒙获得了跳远金牌
[1:57.400]He jumped an amazing 8.8 metres. 他跳出了令人吃惊的8.8米。
[2:01.368]Nobody broke his record for twenty-three years. 23年中没人打破他的记录。
[2:05.071]Xu Haifeng won China's first Olympic medal. 许海峰为中国获得了第一枚奥运奖牌。
[2:09.177]At the opening event of the 1984 Olympics, he won a gold medal in shooting. 1984年奥运会刚开幕,他就在射击中获得一枚金牌。
[2:15.529]At the Olympics, athletes compete for medals. 在奥运会上,运动员为奖牌而竞争。
[2:19.604]If you are first, you get a gold medal. 如果你名列第一,就得金牌;
[2:22.976]If you are second, you get a silver medal. 如果你名列第二,就得银牌;
[2:26.700]If you are third, you get a bronze medal. 如果你名列第三,就得铜牌;
[2:30.402]If you are twentieth, do you get a medal? 如果你名列第二十,你会获得奖牌吗?
[2:33.475]No! 不会!
[2:35.278]LET'S DO IT!
[2:36.693]In a small group, talk about the Olympic Games.
[2:40.918]When and where did they begin?
[2:43.759]Then, play "Charades."
[2:46.744]Take turns acting out a sport.
[2:50.445]One group member acts, while the others try to guess the sport by asking "Is it ______?"
[ti:UNIT 1 The Olympics Lesson 2 Swimming for Gold]
[0:02.457]UNIT 1 第一单元
[0:03.946]The Olympics 奥运会
[0:06.231]Lesson 2: 第二课:
[0:07.713]Swimming for Gold 游泳金牌
[0:10.017]THINK ABOUT IT!
[0:11.562]Have you ever gone swimming?
[0:14.308]Where do you like to swim?
[0:17.117]List some other sports you are good at.
[0:21.518]Barcelona, August 8, 1992 巴塞罗那,1992年8月8日
[0:26.581]China's First Gold in Swimming 中国的第一枚游泳金牌
[0:30.024]Zhuang Yong swam her way to a gold medal today. 庄泳今天游出了她的一枚金牌。
[0:34.124]It was the first gold medal in an Olympic swimming event for our country. 那是我们国家获得的首枚奥运游泳金牌。
[0:39.187]Zhuang Yong won the women's 100-metre freestyle with a time of 54.64 seconds. 庄泳以54.64秒的成绩获得女子100米自由泳比赛冠军。
中国第一枚奥运金牌
[0:48.075]It was a very close race. 这是一场势均力敌的比赛。
[0:50.207]When it was over, no one knew who had won. 比赛结束时,没人知道谁会获胜。
[0:53.824]It seemed that Zhuang Yong and Jenny Thompson, an American swimmer, had finished at the same time. 庄泳和一名美国游泳运动员珍妮·汤普森似乎同时到达终点。
[1:00.923]Was it a tie? 这是平局吗?
[1:02.598]When it showed: "First, Zhuang Yong, China. Second, Jenny Thompson, U.S.A." 当结果显示:“第一名,中国的庄泳。第二名, 美国的珍妮·汤普森”时,
[1:09.755]the Chinese spectators at the swimming pool jumped up and down, cheering. 游泳池看台上的中国观众跳跃着,欢呼着。
[1:14.532]They were very excited! 他们非常兴奋!
[1:17.083]Zhuang Yong surprised everyone. 庄泳令每一个人吃惊。